HOBART, Sir John II (1593-1647), of Blickling and Chapel Field, Norwich, Norf.

Family and Education

b. 19 Apr. 1593,Vis. Norf. ed. W. Bulwer, ii. 77. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Henry Hobart* of Blickling, and Dorothy, da. of Sir Robert Bell† of Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf.; bro. of Nathaniel*. educ. Pembroke Coll. Camb. 1608, Al. Cant. travelled abroad (Spanish Netherlands) 1609-11; SO3/4, unfol.; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, iv. 284. L. Inn 1612. m. (1) June 1614 (with £4,000), HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, i. 21. Philippa (d. 24 Sep. 1620), Sidney Letters ed. A. Collins, ii. 352. da. of Robert Sidney†, 1st earl of Leicester, 1s. d.v.p., 3da. (2 d.v.p.); Bulwer, ii. 77-8; E.A. Webb, Recs. St. Bartolomew Smithfield, ii. 273. (2) settlement 20 Jan. 1622 (with £800 p.a.), HEHL, EL6698; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 424. Frances (d. 27 Nov. 1664), da. of John Egerton, 1st earl of Bridgwater, 5s. d.v.p. 3da. (2 d.v.p.). Kntd. 10 Nov. 1611; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 151. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1625. d. 20 Apr. 1647. Bulwer, ii. 98-9.

Offices Held

Freeman and alderman, Cambridge, Cambs. 1621; C.H. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, iii. 140. j.p. Mdx. 1624 – 29, Norf. 1625–d.; C231/4, f. 173; C193/12/2, f. 40v; SP16/14/45, 16/405, f. 49. commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1625–?d.; C181/3, f. 177. dep. lt. Norf. 1626–d.; W. Rye, Norf. State Pprs. 6; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 309. commr. Forced Loan 1626, Rye, 48. Admlty. causes 1627, HCA1/32/1, f. 4. subsidy 1628, Rye, 136. worsted yarn, Norwich 1629;CSP Dom. 1629–31, pp. 113, 119. sheriff, Norf. 1632–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 89. commr. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1638, C181/5, f. 103. assessment, Norf. 1641–d., SR, v. 153. sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, Eastern Assoc. 1643, defence, Eastern Assoc. 1643, New Model ordinance, Norf. 1645. A. and O. i. 93, 115, 140, 149, 233, 242, 623; C. Holmes, Eastern Assoc. 58.