CURWEN, Sir Patricius (1602-64), of Workington, Cumb.

Family and Education

b. Apr. 1602, 1st s. of Sir Henry Curwen† of Workington, and 1st w. Catherine (d. 1 July 1605), da. of Sir John Dalston† of Dalston Hall, Dalston, Cumb.C142/404/119; J. F. Curwen, Hist. of the Ancient House of Curwen (Kendal, 1928), 94. educ. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1620.Al. Cant. m. 28 Feb. 1620 (with £2,000), Isabella (d. Jan. 1667), da. and coh. of Sir George Selby† of Whitehouse, co. Dur. 1s. d.v.p. C78/501/4; Curwen, House of Curwen, 94, 147, 151; W. Jackson, ‘The Curwens of Workington Hall and kindred’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 1, v. 209-10. suc. fa. 23 Oct. 1623;Curwen, House of Curwen, 138. cr. bt. 12 Mar. 1627.CB. bur. 16 Dec. 1664 16 Dec. 1664.Curwen, House of Curwen, 149.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cumb. 25 June 1624-c.1644.C231/4, f. 167v. Dep. lt. by Oct. 1625-c.1644, c.July 1660–d.SP16/73/41, f. 57; SP29/11, f. 194; Chatsworth, Bolton Abbey mss, box 2, II.116; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/7/8. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7;SP16/56/34, f. 48; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 270v. oyer and terminer, Cumb. 28 Jan., 17 July 1630;C181/4, ff. 25, 62. Northern circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 18, 274. northern borders 2 Mar. 1663;C181/7, p. 194. piracy, Cumb. 28 Mar. 1631.C181/4, f. 81. Sheriff, 3 Oct. 1636–30 Sept. 1637.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 28; Coventry Docquets, 368. Col. militia ft. by Aug. 1640–?;Strafforde Letters, ii. 315. lt.-col. Oct. 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 313. Commr. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 18 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133. disarming rebels (roy.), Cumb. and Westmld. 2 Mar. 1643.SP23/150, p. 439. Lt. honor of Cockermouth 23 Sept. 1652–d.Cumb. RO (Whitehaven), DLEC (patents rel. to estate officials). Commr. loyal and indigent officers, Cumb. 1662;SR. corporations, 1662.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/385.

Military: col. horse and ft. (roy.) by Aug. 1643-c.Oct. 1644.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DMUS/5/5/1/8; DMUS/5/5/4/27; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales (New York, 1981), 97.

: of Workington, Cumb.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on panel, group portrait, unknown.Curwen, House of Curwen, 141, 143.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CURWEN, Sir Patricius (1602-64), of Workington, Cumb.

Will

13 Dec. 1664, pr. 3 June 1665.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 47, f. 125.

Estates

in 1623, inherited estate inc. manors of Harrington, Seaton, Stainburn and Workington and advowsons of Harrington and Workington, Cumb.C142/404/119; C6/122/136. By 1631, purchased a moiety of manor and advowson of Beckenham, Kent.Coventry Docquets, 623. Estate was worth at least £500 p.a. in the mid-1630s.Phillips, ‘Gentry in Cumb. and Westmld.’, 153. In 1645, estate consisted of manors of Harrington, Seaton, Stainburn and Workington; a moiety of manor of Beckenham (sold in 1646); a lease of tithes of Seaton and Workington; and coal mines, salt pans and fisheries – in all, worth £611 p.a. bef. the war but encumbered with rent charges of £360 p.a. and debts of £1,200.SP23/179, pp. 576-7, 580-4, 596, 598; CJ iv. 660b. In 1660, rental of estate totalled £679 p.a.Phillips, ‘Gentry in Cumb. and Westmld.’, 118.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

oxford

Addresses

Religion

presented Lancelot Lowther to rectory of Workington, 1634;IND1/17000, f. 160; Walker Revised, 368. Richard Lingard, 1655;LPL, COMM II/739. Christopher Matteson, 1662; George Roberts to rectory of Harrington, 1654; Christopher Matteson, 1661; Jeremiah Topping, 1662.Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 787, 789, 792, 795.

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