RAMSDEN, Sir John (1594-1646), of Longley Hall, Almondbury, and Byram Hall, Brotherton, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 10 Oct. 1594, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Ramsden of Longley Hall, and Rosamund (bur. 4 May 1597), da. of Thomas Pilkington of Bradley, Huddersfield.W. Yorks. Archives (Kirklees), Ramsden mss, DD/R/dd/V/30, f. 1v; Almondbury Par. Reg. ed. H. Taylor (Yorks. Arch. Soc. par. reg. ser. cxxxix), 201, 204, 238, 251; Foster, Yorks. Peds. m. (1) (settlement 15 June 1624, with £2,000), Margaret (bur. 18 Sept. 1626), da. of Sir Peter Frescheville† of Staveley, Derbys., 2s.;W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), Ramsden mss, RA/S 1(1R); Almondbury Par. Reg. ed. H. Taylor (Yorks. Arch. Soc. par. reg. ser. cxl), 120, 125; Foster, Yorks. Peds. (2) 20 Aug. 1633, Anne, da. of Lawrence Overton, merchant, of St Andrew Undershaft, London, wid. of George Chamberlain, ironmonger, of St Andrew Undershaft, and John Poole, mercer and alderman of London, of St Andrew’s Undershaft, s.p.Bobbingworth Par. Regs. ed. F.A. Crisp (1884), 60; PROB11/163, f. 423v; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 97. Kntd. 12 Aug. 1619;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 173. suc. fa. 7 June 1623. bur. 27 Mar. 1646 27 Mar. 1646.Foster, Yorks. Peds.

Offices Held

Local: capt. militia ft., Yorks. (W. Riding) by Apr. 1626–?;Beaumont Pprs. ed. W.D. Macray (Roxburghe club cxiii), 54. col. by c.1635–42.Add. 28082, f. 80. J.p. 19 Feb. 1628-c.1644;C231/4, f. 239v. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 3 Mar. 1640-aft. Dec. 1641.C181/5, ff. 164v, 216v. Commr. recusants, northern cos. 11 July 1628-aft. July 1638;C66/2615/1; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 205; Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 58; pt. 2, p. 162. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 13 June 1629-aft. June 1641;C181/4, ff. 14v, 197v; C181/5, ff. 8, 203v. charitable uses, W. Riding 27 June 1629, 5 July 1632, 19 July 1633;C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1629, 1641;Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. 210; SR. sewers, 7 May 1631;C181/4, f. 82. Hatfield Chase Level 17 May 1634-aft. Dec. 1637;C181/4, f. 174; C181/5, ff. 17, 87. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, W. Riding by Nov. 1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, p. 43. Kpr. Selby Chase, Yorks. 20 Jan. 1634–?Add. Ch. 45901. Sheriff, Yorks. 3 Oct. 1636–30 Sept. 1637.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 163. Commr. further subsidy, W. Riding 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 18 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) by Oct. 1643-c.July 1645.CJ iii. 279b; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers (New York, 1981), 310.

Parlimentarian

RAMSDEN, Sir John (1594-1646), of Byram Hall, Brotherton, Yorks.

: of Longley Hall, Almondbury and Byram Hall, Yorks., Brotherton.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

RAMSDEN, Sir John (1594-1646), of Longley Hall, Almondbury, and Byram Hall, Brotherton, Yorks.

Will

3 Sept. 1642, pr. 14 Feb. 1647.PROB11/199, f. 335.

Estates

in 1627, purchased manor of Almondbury.W. Yorks. Archives (Kirklees), DD/R/dd/V/29. In 1628-30, purchased manor of Byram.CP25/2/520/6CHAS1/EAST; W. Yorks. Archives (Kirklees), DD/RA/F/8. In 1631, acquired moiety of manor of Huddersfield.W. Yorks. Archives (Kirklees), DD/R/dd/III/2; P. Ahier, Legends and Traditions of Huddersfield (Huddersfield, 1940-5), 40. In 1633 and 1638, settled on his second w., for her jointure, manors of Byram, Monk Fryston, Potterton and Saddleworth and lands in and around Hatfield, Yorks. worth £1,272 p.a.C10/32/121. By 1640, he and another gent. were leasing manor of Monk Fryston, Yorks. from queen at rent of £62 p.a.LR9/19, bdle. 5. Bef. civil war, Ramsden’s estate inc. manors of Almondbury, Bay Hall, Byram, High Burton and Huddersfield; advowson of Huddersfield; lands, fulling-mills and coal mines in Almondbury, Byram, Deighton, Huddersfield, Kirkheaton, Lockwood, Newsome, Pontefract and South Crosland, Yorks.; and lands in Bobbingworth, Chipping Ongar and Sheering, Essex, worth £201 p.a.PROB11/199, ff. 335v-336v; W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), RA/S 1(1R); RA/S 2(2R); Add. 5505, ff. 20, 22, 26. At his d. reportedly left a personal estate of betw. £2,000 and £5,000 and debts of betw. £5,300 and £10,000.C33/210, f. 752; C10/32/121; C10/51/150. The Ramsden estate valued at £1,400 p.a. in 1671, but reckoned to have been worth £2,000 p.a. in 1679.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), RA/S 2(2R); C33/281, f. 970.

Oxford 1644

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