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b. c. 1585, 3rd s. of Sir John Danvers† (d. 1594) of Dauntsey, Wilts. and Elizabeth (d. 1630), da. and coh. of John Nevill, 4th Baron Latimer; bro. of Charles†.Aubrey, Wilts. Top. Collections ed. Jackson, 217. educ. travelled abroad (France, Low Countries, Italy), 1596; Univ. Padua 1597;CSP Dom. 1595-7, p. 288; HMC Hatfield, ix. 70; SP12/260/37. Winchester Coll. 1598;Winchester Scholars ed. T.F. Kirby, 158. Brasenose, Oxf. 10 July 1601, aged 16;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 5 Mar. 1612.LI Admiss. i. 157. m. (1) Feb. or Mar. 1609, Magdalen (bur. 8 June 1627), da. of Sir Richard Newport† of High Ercall, Salop, wid. of Richard Herbert† of Montgomery Castle, Mont. s.p.;The Letters of John Chamberlain ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 288; HP Commons 1604-1629. (2) lic. 10 July 1628, Elizabeth (d. 9 July 1636), da. and coh. of Ambrose Dauntsey of West Lavington, 3s. d.v.p. 3 da. (1 );London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 380; West Lavington par. reg.; T. Faulkner, The Hist. and Top. Description of Chelsea (1829), ii. 120, 131; Lysons, Environs (1792-5), ii. 116 seq. (3) 6 Jan. 1648 or 1649, Grace (d. 1678), da. of Thomas Hewes of Kemerton, Glos. 1s.Faulkner, Chelsea, ii. 125; Lysons, Environs (1792-5), iii. 79 seq.; PROB11/359/694. Kntd. 3 Mar. 1609.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 147. suc. bro. 27 Jan. 1644.The Life, Diary and Corresp. of Sir William Dugdale ed. W. Hamper (1827), 59; MIs Wilts. 1822, 107; PROB11/194/124. bur. 28 Apr. 1655 28 Apr. 1655.N and Q 2nd ser. x. 322.
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Court: gent. of privy chamber to Prince Henry, 1610–12.Ordinances and Regulations for Govt. of Royal Household (Soc. of Antiqs. 1790), 323. Jt. kpr. St James’s Palace, 1625–49.LCC Survey of London, xxix. 23.

Mercantile: member, cttee. Virg. Co. 1610 – 23; Somers Is. [Bermuda] Co. 1618, gov. 1651; Guiana Co. 1619.HMC 8th Rep. ii. 45b; HP Commons 1604–1629; [J. Foster], Copy of a Petition from the Gov. and Co. of the Somers Islands (1651). Commr. trade, 1625;HP Commons 1604–1629. plantation of Virg. 1631;CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 130.

Local: j.p. Mdx., Westminster 1620 – bef.Oct. 1653; Oxon. 23 June 1630 – 18 Mar. 1644, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Wilts. 23 June 1630 – 31 Oct. 1643, by Feb. 1650 – d.; Yorks. (N. Riding) by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/5, p. 35; SP16/405, f. 71; C193/13/2, ff. 44, 54, 72, 87v; C193/13/3, ff. 41v, 68v, 81v; C193/13/4, ff. 28, 60, 77v, 108, 128; The Names of the Justices (1650, E.1238.4); Stowe 577, f. 57v; Docquets Letters Patent ed. Black, 23, 94, 169. Dep. lt. Mdx. 1625, 8 May 1644.CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 508; CJ iii. 485b. Commr. oyer and terminer, 1627-aft. Jan. 1644;C181/3, f. 219; C181/4, ff. 172, 189; C181/5, ff. 57v, 231. the Verge 1629-aft. May 1634;C181/4, ff. 5v, 175v. Oxf. circ. 1630 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/4, ff. 50v, 194v; C181/5, ff. 7, 219; C181/6, pp. 10, 91. Western circ. 1630 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/4, ff. 51v, 193v; C181/5, ff. 6, 221; C181/6, pp. 8, 85. London 7 Nov. 1639 – aft.Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/5, ff. 154, 265; C181/6, pp. 2, 77. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 17, 93. Forced Loan, Mdx., Northampton 1627;Rymer, Feodera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 35, 87v. martial law, Mdx. 1627.C181/3, f. 219. Jt. steward, honour of Pickering, Yorks. 1628–d.CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 389; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 159. Commr. ?knighthood fines, Northants. 1631;E178/7155, f. 134. sewers, 1 June 1633, 18 July 1634;C181/4, gf. 140v, 180v. Oxon. and Berks. 18 July 1634;C181/4, f. 179. Mdx. and Westminster 13 Dec. 1634;C181/4, f. 191. gaol delivery, London 7 Nov. 1639-aft. Aug. 1641;C181/5, ff. 154, 207v. Newgate gaol 30 Nov. 1641 – aft.Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/5, ff. 214, 265; C181/6, pp. 2, 77. subsidy, Mdx. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Wilts. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; N. Riding 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Northants. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652; Oxon. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). levying of money, Mdx. 3 Aug. 1643; defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 2 Aug. 1648; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; Northern Assoc. N. Riding 25 June 1645; militia, Mdx., Wilts., Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: treas. remembrancer in exch. (in reversion) 1629–16 Apr. 1639.Coventry Docquets, 60. Commr. for maintenance of army, 26 Mar. 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648;CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 109a, 113b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649; removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649.A. and O. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649.CJ vi. 266b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 318a. Member, cttee. for excise by 18 Dec. 1650.Bodl. Rawl. C.386.

Military: col. militia ft. Wilts. ?1644–17 Apr. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 111.

Parlimentarian
DANVERS, Sir John (c.1585-1655), of Danvers House, Chelsea, Mdx. and West Lavington, Wilts.
: of Danvers House, Mdx., Chelsea and Wilts., West Lavington.
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Likenesses: line engraving, unknown, c.1800.NPG.

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Commons 1640-1660
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DANVERS, Sir John (c.1585-1655), of Danvers House, Chelsea, Mdx. and West Lavington, Wilts.

Will
28 July 1654, pr. 21 June 1655.PROB11/248/213.
Estates
pension from James I of £500 p.a. in 1606, and share in leases of lands in Glos. and Wilts. from 1607-8.C66/1659, 1708, 1719, 1770. From c. 1622 acquired land at Chelsea, Mdx. where he built a house.VCH Mdx. xii. 23, 142. From 1628, acquired manors of West Lavington, Market Lavington and Bremilham, Wilts. and manor of Dale, Cheshire; from 1634 Melksham, Stoke and (lease of) Bishops Lavington; in 1640 two portions of manor of Hilperton (Hilperton Zouche and Hilperton Stourton), with advowson of Hilperton; from 1644 Dauntsey, Wilts. and lands in Thornton, Yorks; Deerholme Grange, Yorks. (confiscated from abpric. of York) bought 24 March 1648 for £1,111 7s 4d; Cornbury Park, Oxon. bought in 1649; other lands in Wilts. Glos. Oxon. Som. Northants.Chetham’s Lib. Manchester, F3/Box 2/318; PROB11/159/133 (Sir John Dauntsey); VCH Wilts. vii. 85-6, 96, 200; viii. 137, 150; x. 88, 92; xiv. 10, 68, 139; xvi. 25; VCH N. Yorks. ii. 338, 469, 494, 496; Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 10; Wilts. RO, 9/26/3, 212B/4847, 1178/180, 947/1493/1; Wilts. Arch. Mag. i. 214-6. In Apr. 1633 sold the manor of Leinthall Starkes and Gatley Park, Herefs.Herefs. RO, F76/II/28-36; Coventry Docquets, 633.
Oxford 1644
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