DIXWELL, Basil (1585-1642), of Terlingham, Folkestone, Kent; formerly of Canterbury, Kent; later of Broome Park, Barham, Kent

Family and Education

b. 27 Dec. 1585,The Gen. n.s. viii. 102. 4th s. of Charles Dixwell (d.1591) of Coton Hall, Warws. and Abigail, da. of Henry Herdson, ropemaker, of London. unm. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 297; Dugdale, Warws. 17; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix), 96; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 3), i. 23. suc. uncle John Herdson in Terlingham estate 1622; Kntd. 18 Feb. 1628; cr. bt. 18 Feb. 1628. CB; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 194. d. 28 Dec. 1642.

Offices Held

J.p. Kent 1626–?9; Cal. of the Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 59; Cal. of Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 87, 113. freeman, Hythe, Kent 1626; G. Wilks, The Barons of the Cinque Ports, and the Parliamentary Representation of Hythe, 73. sheriff, Kent 1626–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 69. commr. piracy, Kent, Suss. and the Cinque Ports 1629 – at least39, array, Kent 1642. C181/3, f. 247; 181/4, f. 48; 181/5, f. 131v; Northants. RO, FH133.

Parlimentarian

DIXWELL, Basil (1585-1642), of Terlingham, Folkestone, Kent; formerly of Canterbury, Kent; later of Broome Park, Barham, Kent

Main residences: Terlingham, Folkestone, Kent; Canterbury, Kent; Broome Park, Barham, Kent.

Author

P.J.L.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

DIXWELL, Basil (1585-1642)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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