NORTH, Dudley (1582-1667) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

bap. 18 Sept. 1582, 1st s. of John North^‡ and Dorothy, da. and h. of Valentine Dale^‡ of Fyfield, Hants. educ. Trinity, Camb. matric. 1597; travelled abroad, 1602–4?. m. c. 25 Nov. 1600, Frances (d. Feb. 1677), da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket^‡ of Brocket Hall, Herts. 4s. (3 d.v.p.); 2da. (1 d.v.p.). North, Lives, i. 3–8. d. c. 5 Jan. 1667; Bodl. North mss c.4, ff. 120–5. will 17 Mar. 1636–7 Apr. 1662, pr. 31 Jan. 1667. TNA, PROB 11/323.

Offices Held

Commr. to treat with king 1644, court martial 1644, Admiralty 1645, excise 1645, relief of Ireland 1645, Westminster College rents 1645, abuses in heraldry 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, sale of bishops’ lands 1646, compounding 1647, visitation of Oxf. Univ. 1647, Ordinance for Indemnity 1647, navy and customs 1647, scandalous ministers, 1648, A. and O. i. 487, 669, 691, 723, 783, 804, 839, 853, 905, 914, 927, 937, 1047, 1208; ii. 17. Cttee. of Both Kingdoms June-Dec. 1648. CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 90.

Ld. lt. Cambs. (Charles I) 1640 – 42, (Parliament) 1642–8; Bodl. North mss c.44, no. 25.2; c.85, no. 14. commr. militia, Cambs. March 1660. A. and O. ii. 1427.

Associated with: Kirtling [Catlidge] Hall, Kirtling, Cambs.VCH Cambs. x. 57-59.;

Likenesses

oil on canvas by unknown artist, c.1615, V&A Museum; oil on panel by Cornelius Johnson, c.1615, National Trust, The Vyne, Hants.

Author

Littleton, Charles

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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