HERVEY (HARVEY), Sir William I (c.1565-1642), of Soberton, Hants and The Strand, Westminster; later of Kidbrooke, Kent

Family and Education

b. c.1565,C142/232/50. o.s. of Henry Harvey of Chessington, Surr., sgt. of the buckhounds 1564-89, and Jane, da. of James Thomas of Llanvihangel, Glam. Add. 5750, f.190; G.T. Clark, Limbus Patrum, 273. m. (1) c. Dec. 1598, Mary (d.1607), Illustrations of Brit. Hist. ed. E. Lodge, iii. 209. da. of (Sir) Anthony Browne†, 1st Visct. Montagu, wid. of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd earl of Southampton, and of (Sir) Thomas Heneage† of Copt Hall, Essex, v.-chamberlain 1587-95, s.p.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 39, 67; HMC Hatfield, viii. 372; xiv. 80. (2) 4 Feb. 1608, S.H.A. Hervey, Dict. of Herveys, iv. 118, 121. Cordelia (d. 23 Apr. 1636), Reg. St. Martin in the Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 308. da. and coh. of Brian Ansley† of Lee, Kent, 3s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 ). Hervey, iv. 120. suc. fa. 1589; C142/232/50; VCH Surr. iii. 265. Kntd. 28 June 1596; S. and E. Usherwood, Counter-Armada 1596, p. 148. cr. bt. 31 May 1619, CB, i. 121-2. Bar. Hervy of Rosse [I] 5 Aug. 1620, C66/2253/5. Bar. Hervey of Kidbrooke 27 Feb. 1628. CP, vi. 516. bur. 8 July 1642. Reg. Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. Reg. x), 136.

Offices Held

Gent. pens. by 1589, standard-bearer by 1603–?20. Add. 31825, f. 23; E407/1/36; PRO 30/26/186; Lansd. 273, f. 29.

Capt. RN 1596, C.C. Stopes, Henry, 3rd earl of Southampton, 97; HMC Hatfield, vi. 354–5, 361. r.-adm. 1627; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 247. member, Council of War 1625–30; Birch, i. 21. commr. inquiry into the Navy 1626–7. CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 494; SP16/45, f. 93.

Kpr. St. Andrew’s Castle, Hants 1589–1604; Lansd. 165, f. 64v; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 19; 1603–10, p. 127. commr. piracy, Southampton and I.o.W. 1603, C181/1, f. 73v. survey, L. Inn Fields, Mdx. 1618, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. sewers, Mdx. 1619, C181/2, f. 347. Kent 1626 – 31, 1640. C181/3, f. 203v; 181/4, f. 100v; 181/5, ff. 168, 177v.

Remembrancer of first fruits 1605–d. Chamberlain Letters, i. 204.

Member, E.I. Co. 1618; CSP Col. E.I. 1617–21, pp. 228, 365. treas. Guiana Co. 1619. HMC Rutland, iv. 516.

Parlimentarian

HERVEY (HARVEY), Sir William I (c.1565-1642), of Soberton, Hants and The Strand, Westminster; later of Kidbrooke, Kent

Main residences: Soberton, Hants.; The Strand, Westminster; Kidbrooke, Kent.

Harvey

Author

J.P.F.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HERVEY (HARVEY), Sir William I (c.1565-1642)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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