CHOLMELEY, Sir Hugh (1600-57), of Whitby, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 22 July 1600, 1st s. of Sir Richard Cholmley† of Whitby, and 1st w. Susan (d.1611), da. of John Legard, merchant, of London and Ganton, Yorks.;Cholmley Mems. ed. J. Binns (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. cliii), 72, 80; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 254. bro. of Henry Cholmley*. educ. Beverley g.s. (William Petty) 1611-13;Cholmley Mems. 78, 81-2. Jesus, Camb. Easter 1614;Al. Cant.; Cholmley Mems. 82-3. G. Inn 6 Feb. 1618.G. Inn Admiss. 149; Cholmley Mems. 83. m. 10 Dec. 1622 (with £3,000), Elizabeth (d. 17 Apr. 1655), da. of Sir William Twysden† of Red Cross Street, London, and Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street (Harl. Soc. par. reg. section lxxii), 6; Cholmley Mems. 84, 115, 116, 121; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 255-6. Kntd. 19 May 1626;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. suc. fa. 23 Sept. 1631;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 254. cr. bt. 10 Aug. 1641.CB. d. 30 Nov. 1657.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 255.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Scarborough Jan. 1624–?d.Scarborough Recs. 1600–40 ed. M. Y. Ashcroft (N. Yorks. RO Publications xlvii), 117–18.

Local: j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 20 July 1631-c.1644.C231/5, p. 64; N. Riding QS Recs. ed. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. iii), 181. Commr. sewers, 28 Apr. 1632;C181/4, f. 114. charitable uses, 16 Mar. 1633;C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 21 June 1633-aft. June 1641;C181/4, ff. 143, 197v; C181/5, ff. 8, 203v. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, N. Riding c.1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 71. Dep. lt. c.1635–40. Col. militia ft. c.1635–40.Add. 28082, f. 81; Cholmley Mems. 96, 100. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 4 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. to attend king at York, 2 May 1642.CJ ii. 553a

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) c.Aug. 1642-Mar. 1643. Gov. (parlian.) Scarborough c. Aug. 1642 – Mar. 1643, (roy.) Mar. 1643-July 1645.Cholmley Mems. 104, 105; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vi. 118. Col. of horse and dragoons (roy.), c.Mar. 1643-July 1645. V.-adm. (roy.) N. Yorks. coast c.Mar. 1643-July 1645.Cholmley Mems. 105.

: of Whitby, Yorks.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, C. Johnson, c.1640;Cholmley Mems. frontispiece, 99. oil on canvas, P. Lely.NT, Hatchlands.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CHOLMELEY, Sir Hugh (1600-57), of Whitby, Yorks.

Will

19 Nov. 1657, pr. 8 Nov. 1660.PROB11/300, f. 359.

Estates

in 1631, inherited estate inc. manor, mansion house and rectory of Whitby and numerous properties in and around Whitby and Fylingthorpe, Yorks. worth about £1,600 p.a. – or £2,700 p.a. on improvement.Cholmley Mems. 75, 87, 167-71, 176-85. In 1633, purchased manors of Dale Town and Aislaby and a third of manor of Skelton, Yorks.C54/2966/16; Cholmley Mems. 92. By the mid-1640s, estate consisted of manor, mansion house and rectory of Whitby, manor of Dale Town and lands in and around Whitby, Fylingthorpe and Robin Hood’s Bay, Yorks. valued at more than £1,170 p.a.C54/2971/13; SP23/9, f. 18; SP23/214, pp. 291, 297; VCH N. Riding, ii. 496, 503-4, 510. During 1650s, invested over £10,000 erecting alum works at Whitby, which he leased out at £200 p.a.C5/18/22; C6/41/151; Cholmley Mems. 12, 14, 111.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Chiswick, Mdx. (1641-2) Roydon Hall, Peckham, Kent (1651-2) Russell Street, next to the Reindeer Inn, London (1654-5).Cholmley Mems. 83, 84, 91, 98, 103, 113, 114; CJ ii. 735b.

Religion