BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent

Family and Education

bap. 19 July 1579,Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9, p. 11. 1st s. of Sir Edward Boys of Fredville and 1st w. Mary, da. of Peter Wentworth† of Lillingstone Lovell, Oxon. educ. Corpus Christi, Camb. 1594, BA 1597; M. Temple 1599; ? travelled abroad 1604. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss.; Add. 29759, f. 49v. m. 20 Mar. 1604, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Alexander Hammon of Acrise, Kent, Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U3/93/1/1. The month of the mar. is omitted from this reg. but cf. Canterbury Mar. Lics. 1568-1618 ed. J.M. Cowper, 58. 6s. 6da. (1 d.v.p.). Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 40. Kntd. or 12 May 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130, 132. suc. fa. 1635. Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9, p. 98.

Offices Held

Commr. sewers, Kent 1620 – at least39, Dengemarsh, Kent 1636; C181/3, f. 3v; 181/4, f. 75; 181/5, pp. 80, 292. freeman, Sandwich 1626; E. Kent Archives Cent. Sa/AC 7, f. 132a. j.p. Kent 1632-at least 1642; C231/5, f. 90; PRO30/26/104, f. 23. commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1639;C181/5, p. 262. lt. Dover Castle 1640, constable 1642–6; CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 487; S.P.H. Statham, Hist. Dover, 417. commr. subsidy, Kent 1641, Poll Tax 1641, SR, v. 63, 85, 107, 152. dep. lt. 1642, CJ, ii. 724a. commr. sequestration 1643, levying of money 1643, composition 1643, defence 1643, S.E. Assoc. 1643 – 44, oyer and terminer, Kent 1644, A. and O. i. 113, 148, 231, 247–8, 336, 451, 541. gaol delivery 1644, C181/5, p. 472. assessment 1644 – 45, New Model ordinance 1645. A. and O. i. 620, 639.

Parlimentarian

BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent

Main residence: Fredville, Nonington, Kent.

Author

P.J.L.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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