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bap. 14 July 1584,C. Wise, Rockingham Castle and the Watsons, 44. 1st s. of Sir Edward Watson† of Rockingham Castle and Anne, da. of Kenelm Digby† of Stoke Dry, Rutland.Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 228-9. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1599; M. Temple 1601.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) (settlement 18 Feb. 1609, with £3,500),Rockingham Castle mss A/1. Katherine (d. 15 Feb. 1611), da. of Peregrine, 13th Lord Willoughby de Eresby, 1s. d.v.p.;Wise, 50. (2) 3 Oct. 1620,Ibid. 54. Eleanor (d. 23 Oct. 1679),Ibid. 83. da. of Sir George Manners† of Haddon Hall, Derbys. and Uffington, Lincs., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da.Ibid. 55. Kntd. 19 Aug. 1608;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 146. suc. fa. 1617;C142/376/93. cr. bt. 23 June 1621,CB, i. 165. Bar. Rockingham 29 Jan. 1645. d. 5 Jan. 1653.CP, xi. 56.
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Steward, Kettering manor, Northants. 1603–30;E315/310, f. 10; Rockingham Castle mss A/3. dep. lt. Northants. by 1613;HMC Buccleuch, iii. 151, 215. j.p. Northants. by 1614-at least 1640;C66/1988; 66/2858. commr. navigation of river Welland, Lincs. 1618–34,C181/2, f. 330; 181/3, f. 99; 181/4, f. 161. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1620–42;C181/3, ff. 5, 258v; 181/5, f. 220; 181/4, ff. 10v, 195v; 181/5, ff. 4v, 220. collector, Palatinate Benevolence, Northants. 1622;SP14/156/15. verderer, Rockingham forest, Northants. 1624–44;CCC, 1581; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 104. collector, Privy Seal loans, Northants. 1625 – 26, Forced Loan 1626–7;E401/2586, p. 107; APC, 1626, p. 168; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 305. commr. sewers, Northants. 1627 – 34, Lincs. 1639,C181/3, f. 218; 181/4, ff. 140, 180; 181/5, f. 149. martial law, Northants. 1628,CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 567. knighthood fines 1630–2;E178/7155, ff. 39, 85, 107, 134; E198/4/32, f. 2v. sheriff 1632–3;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 94. commr. array 1642.HMC Montagu, 156; Northants. RO, FH133.

Master of the buckhounds 1634-bef. 1641.Wise, 56–7; E179/70/146.

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WATSON, Sir Lewis (1584-1653), of Rockingham Castle, Northants.
Main residence: Rockingham Castle, Northants.
Author
P.W.
R.C.L.S.
Volume
Commons 1604-1629
Web Title

WATSON, Sir Lewis (1584-1653)

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