CHOLMONDELEY, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (1584-1659), of Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire; later of St. John’s Churchyard, Chester and Bickley Hall, Cheshire

Family and Education

b. 26 June 1584,J. Lodge, Peerage of Ire. iii. 76-7. 1st s. of (Sir) Hugh Cholmondeley† of Cholmondeley and Mary, da. of Christopher Holford of Holford, Cheshire. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1600. Al. Ox. m. Catherine (d. 15 June 1657), da. of John, Lord Stanhope (Sir John Stanhope*) of Harrington, Northants., s.p.; 1s. illegit. suc. fa. 1601; cr. bt. 29 June 1611, Visct. Cholmondeley of Kells [I] 2 July 1628, Bar. Cholmondeley of Wich Malbank (Nantwich) 1 Sept. 1645, earl of Leinster [I] 5 Mar. 1646. d. 8 Oct. 1659. CP; Cheshire Archives, DCH/ZZ/2; Lodge, iii. 76-78; CB; G. Ormerod, Hist. Cheshire, ii. 638; Oxford DNB.

Offices Held

J.p. Cheshire 1614–42; J. Morrill, Cheshire, 16; C231/4, pp. 90, 165, 227. commr. sewers, Chester 1615; C181/2, f. 233v. sheriff, Cheshire 1619–20,Cheshire Archives, DCH/M/32/2. commr. subsidy, 1621, 1624, C212/22/20, 23 Forced Loan 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii, pt. 2, p. 144. array 1642, Cheshire Archives, ML/2/286. raising troops (roy.), Cheshire, Denb., Flints. 1644.HMC 10th Rep. IV, 373.

Col. (roy.), 1642–5. R.H. Morris, Siege of Chester, 25, 28.

Parlimentarian

CHOLMONDELEY, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (1584-1659), of Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire; later of St. John’s Churchyard, Chester and Bickley Hall, Cheshire

Main residences: Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire; St. John's Churchyard, Chester; Bickley Hall, Cheshire.

Author

C.R.K.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CHOLMONDELEY, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (1584-1659)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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