SPRING, Sir William (1588-1638), of Pakenham, Suff.

Family and Education

b. 29 July 1588,C142/268/154. o.s. of John Spring of Pakenham, and Mary, da. of John Trelawny of Poole, Menheniot, Cornw.Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 202. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1603; M. Temple 1606.Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 1 Nov. 1610, Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Smith† of Mount Hall, Theydon Mount, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.).Howard, i. 202. suc. fa. 1601;C142/268/154. Kntd. 12 Feb. 1611.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 150. d. 2 Mar. 1638.C142/697/21.

Offices Held

J.p. Suff. 1618–d.;C231/4, f. 65; C193/13/2. commr. sewers, Suff. 1619–26;C181/2, f. 349v; 181/3, ff. 12v, 201v. sheriff, Suff. 1620–1;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 132. commr. subsidy, Suff. 1624–6,C212/22/23; Harl. 305, f. 206; Letters from Redgrave Hall ed. D. MacCulloch (Suff. Rec. Soc. l), 113–14. piracy 1627, oyer and terminer and martial law 1628,C181/3, ff. 232, 244v. worsted yarn, Norwich 1629,CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 113. swans, Suff. and elsewhere c.1629,C181/3, f. 269. knighthood compositions, Suff. 1630–1,E178/7356, f. 13; 178/7198, f. 12; Suckling, Suff. ii. 116. inquiry, Bury St. Edmunds canal, Suff. 1636.CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 434.

Commr. trade 1625,T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 59. soap monopoly 1634.C181/4, f. 186.

Parlimentarian

SPRING, Sir William (1588-1638), of Pakenham, Suff.

Main residence: Pakenham, Suff.

Author

J.P.F.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

SPRING, Sir William (1588-1638)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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