KNATCHBULL, Norton (1602-85), of Mersham Hatch, Kent.

Family and Education

b. 26 Dec. 1602, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Knatchbull of Maidstone, and Eleanor (d. 1638), da. and coh. of John Astley of Maidstone.Maidstone All Saints par. reg.; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 109-10; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 92. educ. Eton, 1615-18;Eton College Reg. ed. W. Sterry (1943), 201. St John’s, Camb. 20 Mar. 1619, BA 1620;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 24 Apr. 1624.M. Temple Admiss. i. 115; MTR ii. 690. m. (1) 25 Oct. 1630, Dorothy (bur. 6 Apr. 1661), da. of Thomas Westrowe, Grocer, of London, 3s. 10da.; (2) lic. 27 Nov. 1662, Dorothy, da. of Sir Robert Honywood* of Charing, Kent, wid. of Sir Edward Steward of Barking, Essex, s.p.Mersham par. reg. transcript; Canterbury Mar. Licences 1619-1660, 586; Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, Kentish Family (1960), 31; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 92. suc. fa. June 1623;Maidstone All Saints par. reg.; Add. 5520, ff. 257v-8; Berry, Pedigrees of Kent, 297-9. uncle Sir Norton Knatchbull†, Dec. 1636.Cent. Kent. Stud. PRC32/52, f. 116. Kntd. 30 July 1641; cr. bt. 4 Aug. 1641.C231/5, p. 465 d. 3 Feb. 1685.Berry, Pedigrees of Kent, 297-9.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1625, 1632, 21 Aug. 1645, 13 May 1657-aft. Nov. 1670;C181/3, f. 189; C181/4, f. 106v; C181/5, f. 258v; C181/6, pp. 226, 365; C181/7, pp. 72, 562. Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst, Kent 1628;C181/3, f. 253. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1629, 1630, 1639, 3 Nov. 1653;C181/4, ff. 18v, 38v; C181/5, f. 144v; C181/6, p. 23. Denge Marsh, Kent 1636, 21 Aug. 1645, Oct. 1658-aft. May 1669;C181/5, ff. 41; C181/5, f. 260; C181/6, p. 321; C181/7, pp. 63, 489. Kent 1639, 1 July 1659 – aft.Sept. 1660, 13 Nov. 1669, 28 Nov. 1671.C181/5, f. 146v; C181/6, p. 366; C181/7, pp. 56, 509, 605. J.p. Kent 1636–?, by Mar. 1660–d.C193/13/2, f. 35v; C231/5, p. 227; A Perfect List (1660), 23. Commr. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677.SR; A. and O.; Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6) Dep. lt. bef. June 1643–?, 1660–d.Add. 31116, pp. 100–101; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 130. Commr. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. corporations, 1662;Eg. 2985, f. 66. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 788.

Civic: freeman, New Romney 28 Oct. 1640.E. Kent RO, NR/AC/2, p. 284.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 384a.

Parlimentarian

KNATCHBULL, Sir Norton, 1st Bt. (1602-85), of Mersham Hatch, Kent.

: of Mersham Hatch, Kent.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, S. van Hoogstraten, 1667.Whereabouts unknown.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

KNATCHBULL, Norton (1602-85), of Mersham Hatch, Kent.

Will

30 July 1682, pr. 7 Aug. 1685.PROB11/381/76.

Estates

succeeded to Mersham estate on d. of uncle in 1636; purchased East Lenham manor, Kent for £5,075 in 1660.Cent. Kent. Stud. U951/C80/22; Canterbury Cathedral Lib. PRC32/52, f. 116.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

employed Myrth Waferer, sequestered minister, as domestic chaplain, c.1646-60.CSP Dom. 1655-6, p. 289; SP18/126, ff. 235-6; Walker Revised, 191.

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