BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent.

Family and Education

bap. 19 July 1579, 1st s. of Sir Edward Boys of Fredville and 1st w. Mary, da. of Peter Wentworth† of Lillingston Lovell, Oxon.Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9, p. 11; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 21. educ. Corpus, Camb. 1594, BA 1597;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 10 Nov. 1599;MT Admiss. i. 75. travelled abroad, aft. Aug. 1604-bef. June 1605.Add. 29759, f. 49v. m. 20 Mar. 1604, Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Hammond of Bekesbourne, Kent, 6s. 6da (1 d.v.p.).Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9; Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 40; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 21; Canterbury Mar. Licences 1568-1606, 58; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U3/93/1/1. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604.C231/5, p. 90; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130, 132. suc. fa. bef. 15 Jan. 1635.Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9, p. 98; Add. 29759, f. 49v. d. betw. 23 May-11 Aug. 1646.CJ iv. 553b, 642a; C231/6, p. 55.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Mersham and Sandwich, Kent 1615, 1620, 1621, 1625, 1631;C181/2, f. 244; C181/3, ff. 3v, 40, 157v; C181/4, f. 75. Kent 1631, 1639;C181/4, f. 101v; C181/5, f. 146v. Denge Marsh, Kent 1636, 21 Aug. 1645;C181/5, ff. 40v, 260. Forced Loan, Kent 1626–7.Harl. 6846, f. 37; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 27. J.p. 17 Aug. 1632–d.C231/5, p. 90; Coventry Docquets, 67. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Cinque Ports 1639.C181/5, f. 131v. Lt. Dover Castle by 1640.Jones, Annals of Dover, 63. Commr. subsidy, Kent 1641; further subsidy, 1641, poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. 17 Aug. 1642–d.CJ ii. 724a. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar., 16 Aug. 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. 236. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Sandwich 1626.Cent. Kent. Stud. Sa/AC7/132A.

Military: gov. (parlian.) Dover Castle Aug. 1642–d.Statham, Hist. Dover, 417.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ iii. 666b. cttee. of navy and customs by 6 Mar. 1646.SP16/512, f. 38.

Parlimentarian

BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent

: of Fredville, Nonington, Kent.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent.

Will

27 Aug. 1639, pr. 22 Oct. 1646.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. PRC31/127, no. 425.

Estates

inherited from fa. in 1635 estate centred on Fredville, which had been valued at £1,000p.a. bef. 1612;HMC Hatfield, xxii. 13. his inheritance had also been amplified by other relatives.Cent. Kent. Stud. PRC32/38, f. 48v; PRC32/41, ff. 51v, 54v. Boys bequeathed property in Sandwich, in addition to Fredville in Nonington.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. PRC31/127, no. 425.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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