LYTTON, Rowland (c.1615-74), of Knebworth, Herts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1615, o.s. of Sir William Lytton* of Knebworth.Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii.), 73, 115; J. Le Neve, Peds. of the Knights ed. G.W. Marshall (Harl. Soc. viii.), 82; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 95; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 376, 377. educ. Hertford g.s.; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1632;Al. Cant. I. Temple 23 Jan. 1634;I. Temple Admissions database. travelled abroad (Italy) 1635-6.PC2/44, p. 390. m. (1) 1638, Judith (d. 13 May 1659), da. and coh. of Thomas Edwards, Mercer, of London and Wadhurst, Suss., 2s. 2da.;Coventry Docquets, 729; Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635 (Harl. Soc. xv.), 249; The Gen. n.s. xxxiv. 4-5; Dorset RO, D124 (Mary Gresley to Lady Strangways, 4 Aug. 1650); Chauncy, Herts. ii. 103; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 377, 378. (2) settlement 12 June 1661, Rebecca (d. 23 Mar. 1686), da. and coh. of Thomas Chapman, scrivener, of Soper Lane, London and Wormley, Herts., wid. of Thomas Playters of Sotterley, Suff. and Richard Lucy of Westminster, 1da.Le Neve, Peds. of the Knights, 82; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 95; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 377. Kntd. 1660;Le Neve, Peds. of the Knights, 82; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 229. suc. fa. 1660. d. 1 Nov. 1674.Chauncy, Herts. ii. 103.

Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Herts. 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); A. and O. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Feoffee, Hellard’s almshouses, Stevenage, Herts. by 1649.The Hellard Almshouses and other Stevenage Charities 1482–2005 ed. M. Ashby (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxi.), 11–14, 25. J.p. Herts. 10 July 1656-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 340; C193/13/5, f. 50; C193/13/6, f. 41v. St Albans borough and liberty 15 July 1656–18 Sept. 1660.C181/6, pp. 179, 181, 396. Commr. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 178, 397. militia, Herts. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. 1660–d.SP29/11, f. 203. Sheriff, 1662–3.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 64. Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian

LYTTON, Rowland (c.1615-74), of Knebworth, Herts.

: of Knebworth, Herts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LYTTON, Rowland (c.1615-74), of Knebworth, Herts.

Will

5 Sept. 1674, pr. 12 Nov. 1674.PROB11/346/281.

Estates

transferred manors of Stotford Brayes and Stotford Newnham, Beds. to Sir John Barrington* and Robert Wallop* to the use of his fa. prior to his own marriage to Judith Edwards, 1638;Coventry Docquets, 729. bought manor of Anstey, Herts. 1666.Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 342; VCH Herts. iv. 13.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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