THYNNE, Sir James (c.1605-70), of Longleat and Longbridge Deverill, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1605, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Thynne† of Longleat and his 1st w. Maria, da. of George Audley, 11th Baron Audley.Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv/cvi), 192-3. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 28 June 1620, aged 15; BA 27 Feb. 1622; travelled abroad.Al. Ox. m. 4 June 1640, Lady Isabella Rich, da. of Henry Rich, 1st earl of Holland, (div.) s.p.St Mary, Acton, Ealing par. reg.; Longleat, Thynne pprs. lxii, ff. 84, 88, 106, 112, 114. Kntd. 23 June 1639.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 206. suc. fa. 1 Aug. 1639.HMC Var. Coll. viii. 51. d. 12 Oct. 1670.Wilts Arch Mag. xxiv. 332-4; xxvii. 114; HMC 7th Rep. 488.

Offices Held

Military: ?ensign, La Rochelle expedition, 1627.SP16/111, f. 62; Keeler, Long Parliament, 360. Vol. Netherlands May 1628;Longleat, Thynne pprs. viii. f. 43. royal army, England June-July 1639.SP16/425, f. 99v; SP16/427/38/ii, iv. ?Coy. cdr. (roy.) siege of Bristol by Apr.-aft. Nov. 1644; siege of Exeter bef. Apr. 1646.Longleat, Thynne pprs. lxiv, ff. 166, 167, 170, 173.

Court: ?gent. of privy chamber, 1640.Add. 11045, f. 97; SP16/453/74, f. 115v.

Local: commr. array (roy.), Wilts. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 July 1660–d.C181/7, pp. 9, 530. J.p. Som., Wilts. July 1660–d.QS Recs. Som. Charles II, p. xix; Wilts. RO, A1/160/2, p. 253; HP Commons 1660–1690. Dep. lt. Wilts. c.Aug. 1660–d.;Add. 32324, ff. 77, 119, 125, 127. Som. 1662–d. Commr. poll tax, Wilts. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690. Sheriff, Nov. 1660–1.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxvii. 114–20; Longleat, Thynne pprs. lxiii. ff. 1–162. Commr. assessment, 1661, 1664; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian

THYNNE, Sir James (c.1605-70), of Longbridge Deverill, Wilts.

: Wilts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

THYNNE, Sir James (c.1605-70), of Longleat and Longbridge Deverill, Wilts.

Will

14 Oct. 1669, cod. 9 Oct. 1670, pr. 12 Dec. 1670.PROB11/334/513.

Estates

1639 inherited from fa. lands reputedly worth £6,000 p.a. inc. Longleat, Longbridge Deverill, Selwood Forest, Som. and other lands in Wilts. Som. Glos. Kent and Salop, the ownership of some of which were disputed with his half-bro. Henry Frederick Thynne;Longleat, Thynne pprs. Bk. 76; HMC Var. viii. 51; CJ ii. 232a. 1648 landed income estimated at £1,210 16s 8d p.a., a third of which settled for his step-mother’s dower;CJ v. 600b. 1669 purchased Monckton manor, Broughton Gifford, Wilts.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxvii. 41.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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