BAKER, John I (c.1489-1558), of London and Sissinghurst, Kent.

Family and Education

b. c. 1489, 1st s. of Richard Baker of Cranbrook. educ. I. Temple. m. (1) ?Catherine, da. of Richard Sackville of Withyham, Suss. s.p.; (2) by 1530, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Digneley of Stanford Dingley, Berks. and Middle Aston, Oxon., wid. of George Barrett of Belhus in Aveley, Essex, 2s. John II and Richard 3da. suc. fa. 1504. Kntd. by 18 June 1540.Aged 62 ‘or thereabouts’ in 1551, Foxe, Acts and Mons. vi. 184. PCC 20 Holgrave, 26 Bodfelde; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 145; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 63-64; C1/391/47; LP Hen. VIII, xv; DNB.

Offices Held

Bencher, I. Temple 1517, Lent reader ?1522, 1530, gov. 1532 – 33, 1538 – 39, 1540 – 41, 1542 – 43, 1545 – 48, 1551 – 52, 1555–7.
Commr. subsidy, Kent 1514, benevolence, Kent and London 1544/45, relief, Kent 1550, goods of churches and fraternities, Kent and London 1553; other commissions 1535 – d.; j.p. Kent 1515 – d., Mdx. 1537 – d., Herts. 1537 – 40, Essex, Surr., Suss. 1538 – 40; under sheriff, London 1520 – 26, recorder 1526 – 35; attorney-gen. duchy of Lancaster 1535 – 36; attorney-gen. 1536 – 40; PC by 1540; chancellor, first fruits and tenths 1540 – 54; chancellor of Exchequer 1540 – d., under treasurer 1543 – d.; custos rot. Kent c.1547.City of London RO, Guildhall, jnl. 12, f. 49; rep. 7, f. 148; 9, f. 112v; Somerville, Duchy, i. 408; LP Hen. VIII, viii, xi, xv, xvi, xviii, xx, xxi; PPC, vii. 3; APC, ii. 24, 163, 265, 379; iii. 39; CPR, 1547–8, p. 85; 1549–51, p. 140; 1550–3, pp. 355, 396; 1553, p. 355; 1553–4, p. 5; 1558–60, p. 56; CSP Dom. 1547–80, p. 118.
Speaker of House of Commons 1545, 1547.

Parlimentarian

BAKER, John I (c.1489-1558), of London and Sissinghurst, Kent.

Main residences: London; Sissinghurst, Kent.

Author

H.M.

Volume

Commons 1509-1558

Web Title

BAKER, John I (c.1489-1558)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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Addresses

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