SEYMOUR, Sir Francis (c.1590-1664), of Marlborough Castle, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1590, 3rd but 2nd surv, s. of Edward Seymour, styled Lord Beauchamp (d. 1612), and Honora, da. of Sir Richard Rogers† of Bryanston, Dorset.CP. educ. Trowbridge g.s.;The Gen. n.s. xvii. 103. M. Temple, 31 Jan. 1626.M. Temple Admiss. i. 117. m. (1) 23 Feb. 1613, Frances (d. 6 Sep. 1626), da. and coh. of Sir Gilbert Prinne (d. 1627) of Allington, Wilts. 1s. (Charles Seymour*), 1da.; (2) bef. 19 Oct 1631, Catherine (d. aft. 1681), da. of Sir Robert Lee of Billesley, Warws. s.p.Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas I, 54; Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 157; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 70-1; Wilts. RO, 9/2/285; Aubrey, Wilts. Top. Collections ed. Jackson, 3. Kntd. 1970;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 153. cr. Bar. Seymour of Trowbridge, 19 Feb. 1641.C231/4, p. 429. d. 12 July 1664.Eg. 71, f. 104.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Wilts. by 1614 – 26, 1629- 8 Aug. 1639, 26 Feb. 1641–?Harl. 1622, f. 84; SP16/405, f. 71; C231/5, pp. 353, 431; Coventry Docquets, 77. Custos rot. by Nov. 1621-bef. 28 Oct. 1626, 7 Dec. 1660–d.C193/13/1; E163/18/12, f. 86v; C231/7, p. 60; VCH Wilts. v. 89. Collector, recusancy fines, 1624.CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 276. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1629.HP Commons 1604–1629. Dep. lt. by 1624-at least 1625, 1633–?VCH Wilts. v. 89. Sheriff, 1625–6.List of Sheriffs, (L. and I. ix), 77. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mar.-aft. July 1631, 12 Oct. 1643-aft. Mar. 1644;C181/4, ff. 78v, 88v; Docquets of Letters Patent, ed. Black, 86, 152. Western circ. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/5, ff. 189, 221; C181/7, pp. 8, 271. inquiry, Wilts. 1631;C181/4, ff. 87v, 91v. charitable uses, 1632;Coventry Docquets, 53. depopulation, 1635, 1636;C181/5, ff. 1, 22v; C231/4, f. 161; Coventry Docquets, 57. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1637;Add. 32324, f. 14. sewers, River Loddon, Berks and Wilts. 1639;C181/5, f. 135v. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 148. array (roy.), Wilts., Som. 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. defence of Wilts. (roy.), 10 Mar. 1643; contributions (roy.), 25 Aug., 20 Nov., 4 Dec. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 16, 67–8, 101, 106. rebels’ estates (roy.), 21 Sept., 22 Nov. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 73, 103. tendering oath of loyalty (roy.), Oxf. 12 Apr. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent, ed. Black, 267.

Central: PC, 3 Aug. 1641-at least 1645, 1660–d. PC Reg. xii. 176, 177, 195, 196, 203, 207, 209; HP Lords 1660–1715. Commr. admlty. (roy.) Dec. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 109, 112. Chan. duchy of Lancaster, 15 Apr. 1644, 9 July 1660–d.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 243, 387; R. Somerville, Officeholders in the Duchy of Lancaster (1972), 3. Commr. Uxbridge Treaty (roy.), Jan. 1645.Eg. 2978, f. 146; A. and O.

: of Marlborough Castle, Wilts.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, style of W. Larkin, c.1620.NT, Petworth.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SEYMOUR, Sir Francis (c.1590-1664), of Marlborough Castle, Wilts.

Will

1 Sep. 1662, pr. 23 Nov. 1664.PROB11/315/312.

Estates

from 1613, manor of Langden and land at Broome, Wilts.;Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 26, 53; VCH Wilts. ix. 122. 1613-47, land at Littlecote;Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 25; VCH Wilts. ix. 57 from Nov. 1617, chapel of East Grafton, meadows and tithes in East and West Grafton;Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 28; VCH Wilts. xii. 173. from 1618, 100 acres in parish of Savernake;VCH Wilts. xvi. 212. from 1621, Marlborough Castle and land in Preshute;VCH Wilts. xii. 169 19 Oct. 1631, lease for 3 lives from William Seymour, earl of Hertford, in Savernake estate;Wilts. RO, 9/2/285. 27 Mar. 1633, enclosed land in Savernake Park for £2,750;Wilts. RO, 9/22/22. Sept. 1638, land at Rudge, Froxfield, 2 yardlands and main part of Scrope farm.VCH Wilts. xvi. 156; Coventry Docquets, 730.

Oxford 1644

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