MORICE (afterwards POYNTZ), Sir John (1568-1618), of Chipping Ongar, Essex and Heneage House, Bevis Marks, London

Family and Education

bap. 17 Oct. 1568,Ongar Par. Reg. ed. F.A. Crisp, 6. 1st s. of James Morice† of Chipping Ongar, att. of the Wards 1589-97, and Elizabeth, da. of George Medley of Tilty Abbey, Essex.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 256. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1585; M. Temple 1586.Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 24 Oct. 1593,Ongar Par. Reg. 78. Katherine, da. and h. of Sir Gabriel Poyntz of North Ockendon, Essex, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.);F. Chancellor, Ancient Sepulchral Mons. of Essex, 184. (2) 27 Feb. 1606, Lettice, da. of Edward Fitzgerald† of Stanwell, Mdx., wid. of (Sir) Ambrose Coppinger† of Dawley Court, Mdx., s.p.D. Lysons, Mdx. Parishes, 133. suc. fa. 1597;C142/258/74; Essex RO, D/AEW/11/250 (will of James Morice). Kntd. 22 May 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 110. d. 31 Jan. 1618.C142/369/148.

Offices Held

Gent. pens. by 1602-c.1611;LC2/4/4. chamberlain of the Exch. 1613–d.Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 19.

Commr. sewers, Essex 1605 – d., Kent and Suss. 1609-at least 1611;C181/1, f. 121; 181/2, ff. 87v, 105v, 150v, 230v, 265. dep. lt. Essex by 1613;APC, 1613–14, p. 278. j.p. Essex by 1614–17;C66/1988; Cal. Assize Recs., Essex Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 141, 188. commr. inquiry into lands of 1st earl of Somerset, Essex 1616.C181/2, f. 260.

Parlimentarian

MORICE (afterwards POYNTZ), Sir John (1568-1618), of Chipping Ongar, Essex and Heneage House, Bevis Marks, London

Main residences: Chipping Ongar, Essex; Heneage House, Bevis Marks, London.

Poyntz

Author

J.P.F.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MORICE (afterwards POYNTZ), Sir John (1568-1618)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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