Family and Education
b. 1588 /9, 2nd s. of Henry Philpot (d.1603) of Folkestone, Kent and Judith, da. and coh. of David Leigh of Bridge, Kent. educ. appr. London 1604; L. Inn 1635; DCL Oxf. 1643. m. lic. 24 Dec. 1612, Susan (d.1665), da. and h. of William Glover of Sandwich, gent. usher to James I, 2s. 2da. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. d. 22 Nov. 1645. sig. Jo[hn] Philpott.
Offices Held

Freeman, Drapers’ Co. 1611; Stanford London, 27. member, Art. Co. of London 1612. Ancient Vellum Bk. of Hon. Art. Co. ed. G.A. Raikes, 19.

Blanch Lyon pursuivant extraordinary 1613; Rouge Dragon pursuivant 1618 – 24; Somerset herald 1624–d.; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 280; Stanford London, 28–30; B. Whitelocke, Mems. of Eng. Affairs, i. 439. registrar, Coll. of Arms 1637–42. Stanford London, 33.

J.p. Kent 1617-at least 1623; C231/4, f. 45; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 145. escheator, Kent and Mdx 1621 – 22, 1625–6; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii). bailiff, Sandwich 1623–8 (sole), 1628–35 (jt.), 1635–42 (sole), 1642–d. (jt.), CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 12; 1628–9, p. 215; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 354; Stanford London, 36–7. freeman 1628; Procs. 1628, vi. 163. steward, Gillingham and Charing manors, Kent 1627–39; E315/311, pp. 22, 42. ?sub-collector subsidy, Kent 1641. Stanford London, 39.

Main residences: Derby House, London; Aldersgate, London; Eltham, Kent.
Author
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

PHILIPOT, John (1588/9-1645)

Will
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Oxford 1644
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