Family and Education
b. c. 1581, 1st s. of Sir John Cutts† of Childerley, Cambs. and 2nd w. Margaret, da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket† of Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Herts.WARD7/55/66; CUL, Univ. Archives, T.XII.1, no. 22; Vis. Cambs. 1575 and 1619 (Harl. Soc. xli), 31; MIs Cambs. 110, 165; H.W. King, ‘The descent of the manor of Horham’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. iv. 30-1, ped. opp. p. 42. educ. ?Queen Elizabeth g.s. Barnet, Herts.; embassy, Paris 1598; MA Camb. 1615.HMC Hatfield, viii. 15; SP78/41, f. 131v; Al. Cant. m. (1) 2 July 1599,St Michael, Crooked Lane, London par. reg. Anne (d. 13 Mar. 1632), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Wye, Kent, 1da. d.v.p.;C78/147/6; MIs Cambs. 164-5. (2) 13 Dec. 1632, Anne (bur. 19 Jan. 1659), da. of Sir John Weld of Arnolds, Edmonton, Mdx. 2s. 1da. d.v.p. CSP Dom. 1631-3, p. 529; Some Acct. of Ld. Mayors and Sheriffs of London 1601-25 ed. G.E. Cokayne, 40; Vis. Cambs. 1575 and 1619, 31; MIs Cambs. 165; Lolworth par. reg.; King, ‘Horham’, 31, ped. opp. p. 42. Kntd. 11 May 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 107. suc. 2nd cos. Sir Henry Cutts 1603; fa. 1615.C142/281/81; Lolworth par. reg.; The Letters of John Chamberlain ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 588. bur. 14 July 1646.Cambs. RO, Swavesey par. reg. transcript.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cambs. 1614 – 12 Dec. 1616, 3 Feb. 1617-at least 1640;C66/1988; C231/4, ff. 29v, 32v, 120; C66/2859, m. 35 dorse. Camb. 1615- aft. 1636;C181/2, ff. 229, 350v; C181/3, ff. 13v, 239v; C181/4, ff. 22v, 87v; C181/5, f. 37. Camb. Univ. 1636.C181/5, f. 36v. Kpr. Somersham Palace and park, Hunts. by 1615-bef. 1630.CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 103; 1629–31, p. 263. Commr. gaol delivery, Camb. 1615-aft. Sept. 1641;C181/2, ff. 229v, 315; C181/3, ff. 9, 239; C181/4, ff. 4v, 200v; C181/5, ff. 55v, 211v. I. of Ely 12 Aug. 1645;C181/5, f. 258v. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 1616, 1633;C181/2, f. 257v; C181/4, f. 154. England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268v. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1616-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/2, ff. 258v, 332v; C181/3, ff. 4v, 257v; C181/4, ff. 10, 196v; C181/5, ff. 3v, 218. Cambs. 23 June-aft. July 1640;C181/5, ff. 177, 184. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1617–d.;C181/2, ff. 282, 326v; C181/3, ff. 35v, 214v; C181/4, ff. 20, 93; C181/5, ff. 10, 269. Cambs. and Ely 1627;C181/3, f. 220v. Cambs. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 256. pontage, 1617, 1635.C181/2, f. 289v; C181/5, f. 1v; Coventry Docquets, 42. Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1619–20.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 14. Dep. lt. Cambs. by 1620–d.CUL, University Archives, Collect. Admin. 8, p. 434; Harl. 4014, ff. 4–55v; W.M. Palmer, John Layer (1586–1640) of Shepreth, Cambs. (Camb. Antiq. Soc. liii), 30–1; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 388; SP28/222, f. 440. Custos rot. 1621-aft. 1636.C231/4, ff. 29v, 32v, 120; Palmer, John Layer, 22. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1625, 1628, 1641; Camb. and I. of Ely 1621 – 22, 1624; Camb. 1641;C212/22/20–1; C212/22/23; E115/11/4; E115/101/13; SR. charitable uses, Cambs. 1621, 1629-at least 1640;C93/8/16; C192/1, unfol. enclosure of fenland, Gt. Level 1622, 1624;C181/3, ff. 49v, 126v. preservation of royal game, Cambs. 1622.C181/3, f. 77. Collector, privy seal loan, 1625–6.E401/2586, p. 201. Commr. Forced Loan, Cambs., Camb. 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 4v, 84. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O. Member, Cambs. standing cttee. by May 1643–d.SP28/222, ff. 170, 331; SP28/207, f. 494. Commr. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Cambs. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Camb. 1617.Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 116n.

: of Childerley, Cambs.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CUTTS, Sir John (c.1581-1646), of Childerley, Cambs.

Will
26 June 1646, cod. 30 June 1646, pr. 8 July 1646.PROB11/197/57.
Estates
inherited manor of Boxworth, Cambs. from his mo. 1610;MIs Cambs. 110. inherited manors of Childerley and Swavesey from his fa. 1615; sold manor of Bottisham, Cambs. 1617;E. Hailstone, The Hist. and Antiq. of the Par. of Bottisham (Camb. Antiq. Soc. 1873), 159. sold 350 acres in Hatfield Chase, Lincs. and Yorks. for £1,930, 1631;CSP Dom. 1635-6, p. 385. sold manor of Huntingfield, Boxworth, 1635.Coventry Docquets, 675.
Oxford 1644
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