BERKELEY, Sir Henry (c.1578-1667), of Yarlington, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1578, 2nd s. of Sir Henry Berkeley† (d. 1601) of Bruton, Som. and Margaret, da. of William Lygon of Madresfield, Worcs. wid. of Sir Thomas Russell† of Strensham, Worcs.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 7. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 13 Feb. 1590 ‘aged 11’.Al. Ox. m. settlement 12 Feb. 1609, Elizabeth (bur. 4 Jan. 1657), da. of Sir Henry Neville† of Billingbear, Berks. 3s (1 d.v.p.), 4da (1 d.v.p.).T.E. Rogers, Recs. of Yarlington (1890), 32, 41; S.W. Bates Harbin, Som. MPs, 144; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii) i. 250; CCC 1989; TSP iii. 331. Kntd. 29 Apr. 1609.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 148. bur. 31 Aug. 1667 31 Aug. 1667.Rogers, Recs. of Yarlington, 41-2.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. Ireland ?-1603.CSP Ire. 1603–6, pp. 30, 91, 165; 1606–8, p. 538.

Local: j.p. Som. by 1618 – 45, 1660–d.C231/4, f. 64; QS Recs. Som. James I, 244; Som. RO, DD/SE/45/1. Treas. hosps. eastern division, Som. 1621;QS Recs. Som. James I, 293. maimed soldiers, Som. 1625.QS Recs. Som. Charles I, 8. Commr. to supervise Lyfield Forest, Rutland and Beaumont Forest, Northants. 1621;CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 302. sewers, Som. 1625–41;C181/3, f. 186; C181/4, ff. 21, 172v; C181/5, f. 205. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 49v. disafforestation, Roche Forest, Som. 1627;C66/2441/1. enclosure, Sedgemoor, Som. 1628;T. Rymer, Foedora, viii. pt. 2, p. 267. oyer and terminer, Western circ. May 1635 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/5, ff. 6, 205; C181/7, pp. 9, 397. manufacture of hard soap, western parts 1638;C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. navigable rivers, Som. Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 99. further subsidy, 1641;SR. poll tax, 1641, 1660;Som. Protestation Returns, 192, 206, 227, 245. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH 133, unf. accts. (roy.), 20 May 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 208. Dep. lt. 1660–d.SP29/11, f. 227; SP29/60, f. 150; Som. RO, DD/Pot/162; DD/BR/bn/37. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian

BERKELEY, Sir Henry (c.1579-c.1667), of Yarlington, Som.

: of Yarlington, Som.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BERKELEY, Sir Henry (c.1578-1667), of Yarlington, Som.

Will

21 Sept. 1666, 27 Sept. 1667.PROB11/324/606.

Estates

bought Brooks Court, Ilchester, Som. 1629;Rogers, Recs. of Yarlington, 36-8. sold lands at Wymondham and Edmondthorpe, Leics. 1635; he and others bought moiety of manor of Bratton Lynes, Som. 1638.Coventry Docquets, 677, 731.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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