JAMES, Francis (c.1559-1616), of Barrow Court, Som.; formerly of Bristol, Glos.

Family and Education

b. c. 1559, 3rd s. of John James of Little Onn, Staffs. and Ellen, da. of William Bolt of Sandbach, Cheshire.Vis. Dur. ed. Foster, 187. educ. All Souls, Oxf. 1581, aged 22, BCL 1583, DCL 1588; adv. 1590; Al. Ox. G. Inn 1606. GI Admiss. m. (1) Elizabeth Winter (d. 1 May 1599), s.p.; Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xxvi. 264-5. (2) Blanche, da. and coh. of Francis Gunter, Skinner, of London and Albury, Herts., wid. of William Billingsley of London, 4s. 5da. d. 26 Mar. 1616. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 7, 61; Collinson, Som. ii. 312-13.

Offices Held

Fell., All Souls 1577; Al. Ox. member, Doctors’ Commons 1590–1615; B.P. Levack, Civil Lawyers, 243. chan., Bristol dioc. 1587–1603, Hutchins, Dorset, i. p. xxix. Wells dioc. 1599–d.; Levack, 243. judge of V.-Admlty, Dorset 1603, Bristol, Glos. 1604. C181/1, ff. 62v, 92v.

Judge, Ct. of Audience 1590–d.; Levack, 243. master in Chancery (extraordinary) by 1601, (ordinary) 1614–d.; T.D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 89. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1601–d. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, p. 6; HMC Hatfield, xvi. 291.

J.p. Dorset c. 1592 – d., Som. 1597–d., Hatfield House, ms 278; C231/1, f. 35; 231/2, f. 245. commr. piracy, Dorset 1601, 1603, 1611, C181/1, ff. 12v, 62v; 181/2, f. 159. Bristol 1604, London 1609, C181/1, f. 92v; 181/2, f. 101v. commr. subsidy, Bristol, Dorset and Som. 1608, SP14/31/1. sewers, Som. 1616. C181/2, f. 246.

Member for Bath and Wells, Convocation of Canterbury 1604. SP16/88/16.

Parlimentarian

JAMES, Francis (c.1559-1616), of Barrow Court, Som.; formerly of Bristol, Glos.

Main residences: Barrow Court, Som.; Bristol, Glos.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

JAMES, Francis (c.1559-1616)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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