Family and Education
b. 1529, 1st s. of Sir John Marvyn by Jane, da. of Philip Baskerville of Sherborne, Dorset, wid. of William Peverell of Bradford Peverell, Som. educ. M. Temple 1553. m. (1) by 1566, Amy, da. of Valentine Clark by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Roland Bridges, wid. of one Horne of Sarsden, Oxon., 1da.; (2) bet. 1590 and 1601, Deborah, da. and coh. of James Pilkington, bp. of Durham, wid. of Walter Dunch, s.p. suc. fa. 18 June 1566. Kntd. 1574.Vis. Herefs. 1569, p. 7, gives Marvyn’s fa.-in-law as ‘of Eardisley’, Herefs.; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 358-9; W. R. Drake, Fasciculus Mervinensis (privately 1873), pp. 10-14, app. 1.
Offices Held
J.p. Wilts. from 1573, commr. recusancy; sheriff, Wilts. 1597 – 98; dep. lt. from 1601; col. of Wilts. trained bands sent to I.o.W. 1590, 1596; collector of customs and subsidies, Exeter and Dartmouth 1585, 1592.
Esquire of the body 1558 or 1559 – 1603; master of the swans 1561 – ?1611; bailiff of Wittelsmere 1561 – ?1611; duchy of Lancaster steward for Dorset regranted 1573, surrendered ?1583.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Fonthill Gifford, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
MARVYN, James (1529-1611)
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Oxford 1644
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