Family and Education
bap. 13 Mar. 1613, 2nd but only surv. s. of Sir William Spring† of Pakenham and Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Smith† of Theydon, Essex.CB, ii. 129; Burke Dorm. and Baronetcies, 501. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1631.Al. Cant. m. bef. Mar. 1638, Elizabeth (d. 21 Mar. 1678), da. of Sir Hamon L’Estrange† of Hunstanton, Norf. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.CB, ii. 129; Burke Dorm. and Baronetcies, 501; CUL, Add. 3310, p. 75; Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D’Ewes ed. J.O. Halliwell (1845), ii. 233. cr. bt. 11 Aug. 1641.47th PRO Dep. Kpr.’s Rep. 135; CB, ii. 129n. suc. fa. 2 Mar. 1638.C142/697/21. d. 17 Dec. 1654.CUL, Add. 3310, p. 74.
Offices Held

Local: sheriff, Suff. 1640–1.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 132. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652.SR; A. and O. J.p. 6 Apr. 1642-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/5, p. 517; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, ff. 63, 65v, 78v; C193/13/4, f. 92. Commr. loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642;LJ v. 245b. recvr. Bury St Edmunds 10 Sept. 1642.LJ v. 346b. Dep. lt. Suff. by Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 342b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. Jt. treas. and recvr.-gen. Eastern Assoc. Feb. 1644–?Suff. ed. Everitt, 67. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 12 Mar. 1644;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; Suff. Cttees. for Scandalous Ministers ed. Holmes, 25. oyer and terminer, 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 232, 256v. Bury St Edmunds borough and liberty, 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, ff. 233r, 233v. gaol delivery, Suff. 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 232v, 256v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; commr. I. of Ely, 12 Aug. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Religious: elder, eleventh Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 428.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O.

: of Pakenham, Suff.
SPRINGE
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SPRING (SPRINGE), Sir William (1613-54), of Pakenham, Suff.

Will
18 Oct. 1653, cod. 13 December 1654, pr. 5 Apr. 1655.PROB11/249/376.
Estates
worth £3,000 p.a.F. Haslewood, ‘The ancient families of Suff.’, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. viii. 198.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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