BROMLEY, Sir Henry (c.1560-1615), of Holt Castle, Worcs., Shrawardine Castle, Salop and St. Lawrence Pountney, London; later of Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1560, 1st s. of (Sir) Thomas Bromley† of Hodnet, Salop, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Adrian Fortescue of Shirburn Castle, Oxon. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 78; VCH Oxon. viii. 179. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1576, aged 16; I. Temple 1580. Al. Ox.; CITR, i. 303. m. (1) by 1583, H. Hall, Soc. in Elizabethan Age, 278 Elizabeth (bur. 21 Aug. 1589), da. of Sir Thomas Pelham of Eythropp, Bucks., 1s. 4da. (2 d.v.p.); Suss. Genealogies: Lewes Cent. comp. J. Comber, 206; Soc. Gen. microfiche WO/REG/95100/1-4; Nash, Worcs. i. 595; Condover Par. Reg. (Salop Par. Reg. Soc. vi), 54; PROB 11/127, f. 65v. (2) 26 Nov. 1591, Elizabeth (d. 19 Mar. 1592), da. of Hugh Verney of Fairfield, Som. and wid. of William Palmer (d.1586), of Parham, Suss. 1s.; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 78; Parham par. reg. (Soc. Gen. Transcript); Soc. Gen. microfiche WO/REG/95100/1-4; C142/237/129; PROB 11/127, f. 65. (3) settlement 28 June 1593, (with £4,200), WARD 7/55/245. Anne da. of Sir Thomas Scott† of Scot’s Hall, Kent and wid. of Richard Knatchbull (d.1591), of Mersham Hatch, Kent, Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 63-4, 128-9; J.R. Scott, Scott, of Scot’s Hall, 227. 3s. (1 d.v.p.); Soc. Gen. microfiche WO/REG/95100/1-4; Nash, ii. 446-7; PROB 11/127, f. 65. (4) 7 June 1604, W.B. Wilson, St. Laurence Pountney, 133. Anne (d. 1 Jan. 1629), Nash, i. 598. da. of William Beswicke of London, alderman, Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 152. and wid. of William Offley (bur. 1601), of St. Lawrence Pountney, Merchant Taylor and Merchant of the Staple, s.p. ‘Mss Relating to the Fam. of Offley’ ed. G.C. Bower, The Gen. n.s. xx. 51. suc. fa. 1587; C142/213/114. Kntd. 1592. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 89. d. 14 May 1615. WARD 7/55/245. sig. Henry Bromley.

Offices Held

Verderer, Feckenham Forest, Worcs. c.1588-at least 1593; STAC 5/G2/6. j.p. Worcs. by 1591 – 1601, by 1604 – c.06, c. 1608 – d., Salop 1597 – 1601, by 1604 – c.06, c.1608–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C231/1, ff. 28v, 105; C66/1620; 66/1698; 66/1748; 66/2047. sheriff, Worcs. 1591–2; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 158. dep. lt., Worcs. 1595 – 1601, 1609-at least 1613; G. Owen, Taylor’s Cussion, pt. 1, f. 37v; E178/4779; C66/1746, m. 2d; Worcs. RO, BA81/705:24/647(4). collector, Privy Seal loan, Worcs. 1597–8, APC, 1597–8, p. 559. aid 1609; SP14/43/107. commr. eccles. causes, Worcs. 1598, C66/1478, mm. 8–11. subsidy, Worcs. 1598, 1599, E179/201/241; E112/116/167B. Worcester, 1599, inquiry into spoils of wood, Worcs. bef. 1599, E133/9/1406. purveyance, Worcs. 1599; C231/1, f. 70. i.p.m., Worcs. 1599, Salop 1600, C66/1503, m. 16d; C142/261/25. charitable uses, Worcs. 1599, 1600, C93/1/35; 93/1/8. oyer and terminer, Wales and the Marches 1600, 1606–7, C66/1523, m. 7d; C181/2, ff. 17v, 51. attach the body of Edward Hall, Worcs. 1601; C66/1555, m. 29d. member, Council in the Marches of Wales, 1603-at least 1608, HMC Hatfield, xv. 392; Docs. Connected with Hist. Ludlow ed. R.H. Clive, 259. chief steward, estates of Worcester Cathedral by 1606; Cal. Q.S. Pprs. ed. J.W. Willis Bund (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1900), i. xcviii. commr. inquiry into the estates of Gunpowder plotters, Worcs. 1606. C181/1 f. 130.

Member, embassy to Scot. 1594; N. Tyacke, ‘Puritan Politicians and King James VI and I’, Pols. Religion and Popularity in Early Stuart Britain ed. T. Cogswell, R. Cust and P. Lake, 23–5. gent. of the privy chamber 1603-at least 1609. Harl. 6166, f. 68v; C54/1998.

Parlimentarian

BROMLEY, Sir Henry (c.1560-1615), of Holt Castle, Worcs., Shrawardine Castle, Salop and St. Lawrence Pountney, London; later of Westminster.

Main residences: Holt Castle, Worcs.; Shrawardine Castle, Salop; St. Lawrence Pountney, London; Westminster.

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B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BROMLEY, Sir Henry (c.1560-1615)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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