Family and Education
b. by 1517, 1st s. of (Sir) John Harington of Exton by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Moton of Peckleton Leics.; bro. of Edward. educ. 1. Temple, adm. 10 Feb. 1536. m. by 1539, Lucy, da. of Sir William Sidney of Penshurst, Kent, at least 7s. inc. James and John 8da., 3 other ch. suc. fa. as Aug. 1553. Kntd. June 1565.Date of birth estimated from age (variously given) at fa.’s i.p.ms, C142/101/68, 101. Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. iii), 38-39; I. Grimble, Harington Fam. 73-74; VCH Rutland, ii. 129.
Offices Held
J.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) 1547, Rutland 1558/59; commr. relief, Lincs. (Kesteven) 1550, sewers, Cambs. Hunts., Lincs., Northants., Notts. and Isle of Ely 1555, musters, Rutland and Leics. by 1569; sheriff, Rutland Aug. – Nov. 1553, 1560 – 61, 1566 – 67, 1578 – 79, 1586 – 87; collector for loan, Rutland 1562.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Exton, Rutland.
Volume
Commons 1509-1558
Web Title
HARINGTON, James (by 1517-92)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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