GARGRAVE, Sir Richard (1575/6-1638), of Nostell Priory and Kinsley, Yorks.; later of Westminster, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. 1575 /6, Aged ‘38 years or thereabouts’ on 30 Oct. 1613: STAC 8/18/1, f. 64v. 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Cotton Gargrave† of Kinsley and Nostell Priory and 2nd w. Anne (Agnes), da. of Thomas Waterton† of Sandal, Yorks. Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 69. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. c.1591; I. Temple 1591. Al. Cant.; I. Temple Admiss. m. c. Jan. 1607, Catherine (d. aft. 1651), da. of Sir John Danvers† of Dauntsey, Wilts. and Danby, Yorks., 2 or 3da. CCC, 1997; Vis. Yorks. 69; CP sub earl of Danby; J. Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 214. suc. bro. Thomas 1595; Hunter, ii. 213. Kntd. 17 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 101. d. 29 Dec. 1638. GL, St. Andrew Holborn par. reg. sig. Ri[chard] Gargrave.

Offices Held

J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1597–1615; C231/1, f. 36v; 231/4, f. 8. collector (jt.), tenths and fifteenths, W. Riding 1602; E401/2400. sheriff, Yorks. Nov. 1604-Feb. 1606; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163. commr. sewers, W. Riding 1605, 1611. C181/1, f. 209, 181/2, f. 145.

Parlimentarian

GARGRAVE, Sir Richard (1575/6-1638), of Nostell Priory and Kinsley, Yorks.; later of Westminster, Mdx.

Main residences: Nostell Priory and Kinsley, Yorks.; Westminster, Mdx.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GARGRAVE, Sir Richard (1575/6-1638)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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