LANGHAM, James (c.1621-99), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Cottesbrooke, Northants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1621, 1st s. of John Langham*, and bro. of Sir William†. educ. Emmanuel Camb. Easter 1638;Al. Cant. L. Inn 3 Dec. 1640.LI Admiss. m. (1) lic. 8 Dec. 1647, aged 26, Mary (bur. 3 Sept. 1660), da. and coh. of Sir Edward Alston, FRCP, of Great St Helen’s, London, 3s. d.v.p. 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 20 Nov. 1662 (with £10,000), Lady Elizabeth Hastings (d. 28 Mar. 1664), da. of Ferdinando Hastings†, 6th earl of Huntingdon, s.p.; (3) lic. 13 Apr. 1667, Lady Penelope Holles (bur. 7 Aug. 1684), da. of John Holles†, 2nd earl of Clare, s.p.; (4) Dorothy, da. of John Pomeroy of Devon, s.p.Northants. RO, M 198, Acc 1973/198, pp. 91-3, 98; Cottesbrooke par. reg.; St Helen, Bishopgate par reg.; St Martin, Ludgate par. reg.; VCH Northants. Fams. 216-17; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 116; CB. Kntd. May 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 226. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 13 May 1671.CB. d. 22 Aug. 1699.Vis. Northants. 116.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Northants. 29 June 1657 – 30 Dec. 1681, 30 Sept. 1689–d.C231/6, p. 369; Northants. RO, FH1902, FH2226. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1696, 1698;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 24 July 1660–?d.Ancient Vellum Bk. 82. Sheriff, Northants. 1664–12 Nov. 1665.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 94. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: commr. public accts. 19 Dec. 1667–70.SR.

Religious: vestryman, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. 1674–?d.J. Parton, Hosp. and Par. of St Giles-in-the-Fields, 379.

Academic: FRS, 17 Jan. 1678.T. Thompson, Hist. of the Royal Soc. app. iv, p. xxvii.

Parlimentarian

LANGHAM, Sir James (c.1621-99), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Cottesbrooke, Northants.

: of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Northants., Cottesbrooke.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, style of G. van Honthorst, c.1650.NT, Dunham Massey.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LANGHAM, James (c.1621-99), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Cottesbrooke, Northants.

Will

12 July 1699, pr. 15 Sept. 1699.PROB11/452, f. 148v.

Estates

In 1682, estate valued at £3,000 p.a.SP29/421/216, f. 110v. In 1696 leased out manors and lordships of Great Newton and Little Newton; rectory and parsonage impropriate of Newton; manor of Geddington; rectory and and parsonage impropriate of Geddington, Northants.Northants. RO, L(C) 1657. In 1699, estate inc. house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.PROB11/452, f. 148v.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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