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

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.

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.

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

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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