METHUEN, John (c.1649-1706), of Bradford and Bishops Cannings, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1649, 1st s. of Paul Methuen, clothier, of Bradford by Grace, da. of John Ashe of Freshford, Som. educ. St. Edmund Hall, Oxf., matric. 21 Apr. 1665, aged 15; I. Temple 1667, called 1674, bencher 1697. m. lic. 16 Feb. 1672, Mary (d. 1723), da. of Seacole Chivers of Quemerford, Wilts., sis. of Henry Chivers*, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1667. A. D. Francis, The Methuens and Portugal 1691–1708, 1–5, 352; F. Elrington Ball, Judges in Ire., 1221–1921, ii. 63–64; DNB.

Offices Held

Master in Chancery 1685–d.; envoy extraordinary to Portugal 1691–7, 1702–3; ambassador extraordinary 1703–d.; ld. of Trade 1696–7; ld. chancellor [I] 1697–1703; PC [I] 1697–?d. Francis, 3–5; DNB; CSP. Dom. 1690–1, p. 359; 1696, p. 154; 1697, pp. 49, 194; Liber Munerum Publicorum Hiberniae ed. Lascelles, i(2), 17.

Parlimentarian

METHUEN, John (c.1649-1706), of Bradford and Bishops Cannings, Wilts.

Main residence: Bradford and Bishops Cannings, Wilts.

Author

C.I.M.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

METHUEN, John (c.1649-1706)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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