PENNYMAN, Sir William, 1st bt. (1608-43), of Marske Hall, Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 31 July 1608, 1st s. of William Pennyman of Marske-by-the-Sea and St Albans, Herts., and Anne, da. of Robert Aske of Aughton, Yorks.St Peter, St Albans par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 70-1. educ. Westminster sch.;G.F.R. Barker, A.H. Stenning, Recs. of Old Westminsters, 732. Christ Church, Oxf. 31 Oct. 1623;Al. Ox. I. Temple 29 June 1623;CITR. called, G. Inn 6 Feb. 1639.PBG Inn. m. by Jan. 1631, Anne (d. 13 July 1644), da. and h. of John Atherton of Skelton, Yorks., s.p.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P12/190; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 70-1; VCH N. Riding, i. 315. suc. fa. 28 Apr. 1628;C142/444/84; J.W. Pennyman, Recs. of Fam. of Pennyman, 62. cr. bt. 6 May 1628;CB. d. 22 Aug. 1643.Wood, Hist. Univ. Oxford (1786), i. 467.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 23 June 1630 – 6 Mar. 1634, 8 July 1634–d.C231/5, pp. 35, 127, 143. Member, council of the north by Nov. 1631–41.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P12/268. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 24 Jan. 1631–23 Jan. 1634, 6 June 1634–d.;C181/4, ff. 73, 142v, 184, 197v; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P14/37. charitable uses, N. Riding 21 May 1631;C192/1, unfol. sewers, 28 Apr. 1632;C181/4, f. 114. commr. recusants, northern cos. 8 Aug. 1633-aft. July 1638.C231/5, p. 113; Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 57; pt. 2, p. 162. Dep. lt. N. Riding by Oct. 1633–d.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str 13/76. Sheriff, Yorks. 1635–3 Oct. 1636.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 163. Col. militia ft. N. Riding by c.1635–42.Add. 28082, f. 81. Commr. array (roy.), Yorks. 18 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Central: commr. inquiry, estate of Francis Lockwood (priest), 21 July 1637.C181/5, f. 82v. Clerk, star chamber, 24 Jan. 1639-July 1641.SO3/12, f. 15v; Coventry Docquets, 208.

Court: Gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, by 1641–?d.LC3/1, f. 25v.

Military: capt. of horse (roy.) by 30 July 1642–d.;A Speedy Post With More News from Hull, York, and Beverley (25 July-1 Aug. 1642), 6 (E.108.40). col. of ft. by Aug. 1642–d.;N. Yorks. RO, ZFM, Chaloner of Guisborough mss (mic. 1441): commission in Pennyman’s regt. of ft. 8 Aug. 1642; Clarendon, Hist. ii. 335. col. of horse, 7 Jan. 1643–d.Harl. 6852, f. 2. Gov. Oxf. Apr. 1643–d.Wood, Life and Times, i. 96; Clarendon, Hist. iii. 406.

Parlimentarian

PENNYMAN, Sir William, 1st bt. (1608-43), of Marske Hall, Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorks.

: 1st bt. (1608-43), of Marske Hall, Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorks. 1608 – 43.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PENNYMAN, Sir William, 1st bt. (1608-43), of Marske Hall, Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorks.

Will

admon. 20 July 1644.CB.

Estates

at his d. in 1628, William Pennyman senior’s estate consisted of a capital messuage and lands in and near St Albans, Herts.; third part of manor of Marske, Redcar and Upleatham, capital messuage or Grange at Marske and rectory, advowson and tithes of Marske; half of three manors in Ormesby; and lands and tenements in Barwick, Brotton, Cold Cotes, Easby, Ingleby, Marske, Ormsby and Upsall, Yorks. – in all, valued at £954 p.a. In his will, Pennyman senior gave direction for sale of lands in St Albans, Barwick, Brotton, Ingleby and Upsall worth £202 p.a. to pay his debts.WARD5/49, unfol.; Pennyman, Fam. of Pennyman, 25-6, 61-2; VCH N. Riding, ii. 404. On his marriage in about 1630, Pennyman acquired an estate through his w. of lands in manor of Hornby; a third of manor of Yarm; two thirds of manor of Marske; a third of manor of Skelton, worth £90 p.a.; a third of manor of Eston, worth £108 p.a.; lands in Hudswell and ‘Stanghen’; lands in Skipton Bridge and Thornton Steward; and a burgage-tenement in Northallerton, Yorks.C142/766/69; Pennyman, Fam. of Pennyman, 62; VCH N. Riding, i. 315; ii. 218, 322, 402, 408. In about 1633, Pennyman granted to his uncle lands and tithes in Marske, Redcar and Upleatham, Yorks., which were valued after the civil war at £600 p.a.SP23/179, p. 2; Yorks. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. J. W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xv), 190. In 1637, he mortgaged for £3,500 a third part of castle, manor and lordship of Skelton, with lands, mines and alum works belonging, and a third part of manor of Eston, Yorks., paying £500 p.a. for 15 years.C54/3122/18; SP46/107, ff. 198-9. In 1639, sold a third part of manor of Yarm.C54/3160/8; VCH N. Riding, ii. 218, 322. In 1641, borrowed £2,500 by statute staple.LC4/202, f. 227v; C54/3282/5, 9.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented Allan Smallwood to vicarage of Marske, Yorks. 1642.IND1/17000, f. 20v.

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