PALMER, Sir Roger (1577-1657), of the Strand, Charing Cross, Westminster.

Family and Education

bap. 15 July 1577, 4th but 1st surv. s. of (Sir) Thomas Palmer†, 1st bt. (d. 7 Jan. 1626) of Wingham, Kent, and Margaret (d. Aug. 1626), da. of John Poley of Badley, Suff.Misc. Gen. et Her. i. 177, 179; ‘Sir Thomas Palmer’, Oxford DNB. educ. Staple Inn; G. Inn 21 Nov. 1597;G. Inn Admiss. 94. at court, c.1600.Misc. Gen. et Her. i. 109. m. by 1615, Catherine (bur. 2 Dec. 1634), da. of Sir Thomas Porter† of Newent, Glos. wid. of Sir Richard Walsh of Shelsley Walsh, Worcs. s.p.VCH Worcs. iv. 336; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 127; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 98; St Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 292. KB 1 Feb. 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. d. 8 Oct. 1657.Misc. Gen. et Her. i. 109.

Offices Held

Court: cupbearer to Prince Henry by Jan. 1607–?1612;C54/1877; HMC 6th Rep. 672; A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household (1790), 323. to Prince Charles by July 1614-aft. May 1624.Harl. 781, f. 74v; CSP Dom. 1614, p. 248. Master of the household by Feb. 1626–?1632;Shaw, Knights of Eng, i. 162; Procs. in Parl. 1626, iv. 307. cofferer, Mar. 1632-aft. Apr. 1644.LS13/251, p. 64; C115/106/8398; E101/440/15; CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 492, 493; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 391–2.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 21 July 1626-aft. Nov. 1639;C181/3, ff. 198v, 217; C181/4, ff. 5v, 175v; C181/5, ff. 89v, 154v. sewers, Kent 2 Apr. 1640;C181/5, f. 168. subsidy, the Verge 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SP28/1c, pp. 264, 294. rebels’ estates (roy.), Oxon., Berks. and Bucks. 11 Jan. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 128.

Central: commr. to investigate offences of goldsmiths, 7 Apr. 1635.Coventry Docquets, 42.

Civic: freeman, Canterbury 3 Mar. 1640–?Canterbury Cathedral Archives, A/C4, f. 151v.

: of the Strand, Westminster., Charing Cross.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PALMER, Sir Roger (1577-1657), of the Strand, Charing Cross, Westminster.

Will

22 May 1656, pr. 9 Nov. 1657.PROB11/269, f. 345.

Estates

in 1619, the crown granted him the lease of Launceston Park, Cornw.Harl. 781, f. 74v. In about 1626, he purchased tenements near Charing Cross, for a ‘valuable consideration’.Survey of London, xviii. 5. In 1626-7, he lent £2,000 to Charles I and in return received crown rents of £115 15s p.a. in manor of Haddenham, Bucks.Harl. 3796, f. 22; An Acct. of the Kings Late Revenues and Debts (1647), 5 (E.388.3); Lipscomb, Buckingham, ii. 210; ‘Roger Palmer’, HP Commons 1604-29. In 1628, he purchased from the crown, for £2,000, fee farm rents worth £182 19s p.a.; in 1634, for £1,189, two messuages in the new palace of Westminster and ‘divers’ other messuages in Westminster.E214/123; Coventry Docquets, 248, 259. In 1646, estate consisted of manor of Haddenham, Bucks.; manor of Barnham, Suff. with sheepwalks and 3,000 sheep; property and leases in Ash, Ickham, Preston and Wingham, Kent; fee farm rents issuing out of Guildford marsh, Kent and Suss.; leases purchased between 1634 and 1640 of tenements near Charing Cross, a house on King Street, Westminster, Clun Park, Glam., lands in Mitchel Troy, Mon. and Knoyle Farm, Wilts.; and tithes in Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr and adjoining parishes, Card.SP23/56, f. 237; SP23/110, p. 409; SP23/190, pp. 253-5, 260, 267-9, 277-9; Survey of London, xiii. pt. 2, p. 233. In 1648, estate in fee valued at £1,171 p.a. and for lives/years at £684 p.a.CJ v. 433b. In 1649, he and bro. Sir James Palmer purchased or rented manor and advowson of Hedgerley, Bucks. for £800.Bucks. RO, D/W/39/3. At his death, estate inc. manor of Barnham, Suff.; lands, tenements and rectories in Bucks. and Card.; property and rents in Wingham, Kent; marshland in Ash and Preston, Kent; houses and property in Westminster, London and in Hackney, Mdx.; leasehold property in Kent, Suff. Glam. and Mon.; and a fee farm rent of 100 marks p.a. issuing out of Guildford marsh, Kent and Suss.C6/168/113; PROB11/269, f. 345; Survey of London, xviii. pp. 5, 6.

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