WHITTINGHAM, Timothy (c.1560-1638), of Cowling, Yorks.; later of Holmside, co. Dur.

Family and Education

b. c.1560,STAC 8/301/30, f. 42. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Whittingham, dean of Durham 1563-79, and Katherine, da. of Louis Jacquemaine of Orleans, France. J.H. Colligan, William Whittingham of Chester, 75. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1572, BA 1576, MA 1579; incorp, Oxf. 1577; M. Temple 1576. Al. Cant.; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1590, Elizabeth (d. 13 Mar. 1615), da. of Bryan Askwith of Osgoodby, Yorks., 6s. (at least 3 d.v.p.) 2 da. suc. fa. 1579; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxii. 213; J. Surtees, Dur. ii. 330. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 129. d. by 30 Apr. 1638. Durham UL, Prob. Recs. 1638, A229.

Offices Held

Treas. maimed soldiers, Yorks. (Richmondshire) 1592, 1594, hospitals 1598; N. Riding Q. Sess. Recs. ed. J.C. Atkinson, ii. 262, 264, 269; iii. 30 j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) by 1592 – d., co. Dur. 1612–d.; Durham Q. Sess. Rolls (Surtees Soc. cxcix), 224. escheator, Yorks. 1595; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 193. commr. sewers, N. Riding 1604 – 23; member, High Commission, prov. of York 1604/5; commr. Admty. causes, Yorks. 1608, subsidy N. Riding 1608, N. Riding and co. Dur. 1621 – 22, 1624, aid N. Riding 1609, 1612, oyer and terminer, co. Dur. 1618 – 28, border malefactors 1618–19; Yorks. Arch. Soc. MD125; HMC Hatfield, xv. 394; HCA 14/39/217; C212/22/20–3; E179/283, ‘commrs. for the aid’; 179/214/369; C181/2, f. 311; 181/3, f. 240; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 38, 96. provost-marshal, Durham militia by 1631. Surtees, ii. 326.

Parlimentarian

WHITTINGHAM, Timothy (c.1560-1638), of Cowling, Yorks.; later of Holmside, co. Dur.

Main residences: Cowling, Yorks.; Holmside, co. Dur.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

WHITTINGHAM, Timothy (c.1560-1638)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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