GIFFORD, Sir Richard (1577-1643), of King’s Somborne, Hants.

Family and Education

b. 31 Oct. 1577,C142/248/13. 2nd s. of Sir Henry Gifford† (d.1592) PROB 11/81, f. 60; C142/234/73. of King’s Somborne and Susan, da. of Henry Brouncker of Erlestoke, Wilts., wid. of Robert Halswell of Halswell, Som. Hants Field Club Pprs. ix. 12-14. m. May 1601, Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 124. his cos. Winifred, da. of Sir Henry Wallop† of Farleigh Wallop, Hants, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). Hants Field Club Pprs. ix. 12-14. suc. bro. 1597. PROB 11/90, f. 232. Kntd. 7 May 1603. Nichols, Progs. Jas. I, i. 112. bur. 28 Nov. 1643 28 Nov. 1643. Hants Field Club Pprs. ix. 14.

Offices Held

Capt. militia ft. Hants 1603–12, Whithed Letter Bk. (Hants Rec. ser. i), 21, 27, 95. horse 1625; Add. 21922, f. 5. ranger, Chute forest, Wilts. 1606–d.; C66/1720; Lansd. 1217, f. 63. steward, Stockbridge, Hants July-Nov. 1609; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 221. warden, Roche forest, Som. 1609–27; C66/1685; Som. RO, DD/PH223, f. 44. freeman, Southampton, Hants 1610; HMC 11th Rep. III, 23. commr. sewers, Winchester, Hants 1617, C181/2, f. 296v. gaol delivery 1618–24, Ibid. ff. 325v, 335v, 181/3, ff. 47v, 74, 103. alderman 1620–d.; Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 11, passim. commr. martial law, Hants 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. oyer and terminer 1628, APC, 1627–8, p. 318. swans, Hants, Wilts., Dorset, Som., Devon and Cornw. 1629, C181/4, f. 2. assessment Hants 1641, SR, v. 88. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. j.p. 1642–?d. C231/5, p. 528.

Member, earl of Hertford’s embassy to Spanish Neths. 1605; HMC Bath, iv. 200. gent. of privy chamber extraordinary to Charles I, c.?1628. LC3/1.

Parlimentarian

GIFFORD, Sir Richard (1577-1643), of King’s Somborne, Hants.

Main residence: King's Somborne, Hants.

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

GIFFORD, Sir Richard (1577-1643)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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