MANSELL, Sir Robert (c.1569-1656), of Pentney and Norwich, Norf. and Penrice, Glam.

Family and Education

b. c. 1569, 4th s. of (Sir) Edward Mansell of Margam, Glam. by Lady Jane Somerset, da. of Henry, 2nd Earl of Worcester; bro. of Sir Thomas. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1587. m. (1) c.1593, Elizabeth, da. of (Sir) Nicholas Bacon, wid. of Francis Wyndham, s.p.; (2) 1617, Anne, da. of Sir John Roper, s.p. Kntd. on Cadiz voyage 1596.DNB; A. H. Smith thesis, 21; HMC Gawdy, 70, 79.

Offices Held

J.p. Norf. from c. 1592, rem. c. 1600, rest. j.p.q. c. 1601 – 26; v.-adm. Norf. and narrow seas c. 1599; commr. musters, Norf 1601; treasurer of navy 1604 – 18; v.-adm. England 1618.A. H. Smith thesis, 21, 308–10, App. ll; Gawdy mss in custody of Norf. Arch. Soc. at Norwich, ff. 20–1; DNB; APC, xxxi. 227; xxxii. 373.

Parlimentarian

MANSELL (MANSFIELD, MANSFELT), Sir Robert (1570/1-1652), of Pentney, Norf.; Marquess House, Broad Street, London; and Church Street, Croom’s Hill, East Greenwich, Kent.

Main residences: Pentney; Norwich, Norf.; Penrice, Glam.

Author

N.M.F.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

MANSELL, Sir Robert (c.1569-1656)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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