CAREY, John, Visct. Rochford (c.1608-1677), of Hunsdon, Herts. and Coningsborough, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1608, 1st s. of Henry Carey* of Hunsdon, and Judith, da. of Sir Thomas Pelham†, 1st bt., of Laughton, Suss.Her. and Gen. iv. 41. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1624.Al. Cant. m. (1) 9 May 1628, Dorothy (d. 28 June 1628), da. of Oliver St. John I* of Bletsoe, Beds., 1st earl of Bolingbroke, s.p.; (2) 2 Dec. 1630, Abigail (d. 10 Feb. 1688), da. of Sir William Cockayne, Skinner, of Broad Street, London, ld. mayor 1619-20, 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Her. and Gen. iv. 41. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. styled. Visct. Rochford 8 Mar. 1628; summ. to Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Hunsdon 3 Nov. 1640;CP, vi. 630-1; xi. 52. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Dover, Apr. 1666.Ibid. iv. 446. d. 26 May 1677.Her. and Gen. iv. 41.

Offices Held

Commr. sewers, river Stort in Herts. and Essex 1628, 1638,C181/3, ff. 251, 272; 181/5, f. 112v. j.p. Herts. 1629–42;C231/4, f. 267; 231/5, p. 530. commr. swans, Herts. 1634,C181/4, f. 178v. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, Herts. 1644,C181/5, f. 240. appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1647, militia, Yorks. 1648.A. and O. i. 927, 1245.

Col. horse (parl.) 1642; maj.-gen. 1642.E. Peacock, Army Lists, 30; CSP Dom. 1641–2, p. 366.

Commr. exclusion from sacrament 1646, sale of bps.’ lands 1646, indemnity complaints 1647;A. and O. i. 853, 905, 937. Speaker, House of Lords 1–5 Aug. 1647;Ibid. 995; LJ, ix. 365b-374a. commr. scandalous offences 1648.A. and O. i. 1208.

Parlimentarian

CAREY, John, Visct. Rochford (c.1608-1677), of Hunsdon, Herts. and Coningsborough, Yorks.

Main residences: Hunsdon, Herts.; Coningsborough, Yorks.

Author

J.P.F.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CAREY, John, Visct. Rochford (c.1608-1677)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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