RUDYERD, Sir Benjamin (1572-1658), of West Woodhay, Berks. and St James’s Park, London.

Family and Education

b. 26 Dec. 1572, 3rd s. of James Rudyerd (d. 1611) of Hartley, Hants and Margaret, da. and h. of Lawrence Kidwelly of Winchfield, Hants. educ. Winchester;Memoirs of Sir Benjamin Rudyerd (1841) ed. J.A. Manning, 2, 4. St John’s, Oxf. 15 Jan. 1588;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 18 Apr. 1590;M. Temple Admiss. i. 60. travelled abroad (Scotland) 1601, (Italy, Germany) 1610-13, 1614-17.HP Commons 1604-1629. m. 3 May 1621, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Harington of Bagworth, Leics. and Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, 1s. 2 da.Holy Trinity Minories, London par. reg.; Vis. Hants 1530, 1573, 1622 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 142; Vis. Berks. 1532, 1566, 1623, 1665-6 (Harl. Soc. lvi), 274-5. Kntd. 1970.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 126. d. 31 May 1658.Mems. of Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, 255-6.

Offices Held

called, M. Temple 24 Oct. 1600; associate bencher, 1619.M. Temple Admiss. i. 60; HP Commons 1604–1629.

gent. of privy chamber ?by Jan. 1610–42.SO3/4; SP16/58/71.

surveyor, ct. of wards and liveries, 17 Apr. 1618–24 Feb. 1646.IHR, J.C. Sainty, ‘List of Officeholders’; H.E. Bell, An Introduction to the Hist. and Recs. of the Ct. of Wards and Liveries (1953), 21, 159. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643; cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations by 5 Apr. 1644;SP20/1, ff. 130v, 132. cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644;CJ iii. 699b. cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

freeman, Portsmouth 1621.HP Commons 1604–1629.

j.p. Mdx. 1625- 4 July 1642; Surr. 1625–19 July 1642.C231/4, ff. 192–3; C231/5, pp. 532–3. Commr. new buildings, London 1625, 1630;Rymer, Feodera, viii. pt. 1, p. 70; pt. 3, p. 144. Forced Loan, Surr. 1627;C193/12/2, f. 57v. sewers, I.o.W. 1631;C181/4, f. 89. oyer and terminer, London 12 Jan. – aft.Nov. 1645, 3 Dec. 1655;C181/5, ff. 230, 265; C181/6, p. 134. Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 238v. commr. for Berks. 25 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, 3 Dec. 1655;C181/5, ff. 244, 265; C181/6, p. 134. assessment, Berks. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

member, Adventurers of London for trade in America, 2 Apr. 1635.Coventry Docquets, 266.

Parlimentarian

RUDYARD (RUDYERD), Sir Benjamin (1572-1658), of Whitehall; later of West Woodhay, Berks.

of West Woodhay, Berks. and St James’s Park, London.

Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, J. Payne aft. D. Mytens, 1632;BM; NPG. etching, W. Hollar.BM; NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

RUDYERD, Sir Benjamin (1572-1658), of West Woodhay, Berks. and St James’s Park, London.

Will

17 May 1658, pr. 19 Nov. 1658.PROB11/284/232.

Estates

manor of West Woodhay, Berks. from 1634;VCH Berks. iv. 244. lease (?) on house in St James’s Park, London.CSP Dom. 1659-60, p. 173; Rudyerd Memoirs, 251.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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