ASHBURNHAM, John (1602-71), of Westover, Hants, Whitehall, Westminster, and Ashburnham Place, Suss.

Family and Education

bap. 12 June 1602,E. Suss. RO, Ore par. reg. 1st s. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, and Elizabeth (bur. 3 Apr. 1651), da. of Sir Thomas Beaumont† of Stoughton Grange, Leics. (later w. of Sir Thomas Richardson†; cr. baroness of Cramond, 29 Feb. 1628);Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 17–18; Ashburnham Archives ed. F.W. Steer (1958), pp. x, 112. bro. of William Ashbournham*. educ. G. Inn, 3 Mar. 1618;GI Admiss. 150. Peterhouse, Camb. 3 July 1619.Al. Cant. m. (1) lic. 24 Sept. 1629, Frances (d. c.1651), da. and h. of William Holland of West Burton, Suss. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. of Christopher Kenn of Kenn Court, Som., wid. of John Poulett†, 1st Baron Poulett (d. 20 Mar. 1649), of Hinton St George, Som. s.p. suc. fa. 1620. d. 15 June 1671.Hants. Mar. Lic. 67; Suss. Arch. Collns. xxxii. pp. xviii–xx; Horsfield, Suss. i. 559.

Offices Held

Household: servant to George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham, ?1624–28.CKS, U350/C2/5; HMC 4th Rep. 311.

Military: commissary, Ile de Ré expedition, 1627; La Rochelle expedition, 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 365, 407, 423; 1628–1629, p. 248. Capt. of ft. regt. of Algernon Percy†, 4th earl of Northumberland, royal army, 1640.E. Suss. RO, ASH 3203.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, ?1628–42.J. Ashburnham, A Narrative (1830), ii. 1. Groom of bedchamber by 8 Nov. 1641–47, 1661–d.Bodl. Nalson XIII/I, f. 74; LC3/1, unfol.

Mercantile: member, Fishery Soc. 7 Jan. 1633.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 511.

Local: j.p. Suss. 7 July 1640 – bef.18 Sept. 1644, 1661–d.;C231/5, p. 394; C231/7, p. 85; ASSI35/85/1. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 297. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Hants and I.o.W. 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, f. 58. Mdx. 3 Dec. 1663-aft. Oct. 1669;C181/7, pp. 219, 293, 350, 412, 508. subsidy, Suss. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. sewers, 20 July 1641, 14 May 1670;C181/5, f. 205v; C181/7, f. 541. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 1661, 1664; Mdx. 1661, 1664; Westminster 1661, 1664; Devon 1664.SR. Dep. lt. Suss. 1660–d.;SP29/11, f. 237; SP29/60, f. 151v; SP44/35a, f. 7; E. Suss. RO, ASH 3027. Mdx. 1661–d.SP29/42, f. 113v; SP44/35a, f. 6v; SP29/60, f. 145v. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, Mdx., London and Westminster, Suss. 1662;SR. highways and sewers, London and Westminster 8 May 1662, 10 Apr. 1663;Tudor and Stuart Procs. ed. R. Steele, i. 405; C181/7, pp. 143, 198. subsidy, Mdx., Suss. 1663.SR. Sub.-commr. prizes, London 1665–7.NMM, Southwell MS 17/15.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641. SR. Treas.-at-war (roy.), 1 Apr. 1642–6.SO3/12, f. 223; C231/3, p. 156; SP16/498, ff. 22, 24; SP16/500, f. 109; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 273, 368, 410. Member, council of war (roy.) by Sept. 1643-aft. July 1645.Harl. 6852, ff. 145r-v, 204, 233, 254, 264. Commr. Uxbridge Treaty (roy.), 1645.LJ vii. 150a.

Civic: freeman, Portsmouth 1662.Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 357.

: Hants. and Suss., Ashburnham Place.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, D. Mytens, c.1628-30;National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. line engraving, E. Harding, 1799;BM. line engraving, by R. Graves aft. D. Mytens, mid-nineteenth cent.;BM; NPG. fun. monument, attrib. T. Burman, Ashburnham church, Suss.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

ASHBURNHAM, John (1602-71), of Westover, Hants, Whitehall, Westminster, and Ashburnham Place, Suss.

Will

7 Feb. 1670, pr. 23 Apr. 1672.PROB11/338/494; E. Suss. RO, ASH 4274.

Estates

c. Aug. 1628 £2,000 in the hands of Viscount Lumley in Ire. and c.£410 owing to him by others; ‘a pointed diamond set in a ring’ worth £400; but also debts and bonds (some incurred with Edward Nicholas†) amounting to much of the value of his assets.SP16/112, ff. 54-55v. Awarded £1,333 fine imposed on Walter Long*, 1629 (paid bef. May 1638).CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 409. Land in Chichester, Suss. 1630s.CSP Dom. 1631-3, p. 560; 1633-4, p. 140; 1635-6, p. 532. Re-acquired ancestral estate at Ashburnham in 1639.CSP Dom. 1639-40, p. 187 Assigned interest in Wherwell rectory, Hants to Edward Nicholas for £3,850 in July 1640.SP16/459, f. 199. Owned property in Westover, Hants, bef. Mar. 1640;SP16/447, f. 23. in Chiswick, Mdx.CCAM 1208. and a house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields.Bristol RO, AC/C74/39.

Oxford 1644

Yes

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