CONWAY, Sir Edward I (c.1563-1631), of Ragley, Arrow, Warws. and Brill, Utd. Provinces; later of St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster

Family and Education

b. c. 1563,HMC Portland, iii. 23. 1st s. of Sir John Conway of Ragley and Eleanor, da. of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamps Ct., Alcester, Warws. W. Dugdale, Antiqs. of Warws. (1730), p. 848. educ. vol., Neths. from c.1589; CSP For. 1590-1, p. 147. M. Temple 1614; ?G. Inn 1624. M. Temple Admiss.; GI Admiss. (possibly Sir Edward Conway II). m. (1) by 1593, Dorothy (d. Feb. 1613), da. of Sir John Tracy† of Toddington, Glos. and wid. of Edmund Bray of Gt. Barrington, Glos., 3s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.); Dugdale, 850; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 429; HMC Cowper, i. 411. (2) pre-nuptial settlement 18 Apr. 1614, C142/486/107. Katherine (d. 30 June 1639), da. of Giles Hueriblock of Ghent, Spanish Neths. and wid. of Richard Fust (admon. 9 Mar. 1614) of London, Grocer, s.p. Dugdale, 851; CP, iii. 400; PROB 11/123, f. 191v; CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 227; 1619-23, p. 142. Kntd. ?22 June 1596; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 92. suc. fa. 1603; C142/486/107. cr. Bar. Conway of Ragley 24 Mar. 1625, Visct. Killultagh [I] 15 Mar. 1627, Visct. Conway of Conway Castle 26 June 1627. C66/2335/1; 66/2377/13; 66/2442/1. d. 3 Jan. 1631. C142/486/107. sig. Edw[ard] Conway.

Offices Held

Capt. ft., France by 1594, Brill 1594–6, CSP For. 1593–4, pp. 157–8; 1596, p. 86. Cadiz, Spain 1596, HMC Hatfield, vi. 205. lt. gov., Brill c.1597–1616, APC, 1597, p. 17; 1615–16, p. 514. marshal c.1597-at least 1604. Add. 5753, f. 225v; HMC Hatfield, xvi. 305.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1609, A. Brown, Genesis of US, i. 232. Guiana Co. 1627. Eng. and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon ed. J. Lorimer (Hakluyt Soc. ser. 2. clxxi), 291.

Commr. survey, Jersey gov. 1617, CSP Dom. Addenda, 1580–1625, pp. 564–5. new buildings, London 1618, 1625,C66/2165; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 70. j.p. Warws. 1618–d., C231/4, f. 63; C66/2527. Evesham, Worcs. 1621–d., Evesham Bor. Recs. 1605–87 ed. S.K. Roberts (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xiv), 23. Mdx. by 1625–d., Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 11; C66/2527. Westminster by 1625-at least 1626, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 21; E163/18/12, f. 104. Hants by 1626–d., E163/18/12, f. 71; C66/2527. Eng. and Wales 1628–d.; C66/2495, 2527. commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1618–d., C181/2, f. 316v; 181/4, f. 58v. Mdx. 1623 – 25, 1629, C181/3, ff. 100v, 190v; 181/4, f. 24v. London 1623–d., C181/3, f. 102v; 181/4, f. 66. Verge 1627–d., C181/3, f. 217; 181/4, f. 48v. Hants and I.o.W. 1628, C181/3, ff. 240v-1. Western and Northern circs. 1629–d., C181/3, ff. 259, 262; 181/4, ff. 42v, 61. Cumb. 1630; C181/4, f. 25. freeman, Evesham 1621 – d., Southampton, Hants from 1626, alderman, Evesham 1621 – 26, high steward 1625–d.; Evesham Bor. Recs. 22–3, 25–7; HMC 11th Rep. iii. 24. commr. subsidy, Warws. 1622, 1624, Mdx. 1624, C212/22/21, 23. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1623 – d., Southampton, Hants 1629, C181/3, f. 101; 181/4, ff. 23, 66. sewers, London 1623, 1629, Cambs., Hunts., Lincs., Norf., Northants. and Suff. 1629; C181/3, ff. 103v, 255v; 181/4, ff. 19v, 29, 39. v.-adm., Hants and I.o.W. 1624–d., HCA 30/820, no. 14; 30/865. ld. lt. 1625–d.; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 535; APC, 1629–30, p. 341. commr. martial law, Hants 1626 – 27, billeting 1626, APC, 1626, pp. 101, 221, 223–4; 1627–8, p. 176. Forced Loan, Mdx. 1626 – 27, Hants, London, Surr. and Warws. 1627, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 141, 144–5. commr. knighthood fines, Eng. 1630–d. CSP Dom. 1629–31, pp. 175–6.

PC 28 June 1622–d.; APC, 1621–3, p. 266; 1630–1, p. 174. commr. exacted fees 1622, 1630; Ibid. 1621–3, p. 325; CSP Dom. 1629–31, pp. 236–7. sec. of state 1623–8; APC, 1621–3, p. 395; 1628–9, p. 262. cllr. of war 1624-at least 1626; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 244; 1625–6, p. 328. commr. Virg. plantation 1624, APC, 1623–5, p. 252. sale of Crown lands 1626; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 428. ld. pres. of Council 1628–d. APC, 1628–9, p. 262; 1630–1, p. 174.

Amb. extraordinary, Low Countries, Germany 1620–1. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 143, 266.

Parlimentarian

CONWAY, Sir Edward I (c.1563-1631), of Ragley, Arrow, Warws. and Brill, Utd. Provinces; later of St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster

Main residences: Ragley, Arrow, Warws.; Brill, Utd. Provinces; St. Martin's Lane, Westminster.

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P.M.H.

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Commons 1604-1629

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CONWAY, Sir Edward I (c.1563-1631)

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Oxford 1644

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