BELLINGHAM, Sir Henry (c.1594-1650), of Helsington and Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.

Family and Education

b. c. 1594, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir James Bellingham of Over Levens, and Agnes, da. of (Sir) Henry Curwen† of Workington, Cumb.STAC8/34/4; Nicolson, Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. i. 205. educ. Queens’, Camb. 10 Nov. 1609;Al. Cant. M. Temple 16 Feb. 1611.M. Temple Admiss. i. 96. m. c.1613, Dorothy (d. 23 Jan. 1627), da. of Sir Francis Boynton of Barmston, Yorks., 1s. 6da. (4 d.v.p.).Nicolson and Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. i. 196. cr. bt. 30 May 1620;CB. Kntd. 31 May 1620.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 175. suc. fa. 1642; d. 1650.PROB11/216, f. 197; SP23/253, f. 100; CCC 1137.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Westmld. 4 July 1625-c.1645.C231/4, f. 190. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, f. 61v. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 23 Jan. 1639-aft. June 1641;C181/5, ff. 128, 203. further subsidy, Westmld. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 358b. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) by Sept. 1644 – bef.Sept. 1645, c.May-Oct. 1648.I. Tullie, Siege of Carlisle ed. S. Jefferson (Whitehaven, 1988), 3–5; CCC 1867; Lancs. Civil War Tracts, 275.

Parlimentarian

BELLINGHAM, Sir Henry, 1st Bt. (c.1594-1650), of Helsington and Over Levens, Westmld.

: of Helsington and Heversham, Westmld., Over Levens.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BELLINGHAM, Sir Henry (c.1594-1650), of Helsington and Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.

Will

15 Oct. 1650, pr. 27 May 1651.PROB11/216, f. 197.

Estates

in 1646, inc. lands, tenements, tithes and rents in Helsington, Heversham, Hincaster, Levens and barony of Kendal, Westmld., manor of Bellingham, co. Dur., and a lease of rectory of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmld. – in all, worth about £1,170 p.a.SP23/197, pp. 423, 431-2; SP23/230, ff. 141, 142; C5/31/10; C78/1602/18. At his d. estate inc. a lease of lands in co. Dur called ‘Ringefields’.PROB11/216, f. 197.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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Addresses

Gray’s Inn, Mdx. (1642).Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DMUS/5/5/3: J. Taylor to Sir Philip Musgrave* n.d., but July 1642.

Religion

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