Family and Education
b. 1 Jan. 1594, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Ralph Baeshe of Stanstead Abbots, and Frances, da. of Sir Edward Carey†, master of the jewels 1595-1618, of Aldenham, Herts.C142/253/81; Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 243. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. Mich. 1608.Al. Cant. m. (1) Sara, da. of David La Maire, merchant, of Aldgate, London, s.p.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. i), 93; Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 126. (2) 24 Apr. 1633, Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Charles Mountague† of Cranbrook, Barking, Essex, s.p.St. Botolph, Bishopsgate Par. Regs. ed. A.W.C. Hallen, i. 450; Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 243. suc. fa. 8 May 1598;Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 242. Kntd. 6 June 1616;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 158. d. 12 May 1653.SP46/139, f. 209.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Lincoln 9 Mar. 1614–d.;Lincs. RO, L1/1/1/4 (Lincoln council min. bk. 1599–1638), f. 114. Grantham 1634–d.Lincs. RO, Grantham borough min. bk. 1, f. 8.

Local: commr. swans, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 8 May 1619;C181/2, f. 340v. England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 269v. Herts. 2 July 1634;C181/4, f. 178. sewers, Lea Valley 7 July 1623, 3 July 1635;C181/3, f. 91v; C181/5, f. 20v. River Stort, Herts. and Essex 20 May 1628-aft. June 1638.C181/3, ff. 251, 272; C181/5, f. 112v. J.p. Herts. 3 Mar. 1626–21 July 1637.C231/4, f. 198; C231/5, p. 256. Commr. knighthood fines, 16 June 1630-aft. Feb. 1632;E178/7154, f. 67; 178/5345, ff. 3, 7; E198/4/32, f. 2. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 21 June 1633-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, ff. 145, 198v; C181/5, ff. 9, 222. subsidy, Herts. 1641; further subsidy, 1641, poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 27 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642.LJ v. 207b.

Central: chamberlain of exch. 30 May 1625–d.SP46/139, f. 204; J. C. Sainty, Officers of the Exchequer (L. and I. Soc. special ser. xviii), 19.

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Commons 1640-1660
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BAESHE, Sir Edward (1594-1653), of Stanstead Abbots, Herts., and Aldersgate, London

Will
11 Sept. 1648, cod. 21 Nov. 1652, pr. 28 May 1653.PROB11/225, f. 355.
Estates
in 1619, purchased manor and capital messuage of Rye, Herts., from William Frankland*.VCH Herts. iii. 371. In 1635, estate inc. property in Essex and Lincs. and a messuage in St. Botolph’s, Bishopsgate, London.Coventry Docquets, 678. At d. owned property in Herts., Northants. (where he leased a wood worth at least £250 p.a.), Essex and Lincs. – the latter acquired through his second marriage.PROB11/225, ff. 355-6; C6/162/7. Also owned a house in Bishopsgate Street, London – although according to the Committee for Advance of Money*, his London residence was on Aldersgate Street.CCAM 239. His property in Herts. consisted of approximately five manors, inc. that of Stanstead Abbots, and capital messuage of Stanstead Bury.PROB11/225, ff. 355-6; C6/162/7; C142/253/81; VCH Herts. iii. 196, 326, 369, 371; iv. 82; Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 242. According to Royal Oak list of 1660, Baeshe estate worth £1,500 p.a.Burke’s Commoners, i. 689.
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