CORNWALLIS, Sir Charles (c.1555-1629), of Brome Hall and Beeston St. Andrews, Suff. and Harborne, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1555,Suff. RO (Ipswich), Iveagh Collection, Cornwallis mss 1/2. 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis† (d.1604), comptroller of the Household to Mary I, and Anne, da. of Sir John Jernegan of Somerleyton, Suff.; bro. of William†; educ. Trin., Camb. 1566. Al. Cant. m. (1) 1578, Anne (bur. 4 July 1584), da. and coh. of Thomas Fincham of Fincham, Norf., wid. of Richard Nicholls (d.1573/4) of Islington, Norf., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) 1585, Anne (bur. 30 Mar. 1617), D. Lysons, Environs London, iv. 102. da. of Thomas Barrow of Barningham, Suff., wid. of Sir Ralph Shelton (d. by 1581) of Shelton, Norf., 1da.; (3) 29 Apr. 1620, Dorothy, da. of Richard Vaughan of Nyffryn in Ll?n, Caern., bp. of London, wid. of John Jegon of Coggeshall, Essex, bp. of Norwich (d. 13 Mar. 1618), 3s. 2da. Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch. i), 43, 114; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 21-2; F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. v. 268; Oxford DNB; L. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, i. 305. Kntd. 11 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 105. d. 21 Dec. 1629. R.H. Jeffers, ‘Manors of Layer-de-lay-Haye, Pebmarsh and Gt. Henny’, Essex Jnl. iv. 191. sig. Charles Cornwaleys.

Offices Held

J.p. Norf. 1601 – d., Mdx. 1619–d., A.H. Smith, County and Court, 362; C231/1 f. 106; 231/4 f. 84, 85, C193/13/1, f. 63. commr. musters, Norf. 1602, Norf. RO, WLS XVII/1, bk. 2, ff. 142–3v. sewers 1604; C181/1, f. 88v. high steward, hundreds of Holte, Taverham, Happinge, Humbleyard, Hensted, Blofield cum Southwalsh, East and West Flegge, Norf. 1604; E315/310, f. 15. recvr. exch. Norf. and Hunts. 1604, Lansd. 168, f. 189. Norf. 1606, Ibid. 186, f. 352. collector, Privy Seal loans, Norf. 1604 – 05, 1612 – 13, 1625–6; E401/2585, ff. 40–4, 157–8; 401/2586, p. 138; E403/2732, f. 121v. commr. seabreaches, Norf. 1610, 1625, C181/2, f. 127v; 181/3, f. 189v. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1611–17, C181/2, ff. 158, 179v, 197v, 235, 287. impressment of mariners, Norf. 1620, APC, 1619–21, pp. 247–8. subsidy 162–2, 1624, 1628, C212/22/20, 21, 23; Norf. RO, Hare 6366, p. 144. piracy 1624, 1627, C181/3, ff. 115v, 236v. fen drainage, Norf. and Suff. 1625, C193/8, no. 60. Admlty. causes, Norf. 1627, HCA1/32/1, f. 4v. dep. lt. Norf. 1625–d. W. Rye, Norf. State Pprs. passim; E401/2586, p. 138.

Resident amb. Spain 1605–9. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 257.

Treas. Prince Henry’s Household 1610–12. DWL, Morrice ms 31.I, p. 637 (2).

Member, N.W. Passage Co. 1612.CSP Col. E.I. 1513–16, p. 239.

Commr. Irish parliamentary grievances 1613; APC, 1613–14, pp. 175–6. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1613-at least 1620. R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 348.

Parlimentarian

CORNWALLIS, Sir Charles (c.1555-1629), of Brome Hall and Beeston St. Andrews, Suff. and Harborne, Staffs.

Main residences: Brome Hall; Beeston St. Andrews, Suff.; Harborne, Staffs.

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C.R.K.

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Commons 1604-1629

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CORNWALLIS, Sir Charles (c.1555-1629)

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Oxford 1644

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