WINDEBANKE, Sir Francis (1582-1646), of Drury Lane, London, and Haines Hill, Hurst, Berks.

Family and Education

bap. 21 Aug. 1582,Reg. of St Martin in the Fields ed. T Mason (Harl. Soc. xxv), 15. o. s. of Sir Thomas Windebanke of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx. and Frances, da. of Sir Edward Dymock (d. 1566) of Scrivelsby, Lincs.Mdx. Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. lxv), 123; Lincs. Pedigrees iv (Harl. Soc. lv), 1205; ‘Sir Francis Windebanke’, Oxford DNB. educ. St John’s, Oxf. 18 May 1599, ‘aged 13’; BA 26 Jan. 1602;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 4 Feb. 1603;M. Temple Admiss. i. 80. travelled abroad (France, Germany, Italy), 1605-8.CSP Dom. 1603-10, pp. 284, 285, 289, 366, 390, 403. suc. fa. 24 Oct. or Nov. 1607.Mdx. Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. lxv), 123; Reg. of St Martin-in-the-Fields, 158. m. lic. 30 June 1608, Edith Jackson of Essex, 5s. inc. Thomas* (2 d.v.p.), 6da.Vis. Surr. 1662-8 (Harl. Soc. lx), 122; ‘Sir Francis Windebanke’, Oxford DNB. Kntd. 18 June 1632.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 200. d. 1 Sept. 1646.Al. Ox.

Offices Held

Central: clerk of the signet, ?5 Sept. 1610.BHO, J. C. Sainty, draft list of clerks of the signet; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 198. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 10 Apr. 1631.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 7. Sec. of state and PC, 15 June 1632–3 Dec. 1640/Aug. 1641.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 354; 1641–3, p. 185; Nicholas Pprs. i. 1–2. Commr. admlty. 20 Nov. 1632, 1 Oct 1634.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 440; 1634–5, p. 222. Member, high commn. Canterbury prov. Dec. 1633.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326. Commr. to review Merchant Adventurers, 5 May 1634; to examine accts. of Ld. Valentia, 7 May 1634; inquiry into soap patents, 17 Sept. 1634;C181/4, f. 186. to investigate prisoners escaped from Fleet prison, 16 Jan. 1635; to survey the ordnance, Feb. 1635; treasury, 15 Mar. 1635;CSP Dom. 1634–5, pp. 9, 11, 465, 583. complaints against Fishery Co. 8 May 1635;CSP Dom. 1635, p. 62. govt. of colonies, 10 Apr. 1636.CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 363. Master of the posts by 27 July 1637.CSP Dom. 1637, p. 331. Commr. in cause betw. Ld. Lambert and Ld. Roberts, ?17 Sept. 1637;CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p. 564. inquiry into brickmakers and bricklayers, 12 Nov. 1638.C181/5, ff. 118v, 119. Member, council of war, 30 Dec. 1639, 14 Feb. 1640.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 188; C231/5, p. 367. Commr. investigating disclosure of privy council procs. 27 May 1640.CSP Dom. 1640, p. 222.

Local: j.p. ?Westminster by 23 Dec. 1618–?d.; Berks. by May 1627–?d.C181/2, f. 331v; C181/3, f. 16; CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 167. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1 June 1632–5 June 1640;C181/4, ff. 117, 194; C181/5, ff. 6v, 161. the Verge 27 Jan. 1634-aft. Nov. 1639;C181/4, ff. 157v, 175v; C181/5, ff. 89v, 154v. Hants and I.o.W. 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, f. 58. Suss. 23 May 1637;C181/5, f. 68v. Surr. 12 May 1640;C181/5, f. 169. piracy, London 28 May 1633, 1 Dec. 1635;C181/4, f. 138v; C181/5, f. 26v. Hants and I.o.W. 26 Sept. 1635, 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, ff. 24, 58. Suss. 23 May 1637;C181/5, f. 68v. Cornw., Devon 4 Aug. 1637;C181/5, ff. 83, 84. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 16 July 1633;C181/4, f. 147v. Mdx. and Westminster 13 Dec. 1634, 21 July 1637-aft. July 1638;C181/4, f. 190v; C181/5, ff. 81, 114v. gaol delivery, Surr. 12 May 1640.C181/5, f. 169.

Parlimentarian

WINDEBANKE, Sir Francis (1582-1646), of Drury Lane, London, and Haines Hill, Hurst, Berks.

: London and Berks., Haines Hill.

Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, G. Glover, 1641;BM. pencil drawing, G.P. Harding, nineteenth century.NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WINDEBANKE, Sir Francis (1582-1646), of Drury Lane, London, and Haines Hill, Hurst, Berks.

Will

admon. 1650.PCC Admons. 1649-54 (BRS lxviii), 406.

Estates

Haines Hill and manors of Mordells and Odes, in parish Hurst, Berks. from 1607, with other lands and leases totalling about £500 p.a.;VCH Berks. iii. 248, 253, 255; Nalson, Impartial Colln. i. 562. house in Drury Lane;e.g. CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 54; Add. 4187, ff. 50-51v) Banisters and Odes Grove, 5 acres in Hurst, 1626.VCH Berks. iii. 248.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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