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Family and Education
bap. 26 May 1613, 1st s. of Sir Henry Vane I*.Debden, Essex par. regs. educ. Westminster sch.; Magdalen Hall, Oxf. c.1629;Ath. Ox. iii. 578. travelled abroad c.1630-1 (France), 1635-7 (N. England);CSP Dom. 1629-31, p. 359; 1635, p. 261. embassy, Vienna, Nuremberg June 1631-c.Jan. 1632;SP80/7, f. 282; SP80/8, ff. 101; CSP Ven. 1629-32, p. 584. to the king of Sweden, Germany c.June-c.Nov. 1632;CSP Ven. 1629-32, pp. 624, 631. G. Inn 19 Nov. 1633.G. Inn Admiss. 202. m. 1 July 1640 (with £5,500), Frances (d. 1679), da. of Sir Christopher Wray* of Ashby cum Fenby, nr. Grimsby, and Barlings, Lincs. 7s. (5 d.v.p.) 7da.C. Dalton, Hist. of the Wrays of Glentworth (1880-1), ii. 101, 125-7; V.A. Rowe, Sir Henry Vane the Younger (1970), 2. Kntd. 23 June 1640;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 207. suc. fa. c.24 May 1655.Supra, ‘Sir Henry Vane I’. exec. 14 June 1662.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 123.
Offices Held

Colonial: freeman, Massachusetts Gen. Ct. 3 May 1636 – ?; gov. 25 May 1636–17 May 1637.J. Winthrop, Hist. of New England ed. J. Savage (Boston, MA, 1853), i. 222, 262; ii. 446.

Central: treas. of navy, 11 Jan. 1639 – Dec. 1641, 8 Aug. 1642–30 Dec. 1650.CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 307; 1641–3, p. 210; CJ ii. 708b; vi. 440b-441a, 482a; LJ v. 272b-273a. Commr. for disbursing further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 24 Feb. 1642.CJ ii. 452b. Commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.C231/5, p. 516; CJ ii. 536b; LJ v. 15b. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b.cttee. of safety, 8 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 758b; LJ v. 343a. Commr. for navy, 15 Sept. 1642.A. and O. Member, cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Oct. 1642,LJ v. 407b. 4 Oct. 1645;A. and O. cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642.SP19/1, p. 21; CJ ii. 866a. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643. Commr. to Scottish Parliament, 19 July 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a, 299b. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643; cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644. Commr. Uxbridge Propositions, 28 Jan. 1645. Member, cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647, 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. to the army, 7 June 1647;CJ v. 201b. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648.LJ x. 492b. Member, cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 137b. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652, 19 May 1659.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42a, 220a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649. Commr. regulating trade, 1 Aug. 1650;A. and O. to Scotland, 23 Oct. 1651;CJ vii. 30b. admlty. and navy, 5 Oct., 10 Dec. 1652, 31 May 1659.CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 430; CJ vii. 225b, 228a; A. and O. Member, cttee. of safety, 7 May,CJ vii. 646a. 26 Oct. 1659.A True Narrative of the Procs. in Parl. (1659), 41 (E.1010.24). Commr. for nominating army officers, 13 May 1659.CJ vii. 651a.

Civic: freeman, Hull 30 Jan. 1640–?d.;Hull Hist. Centre, C BRB/3, p. 522. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Oct. 1643–d.Berwick RO, B1/9, f. 265v. High steward, Bristol 4 Mar. 1651-aft. Sept. 1659.Bristol RO, 04264/5, p. 18; 04026, p. 61; A. and O. ii. 1332.

Local: commr. assessment, Kent 24 Feb. 1643, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Hull 4 July 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;LJ vi. 119a.; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). co. Dur. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Cumb. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O. Lincs. 16 Apr. 1651, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;CJ vi. 562a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Bristol 19 Dec. 1651, 10 Dec. 1652;CJ vii. 54a; A. and O. sequestration, Kent 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C231/5, p. 236. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C231/6, pp. 13, 372. Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 15, 370. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 17, 375. Western circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 377. gaol delivery, Kent 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 236v. J.p. Northumb. 20 Jan. 1645-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 8. Mdx., Westminster by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653;C193/13/3. Kent by Feb. 1650–11 Mar. 1656;C193/13/3; C231/6, p. 328. co. Dur. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656;C193/13/3. Lincs. (Holland, Kesteven, Lindsey) 19 Jan. 1651-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 204. Som. 5 Mar. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 254. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. co. Dur. 20 June 1645; militia, Canterbury, Cinque Ports, Hull 2 Dec. 1648; co. Dur., Kent 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659;A. and O. Lincs. 23 Dec. 1650,CSP Dom. 1650, p. 479. 26 July 1659; Bristol, Som., Westmld. 26 July 1659;A. and O. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1 Aug. 1659;CJ vii. 744b. compounding with delinquents northern cos, 2 Mar. 1649.SP18/1/23, f. 32. Commr. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15). V.-adm. Lincs. 14 Jan. 1651–?CSP Dom. 1651, p. 13. Commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 11 Feb. 1651–14 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 38, 389; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers 449/9. Kent 13 May 1657–11 Sept. 1660;C181/6, pp. 226, 366. River Tyne 21 May 1659;C181/6, p. 359. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1 July 1659;C181/6, p. 365. River Wear, co. Dur. 29 July 1659.C181/6, p. 384. Custos rot. Holland, Kesteven, Lindsey 29 Apr. 1651-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 214. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. Westminster militia, 28 June 1659; Tower Hamlets militia, 14 July 1659; Southwark militia, 14 July 1659.A. and O.

Military: col. of horse and ft. 10 Aug.-Jan. 1660.Bodl. Rawl. C.179, p. 400; CJ vii. 812b; CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 94, 101, 111, 121, 131, 156, 563; Clarke Pprs. iv. 42; Whitelocke, Diary, 541; The Tryal of Sir Henry Vane (1662), 49.

: Shipbourne, Kent; Belleau, Lincs. and Raby Castle, co. Dur.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, P. Lely, 1650;Raby Castle. oil on canvas, P. Lely;Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. oil on canvas, G. Soest, c.1650;NPG. oil on canvas, G. Soest, c.1655-60;Dulwich Picture Gallery. oil on canvas, circle of P. Lely;Parliamentary Art Colln. ?oil on canvas, P. Lely;Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. line engraving, W. Faithorne, 1662.BM; NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

VANE, Sir Henry II (1613-62), of Fairlawn, Shipbourne, Kent; Belleau, Lincs.; and Raby Castle, co. Dur.

Will
attainted.
Estates
on his marriage in 1640, his fa. settled most of his landed estate on him and a third part of the subpoena office in chancery; his wife brought jointure lands worth £600 p.a.SP16/452/92, f. 242; PROB11/245, f. 421; Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 102; Rowe, Vane, 10. In 1650, Parliament granted him former church lands in Som. and Yorks. worth c.£1,200 p.a. and he purchased, for £4,634, 27 fee farm rents in co. Dur. worth £545 p.a.C54/3519/11; C54/3550/4; SP28/288, f. 15; Rowe, Vane, 171. In 1650-1, purchased, for £8,500, manors of Belleau, Aby and Swaby, rectories of Aby and Swinstead and the advowsons of Belleau and Upper Toynton, Lincs.C10/9/93; C54/3589/15; Lincs. RO, 5-ANC/1/2/2; 5-ANC/1/2/3/19, 21; 5-ANC/7/G/25/1; Rowe, Vane, 171-2. In early 1660s, estate in Kent valued at £600 p.a.LR2/266, f. 2.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
43 King Street, Covent Garden, Mdx. (1645-7).Survey of London, xxxvi. 96.
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