TUFTON, Richard (c.1585-1631), of Shorne, Kent; Lincoln’s Inn, London and Tothill Street, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1585, 3rd s. of Sir John Tufton, 1st bt. (d.1624), of Hothfield, Kent and his 2nd w. Christian, da. and coh. of Sir Humphrey Browne of Ridley Hall, Terling, Essex; bro. of Sir Humphrey† and Nicholas.*; educ. Univ. Coll., Oxf. 1598, aged 13; L. Inn 1602, called 1610. m. by 1616, with £3,000, Chrysogon, da. and coh. of Herbert Morley† of Glynde, Suss., 1s. 2da. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 119; Al. Ox.; LI Black Bks. ii. 131; Glynde Place Archives ed. R.F. Dell, 29. bur. 6 Oct. 1631 6 Oct. 1631. Regs. Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. x), 129.

Offices Held

?Freeman, Rye, Suss. 1628; E. Suss. RO, RYE 1/11, f. 197v. j.p. Kent 1629–d. C231/5, f. 11; Cal. Assize Recs., Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 147.

Parlimentarian

TUFTON, Richard (c.1585-1631), of Shorne, Kent; Lincoln’s Inn, London and Tothill Street, Westminster.

Main residences: Shorne, Kent and Lincoln’s Inn, London and Tothill Street, Westminster.

Author

P.J.L.

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

TUFTON, Richard (c.1585-1631)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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