MARTEN, Sir Henry (1562-1641), of Aldersgate, London and Longworth, Berks.

Family and Education

bap. 2 Aug. 1562,St. Michael Bassishaw Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. reg. lxxii), 72. 2nd s. of John Marten (d.1563), baker, of London and his w. Rose.Ibid. 144; GL, ms 9051/3, f. 58. educ. Winchester Coll. Hants 1574; New Coll. Oxf. 1581, BCL 1587, DCL 1592; adv. 1595; L. Inn 1623.T.F. Kirby, Winchester Scholars, 146; Al. Ox; LI Admiss. m. 1597, Elizabeth (d.1618), sis. of John Harding, pres. of Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 2s. 3da.PROB 11/118, f. 1; E. Ashmole, Antiqs. of Berks. i. 160-2. Kntd. 21 Dec. 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 160. d. 26 Sept. 1641.Lansd. 985, f. 14; CSP Dom. 1641-3, p. 126. sig. Henry Marten.

Offices Held

Fell. New Coll. Oxf. 1582–97;Ath. Ox. iii. 17. official, archdeaconry of Berks. c.1593–1630;Ibid. member, Doctors’ Commons 1596, treas. 1617–20;G.D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons, 48, 166. j.p. Berks. 1601–d.;C231/1, f. 115v; C66/2858. commr. recusants, Berks. 1602,C181/1, f. 34. piracy, Mdx., Kent and Surr. 1617, Southampton, Hants 1618 – 19, 1636, home counties 1619 – 25, Devon 1619 – 30, Dorset 1622 – 31, Pemb., Carm. and Card. 1623, Cornw. 1634 – d., Norf. 1624 – 27, Suff. 1627, 1640, London 1630 – 39, Cumb. 1631, Hants and I.o.W. 1635, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks. 1637, Suss. 1637, Exeter, Devon 1639,C181/2, ff. 299v, 309, 339, 340, 348; 181/3, ff. 1v, 72v, 79v, 97v, 113, 115v, 130, 176, 195v, 230v, 232; 181/4, ff. 37, 52v, 81, 95v, 104, 138v; 181/5, ff. 24, 26, 43v, 58, 68v, 80, 130v, 132v, 176, 187v. assurances, London 1618–40;C181/2, f. 306v; 181/4, f. 129v; 181/5, f. 175. chan., London dioc. 1619–27;Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 205; B.P. Levack, Civil Lawyers, 252. commr. sewers, Suff. 1620, river Gleane, Lincs. 1621 – 35, Mdx. 1629 – 39, Oxon. and Berks. 1634, Glos. and Wilts. 1635, Wilts. 1635,C181/3, ff. 13, 35v, 214v; 181/4, ff. 93v, 23, 63v, 179; 181/5, f. 44; 181/5, ff. 10, 21v, 142v. subsidy, Berks. 1624,C212/22/23. Admlty. causes, London, Mdx., Essex, Kent and Surr. 1625,HCA 1/31/1, f. 13. oyer and terminer, Berks., Oxon. and Glos. 1633 – d., Glos., Mon., Herefs. and Salop 1634.C181/4, ff. 144, 185v, 194v; 181/5, ff. 6v, 200v.

Adv.-gen. 1609–20;C66/1762; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 496; Addenda 1580–1625, p. 621. commr. jointure of Princess Eliz. 1613;Chamberlain Letters, i. 433. judge of Admlty. 1617–d.;HCA 49/106, packet A, no. 13; HCA 30/1035, pt. 1, f. 4. commr. negotiations with Dutch E.I. Co. 1619;Chamberlain Letters, ii. 197, 254. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620–d.;R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 354. judge, Prerogative Ct. of Canterbury 1624–d.;Chamberlain Letters, ii. 579; Levack, 252. dean of Arches 1624–33;Levack, 252; Squibb, 166. gov. Charterhouse hosp. 1624–d.;G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 352; Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, i. 469; LMA, ACC/1876/G/02/02, f. 32. commr. trade 1625,T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 59. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631;CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 6. surrogate, Ct. of Chivalry by 1632.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 251; Squibb, 34, 57.

Parlimentarian

MARTEN, Sir Henry (1562-1641), of Aldersgate, London and Longworth, Berks.

Main residences: Aldersgate, London; Longworth, Berks.

Author

A.D.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MARTEN, Sir Henry (1562-1641)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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