PYM, John (1584-1643), of Brymore, Som. and Westminster.

Family and Education

b. 20 May 1584,N. and Q. n.s. v. 101. o.s. of Alexander Pym† of Brymore and the M. Temple, and 2nd w. Philippa, da. of Humphrey Colles of Barton, Pitminster, Som.Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 66. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1599; M. Temple 1602.Al. Ox.; MTR i. 421. m. 28 May 1604,Hants RO, Bramshott par. reg. Anne (d.1620), da. of John Hooke of Bramshot, Hants, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 5 Jan. 1585. d. 8 Dec. 1643.Add. 18779, f. 25; Gen. Mag. ii. 363; C. Russell, Unrevolutionary Eng., 1603-1642 (1990), 150; S.R. Brett, John Pym (1583-1643): the Statesman of the Puritan Revolution (1940), xix, 247, 265.

Offices Held

Local: recvr. crown revenues, Glos., Hants and Wilts. 1606-July 1638;CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 223; E214/1623; Oxford DNB, ‘John Pym’; Coventry Docquets, 206. Anne of Denmark, 1606–19;SC6/Jas. I/1648, 1655. Prince Henry, 1610–12;AO1/2021/1A. Prince Charles, 1616–25.SC6/Jas. I/1680–87. Commr. disafforestation, Blackmore and Pewsham forests, Wilts. 1618 – c.23; Braydon Forest, Wilts. 1627;CSP Dom. 1611–18, p.578; 1627–8, p.84; R.W. Hoyle, ‘Disafforestation and Drainage’, Estates of the Eng. Crown ed. R.W. Hoyle, 373. Forced Loan, Hants 1627;C193/12/2, f. 52v. sewers, I.o.W. 1631; Mdx. 1639;C181/4, f. 89; C181/5, f. 143. depopulation, Glos. 1632; Wilts. 1635;CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 490; C231/5, p. 44. encroachments on River Thames, 1636;T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 34. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 25 June 1641-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 202v, 221v. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643.A. and O.

Colonial: treas. Providence Is. Co. 19 Nov. 1630-May 1636;CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 122; Kupperman, Providence Island, 304. dep. gov. 1638, 1639.CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 309; Kupperman, Providence Island, 359. Shareholder, Somers Is. [Bermuda] Co. c. 1630–d.H.C. Wilkinson, The Adventurers of Bermuda (1958), 211. Grantee, Saybrook plantation, 19 Mar. 1632–?d.A.P. Newton, Colonising Activities of the English Puritans (New Haven, 1914), 83. Member, co. for trade on coasts and islands of America, 3 Apr. 1635–d.Coventry Docquets, 266; Newton, Colonising Activities, 168. ?Member, French Co. by June 1639.Add. 46190, f. 10.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641;SR. arrears of recusants, 2 July 1641.CJ ii. 197a. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b. Commr. for disbursing assessment, 1642;SR. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.CJ ii. 536b; LJ v. 15b. Member, cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642;CJ ii. 651b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 750b. cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642;CCAM 1. cttee. for sequestrations, 27 Mar. 1643.CJ iii. 21b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643.LJ vi. 55b. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643;A. and O. council of war, 2 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 191b. cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Lt. of ordnance, 7 Nov. 1643–d.CJ iii. 303a.

: of Brymore, Som. and Westminster.

Likenesses

Likenesses: miniature, S. Cooper;Chequers Court, Bucks. oil on canvas, E. Bower;NT, Blickling Hall. woodcut, aft. E. Bower, 1642;Master Pym His Speech in Parliament, on Wednesday, the fifth of January, 1641 [1642], titlepage (E.200.4). line engraving, G. Glover aft. E. Bower, 1644;S. Marshall, Threnodia (1644), frontispiece. line engraving, W. Hollar aft. E. Bower;BM. line engraving, C.J. Visscher aft. E. Bower.BM.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PYM, John (1584-1643), of Brymore, Som. and Westminster.

Will

not found.

Estates

acquired 10 shares (245 acres) in Bermuda (Somers Islands), estate of William Herbert, 3rd earl of Pembroke, 1630, and later with William Fiennes, Visct. Saye and Sele bought further 4 shares;J.H. Lefroy, Memorials ... of the Bermudas or Somers Islands (2 vols. 1877-9), ii. 679, 685, 687; H.C. Wilkinson, The Adventurers of Bermuda (1958), 211. stood surety for debt of £516, 2nd earl of Warwick (Robert Rich), 1634;Add. 46190, f. 4. entrusted manors of Woolavington, Brymore, Cutcombe Mohun, Ralegh, Hawkwell, Langham and Poole, with other lands inc. in Bridgwater and Huntspill, Cannington and Puriton, all Som., 1636-7;Som. RO, DD/BW 2/224, 230, 265. invested £1,000 in reconstruction of Providence Island Co. 1638;Newton, Colonising Activities, 250-1. was owed over £3,000 by Providence Island Co. Feb. 1639;Warws. RO, CR 1866, box 457. lessee (with Richard Knightley*, Isaac Bromwich) of Hawkesbury collieries from Coventry corporation, 27 July 1639, 41 years at £160 p.a.Coventry RO, BA/H/C/17/1, f. 362.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

during 1641-2, house of Sir Richard Manley, near King’s Fish Yard, ‘a little court behind Westminster Hall’ from April 1643-d., Derby House, Canon Row, Westminster.Clarendon, Life (Oxford, 3 vols., 1761) i. 80; HMC Portland, i. 61; Add. 31116, p. 200; The English Revolution III: Oxford Newsbooks I (1971), 209.

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