HOWE, Richard Grobham (1621-1703), of Great Wishford, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. 28 Aug. 1621, 1st s. of Sir John Howe, 1st bt. of Little Compton, Withington, Glos. and Bridget (d. 15 June 1642), da. of Thomas Rich, master in chancery, of North Cerney, Glos.; bro. of John Grobham Howe*.Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 75; Vis. England and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, xiii. 95; A. Collins, Peerage of England ed. E Brydges (1812), 137. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 27 Mar. 1640;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 24 Feb. 1641.LI Admiss. i. 245. m. (1) by 1646, (with £4,000) Lucy (bap. 15 July 1621, bur. 29 Mar. 1658), da. of Sir John St John, 1st bt. of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts. 5s. (4 d.v.p.), 4da.; (2) Anne (bur. 8 Mar. 1697), da. of John King, bp. of London 1611-1621, wid. of John Dutton* (d. 14 Jan. 1657), of Sherborne, Glos.Add. 23682; Lydiard Tregoze par. reg. Kntd. c. 1665.Great Wishford par. reg.; Withington, Glos. par. reg.; Vis. England and Wales Notes, xiii. 95; Collins, Peerage, 137; ‘Anne King’, Oxford DNB. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. c. 1671.Wilts. N and Q, ii. 175. bur. 12 Mar. 1703 12 Mar. 1703.Great Wishford par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Wilts. by Aug. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653, by 17 July 1655–1680, ?1689 – d.; Surr. May 1670–?Wilts. RO, A1/160/1, ff. 116, 128, 138, 151, 164, 175, 185; A1/160/2, pp. 37, 47, 59, 97, 165, 181, 187; C193/13/3, f. 69v; C193/13/4, f. 109v; C193/13/6, f. 96v; C193/13/5, f. 116; C231/6, p. 367; Stowe 577, f. 58v; A Perfect List (1660); Western Circ. Assize Orders, 261; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. assessment, Wilts. 26 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Capt. militia horse, Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663. 1670 – ?June 1688SR. Sheriff, 1668–9. 1670 – ?June 1688List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 154. Dep. lt., Oct. 1688–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. for rebel estates, 1686.CTB viii. 546.

Court: gent of privy chamber, extraordinary, July 1660–?LC3/2, f. 10.

Civic: freeman, Salisbury 1672;Hoare, Hist. Wilts. iv. (Old and New Sarum), 473. Wilton 1685.CSP Dom. 1685, p. 99.

Parlimentarian

HOWE, Richard Grobham (1621-1703), of Great Wishford, Wilts.

: of Great Wishford, Wilts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HOWE, Richard Grobham (1621-1703), of Great Wishford, Wilts.

Will

19 Dec. 1701, pr. 27 Aug. 1703.PROB11/471/316.

Estates

(from 1648) life interest in manors of Great Wishford and Langford Combe, and Kingmans farm, Wilts.; from c. 1671, advowson of Great Wishford, manors of Steeple Langford, and of Bridgwater, Som.; 1688, manor of Brooke, I.o.W.; 1693, moiety of manor of Stapleford, Wilts.Add. 23682; VCH Wilts. xv. 187, 257, 288; VCH Som. vi. 209; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xl. 394; I.o.W. RO, JER/SEL/1A/10.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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