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Family and Education
b. c. 15 July 1589, 2nd but o. surv. s. of John Hotham† of Scorborough, and 3rd w. Jane, da. and coh. of Richard Legard of Rysome, Yorks.C142/319/179; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 260-1. (1) 16 Feb. 1607 (with 1,000 marks), Katherine, da. of Sir John Rodes of Barlborough, Derbys. 2s. 2da. d.v.p.;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 261; PROB11/74, f. 131v. (2) 16 July 1614, Anne, da. and h. of Ralph Rokeby† of York, 3s.;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 261; Borthwick, Reg. Test. 26, f. 163. (3) Frances, da. of John Legard of Ganton, Yorks., haberdasher of London, 3da. d.v.p.;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 261-2. (4) 27 Oct. 1631, Katherine (d. 31 Aug. 1634), da. of Sir William Bamburgh, 1st bt. of Howsham, Yorks., wid. of Sir Thomas Norcliffe of Langton, Yorks. 2da. (1 d.v.p.);Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 262; C142/664/2. (5) 7 May 1635, Sarah, da. of Thomas Anlaby of Etton, Yorks. 4da.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 262; C142/774/14. suc. fa. 15 June 1609;C142/319/179. Kntd. 11 Apr. 1617;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 162. cr. bt. 4 Jan. 1622.CB. exec. 2 Jan. 1645.J. Maskell, Parochial Hist. and Antiq. of Allhallows Barking, 81.
Offices Held

Military: vol. Bohemia 1619 – 20; ?Germany 1620–1.APC, 1618–19, pp. 454–5; Strafforde Letters, ii. 288.

Local: commr. sewers, Yorks. (E. Riding) 23 Feb. 1613–d.;C181/2, f. 181v; C181/3, ff. 48, 187; C181/4, ff. 189v; C181/5, ff. 41, 198. Hull, Yorks. 28 Feb. 1622;C181/3, f. 52. River Derwent, E. and N. Riding 15 Apr. 1629;C181/4, f. 1. N. Riding 28 Apr. 1632.C181/4, f. 114. J.p. E. Riding by 1614 – 26, 19 Dec. 1628-c.May 1640;C231/4, ff. 130v, 262; Cholmley Mems. ed. J. Binns (Yorks. Arch. Soc. Rec. Ser. cliii), 100. Beverley, Yorks. 17 Feb. 1615-c.May 1640;C181/2, f. 223v; Cholmley Mems. ed. Binns, 100. N. Riding 19 Nov. 1631-c.May 1640.C231/5, p. 69; Cholmley Mems. ed. Binns, 100. Commr. subsidy, E. Riding 1621, 1624.C212/22/20–1, 23. Collector (jt.) 10ths, 1624.E179/283, vol. ‘TG 28398’. Gov. Hull c.Dec. 1628–43.Strafforde Letters, ii. 288, 310–11; LJ iv. 505b; A.M.W. Stirling, The Hothams, 30. Commr. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268. recusants, northern cos. 8 June 1629-aft. July 1638;C66/2615/1; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, 47; ix. pt. 1, 57; pt. 2, 162. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 13 June 1629–d.C181/4, ff. 14v, 197v; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203. Dep. lt. E. Riding c.Jan. 1629–43.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P12/50. Member, council of the north, June 1629–41;R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. dep. v.-pres. c.May 1635.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P16/54. Commr. knighthood fines, northern cos. 31 July 1631;E101/668/9 ff. 1–2; Strafforde Letters i. 142–3. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, E. Riding 1633;Hull Hist. Cent. U DDHA/18/35. charitable uses, 1633.C192/1, unfol. Sheriff, Yorks. 5 Nov. 1634–5.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 163. Col. militia ft. E. Riding by c.1635–43.Add. 28082, f. 80v. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642,SR. 24 Feb. 1643; Hull 24 Feb. 1643; sequestration, E. Riding, Hull 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643.LJ vi. 55b.

Parlimentarian
HOTHAM, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1589-1645), of Scorborough, Yorks.; later of Fyling Hall, Yorks.
: 1st bt. (1589-1645), of Scorborough 1589 – 1645 and Fyling Hall, Yorks.
Likenesses

Likenesses: medal, T. Simon, 1645;BM; NPG. etching, R. Walton, 1647-60.NPG.

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Commons 1640-1660
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HOTHAM, Sir John, 1st bt. (1589-1645), of Scorborough and Fyling Hall, Yorks.

Will
died intestate.
Estates
Hotham estimated that his estate, before the civil war, was worth £3,000 p.a.Hotham Pprs. 133, 137. In 1633, purchased Fyling Hall and its demesne lands (worth £240 p.a.) from Sir Hugh Cholmeley*.Cholmley Mems. ed. Binns, 94. A 1650 schedule of his estate at his death, listed freehold lands in Scorborough, Hutton Cranswick, Fylingdales, Lockington and Rysome and leasehold lands in Allerston, Beswick and Howsham, Yorks. worth £2,652 p.a.Hull Hist. Cent. U DDHO/20/7; P. Roebuck, Yorks. Baronets 1640-1760, 65. At his arrest in 1643, he was found to have at least £4,800 in ready money.Hotham Pprs. 30. He reportedly left a personal estate worth an estimated £10,000.C6/191/20; C33/211, f. 140.
Oxford 1644
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