BEAUMONT, Sir Henry I (c.1545-1607), of Coleorton, Leics.

Family and Education

b. c. 1545,Age calculated from date of admiss. to university. 1st s. of Nicholas Beaumont† of Coleorton and Anne, da. of William Saunders of Welford, Northants.; bro. of Sir Thomas I*. Nichols, County of Leicester, iii. 743-4. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1560; L. Inn 1566. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. Elizabeth (d. 26 Mar. 1608), da. of John Loveys, Mercer, of London and h. to her bro. Humphrey, 1s. suc. fa. 1585; Kntd. 21 Apr. 1603. d. 31 Mar. 1607. Nichols, 742; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 296; J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, i. 88.

Offices Held

J.p. Leics. by 1584 – d., custos rot. 1605–d.; E164/14/8; C66/1682. sheriff 1594–5; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 75. commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by 1598–d.; C66/1482; C181/2, f. 26v. collector, fifteenths Leics. 1603; E179/283/1. commr. to inquire into lands, of Henry, 11th Lord Cobham, Leics. 1603, into Bye-plotters 1603, Gunpowder plotters 1606. C181/1, ff. 71, 72v, 130v.

Parlimentarian

BEAUMONT, Sir Henry I (c.1545-1607), of Coleorton, Leics.

Main residence: Coleorton, Leics.

Author

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BEAUMONT, Sir Henry I (c.1545-1607)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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