KIRTON, James I (1559-1620), of Almsford Park, Som. and Rosemary Lane, London.

Family and Education

bap. 21 Dec. 1559, Almsford par. reg. (Soc. Gen. transcript). 4th s. of Edward Kirton (d.1601) of Almsford Park and Lettice, da. of one Gillbank of London. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix-cx), 87. educ. New Inn; M. Temple 1585; ?travelled abroad. MTR, 280; HMC Bath, iv. 346. m. (1) by 1596, Ann (d. 7 Sept. 1603), da. of Henry Bodenham of Fugglestone St. Peter, Wilts., s.p.; PROB 11/83, f. 266v; 11/87, f. 160; H. David, Historical Account of Curiosities of London and Westminster (1759), pt. 2, p. 74. (2) 12 Feb. 1607, GL, St. Giles Cripplegate par. reg. Elizabeth (bur. 28 Nov. 1618), F. Brown, Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills ed. F.A. Crisp, i. 44. da of John Morley I† of St. Botolph-without-Aldersgate, London and Halnaker, Boxgrove, Suss. s.p. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 140. Kntd. 6 July 1618. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 169. bur. 28 Aug. 1620 28 Aug. 1620. Almsford par. reg. sig. James Kirton.

Offices Held

Servant to Edward Seymour, 1st earl of Hertford from c.1592-d, steward, 1599–1608. HMC Bath, iv. 200, 346.

Commr. sewers, Som. 1603-at least 1615; C181/1, f. 70v; 181/2, f. 246. j.p. Som. by c. 1612 – c.15, 1618–d. C66/1898; 66/2047; C231/4, f. 59; Q. Sess. Recs. for County of Som. ed. E.H. Bates. (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 263.

Member, earl of Hertford’s embassy to Spanish Neths. 1605. HMC Bath iv. 200.

Parlimentarian

KIRTON, James I (1559-1620), of Almsford Park, Som. and Rosemary Lane, London.

Main residences: Almsford Park, Som.; Rosemary Lane, London.

Author

H.J.L.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

KIRTON, James I (1559-1620)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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