SPILLER, Henry (c.1570-1649), of Holborn, London; Laleham, Mdx. and Eldersfield, Worcs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1570, 5th s. of John Spiller (d. c.1592) of Shaftesbury, Dorset and Anne, da. of Edward Crosman of Cross, Cornw.Harl. 1174, f. 29; Som. and Dorset N and Q, ii. 190. educ. L. Inn, entered 1606. LI Admiss. m. (1) by 1592, Spiller’s first child, Robert*, was born c.1592. Dorothy Dicons (bur. 14 July 1624), D. Lysons, Mdx. Parishes, 224-5. 2s. d.v.p. 2da.; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 109. (2) Anne, s.p. Kntd. 20 July 1618. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 169. d. 29 Apr. 1649. Harl. 5176, f. 148.

Offices Held

Clerk to the ld. treas.’s remembrancer by 1594; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 531. commr. revenue 1620, aliens 1621, 1622, purveyance 1622, plantations 1623, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 161, 210, 239; pt. 4, pp. 21, 63. exacted fees 1627, 1630, CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 168, 232; 1629–31, pp. 236–7. prizes 1627, SP16/66/45; APC, 1627, p. 303. execution of poor laws 1632, PC2/42, p. 54. soap monopoly 1634, C181/4, f. 186. tobacco compositions 1634–9, CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 395; 1635–6, p. 377; 1639, p. 231. prevention of butter exports 1636, CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 162. timber imports 1638, cottages 1638, usury 1638, CSP Dom. 1637–8, pp. 363, 602. brick and tile manufactures 1638. Ibid. 1638–9, p. 36; C181/5, ff. 118v, 119.

Commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1608, 1622, 1624; SP14/31/1; E115/94/103; C212/22/21, 23. j.p. Mdx. 1608 – 40, Bucks. 1619 – 40, Westminster 1622 – 40, Worcs. 1624–40; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 4, 11, 17, 21; C181/2, f. 331v; C193/13/2; C231/4, ff. 94, 172; C66/2859; SP16/14/45. commr. sewers, Coln valley 1609, 1624, Mdx. 1630, 1640, Westminster 1634; C181/2, f. 90v, C181/3, f. 116; 181/4, ff. 62v, 63v; 181/5, f. 142v. mending highways, London 1609; C193/6, no. 188. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1610 – at least27, the Marshalsea 1620 – 23, Mdx. 1627, 1631, 1638, Oxf. circ. 1629 – 42, London 1632, 1635, C181/2, ff. 109, 287v; 181/3, ff. 1, 20v, 97, 198v, 217, 219, 260v; 181/4, ff. 105v, 128; 181/5, f. 2, 25v, 30, 114. musters, Mdx. 1614, 1617–22, APC, 1613–14, p. 566; C66/2137, 2234. new buildings, London 1615, 1618, 1625, 1630, 1634, Mdx. 1624, APC, 1615–16, p. 121; C66/2165; C193/8, no. 58; Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 96, viii. pt. 3, p. 115; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 408; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, ii. 234. survey, L. Inn Fields 1618, Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. brewhouse survey, Mdx. 1620, APC, 1619–21, p. 203. concealments, London 1623; C181/3, f. 98v. dep. lt. Mdx. by 1626; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 188. commr. Privy Seal loan, Mdx. 1626, Forced Loan, 1627, E401/2586, p. 463; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. martial law 1627, C181/3, f. 219. knighthood compositions, Mdx., Worcs. 1630, CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 342; E178/5726, ff. 8, 12; 178/7163, p. 5. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631, Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 173; GL, ms 25475/1, ff. 12, 61. archery, London 1632, 1637, Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 252; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 197. charitable uses, Mdx. 1633 – 39, Surr. 1638 – 40, London 1640; C192/1, unfol. sewers, Mdx. 1634, C181/4, f. 191. survey, St. James bailiwick 1640, CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. array, Bucks., Mdx. and Worcs. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. defence, Worcs. 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, i. 14. rebels’ estates, Bucks., Glos., Oxon. and Worcs. 1643, Berks. 1644. Ibid. i. 53, 69, 70, 74, 128.

Parlimentarian

SPILLER, Henry (c.1570-1649), of Holborn, London; Laleham, Mdx. and Eldersfield, Worcs.

Main residences: Holborn, London and Laleham, Mdx. and Eldersfield, Worcs.

Author

A.D.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

SPILLER, Henry (c.1570-1649)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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