GLANVILLE, John (1586-1661), of Tavistock, Devon and Lincoln’s Inn; later of Broad Hinton, Wilts. and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

Family and Education

b. c.1586, 2nd s. of John Glanville† (d.1600) of Tavistock, j.c.p. 1598-d. and Alice, da. of John Skerret of Tavistock; bro. of Francis*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 411. educ. L. Inn 1603, called 1610; DCL Oxf. 1644. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 131; Al. Ox. m. by 1615, Winifred, da. of William Bourchier of Barnsley, Glos., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. Vivian, 411, 413. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1641. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210. d. 2 Oct. 1661. Vivian, 411.

Offices Held

Fee’d counsel, Liskeard, Cornw. c.1612-at least 1624, Cornw. RO, B/LIS/273, 280. Plymouth, Devon by 1617, W. Devon RO, W132, f. 181v. recorder, Okehampton, Devon from c.1613, W.R. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 364. Plymouth 1620–40, HMC 9th Rep. i. 266. Launceston, Cornw. by 1621-at least 1630, Cornw. RO, B/LAUS/297, 342. Bristol 1630–46; D.H. Sacks, Widening Gate: Bristol and the Atlantic Economy, 237–8. reader, Thavies Inn 1618, Readers and Readings in the Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. spec. ser. xiii), 139. L. Inn 1630, bencher 1627 – 37, marshal 1629–30; LI Black Bks. ii. 270, 289. sjt.-at-law 1637–d., Order of Sjts.-at-Law, 186. king’s sjt. 1640 – 49, 1660–1. List of Eng. Law Officers comp. J. Sainty (Selden Soc. spec. ser. vii), 19.

Sec. at war, Cadiz expedition 1625; HMC Cowper, i. 201. prothonotary, Chancery 1633–6; C66/2183/17; CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 220. Speaker of House of Commons 13 Apr.-5 May 1640. CJ, ii. 3a.

J.p. Wilts. 1637 – c.45, 1660 – d., Hants 1643 – 44, Devon, Dorset and Som. from 1643; C231/5, p. 250; C220/9/4, f. 95v; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 94–5, 243. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1637–42, C181/5, ff. 73–4, 220–1. assessment, Wilts. 1660. SR, v. 221 (as Granville).

Parlimentarian

GLANVILLE, John (1586-1661), of Tavistock, Devon and Lincoln’s Inn; later of Broad Hinton, Wilts. and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

Main residences: Tavistock, Devon; Lincoln's Inn; Broad Hinton, Wilts.; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

Author

J.P.F.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GLANVILLE, John (c.1586-1661)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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