MONSON, Sir William, Visct. Monson of Castlemain [I] (1600-72), of Reigate, Surr., and Chelsea, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. 2 Feb. 1600,Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson, i, ed. M. Oppenheim (Navy Recs. Soc. xxii), p. xxxvii. 2nd s. of Sir William Monson† (d.1643) of South Carlton, Lincs. and Kinnersley, Surr., and Dorothy, da. of Richard Wallop of Bugbrooke, Northants., wid. of Richard Smith of Shelford, Warws.CP; ‘Monson, Sir William’, Oxford DNB. educ. sch. Calais; acad. Brussels bef. 13 Oct. 1613-aft. 27 Mar. 1616;HMC Downshire IV. 222-3; V. 454-5. travelled abroad, aft. 14 May 1623-?;PC2/31, f. 701. G. Inn 13 Aug. 1633.GI Admiss. i. 201. m. bef. 26 Oct. 1625, Margaret (d. 4 Aug. 1639), da. of James Stewart, 2nd earl of Moray, wid. of Charles Howard†, 1st earl of Nottingham, 1s. d.v.p. ;HMC 4th Rep. Appendix, 306; SP16/427, f. 33; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 683. (2) settlement 1 May 1646, Frances (d. Nov. 1650), da. of Thomas Alston of Polstead, Suff., 1s. 1da. () (3) 14 Feb. 1651, Elizabeth (d. 26 Dec. 1695), da. of Sir George Reresby of Thrybergh, Yorks., wid. of Sir Francis Foljambe, 1st bt.* of Aldwark, Yorks., and Edward Horner of Mells, Som. 1da.Lincs. Peds. 683; C5/388/97; C5/24/28. Kntd. 12 Feb. 1623;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 181 cr. Baron Monson of Bellinguard and Visct. Monson of Castlemaine [I], 23 Aug. 1628, degraded 12 July 1661.CP. bur. 29 Feb. 1672 29 Feb. 1672.W.H. Challen, ‘Suss. Entries in London Par. Registers’, Suss. N. and Q. x. 18.

Offices Held

page to Margaret Howard, countess of Nottingham, by 28 Feb. 1618–?Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson, i. p. xxxix.

recvr. duchy of Lancaster, Lincs. 5 Mar. 1628–32.R. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Officeholders, 189. Constable, Bolingbroke Castle c.1628–?Aug. 1634.G. Holles, Church Notes (Lincs. Rec. Soc. li), 126. Commr. further subsidy, Surr. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Lincs. 17 Mar. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Kent, Northants. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Leics., Mdx., Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; defence of Hants and southern cos. Surr. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. Dep. lt. Surr. 24 Jan. 1644–?CJ iii. 376a. Commr. oyer and terminer, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 238v. Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 372. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 239v. J.p. by 1645 – bef.Oct. 1653, Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660; Mdx. 12 July 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653; Westminster 16 July 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653; Kent, Lincs. (Lindsey) by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Northants. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656.ASSI35/84/4; C231/6, pp. 94, 261; Names of Justices of the Peace (1650), 28, 33, 40, 54; C193/13/4, ff. 47, 57, 59, 127v; Perfect List (1660), 54. Commr. New Model ordinance, Surr. 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 23 Nov. 1645;C181/5, f. 263v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 12 June 1654-aft. Sept. 1659;C181/6, pp. 37, 388. militia, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Northants. 26 July 1659; Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650.A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). Custos rot. Surr. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.Add. 4782, f. 80.

member, cttee. for sequestrations by 6 Oct. 1643;SP20/1, f. 58v. cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. for compounding, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Member, cttee. for the army, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 113b; A. and O. cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649; Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

MONSON, Sir William (1600-1672), of Reigate, Surr. and Chelsea, Mdx.

Visct. Monson of Castlemain [I] (1600-72), of Reigate, Surr. 1600 – 72 and Mdx., Chelsea.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MONSON, Sir William, Visct. Monson of Castlemain [I] (1600-72), of Reigate, Surr., and Chelsea, Mdx.

Will

not found: property forfeited for treason.

Estates

?Oct. 1625-4 Aug. 1639, £1,000 p.a. crown pension in right of first wife, of which £500 p.a. to be obtained from office at Bolingbroke Castle;Church Notes, 126. Oct. 1625, interest through wife in moiety of manor of Reigate, extended Jan. 1633 to life interest in own right; 1628, acquired remaining moiety in possession; W. Hooper, Reigate: its Story through the Ages (1945), 29-31. 1625-?1660, lease on royal manor of Chelsea;VCH Mdx. xii. 110-11, 138; CCAM 948. bef. 20 Mar. 1640, small estate in Ireland;CSP Ireland, 1633-47, p. 337. bef. 1636-aft. 1654, residence in Covent Garden;Survey of London xxxvi ‘Covent Garden’, pp. 196-9, 230-9. May 1646 Monson alleged his ‘entire estate’ consisted of manors of Craft, Reigate and Howleigh, worth £1,300 p.a. and Tidwell farm, Kent, worth £100 p.a. but marriage settlement also mentioned manor of Grafton, Lincs., manor of Sheppey, Kent, and messuages in Covent Garden;SP18/71, f. 34; C5/388/97. c.5 Dec. 1648, investment in New Albion, north America;B. Plantagenet, A Description of the Province of New Albion (1648), 3. according to cousin and reversionary heir, c.1661 owned lands worth £500 p.a. in Lincs. and Sheppey which were charged with a jointure of £200 p.a. and £3000 debt;Lincs. RO, MON/19/7/1/12. estate declared forfeit, 25 July 1661.LJ xi. 320b.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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