STANHOPE, Sir John I (c.1540-1621), of Harrington, Northants. and Westminster

Family and Education

b. c. 1540, 3rd s. of Sir Michael Stanhope† (d.1552) of Shelford, Notts. and Anne, da. of Nicholas Rawson of Aveley, Essex; bro. of Edward sen.†, Edward jun.†, Sir Michael* and Sir Thomas†.CP, xii. pt. 2, pp. 239-40. educ. Trin. Camb. 1556; G. Inn 1556.Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) c.1558, Mary (d.1567), da. and coh. of Sir William Knowles of Bilton-in-Holderness, Yorks., s.p.; (2) 6 May 1589, Margaret, da. of Henry Macwilliam† of Stambourne, Essex, and coh. to her bro. Henry, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. G. Poulson, Hist. and Antiqs. of Seigniory of Holderness, ii. 250; Feet of Fines ed. J. Parker (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. ii), 222; CP, xii. pt. 2, p. 241; Oxford DNB; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. reg. xxv), 28. Kntd. 1596; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 94. cr. Bar. Stanhope of Harrington 4 May 1605. C66/1674, m. 17. d. 9 Mar. 1621. G.R. Corner, ‘Notices of John, Lord Stanhope of Harrington’, Archaeologia, xxxviii. pt. 2, p. 398. sig. J[ohn]/Jhon Stanhope.

Offices Held

Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) by 1571–?96; Thoroton, Notts. (1790), i. 289; CPR, 1559–72, p. 174; HMC 11th Rep. VII, 157. master of posts 1590–d.; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 672; 1603–10, p. 366; PROB 11/137, f. 248v. treas. of the chamber by 1596–1618; APC, 1596–7, p. 22; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 125. commr. Guinea trade 1598; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 16. treas. at war 1599; HMC Foljambe, 101–2. v.-chamberlain 1601 – 16; PC 1601–d.; HMC Cowper, i. 30; Chamberlain Letters, i. 619; APC, 1600–1, p. 467; PROB 11/137, f. 248v. commr. to send convicts to galleys 1602, expel Jesuits and seminary priests 1603 – 04, 1618, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, pp. 36, 62, 122; pt. 3, p. 93. regulate the king’s Household 1603, APC, 1601–4, p. 497. Union with Scotland 1604, SR, iv. 1019. inventory royal apparel 1604, CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 74. compound for concealed lands 1605, LR2/88, unfol. levy aid 1609, Rymer, vii. pt. 2, p. 678. adjourn Parliament 1610; HMC Hastings, iv. 229. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1611–d.; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 358; Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 134. commr. to enfranchise copyholders 1612, C181/2, f. 171v. surrender of Flushing and Brill 1616, exile William Danvers etc. 1617. Rymer, vii. pt. 2, p. 210; pt. 3, p. 3.

V.-adm. Yorks. 1585–1604; HCA 25/1/2 f. 151; 30/820/1. j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) by 1591 – at least1614, Kent and Mdx. 1596 – at least1614, Northants. by 1601 – at least14, liberty of Southwell and Scroby, Notts. by 1601 – d.; Westminster 1618 – d.; custos rot. N. Riding 1591-at least 1608; Hatfield House ms 278; C231/1, f. 19v; C66/1549, 66/1988; C181/1, f. 7; 181/2, f. 331v; 181/3, ff. 15v. 33v; SP14/33, f. 22. high steward, Peterborough cathedral 1600–d.; Elizabethan Peterborough ed. W.T. Mellows and D.H. Gifford (Northants Rec. Soc. xviii), 41–2. steward, duchy of Lancaster manors, Northants. 1600–13 (sole), 1613–d. (jt.), honour of Clare, Suff. 1602–16, manor of Eltham, Kent by 1604 – d.; feodary, duchy of Lancaster, Northants. 1602–13 (sole), 1613–d. (jt.); R. Somerville, Hist. Duchy of Lancaster, i. 588, 591; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 191, 195–6, 205; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 160; PROB 11/137, f. 248v. commr. oyer and terminer, London 1601 – 19, the Verge 1604 – 15, Midlands rising Northants 1607, Mdx. 1620; C181/1, ff. 10v, 93v; 181/2, ff. 34v, 235, 351v, 352. kpr. (jt.), Colchester Castle, Essex 1603; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 15. commr. to make the river Welland navigable, Lincs. 1605; C181/1, f. 118v. subsidy, Kent, London, Mdx. and the Household 1608, SP14/31/1. annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1613, C181/2, ff. 142, 199. new buildings, Westminster 1611, C66/1907. gaol delivery, London 1612 – 19, sewers, Essex 1618. C181/2, ff. 171v, 308, 351.

Member Virg. Co. by 1609, cttee. 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 209, 231.

Parlimentarian

STANHOPE, Sir John I (c.1540-1621), of Harrington, Northants. and Westminster

Main residences: Harrington, Northants.; Westminster.

Author

V.C.D.M.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

STANHOPE, Sir John I (c.1540-1621)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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