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b. c. 1587,C142/363/196. o.s. of Sir William Herrys of Creeksea and Alice, da. of Sir Thomas Smythe I†, Haberdasher and collector of customs, of London, Ashford and Westenhanger, Kent. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1602, G. Inn 1605, L. Inn 1607; travelled abroad 1604-5. m. (1) by 1610, Anne, da. and h. and Robert Cranmer of Chipstead, Kent, 2s.; (2) 31 Jan. 1615, Anne, da. and sole h. of Sir Nicholas Salter of Enfield, Mdx., Clothworker, wid. of Sir Henry Bowyer of Denham, Bucks., 5s. (?1 d.v.p.) 5da. Kntd. 15 July 1606; suc. fa. 1616. d. 9 Jan. 1632. Vis. Essex (Harl Soc. xiii), 213; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; LI Admiss.; SO3/2, unfol. (May 1604); C142/482/56; St. Olave, Hart St. London (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 260; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 140. sig. Arthur Herris.
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Member, Virg. Co. 1612–?24. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 545; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 157.

Master of the hosp., Ilford, Essex by 1620; E214/1374. j.p. Essex 1620–d.; C231/4, f. 103; SP16/212. commr. subsidy, Essex 1621 – 22, 1624, Maldon, Essex 1621 – 22, 1624, 1625, 1628, C212/22/20–1, 23; Essex RO, D/B 3/3/409/5; 3/3/294. repair of highways, Essex 1622, survey Tiptree Heath, Essex 1623; C181/3, ff. 68v, 95. freeman, Maldon 1624; Essex RO, D/B 3/3/392/53. W.J. Petchey, A Prospect of Maldon, 267, incorrectly states that he was only admitted to the town’s freedom in 1628. sheriff, Essex 1625–6, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 46. commr. Forced Loan 1626–7, Bodl. Firth C4, p. 257; SP16/73/105. Maldon 1626, C193/12/2, f. 81. sewers, Essex 1627, C181/3, f. 233. commr. oyer and terminer 1629, C181/4, f. 1v. charitable uses 1629-at least 1630, C192/1, unfol. knighthood fines 1630. Bodl. Firth C4, p. 516.

Commr. trade 1625. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 59.

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HERRYS (HARRIS), Sir Arthur (c.1587-1632), of Creeksea Place and Woodham Mortimer, Essex
Main residences: Creeksea Place; Woodham Mortimer, Essex.
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Commons 1604-1629
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HERRYS (HARRIS), Sir Arthur (c.1587-1632)

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