ANDERSON, Sir Henry (1584-1659), of East Cowton, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 15 Mar. 1584, 1st s. of Henry Anderson†, alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and 2nd w. Fortune, da. of Sir Cuthbert Collingwood of Eslington, Northumb.Vis. Northumb. ed. Foster, 6. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 24 Nov. 1599;St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne par. reg.; Al. Ox. G. Inn 11 Feb. 1602.G. Inn Admiss. 103. m. (1) by 1607, Mary (d. aft. 1643), da. of Richard Remington of Lockington, Yorks. archdeacon of E. Riding, 5s. 2da.;St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne par. reg.; Vis. Northumb. ed. Foster, 6; Welford, Men of Mark, i. 79. (2) by Nov. 1650, Frances (bur. 27 Oct. 1652), da. of ?, ?s.p.;St Dunstan-in-the-West, London par. reg.; CCC 2335. (2) 29 Sept. 1653, Elizabeth (d. aft. 1659), wid. of one Stret.St Bride, Fleet Street, London par. reg.; PROB11/293, f. 32. Kntd. by June 1605;C181/1, f. 120v; C142/643/8. suc. fa. 5 Aug. 1605;C142/643/8. bur. 25 Mar. 1659 25 Mar. 1659.St George the Martyr, Southwark par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: commr. gaol delivery, co. Dur. 19 June 1605–28 June 1634.C181/1, f. 120v; C181/2, ff. 17, 346v; C181/3, ff. 10, 256v; C181/4, ff. 6, 122v. J.p. 19 Sept. 1606–28 June 1634.C181/2, f. 16v; C231/5, p. 140. Commr. subsidy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624;SP14/31/1, f. 48v; C212/22/21–3. co. Dur. 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/21–3. piracy, Cumb., Northumb. and Westmld. 22 Oct. 1614.C181/2, f. 215v. Sheriff, Northumb. 6 Nov. 1615–11 Nov. 1616.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 99. Commr. charitable uses, co. Dur., Northumb., Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Berwick-upon-Tweed 1 Dec. 1617-aft. June 1624;C93/9/6, 22; C93/10/4. co. Dur. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 29 June 1629; Morpeth 8 July 1629; Northumb. and Morpeth 16 Dec. 1629;C192/1, unfol. malefactors, northern marches 10 Jan. 1619, 6 Mar. 1620;Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 38, 97. sewers, Yorks. (N. Riding) 26 July 1623.C181/3, f. 96. Collector (jt.), privy seal loan, co. Dur. 1625–6.E401/2586, p. 392; APC 1625–6, p. 453. Commr. survey fortifications, Tynemouth 21 Apr. 1626;APC 1625–6, p. 445 feudal tenures, co. Dur. c.July 1626;Univ. of London, Goldsmiths’ ms 195, i. f. 2v. Forced Loan, 1626–7;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, f. 12v. recusants, northern cos. 1 June 1627-July 1630;APC 1627, p. 313; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 47; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 301. further subsidy, N. Riding 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. assessment, 1642.SR.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne by May 1606–?d.; alderman c. May 1613 – bef.June 1657; mayor, 1613–14.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/2, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk. for Sealing Docs. unfol.; APC 1613–14, p. 103; The Mayors and Sheriffs of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. C. H.H. Blair, Arch. Ael. ser. 4, xv. 52.

Mercantile: member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 May 1606–?d.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.HO/1/1, p. 366; Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F.W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 267.

Parish: vestryman, Pittington, co. Dur. by 1615-c.1631.Churchwardens Accts. of Pittington ed. J. Barmby (Surt. Soc. lxxxiv), 9, 69, 93.

: of East Cowton, Yorks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

ANDERSON, Sir Henry (1584-1659), of East Cowton, Yorks.

Will

7 July 1658, cod. 7 Mar. 1659, pr. 29 June 1659.PROB11/293, ff. 32, 399.

Estates

in 1605, inherited manor and capital messuage of Little Haswell, Haswell Grange, a fourth part of manor of Seaton Carew, a fourth part of manor of Pesspool, and lands in Boyesfield, co. Dur.; and the lease of Elswick colliery, Northumb.C142/643/8; E 178/4355; Hist. Northumb. xiii. 244. In 1608, he sold his lands in Pesspool and Boyesfield for £1,300.Surtees, Co. Dur. i. 20. In 1612, he purchased three messuages and other property in Billingham, co. Dur. worth £120 p.a.C6/155/2; VCH Co. Dur. iii. 197. In 1622, he purchased, for £5,000, the manor of East (or Long) Cowton, Yorks. worth £291 p.a., which he mortgaged in 1634 for £1,300, and again in 1640 for £1,000.C2/JasI/A11/13; C3/393/59; PROB11/293, f. 399; VCH N. Riding, i. 161. He also purchased the rectory of Cowton, worth £240 p.a.C6/155/2. In 1631, he sold the manor of Little Haswell for £4,600.E. Mackenzie, M. Ross, Co. Palatine of Durham, ii. 335. By 1640, his estate at East Cowton was worth between £1,000 and £1,200 p.a.C6/155/2; Cliffe, Yorks. 276-7. In 1654-5, he claimed his estate in Yorks. was worth £1,000 p.a. and had been let by the compounding commrs. for £1,700 p.a.C6/127/3; CCC 2337, 3162-3.

Oxford 1644

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