SEYMOUR, Henry I (1612-87), of Westminster and Langley Marish, Bucks.

Family and Education

bap. 13 Aug. 1612, 2nd s. of Sir Edward Seymour, 2nd Bt. of Berry Pomeroy, Devon; bro. of Sir Edward Seymour, 3rd Bt. m. (1) c.1661, his cos. Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Joseph Killigrew of Lothbury, London and Landrake, Cornw., wid. of William Bassett of Claverton, Som., s.p.; (2) c.1672, Ursula, da. of Sir Robert Austen, 1st Bt., of Bexley, Kent, wid. of George Stawell of Cothelstone, Som., 1s.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 405; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 269.

Offices Held

Page of honour to Queen Henrietta Maria 1638; groom of bedchamber to the Prince of Wales (later Charles II) 1638 – 85; clerk of the hanaper 1671 – d.; asst. R. Fishery Co. 1677.G. E. Aylmer, The King’s Servants, 77; Strafford Letters ed. Knowler, ii. 167; Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 2; iii. 247.

Comptroller of customs, London June 1660–9; commr. for assessment, Cornw. and Mdx. 1664 – 69, Bucks. 1673 – 80, Mdx. 1677 – 79; recorder, West Looe 1665 – 79; freeman, Totnes by 1684.T. Bond, Sketches of Looe , 244; A. L. Browne, Corp. Chrons. 123, 134; Trans. Devon Assoc. viii. 367.

Parlimentarian

SEYMOUR, Henry I (1612-87), of Westminster and Langley Marish, Bucks.

Main residences: Westminster; Langley Marish, Bucks.

Author

M.W.H.

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

SEYMOUR, Henry I (1612-87)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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