GRIMSTON, Sir Harbottle (1578-1648), of Bradfield Hall, Essex.

Family and Education

bap. 20 Oct. 1578, 1st s. of Edward Grimston of Rishangles, Suff. and Bradfield, master in chancery, and Joan, da. and coh. of Thomas Risby of Lavenham, Suff.Essex RO, microfiche D/P 173/1/1; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 207; J.E. Cussans, Hist. of Herts.- Hundred of Cashio (1881), 247. educ. G. Inn, 1 Nov. 1594.G. Inn Admiss. 86. m. bef. 1601 (with £1,000), Elizabeth (d. 1649), da. of Ralph Copinger of Allhallows, Hoo, Kent, and sole surv. h. of Ambrose Copinger of Allhallows, 6s (5 d.v.p.) inc. Harbottle*, 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Essex, i. 207; Cussans, Herts. 247; S. Lewis, The Hist. and Topography of the Par. of St Mary, Islington (Islington, 1842), 204. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130. suc. fa. 16 Aug. 1610;Cussans, Herts. 247. cr. bt. 25 Nov. 1611.CB. d. 19 Feb. 1648.Essex RO, microfiche D/P 173/1/1; N. King, The Grimstons of Gorhambury (Chichester, 1983), 10.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Essex 1611 – 23 June 1627, 1628 – d.; Suff. by 1614 – ?; Harwich 1618 – ?; Mdx. by Dec. 1637–?C181/2, f. 319v; C231/4, ff. 71, 228, 260; Coventry Docquets, 61; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 502–10; C66/1988; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 515. Capt. militia ft. Essex 1613–19.Maynard Lieut. Bk. 15–16, 46, 141, 348; Herts. RO, IX.A.8. Commr. sewers, 1614, 15 Jan. 1641;C181/2, f. 214v; C181/5, f. 187. Essex and Suff. 1617;C181/2, f. 272. Colchester 1618.C181/2, f. 308. Sheriff, Essex 1614–15.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. Soc. ix), 46. Commr. repair of highways, 1615, 1622;C181/2, f. 225v; C181/3, f. 68v. highways and bridges, 1618;C181/2, f. 318v. subsidy, Harwich 1621 – 22, 1624; Essex 1622, 1624, 1625, 1641;C212/22/20–21; C212/22/23; SR. gaol delivery, Colchester 1624-aft. Sept. 1641;C181/3, ff. 135v, 216v; C181/4, ff. 6v, 202; C181/5, ff. 56v, 212. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645.C181/5, ff. 238, 254. Dep. lt. 1625–6.Maynard Lieut. Bk. 15–16, 46, 141, 348; Herts. RO, IX.A.8. Jt. treas. construction of Landguard Fort, Suff. and repair of Harwich defences, 1625–6.AO1/2519/595. Commr. Forced Loan, Essex 1626–7; Maldon 1627;Bodl. Firth c.4, p. 257; C193/12/2, f. 80v. oyer and terminer, Essex 1629, 25 July 1640-aft. June 1645;C181/4, ff. 1v; C181/5, ff. 183v, 254. Home circ. 1630-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, ff. 60v, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Essex 1633;GL, 25475/1, f. 9. charitable uses, 1637;C192/1. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. array, ?July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. care of Landguard Fort by 12 Apr. 1643;CJ iii. 41b. additional ord. for levying of money, Essex 1 June 1643.A. and O. Member, Essex co. cttee. by Sept. 1643.SP28/227: warrant, 16 Aug. 1643. Commr. Eastern Assoc. Essex 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645;LJ vii. 468a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Essex classis, 1646–d.H. Smith, ‘Presbyterian organisation of Essex’, Essex Review, xxviii. 16.

Parlimentarian

GRIMSTON, Sir Harbottle, 1st Bt. (c.1578-1648), of Bradfield Hall, Essex

: Essex.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown, 1625.Gorhambury, Herts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GRIMSTON, Sir Harbottle (1578-1648), of Bradfield Hall, Essex.

Will

16 Aug. 1641, pr. 17 Mar. 1648.PROB11/203/554; Herts. RO, IX.A.13.

Estates

sold land at Tendring and Little Bentley, Essex, and Thorndon and Aspall, Suff. to Sir George Croke†, 1629; bought land at Ramsey, Essex, from 1st earl of Monmouth (Robert Carey†), 1635.Coventry Docquets, 582, 583, 676.

Oxford 1644

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