Family and Education
b. 13 Nov. 1598, J.C. Cox, Churches of Derbys. iii. 182. 1st s. of John Curzon of Kedleston and Millicent, da. of Sir Ralph Sacheverell of Stanton, wid. of Thomas Gell of Hopton, Derbys. Cal. Talbot Pprs. ed. G.R. Batho (Derbys. Recs. Ser. iv), 92. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1618. Al. Ox. m. 26 Aug. 1623, C142/485/100. Patience (d. 30 Mar. 1642), Cox, iii. 181. da. of (Sir) Thomas Crewe* of Steane, Northants., 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.). Vis. Derbys. (Harl. Soc. n.s. viii), 9-10. suc. fa. 1632; C142/485/100. cr. bt. [S] 18 June 1636, Eng. 11 Aug. 1641; CB i. 132-3. Kntd. 5 Aug. 1641. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210. d. 13 Dec. 1686. Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 18.
Offices Held

?Commr. Forced Loan, Derbys. 1626–7; E179/93/355. j.p. Derbys. 1634 – 49, 1654 – 70, Oxon. 1637–49; C231/5, ff. 142, 253; S.C. Newton, ‘Gentry of Derbys. in Seventeenth Century’, Derbys. Arch. Jnl. lxxxvi. 17; C220/9/4, f. 15. inquiry, High Peak forest 1634; R. Somerville, ‘Commons and Wastes in NW Derbys.’, Derbys. Arch. Jnl. xcvii. 16. sheriff, Derbys. 1637–8; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 31. dep. lt. 1638-c.42; HMC Cowper, ii. 259; A.J. Fletcher, ‘Petitioning and the outbreak of the Civil War in Derbys.’, Derbys. Arch. Jnl. xciii. 38. commr. gaol delivery, Derby 1638, 1645, 1663, C181/5, ff. 119, 248; 181/7, p. 193. perambulation of Wychwood forest, Oxon. 1641, C181/5, f. 209v. assessment, Oxon. 1641 – 42, Derbys. 1645 – 48, 1657–80, A. and O. i. 637, 963, 1080, ii. 1064; SR, v. 211, 329, 456, 529, 757, 902. array, Oxon. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. sequestration, Derbys. 1643, levying money 1643, New Model Ordinance 1645, militia, Derbys. and Leics. 1648, 1660, A. and O. i. 111, 228, 621, 1235, 1338, ii. 1429, 1434. oyer and terminer, Midlands Circ. 1657–70, C181/6, f. 215, 239; 181/7, pp. 193, 207, 273, 534. steward, soke of Wirksworth 1665–d. Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders, 175.

Recvr.-gen. duchy of Lancaster 1641 – 52, 1660–d.; Ibid. 18. commr. excise 1645, Admlty. 1645, abuses in heraldry 1646, bps.’ lands 1646. A. and O. i. 691, 783, 839, 905.

Main residence: Kedleston, Derbys.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CURZON, John (1598-1686)

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