DRIDEN, Sir John, 2nd bt. (c.1580-1658), of Canons Ashby, Northants.

Family and Education

b. c.1580, 1st s. of Sir Erasmus Dryden†, 1st bt., of Canons Ashby, and Frances (d. 16 Feb. 1631), da. and coh. of William Wilkes of Hodnell, Warws.Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 66. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 29 Oct. 1596, aged 16;Al. Cant. M. Temple 20 Apr. 1602.M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) c.1605, Priscilla, da. of James Quarles of Romford, Essex, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) Anna (d. 20 Feb. 1631), da. of Henry Parvis, merchant, of London, and Low Leyton, Essex, s.p.; (3) 3 July 1632 (with £2,000), Honor, da. and coh. of Sir Robert Bevill†, KB, of Chesterton, Hunts., 6s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.).C142/497/135; Northants. RO, D (CA)/517; Vis. Northants. 66-7; CB; Bridges, Northants. i. 225, 226; St Mary Woolnoth and St Mary Woolchurch Haw Par. Regs. ed. J.M.S. Brooke, A.W.C. Hallen, 146. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 22 May 1632.CB. d. betw. June and Dec. 1658.C181/5, p. 311; PROB11/283, f. 169.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Northants. 20 Dec. 1632–?, Mar. 1649–d.;C231/5, p. 96; C231/6, p. 144. Warws. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–d.C193/13/3, f. 65v; C193/13/4, f. 102v; C193/13/6, f. 90v. Commr. sewers, Northants. 1 June 1633, 18 July 1634;C181/4, ff. 140, 180. charitables uses, 16 Feb. 1637, 21 July 1641.C192/1, unfol. Sheriff, 5 Nov. 1634–5.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 94. Commr. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. assessment, Northants. 24 Feb. 1643, 12, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Hunts. 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, Northants. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. defence of Northants. 19 July 1643;LJ vi. 137b, 496b. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Northants. and Rutland 14 Mar. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Custos rot. Northants. 15 Mar. 1649–d.C231/6, p. 144. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 15, 311. ejecting scandalous ministers, Northants. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 1 Nov. 1642;CJ ii. 829a. cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 27 Mar. 1644.CJ iii. 439b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; visitation Oxf. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers by Feb. 1653.SP22/2B, f. 88v.

: 2nd bt. (c.1580-1658), of Canons Ashby, Northants. 1580 – 1658.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DRIDEN, Sir John, 2nd bt. (c.1580-1658), of Canons Ashby, Northants.

Will

20 Jan. 1657, pr. 11 Nov. 1658.PROB11/283, f. 167.

Estates

in 1630, inherited third of manor of Hodnell and the manor house of Old Hodnell, Warws.VCH Warws. vi. 116. In 1632, estate inc. manor of Canons Ashby; lands in Canons Ashby and Preston; rectory and advowson of Canons Ashby; advowson of Middleton Cheney; land in Woodford, Northants.; third of manor of Hodnell.Northants. RO, D (CA)/517. In 1632-40, acquired through third wife a third of manor of Chesterton; manor of Haddon, Hunts.Northants. RO, D (CA)/305, 591-6. In 1633, purchased rectory of Woodford.Northants. RO, D (CA)/580. In 1647, purchased third part of manor of Chesterton.VCH Hunts. iii. 140. In 1650, purchased moiety of manor of Radbourn, Warws.Northants. RO, D (CA)/585; VCH Warws. vi. 199; Dugdale, Diary and Corresp. 243-4. By 1657, owned manor house of Nether Radbourne, Warws., moiety of manor, advowson and lands there.Northants. RO, D (CA)/25. Property in Chesterton was worth more than £500 a year by 1657.PROB11/283, f. 168v. In 1658, estate inc. rectory and tithes of Woodford; messuages and lands in Woodford and Hinton, Northants.; two thirds of manor of Chesterton; lands and mansion house in Chesterton; manor of Haddon, Hunts.PROB11/283, ff. 167-8. In 1670, house at Canons Ashby assessed for 23 hearths.E179/157/446, m. 38d.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Tothill Street, London (c.1644) Mr Hood’s house, Chancery Lane, London (c.1656).Northants. RO, D (CA)/921-5.

Religion

presented Josias Beacham to rectory of Seaton, Rutland, 1627; John Cave to rectory of Middleton Cheney, Northants., 1646;IND1/17002, ff. 7, 41. John Pasmore to parsonage of Chesterton, Hunts., 1656.HMC 2nd Rep. 63.

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