CONINGSBY, Fitzwilliam (d. 1666), of Hampton Court, Hope-under-Dinmore, Herefs.

Family and Education

b. bef. 25 Feb. 1596, 4th but o. surv. s. of Sir Thomas Coningsby† of Hampton Court and Philippa, da. of Sir William Fitzwilliam† of Milton, nr. Peterborough, Northants.Thomas, Earl Coningsby, Collns. Concerning the Manor of Marden (2 vols. 1727), i. 649; Vis. Herefs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xv), 180. educ. Hereford cathedral sch.; Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 28 Jan. 1613.Al. Ox. m. 12 July 1617, Cecilia, da. of Henry Neville II†, 2nd Baron Bergavenny, of Birling, Kent, 3s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Herefs. 1634, 180; CP; Robinson, Mansions and Manors, 148. suc. fa. 30 May 1625. bur. 23 Aug. 1666 23 Aug. 1666.Robinson, Mansions and Manors, 148; Hope-under-Dinmore bishops’ transcripts; Price, Hist. Hereford, 213-31; C142/424/93; Duncomb, Collections, i. 405-6.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Herefs. 1617 – 46, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/4, f. 60; C66/2859; C66/3074; C220/9/4, f. 34v. Commr. Palatinate benevolence, 1620; subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624–6;C212/22/20–1, 23; Add. 11051, ff. 19, 141. sewers, River Wye, Herefs., Mon. and Glos. 1621.C181/3, f. 33. Dep. lt. Herefs. 1624 – 46, 1660–d.Cheshire Archives, DNE 16; HEHL, EL7443; SP29/11/261; SP29/60/142. Sheriff, 1626–7, 1642–3.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 61; Webb, Memorials, i. 263, 313. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; Add. 11051, f. 33v. swans, midland cos. and Welsh borders 1627;C181/3, f. 227. knighthood fines, Herefs. 1630–1;C115/102/7671; E178/5333, f. 5. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1631-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, ff. 97v, 195; C181/5, ff. 7, 219v. Wales and marches 1634, 31 July 1640.C181/4, f. 162v; C181/5, f. 185. Member, council in the marches of Wales, 1633–41.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 8. Commr. further subsidy, Herefs. 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642, 1661, 1664;SR. array (roy.), ?Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. defence of Herefs. (roy.), 17 June 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 49. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Civic: high steward, Leominster ?1625 – c.49, 1660–d.Vis. Herefs. 1634, 20, 29; G.F. Townsend, Town and Borough of Leominster (1863), 291.

Mercantile: member, Westminster Co. of Soapmakers by 1636.C66/2788/10.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.), army of William Seymour†, 1st marquess of Hertford, Dec. 1642-Apr. 1643. Gov. Hereford 18 Dec. 1642–25 Apr. 1643.Bodl. Tanner 303, f. 113v; Webb, Memorials, i. 211.

Parlimentarian

CONINGSBY, Fitzwilliam (c.1596-1666), of Hampton Wafer, Docklow, Herefs.; later of Hampton Court, Herefs.

: Hope-under-Dinmore, Herefs.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CONINGSBY, Fitzwilliam (d. 1666), of Hampton Court, Hope-under-Dinmore, Herefs.

Will

25 Feb., pr. 1 Dec. 1666.PROB11/322/417.

Estates

lessee of Marden demesne, glebe and tithes from dean and chapter, Hereford cathedral, 12 Dec. 1626, for 3 lives; sub-lessee of rectory of Bodenham, for 4 years, £75 rent, 19 Sept. 1635.Hereford Cathedral Lib., 4752, 4195. Said to be worth £4,000 p.a. in 1645.Symonds, Diary, 195. His debts said to be at least £5,000 in 1650; fined £4,243 at one fifth of his estate, but later reduced and never paid because of debts.CCC 2064-66. In 1663, seized of lands in Fownhope, Mordiford, Westhide, Eaton, Eye and Stoke Prior, Herefs.Herefs. Militia Assessments ed. M. Faraday (Cam. Soc. ser. 4, x), 60, 104, 151, 152, 166. At d. possessed of a small estate and a mill in Bodenham, Herefs. and an estate at Neene Sollers, Salop. Other lands in Herefs., Worcs., Salop, Rad. and Leics.PROB11/322/417.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented John Pember to vicarage of Boden, 12 Feb. 1627.Herefs. RO, W15/2.

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