Family and Education
b. May 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, Cumb., 2s. 5da. suc. fa. 4 Dec. 1543. Kntd. 28 Aug. 1570.Date of birth estimated from age at fa.’s. i.p.m., 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 History ), iii. 84.
Offices Held
Commr. relief from aliens, Cumb. 1550, to survey Carlisle and west marches 1563, for piracy 1565, to survey castles and take musters, west marches 1580, to take oaths 1592; j.p. Cumb. 1554 – d., Westmld. 1583/86; sheriff, Cumb. Mar. – Nov. 1562, 1570 – 71, 1580 – 81, 1589–90.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Workington, Cumb.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
CURWEN, Henry (1528-96)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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