Commons 1604-1629

Servant to Thomas Howard†, 3rd Visct. Howard of Bindon by 1606, SP14/18/1. to Thomas, 1st earl of Suffolk 1611–17; Add. 12497, f. 77v. clerk remembrancer, Ct. of Wards 1617–?d. H.E. Bell, Ct. of Wards, 31; APC, 1618–19, pp. 344–5.

Freeman, Poole, Dorset 1618; Dorset RO, DC/PL/B/1/1, f. 61v. capital burgess, Dorchester, Dorset 1625–d. William Whiteway of Dorchester, 76.

J.p. Notts. 1630 – d.; treas. 1635–6; C231/5, p. 26; C181/5, ff. 52v, 164; Notts. County Recs. 9, 13. commr. sewers, Notts., Lincs. and Yorks. 1634–7. C181/4, f. 174v; 181/5, ff. 17v, 39, 54, 87v.

Commr. subsidy, Cumb. 1624.C212/22/23.

Esq. of the body extraordinary 1631–8.LC5/132, p. 243; 5/134, p. 301.

Steward, Broad Street glassworks, London c.1615–16.J. Howell, Epistolae Ho-Elianae (1727), pp. 19–21.

Fellow, Jesus Coll. Oxf. ?1619.Ibid. 85.

Member, (Sir John Digby*) 1st earl of Bristol’s embassy to Spain, 1622 – 24; sec. to ld. pres. Sunderland 1626/7–30, to 2nd earl of Leicester (Sir Robert Sidney*) 1632.Epistolae Ho-Elianae, 121–69, 194–8; Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 34.

?Clerk of PC 1642–3;CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 12. historiographer royal 1661 – d.

Constable, Tenby Castle, Pemb. (jt.) c.1604-at least 1622; Exch. Procs. concerning Wales in Tempore Jas. I comp. T.I. Jeffreys Jones (Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xv), 308. constable of Dover Castle and ld. warden of Cinque Ports 1628–d.; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 228; PC2/51, p. 3. freeman, Maldon, Essex 1605; HMC Hatfield, xvii. 469. steward (jt.) of var. royal manors in Wales, 1606; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 322; Exch. Procs. 95, 120, 298–9. v.-adm. Dorset 1611 – at least39, bishopric of Dur., Cumb. and Northumb. 1611 – at least38, Westmld. by 1614-at least 1638; Vice Admirals of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 16, 18, 40, 49. commr. piracy, Dorset 1611, Cumb., Westmld. Northumb. and bishopric of Dur. 1614, Cinque Ports 1630; C181/2, f. 159; 181/4, f. 48; HCA1/32/1, f. 35. kpr. Greenwich Park, Kent 1611 – at least24, the Tower Lodge, Greenwich Park 1614-at least 1633; C66/1921/1; AO15/2, ff. 319–20v. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1612 – at least38, Essex (highways’ repair) 1614 – at least22, Norf. circ. 1617, Northern circ. 1617 – at least38, Dorset 1626, Hants and Wilts. 1629; C181/2, ff. 163, 225v, 293, 266; 181/3, ff. 30, 32, 68v, 212; 181/4, f. 11; 181/5, ff. 104v, 107v. lord lt. (jt.) Cumb., Northumb., Westmld. 1614 – 39, (sole) Cambs., Dorset, Suff. 1626 – d., Cinque Ports 1628–d.; Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 13, 15–16, 19, 32, 40. j.p. Cambs., Essex, Hunts. and Suff. 1614-at least 1636, C66/1988; SP16/405. Saffron Walden, Essex 1615-at least 1638, C181/2, f. 231; 181/5, p. 234. co. Dur. 1622-at least 1636, C193/13/1; SP16/405. Maldon by 1626, C193/12/2, f. 80v. Cornw., I. of Ely, Norf., Northumb., Mdx., Salop 1626-at least 1636, C231/4, ff. 206, 208; SP16/405. Westminster and Kent 1632-at least 1636; C231/5, ff. 86, 93; SP16/405. custos. rot. Dorset 1614 – at least29, Essex 1624–?, Suff. 1624-at least 1636; C66/1988; 66/2527; C231/4, f. 163; SP16/405. capt. of the garrison, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. by 1616; Lansd. 273, f. 40. Howard was never gov. of Guernsey, as claimed in CP, though he obtained a reversion to the office in 1610: C66/1867/3. commr. sewers, Gt. Fens 1617 – 39, Suff. 1619 – at least26, Kent and Suss. 1629, Camb. 1631, Westminster 1634, Kent 1639, C181/2, ff. 281v, 349v; 181/3, f. 201v; 181/4, ff. 18, 34, 87, 191; 181/5, ff. 9v, 101; C231/5, f. 349. Borders 1618-at least 1619; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, pp. 42, 58. high steward, Exeter, Devon by 1618 – at least22, Ipswich 1627; HMC Exeter, 76–7; Add. 25335, f. 31v. commr. subsidy, Essex 1621 – 22, 1624, Suff. 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, Cambs. 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–3; Harl. 305, f. 206. martial law, Dorset 1626-at least 1627, APC, 1626, p. 221; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, pt. 1 (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 32. Forced Loan, Cambs., Dorset, Essex, Hunts., Suff., Lincs. (Kesteven, Holland and Lindsey), Norf., I. of Ely, London, Bury St. Edmunds, Orford, Aldburgh, Hadleigh, Ipswich, Maldon, Harwich, Colchester, Camb. 1626–7, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 4v, 17v, 24, 31, 32, 33v, 40v, 54v, 76v-8, 80v, 84–5. swans (much of Eng.) 1627 – at least28, Suff. and Essex 1635, I. of Ely 1639, C181/3, ff. 226, 267; 181/5, ff. 28, 147v. gaol delivery, Ipswich, Suff. 1627–d., C181/3, f. 235v; 181/5, ff. 155v, 186v. charitable uses, Kent and Cinque Ports 1629 – 31, 1636, Kent 1636–9, C192/1, unfol. knighthood fines, Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1631–2. E178/5368, ff. 17, 20.

Lt. band of gent. pens. 1606 – 14, capt. 1614–35; H. Brackenbury, The Nearest Guard, 94, 205–6; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 537. Brackenbury mis-dates his appointment as lieutenant, and like CP asserts that Howard briefly surrendered his captaincy in Dec. 1619, whereas in fact Howard declined to do so: Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 278. commr. to adjourn Parl.1610, HMC Hastings, iv. 229. arrest Dunkirk ships 1616, APC, 1615–16, p. 437. inquire into gold and silver thread manufacture 1618; Archaeologia, xli. 251. PC 1626–d.; APC, 1626, p. 364; PC2/51, p. 3. commr. deceits in coinage 1628, to treat with extraordinary Dutch ambassadors 1628; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 231, 235. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1629-at least 1633; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 358. commr. poor laws 1631, repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631 – at least36, reprieve felons for foreign service 1633, regency 1639. CSP Dom. 1630–1, p. 474; 1631–3, p. 6; 1638–9, pp. 607–8; Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 259; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40, p. 58.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 369. member, N.W. Passage Co. 1612. CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 238.

Vol. Eng. forces at Jülich 1610. Autobiog. of Lord Herbert of Cherbury ed. S. Lee, 116–17.

Freeman, Haberdashers’ Co. 1572, GL, ms 15857/1, f. 109v. asst. 1592, GL, ms 15482/1, f. 59v. renter warden 1593 – 94, master 1594 – 95, 1602 – 03, 1604 – 05, 1608 – 09, 1612 – 13, 1615 – 16, 1618–19; I. Archer, Haberdashers’ Co. 237–9. Merchant Adventurer by 1579, W.R. Baumann, Merchant Adventurers and Continental Cloth Trade (1560s-1620s), 197. gov. by 1612 – 14, 1616-at least 1621; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 119; Nicholas, Procs. 1621, ii. 204. gov. Levant Co. 1605–d. A. Friis, Alderman Cockayne’s Project and Cloth Trade, 82.

Capt. militia ft. (East Regt.) London, by 1588, col. by 1608-at least 1616; HMC Foljambe, 39; Lansd. 255, f. 493; G. Goold Walker, ‘Trained Bands of London’, Jnl. of Hon. Art. Co. xvi. no. 181, p. 3. trustee, Gresham Coll., London 1589-at least 1622; Mercers’ Hall, London, Gresham Reps. i. 1596–1625, pp. 94, 249. alderman, Billingsgate ward, London 1594 – 1609, Broad Street ward 1609 – d., sheriff (jt.) 1595 – 96, mayor 1604–5; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 45. gov. St. Bart.’s hosp. 1596 – d., almoner 1596 – 98, surveyor 1597 – 98, pres. 1610–d.; St. Bart.’s Hosp. London, HA1/3, ff. 164, 181, 192v, 206; N. Moore, Hist. St. Bart.’s Hosp. ii. 801. collector (jt.), Privy Seal loans, London 1597–8, E401/2583, ff. 15v-19. 1601 (Dutch merchants), CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 539. 1604; E401/2585, ff. 5–6. asst. to piracy commrs., London 1601; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, p. 15. commr. subsidy, London 1604, 1608 – 10, 1621, E115/277/2, 128; SP14/31/1; E315/524, f. 20; C212/22/20. sewers, Surr. and Kent 1603, Mdx. and London 1606 – d., Surr. 1613, C181/1, f. 46; C181/2, ff. 20, 191; C181/3, f. 26v. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1603–d., C181/1, f. 69; C181/3, f. 23. oyer and terminer, Mdx. and London 1605-at last 1621, C181/1, ff. 125v, 126; 181/3, f. 21, 46v. gaol delivery, London 1605-at least 1621, C181/1, f. 127; C181/3, f. 23. aid for Prince Henry, London 1609, SP14/43/107. Princess Elizabeth 1612–13, C.M. Clode, Early Hist. of Merchant Taylors’ Co. i. 333; E403/2732, f. 173. to compound with landowners for building New River 1609, C193/6, no. 190. to build New River 1610-at least 1611, C181/2, ff. 126v, 149. annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1613, Ibid. ff. 142, 199v. inquiry, goods of Alexander Bradshaw, London 1612, goods of Agnes Phillips, Surr. 1620-at least 1622. Ibid. f. 167; 181/3, ff. 3v, 41v.

Commr. starchmaking 1607 – 08, 1620, HMC Sackville, i. 155; CD 1621, vii. 438, 442. E. Indies and Muscovy trade 1615, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 394. abuses in silk dyeing 1620. HMC Rutland, i. 458.

Servant to Henry Herbert, 2nd earl of Pembroke c.1585–1601.

J.p. Wilts. by 1598–d., Wilts. RO, A1/150/2, f. 3; C66/1549. Berks. by 1601–d.; C66/1549. commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1608, 1621–2. SP14/31/1, f. 47; C212/22/21–2.