EARLE (ERLE), Christopher (c.1590-1634), of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset and the Middle Temple, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1590, Date calculated from age at admiss. to Christ Church, Oxf. 2nd s. of Thomas Earle of Charborough, Dorset and Dorothy, da. of William Pole† of Shute, Devon; bro. of Walter*. Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 502; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 37. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1608, aged 18; M. Temple 1609, called 1617. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 26 Apr. 1623 (with £1,600), Elizabeth, da. of Sir Edward Denny of Bishops Stortford, Herts., 1s. 2da. PROB 11/165, f. 348v; C142/509/19; Dorset RO, D/BLX/T23. d. 29 Mar. 1634. C142/509/19. sig. Christofer Erle.

Offices Held

Freeman, Poole, Dorset 1614, Dorset RO, DC/PL/B1/1/1, f. 59. Weymouth, Dorset 1621, Dorset RO, WYP/AD1/3, f. 16. Lyme Regis, Dorset 1631; Dorset RO, DC/LR/B/6/11, f. 16. commr. subsidy, Poole 1621–2. C212/22/20–1.

Member, Virg. Co. 1620, Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 61. Dorchester New Eng. Co. 1624. F.R. Troup, John White, Patriarch of Dorchester, 452.

Recorder, Lyme Regis from 1631; Dorset RO, DC/LR/B/6/11, f. 16. ancient, M. Temple by 1633. MTR, ii. 810.

Parlimentarian

EARLE (ERLE), Christopher (c.1590-1634), of Sturminster Marshall, Dorset and the Middle Temple, London

Main residences: Sturminster Marshall, Dorset; the Middle Temple, London.

Erle

Author

J.P.F.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

EARLE (ERLE), Christopher (c.1590-1634)