Family and Education
b. c. 1546, 1st s. of Robert Dunne of London, and Anne, da. of John Branche, Draper, of London.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. cix), 68; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 567. educ. All Souls, Oxf. 1567, BCL 1572, DCL 1580; adv. 1580; G. Inn 1599.Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. by 1587, Joan (d.1640), da. of William Aubrey†, DCL, of London and Sydenham, Kent, 5s. 11da.Morant, Essex, i. 159; J. Aubrey, Brief Lives, i. 53, 56, 65. suc. fa. 1553;PROB 11/36, f. 39. Kntd. 23 July 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 114. d. 26 Sept. 1617.C142/371/123.
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Principal of New Inn Hall, Oxf. 1580–1;VCH Oxon. iii. 337. member, Doctors’ Commons 1582–1612;G.D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons, 161. official, archdeaconry of Essex 1585 – 86; chan. Rochester dioc. 1598–1604;B.P. Levack, Civil Lawyers, 226–7. j.p. Essex 1598–d.;C231/1, f. 45; C66/1988. commr. subsidy, Essex 1601 – 02, 1605, 1609,Eg. 2651, ff. 10v, 14v; Eg. 2644, f. 171; SP14/31/1. piracy, London and home counties 1603 – 15, Carm. 1609, 1617, Durham, 1610, Soton, Hants 1611, 1614, 1615, Dorset 1611, Devon 1611, 1614, Exeter, Devon 1612, Suff. 1612, Cornw. 1613, Cumb., Northumb. and Westmld. 1614,C181/1, f. 66; 181/2, ff. 12, 95, 101, 129, 138v, 139v, 159, 174, 175, 186, 200v, 208v, 214, 215v, 220, 242, 276. sewers, London and Mdx. 1606, 1611, Suff. 1609, Essex and Mdx. 1613, London 1615,C181/2, ff. 19v, 94v, 153, 193, 243; Lansd. 168, f. 151. oyer and terminer, London and the Verge 1606–d.,C181/2, ff. 13, 18, 280v, 287. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1606–d.,Ibid. ff. 18v, 280. charitable uses, Essex 1607–14,C93/3/3; 93/4/4, 9; 93/5/7, 16; 93/6/6. assurances, London 1610–d.,C181/2, ff. 105, 143, 194, 215, 264. Admlty. causes, Mdx. and Home Counties 1614.HCA 1/32/1, f. 38.

Judge of audience and dean of Arches 1598–d.;Levack, 226; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, DCc/CA3, f. 211v. commr. prizes 1598, 1613;C231/1, f. 61v; HMC Downshire, iv. 214. master in Chancery extraordinary 1601–?d.;C216/1/19. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1601–d.;R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 350; HMC Hatfield, xv. 224; xvi. 290; C193/6/173. commr. treaty of Bremen 1602–3;Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 23; HMC Hatfield, xii. 502; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, pp. 47–9, 68. master of Requests 1602–11;APC, 1601–4, pp. 490, 499; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 160, 323. commr. imported bks. 1604,Levack, 226. Union with Scotland 1604;CJ, i. 208a. judge of Admlty. (jt.) 1609 – 14, (sole) 1614–d.HCA 30/586, ff. 28v-31; Lansd. 273, ff. 17v, 64v; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 515.

Member, Span. Co. 1604; Virg. Co. 1609; Newfoundland Co. 1610; French Co. 1611.Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 5–6, 93, 96; A. Brown, Genesis of US, 211; Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 52, 64.

Main residences: Aldersgate, London; Theydon Garnon, Essex.
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DUNNE (DONNE), Sir Daniel (c.1546-1617)

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