SYDENHAM, Sir Ralph (d. 1671), of Youlston, Shirwell, Devon.

Family and Education

2nd s. of Sir John Sydenham of Brympton D’Evercy, Som. and Mary, da. of John Buckland of West Harptree. m. Mar. 1629, Mary, da. of Robert Hill of Shilston, Devon, wid. of Sir Robert Chichester of Raleigh and Youlston, Devon, 1s. (d.v.p.), 1da.G.F. Sydenham, Hist. of the Sydenham Fam. ed. A.T. Cameron (privately printed, 1928), 138-40; Shirwell par. regs.; PROB11/337/438. Kntd. 17 July 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 163. d. Oct. 1671.Sydenham, Sydenham Fam. 142.

Offices Held

Court: gent. of privy chamber, c.1617–?1649.CCC 1535; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 122.

Central: surveyor of ordnance (in reversion), 9 June 1630.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 555. Master of Charterhouse, 17 July 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 122.

Local: commr. piracy, Devon 17 July 1630, 4 Aug. 1637, 15 Mar. 1639;C181/4, f. 52v; C181/5, ff. 84, 132v. sewers, 6 Mar. 1634.C181/4, f. 163v. Chief agent for Henry Bourchier, 6th earl of Bath by Mar. 1637.R. Granville, Hist. of the Granville Fam. (Exeter, 1895), 231. J.p. Devon by July 1637–30 May 1643.Western Circuit Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 131; S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon Justices of the Peace, 1643–60’, in Devon Documents ed. T. Gray (Exeter, 1996), 159. Commr. hard soap, western parts 9 Jan. 1638, 17 May 1638;C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. array (roy.), Devon 19 July 1642;Bellum Civile, 105. impressment (roy.), 15 Dec. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 112. Member, council of war (roy.), Exeter c.June-July 1644.Devon RO, 1392 M/L1644/39; Devon RO, 3799–3, 15 June and 25 July 1644.

: Devon., Shirwell.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SYDENHAM, Sir Ralph (d. 1671), of Youlston, Shirwell, Devon.

Will

10 Oct. 1671, pr. 20 Nov. 1671.PROB11/337/438.

Estates

centred on Youlston, Shirwell par. and other lands in north Devon.Sydenham, Sydenham Fam. 140.

Oxford 1644

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