Family and Education
b. 17 Sept. 1584, 1st s. of Sir Henry Finch‡, sjt.-at-law of Whitefriars, Canterbury, and Ursula, da. and h. of John Thwaites of Ulcombe, Kent; bro. of Nathaniel Finch‡. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1596; G. Inn 1601, called 1611. m. (1) 18 Jan. 1612, Eleanor (d.1623), da. of George Wyat of Boxley, Kent, 1s. d. v.p., 1da. v.p.; (2) 14 June 1627, Mabella (Mabel) (1669), da. of v. rev. Charles Fotherby, dean of Canterbury, of Bishopsbourne, Kent. s.p. Kntd. 15 June 1625. d. 20 or 27 Nov. 1660; will 28 Apr. 1660, pr. 29 May 1661-25 July 1700. Kent HLC (CKS), PRC32/53, f. 186.
Offices Held
Speaker, House of Commons 1628 – 29; PC 1640 – 49.
Freeman, Canterbury 1617, recorder, Canterbury 1617 – 19, 1620 – 21, ?1625; high steward, Camb. 1640.
Custos brevium, K.B. 1611; bencher, G. Inn by 1617 – 34, asst. reader 1617, reader 1618, dean of the Chapel 1626, treas. 1626 – 27; autumn reader 1618; att. gen. to Queen Henrietta Maria 1626 – 34; c.j.c.p. 1634 – 40; dep. (jt.) c.j. in Eyre, S. of Trent 1635 – at least36; judge of assize, Western circ. 1635 – 39; ld. kpr. 1640 – 41.
Parlimentarian
Likenesses
oil on canvas, aft. Sir A. van Dyck, c.1640, NPG 2125.
Volume
Lords 1660-1715
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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