HOTHAM, John (c.1610-45), of Scorborough, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Sir John Hotham*, 1st bt. of Scorborough, and 1st w. Katherine, da. of Sir John Rodes of Barlborough, Derbys.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 261-2; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 89. educ. G. Inn 12 Apr. 1628.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 13 Jan. 1631, Frances (bur. 23 Dec. 1635), da. of Sir John Wray*, 2nd bt. of Glentworth, Lincs. 1s. 2da.; (2) lic. 1636, Margaret (bur. 6 Apr. 1638), da. of Sir Thomas Fairfax†, 1st Visct. Emley, wid. of Watkinson Payler of Thoraldby, Yorks. s.p.; (3) by June 1642 (with £2,500), Isabell (d. by Feb. 1652), da. of Sir Henry Anderson* of Long Cowton, Yorks. 1s.Leconfield, Yorks., bishop’s transcript; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 262-3; Abstracts of Yorks. Wills ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. ix), 42-4; Hotham Pprs. 174-5. exec. 1 Jan. 1645.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 749 [recte 797].

Offices Held

Military: vol. ft. regt. of Lord Vere, Holland 1629–?C.R. Markham, The Fighting Veres, 436. Capt. of horse (parlian.) by 9 Aug. 1642-c.June 1643.SP28/1A, f. 18; Jones, ‘War in north’, 386–7. Gov. Cawood Castle, Yorks. c.Oct. 1642-c.June 1643.Add. 18979, f. 131. Lt.-gen. Feb.-c.June 1643.Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 39; Mercurius Civicus no. 81 (5–12 Dec. 1644), 744 (E.21.16).

Local: commr. sewers, Yorks. (E. Riding) 5 Dec. 1634-aft. June 1641.C181/4, f. 189v; C181/5, ff. 41v, 198. Capt. militia ft. E. Riding by c.1635–?Add. 28082, f. 80v. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643.SR; A. and O. Member, cttee. at Hull 24 May 1642–?CJ ii. 577b; LJ v. 82b. Commr. sequestration, E. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643.LJ vi. 55b.

: of Scorborough, Yorks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HOTHAM, John (c.1610-45), of Scorborough, Yorks.

Will

not found.

Estates

his fa.’s estate, bef. 1642, was worth about £3,000 p.a.Infra, ‘Sir John Hotham’. Hotham’s widow claimed that she and her husband’s personal estate had been plundered by parliamentarians in 1643 to the tune of £7,000.Hotham Pprs. 175. Value of goods and money found in his rooms at Hull in 1643 put at £4,708.Hull Hist. Centre, C BRL/309.

Oxford 1644

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