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b. c. 1563, 1st s. of Henry Naunton of Letheringham and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Everard Ashby of Loseby, Leics. and h. to her bro. William Ashby†. educ. Trin. Camb. 1579, BA 1583, MA 1586; L. Inn 1616. m. by 29 Sept. 1619, Penelope (admon. 23 Mar. 1655), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Perrot† of Haroldston, Pemb., wid. of Sir William Lower* of St. Winnow, Cornw., 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1599;R.E. Schreiber, Pol. Career of Sir Robert Naunton (R. Hist. Soc. Studies, xxiv), 2; Nichols, County of Leicester, iii. 513; Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 265-6; W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. iv. 308. Kntd. 7 Sept. 1615. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 166 d. 27 Mar. 1635. Nichols, iii. 513. sig. R[obert] Naunton
Offices Held

Fell., Trin. Camb. 1585 – 92, Trin. Hall 1592 – 1616; public orator, Camb. Univ. 1594 – 1611, proctor 1601–2. Al. Cant.

Member, embassy, Scotland 1589–90; Schreiber, 3. amb. extraordinary (jt.), Denmark 1603. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 32.

Under-sec. of state by 1612; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 119. commr. cloth exports 1614; HMC Downshire, iv. 338. master of Requests 1616 – 18; surveyor of the Wards 1616 – 18, master 1624 – 35; sec. of state 1618–23; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 15, 30, 128, 474; C66/2151/20; 66/2328/5; E214/1614. PC 9 Jan. 1618–d.; APC, 1618–19, p. 6; PC2/44, p. 13. commr. Treas. 1618–20, 25th DKR, 61. gold and silver thread 1618, CD 1621, vii. 366. banishment of Jesuits 1618, 1624, sale of jewels 1619; member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620 – d.; commr. Crown leases 1620, revenue 1620, inquiry into export of ordnance 1620, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 65, 117, 134, 150, 161, 185, pt. 4, p. 169; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 355. tobacco licences 1620, CD 1621, vii. 456. defective titles 1625, poor relief 1630, Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 32, pt. 3, p. 148. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631. Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 173.

Commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1617, London and Mdx. 1619 – d., sewers, London 1617 – 21, Westminster, Mdx. 1627 – d., Essex 1631–3, C181/2, ff. 287, 306, 343v-4; 181/3, ff. 26v, 213; 181/4, ff. 76, 236v, 188v-9, 190v. survey, L. Inn Fields 1618, Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. new buildings, London 1618, 1625, 1630, C66/2165; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 70; pt. 3, p. 114. gaol delivery, London 1619 – d., Havering, Essex 1630–3; C181/2, f. 345; 181/4, ff. 48, 139, 188. j.p. Westminster 1620 – d., Mdx. by 1621 – d., Essex 1626–d.; C181/3, f. 15v; C66/2234; C231/4, f. 194v; C193/13/2. commr. Forced Loan, Essex, Mdx., Suff. 1626 – 27, Cambs., Dorset, Herts., Kent, London, Surr., Isle of Ely, Cambs., Westminster, Mdx. 1627. CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; APC, 1626, p. 427; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 142, 144; Bodl. Firth C4, p. 257; C193/12/2, ff. 4v, 11v, 17v, 23v, 26, 34v, 55, 57, 75.

Member, Guiana Co. 1627. English and Irish Settlement on River Amazon ed. J. Lorimer (Hakluyt Soc. ser. 2. clxxi), 292.

Parlimentarian
NAUNTON, Robert (c.1563-1635), of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Letheringham, Suff. and Charing Cross, Westminster
Main residences: Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Letheringham, Suff.; Charing Cross, Westminster.
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J.P.F.
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Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

NAUNTON, Robert (c.1563-1635)

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