MILLICENT (MILSENT, MALLCENT), John (by 1515-77), of Barham Hall, Linton, Cambs. and London.

Family and Education

b. by 1515, s. of Thomas Millicent of Linton. educ. Camb. BA 1528/29. m. (1) by 1541, Elizabeth (d. 10 Nov. 1555), da. of John Gille of Wyddial, Herts., 2s. 2da.; (2) by 1558, Ellen, sis. and coheir of Andrew Fuller, wid. of Giles Pulton of Desborough, Northants.; (3) 26 Nov. 1564, Agnes, da. of (?Robert) Fleetwood of London. suc. fa. 20 Jan. 1549.Date of birth estimated from education. Add. 5812, f. 168, 5848, f. 431; Misc. Gen. et Her. ii. 26-27; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 191; PCC 1 Populwell, 30 Bucke, 25 Daughtry; CPR, 1550-3. p. 434; 1557-8, p. 325; 1558-60, p. 342; 1563-6, p. 142; Camb. Pembroke Coll. mss ex inf. A. P. M. Wright; Wards 7/102/135.

Offices Held

?Under sheriff, Norf. and Suff. in 1533; receiver, estates of Cromwell by 1536; clerk of the peace and of the crown, Cambs. 18 Mar. 1538; commr. subsidy, Hunts. 1546, relief, Cambs. 1550, to survey estates of bpric. of Ely 1559, 1560; bailiff for Thomas Seymour, Baron Seymour of Sudeley, unknown property by 1548; feodary, honor of Clare, Cambs., Hunts. by 1553; j.p.q. Cambs. 1554 – d.; attorney, duchy of Lancaster, in Chancery May 1557 – Mar. 1559; escheator, Cambs. and Hunts. 1559–60.LP Hen. VIII, x-xiv; M. L. Robertson, ‘Cromwell’s servants’ (Univ. California Los Angeles Ph.D. thesis, 1975), 527–8; St. Ch.2/23/206; E163/12/17, nos. 37, 50, 54; 179/122/133; CPR, 1553, pp. 93, 325; 1553–4, p. 17; 1558–60, pp. 31, 442; 1560–3, p. 435; 1563–6, pp. 20, 41; Somerville, Duchy, i. 457.

Parlimentarian

MILLICENT (MILSENT, MALLCENT), John (by 1515-77), of Barham Hall, Linton, Cambs. and London.

Main residences: Barham Hall, Linton, Cambs.; London.

Author

M.K.D.

A.D.K.H.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

MILLICENT (MILSENT, MALLCENT), John (by 1515-77)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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