RAINBOROWE, William (1587-1642), of Wapping, Mdx. and Billingsgate, London.

Family and Education

bap. 11 June 1587, 1st s. of Thomas Rainborowe, merchant, of Whitechapel, Mdx. and East Greenwich, Kent and Martha Moole.St Mary, Whitechapel par. reg. ff. 17v, 28v. m. (1) 11 Mar. 1612, Elizabeth, da. of Capt. Rowland Coytemore, of Wapping, Mdx.;St Olave, Bermondsey par. reg.; PROB11/150/404. (2) 23 Jan. 1615, Judith (bur. 3 Mar. 1638), da. of Reynold Hoxton, master shipwright, of Wapping, prob. 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da. (1 d.v.p.).A. Tinniswood, The Rainborowes (2013), 11; LMA, St John, Wapping par. reg. transcript, ff. 10, 11, 17, 26, 152, 156, 160, 162; St Mary, Whitechapel par. reg. ff. 83v, 133v. suc. fa. by 1624.PROB11/143/232. bur. 17 Feb. 1642 17 Feb. 1642.LMA, St John, Wapping par. reg. transcript, f. 167.

Offices Held

freeman, Levant Co. 1621–d.SP105/148, f. 58. Elder bro. Trinity House, Deptford by 1629–d.; master, 1633–4.SP16/135, f. 106; G.G. Harris, The Trinity House of Deptford 1514–1660 (1969), 274.

pressmaster, Som. and Dorset c.1625-c.1631.E351/2263, unfol.; SP16/337, f. 1v. Flag-capt. fleet of 1st earl of Lindsey, 1635; fleet of 4th earl of Northumberland, 1636.CSP Dom. 1635, p. 421; SP16/302, f. 124; CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 260. Adm. Sallee expedition, Feb.-Oct. 1637.Les sources inédites de l'histoire du Maroc (première série): Archives et bibliothèques d'Angleterre ed. H. de Castries (Paris, 1918–35), iii, 343–54.

member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b.

Parlimentarian

RAINBOROWE, William (1587-1642), of Wapping, Mdx. and Billingsgate, London.

of Wapping, Mdx. and Billingsgate, London.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

RAINBOROWE, William (1587-1642), of Wapping, Mdx. and Billingsgate, London.

Will

16 July 1638, cod. 1 Feb. 1642, pr. 8 Oct. 1642.PROB11/189/21.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Billingsgate ward, London 1640.Principal Inhabitants, 1640, 2.

Religion

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