CORNISH, Henry (c.1659-1724), of St. Lawrence Jewry, London and Sherrard Street, Westminster

Family and Education

b. c. 1659, 1st s. of Henry Cornish of St. Lawrence Jewry, alderman of London, by his w. Elizabeth. m. 7 Apr. 1688, Catherine, da. of Sir Robert Henley* and sis. of Anthony Henley*, 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 1685. J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 52; IGI, Hants; Mar. Lic. Vicar-Gen. (Harl. Soc. xxxi.), 53; The Gen. n.s. vi. 103.

Offices Held

Cttee. R. Fishery Co. [I] 1691; asst. R. Mines Co. 1693; dir. million subscription to Bank of Eng. 1695, Bank of Eng. 1695–1700, E.I. Co. 1711–12; trustee, loan to Emperor 1706, poor Palatines 1709. CSP Dom. 1691–2, pp. 3–4; 1693, p. 207; N. and Q. clxxix. 41; Pittis, Present Parl. 349; Boyer, Anne Annals, iv. 127; English Courant, 25 May 1695; Post Boy, 30 June–2 July 1709.

Agent, 2nd tp. Horse Gds. and Col. Churchill’s Ft. 1694–5.

Commr. stamp office 1694–1708. IGI, London; Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 618; xxii. 213.

Receiver of taxes, London, Mdx. and Westminster 1696. Cal. Treas. Bks. xi. 67

Parlimentarian

CORNISH, Henry (c.1659-1724), of St. Lawrence Jewry, London and Sherrard Street, Westminster

Main residences: St. Lawrence Jewry, London; Sherrard Street, Westminster.

Author

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Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

CORNISH, Henry (c.1659-1724)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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