NORWICH, Sir John (1613-61), of Brampton Ash, Northants.

Family and Education

b. 14 Sept. 1612, 1st s. of Sir Simon Norwich of Brampton Ash, and 1st w. Anne, da. of Sir William Willoughby† of Marlow, Bucks.Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 155. educ. Oundle g.s. 22 Oct. 1627;Oundle Sch. Admiss. Reg. 1626-34, f. 7. Christ’s, Camb. 22 Sept. 1629;Al. Cant. M. Temple 13 Nov. 1632.M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 2 July 1633, Anne (bur. 23 July 1650), da. of Sir Roger Smith of Edmondthorpe, Leics., 6s. (at least 1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 21 Sept. 1652, Mary (d. 1693), da. of Sir Henry Atkins of Clapham, Surr., wid. of William Halford of Welham, Leics., 1s. 2da. d.v.p.Vis. Northants. 155-6; Shaw, Staffs. ii. 11; Nichols, Leics. ii. 864; A. Collins, The English Baronetage (1741), ii. 217; CB; HP Commons 1660-1690, ‘Sir John Norwich’. suc. fa. Feb. 1625;Vis. Northants. 155. Kntd. 19 July 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210. cr. bt. 24 July 1641.CB. d. 9 Oct. 1661.Vis. Northants. 155.

Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Northants. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 12, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). for associating midland cos. Northants. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. defence of Northants. 19 July 1643;LJ vi. 137b, 496b. oyer and terminer, 20 Sept. 1644–?;C181/5, f. 243. Midland circ. 10 July 1660–23 Jan. 1662;C181/7, pp. 15, 92, 108. New Model ordinance, Northants. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Sheriff, 13 Dec. 1645–1 Dec. 1646.LJ viii. 41a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 94. Lt. of Rockingham Forest, Northants. by Feb. 1648–?CCC 81. Commr. militia, Northants. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Leics. 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O. J.p. Northants., Mar. 1660–d.C193/13/3, f. 48; C193/13/4, f. 71v; C231/6, p. 267; C220/9/4, f. 59. Dep. lt. c.Aug. 1660–d.SP29/11/166, f. 216; SP29/42/63, f. 117v; Add. 34222, f. 11. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 12 Sept. 1642–17 Aug. 1643;SP28/133, pt. 2, ff. 26, 29; W. Bagwell, J. Brockedon, A Full Discovery of a Foul Concealment (1652), 11 (E.1068.4). col. of dragoons, 19 Sept. 1642–15 Feb. 1643;SP28/133, pt. 2, f. 25. col. of horse, 17 Aug. 1643-aft 1 Mar. 1645.CJ iii. 177b; SP28/133, pt. 2, f. 29; Bagwell, Brockedon, A Full Discovery, 11; G. Davies, ‘The army of the Eastern Assoc. 1644–5’, EHR xlvi. 91. Maj.-gen. Beds., Bucks., Herts. and Northants. 29 Aug. 1643-aft. Jan. 1645.SP28/133, pt. 2, ff. 24v, 29. Gov. Rockingham Castle, Northants. c.Apr. 1645-aft. Aug. 1646.Bodl. Tanner 59, f. 468; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 412; 1650, p. 205. Col. militia horse, Northants. by Dec. 1659–?HMC Portland, i. 689; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 320.

Civic: freeman, Northampton 3 Dec. 1660.Northampton Bor. Recs. ii. 498.

: of Brampton Ash, Northants.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

NORWICH, Sir John (1613-61), of Brampton Ash, Northants.

Will

16 Aug. 1656, pr. 30 Nov. 1661.PROB11/306, f. 242v.

Estates

in 1625 inherited an estate that inc. property in Clipston, Desborough, Great Oxendon, Little Bowden, Northants.; Market Harborough, Leics.; Burnham, Bucks.; and a house in Highgate, Mdx.C142/420/88; PROB11/145, f. 363. In 1656, estate inc. a manor that he had lately purchased in Wigtoft, Lincs., and lands and tenements in Tansor, Northants.PROB11/306, f. 243.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented Richard Cumberland to rectory of Brampton Ash, Northants., 1658.Bridges, Northants. ii. 283; Oxford DNB, ‘Richard Cumberland’.

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