POULETT, Sir John (1615-65), of Courtaweek and Hinton St George, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1615, 1st s. of John, Baron Poulett of Hinton St George, and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Christopher Kenn of Kenn.Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 50-1. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 20 Apr. 1632, MD 31 Jan. 1643.Al. Ox. m. (1) Katherine, wid. of Oliver St John, and da. of Horace Lord Vere, 1s. 2da.; (2) Ann, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Browne of Walcott, Northants, s.p.Vis. Som. 1672, 50-1. Kntd. 23 Sept. 1636.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 203. suc. fa. 20 Mar. 1649. d. 15 Sept. 1665.Vis. Som. 1672, 50-1.

Offices Held

Local: commr. disarming recusants, Som. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. array (roy.), July 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. rebels’ estates (roy.), 1 Sept. 1643, 18 Apr. 1644; contributions (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 70, 75, 187. to regulate forces (roy.), 30 Oct. 1643;Som. RO, DD/PH/222, f. 75. impressment (roy.), 15 Dec. 1643, 1 May 1644, 16 Jan. 1645;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 112, 198, 250. to raise forces for king, c.Apr. 1645.Mems. of Prince Rupert, iii. 80. Dep. lt. 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1661–2, pp. 511, 589.

Parlimentarian

POULETT, Sir John (1615-65), of Courtaweek and Hinton St George, Som.

: of Courtaweek and Som., Hinton St George.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, circle of R. Peake, c.1630.Whereabouts unknown.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

POULETT, Sir John (1615-65), of Courtaweek and Hinton St George, Som.

Will

17 Mar. 1663, cod. 20 July 1665, pr. 7 Aug. 1666.PROB11/321/387.

Estates

lands in Som., Dorset, Devon, Mdx., Essex and Berks.: est. worth £3,300 in 1640.SP23/184, pp. 777-80.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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