KYRTON, Edward (1585-1654), of Almsford Park and Castle Cary, Som.

Family and Education

bap. 15 May 1585, 1st s. of Daniel Kyrton, and Frances, da. of ? (later w. of Sir Robert Vernon of Mitcham).Som. RO, D/P/Ans2/1/1; Heraldic Cases in Ct. of Chivalry (Harl. Soc. cvii), 129; Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills, i. 44. educ. Oxf. Univ. MA (hon.), 16 Jan. 1643.Al. Ox. m. by 1618, Margaret, s.p.C2/Chas.I/D58/46. suc. fa. c.1591.PROB6/4, f. 156v. bur. 30 Jan. 1654 30 Jan. 1654.Som. Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. xvi, pt. 2, 27; Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 39.

Offices Held

Household: clerk to Sir Robert Vernon, c. 1604 – 11, 1614–15;E.T. Bradley, Life of Lady Arabella Stuart, ii. 269; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 613. servant to Lady Arbella Stuart, c.1614;APC, 1616–17, p. 134. servant to William Seymour†, Lord Beauchamp and subsequently 2nd earl of Hertford, by 1619.C2/Chas.I/D58/46; Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 39.

Local: j.p. Som. 18 Oct. 1624 – 8 July 1626, 20 Aug. 1641–46.C231/4, f. 193; C231/5, p. 479; Som. RO, DD/PH/219/66. Commr. depopulation, 4 Apr., 8 July 1635.C181/5, ff. 1, 22. Treas. hosps. eastern division, Som. Apr. 1638.QS Recs. Som. Charles I, 296. Grand juror, Som. 2 July 1638.Som. Assize Orders 1629–40, 61. Commr. array (roy.), Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iv. 685. rebels’ estates (roy.), 10 July 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 55. Recvr. composition money (roy.) by Apr. 1644.CSP Dom. 1644, p. 108.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641.SR. Dep. gent. of the robes, household of prince of Wales by Aug. 1641–6.HMC Portland, ii. 133; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 260. Treas. and recvr.-gen. revenue of prince of Wales, Jan. 1645–46.SO3/13, unfol.; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 397.

Parlimentarian

KIRTON, Edward (1585-1654), of Westminster, Almsford Park and Castle Cary, Som.

: of Almsford Park and Som., Castle Cary.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

KYRTON, Edward (1585-1654), of Almsford Park and Castle Cary, Som.

Will

not found.

Estates

income p.a. as estimated on 1640 rates: £60 from Castle Cary lands rented from the 2nd earl of Hertford; £30 from other lands rented from the same; £100 from impropriated rectory of Castle Cary, rented from the bishop of Bath and Wells; and personal estate worth £40.SP23/194, p. 491.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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