LOWTHER, John II (1606-1675), of Lowther Hall and Hackthorpe, Westmld. and the Inner Temple, London

Family and Education

b. 20 Feb. 1606,Cumb. RO (Carlisle), D/Lons/L3/1/5; H. Owen, Lowther Fam. 170. 1st s. of John Lowther I* and Eleanor, da. of William Fleming of Rydal, Westmld.; bro. of William†.Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 85. educ. Appleby g.s.; I. Temple 1621, called 1630.Owen, 170; I. Temple Admiss.; CITR, ii. 186. m. (1) 1 Feb. 1626 (with £2,000),Lowther Fam. Estate Bks. ed. C.B. Phillips (Surtees Soc. cxci), 51. Mary (d. 9 Feb. 1648),Ibid. 62. da. of Sir Richard Fletcher of Hutton-in-the Forest, Cumb., 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.);Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. 85. (2) 9 Apr. 1652,Estate Bks. 66. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Hare* of Stow Bardolph, Norf., wid. of Woolley Leigh of Addington, Surr., 3s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. 85. suc. fa. 1637;C142/564/168. cr. bt. by Nov. 1638.CB, ii. 440; C78/446/16. d. 30 Nov. 1675.Estate Bks. 198.

Offices Held

Steward of Richmond and Marquess fees, Westmld. 1634 – 49, 1660;Owen, 170; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 284. recorder, Kendal, Westmld. 1637–48;Kendal Boke off Recorde ed. R.S. Ferguson (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. extra ser. vii), 29. j.p. Westmld. 1637 – at least44, by 1655 – 56, Cumb., Westmld. and Yorks. (N. Riding) 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 256; HMC Portland, i. 186; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 94; C220/9/4, ff. 13v, 30v, 91. commr. subsidy, Westmld. 1641, assessment, 1660 – d., N. Riding 1661 – d., Cumb. 1663–d.,SR, v. 66, 89, 221, 342, 456, 756, 772–3. array, Cumb. and Westmld. 1642,Northants. RO, FH133. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1660–73;C181/7, pp. 18, 640. dep. lt. Westmld. 1660–d.;SP29/11/155; HMC Le Fleming, 43. sheriff, Cumb. 1661–2;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 28. commr. loyal and indigent officers, Westmld. 1662,SR, v. 385. charitable uses, Cumb. and Westmld. 1670,Cumb. RO (Kendal), WDRy 1124. recusants, Cumb. Westmld. and N. Riding 1675.CTB, iv. 697, 750, 789.