STANHOPE, Sir Michael (c.1545-1621), of the Barbican, London and Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff.; later of St. John’s, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1545, 5th s. of Sir Michael Stanhope† (d.1552) of Shelford, Notts. and Anne, da. of Nicholas Rawson of Aveley, Essex; bro. of Edward sen.†, Edward jun.†, Sir John I* and Sir Thomas†.Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. i), 7-8. educ. Trin. Camb. 1561; G. Inn 1568; MA Oxf. 1592. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. 10 Jan. 1597, Anne (d. 28 Apr. 1616), da. and h. of Sir William Reade of Osterley, Mdx., 3da. Kntd. 7 May 1603. d. 20 Dec. 1621. HMC Hatfield, vii. 500; St. Helen’s Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxi), 119; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 56; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104; WARD 7/68/178.

Offices Held

Member, embassy to German states 1577.HMC Rutland, i. 111.

Groom of the privy chamber c.1583–1603, Add. 5750, ff. 113, 117. gent. 1603–d.; Add. 19101, f. 280v; Harl. 6166, f. 68v. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1613. R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 358.

J.p. Suff. c. 1593 – 1616, 1617–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C231/4, ff. 29, 36; C193/13/1. v.-adm. 1595–1619 (sole), 1619–d. (jt.); Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE2/Z/1; HCA30/820/4. freeman, Ipswich, Suff. 1597, N. Bacon, Annalls of Ipswche ed. W.H. Richardson, 390. Orford, Suff. 1604; Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE5/2/2, f. 70. steward, manor of Trimley, Felixstowe, Suff. 1604; E315/310, f. 2. kpr. Hertingfordbury Park, Herts. 1604; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 164. commr. piracy, Suff. 1604, 1612, gaol delivery, Orford 1604-at least 1611, C181/1, ff. 83v, 86; 181/2, ff. 144, 174. subsidy, Suff. and Orford 1608, SP14/31, ff. 37v, 39. Suff. 1621; dep. lt. Suff. by 1609-at least 1613, Add. 39245, ff. 10, 51v; Harl. 3786, f. 35v. commr. sewers 1609, 1619–20, C181/2, ff. 94v, 249v; 181/3, f. 13. charitable uses 1617, C93/9/4. impressment of seamen 1620. APC, 1619–21, p. 248.

Parlimentarian

STANHOPE, Sir Michael (c.1545-1621), of the Barbican, London and Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff.; later of St. John’s, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Main residences: the Barbican, London; Sudbourne, nr. Orford, Suff.; St. John's, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Author

J.P.F.

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

STANHOPE, Sir Michael (c.1545-1621)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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