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Family and Education
b. c. 1580, 1st. s. of Sir William Fenwick of Wallington and 1st w. Grace, da. of Sir John Forster of Adderstone and Hexham, Northumb. m. (1) 1603, Catherine, da. of Sir Henry Slingsby† of Scriven, Yorks. 1s. (John Fenwick*) d.v.p. 2da.; (2) by c.1617, Grace, da. of Thomas Loraine of Kirkharle, Northumb. 2s. (inc. William Fenwicke*) at least 1da.; (3) Katherine Bond, ?2da.C142/346/163; Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1671/F5/1-2; Hist. Northumb. xii. 352-3; CB; Al. Cant. ‘William Fenwick’. suc. fa. 29 Aug. 1613.C142/346/163. Kntd. 18 Jan. 1605;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 136. cr. bt. 9 June 1628.CB. d. betw. June 1658-Jan. 1659.C181/6, p. 309; Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1671/F5/3-4; Hist. Northumb. xii. 352-3.
Offices Held

Local: commr. inquiry into lands of Thomas Percy, Northumb. 21 July 1606;C181/2, f. 12v. oyer and terminer, Cumb. Northumb. and Westmld. 27 Aug. 1607-aft. Feb. 1624;C181/2, ff. 50v, 310v; C181/3, ff. 83, 106v. Northern circ. 23 Jan. 1617 – 17 June 1625, 23 Jan. 1629 – aft.June 1641, by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/2, ff. 266v, 333v; C181/3, ff. 8, 262v; C181/4, ff. 14, 197v; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203; C181/7, p. 17. Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644.C181/5, f. 245v. J.p. by 1608–d.;Northumb. RO, QSI/1, f. 109. co. Dur. 12 July 1632-aft. 1640.C231/5, p. 89. Steward, Hexham manor, Northumb. 1608-aft. 1621.Hist. Northumb. iii. 58; E134/19JAS1/MICH17. Commr. subsidy, Northumb. 1608, 1622, 1624, 1628;SP14/31, f. 49; C212/22/2–3; E179/158/95 malefactors, northern marches by June 1608–1625, Nov. 1635–?;CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 440; 1611–18, p. 55; 1635, p. 510; Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 38, 42, 97; Watts, Northumb. 194. charitable uses, co. Dur. Northumb. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 20 Feb. 1611-aft. June 1624;C93/4/2; C93/9/6, ff. 1, 3; C93/2/22; C93/10/4. co. Dur. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 29 June 1629; co. Dur. 15 July 1631;C192/1, unfol. piracy, Cumb. Northumb. and Westmld. 22 Oct. 1614.C181/2, f. 215v. Lt.-gov. Tynemouth Castle, Northumb. by 1616-aft. 1634.CSP Dom. 1611, p. 358; 1634–5, p. 357; Household Pprs. of Henry 9th Earl of Northumb. ed. G.R. Batho (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, xciii), 99. Commr. recusants, Northumb. 1618;Watts, Northumb. 199. northern cos. 8 June 1629-aft. July 1638.C66/2615/1; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 47; ix. pt. 1, p. 58; ix. pt. 2, p. 162. Dep. lt. Northumb. by Feb. 1619-aft. Jan. 1639, 9 Oct. 1644–?Watts, Northumb. 196–7, 245; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 310; CJ iii. 657b. Commr. wool prices, Cumb., Northumb. and Westmld. 10 June 1619.APC 1617–19, p. 470. Sheriff, Northumb. ?1619–20, 1644–5.Fortescue Pprs. ed. S.R. Gardiner (Cam. Soc. ser. 2, i), 105; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 99. Commr. survey bridge, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. 1620;APC 1619–21, pp. 123–4, 172. inquiry into lands of Newcastle-upon-Tyne Castle, 26 July 1620;C181/3, f. 14. survey mines, Northumb. 15 Jan. 1623;APC 1621–3, p. 393; 1623–5, pp. 148, 404–5. to settle dispute over River Tweed dam, 4 June 1625;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 80. survey fortifications, Tynemouth 21 Apr. 1626.APC 1625–6, p. 445. Collector, privy seal loans, Northumb. 21 Sept. 1626.E401/2586, p. 452; APC 1626, p. 286. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. to settle coal-trade disputes, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 7 Aug. 1637.Coventry Docquets, 47. Constable, Alnwick Castle by Feb. 1639–?Alnwick, X.II.6, box 23B, bdle. v: Sir John Melton* to Hugh Potter*, 8 Feb. 1639. Commr. to examine accts. of Scottish forces in Northumb. 30 June 1641;C231/5, p. 455. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;SR;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). array (roy.), 18 June 1642; co. Dur. 16 Oct. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. sequestration, Northumb. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Gov. Hexham g.s. by Dec. 1643–?d.Northumb. RO, ZMI/B1/I/20. Commr. Northern Assoc. Northumb. 20 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15).

Court: surveyor of royal stud by 1639-aft. 1641.LS13/257/152; E179/70/146.

Military: muster-master, royal army, 6 Mar.-10 Nov. 1640.E351/293; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 529. Col. of ft. (roy.) 26 Mar. 1645–?HMC Carlisle, 5.

Central: Commr. conserving peace between betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a.

Parlimentarian
FENWICK, Sir John (c.1580-c.1658), of Wallington and Fenwick, Northumb.
: 1st bt. (c.1580-c.1658), of Fenwick, Stamfordham 1580 – c.1658 and Hartburn, Northumb., Wallington.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FENWICK, Sir John, 1st bt. (c.1580-c.1658), of Fenwick, Stamfordham, and Wallington, Hartburn, Northumb.

Will
2 Dec. 1656, pr. 1671.Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1671/F5/1-2.
Estates
in 1602, maternal grandfa. settled on him manors of Hexham, Anick Grange, Dotland Park, Hexham mills and tithes of Acomb, Anick, Fallowfield, Hexham, Sandhoe and Wall, Northumb.C7/467/80; E134/3Jas1/East13; Hist. Northumb. xii. 352-3. In 1613, inherited manors of Ashington, Cambo, East Matfen, Fenwick, Gunnerton, Hartington, Harwood, Ryal, Sweethope, Walker, Wallington and numerous other properties in Northumb.C142/346/163. In 1615, fa. settled on him capital messuage of Blagdon, Northumb.Recs. of the Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. R. Welford (Surt. Soc. cxi), 203-4. In 1618, he purchased manor of Rothley, Leics. for £1,000.Northumb. RO, ZWN B1/5. In 1628, the crown granted him a lease of coal and lead mines and a quarry in Hexham.Coventry Docquets, 353. In 1632, he purchased the regality of Hexham.Hist. Northumb. xii. 352-3. In 1657, estate reportedly worth £6,000 p.a.HMC 10th Rep. iv. 109. At d. his personal estate valued at £444.Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1671/F5/3-4. The Fenwicks’ lands in and around Fenwick and Wallington valued at £1,506 p.a. in 1663.Hodgson, Northumb. pt. 3, i. 328-9.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
presented William Joie to vicarage of Warden, Northumb. 1615; John Sayles, 1631; John Hutton, 1632; Ralph Carr to vicarage of Chollerton, Northumb. 1640.IND17000/1, ff. 205, 205v.
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