PENINGTON, Isaac (1583-1661), of Wood Street, London and Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.

Family and Education

bap. 17 Nov. 1583,St Olave, Southwark par. reg. 1st s. and h. of Robert Penington, Fishmonger, of London and Judith, da. of Isaac Shetterden of London.J. Foster, Pedigree of Sir Josslyn Penington (1878), 66; Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants 10030-1. m. (1) 7 Feb. 1615,St John at Hackney par. reg. Abigail, da. of John Allen, merchant, of London, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da (1 d.v.p.); (2) 23 Dec. 1629, Mary, da. of Matthew Young, brewer, of London, wid. of Roger Wilkinson of St Dunstan-in-the-West, Haberdasher, s.p.St Andrew Undershaft par. reg., St Peter le Poer par. reg.; St Mary, West Bergholt par. reg.; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 151; Oxford DNB. suc. fa. 1627.PROB11/151/518. d. 16 Dec. 1661.Eg. 3349, f. 88.

Offices Held

Civic: liveryman, Fishmongers’ Co. 12 Dec. 1613; asst. 27 May 1622 – 27 June 1660; third warden, 23 June 1634–36; prime warden, 22 June 1640–2. 29 Jan. 1639 – 23 Oct. 1657GL, MS 5570/2, pp. 96, 451; 5570/3, pp. 165–6, 432; 5570/4, p. 889; 5578A/1, p. 201, 273. Sheriff, London and Mdx. 1638–9. Alderman, London; ld. mayor, 1642–3.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 65; CLRO, Rep. 53, f. 79v.

Religious: member, vestry St Stephen, Coleman Street 27 Dec. 1633; collector for poor, 10 Apr. 1636; auditor, churchwardens’ accts. 26 Feb. 1638.GL, MS 4458/1, ff. 89. 101, 105.

Local: commr. subsidy, London 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Jan. 1660; Bucks. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. and Westminster 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Norf., Suff. 16 Feb. 1648; Mdx. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652.SR; A. and O. Col. London militia ft. (2nd white regt.) 1642; usurper maj. 1643. 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645Archaeologia lii. 135; Bodl. Rawl. B.48, f. 21v. Lt. Tower of London 29 July 1643. 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645LJ vi. 154b, 159a. Member, London militia cttee. 29 Aug. 1643. 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, London, by Jan. 1654 – 26 Nov. 1657; Norf. circuit by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 230v, 265; C181/6, pp. 1, 253, 379. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, by Feb. 1654–26 Nov. 1657;C181/5, ff. 244, 265; C181/6, pp. 1, 253 sewers, London 14 Jan. – aft.Dec. 1645, 13 Aug. 1657; Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/5, ff. 247, 266; C181/6, pp. 5, 200, 256. commr. for Bucks. 25 June 1644; New Model ordinance, London 17 Feb. 1645; London militia, 2 Sept. 1647, 17 Jan. 1649, 7 July 1659; militia, Bucks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. Asst. London corporation for poor , 7 May 1649. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. Gov. Emmanuel Hosp. 8 May 1649. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660CLRO, Rep. 59, f. 407v. Commr. Southwark militia, July 1649. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Bucks.; Surr. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653;C193/13/3, ff. 4v, 62v; C193/13/4, f. 97. Mdx. aft. May 1652-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/4, f. 60v. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Bucks., London 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, London 25 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238.

Central: recvr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan. 1642;CJ ii. 375b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642; Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for compounding, 8 Nov. 1643, CJ iii. 305a. 8 Feb. 1647,A. and O. 2 Nov. 1649;CJ vi. 318a. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 25 Nov. 1651.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b.

Mercantile: gov. Levant Co. 8 Feb. 1644–54.A. and O.; Wood, Hist. Levant Co., 52.

: of Wood Street, London and Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, attrib. C. Johnson;Fishmongers’ Co. London. oil on canvas, attrib. W. Dobson;Guildhall Art Gallery, London. line engraving, unknown, 1643.A True Declaration and Just Commendation (1643, E.99.27), frontispiece.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PENINGTON, Isaac (1583-1661), of Wood Street, London and Chalfont St Peter, Bucks.

Will

attainted.

Estates

inherited freehold and copyhold lands in Norf. and Suff., 1627;PROB11/151/518. assigned manor of Hanslop, Bucks., worth £61 p.a. June 1628;CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 156. purchased The Grange, Chalfont St Peter, bef. 1636;Lipscombe, Hist. of Bucks. iii. 240; SP16/326/18; Coventry Docquets, 697; VCH Bucks. iii. 193. it was alleged he ‘hath store of bishops’ lands’ in late 1640s;Mystery of the Good Old Cause (1660), 28 (E.1923.2). property forfeited in Nov. 1660 included 5 houses in Whitefriars, near Fleet Street. CTB i. 92, 107; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 406; 1661-2, p. 60.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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