BUTTON, James (aft. 1567-c.1649), of Hartlebury, Worcs.; later of Broadwater, Kidderminster

Family and Education

b. aft. 1567,Button’s elder bro. Sir William matric. at New Coll., Oxf. aged 19 in 1586. Al. Ox. 3rd s. of Miles Button (d. 22 Sept. 1597) of Dyffryn House, St. Nicholas, Glam. and Margaret, da. of Edward Lewis of Van, Glam.; W. Berry, Hants Genealogies, 34-5; IGI (Worlton, Glam.); Glam. Peds. ed. T. Phillipps, 34. bro. of Sir William*. m. by 1605, Anne, 4s. 3da. Worcs. RO, MF135/1, Hartlebury par. reg.; Worcs. RO, Consist. Ct. wills etc. 1649, no. 8. bur. 23 Apr. 1649 23 Apr. 1649. Worcs. RO, MF158/2, Kidderminster par. reg. sig. Ja: Button.

Offices Held

Att.(jt.), Sheriff’s Ct. Glam. 1592; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 180. bp. of Worcester’s collector by 1597-at least 1611, E179/59/245; E401/2416. surveyor-gen. 1609; Worcester Cathedral Lib., dean and chapter regs. A7 (vii), ff. 63–4. gov. and feoffee, Hartlebury g.s. Worcs. by 1608-at least 1638. Old Order Bk. of Hartlebury G.S. ed. D. Robertson (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1904), pp. 36, 60.

?Gent. of the privy chamber (extraordinary) to Prince Henry by c.1611. SP14/67/147.

Parlimentarian

BUTTON, James (aft. 1567-c.1649), of Hartlebury, Worcs.; later of Broadwater, Kidderminster

Main residences: Hartlebury, Worcs.; Broadwater, Kidderminster.

Author

G.R.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

BUTTON, James (aft. 1567-c.1649)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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