DERING, Sir Edward (1599-1644), of Surrenden, Pluckley, Kent

Family and Education

b. 28 Jan. 1599, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Dering† and 2nd w. Frances (d. 1657), da. of Sir Robert Bell bt.† of Beaupre Hall, Outwell, Norf.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 140; FSL, V.b.296, p. 203. educ. Westminster; Magdalene, Camb. Easter 1615;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 23 Oct. 1617;M. Temple Admiss. i. 107. travelled abroad (France), Aug. 1620.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/E4, unfol. m. (1) 25 Nov. 1619 (with £3,000), Elizabeth (d. 24 Jan. 1622), da. of Sir Nicholas Tufton, 2nd bt. of Hothfield, Kent, 1s. (d.v.p.); (2) 1 Jan. 1625 (with £1,000), Anne (d. 13 Apr. 1628), da. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, Suss. 1s. 1da.; (3) 16 July 1629, with £2,000, Unton (bur. 10 Nov. 1676), da. of Sir Ralph Gibbes, of Honnington, Warws. 2s. 2da.Cent. Kent Stud. U275/F1; U1107/C3; U1107/E57-60; U350/F5; Vis. Kent, 207-8; F. Haslewood, Parish of Pluckley (1899), 11; FSL, V.b.206, p. 207; C2/Chas.1/D31/40; C2/Chas.1/D15/66. Kntd. 22 Jan. 1619.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/E4, unfol. cr. bt. 1 Feb. 1627; suc. fa. 1636. d. 22 June 1644.Cent. Kent Stud. U275/F8; CB.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Mersham and Sandwich, Kent 1620, 1621, 1625, 1631;C181/3, ff. 4, 40v, 157v; C181/4, f. 75. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1623, 1625, 1632;C181/3, ff. 94, 188v; C181/4, f. 106v. Denge Marsh, Kent 1624, 1625, 1636;C181/3, ff. 134v, 185v; C181/5, f. 40v. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1629, 1630, 1639;C181/4, ff. 18v, 37v; C181/5, f. 144. Kent 1631, 1639.C181/4, f. 101; C181/5, f. 146v. J.p. 28 Sept. 1626–42.C231/4, f. 209v. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626, 1627.FSL, X.d.531/6. Custos brevium, Cinque Ports 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 153. Lt. Dover Castle 26 Mar. 1629-c.Dec. 1634.Add. 49977, ff. 51–2v; E. Kent Archives Centre, CPw/CS2, f. 205v. Commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1629, 1630;C181/3, f. 247; C181/4, f. 48; Add. 52798B, f. 2. repair of highways, Kent 1631;C181/4, f. 88. knighthood fines, 1632;Stowe 743, f. 85. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Civic: freeman, Hythe 21 Apr. 1625.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/E4.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1627–9.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/E4, f. 60.

Military: col. of horse and ft. (roy.) 3 July 1643-Nov. 1643.C231/3, p. 25; A Declaration Wherein is Full Satisfaction Given Concerning Sir Edward Deering (1644), sig. A2.

Parlimentarian

DERING, Sir Edward (1598-1644), of Surrenden Dering, Pluckley, Kent

: Pluckley, Kent.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, 1625;Whereabouts unknown. oils, G. Cottington, 1626;Destroyed; photograph, NPG. oils, C. Johnson, 1630-9;Parham Park, W. Suss. oil on canvas, W. Dobson, c.1642;Regimental Museum of the Royal Welsh, Brecon. line engraving, G. Glover, 1640;BM; NPG. line engraving, W. Hollar;BM; NPG. line engraving, B. Moncornet.BM; NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DERING, Sir Edward (1599-1644), of Surrenden, Pluckley, Kent

Will

admon. 19 Oct. 1648.PROB6/23, f. 109.

Estates

estate valued at £800 p.a. for the purposes of composition, 1644;CCC 832. personal estate valued at less than £2,000 at death.C5/395/78.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

living at Sir Henry Gibbes’ house in St Martin’s Lane, 1640-1;Add. 26785, f. 25; Cent. Kent Stud. U350/C2/89. at the Golden Sheeres, King Street, July 1641.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/C2/93.

Religion

promoted Mr Craige as minister of Pluckley in 1637; and John Jefferay as candidate for the living at Pluckley in 1639.CSP Dom. 1636-7, p. 447; Cent. Kent Stud. U350/Q1/1.

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