SOMERS, Sir George (1554-1610), of Berne, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset

Family and Education

bap. 24 Apr. 1554, 3rd s. of John Somers, mercer, of Lyme Regis, Dorset and his w. Alice. m. by 1583, Joan (bur. 16 Dec. 1617), da. of Philip Heywood, yeoman, of Lyme Regis, s.p.Som. and Dorset N and Q, xiii. 132; F.J. Pope, ‘Sir George Somers and his Fam.’, Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Field Club, xxxv. 26-32; Add. 5699, f. 183v. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 118. d. 9 Nov. 1610. Som. and Dorset N and Q, i. 256. sig. George Somers.

Offices Held

Capt. RN 1597 – 1602; adm. Virg. 1609–d. Oxford DNB.

Freeman, Lyme Regis 1598, Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 8. capt. militia ft. 1598, Som. and Dorset N and Q, ii. 314. mayor 1604–5; Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 224. j.p. Dorset by 1608–d. SP14/33; C66/1786.

Member, Virg. Co. 1606–d. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 379; A. Brown, Genesis of US, 211.

Parlimentarian

SOMERS, Sir George (1554-1610), of Berne, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset

Main residence: Berne, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

SOMERS, Sir George (1554-1610)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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