RIVERS, James (1603-41), of Combe in Hamsey, Suss.

Family and Education

bap. 15 Dec. 1603,G. L. Gower, Parochial Hist. of Westerham (1883), 68. 2nd, but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Rivers (d. 1651), 1st bt., of Chafford, Kent, and Dorothy, da. of Thomas Potter of Wellstreet. educ. Corpus Christi, Oxf. 16 Dec. 1616, BA 3 July 1620.Al. Ox. m. 22 July 1624, Charity, da. of Sir John Shirley† of Isfield, Suss.,Add. 5697, f. 261; E. Suss. RO, Isfield par. reg. 3s., 7da.Add. 5697, f. 261; Add. 5698, f. 57; E. Suss. RO, Hamsey par. reg. d.v.p. 8 June 1641.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 230-31; Al. Ox.; GL, MS 6777/1, p. 189.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Suss. 5 June 1633-July 1639.C231/5, p. 108; C193/13/2; SP16/405; E. Suss. RO, QR/EW46; ASSI35/79/9. Commr. subsidy, 1641;Noyes, ‘Commrs. subsidies in Suss.’, 104–6; SR. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641.SR.

: of Combe in Hamsey, Suss.

Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, attrib. H. le Sueur, St Bartholomew the Great, London.E.A. Webb, The Recs. of St Bartholomew, (1921), ii. 461–2.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

RIVERS, James (1603-41), of Combe in Hamsey, Suss.

Will

2 June, pr. 14 July 1641.PROB11/186/503.

Estates

In 1627, sold land in Kent;Add. 5697, f. 261; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 253-4; C54/2708/29. in 1628, inherited manor of Woolston, Hants, and associated lands from his great-uncle, Henry Rivers;PROB 11/153/537. in 1633, bought Combe manor in Hamsey, Suss., for over £1,100.E. Suss. RO, SAS/SH/579-80; Hamsey par. reg.; Add. 5698, f. 57; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 231. In 1628, sold property in Surr. to John Evelyn† for nearly £2,000.C54/3019/32.

Oxford 1644

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