SUCKLING, John (1569-1627), of St. Andrew’s, Norwich, Norf.; Dorset Court, Fleet Street, London; Barsham, Suff. and Goodfathers, Twickenham, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 29 Mar. 1569,Add. 19150, f. 296; Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes ed. F.A. Crisp, xiv. 101-5. 6th but 3rd surv. s. of Robert Suckling† (d.1589), mercer, of Norwich, Norf. and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Adam Barwick of East Bergholt, Suff. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 274; Oxford DNB. educ. G. Inn 1590; Padua 1595. GI Admiss. m. (1) 14 Oct. 1604, (with £500), HMC Sackville, i. 180. Martha (d. 28 Oct. 1613), F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. iv. 308. da. of Thomas Cranfield, Mercer, of London, 2s. 4da.; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Rec. Soc. v), 208-9. (2) 2 Mar. 1617, Reg. St. Olave Hart Street, London (Harl. Soc. xlvi), 261. Jane (bur. 22 Nov. 1662), W.A. Copinger, Suff. Manors, vii. 160. da. of John Reve of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff., wid. of Charles Hawkins of London, s.p. The Gen. n.s. xxii, 216. Kntd. 22 Jan. 1616. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 157; J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, iii. 132. d. 27 Mar. 1627. Blomefield, iv. 309-10. sig. Jo[hn] Suckling.

Offices Held

Sec. to ld. treas. Buckhurst (Thomas Sackville†, later 1st earl of Dorset) by 1601–8. HMC Var. vii. 87.

Recvr.-gen. of Alienations Office 1604–?1620.; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 175; 1619–23, p. 122. jt. farmer of customs [I] 1612–18; HMC Downshire, iii. 139. master of Requests 1619–22; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 93; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 365; APC, 1618–19, p. 362. member, High Commission 1620–d.; Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 135; pt. 4, p. 171. commr. logwood imports 1620, starch manufacture 1620, CD 1621, vii. 410, 442. aliens 1621–2; Rymer, vii. pt. 3, pp. 210, 239, pt. 4, p. 31. PC 1622–d.; SP14/129/36; APC, 1621–3, p. 175. comptroller of the Household 1622–d.; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 434; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 213. commr. exacted fees 1622–3, APC, 1621–3, p. 325; Bodl. Tanner 101, no. 67, HEHL, Temple corresp. box 5, STT 877. trade 1622, 1625, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59. defective titles 1622–5, Ibid. vii. pt. 3, p. 248; pt. 4, p. 77; viii. pt. 1, p. 32. purveyance compositions 1622, Ibid. vii. pt. 4, p. 19. commr. of finances to duke of Buckingham by 1623–4; CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 37, 353. commr. soap manufacture 1624, Ibid. pp. 54, 127; Addenda, 1580–1625, p. 666. Virg. plantation 1624, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 144. customs regulation 1624, Add. 34324, ff. 230–2. wardrobe expenses 1624, banishment of Jesuits and seminary priests 1624.Rymer, vii. pt. 4, pp. 162, 168.

Collector, Tunnage and Poundage, London 1611–d.; Lansd. 1217, f. 74. j.p. Mdx. 1616 – d., Norf., Suff., Surr. and Westminster by 1619–d.; C231/4, ff. 18, 144, C181/2, f. 331v; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 11; SP16/14/45. commr. musters, Mdx. 1616, 1620–2, APC, 1616–17, p. 56; C66/2234. oyer and terminer 1617, the Marshalsea 1623–d., C231/4, f. 40; 181/3, ff. 97, 198v, 217. subsidy, Mdx. 1621 – 22, Norf., Suff. and Mdx. 1624; C212/22/20, 23. dep. lt. Mdx. 1623–d.; C231/4, f. 156; HMC Cowper, i. 269. commr. new buildings, Mdx. 1624, Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 96. privy seal loans 1625–6;E401/2586, p. 456. freeman, Yarmouth, I.o.W. 1625, Add. 5669, f. 68. Sandwich and Norwich 1626; E. Kent Archives Cent. Sa/AC 7, f. 137v; Reg. Freemen of Norwich ed. P. Millican, 209. commr. Forced Loan, Mdx. and Norf. 1626–7. CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; 1627–8, p. 26; APC, 1627, p. 80, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144.

Cttee. E.I. Co. 1619–d. CSP Col. E.I. 1617–21, p. 283, 1625–9, p. 601.

Parlimentarian

SUCKLING, John (1569-1627), of St. Andrew’s, Norwich, Norf.; Dorset Court, Fleet Street, London; Barsham, Suff. and Goodfathers, Twickenham, Mdx.

Main residences: St. Andrew's, Norwich, Norf. and Dorset Court, Fleet Street, London and and Barsham, Suff. and Goodfathers, Twickenham, Mdx.

Author

A.D.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

SUCKLING, John (1569-1627)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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