HONYWOOD, Sir Robert (1601-86), of Charing, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 3 Aug. 1601, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Robert Honywood of Pett’s Court, Charing, Kent, and Alice, da. of Sir Martin Barnham of Hollingbourne.Add. 16404, ff. 6, 8v, 14; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 424; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xv), 733; N. and Q. 3rd ser. iv. 322. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 30 Oct. 1618;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 21 June 1620.M. Temple Admiss. 111. m. 3 Apr. 1631, Frances (d. 17 Feb. 1688), da. of Sir Henry Vane I*, 9s. 7da.Parsons, Monuments in Kent, 121. Kntd. 7 July 1627.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 192. suc. fa. aft Mar. 1652.C231/6, p. 232. d. 15 Apr. 1686.N. and Q. 3rd ser. iv. 322; Parsons, Monuments in Kent, 121.

Offices Held

Military: soldier, Low Countries by Nov. 1624-bef. July 1627;Parsons, Monuments in Kent, 121; MTR ii. 695; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 192. capt. of horse, 1640, 1658.CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 468; TSP vi. 705. Capt. militia, Kent 1 Sept. 1659.CJ vii. 772a.

Household: ‘steward’ to Elizabeth Stuart, queen of Bohemia by July 1627-aft. 1648.Parsons, Monuments in Kent, 121; APC 1630–1, p. 317; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 267; 1640–1, p. 172; LJ viii. 408a; HMC 6th Rep. 124b.

Local: commr. sewers, Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 10 July 1639, 3 Nov. 1653 – aft.Apr. 1654, 25 Aug. 1662;C181/5, f. 144v; C181/6, pp. 23, 31; C181/7, p. 168. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 13 May 1657-aft. Nov. 1670;C181/6, pp. 226, 365; C181/7, pp. 73, 562. Denge Marsh, Kent Oct. 1658-aft. May 1669.C181/6, p. 321; C181/7, pp. 63, 489. J.p. Kent 4 Mar. 1652-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 232. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 June 1656–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 170, 372. assessment, Kent 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660,A. and O. 1664;SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Central: commr. regulating trade, 1 Aug. 1650. Cllr. of state, 19 May 1659.A. and O.

Diplomatic: Plenip. to Sweden and Denmark, 9 June 1659–1 Aug. 1660.G.M. Bell, Handlist of Diplomatic Representatives (1990), 276.

: Kent.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on panel, G. van Honthorst, c.1636.Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Greater Manchester.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HONYWOOD, Sir Robert (1601-86), of Charing, Kent.

Will

10 Dec. 1672, pr. 8 May 1686.Cent. Kent. Stud. PR 17/76, f. 388.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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