WALTER, Sir John (1565-1630), of The Strand, Westminster and Sarsden, Oxon.

Family and Education

bap. 1 May 1565, 2nd s. of Edmund Walter (d.1594), of Ludlow, Salop, c.j. Brecon circ. 1581-94, and his 1st w. Mary, da. of Thomas Hackluyt of Eyton, Herefs.; bro. of James†.H.T. Weyman, ‘The Walters at Ludlow’, Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. (ser. 4), iii. 265-7. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1579, MA 1613; Al. Ox. I. Temple 1583, called 1590. I. Temple Admiss.; CITR, i. 371. m. (1) 24 Feb. 1601, Margaret, da. of William Offley, Merchant Taylor, of London, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da.; The Gen. n.s. xx. 53; E. Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 373. (2) settlement 30 Oct. 1622, Anne, da. of William Wytham of Ledstone, Yorks., wid. of Thomas Bigg* (d. 11 June 1621) of Lenchwick, Worcs., s.p. C142/500/46; Foss, vi. 373; Survey of Worcs. by Thomas Habington ed. J. Amphlett (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1896-9), ii. 216. Kntd. 18 May 1619; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 171. suc. bro. James 1625. d. 18 Nov. 1630. Weyman, 267-8.

Offices Held

Reader, Lyon’s Inn 1594 – 95, I. Temple autumn 1607; Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 94, 208. counsel to Anne of Denmark 1603–19, LR6/154/9; LC2/5, f. 33v. Oxf. Univ. by 1613; Ath. Ox. i. (Fasti), 355. bencher, I. Temple 1605; CITR, ii. 10. att.-gen. to Prince Charles 1613–25; Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx), 31. sjt.-at-law and king’s sjt. 1625; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 182, 542. c. bar. Exch. 12 May 1625–d. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 28.

Commr. sewers, Berks., Oxon. 1612, 1626, C181/2, f. 169; 181/3, f. 200. Surr. 1613, 1624–5, C181/2, f. 191v; 181/3, ff. 115, 161. Kent 1614, 1618, 1624–5, C181/2, ff. 216v, 322v; 181/3, ff. 115, 158v. Essex, Mdx. 1622, 1625, C181/3, ff. 43, 158v. Westminster 1627, London 1629, Ibid. ff. 213, 255v. swans, Berks., Glos., Hants, Northants., Oxon., Wilts. 1615, C181/2, f. 233. oyer and terminer, Wales and Welsh Marches 1616-at least 1626, Ibid. f. 254; C181/3, f. 191v. Oxf. circ. 1617–d., C181/2, f. 269; 181/4, f. 50v. Western circ. 1625-Jan. 1630, C181/3, f. 178; 181/4, f. 11v. Mdx. 1625–d., C181/3, f. 183; 181/4, f. 24v. Verge, London 1626–d., C181/3, ff. 198v, 211v; 181/4, ff. 33v, 48v. Dorset 1626; C181/3, f. 212. j.p. Cheltenham, Glos. 1618-at least 1625, C181/2, f. 324v; 181/3, f. 186. Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Mdx., Oxon., Som., Wilts. 1625–d., C66/2367, 2527; E163/18/12. gaol delivery, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1620 – 22, Newgate, London 1626–d., C181/3, ff. 3, 78, 211v; 181/4, f. 33v. subsidy, Mdx. 1624, C212/22/23. nisi prius, Bristol, Glos. 1625–?d., Southampton, Hants 1628–?d., C181/3, ff. 181v, 239; 181/4, ff. 6v-7. piracy, Cornw. 1626, C181/3, f. 195v. commr. Forced Loan, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts. 1627. C193/12/2, ff. 7, 10, 11v, 20, 44v, 49v, 51, 63v.

Member, Prince Charles’s Council 1616–25, G. Haslam, ‘Jacobean Phoenix’, in Estates of Eng. Crown ed. R.W. Hoyle, 276. High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620–d., R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of the High Commission, 359. duchy of Cornw. Council from 1625, Haslam, 284. commr. accts. [I] 1625. Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 215.

Parlimentarian

WALTER, Sir John (1565-1630), of The Strand, Westminster and Sarsden, Oxon.

Main residences: The Strand, Westminster; Sarsden, Oxon.

Author

J.P.F.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

WALTER, Sir John (1565-1630)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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