STAWELL, Sir John (1600-62), of Cothelstone and Netherham, Som.

Family and Education

b. 29 Aug. 1600, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir John Stawell and Elizabeth, da. of George Tuchet, 11th Baron Audley, 1st earl of Castlehaven [I].G.D. Stawell, A Quantock Fam.: the Stawells of Cothelstone (Taunton, 1910), 82; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 106-7. educ. Queen’s Oxf. 25 Oct. 1616, MA 16 Jan. 1643, MD 31 Jan. 1643.Al. Ox. m. 9 Dec. 1617 Elizabeth (d. 1657), da. and h. of Sir Edward Hext of Netherham, Som., wid. of Sir Joseph Killigrew of Lothbury, London, 9s. (6 d.v.p.), 2da. (d.v.p.).Vis. Som. 106-7; Stawell, Quantock Fam. 78-84, 100-2. suc. fa. 24 Jan. 1604.Som. RO, DD/SAS/N/49. Kntd. 2 Feb. 1626.Stawell, Quantock Fam. 84. d. 21 Feb. 1662.Som. RO, DD/CM/51, C/134a.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Som. Apr. 1621–45, 1660–d.C231/4, f. 122; SP29/11/305; QS Recs. Som. James I, 287–357; QS Recs. Som. Charles I, 1–314. Dep. lt. 1626–42, July 1660–d.T.G. Barnes, Som. 1625–40, 317; SP29/42/114. Commr. Forced Loan, Som., Bath 1627.C193/12/2, ff. 49v, 89v. Sheriff, Som. 1628–9.Collinson, Som. i. p. xxxviii; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. sewers, 3 July 1629, 21 Apr. 1634, 13 July 1641, 11 Aug. 1660–d.C181/4, ff. 21, 172v; C181/5, f. 204v; C181/7, pp. 24, 26. Collector, knighthood fines, 16 June 1630–35.E178/7154, f. 168C; E178/5614; E198/4/32, f. 3v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 23 Jan. 1640-aft. Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/5, ff. 158, 221; C181/7, pp. 9, 129. Som. 20 July 1640.C181/5, f. 183. Commr. array (roy.), Aug. 1642;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iv. 685; Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. rebels’ estates (roy.), 10 July, 1 Sept. 1643; contributions (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643;Docquets of letters Patent ed. Black, 55, 70, 75. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: gov. (roy.) Taunton 8 June 1643–15 June 1644. Col. of horse and ft. June 1643-Apr. 1646.The Remonstrance of Sir John Stawell (1653), 12, 14–15, 21–2 (E.1072.2). Member, council of western associated cos. 1645–6.Clarendon, Hist. iii. 505.

: of Cothelstone and Som., Netherham.

Likenesses

Likenesses: wash drawing, T. Athow.Ashmolean Museum, Oxf.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

STAWELL, Sir John (1600-62), of Cothelstone and Netherham, Som.

Will

n.d. (c.1660-1), pr. 29 Mar. 1662.PROB11/307/1.

Estates

23 manors and other lands in Som., Devon, Dorset and Wilts.Gerard’s Description of Somerset, 1633 ed. E.H. Bates (Som. Rec. Soc. xv), 53; Som. RO, DD/SAS/N/49; DD/CM/51, C/134a; CCC 1427-30.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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