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b. 27 Jan. 1603, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Harbottle Grimston*, 1st bt. and Elizabeth, da. of Ralph Copinger of Allhallows, Hoo, Kent.Add. 19090, f. 161; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 207; J.E. Cussans, Hist. of Herts. – Hundred of Cashio (1881), 247. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1619, matric. 1620; L. Inn, 1 Nov. 1621.Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. i. 188. m. (1) 16 Apr. 1629 (with £3,000), Mary (d. 1649), da. of Sir George Croke† of Waterstock, Oxon. and coh. to her brother Thomas, 6s (5 d.v.p.) 2da;Herts. RO, IX.A.11; A. Croke, The Geneal. Hist. of the Croke Fam. (Oxford, 1823), i. 606. (2) settlement 10 Apr. 1651, Anne (d. 1680), da. and h. of Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Culford, Suff., wid. of (Sir) Thomas Meautys*, 1da.Herts. RO, IX.A.23-4. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 19 Feb. 1648.Essex RO, microfiche D/P 173/1/1; N. King, The Grimstons of Gorhambury (Chichester, 1983), 10. d. 2 Jan. 1685.“Observations of Weather”: weather diary of Sir John Witteronge of Rothamsted 1684-89, ed. M.H. Williams and J. Stevenson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xv), 14; N. Luttrell, A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs (Oxford, 1857), i. 324; HMC 1st Rep. 56.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 20 Nov. 1628; bencher, Nov. 1648 – d.; kpr. Black Bk. 1653; treas. 1657–8.LI Black Bks. ii. 282, 379, 397, 420, iii. 439.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 21 Mar. 1633 – aft.June 1638, by Oct. 1660–d.;Coventry Docquets, 68, C231/5, p. 128; CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 507. Essex 20 Dec. 1638 – bef.Jan. 1650, by Oct. 1660–d.;Coventry Docquets, 76; C231/5, p. 319; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 508–10; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxvi. Herts. Mar. 1660 – d.; Cambs. Mar. 1660;A Perfect List (1660). St Albans borough and liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Mar. 1672.C181/6, pp. 179, 396; C181/7, pp. 52, 621; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 27 July 1636-aft. Nov. 1641, 5 July 1660-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/5, ff. 57v, 213v; C181/7, pp. 3, 589. Essex 25 July 1640-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 183v, 254. St Albans bor. 15 July 1656;C181/6, p. 178. St Albans liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 180, 397. Home circ. c.June 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, p. 372; C181/7, pp. 7, 638. London 13 Nov. 1660, 25 Nov. 1671-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 68, 601, 630. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 303. gaol delivery, Colchester c. Aug. 1637 – aft.Sept. 1641, 10 Sept. 1662-aft. Nov. 1671;C181/5, ff. 85v, 212; C181/7, pp. 169, 603. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238, 254. Newgate gaol 14 May 1661-aft. Dec. 1670;C181/7, pp. 99, 564. London 24 Sept. 1670-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, p. 560, 630. sewers, Essex 15 Jan. 1641, 22 Mar. 1666;C181/5, f. 187; C181/7, p. 353. Mdx. 24 July 1662;C181/7, p. 164. subsidy, Essex 1641, 1663; Herts., St Albans, Mdx. 1663; Colchester, Harwich 1641; further subsidy, Essex, Colchester, Harwich 1641; poll tax, Essex 1641, 1660; Harwich 1641; Colchester 1641, 1666; Herts., St Albans, Mdx. 1660;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641.C181/5, f. 208v. Dep. lt. Essex 1642–?, Sept. 1660-aft. 1662; Herts. 1660–?1666.HMC 7th Rep. 550; Herts. RO, IX.A.43a; IX.A.46; SP29/11, ff. 203, 271; SP29/42, f. 114v; SP29/60, f. 141v. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex, Colchester, Harwich 1642;SR. assessment, Essex 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Colchester 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1672, 1677, 1679; Herts. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Westminster 1 June 1660; Mdx. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; St Albans 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR, A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Essex, Colchester 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Essex 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, Colchester 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. Essex, Colchester 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Essex 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Herts. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. recusants, Essex 1675.CTB iv. 750.

Civic: recorder, Harwich 1634 – bef.53, 1660 – 84; Colchester Aug. 1638–16 July 1649.Harwich bor. recs. 98/3, f. 58; 2/1: summary of Harwich by-laws, 1604–62; 98/15, p. 91; C181/5, f. 120; Essex RO, D/Y 2/8, p. 69; D/B5 Gb4, f. 31. High steward, Colchester Aug. 1663-aft. 1678; St Albans by Aug. 1664–d.The Charters and Lttrs. Patent granted to the bor. ed. W.G. Benham (Colchester, 1903), 116; SR; The Corp. Recs. of St Albans (St Albans, 1890), 7, 81, 85, 296.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. for examinations, 27 Jan. 1642;CJ ii. 398b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 402b. cttee. of safety, 8 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 758b; LJ v. 343a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ ix. 295b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648;LJ x. 492b. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Speaker, House of Commons, 25 Apr.-29 Dec. 1660.HP Commons, 1660–1690. Master of the rolls, 3 Nov. 1660–d.Herts. RO, IX.A.41. Commr. chancery causes, 1670–2.Herts. RO, IX.A.51; XIII.35.

Religious: vestryman, St Bartholomew Exchange, London by May 1644-aft. Mar. 1647.The Vestry Min. Bks. of the Par. of St Bartholomew Exchange, ed. E. Freshfield (1890), pt. ii. 8–21. Elder, Essex classis, 1646–8.H. Smith, ‘Presbyterian organisation of Essex’, Essex Review, xxviii. 16.

Parlimentarian
GRIMSTON, Harbottle (1603-1685), of Bradfield Hall, Essex and Lincoln’s Inn, London
: Essex and later of Gorhambury, Herts.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown;Gorhambury, Herts. oil on canvas, unknown, aft. 1660;NPG. oil on canvas, attrib. J. Riley, aft. 1660;Parliamentary Art Colln. oil on canvas, unknown, aft. 1660;Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service. oil on canvas, unknown, aft. 1660;Colchester Town Hall, Essex. oils, M. Beale, 1687.Gorhambury, Herts.

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Commons 1640-1660
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GRIMSTON, Harbottle (1603-85), of Bradfield Hall, Essex, and later of Gorhambury, Herts.

Will
23 May 1684, pr. 26 Jan. 1685 and 1 Nov. 1708.PROB11/379/81.
Estates
said to have been worth £2,000 p.a.;Gent. Mag. lxvi. pt. i. 467. he and Robert Brerewood* bought land in Salop 1636;Coventry Docquets, 694. bought Crouched Friars, St Mary’s, Colchester, 1637;P. Morant, The Hist. and Antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester (1748), bk. ii. 5; Coventry Docquets, 703. feoffee to 2nd earl of Warwick (Sir Robert Rich†) and later to 3rd earl of Warwick (Robert Rich*), honour of Rayleigh, Essex, by 1645-aft. 1659;Bodl. Rawl. B.310. bought manors of Gorhambury, Westwick and Pray, Herts. for £10,000, 1652;Herts. RO, I.A.42. bought manor of Kingsbury, Herts. for £5,700, 1658.Herts. RO, III.B.14.
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