CAMPION, Henry (c.1586-1653), of Putney, Surr., and Newton Valence, Hants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1586, eldest s. of Abraham Campion, citizen and Clothworker, of All Hallows the Great, London, and Helen (d. 1612), da. of Richard Duffield, of London.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 202-3; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 33-4; Misc. Gen. et Her. 4th ser. ii. 261-2; E. Suss. RO, Danny ms 1576-81. educ. M. Temple, 19 Apr. 1605.M. Temple Admiss. i. 84. m. 1 Aug. 1622, Anne, da. of John Willett, Clothworker, of London and Putney, at least 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 2da. d.v.p.Harl. 1397, f. 186; St Mary, Putney, par. reg. suc. fa. 9 Mar. 1611.C142/321/102; PROB11/117/308; PROB11/120/378. d. bef. 12 May 1653.PROB6/30, f. 178.

Offices Held

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 1612. 4 Nov. 1643Raikes, Ancient Vellum Bk., 18. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. Hants.; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; levying of money, 10 June 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Religious: churchwarden, St Mary, Putney 1637–9.St Mary, Putney, par. reg. Elder, first Hants classis, 17 Nov. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 242.

Civic: freeman, Lymington 16 Oct. 1640.Hants RO, 27M74/DBC2, f. 35.

: of Putney, Surr. and Hants., Newton Valence.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Will

admon. 6 June 1653, to son, Richard Campion.PROB6/30, f. 178.

Estates

inherited in 1611 manors of Newton Valence, Old Lymington and New Lymington, Hants, together with property in Putney, Surr. and in Kent, and £3,000, but the estate was charged with substantial other legacies.PROB11/117/308; PROB11/120/378. In 1635 he and his wife sold 150a. of wood in Newton Valance.Coventry Docquets, 685.

Oxford 1644

No

Addresses

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