VERNEY, Sir Richard (1564-1630), of Compton Verney, Warws.

Family and Education

b. 5 July 1564, C142/169/77. o.s. of George Verney of Compton Verney and Jane, da. of William Lucy of Charlecote, Warws. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 25. educ. G. Inn 1582. GI Admiss. m. 1582, Margaret (d. 26 Mar. 1631), da. of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp’s Court, Alcester, Warws., 4s. 4da. R. Bearman, ‘Verney Fam. over 16 Generations’, Compton Verney: a History of the House and its Owners ed. R. Bearman, 28; Vis. Warws. 25; C142/514/55. suc. fa. 1574; C142/169/77. Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 105. d. 7 Aug. 1630. WARD 7/86/148. sig. Richard Verney.

Offices Held

J.p. Warws. c.1584–d.; E163/14/8; C66/2527. sheriff 1590 – 91, 1604–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 146–7. commr. subsidy 1594, 1598, 1600, 1608, 1611, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, E179/193/237, 248, 253, 280; 179/194/310; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. musters 1597; APC, 1597, p. 137. surveyor of Crown lands 1603-at least 1621; E315/310, f. 5; LR9/121. collector, tenths and fifteenths, 1604, 1608–10,E401/2403, 2410, 2413. Privy Seal loans 1604–6; E401/2585, ff. 52–3. commr. enclosure riots, Warws. and Coventry, Warws. 1607, C181/2, ff. 35, 42v. depopulation, Warws. 1607; C205/5/4. dep. lt. 1607-at least 1628; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, DR98/895a; SP16/111/34. commr. aid 1609, collector, 1609, 1613; E179/273/39; 179/283; E403/2732, f. 170. commr. Forced Loan 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 60v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. swans, Midlands 1627–9, C181/3, ff. 227, 268v. knighthood fines, Warws. by d. CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 333.

Parlimentarian

VERNEY, Sir Richard (1564-1630), of Compton Verney, Warws.

Main residence: Compton Verney, Warws.

Author

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

VERNEY, Sir Richard (1564-1630)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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