CURWEN, Henry (1528-96), of Workington, Cumb.

Family and Education

b. 1528, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Curwen of Workington by Agnes, da. of Sir Walter Strickland of Sizergh, Westmld. m. (1) 1548, Mary, da. of Sir Nicholas Fairfax of Gilling Castle and Walton, Yorks., 1s. Nicholas 3da.; (2) Janet, da. of one Crosby, rector of Camerton, 2s. 5da. suc. fa. 4 Dec. 1543. Kntd. 28 Aug. 1570.C142/68/23; Vis. Cumb. (Harl. Soc. vii), 30; J. F. Curwen, House of Curwen, 106 seq.; W. Jackson, Pprs. and Peds. (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc.), i. 288-370; Biog Studies (now Recusant Hist. ), iii. 84; Shaw, ii. 74.

Offices Held

J.p. Cumb. from 1554, Westmld. from c. 1583; commr. to survey Carlisle and elsewhere in W. Marches Apr. 1565, piracy Nov. 1565, to survey castles and take musters, W. Marches 1580, to take oaths Oct. 1592; sheriff Mar. – Nov. 1562, 1570 – 71, 1580 – 81, 1589–90.CPR, 1553, p. 364; 1553–4, p. 18; 1554–5, p. 106; 1560–3, pp. 435, 485; 1563–6, p. 20; 1569–72, p. 223; APC, vii. 284; xxiii. 257.

Parlimentarian

CURWEN, Henry (1528-96), of Workington, Cumb.

Main residence: Workington, Cumb.

Author

A.D.

P.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

CURWEN, Henry (1528-96)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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