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b. c. 1584, 3rd s. of Henry Compton†, 1st Baron Compton (d. 1589), of Compton Wynyates, Warws. and o.s. with 2nd w. Anne (d. 1618), da. of Sir John Spencer† of Althorp, Northants., wid. of Sir William Stanley†, 3rd Baron Monteagle.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Ardingly, 178-9. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 8 June 1599, ‘aged 15’;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 30 June 1602.LI Admiss. i. 134. m. (1) by 1604, Cecily (d. 1624), da. of Robert Sackville†, 2nd earl of Dorset, 2s. 3da.; (2) 1625, Mary (d. 1656), da. of Sir George Browne of Wickhambreaux, Kent, wid. of Thomas Paston of Binham, Norf., 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Ardingly, 178-9; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ii. 216. KB, 25 July 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154. d. bef. 5 July 1649. CCC 1603.
Offices Held

Legal: associate bencher, L. Inn 1604.LI Black Bks. ii. 84. Custos brevium, c.p. (reversion, 12 Dec. 1604) by 21 June 1630-Feb. 1644.C66/1644; Lansd. 1217, ff. 20, 41v; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 182; Coventry Docquets, 178; CJ iii. 385a-b; LJ vi. 405a, 406a-b.

Mercantile: member, E. I. Co. 1614.CSP Col. E. India 1513–1616, p. 297. Asst. Westminster Co. of Soapmakers, Jan. 1632.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. ii. 136; Coventry Docquets, 231. Lic. to export Welsh butter, 21 June 1636.Coventry Docquets, 286.

Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 1617, 1624 – 25, 1630 – 31, 1637, 20 July 1641;C181/2, f. 292; C181/3, ff. 133, 166v; C181/4, ff. 46v, 53v, 73v; C181/5, ff. 69, 205v. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 1629, 31 Mar. 1640;C181/4, f. 32; C181/5, f. 167. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 1636;C181/5, f. 42. Hants. and Suss. 1638;C181/5, f. 115v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 1639.C181/5, f. 149. J.p. Suss. 1624–44. Dep. lt. July 1624–Mar. 1642.Harl. 703, f. 174v; SO3/7, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 300; Fletcher, Suss. 353. Commr. martial law, 1627;C66/2431; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461. Forced Loan, 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii (2), 144; E401/2586, p. 40. oyer and terminer, 18 Dec. 1627, 23 May 1637;C181/3, f. 236; C181/5, f. 68v. Home circ. 14 June 1639-aft. Jan. 1642.C181/5, ff. 138v, 222. Asst. warden, Sackville Coll. East Grinstead, 1628–44.W. Suss. RO, Add. MSS 17841–2; Bodl. Rawl. B.431, ff. 15, 37v; F. Hill, Sackville College (1931), 104. Commr. piracy, Suss. 23 May 1637.C181/5, f. 68v. Ranger, Ashdown Forest, Suss. bef. 1638.Hill, Sackville Coll. 104.

Diplomatic: amb. (roy.) Lisbon, 1646–8.E. Prestage, Dip. Rel. Portugal (1925), 109–11.

: Surr., Suss., Wandsworth and London., Finch Lane.
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Commons 1640-1660
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COMPTON, Sir Henry (c.1584-1649), of Allfarthing, Wandsworth, Surr., Brambletye, East Grinstead, Suss. and Finch Lane, London.

Will
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Estates
in 1619 acquired Brambletye manor, near East Grinstead, from Richard Sackville, 3rd earl of Dorset; house rebuilt by Compton in 1631.Suss. Manors, i. 60. Suss. property inc. leases from Lord Abergavenny, and Sir John Gage bt.Preston Manor, Brighton, Thomas-Stanford collection, ES/CG/21; E. Suss. RO, Firle Place MS, Box 13/76. Lands in Yorks., Wilts., Northants., Essex, Norf., Som., Dorset, Bucks., Hants, Kent, Mdx. and London,CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 431; 1638-9, pp. 575-6; 1633-4, p. 57; CCC 78, 88, 91, 94, 115, 541, 1603, 2926; SO3/10, unfol. inc. a house in Finch Lane.Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford ed. D.J.H. Clifford (1994), 74. From 1633 held part of the estate of his bro., the earl of Northampton, in return for having paid his debts.SP17/B/11. Assessed at £4 for the lay subsidy in Suss. in 1626.E179/191/377a. Entire estate worth over £3,000 p.a.SP23/205, pp. 1-3.
Oxford 1644
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chambers in L. Inn as custos brevium, 1630-48;LI Black Bks. ii. 223, 292, 296, 298, 302; LIL, E1a1 (Red Bk.), ff. 142, 143-4. living in St Bride’s, Farringdon Without, London, Jan. 1635.Bodl. Bankes 14, ff. 5-6.
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