GRAHAM (GRAHME, GREAMES, GRIMES), Richard (c.1583-1654), of Cannon Row, Westminster; Norton Conyers, Wath, Yorks. and Netherby Hall, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, Cumb.

Family and Education

b. c.1583, 2nd s. of Fergus Graham (d. 15 Apr. 1625)R.T. Spence, ‘The First Sir Richard Graham of Norton Conyers and Netherby, 1583-1653’, NH, xvi. 104. of Plump, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk and Sybil, da. of William Bell of Scotsbrig, Middlebie, Dumfries; bro. of Ranald Grahme†.Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xii. 52-3. m. 1624, Catharine (d. 23 Mar. 1650),Top. and Gen. iii. 417. da. of Sir Thomas Musgrave of Norton Conyers, 2s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.).Scots Peerage, vii. 99-101. Kntd. 9 Jan. 1629;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 195. cr. bt. 29 Mar. 1629.CB, ii. 69. d. 28 Jan. 1654.Scots Peerage, vii. 100.

Offices Held

Groom to George, 1st mq. (later duke) of Buckingham by 1617, gent. of the horse 1619–28;Spence, 106–7; Add. 12528, p. 34; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 331; 1623–5, p. 462; HMC 6th Rep. 326–7. jt. clerk of customs bills 1619–21;C66/2205/5; CD 1621, vii. 347–8, 515–19. equerry, King’s Stables 1629 – ?44; master of the harriers 1644–6.Spence, 102.

Kpr. Middle Park, Hampton Court, Mdx. 1622 – 31, jt. warrener 1627–31;Ibid. 112; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 180; 1628–9, p. 344. customer, Carlisle, Cumb. 1623–31,C66/2305; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 508; 1631–3, p. 114. freeman 1625, alderman by 1634–7;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), Ca2/120/10; Naworth Household Bk. ed. G. Ornsby (Surtees Soc. lxviii), 489. j.p. Cumb. 1628–45;C231/4, f. 261; C66/2858. member, Council in the North 1629–41;R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. commr. swans, Cumb., Westmld., Northumb. and elsewhere, 1629,C181/3, f. 270v. oyer and terminer, Cumb. 1630, Northern circ. 1632–41,C181/4, ff. 25, 108, 197v; 181/5, ff. 7v, 203. piracy, Cumb. 1631,C181/4, f. 81. border malefactors 1635,CSP Dom. 1635, p. 510. array, Cumb. and Yorks. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Parlimentarian

GRAHAM (GRAHME, GREAMES, GRIMES), Richard (c.1583-1654), of Cannon Row, Westminster; Norton Conyers, Wath, Yorks. and Netherby Hall, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, Cumb.

Main residences: Cannon Row, Westminster and Norton Conyers, Wath, Yorks. and Netherby Hall, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, Cumb.

Grahme, Greames, Grimes

Author

J.P.F.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GRAHAM (GRAHME, GREAMES, GRIMES), Richard (c.1583-1654)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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