MYDDELTON, Robert (c.1563-1616), of Mincing Lane, London; formerly of Weymouth, Dorset

Family and Education

b. c. 1563, 7th s. of Richard Myddelton† (d.1577/8) of Galch Hill, Henllan, Denb. and Jane, da. of Hugh Dryhurst, alderman of Denbigh, Denb.;J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 285. bro. of Hugh* and Sir Thomas I*. educ. appr. Skinner, London 1582. GL, ms 30719/1, f. 183v. m. (1) 27 July 1591, Margaret (bur. 4 Sept. 1610), da. of John Mounsell, merchant, of Weymouth, 10s. (5 d.v.p.) 4da.; Dorset RO, P243/RE1; W.M. Barnes, ‘Commonplace bk. of a Dorsetshire man’, Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Field Club, xvi. 66-8; St. Dunstan in the East (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxix), 31-41, 167. (2) 24 Feb. 1612, Anne, da. of Sir Richard Saltonstall†, Skinner and alderman of London and South Ockendon, Essex, wid. of John Harby, skinner, of London, s.p. St. Dunstan in the East, 107. bur. 13 June 1616. Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 3), ii. 222.

Offices Held

Freeman, Skinners’ Co., London 1591, asst. 1605, warden 1612 – 13, 1615–d.; GL, ms 30719/1, f. 209v; ms 30780/2, ff. 416, 424, 437v. Merchant Adventurer; Inferred from his involvement in the cloth trade to Germany. member, E.I. Co. 1600, Levant Co. 1605, Spanish Co. 1606, Virg. Co. 1609, French Co. 1611; T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 342. cttee. E.I. Co. 1607 – d., N.W. Passage Co. 1612, Irish Co. 1613. Ibid.; CSP Col. E.I. 1613–16, pp. 155, 176, 187, 241, 302, 416.

Recvr. Som. and Dorset 1604–5; CSP Dom. 1603–10, pp. 114, 209. commr. insurance, London 1609, 1611. C181/2, ff. 105, 143.

Commr. to treat with United Provinces 1614–15.T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, p. 205.

Parlimentarian

MYDDELTON, Robert (c.1563-1616), of Mincing Lane, London; formerly of Weymouth, Dorset

Main residences: Mincing Lane, London; Weymouth, Dorset.

Author

J.P.F.

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MYDDELTON, Robert (c.1563-1616)