Family and Education
bap. 2 Apr. 1593, 6th s. of (Sir) Nicholas Overbury* and Mary, da. of Giles Palmer of Compton Scorpion, Ilmington, Warws.G.W. Marshall, ‘Ped. of Overbury’, The Gen. i. 271-3. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1610, demy 1610-12, BA 1612; M. Temple 1610, called 1617; travelled abroad 1612. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; SO3/5, unfol. (Nov. 1612). m. (1) lic. 6 Nov. 1621, Mary (d. 9 Mar. 1623), da. of Sir Edward Pinchon of Writtle, Essex, 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 21 June 1627, Magdalen, da. of Thomas Marsham, Merchant Taylor, of Milk Street, London, wid. of Edward Grimston* of Bradfield, Essex, 4s. (1 or 2 d.v.p.) 3da. Marshall, 273-4; Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1611-1828 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 105, 189; O. Manning and W. Bray, Hist. and Antiqs. of Surr. i. 477; PROB 11/145, f. 219. d. 6 Apr. 1637. C142/564/156.
Offices Held
Registrar of assurances (jt.) c.1629-at least 1635.
J.p. Warws. 1631–d.;
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Barton-on-the-Heath, Warws.; the Middle Temple, London.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title
OVERBURY, Walter (1593-1637)
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