BAYNTUN, Sir Edward (1593-1657), of Bromham, and later of Spye Park, Wilts.

Family and Education

bap. 5 Sept. 1593,Bremhill par. reg. o. s. of Sir Henry Bayntun† (d. 1616), kt. of Bromham, and Lucy (d. 1621), da. of (Sir) John Danvers† (d. 1594) of Dauntsey, Wilts.Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 8; Bromham par. reg.; Reg. of St Martin in the Fields ii (Harl. Soc. lxvi), 166. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 27 April 1610.Al. Ox. m. (1) bef. 1616 (with £2,000‘Sir Henry Maynard’, Oxford DNB.), Elizabeth (bur. 30 Mar. 1635), da. of Sir Henry Maynard† of Easton, Essex; 5s. inc. Edward* and Henry I† (3 d.v.p.), 3da. (2 d.v.p.);Vis. Wilts. 1623, 8; Wilts. RO, 518/3, 1154/2. (2) 1 Aug. 1640, Mary Bowells (d. 1667), 2s. inc. Nicholas†, 1da. (d.v.p.);Reg. of St Bene’t and St Peter, Paul’s Wharf, iii (Harl. Soc. xl), 283. betw. 1622 and 1629, 1s. and 1da. illegit. with Katherine, da. of John Gerard of Salisbury; bef. 1630, 1s. illegit. with Alice Hardy.SP16/151, ff. 40-1. Kntd. 22 Oct. 1613.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 153. suc. fa. Oct. 1616.Wilts. RO, 1154/2. d. 8 Dec. 1657.MIs Wilts. 1822, 231; Wilts. RO, 518/3; 1154/2.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Wilts. 19 June 1619 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650 – May 1652, ?-18 July 1654;C231/4, f. 82v; C231/5, p. 529; C231/6, p. 294; Stowe 577, f. 57v; C193/13/3, f. 68v; C193/13/4, f. 108; Wilts. RO, A1/160/1. Devizes 18 June 1641–?C231/5, p. 460; Wilts. RO, G20/1/17, f. 145. Commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1621, 1624, 1629.C212/22/21, 23; E115/237/126; Add. 34566, f. 132. Col. militia horse by 1626–?CJ i. 840; Procs. 1626, ii. 339–40; SP16/91/84; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 193. Dep. lt. by Apr. 1626-aft. 1630.CJ i. 840; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 67. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 64. knighthood fines, 1630–2;E178/5702, ff. 4, 8, 12; 178/7154, f. 185v. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633.GL, Ms 25475/1, f. 11v. Sheriff, 1637–8.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 154. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 22 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652.SR; A. and O. Member, co. cttee. ?Aug. 1642.Waylen, ‘Falstone Day Bk.’ 343–91. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–12 Feb. 1656.C181/6, pp. 8, 114.

Civic: burgess and cllr. Devizes by 1622–1656.Wilts. RO, G20/1/17, f. 1v; VCH Wilts. x. 271.

Military: col. dragoons and cdr. (parlian.) forces in Wilts. by 8 Dec. 1642–31 Jan. 1643.Add. 18980, f. 6; Clarendon, Hist. iii. 424; Stuart Royal Proclamations ed. J.F. Larkin, ii. 837–40; CJ ii. 950a.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b.

Parlimentarian

BAYNTUN, Sir Edward (1593-1657), of Bromham House, Bromham, Wilts.; later of Avebury and Spye Park, Wilts.

: of Bromham and later of Spye Park, Wilts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BAYNTUN, Sir Edward (1593-1657), of Bromham, and later of Spye Park, Wilts.

Will

31 Oct. 1657, pr. 4 Jan. 1658.PROB11/272/36.

Estates

Wilts. manors of Bromham, Bremhill, Chittoe, Clench, Rowden, Stanley, (from 1633) Avebury Trusloe and part of Avebury; land in Calne, Chippenham, Bishops Cannings;VCH Wilts. vii. 179-86, 191, 195; ix. 57; xii. 91, 93, 101; xvi. 172; xvii. 77, 179; Wilts. Farming in the Seventeenth Century ed. J. Bettey (Wilts. Rec. Soc. lvii), pp. xxiv-xxv, 136; Recs. Chippenham. (aft. 1644) fifth part of lands in Northants. and Yorks. from maternal grandmother Elizabeth Neville (later Danvers and Carye).Commonplace Bk. of Sir Edward Bayntun, 10-11. At d. worth c.£1,800-2,000 p.a.Keeler, Long Parliament, 102.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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