TUFTON, Sir Humfrey (1584-1659), of Mote, Maidstone and Hothfield.

Family and Education

b. 1584, 2nd surv. s. of Sir John Tufton bt. (d. 1624) of Hothfield, and 2nd w. Christian, da. of Sir Humphrey Brown, j.c.p.; bro. of Sir Nicholas Tufton†, 1st earl of Thanet;CB. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 30 June 1598;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 22 Apr. 1601.I. Temple database. m. 1615, with £6,000, Margaret, da. of Harbert Morley (d. 1610) of Glynde, Suss, 2s. (1 d.v.p.).CB; E. Suss. RO, Glynde MSS 134, 138, 140-1, 144-8. Kntd. 18 Jan. 1614;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 154. cr. bt. 24 Dec. 1641. d. Oct. 1659.CB.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Maidstone 23 Oct. 1640.Cent. Kent. Stud. Md/ACm1/2, f. 179.

Local: j.p. Kent by 1621 – bef.27 June 1629, 27 June 1629-at least Feb. 1642.PRO30/26/104, f. 23; C231/5, p. 11. Commr. subsidy, 1621, 1622, 1624, 1641;C212/22/20, 21, 23; SR. sewers, Luddenham Level, Kent 1621;C181/3, f. 44v. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1622, 1625, 1629, 1630, 1639, 3 Nov. 1653;C181/3, ff. 59v, 173; C181/4, ff. 18v, 38v; C181/5, f. 144v; C181/6, p. 23. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1623, 1625, 1632, 21 Aug. 1645, 13 May 1657, 1 July 1659;C181/3, ff. 94, 188v; C181/4, f. 106v; C181/5, f. 258v; C181/6, pp. 226, 365. Denge Marsh, Kent 1624, 1625, 1636, 21 Aug. 1645, Oct. 1658;C181/3, ff. 134v, 185v; C181/5, ff. 40v, 260; C181/6, p. 321. Ravensbourne to Lombard Wall, Kent 1626;C181/3, f. 203. Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst, Kent 1626, 1628, 1639;C181/3, ff. 212v, 248v, 252v; C181/5, f. 129v. River Medway, Kent 1627;Canterbury Cathedral Lib. U85/35/7. Kent 1637;C181/5, f. 68. Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 23 May 1645;C181/5, f. 253. inquiry, recusants lands, Kent 1622.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449 (misdated). Dep. lt. by Feb. 1629–?SP16/160, f. 12; SP16/409, ff. 15–17. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; 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. 235v. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. Sheriff, 1654.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 70.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b.

Parlimentarian

TUFTON, Sir Humfrey (1584-1659), of Mote, Maidstone and Hothfield.

: of Mote, Maidstone and Hothfield.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

TUFTON, Sir Humfrey (1584-1659), of Mote, Maidstone and Hothfield.

Will

admon. granted to son, Sir John Tufton†, 8 Oct. 1659.PROB6/35, f. 277v.

Estates

granted lease of some royal lands in Essex, St Sepulchre London, and Lenham, Kent, 1611;CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 29. acquired Glynde, Suss. through marriage, 1615;E. Suss. RO, Glynde MSS 134, 138, 140-1, 144-8. owned property in St Margaret’s Westminster during 1630s, and in St Giles-in-the-Fields by 1639;CSP Dom. 1639, p. 13. leased a farm in Rowde, Wilts. by 1651;CCC 2766; SP23/125, p. 301. claimed property in Shipley, West Grinstead and Horsham, Suss. in 1654.CCC 2282; SP23/125, p. 304.

Oxford 1644

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