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b. c.1594, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Humphrey Mildmay (d. 9 Aug. 1613) of Danbury Place, Essex and Mary, da. of Henry Capel of Hadham, Herts.Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii.-xiv.), 252, 452; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii), 113; Morant, Essex, ii. 29. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 23 Apr. 1610, BA 1612;Al. Cant. Académie de Genève 1607;Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève (1559-1878), ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 1959-80), i. 144. travelled abroad (Italy);Abraham van der Doort’s Catalogue of the Collections of Charles I, ed. O. Millar (Walpole Soc. xxxvii), 94.. adm. G. Inn (hon.) 8 Aug. 1620.G. Inn Admiss. i. 161. m. (with £3,000) 5 Apr. 1619, Anne (bur. 3 Mar. 1657), da. and coh. of William Halliday, Mercer, alderman of London and gov. of E. I. Co. 1621-4, 1s. 1da. d.v.p.Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634, 252, 452; H.A. St John Mildmay, A Brief Mem. of the Mildmay Fam. (London and New York, 1913), 115-16, 136-7. Kntd. 9 Aug. 1617,Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 164. degraded 27 Jan. 1662.The Traytors Pilgrimage From the Tower to Tyeburn (1662). d. Dec. 1668.J. Bayley, The hist. and antiquities of the Tower of London (1821-5), ii. 624; Sloane 3510, ff. 31, 38.
Offices Held

Court: sewer to James I bef. Sept. 1617; cupbearer bef. Jan. 1618.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 164; HMC Downshire, vi. 352. Master of the jewel house, 1618-aft. Mar. 1652;C66/2133, no. 23; HMC 7th Rep. 594; HMC Laing, i. 271; Add. 34195, f. 51. commr. jewels, 1621–3.T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 252.

Civic: freeman, ?Maldon, Essex 1620; Southampton 1626.HMC 11th Rep. iii. 24. High steward, Maldon 1636–61.Essex RO, D/B 3/1/20, f. 57; Sloane 856, f. 26v.

Local: commr. sewers, Chipping Ongar bridge to Ilford bridge, Essex 1620;C181/3, f. 19. River Lea, Essex and Mdx. 1622;C181/3, f. 43. Havering and Dagenham levels, Essex and Mdx. 1625-aft. Mar. 1642;C181/3, f. 158v; C181/4, ff. 76, 136v; C181/5, f. 227v. Mdx. 15 Oct. 1645, 31 Jan. 1654;C181/5, f. 262v; C181/6, p. 4. oyer and terminer, Essex 1621, 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/3, f. 28v; C181/5, ff. 237v, 254. Western circ. 1629 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/3, f. 259v; C181/4, ff. 11v, 193v; C181/5, ff. 5v, 221; C181/6, pp. 8, 307. Home circ. 1629 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/3, f. 261; C181/4, ff. 13, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222; C181/6, pp. 12, 372. Hants Jan. 1648;CJ v. 429a. to survey Triptree Heath 1623. 1624 – 15 July 1642C181/3, f. 95. J.p. Essex, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Hants by 1630–10 June 1642;C231/4, f. 160; C231/5, pp. 528, 530; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 510; C193/13/4; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxviii. Saffron Walden 30 Aug. 1649–?C231/6, p. 165. Commr. Forced Loan, Essex, Hants 1626–7.Bodl. Firth C4, p. 257; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 52. Dep. lt. Essex 1628-aft. 1642.Maynard Lieut. Bk. 230. Commr. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629.C181/3, f. 268v. Collector, knighthood fines, Essex 1630.CSP Dom. 1629–30, p. 321. Commr. charitable uses, 1632-aft. 1641;C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; Hants 1641; poll tax, Essex, Hants 1641;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex 1642; assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Hants 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Essex 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Hants 10 June 1645; Eastern Assoc. Essex 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. V.-adm. Suff. Jan. 1644-Jan. 1650.J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush, Vice Admirals of the Coast (L. and I. cccxxi), 45; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 564. Commr. for timber for navy, Waltham Forest 8 Apr. 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238, 254. Haveringe-atte-Bower 28 May 1655-aft. Feb. 1658;C181/6, pp. 104, 272. New Model ordinance, Essex 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Essex, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659;A. and O. Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650.A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). Visitor, Winchester Coll. Aug. 1649.T.F. Kirby, Annals of Winchester College (London and Winchester, 1892), 336. Custos rot. Essex 23 July 1650–54, 25 June 1659-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 192; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxviii. Kpr. Greenwich Park 1650–60.A.D. Webster, Greenwich Park (Greenwich, 1902), 9.

Central: commr. govt. of Virg. 1624;T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, pp. 144, 746. escheated lands, earl of Holderness, 1632;Coventry Docquets, 37. goldsmiths’ abuses, 1635–6;Coventry Docquets, 42; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 71. to regulate trade in gold and silver thread, 23 Jan. 1635;CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 178. archery, 1637;CSP Dom. 1637, pp. 66–7. exacted fees, 1637.CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 77. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642, 9 Sept. 1647;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b; v. 297b. cttee. for examinations, 20 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 728b. for the revenue, 21 Sept. 1643;A. and O. cttee. for foreign affairs, 7 Sept. 1644;CJ iii. 620a; LJ vi. 698a. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645;LJ vii. 468a. cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645; cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 9 Sept. 1647;CJ v. 297b; LJ ix. 430b. cttee. for the army, 15 Dec. 1648, 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan. 1652, 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vi. 96b; LJ x. 631b; A. and O. Chief steward, jointure lands of Henrietta Maria, 2 Jan. 1649.Essex RO, D/DM/O2/4. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 137b. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.A. and O.; CJ vii. 221a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 290a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

: of Wanstead, Essex and Hants., Twyford.
Likenesses

Likenesses: ?oils, unknown, aft. 1668.Mildmay, Brief Mem. opp. p. 135.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

MILDMAY, Sir Henry (c.1594-1668), of Wanstead, Essex and Twyford, Hants.

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Estates
owned Mildmay House, Islington, Mdx. 1624-60;Mildmay, Brief Mem. 117-18. bought lands at Wanstead, Essex;Morant, Essex, i. 30; VCH Essex, vi. 324. bought lands at Woodham Walter, Little Dunmow, Essex, and Clopton, Suff. 1628; granted manor of Waltons, Purleigh, and lands at Maldon and Langford, Essex, to Sir Arthur Herrys† and other to the use of himself and John Gurdon*, 1630; sold the rectory of Starston, Norf. to Sir Robert Crane* and others, 1634; he and 6th earl of Sussex (Sir Edward Radcliffe†) sold lands at Woodham Walter, 1635; sold manor of Chelmsford, Essex to Sir Benjamin Rudyerd*, 1637; sold manor of Woodham Walter, 1637;Coventry Docquets, 576, 599, 648, 678, 702, 704. bought land in Islington, Mdx. for £327 6s 4d, 1651;I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1969), 312. estates confiscated to the crown, 1660.
Oxford 1644
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