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

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.

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.

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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