MARKHAM, Henry (1602-74), of Sedgebrook, Lincs. and Confy, co. Kildare, Ire.

Family and Education

b. Jan. 1602, 3rd s. of Sir Anthony Markham of Sedgebrook, Lincs. and Bridget, da. of Sir James Harington.C. Markham, Markham Memorials (2 vols. 1913), i. 149-50. m. Esther [or Hester], sister of John Weaver*, 2s.HMC Leyborne-Popham, 137; C. Gilbert, A Pleasant Walk to Heaven (1658), sig. A2 (E.939.2); PROB11/345/329. d. 1674.PROB11/345/329.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), army of 3rd earl of Essex, c. 1642; regt. of Edward Rosseter*, Eastern Assoc. army, New Model army, c. 1644 – 45; regt. of Philip Twisleton, New Model army, c.1647.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 164–6; Sloane 5247, f. 77v; SP28/47, ff. 403–5. Gov. Belvoir Castle 1645–1649;Markham, Markham Memorials, 154–5; HMC Portland, i. 467. Windsor Castle 4 Jan. 1660.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 299. ?Col. army in Ireland bef. 1651.Whitelocke, Mems. iii. 369. Jt.-cdr. of horse, London by 24 Dec. 1659.Clarke Pprs. iv. 219. Col. of horse, Ireland 18 Jan. 1660.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 126. ?Lt.-col. regt. of earl of Manchester, 13 June 1667.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 180.

Irish: inspector of precincts for assessment, Feb. 1651.Ludlow, Mems. i. 261. Commr. revenue, 17 Nov. 1654; letting and settling of land, cos. Dublin, Kildare, Carlow 4 Sept. 1655;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 459, 538. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656;A.and O. assessment, Dublin 24 June 1657;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1657). commr. Ireland 19 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 815b.

Local: commr. assessment, Leics. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. Gov. Wyggeston’s Hosp. Leicester 7 Feb. 1657.CJ vii. 487a. Commr. militia, Leics. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx. 26 July 1659.A.and O.

Central: commr. for governing army, 26 Dec. 1659;CJ vii. 797a. government of Scotland, Apr. 1660.John Nicoll’s Diary, 1650–67 ed. D. Laing (Edinburgh, 1836), 277–8.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, 1664–?d. Gents. of the Privy Chamber ed. N. Carlisle (1829), 175.

: of Sedgebrook, Lincs. and Confy, Ire., co. Kildare.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MARKHAM, Henry (1602-74), of Sedgebrook, Lincs. and Confy, co. Kildare, Ire.

Will

12 Dec. 1672, pr. 7 July 1674.PROB11/345/329.

Estates

Confy, co. Kildare (409 acres, purchased for £600); property in Dublin, 1659.Irish Census, 1659, 364, 366, 401. Grant of bishop’s lands, co. Yorks, 1650 (sold 1657).C54/3450/3; C54/3900/33. Also acquired lands at Castle Donnington, Leics. (by 1657), and at Bennington Grange, Lincs. (by 1674).PROB11/345/329.

Oxford 1644

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