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bap. 2 Feb. 1609, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Richard Cholmley† (d. 23 Sept. 1631) of Whitby, and 1st w. Susan (d. 1611), da. of John Legard, merchant, of London and Ganton, Yorks.;W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/210, unfol.; Cholmley Mems. ed. J. Binns (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. cliii), 77; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 254. bro. of Sir Hugh Cholmeley*. educ. G. Inn 10 Aug. 1618;G. Inn Admiss. 152. I. Temple 28 June 1628;I. Temple database. travelled abroad 1633.PC2/43, f. 22. m. 3 Feb. 1636, Katherine (d. 11 June 1672), da. of Henry Stapleton of Wighill, Yorks., wid. of Sir George Twisleton, 1st bt. of Barlow, Yorks. 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/210; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 254. Kntd. 27 Dec. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 211. d. 30 June 1666.W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/210.
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Local: lt.-col. militia ft. Yorks. (N. Riding) by Apr. – Aug. 1640; col. Aug. 1640–2;Add. 36913, f. 45; Cholmley Mems. 99, 101, 140; J. Binns, Yorks. in the Civil Wars (Preston, 1996), 18. W. Riding 27 Mar. 1660–?d.Notts. RO, DD/SR/216/1. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; N. Riding 1660. 16 Aug. 1641 – bef.Jan. 1650SR. J.p., Mar. 1660 – d.; W. Riding 4 Mar. 1642 – bef.Jan. 1650, Mar. 1660–d.;C231/5, pp. 472, 510; A Perfect List (1660). Westmld. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660). Commr. disarming recusants, W. Riding 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; N. Riding 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.SR; A. and O.; CJ vii. 821a; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. Yorks. 28 Apr. 1642–?;W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/10/1. N. Riding 11 Sept. 1660–d.SP29/5/110, f. 130; W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/10/8. Commr. levying of money, N., W. Riding 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. sequestration, 17 Feb. 1644.LJ vi. 431a. Steward and bailiff, honor and borough of Knaresborough c.May 1644-aft. Mar. 1646.Bodl. Nalson XIV, ff. 228r-v Commr. Northern Assoc. N., W. Riding 20 June 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, W. Riding 21 Feb. 1648;C93/19/33. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. N., W. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 18, 362. subsidy, N. Riding 1663;SR. sewers, 9 May 1664–d.C181/7, p. 248.

Central: commr. to attend king at York, 2 May 1642.CJ ii. 553a Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) 29 July 1642 – 12 Mar. 1644, 4 June-8 Oct. 1660.SP28/253A, pt. 1, ‘Liber B’, f. 86; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 404. Col. militia ft. N. Riding 1 June-Nov. 1648.Add. 36996, f. 122; Packets of Letters from Scotland, Newcastle, York, and Lancashire (1648), 5 (E.446.3); Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 1325.

Parlimentarian
CHOLMLEY, Sir Henry (1609-66), of West Newton Grange, Yorks.
: of West Newton Grange, Oswaldkirk and Yorks., Barlow.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CHOLMLEY, Henry (1609-66), of West Newton Grange, Oswaldkirk, and Barlow, Yorks.

Will
2 Jan. 1666, pr. 23 Jan. 1667.PROB11/323, f. 22v.
Estates
in 1636, acquired by marriage manor of Barlow and lands in Copgrove, Yorks. and a house in St John Street, Clerkenwell.C142/564/166. In 1637, purchased a moiety of manor and advowson of Copgrove and other property in parish of Aldborough, Yorks.C54/3084/7; Coventry Docquets, 695. In 1639, purchased manor of West Newton Grange from George Manners†, 7th earl of Rutland for £3,300.C54/3215/8; W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/226. Cholmley’s estate bef. the civil war was worth about £1,000 p.a.Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 228v. During 1650s, estate inc. lease of sequestered lands in Yorks. (worth in excess of £500 p.a.), Clifford’s Tower, York, and one sixth of Sir Hugh Cholmeley’s alum works, which he let for £150 p.a.C10/52/50; C10/68/23; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 446; CCC 2062; Cholmley Mems. 111.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Covent Garden, London (1640) Cumberland House, Clerkenwell Green, London (1643, 1645).W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/210.
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