Family and Education
b. 11 Dec. 1593, 1st s. of Sir William Armyne* and his 1st w. Martha, da. of William, 2nd Lord Eure; bro. of Evers Armyne*.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), p. 41. educ. privately (James Wadeson) 1607; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1610. DWL, Morrice ms M11, f. 10; Al. Cant.; J.T. Cliffe, Puritan Gentry, 80. m. (1) 14 Dec. 1619 (with £2,000), A.G.R. Smith, Servant of the Cecils, 176. Elizabeth (bur. 27 Sept. 1626), da. of Sir Michael Hicks* of Austin Friars, London and Ruckholt, Low Leyton, Essex, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (2) 28 Aug. 1628, Mary (d. 6 Mar. 1675), Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), p. 41. da. and coh. of Henry Talbot† of Orton Longueville, wid. of Sir Thomas Holcroft* of Vale Royal, Cheshire, 1s. Add. 6675, f. 14; VCH Hunts. ii. 192. cr. bt. 28 Nov. 1619; CSP Dom. 1619-23, pp. 97, 98; CB, i. 130. suc. fa. 1622. C142/394/73. d. 10 Apr. 1651. CSP Dom. 1651, p. 173, 176.
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Commr. sewers, River Gleane, Lincs. and Notts. 1619 – 34, Holland, Lincs. 1626, Newark, Notts. 1627, Fenland 1629–46;C181/2, f. 353v; 181/3, ff. 168v, 198v, 228v; 181/4, ff. 29v, 39v, 154v; 181/5, ff. 9v, 269. freeman, Boston, Lincs. 1621;Boston Corp. Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey, ii. 322. j.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) 1622 – 26, 1628 – 36, by 1639 – d., (Holland and Lindsey) by 1650 – d., Northumb., 1645 – d., Cumb., Hunts., and Surr. by 1650–d.; C231/4, ff. 134, 210, 261; C231/6, p. 8; C193/13/2, f. 38v; SP16/405, f. 39v; Anon., Names of JPs (1650), pp. 10, 27, 32, 33, 42, 55. dep. lt. Lincs. by 1623–45; C231/4, f. 163v; Lincs. AO, Yarb. 8/2/3; DWL, Morrice ms M11, f. 1. commr. navigation of River Welland, Lincs., Rutland and Northants. 1623–34,C181/3, f. 99; 181/4, f. 161. swans, Lincs., Northants., Rutland and Notts. 1625, Lincs. and elsewhere c. 1629, Lincs. 1635;Ibid. ff. 165, 268; 181/5, f. 14. collector (jt.), Privy Seal loans, Lincs. 1625–6; E401/2586, p. 158; APC, 1626, p. 168. commr. Forced Loan, Lincs. 1626–7; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 81; R. Cust, Forced Loan, 172. sheriff, Lincs. 1629 – 30, Hunts. 1639–40; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 66, 80. commr. charitable uses, Lincs. 1636, 1642,C192/1, unfol. assessment, Kesteven 1641, Lincs. 1643 – d., Hunts. 1645 – d., Westminster 1649, Cumb., Mdx. and Surr. 1649 – d., defence, East Midland Assoc. 1642, Eastern Assoc. 1643, sequestration (Lindsey) 1643, levying money (Kesteven and Lincoln) 1643, New Model Ordinance, Lincs. 1645, oyer and terminer 1645, militia 1648; gov. Westminster sch. 1649; A. and O. i. 50, 92, 114, 149, 232, 294, 437, 539, 622, 639, 641, 967–9, 1084–6, 1239; ii. 32, 36–8, 257; SR, v. 85, 152; C181/5, f. 251v. custos. rot. Lincs. 19 Jan. 1651–d.C231/6, p. 204.

Member, cttee. of Both Kingdoms 1644 – 48; commr. treating with Scotland 1645, exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648,A. and O. i. 382, 738, 853, 1209; HMC Portland, i. 206. High Ct. of Justice 1649; A. and O. i. 1254. cllr. of state 1649–d. A. and O. ii. 2, 335, 500; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 6.

Main residences: Osgodby, Lenton, Lincs.; Orton Longueville, Hunts.
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ARMYNE, Sir William, 1st Bt. (1593-1651)

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