STRANGWAYS (STRANGWISH), Sir John (1585-1666), of Melbury Sampford and Abbotsbury, Dorset

Family and Education

b. or 4 Oct. 1585,Dorset RO, D124 (Ilchester v. Raishley, 34); C142/247/93. 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of John Strangways (d.1593) of Melbury Sampford and Dorothy, da. of Sir John Thynne† of Longleat, Wilts. Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 86-7; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 662. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1601; M. Temple 1611. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) by 1607, Grace (d.1652), da. of Sir George Trenchard† of Wolveton, Charminster, Dorset, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) at least 3da. (2 d.v.p); Hutchins, ii. 662-3, 679. (2) 1653, Judith, da. of Francis Throckmorton of Wootton Wawen, Warws., wid. of Thomas Edwards (admon. 3 Nov. 1625) of London and Wadhurst, Suss., s.p. Ibid. 662, 679; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 111; PROB 11/146, f. 304. suc. bro. 1596; C142/247/93. Kntd. by 19 June 1608. Dorset RO, D124 (letters and pprs. 1/12). d. 30 Dec. 1666. Hutchins, ii. 679. sig. J[ohn] Strangways.

Offices Held

Freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1608, Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 10. Weymouth, Dorset 1625; Hutchins, ii. 452. j.p. Dorset c. 1608 – 26, 1628 – c.29, c. 1639 – at least40, 1660–d., C66/1786, 2527, 2858–9; C231/4, f. 261v; C220/9/4, f. 19; C193/12/3, f. 23v; William Whiteway of Dorchester: His Diary 1618–35 (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 83. sheriff 1612–13; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39. commr. inquiry into lands of 1st earl of Somerset, Dorset and Som. 1616, lands of Sir Walter Ralegh† 1633; C181/2, f. 260; 181/4, f. 136. high steward, Lyme Regis by 1617; Dorset RO, B7/D1/1, p. 51. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1617 – 26, 1629 – 32, 1641 – 42, 1660–d., C181/2, f. 269v; 181/3, ff. 178v, 259v; 181/4, f. 97v; 181/5, ff. 189v, 221; 181/7, pp. 9, 357. sewers, Dorset 1617, 1638, C181/2, f. 294; 181/5, f. 113v. impressment 1620, 1623, 1625–6, APC, 1619–21, p. 248; 1621–3, p. 436; 1623–5, p. 499; 1626, p. 14. collector, Palatinate Benevolence 1620, CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 198. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, C212/22/20–1, 23; E179/105/313. piracy 1622, C181/3, f. 72v. dep. lt. by 1624 – 25, from 1660, SP14/175/83; Whiteway Diary, 72; SP29/8, f. 67. commr. aliens 1635, C181/5, f. 22v. hard soap, W. Country 1638, C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. assessment, Dorset 1641 – 42, 1660 – 61, 1663–d., SR, v. 83, 150, 211, 330, 457, 530, 586. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. contributions (roy.) 1643, rebels’ estates 1643; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 73, 75. jt. steward, Fordington and Ryme manors, Dorset 1661–d.; CTB, 1660–7, p. 186. commr. regulate corporations, Dorset 1662. Dorset RO, DC/LR/D2/1.

Commr. trade 1622, 1625, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59. Prince Charles’s revenue 1641. C231/5, p. 441.

Member, embassy to Spain ?1622. SP16/361/92.

Parlimentarian

STRANGWAYS (STRANGWISH), Sir John (1585-1666), of Melbury Sampford and Abbotsbury, Dorset

Main residences: Melbury Sampford; Abbotsbury, Dorset.

Strangwish

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J.P.F.

P.M.H.

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Commons 1604-1629

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STRANGWAYS (STRANGWISH), Sir John (1585-1666)

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Oxford 1644

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