FIENNES, James (c.1603-74), of Broughton, Oxon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1603, 1st s. of William Fiennes, 8th Baron (later 1st Viscount) Saye and Sele, and Elizabeth (d. 1648), da. of John Temple of Burton Dassett, Warws. and Stowe, Bucks; bro. of Nathaniel Fiennes I* and John Fiennes*.CP. educ. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1618; Emmanuel, 12 Oct. 1622;Al. Cant. travelled abroad, aft. 4 Dec. 1624-1625;PC2/32, f. 267. L. Inn, 11 Mar. 1628.LI Admiss. i. 205. m. with £3,000, settlement 20 Apr. 1629, Frances (d. July 1684), da. and coh. of Edward Cecil†, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, 3s. d.v.p. 2da.Bodl. Rawl. D.892, ff. 270-5; PROB11/376/515; CP. suc. fa. as 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele, 14 Apr. 1662. d. 15 Mar. 1674.CP.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Oxon. 17 Feb. 1632 – 7 Oct. 1636, 26 Feb. 1641 – 10 June 1642, Mar. 1660–d.C231/5, pp. 75, 219, 431, 528; Coventry Docquets, 66; A Perfect List (1660); HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. sewers, Oxon. and Berks. 18 July 1634;C181/4, f. 179. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 5 June 1640-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 179, 218v. perambulation, Wychwood, Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 209v. disarming recusants, Oxon. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. commr. for Oxon. 25 June 1644;A. and O. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 14 Oct. 1644;CJ iii. 661a; LJ vii. 24a. assessment, Oxon. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661; Glos. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Glos., Oxon. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Oxon. c.July 1660–68. Ld. lt. 22 Feb. 1668–d.SP29/11, f. 223; SP29/42, f. 115v; HP Commons 1660–1690.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O.

Civic: freeman and bailiff, Oxf. 12 Oct. 1668.Oxford Council Acts 1665–1701, 27.

Parlimentarian

FIENNES, James (c.1603-1674), of Broughton Castle, Oxon.

: of Broughton, Oxon.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

FIENNES, James (c.1603-74), of Broughton, Oxon.

Will

admon. 15 Apr. 1674.PROB6/49, f. 33.

Estates

maintenance charged on manors of Newton, Bloxham, Shutford and Broughton, Oxon. Apr. 1629;Bodl. Rawl. D.892, ff. 270-5. third? share in sale price (£16,789) of Wimbledon manor, 11 Dec 1639;CSP Dom. 1639-40, p. 157. lands in Oxon. (inc. Broughton Castle) and Norton, Glos. 14 Apr. 1662.Bodl. Rawl. D.892, f. 200; Oxon. RO, SL170/D/1.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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