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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.
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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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