OXINDEN, Henry (1614-86), of Deane, Wingham, Kent

Family and Education

b. 28 Apr. 1614, 1st s. of Sir James Oxinden of Deane and Margaret, da. of Thomas Nevinson of Eastry.Add. 54332, f. 20. educ. travelled abroad (Sedan, France), 1633.Add. 27999, f. 173. m. (1) Aug. 1636, Mary (bap. 5 July 1616, bur. 5 Dec. 1638), da. of Robert Baker of St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 14 Apr. 1640, Elizabeth (d. 19 Aug. 1659), da. of Sir William Meredith, 1st bt., of Leeds Abbey, Kent, 7s. (2 d.v.p.), 6da. (1 d.v.p.); (3) 18 Feb. 1661, Elizabeth, da. of Mathew Reade of Folkestone, wid. of Mark Dixwell of Broomhouse, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. 26 Sept. 1657.Add. 54332, ff. 21, 22v, 29v, 53v; PROB11/141/433 (Robert Baker); MI (Sir James Oxenden), St Mary the Virgin, Wingham, Kent. Kntd. 9 June 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 228. cr. bt. 8 May 1678.CTB 1676-9, p. 987. bur. 28 Aug. 1686 28 Aug. 1686.Wingham, Kent, par. reg. transcript.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Mersham to Sandwich, Kent 16 July 1639, 1 July 1659-aft. Sept. 1660;C181/5, f. 147; C181/6, p. 366; C181/7, p. 56. E. Kent 13 Nov. 1669;C181/7, p. 510. Suss. 1639, 1646. 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650E. Suss. RO, DAP1/2. Capt. militia, Kent bef. 1642. 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650The Oxinden Letters, 1607–1642 ed. D. Gardiner (1933), 308–9. Commr. defence of Hants. and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643. 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650A. and O. J.p. Kent, 30 Sept. 1653 – 7 Mar. 1657, Mar. – July 1660, 5 Sept. 1660 – bef.Dec. 1662, 1665–d.C231/6, pp. 269, 362; C231/7, pp. 35, 71; C193/13/6, f. 45; A. Everitt, The County Cttee. of Kent (1957); HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236 gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 237. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Dep. lt. 25 Feb. 1645–?, by 1680–d.CJ iv. 62b; SP44/164, f. 179; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. military rule, Kent 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). poll tax, 1660;SR. accts. of Dover harbour, Aug. 1670;SP44/34, f. 47. recusants, Kent 1675.CTB iv. 788.

Military: lt. col. (parlian.) by Nov. 1643.Add. 54332, f. 17.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

OXENDEN, Henry (1614-86), of Deane, Wingham, Kent.

: Wingham, Kent.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, ?C. Johnson;Oxinden Lttrs. ed. Gardiner, opp. 211. line engraving, ?G. Glover, 1647.H. Oxinden, Religionis Funis (1647), frontispiece; NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

OXINDEN, Henry (1614-86), of Deane, Wingham, Kent

Will

23 Apr. 1686, pr. 12 Sept. 1686.PROB11/384/366.

Estates

in Piccadilly, Westminster, including property in the `green mews’.Add. 28001, f. 247. House called Baily Corner, London, 1656-7.Add. 28003, ff. 407, 460. Inheritance from fa. included manor of Deane around Wingham, near Canterbury, Sept. 1657.Hasted, Kent, ix. 89, 224. Purchased reversion of three and a half acres on the east side of Haymarket, for £2,200, 1661.C8/285/13; C54/4142/5; CTB 1660-67, p. 120. Further portions of former Baker family estate bought for £200.C8/285/13; Add. 40713, ff. 42v-45v; Add. 40712, f. 5v; Add. 40700, f. 214; C33/225, f. 424. After the death of his mo.-in-law, agreement with Colonel Panton to divide the estate (Apr. 1668), leading to the development of Oxinden Street. By 1673 Oxinden had released his property in Piccadilly to his son, Sir James Oxinden†.Add. Ch. 66193.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

lodgings ‘over against George Tavern, near New Exchange’, Nov. 1644;Add. 28000, f. 351. at Mr Black’s house, near the Fleece tavern in York Street, Covent Garden, Nov. 1646.Add. 28001, f. 168.

Religion

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