NAPIER, Sir Robert (1602-1661), of Luton Hoo, Luton, Beds.

Family and Education

b. 10 Aug. 1602, 1st s. of Sir Robert Napier alias Sandy, 1st bt., of Luton Hoo, and 3rd w. Mary, da. of John Robinson, merchant, of London.Sloane 1708, f. 118; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 184-5; C142/560/161. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 17 Dec. 1619;Al. Ox. G. Inn 15 Mar. 1620.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 30 Apr. 1623, Frances (bur. 29 Mar. 1626), da. of Sir William Thornhurst of Agnes Court, Old Romney, Kent, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. ;Chamberlain Letters ed. N. E. McClure, ii. 495; Vis. Beds. 185; Procs. 1626, ii. 431; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 187, 188. (2) by 1633, Penelope (bur. 16 July 1658), da. of John Egerton†, 1st earl of Bridgewater, 6s. (4 ) 3da. (2 ).CB; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 182, 183, 187, 188. Kntd. 30 Apr. 1623;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 181. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 15 Apr. 1637.C142/560/161. bur. 7 Mar. 1661 7 Mar. 1661.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 189.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (N., E. Riding) 26 July 1633-aft. 1640, by c.Jan. 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 112; C66/2858; Add. 29674, ff. 152v, 153. Beds. 15 May 1635 – 4 Mar. 1637, Mar. 1660–d.C231/5, pp. 165, 233. Commr. array, N. Riding 31 Aug. 1640;Add. 28088, f. 94; C231/5, p. 404. (roy.) Yorks. 4 July 1642; Beds. 15 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660; Yorks. 1 June 1660;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Beds., Yorks. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Dep. lt. Beds. c.Aug. 1660–d.SP29/11/146, f. 186.

Parlimentarian

NAPIER, Sir Robert (1602-1661), of Woolbridge, Dorset and Luton Hoo, Beds

: of Luton Hoo, Beds., Luton.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

NAPIER, Sir Robert (1602-1661), of Luton Hoo, Luton, Beds.

Will

29 Jan. 1661, pr. 26 Apr. 1661.PROB11/304, f. 48v.

Estates

in 1631, acquired manor of Seamer, Yorks. (N. Riding).VCH N. Riding, ii. 485. In 1637, inherited Luton Hoo and other manors and property in Luton; the advowson of the vicarage of Luton, Beds.; and property in Northants. that included Grafton and Perry parks.VCH Beds. ii. 353, 355, 356, 360, 361; CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 92; 1623-5, p. 112. In 1652, purchased for £42 a fee farm rent in Beds. worth £3 p.a.SP28/288, f. 56.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented Thomas Pomfret to vicarage of Luton, Beds., 1660.W. Austin, Hist. of Luton (2 vols., Newport, 1928), ii. 93.

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