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b. c. 1576, s. of John Sammes of Langford Hall and ?Margaret, da. of John Paschall of Great Baddow, Essex. educ. ?Emmanuel, Camb. 1586; L. Inn 1590; Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. ?vol. army in Ire. 1599. m. (with £1,000), PROB 11/145, f. 424. lic. 18 July 1595, Isabel, da. of Sir John Garrard of Lamer, Wheathampstead, Herts., Haberdasher and lord mayor of London, 1s. C142/294/81; Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 79; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 260, 262; Mar. Lics. Issued by Bp. of London 1520-1610 ed. G.J. Armytage, 223; Some Acct. of Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London 1601-25 comp. G.E. Cokayne, 6-8. Kntd. 6 Aug. 1599; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. suc. fa. 1606. d. by 27 May 1630. sig. Jo[hn] Sammes.
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?Cornet, militia light horse, Essex 1595, CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 110. dep. lt. 1613-at least 1619; Bodl., Firth C4, pp. 49, 53; APC, 1618–19, p. 479. sheriff, Essex Feb.-Nov. 1606; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 46. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1606, C181/2, f. 8. subsidy, Essex 1606, 1608 – 09, 1621 – 22, Colchester and Maldon, Essex 1608; Eg. 2644, f. 171; SP14/31/1; E115/117/160; C212/22/20–1. j.p. Essex by 1607-at least 1622, Cal. Assize Recs., Essex Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 14, 253. commr. piracy 1608, HCA 14/39/217. highways’ repair 1609, 1614-at least 1622, C193/6/188; C181/2, f. 225v; 181/3, f. 68v. sewers, (Dengie Hundred and Dunmow to Maldon), Essex 1607, (highways and bridges) 1618, C181/2, ff. 32, 33, 318v. aid 1609, SP14/43/107. charitable uses 1610 – 14, 1619–20; C93/4/4, 9; 93/5/7, 16; 93/6/6; 93/8/5. freeman, Maldon 1610, W.J. Petchey, A Prospect of Maldon, 266. commr. inquiry, land sales tax, Maldon 1611, E134/9Jas./Mich.38. seizure of goods and property of Robert Meade of Haverhill, Suff. 1611, E178/3791. gaol delivery, Colchester 1613–23, C181/2, f. 182; 181/3, ff. 18, 73, 103v. i.p.m. Robert Rich, 1st earl of Warwick 1619; WARD 7/60/282. ?lay visitor, Maldon 1620. Essex RO, D/B 3/3/289, rot. 8.

Soldier, Ire. 1599; REQ 2/424/108. gov. of Ijsendijke, Utd. Provinces, ?aft. 1625–d. Essex RO, T/P 196/16.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610, cttee. 1612; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, ii. 47; A. Brown, Genesis of US, 544, 549. member, N.W. Passage Co. 1612. CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 239.

Commr. cloth exports 1614. HMC Downshire, iv. 338.

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SAMMES, Sir John (c.1576-by 1630), of Langford Hall, Wickham Bishops, Essex; later of Little Totham Hall, Essex
Main residences: Langford Hall, Wickham Bishops, EssexC2/Jas.I/S11/58; WARD 9/162; f. 207v.; Little Totham Hall, Essex.
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A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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SAMMES, Sir John (c.1576-by 1630)

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