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bap. 5 Aug. 1565, 1st s. of Richard Amherst, yeoman, of Pembury, Kent and Margaret Rixon. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1582; Staple Inn; G. Inn 1585, called 1592. m. (1) 20 Feb. 1593, Anne, da. and coh. of William Raynes of Marwood, Kent, 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 1 Apr. 1605, Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Palmer, 1st bt.†, of Wingham, Kent, 2da. suc. fa. c.1600. d. 12 Apr. 1632.Suss. Gens.: Lewes Cent. comp. J. Comber, 2; Al. Ox.; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 197; Add. 33895, p. 35. sig. R[ichar]d Amherst.
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Ancient, G. Inn 1603, reader 1612, bencher 1612 – 23, dean of chapel 1622; PBG Inn, i. 162, 197, 253. sjt.-at-law 1623 – d.; treas. Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane 1626–d.; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 496. sgt. to Queen Henrietta Maria by 1630–d. APC, 1630–1, p. 28; PROB 11/161, f. 486v.

Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1604 – 29; Suss. 1610 – d.; Kent 1628; C181/1, f. 95v; 181/2, f. 88v; 181/3, f. 248v; 181/4, ff. 32v; 74. j.p. Suss. by 1606 – d., Kent 1617–d.; C66/1682; C231/4, f. 45; SP16/212. commr. aid, Suss. 1609, 1612, SP14/43/107; E163/16/21, unfol. subsidy, Suss. 1621 – 22, 1624, W. Smith Ellis, ‘Subsidy Roll, collection within the rape of Lewes, AD 1621’, Suss. Arch. Colls. ix. 71; C212/22/21, 23. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1625 – d.; Suss. 1627, C181/3. ff. 139, 236; 181/4, f. 109. martial law, Suss. 1626–7, APC, 1626, p. 221; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461. Forced Loan 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, 144; C193/12/2, f. 59v. knighthood fines 1630–d. E178/7154, f. 197c; 178/5678, unfol.

Steward learned, estates of the earls of Dorset by 1607–d. PROB 11/113, f. 16; 11/143, f. 208; D.L. Smith, ‘Catholic, Anglican or Puritan? Edward Sackville, fourth earl of Dorset and the Ambiguities of Religion in Early Stuart Eng.’, TRHS (ser. 6), ii. 121.

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AMHERST, Richard (1565-1632), of The Vine, High Street, Lewes and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London
Main residences: The Vine, High Street, Lewes; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
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AMHERST, Richard (1565-1632)

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