CORNWALLIS, Sir Frederick, 1st bt. (1611-62), of Brome Hall, Suff.

Family and Education

b. 14 Mar. 1611, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Sir William Cornwallis† of Brome Hall, Suff. being o.s. of 2nd w. Jane, da. of Hercules Meautys of West Ham, Essex.Regs. of St Botolph, Bishopgate ed. A.W.C. Hallen (1889-95), i. 179. educ. privately. m. (1) prob. 2 Dec. 1630, Elizabeth (d. c.1644), da. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, Suss., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.;Cornwallis Corresp. 208; Collins, Peerage, ii. 549-51. (2) 1646, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Crofts† of Little Saxham, Suff., 1da.CCAM 696; Collins, Peerage, ii. 550-1; Suff. RO (Bury), HA514/2. suc. fa. 1611;C142/329/185. cr. bt. 4 May 1627;CSP Dom. 1627-8, pp. 156, 163; Cent. Kent. Stud. U24/F1; CB ii. 13. Kntd. 2 Dec. 1630;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 198. suc. half-bro. Nicholas Bacon 1660;Copinger, Manors of Suff. i. 284-5. cr. Baron Cornwallis of Eye 20 Apr. 1661.C66/3000, mm. 29-30; Cent. Kent. Stud. U24/F2. d. 7 Jan. 1662.D. Lloyd, Memoires (1668), 663.

Offices Held

Court: ?equerry to king by 1631.Cornwallis Corresp. 214. Gent. of privy chamber, May 1633–?.LC5/132, p. 335. Gent. usher of privy chamber, extraordinary, July 1638; in ordinary by 1640-aft. 1643.LC5/134, pp. 269, 414; Ceremonies of Charles I ed. A.J. Loomie (New York, 1987), 285; LC3/1, f. 1v; Northants. RO, FH3775. Treas. of household to Charles II, ?1649–d.S.E. Hoskins, Charles the Second in the Channel Islands (1854), ii. 315. PC, 6 July 1660–d.PC2/54, f. 57.

Local: commr. navigation, River Lark, Suff. 1635.Coventry Docquets, 306. Steward, honor of Eye 1639-bef. 1650, June 1660–d.Cornwallis Corresp. 258; E320/Q16; LJ xi. 78b. Commr. assessment, Suff. 1 June 1660, 1661. July 1660 – d.An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p.; Mdx. Aug. 1660–d.C231/7, p. 32. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 13, 105. Mdx. 18 Oct. 1661;C181/7, p. 122. gaol delivery, Ipswich c.July 1660;C181/7, p. 19. poll tax, Suff. 1660;SR. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660.C181/7, p. 37. Dep. lt. Suff. c.Aug. 1660–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Frederick Cornwallis’.

Military: lt. of horse, regt. of Philip Herbert*, 4th earl of Pembroke, royal army, 1639.CSP Dom. 1639, pp. 37, 162; CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p. 607.

Civic: freeman, Ipswich June 1660–d.E. Anglian n.s. vi. 265, 316, 317–18.

Parlimentarian

CORNWALLIS, Sir Frederick, 1st Bt. (1611-62), of Culford, Suff.

: 1st bt. (1611-62), of Brome Hall, Suff. 1611 – 62.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on panel, unknown, 1639;NT, Castle Ashby. oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, 1661.English Heritage, Audley End.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CORNWALLIS, Sir Frederick, 1st bt. (1611-62), of Brome Hall, Suff.

Will

d. intestate, probate inventory compiled on 3 Feb. 1662 at Whitehall and Westminster, and on 21 Apr. 1662 at Brome, Suff.CP iii. 453; PROB4/7012.

Estates

personal estate valued at £100 p.a. 1655.TSP iv. 428.

Oxford 1644

Yes

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