FERRAR (FARRER), John (c.1588-1657), of St. Sithes Lane, London; later of Little Gidding, Hunts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1588, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Nicholas Ferrar, Skinner, of St. Sithes Lane and Mary, da. of Lawrence Woodnoth of Shavington, Cheshire; bro. of Nicholas*.D.R. Ransome, ‘John Ferrar of Little Gidding’, Recs. of Hunts. iii. 17; we are grateful to Dr. Ransome for commenting on an earlier draft. educ. Enborne, Berks. (Robert Brooks) c.1598; travelled abroad (Hamburg, c.1612). Ferrar Pprs. ed. B. Blackstone, 10; Ransome, 17. m. (1) 16 Feb. 1613, HALS, King’s Walden par. reg. Anne (d. 12 July 1613), P. Peckard, Mems. Nicholas Ferrar, 11. da. of William Shepherd of Great Rollright, Oxon., s.p.; Ibid. (2) 14 Feb. 1615, St. Olave’s, Hart Street (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 260. Bathsheba, da. of Israel Owen, Grocer, of London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). A.L. Maycock, Nicholas Ferrar of Little Gidding, ped., opp. p. 322. suc. fa. 1620. C142/382/73. d. 28 Sept. 1657. The Gen. n.s. xxvi. 68.

Offices Held

Freeman, Skinners’ Co. 1613; Ransome, 17. Merchant Adventurers by 1613; Peckard, 11. member, E.I. Co. 1614, CSP Col. E.I. 1613–16, p. 289. Somers Is. Co. by 1618, Rich Pprs.: Letters from Bermuda ed. V.A. Ives, 109, 132, 157. cttee. Virg. Co. by 1618, dep. treas. 1619 – 22, auditor 1620–4. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 213, 227, 385, 473; ii. 30, 536.

Commr. Virg. plantation 1631. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 192.

Parlimentarian

FERRAR (FARRER), John (c.1588-1657), of St. Sithes Lane, London; later of Little Gidding, Hunts.

Main residences: St. Sithes Lane, London; Little Gidding, Hunts.

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Author

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Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

FERRAR (FARRER), John (c.1588-1657)