CAPELL, Arthur (1604-49), of Little Hadham, Herts.

Family and Education

b. 20 Feb. 1604, 1st s. of Sir Henry Capell† (d. 1622) of Rayne Hall, Essex and 1st w. Theodosia, da. of Sir Edward Montagu† of Boughton, Northants.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 243; Chauncy, Herts. i. 308, 313; VCH Herts. Fams. 93. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1619.Al. Cant. m. 28 Nov. 1627, Elizabeth (d. 1661), da. and h. of Sir Charles Morrison†, 1st bt. of Cassiobury, Watford, Herts. 4s. 6da. (2 d.v.p.).Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 237, 238, 244, iii. 413; Chauncy, Herts. i. 309, 313, ii. 354; VCH Herts. Fams. 94-6; F.J.A. Skeet, ‘Arthur, Lord Capell, Baron of Hadham’, Trans. East Herts. Arch. Soc. iii., 333-4. suc. gdfa. 1632;Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 243. cr. Baron Capell of Hadham 5 Aug. 1641;CP. Kntd. 17 Jan. 1645.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 219. exec. 9 Mar. 1649.The Several Speeches of Duke [of] Hamilton, Earl of Cambridg, Henry, Earl of Holland, and Arthur, Lord Capel (1649, E.546.21); Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 413.

Offices Held

Local: j.p Herts 1626-aft 1641.Herts. County Recs. vi. 520. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1635-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 17, 229v. subsidy, Herts. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 27 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. Flint, Merion. 8 May 1643; Denb. 8 May, 25 July 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 35, 60. Recvr. (roy.) N. Wales 29 Apr. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 31.

Central: recvr. subsidy, 1641.SR. Commr. Uxbridge Treaty (roy.), 21 Jan. 1645.LJ vii. 150a, 166b. Cllr. prince of Wales, 28 Jan. 1645-Jan. 1649.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 252–3. PC, 1 Mar. 1645–d.PC2/53, f. 110v; CP. Commr. admlty. (roy.) 11 Mar. 1645; letters of marque (roy.), 17 Apr. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent, ed. Black, ii. 263, 269.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), 1642–3.Peacock, Army Lists, 18. Vol. king’s lifeguard of horse, Oct. 1642.HMC 12th Rep. ix. 39. Lt.-gen. Worcs. Salop, Cheshire and N. Wales Apr.-Dec. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent, ed. Black, i. 24; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in Eng. and Wales (1981), 58–9; R. Hutton, The Royalist War Effort (1982), 123. Cdr. lifeguard of prince of Wales, Mar. 1645-Mar. 1646.HMC 12th Rep. ix. 43; M. Hazell, Fidelity and Fortitude: Lord Capell, his regts. and the English civil war (Leigh on Sea, 1987), 36–44. Gov. Oxf. 8 May 1645.CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 464. Lt.-gen. Essex, Norf. Cambs. Hunts. and Herts. Apr.-Aug. 1648.Hazell, Fidelity and Fortitude, 49.

Parlimentarian

CAPELL, Arthur (1604-49), of Little Hadham, Herts.

: of Little Hadham, Herts.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, family group, C. Johnson, c.1640;NPG. miniature, ?aft. J. Hoskins, aft. 1647;NPG. oil on canvas, H. Peart, c.1660.NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1645-60.BM.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CAPELL, Arthur (1604-49), of Little Hadham, Herts.

Will

admon. 7 Sept. 1659 and 4 Mar. 1664.VCH Herts. Fams. 94.

Estates

estates entailed by Sir Arthur Capell on Capell’s marriage, 1627;Add. 40631B, ff. 35-43; CCC, 1934. his wife inherited manor of Cassiobury, Watford, and other extensive lands from her fa. Sir Charles Morrison, 1628;CJ vi. 203a-204a. alienated manor of Cassiobury to Humphrey, William and Roger Capell, 1633; alienated manor of Obleigh, Som. to Humphrey and William Capell, 1633;Coventry Docquets, 630, 638. bought manor of Wickham Hall, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts. 1633;VCH Herts. iii. 302. alienated manor of Burgh St. Margaret, Norf., 1635;Coventry Docquets, 676. lands conveyed to trustees as surety to his creditors, Jan. 1642;Add. 40631B, ff. 203-211; CJ vi. 612a. estates sequestered by Parliament, 1643;Add. 40630, ff. 106-284; HMC Var. vii. 344-7. leased by sequestration cttees. to his uncle, William Capell, 1644.The Impact of the First Civil War on Herts. ed. A. Thomson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxiii.), 174-80.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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