HARINGTON, John I (by 1517-82), of Stepney, Mdx.; Kelston, Som.; Cheshunt, Herts. and of London.

Family and Education

b. by 1517, s. of Alexander Harington (d.1539) of Stepney. m. (1) by 1554, Audrey (d. by 1559), illegit. da. of John Malte of London, Henry VIII’s tailor, by Joan, da. of Digneley, w. of one Dobson, 1da.; (2) 1559/60, Isabella (d. 20 May 1579), da. of Sir John Markham of Cotham, Notts., 2s.This biography draws on R. Hughey John Harington of Stepney, The Arundel-Harington ms. and ‘The Harington ms at Arundel castle’, The Library (ser. 4), xv. 388-444; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. iii. 17-19; iv. 191-6; I. Grimble, Harington Fam. 77-8, 90-1.

Offices Held

Servant of Thomas Seymour, Lord Seymour by 1546 – 49; constable, Caernarvon castle and ex officio mayor, Caernarvon 1551 – d.; receiver in the Exchequer for Notts. and Derbys. 29 June 1559 – 8 Apr. 1561, Som. and Dorset 26 Mar. 1561 – 7 Apr. 1581; j.p.q. Herts., Mdx. 1569–d. E. Breese, Kalendars of Gwynedd , 127; W. O. Williams, Cal. Caern. Q. Sess. Recs. i. 132, 136, 158; CPR , 1558–60, p. 90; 1560–3, p. 155; 1569–72, p. 225; CSP Dom. Add. 1580–1625, p. 424.

Parlimentarian

HARINGTON (HERYNTON), John II (by 1517-82), of Stepney, Mdx.; Kelston, Som. and Cheshunt, Herts.

Main residences: Stepney, Mdx. and Kelston, Som. and and Cheshunt, Herts. and of London.

Author

R.V.

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

HARINGTON, John I (by 1517-82)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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