JACOB, Sir John (1597-1666), of Gamlingay, Cambs., Billiter Lane, London and Bromley St Leonard, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 12 Dec. 1597, 1st surv. s. of Abraham Jacob of Gamlingay and London, and Mary, da. of Francis Rogers of Dartford, Kent.CB; Harl. 1196, f. 318. educ. Merton, Oxf., 17 Jan. 1617; BA, 6 Feb. 1617;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (Italy, Switzerland, Savoy) 1617-20;APC 1616-17, p. 340. G. Inn, 1 Mar. 1631.G. Inn Admiss. 191. m. (1) 2 May 1625, Elizabeth (bur. 29 Mar. 1632), da. of John Holliday, Merchant Taylor, of Crooked Lane, London, 2s.( d.v.p.), 1da.; (2) 14 June 1632, Alice (bur. 26 Sept. 1646), wid. of John Eaglesfield of London, clothworker, da. of Thomas Clowes, merchant, of Broad Street, London, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 6da. (3 d.v.p.); (3) 17 Apr. 1651, Elizabeth (d. Apr. 1697), da. of Sir John Ashburnham of Kent, 1da. suc. fa. 1629.CB; Harl. 1196, f. 318. Kntd. 8 May 1633; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 200. cr. bt. 11 Jan. 1665.CB; Harl. 1196, f. 318. d. Mar. 1666.Lysons, Environs (1792-5), ii. 67.

Offices Held

Diplomatic: sec. to Sir Isaac Wake†, Savoy 1620–1.CSP Ven. 1619–21, pp. 238, 240, 246, 250, 265, 276, 278, 332, 343–5, 359–60, 566, 576, 602; 1621–3, p. 9; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 159; Fortescue Pprs. ed. S.R. Gardiner (Cam. Soc. new ser. i), 150.

Central: farmer of tobacco duties, 1620–38;CSP Dom. 1619–23, pp. 175, 179; 1638–9, p. 253. pretermitted customs, 1623–41.SO3/7, unfol. Sec. to Ld. Treasurer Middlesex (Sir Lionel Cranfield†), 1622–4.Cent. Kent. Stud. U269/1/OE755. Clerk of PC, extraordinary, 1627–45.APC 1627, p. 342. Collector of petty customs, 1628–38,CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 443. 1662–d.;CTB i. 421. gt. customs, 1629?-41,R. Ashton, The Crown and the Money Markets (1960), 95–105. 1662–d.CTB i. 431. Commr. maltsters and brewers, 31 Jan. 1637;CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 404. Caribbean Islands, June 1637;CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 254. customs, 1660–2.CCSP v. 54; CTB i. 226.

Local: commr. sewers, Essex and Kent 16 May 1633, 14 Mar. 1642;C181/4, f. 137; C181/5, f. 227v. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; poll tax, 1666.SR.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, 1664–d.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 174.

: of Gamlingay, Cambs., Billiter Lane, London and Bromley St Leonard, Mdx.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

JACOB, Sir John (1597-1666), of Gamlingay, Cambs., Billiter Lane, London and Bromley St Leonard, Mdx.

Will

16 Feb., pr. 2 Apr. 1666.PROB11/320/104.

Estates

inherited property in Gamlingay, Cambs. inc. Woodberry Manor, and Bromley by Bow, Mdx.Add. 5823, ff. 153-4; C142/451/100; PROB11/155/562; VCH Cambs. v. 76. In 1633 purchased manor of Bromley;Lysons, Environs, ii. 61. in 1638 acquired property in Billiter Lane, in par. All Saints Steyning, London.Inhabs. of London, 1638, 18. Also owned manor of Wakes-Hall, in par. Wakes Colne, Essex, sold to Harbottle Grimston* in 1645.Morant, Essex, ii. 222. In 1665 purchased manor of Everton for £6,100.C33/230, f. 885. At d. estate in Cambs., Hunts., Wilts., Som., Dorset, Mdx., and Essex worth £3,000 p.a.C33/234, f. 765.

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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