BEDELL, Sir Capell, 1st bt. (1602-43), of Hamerton, Hunts.

Family and Education

b. 27 Sept. 1602, o.s. of Sir Thomas Bedell of Hamerton and Winifred, da. of Sir Arthur Capell of Little Hadham, Herts.Vis. Hunts. 1613 (Cam. Soc. xliii), 39; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii), 36. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1618;Al. Cant. travelled abroad 1618-19. m. June 1619, Alice (bur. 12 Jan. 1667), da. of (Sir) Henry Fanshawe† of Ware Park, Herts. king’s remembrancer of the exchequer, 2s. (d.v.p.) 2da.CB; The Letters of John Chamberlain, ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), ii. 249-50, 577; The Mems. of Anne, Lady Halkett and Ann, Lady Fanshawe, ed. J. Loftis (Oxford, 1979), 108. suc. fa. 1613;CB; PROB11/122/95. cr. bt. 3 June 1622.CB. d. bef. 5 Dec. 1643.The Life, Diary, and Corresp. of Sir William Dugdale, ed. W. Hamper (1827), 56.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Hunts. 1624 – d.; Northants. 1625–9.Add. Ch. 33169. Dep. lt. Hunts. 1624-aft. 1638.Add. Ch. 33168B; Hunts. RO, M80/3646/455. Commr. swans, midland cos. 1627;C181/3, f. 226v. England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268. Cambs. and Hunts. 1633.C181/4, f. 153v. Sheriff, Cambs., Hunts. 1632–3.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 14. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1634-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, ff. 165, 182v, 196v; C181/5, ff. 3v, 218. array (roy.), Hunts. June, 11 Aug. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Central: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1639–d.LC5/134, p. 307; LC3/1, unfol.

: 1st bt. (1602-43), of Hamerton, Hunts. 1602 – 43.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BEDELL, Sir Capell, 1st bt. (1602-43), of Hamerton, Hunts.

Will

admon. 28 May 1646.PROB6/21, f. 45v.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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