SWINNERTON, John (1564-1616), of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London.

Family and Education

b. 1564, 1st s. of John Swinnerton, merchant, of London by Mary, da. of one Fawnte. educ. Merchant Taylors’ 1576. m. 22 July 1586, Thomasine, da. of Richard Buckfolde of London, 4s 3da. Kntd. 16 July 1603. 26 July 1603. suc. fa. 1608.Merchant Taylors’ School Reg. ed. Hart, 11 (unpaginated); London Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxv), 27, 151; PCC 125 Cope, 8 Dorset.

Offices Held

Alderman, London 22 June 1602, sheriff 1602 – 03, ld. mayor 1612 – 13; farmer of imposts on French and Rhenish wines 1593 – 97, 1599 – 1607, of imposts on sweet wines 1612; gov. Christ’s Hospital. J. J. Baddeley, Aldermen of Cripplegate Ward, 58; G. E. Cokayne, Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of the City of London, 55; F. C. Dietz, Eng. Public Finance, 1558–1641, pp. 74–5, 91; R. H. Tawney, Business and Politics under James I, 96 n. 2, 104 n. 2; PCC 125 Cope.

Parlimentarian

SWINARTON (SWINNERTON), Sir John (1564-1616), of Aldermanbury, London and Stanway Hall, Essex

Main residence: St. Mary Aldermanbury, London.

Author

A.M.M.

Volume

Commons 1558-1603

Web Title

SWINNERTON, John (1564-1616)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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