DACKOMBE, John (c.1570-1618), of the Middle Temple, London; the Savoy, Westminster; Wanstead, Essex and Templecombe, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1570,Hatfield House, Petition 2151. We are grateful for this ref., and for assistance in dating the petition, to Mrs. Doreen Williams and Mr. Geoffrey Mann. In 1603 Dackombe claimed he was 30: C24/304/30. 1st s. of Richard Dackombe of Motcombe, Dorset and Alice, da. of William Monntier or Mountier of Motcombe. Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 35; C3/55/42, ex inf. Mrs. Doreen Williams and Mr. Geoffrey Mann. educ. M. Temple 1596. m. by 1607 Melior (d.1646), da. of John Pitt, mercer, of Blandford Forum, Dorset, wid. of Robert Mohun of Bothenhampton, Dorset, 1s. 2da. Som. and Dorset N and Q, i. 109; v. 133; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 742; C3/333/6; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 133. suc. fa. aft. 1600; Kntd. 1616. d. 27 Jan. 1618.

Offices Held

Escheator, Som. and Dorset 1600–1; Collectanea ed. T.F. Palmer (Som. Rec. Soc. xliii), 228. feodary, Wilts. 1603–13, WARD 9/275. Som. 1605–13; Sales of Wards ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), p. xix. bailiff, Carston manor, Som. by 1604; HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 106. ch. ranger, Melchet forest, Hants 1606–d.; VCH Hants, iv. 541. steward, Bultford and Cheniell manors, Wilts. 1609; E315/310, f. 59. commr. inquiry, Enfield Chase, Mdx. 1609, DL5/24, pp. 879–80. lands of one Skevington, Kent 1613, C181/2, f. 200. new buildings, London 1615; APC, 1615–16, p. 122. j.p. Mdx. 1615 – d., Herts., Dorset and Som. 9 Jan. 1618–d.; C231/4, ff. 3, 55. jt. temporary steward, Ryme manor, Dorset 1616. DCO, ‘Letters and Warrants 1615–19’, f. 18.

Steward and later sec. to Sir Robert Cecil† (1st earl of Salisbury) aft. 1602–12; HMC Hatfield, xii. 508; xxi. 371. solicitor to 2nd earl of Salisbury (William Cecil, Visct. Cranborne*) by 1613. HMC Hatfield, xxii. 11, ex inf. Mrs. Doreen Williams and Mr. Geoffrey Mann.

Surveyor-gen. to Prince Charles 1613-at least 1615, C66/2007/7; Bodl. Rawl. Essex 29, title page. trustee (jt.) 1616-at least 1617, C66/2109/2; G. Haslam, ‘Jacobean Phoenix’, in Estates of the Eng. Crown ed. R.W. Hoyle, 275. cllr. 1616–d.;Haslam, 276. master of Requests 1613–16; APC, 1613–14, p. 313; 1615–16, p. 630. commr. sale of Crown lands 1614, Chamberlain Letters, i. 500; Cott. Julius C.III, ff. 131–2. concealed lands, duchy of Cornwall 1615; DCO, ‘Letters and Warrants 1615–19’, ff. 5–6. chan., duchy of Lancaster 1616–d. Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 1.

Parlimentarian

DACKOMBE, John (c.1570-1618), of the Middle Temple, London; the Savoy, Westminster; Wanstead, Essex and Templecombe, Som.

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London and the Savoy, Westminster and and Wanstead, Essex and Templecombe, Som.

Author

J.P.F.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

DACKOMBE, John (c.1570-1618)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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