HARINGTON, Sir James (c.1555-1614), of Ridlington, Rutland and Merton, Oxon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1555,Assuming him to have been aged 16 at matriculation at Cambridge. 3rd s. of Sir James Harington† of Exton, Rutland and Lucy, da. of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst Place, Kent; Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. iii), 38-9. bro. of Sir John†. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. 1564; Shrewsbury Sch. Reg. Scholarum ed. E. Calvert, 15. King’s, Camb. 1571. Al. Cant. which confuses him with a namesake who matriculated from Christ’s at Easter 1595. m. (1) by 1583, Frances (bur. 26 Sept. 1599), da. and coh. of Robert Sapcote (Sapcotts) of Elton, Hunts., 8s. 5da.; C142/342/105; Leics. RO, DE3468/1, unfol.; Vis. Rutland, 39; Vis. Hunts. (Cam. Soc. xliii), 12. (2) c.24 Sept. 1601, Anne, da. of Francis Bernard of Abington, Northants., wid. of John Doyley of Merton, Oxon. s.p. Vis. Rutland, 39; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 225; Vis. Northants. ed. W.C. Metcalfe, 3. Kntd. 18 Apr. 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 101. cr. bt. 29 June 1611. C66/1942/45. d. 3 Feb. 1614. C142/342/105. sig. James Harington.

Offices Held

J.p. Rutland by 1591 – d., Oxon. 1602–?d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; SP13/F/11; C66/1549, 1620; C231/1, f. 136. sheriff, Rutland 1593 – 94, 1601 – 02, Oxon. Feb.-Nov. 1606; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 109, 114. collector, subsidy, Rutland 1590, tenths, Rutland 1603, 1608, E401/1846; E179/283, vols. ‘JEG 10514’, ‘TG 10806’. Privy Seal loans, 1604–5; E401/2585, f. 73. commr. subsidy, Rutland 1608, SP14/31/1. aid Oxon. and Oxf. Univ. 1609; SP14/43/107; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, p. 165. ?dep. lt. Rutland, 1607–d.; HMC Hatfield, xix. 124. collector (jt.), aid, Oxon. 1612–13. E359/5.

Parlimentarian

HARINGTON, Sir James (c.1555-1614), of Ridlington, Rutland and Merton, Oxon.

Main residences: Ridlington, Rutland; Merton, Oxon.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

HARINGTON, Sir James (c.1555-1614)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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