GORING, George (1608-57), of Danny Park, Hurstpierpoint, Suss.

Family and Education

b. 14 July 1608, 1st s. of George Goring†, later Bar. Goring and earl of Norwich (d. 6 Jan. 1663) of Danny Park, Hurstpierpoint, and Mary (bur. 15 July 1648), da. of Edward Neville† of Birling, Kent.CP. educ. Camb. ?-1623, MA 1626;Beinecke Lib. Osborn files, 28.389: Sir George Goring to Goring, 16 June 1623; Bk. of Matriculations, Univ. of Camb. 1544-1659, 294. travelled abroad 1625 (France), embassy of James Hay, 1st earl of Carlisle, 1628-9.F.S. Memegalos, George Goring (1608-57) (2007), 17, 22-3, 27-8. m. 25 July 1629 (with £10,000), Lettice (bur. 15 Apr. 1643), da. of Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork, s.p.Hurstpierpoint par. reg.; E. Suss. RO, DAN/141-2; Lismore Papers ed. A.B. Grosart, ser. 1, ii. 109; CP. d. 1970.CSP Dom. 1657-8, p. 71.

Offices Held

Military: col. of 22 ft. coys. and 1 tp. of horse, Dutch army, Nov. 1633-c.Feb. 1647.Harl. 163, f. 327v; Strafforde Letters, i. 166; ii. 148; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 301; 1645–7, pp. 534, 577; CSP Ven. 1643–7, p. 300. Gov. Portsmouth 9 Jan. 1639-Sept. 1642.Coventry Docquets, 208; CSP Dom. 1638–9, pp. 297, 335. Lt.-gen. of horse, royal army by 1 Apr.-21 July 1639;E351/292. col. by May 1640-c.Aug. 1641.E351/293; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 115. Gen. of horse (roy.), northern army, c.Jan. 1643-Aug 1644;Clarendon, Hist. ii. 466; Life of William Cavendish, earl of Newcastle ed. C. H. Firth (1886), 88. lt.-gen. of horse, southern army, 8 Aug.-4 Dec. 1644;Clarendon, Hist. iii. 390, 393. gen. of horse, 4 Dec. 1644 – ?; lt.-gen. of horse and ft. Kent, Surr. and Hants. 21 Dec. 1644–?;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 242, 244. gen. western army, 9 May-Nov. 1645.Bodl. Clarendon 24, f. 170; Clarendon, Hist. iv. 36–7, 98–9. Col.-gen. of British regts. Spanish army in Flanders, c.Mar.1647-c.Sept. 1649.Add. 78189, f. 58; CSP Ven. 1643–7, p. 300; CCSP i. 366; Memegalos, Goring, 341.

Local: j.p. Suss., Hants 22 Aug. 1639–?C231/5, p. 353. Commr. array (roy.), Hants c.Aug. 1642; Suss. 6 Aug. 1642; Surr. 8 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. oyer and terminer (roy.), Hants 10 Jan. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 246.

Central: member, council of war by 13 Jan. 1640.CSP Dom. 1639–40, pp. 332, 458. Gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, by 1641–?LC3/1, f. 24v.

Civic: freeman, Portsmouth 6 Oct. 1640–?d.Portsmouth RO, CE 1/5, p. 39.

: Suss., Hurstpierpoint.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, double portrait with 1st earl of Newport, A. Van Dyck;Newport Restoration Foundation, Newport, Rhode Island. oil on canvas, double portrait with 1st earl of Newport, aft. A. Van Dyck;NT, Knole. oil on canvas, double portrait with 1st earl of Newport, aft. A. Van Dyck;NPG. oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, 1638;Plymouth Art Gallery, Devon. oil on canvas, group portrait with 1st earl of Newport, A. Van Dyck, c.1639;NT, Petworth. oil on canvas, unknown.Capt. Christie Crawfurd English Civil War Colln., Stow-on-the-Wold, Glos.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GORING, George (1608-57), of Danny Park, Hurstpierpoint, Suss.

Will

not found.

Estates

in 1630, Lord Goring settled on him Goring manor and advowson of Hurstpierpoint, manor of Houndean in Lewes, Danny Park, Hurst Park and lands and rents in parishes of Bolney, Cuckfield, Hurstpierpoint and Lewes – in all worth £390 p.a.SP23/214, pp. 721, 727. In 1641, Goring conveyed his estate to two trustees for 99 years for payment of £3,000 he owed to his fa. and additional debts amounting to £1,916 (of which sums, £1,232 was still owing in 1649).SP23/214, pp. 721-2, 729; E. Suss. RO, DAN/1132-3. His fa.’s estate was reckoned to be worth £26,800 p.a. in 1642 and £450 p.a. in 1663.CSP Dom. 1663-4, p. 6; Memegalos, Goring, 32.

Oxford 1644

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