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bap. 8 Mar. 1573, o.s. of Robert Hitcham, yeoman, of Nacton, Suff. and Joan Gillet.Suffolk RO (Ipswich), Nacton par. reg. educ. Ipswich g.s.; Pembroke Coll. Camb. 1587; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1589, called 1595. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. unm. suc. fa. by 1589. Kntd. 29 June 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 133. d. 15 Aug. 1636. W.A. Copinger, Suff. Manors, iv. 282.
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Att.-gen. to Anne of Denmark 1603–14; LR6/154/9, unfol.; Add. 27404, f. 38, Add. 31825, f. 10v. reader, G. Inn 1605, bencher by 1605–14; PBG Inn, i. 171. sjt.-at-law 1614, king’s sjt. 1617–d.; List of Eng. Law Officers comp. J. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 17. recorder, Orford, Suff. 1621–d. HMC Var. iv. 268.

J.p. Suff. by 1604 – d., I. of Ely 1610–?17; SP14/33, f. 58; C181/2, f. 125. freeman, King’s Lynn, Norf. 1604; Cal. Lynn Freemen, 131. commr. (chairman) depopulations Northants. 1607; HMC Hatfield, xix. 226–7; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 119; C205/5/5. commr. subsidy, Suff. 1608, aid 1609, 1613; SP14/31, f. 37v; SP14/43/107; SP14/44/51; Harl. 354, f. 68v. standing counsel, Camb. by 1610, C.H. Cooper, Annals of Camb. iii. 41. Ipswich 1610; N. Bacon, Annales of Ipswich, 442. c.j. I. of Ely 1610–?17; HMC Southampton and King’s Lynn Corp. 151. commr. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 1610–17, C181/2, ff. 125, 146, 164, 211, 235. Ipswich 1620 – d., Orford 1622, 1625, 1634, Hadleigh, Suff. 1630, C181/3, ff. 18, 74, 193; 181/4, ff. 57v, 200v. piracy, Suff. 1614, 1627, C181/2, f. 174; 181/3, f. 232. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1618–30, C181/2, f. 316. Suff. 1628, C181/3, f. 244. Home circ. 1630–d., C231/5, p. 26. sewers, Suff. 1619 – 20, 1626, C181/2, f. 349; 181/3, ff. 13, 201v. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624–5, Add. 39245, f. 51v; C212/22/20, 21, 23; Harl. 305, f. 206v. martial law 1628. C181/3, f. 244.

Commr. tolls and customs 1618–21. CD 1621, vii. 461–2.

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HITCHAM, Robert (1573-1636), of Gray’s Inn, London and Ipswich, Suff.; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London
Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Ipswich, Suff.; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
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J.P.F.
R.C.L.S.
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Commons 1604-1629
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HITCHAM, Robert (1573-1636)

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