TATE, Francis (1560/1-1616), of Delapré Abbey, Northants. and the Middle Temple, London

Family and Education

b. 1560 /1, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Bartholomew Tate† (d.1601) of Delapré Abbey and 2nd w. Dorothy, da. of Francis Tanfield of Gayton, Northants.;Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 199. bro. of Sir William*. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 1577, aged 17; Staple Inn; M. Temple 1579, called 1587. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, 292. unm. d. 15 Nov. 1616. Vis. Northants. 198-9. sig. Fra[ncis] Tate.

Offices Held

Member, Soc. of Antiquaries by 1590–1607/8. T. Hearne, Curious Discourses (1771), i. 315; Stowe 1045; J. Evans, Soc. of Antiqs. 12, n. 4; L. van Norden, ‘Sir Henry Spelman’, HLQ, xiii. 131–60.

Fee’d counsel, Northampton, Northants. ?by 1595–1602; Northants. RO, Northampton Bor. Recs. 3/1, ff. 257v, 297. just. gt. sess., Brecon circ. 1604–d.; C66/1613/25. reader, M. Temple 1608, bencher 1608–d. treas. 1615–d. MTR, 480, 484, 601, 612.

Freeman, Northampton 1601, Mistakenly entered as William Tate: Northants. RO, Northampton Bor. Recs. 3/1, ff. 291–2, 307v. Shrewsbury, Salop 1604; W. Phillips, ‘Hon. burgesses of Shrewsbury’, Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 2), x. 306. v.-adm. (jt.) I. of Purbeck, Dorset by 1602-at least 1605; C181/1, ff. 24, 117. j.p. Brec., Glam., Rad. 1604–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Philips, 262–4, 293–4, 324–7. commr. gaol delivery, Northampton 1609. C181/2, f. 90.

Parlimentarian

TATE, Francis (1560/1-1616), of Delapré Abbey, Northants. and the Middle Temple, London

Main residences: Delapré Abbey, Northants.; the Middle Temple, London.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

TATE, Francis (1560/1-1616)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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