BOROUGH (BURGH, BURROUGHES), John (1583-1643), of Old Palace Yard, Westminster

Family and Education

bap. 1 Sept. 1583, 3rd s. of William Borough of Sandwich, Kent and Jacomine, da. of one (Daniel?) Godschalk of Nieuwkerk, Brabant.Soc. Gen. St. Peter’s, Sandwich par. reg. 17, 20, 23, and mar. entry, 4 Dec. 1575; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 319. The Oxford DNB misidentifies Borough’s parentage. educ. G. Inn 1612; DCL, Oxf. 1643. GI Admiss.; Al. Ox. m. (1) lic. 3 Oct. 1608, Sylvester (d.1609), da. of Robert Denne of Denne Hill, Kingston, Kent, wid. of Thomas Coppin of Manston, Kent, ?2ch. d.v.p.; Canterbury Mar. Lics. 1568-1618 ed. J.M. Cowper, 55; E. Hasted, Kent, vi. 357; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 100; Harl. 1823, f. 29. (2) by 1622, Dorothy, da. of one Cassey, 2s. 2da. Cott. Julius C.III, f. 35; Index to Admons. in the PCC 1631-48 ed. M. Fitch (Brit. Rec. Soc. c), 47; GI Admiss. 208, 217. Kntd. 17 July 1624. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 185. d. 21 Oct. 1643. Life, Diary and Corresp. of Dugdale ed. W. Hamper, 55.

Offices Held

Clerk of recs. in the Tower (jt) 1612, kpr. by 1622–d.; C66/1956; Coll. of Arms (London Survey Cttee. xvi) 50; APC, 1621–3, p. 111; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 383–4. servant to Sir Francis Bacon* by 1618, sec. by 1620-at least 1621; Letters and Life of Francis Bacon ed. J. Spedding, vi. 336; CD 1621, vii. 568. gent. of the privy chamber by 1622-at least 1623; APC, 1621–3, pp. 133, 454. Mowbray herald (extraordinary) 1623, Norroy king of arms 1623 – 33, Garter 1633–d.; Coll. of Arms (London Survey Cttee. xvi), 49, 280; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 60. clerk of PC (extraordinary) 1623-at least 1639; APC, 1623–5, p. 127; 1625–6, p. 14; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 116; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 614. commr. to revive rights of order of the Garter 1633; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 332. sec. to Thomas Howard, 21st or 14th earl of Arundel, amb. to Holy Roman Empire 1636. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 63.