STRANGWAYS, Sir John (1585-1666), of Melbury Sampford and Abbotsbury, Dorset.

Family and Education

b. or 4 Oct. 1585,Dorset RO, D124 (Ilchester v Raishley, 34); C142/247/93. 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of John Strangways of Melbury Sampford and Dorothy, da. of Sir John Thynne† of Longleat, Wilts. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 30 Oct. 1601;Al. Ox. M. Temple 4 Jan. 1611.M. Temple Admiss. i. 96. m. (1) by 1607, Grace (d. 1652), da. of Sir George Trenchard† of Wolveton, Charminster, Dorset, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 8 June 1653, Judith, da. of Francis Throckmorton of Wootton Wawen, Warws., wid. of Thomas Edwards, mercer, of London and Wadhurst, Suss.Dorset RO, Melbury Sampford par. reg. suc. bro. 1596.WARD9/158, ff. 193v-194. Kntd. by 19 June 1608.Dorset RO, D124 (letters and pprs. 1/12). d. 30 Dec. 1666.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 679; Dorset RO, Melbury Sampford par. reg.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Lyme Regis Oct. 1608; Weymouth 1625.Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 10; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 452. Steward, Lyme Regis bef. 1617.Dorset RO, B7/D1/1, p. 51.

Local: j.p. Dorset c.1608- 8 July 1626, 19 Dec. 1628–9, 26 Feb. 1640–?, by Oct. 1660–d.C66/1786, 2527, 2858–9; C231/4, f. 261v; C231/5, p. 431; C220/9/4, f. 19; C193/12/3, f. 23v; Harl. 286, f. 297; Whiteway Diary, 83. Sheriff, 1612–13.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39. Commr. inquiry into lands of 1st earl of Somerset, Dorset and Som. 9 Oct. 1616; lands of Sir Walter Ralegh†, 15 Apr. 1633;C181/2, f. 260; C181/4, f. 136. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 4 Feb. 1617–26, 23 Jan. 1629–32, 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/2, f. 269v; C181/3, ff. 178v, 259v; C181/4, f. 97v; C181/5, ff. 189v, 221; C181/7, pp. 9, 357. sewers, Dorset 1617, 29 June 1638;C181/2, f. 294; C181/5, f. 113v. pressing seamen, 12 July 1620–21 June 1626.APC 1619–21, p. 248; 1621–3, p. 436; 1623–5, p. 499; 1626, p. 14. Collector, Palatinate benevolence, 1620.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 198. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1628, 1663;C212/22/20–1; E179/105/313; SR. piracy, 23 Oct. 1622.C181/3, f. 72. Dep. lt. by 1624 – May 1625, 26 July 1660–d.SP14/175/83; Whiteway Diary, 72; SP29/8, f. 67. Commr. aliens, 4 Aug. 1635;C181/5, f. 22v. hard soap, western cos. 9 Jan. 1638;C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. further subsidy, Dorset 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 29 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. contributions (roy.), 21 Sept. 1643; rebels’ estates (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 73, 75. Steward, Fordington and Ryme manors (duchy of Cornwall) 20 Nov. 1660.CTB i. 35; E315/311, p. 52. Commr. corporations, Dorset 3 Sept. 1662.Dorset RO, DC/LR/D2/1, unfol.

Central: commr. for trade, 1622, 1625;Foedera vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59. prince of Wales’s revenues, 1641.C231/5, p. 441.

: of Melbury Sampford and Dorset., Abbotsbury.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, ?J.M. Wright, 1663;Wadham Coll. Oxf. oil on canvas, ?J.M. Wright, 1663.Parliamentary Art Colln.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

STRANGWAYS, Sir John (1585-1666), of Melbury Sampford and Abbotsbury, Dorset.

Will

25 Nov. 1664 (codicil: 10 Mar. 1665), pr. 12 Feb. 1667.PROB11/323/237.

Estates

inherited 10 manors and other lands in Dorset and Som. amounting to 6,000 acres;C142/247/93. in 1609 inherited from Nicholas Wadham lands worth £1,000 p.a.;C.S.L. Davies, ‘Dorothy Wadham and the Foundation of Wadham College, Oxford’, EHR cxviii. 888-90. purchased other property later, including manors of Meriot, Som. 1635 and Waterson, Dorset 1641.C54/3024, 3278.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

oxford

Addresses

New Street, Covent Garden, Westminster 1640-1.C54/3227, C54/3275.

Religion

Image