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bap. 1 Mar. 1579, 1st s. of Thomas Harley of Brampton Bryan, Herefs. and 1st w. Margaret, da. of Sir Andrew Corbet† of Moreton Corbet, Salop. educ. privately (Richard Harley); Oriel, Oxf. 1595, BA 1599; M. Temple 1599. Collins, Peerage, iv. 56; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 13 Feb. 1603 (with £2,300), Anne (d. 1 Dec. 1603), da. of Charles Barret of Belhus, Aveley, Essex, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) by 1607, Mary (bur. 5 Aug. 1622), da. of (Sir) Francis Newport† of High Ercall, Salop, 1s. 8 other ch. d.v.p.; (3) 22 July 1623, with £1,600, Brilliana (d. Oct. 1643), da. of Sir Edward Conway I* of Ragley, Warws., sec. of state 1623-8, 3s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). J. Thorpe, Registrum Roffense, 770; J. Eales, Puritans and Roundheads, 19, 21, 24; Collins, Peerage, iv. 58-9. cr. KB 25 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 155. suc. fa. 1631. d. 6 Nov. 1656. Collins, Peerage, iv. 56, 60. sig. Ro[bert] Harley.
Offices Held

J.p. Herefs. c.1604-at least c.1618, 1622 – 42, 1644–9; Add 38139, f. 131; C66/2174; C231/4, f. 140v; HMC Portland, iii. 89; Brampton Bryan, Herefs. Harley ms 88/2. kpr. Bringwood and Prestwood forests, Herefs. 1604-c.1637; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 133; HMC Portland, iii. 49; S. Robinson, ‘Forests and Woodland Areas of Herefs.’, Trans. Woolhope Field Club (1923), pp. 210–12. commr. sewers, Herefs. 1604, Wye valley 1621; C181/1, f. 91; 181/3, f. 33. sheriff, Rad. 1606–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 269. dep. j. in Eyre, Herefs. 1606–24; Eales, 31. commr. subsidy, Herefs. 1608, 1624, 1626, 1641–2; SP14/31/1; C212/22/23; Add. 11051, f. 141; SR, v. 85, 152. dep. lt. Herefs. 1618 – 42, capt. militia ft. by 1619–42; W.H. Howse, ‘Deputy Lieutenant’s Commission’, Trans. Rad. Soc. xxviii. 34; HEHL, EL7443; Add. 70086/6. commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and the Marches 1621 – at least34, Oxf. circ. 1634–40; C181/3, f. 26; 181/4, ff. 162, 168; 181/5, f. 191. member, Council in the Marches 1623-at least 1633; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 220; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 7. sub-commr. exacted fees, Herefs. 1623, Add. 70001, unfol. (7 July 1623). Forced Loan, Herefs. 1626 – 27, Hereford 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, ff. 21v, 83v. knighthood fines, Rad. 1630–2; E178/7154, f. 134; 178/5905, f. 9. dep. steward, Kingsland manor, Herefs. 1630–?49; Add. 70058, memorandum of John Wall, 20 Apr. 1639; Portland HMC, iii. compounder for purveyance, Herefs. 1631–41; Add. 70109/63. commr. for charitable uses, Herefs. 1636, 1640, C93/16/7; 93/18/19. assessment Herefs. and Hereford 1643, Hereford 1645 – 48, Worcs. 1644, Rad. 1647 – 48, sequestration, Herefs. and Hereford 1643, levying money, Herefs. 1643, relief of Gloucester 1644, reduction of Worcester 1644, management, Westminster collegiate church and sch. 1645; high steward, Hereford 1646–9; HMC Portland, iii. 148, 171. commr. appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1647, militia, Herefs. and Rad. 1648, scandalous ministers, Herefs. 1654. A. and O. i. 92, 113, 148, 428, 507, 542, 780, 804, 927, 966, 980, 1084, 1097, 1237, 1247; ii. 971.

Master of the Mint 1626 – 35, 1643–9; J. Craig, Mint, 143, 146, 151. commr. for regulating the excise 1645, exclusion from sacrament 1646, bps.’ lands 1646, scandalous offences 1648, obstructions in sale of bps.’ lands 1648. A. and O. i. 691, 853, 905, 1208, 1228.

Parlimentarian
HARLEY, Sir Robert (1579-1656), of Brampton Bryan, Herefs.; Stanage Lodge, Herefs. and Aldermanbury, London.
Main residences: Brampton Bryan, Herefs. and Stanage Lodge, Herefs. and Aldermanbury, London.
Author
J.P.F.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

HARLEY, Sir Robert (1579-1656)

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