VENABLES, Peter (1604-69), of Kinderton, Middlewich, Cheshire.

Family and Education

b. 21 Apr. 1604, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Thomas Venables of Kinderton, and 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir Cotton Gargrave of Nostell, Yorks.Cheshire IPM ed. R. Stewart-Brown (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xci), 121, 134; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. pt. 1, p. 200. educ. L. Inn 25 Oct. 1620.L. Inn Admiss. i. 186. m. (1) settlement 28 Sept. 1625, Mary, da. of Sir Richard Wilbraham, 1st bt. of Woodhey, Cheshire, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) lic. 22 Sept. 1628, Frances, da. of Sir Hugh Cholmondeley of Cholmondeley, Cheshire, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da.SP23/196, p. 503; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. pt. 1, p. 200; Archdeaconry of Chester Mar. Lics. ed. M.F. Irvine (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lvii), 135. suc. fa. 8 Dec. 1605.Cheshire and Lancs. Funeral Certs. ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 178. d. 13 Nov. 1669.Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. pt. 1, p. 200.

Offices Held

Local: commr. Forced Loan, Cheshire 1627;C193/12/2, f. 6v. sewers, 1 Mar. 1627, 7 Feb. 1628. 24 Nov. 1629 – 2 Aug. 1642C231/3, ff. 215v, 237v. J.p., by Oct. 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 19; Cheshire RO, DAR/I/29. Northumb. 10 Nov. 1638-aft. 1640.C231/5, p. 314. Sheriff, Cheshire 10 Nov. 1633–5 Nov. 1634.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 18. Commr. exacted fees, Chester, Cheshire and Flint 3 Jan. 1635;C181/4, f. 192v. charitable uses, Cheshire 15 Nov. 1638.C192/1, unfol. Dep. lt. by Feb. 1639 – aft.Sept. 1640, 20 Sept. 1662–?d.Cheshire RO, ZCR 63/2/6, ff. 60v, 80; DLT/B11, p. 127. Commr. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 1664;SR. array (roy.), 16 June, 10 Oct. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133; Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, pp. 76, 83. corporations, 1662;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 137v. oyer and terminer, Chester 27 Mar. 1663.C181/7, p. 197.

Civic: freeman, Liverpool by 1629-c.1644;Chandler, Liverpool, 151, 329. Wigan by Mar. 1640-aft. 1649.D. Sinclair, Hist. of Wigan (Wigan, 1882), i. 215; ii. 53.

: of Kinderton, Middlewich, Cheshire.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

VENABLES, Peter (1604-69), of Kinderton, Middlewich, Cheshire.

Will

not found.

Estates

inherited manor and barony of Kinderton; manors of Bradwell, Bridgemere, Cotton Edmunds, Eccleston, Golborne David, Marston and Moston; moiety of manor of Sproston; advowsons of Eccleston and Rostherne, Cheshire; and numerous properties near Chester and in and around Middlewich and Northwich; saltworks in Middlewich and Northwich, Cheshire; manor of Longwitton, Northumb.; and property in Cotton, Comberford, Hopwas, Tamworth and Wigginton, Staffs.E134/27Chas2/East16; SP23/196, pp. 503-4; Cheshire IPM ed. Stewart-Brown, 121-34. By 1632, estate also inc. property in the Wirral, Cheshire.SP23/196, pp. 503-4. In 1632, he was assessed at £70 for distraint of knighthood.‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ ed. J.P. Earwaker (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 206. In 1646, estate consisted of manors of Kinderton and Moston; rectory and advowson of Eccleston; vicarage and advowson of Rostherne; numerous properties in Cheshire as above; saltworks in Middlewich, Cheshire; and manor of Longwitton, Northumb.SP23/196, pp. 451-3, 483, 485-6, 488-91. In 1646, estate in Cheshire valued at £2,030 p.a.; estate in Northumb. at £60 p.a.; and son Thomas’s estate valued at £1,633 p.a.SP23/126, p. 487; SP23/196, p. 449, 451-3.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

oxford

Addresses

Religion

presented ?William Shenton to vicarage of Rostherne, Cheshire, by 1630;Clergy of the C of E database, Person ID: 24106; J.R. Mawdesley, ‘Clerical Politics in Lancs. and Cheshire during the Reign of Charles I, 1625-49 (Sheffield Univ. PhD thesis, 2014), 192, 384. Benjamin Cropp, 1663;IND1/70007, f. 402. Thomas Legh to rectory of Sefton, Lancs., 1633;Clergy of the C of E database, record ID: 86925. William Bispham to rectory of Eccleston, Cheshire, 1636.IND1/70001, f. 117.

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