TUFTON, Sir Nicholas (1578-1631), of Hothfield, Kent; Tufton House, Northiam, Suss.; Sileham House, Rainham, Kent and Temple Bar, Westminster.

Family and Education

bap. 19 Jan. 1578, Genealogical Mag. vii. 566. 1st s. of Sir John Tufton, 1st bt., of Hothfield and his 2nd w. Christian, da. and coh. of Sir Humphrey Browne of Ridley Hall, Terling, Essex; bro. of Sir Humphrey† and Richard*. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1591; L. Inn 1596; embassy, France 1598. m. settlement 18 Jan. 1601, Frances (d. 12 or 25 June 1653), da. of Thomas Cecil†, 1st earl of Exeter, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 8da. (1 d.v.p.). Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 118; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; SP78/41, f. 131; CP sub Thanet; HMC Hatfield, xii. 344; Cent. Kent. Stud. U455/T280/5; R. Pocock, Memorials of Fam. of Tufton, pp. viii-ix. Kntd. 13 Apr. 1603; suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 2 Apr. 1624; cr. Bar. Tufton 1 Nov. 1626, earl of Thanet 5 Aug. 1628; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 100; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 105; C66/2494/5. d. 1 July 1631. sig. Nicolaus Tufton.

Offices Held

Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1602–d.; C181/1, f. 28v; 181/2, f. 88; 181/3, ff. 134v, 150, 157v, 165v, 173; 181/4, f. 37v. j.p. Kent by 1603-at least 1629; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 1 and passim; C66/2527. commr. subsidy, Kent 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1626; SP14/31/1; E115/593/100, 115/389/49; C212/22/23. dep. lt. Kent by 1611-at least 1626, J.R. Scott, Scott, of Scot’s-Hall, pp. xix, xxii, xxiii.; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 614; J.J.N. McGurk, ‘Letter bk. relating to Ltcy. of Kent’, Arch. Cant. pp. lxxxii. 141. Canterbury, Kent by 1615; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CC/N/30, no. i. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1623 – at least25, Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1627, C181/3, ff. 78, 138v, 215v. musters, Dover, Kent 1624–5; Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 170; CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 418, 444. capt. militia ft., Kent by 1625; HMC Cowper, i. 212. commr. charitable uses, Canterbury 1625, C93/10/18. Privy Seal loans, Kent 1625–6, E401/2586, p. 90. sale of Camber Castle, Suss. 1626, APC, 1626, pp. 207, 303. Forced Loan, Kent 1626–7, Harl. 6846, f. 37; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 170. knighthood fines, Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1630–d., E178/7154, f. 88c. piracy, Cinque Ports 1630. C181/4, f. 48.

Commr. swans c.1628. C181/3, f. 267.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610–24; Virg. Co. Recs. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 59; iv. 157 (mis-dated 1623). cttee. E.I. Co. by 1629. CSP Col. E.I. 1625–9, p. 635.

Parlimentarian

TUFTON, Sir Nicholas (1578-1631), of Hothfield, Kent; Tufton House, Northiam, Suss.; Sileham House, Rainham, Kent and Temple Bar, Westminster.

Main residences: Hothfield, Kent and Tufton House, Northiam, Suss. and and Sileham House, Rainham, Kent and Temple Bar, Westminster.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

TUFTON, Sir Nicholas (1578-1631)

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Oxford 1644

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