BACKHOUSE (BACCHUS, BAKEHOUSE), Samuel (1554-1626), of Swallowfield , Berks.

Family and Education

bap. 18 Nov. 1554, 1st s. of Nicholas Backhouse, alderman and Grocer, of Honey Lane, London and his 1st w. Anne, da. of Thomas Curzon of Croxall, Derbys. educ. Trin. Camb. 1569, BA 1573; G. Inn 1572. m. 6 Sept. 1581, Elizabeth (d. 1 Feb. 1630), da. of John Borlase† of Little Marlow, Bucks., 4s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1580. d. 24 June 1626. All Hallows, Honey Lane (Harl. Soc. Reg. xliv), 101; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 160; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 20; C.C.E. Russell, Swallowfield, 99-101, 107-8; London Inquisitions Post Mortem III (Index Lib. xxxvi), 42-3; Ashmole, Berks. ii. 374-5.

Offices Held

J.p. Berks. 1593 – d., Wilts. 1615–16; C231/4, pp. 5, 14. sheriff, Berks. 1600–1; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 6. commr. recusants, Berks. 1602, preservation of ditches, London, Mdx., Surr., Kent, Essex, Berks., Bucks. and Hants 1605, C181/1, ff. 34, 113v. swans, Oxon., Berks., Wilts., Glos., Northants. and Hants 1606 – at least15, Kent, Mdx. and Berks. 1609,C181/2, ff. 4v, 89v, 233. subsidy 1608, 1622, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. charitable uses 1608 – 13, 1618, 1626; C93/3/13, 17; 93/4/11, 19; 93/5/4; 93/7/1, 12; 93/10/22; Russell, 104. collector aid (jt.), Berks. 1613; E403/2732, f. 184. commr. sewers, Bucks. and Berks. 1622.C181/3, f. 76v.

Member, E.I. Co. 1600, New River Co. 1619. CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 116; B. Rudden, The New River, 29.

Parlimentarian

BACKHOUSE (BACCHUS, BAKEHOUSE), Samuel (1554-1626), of Swallowfield , Berks.

Main residence: Swallowfield, Berks.

Bacchus, Bakehouse

Author

A.D.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BACKHOUSE (BACCHUS, BAKEHOUSE), Samuel (1554-1626)