BROMFIELD, Henry (c.1610-83), of Chawcroft House, South Stoneham and Heywood nr. Lymington, Hants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Arthur Bromfield of Southampton by Lucy, da. and h. of Edward Quinby of South Stoneham. educ. G. Inn 1627; travelled abroad (France) 1632. m. lic. 6 June 1635, Frances, da. of Thomas Kemp of Ginnes, Beaulieu, and coh. to her bro. John Kemp, 2s. 5da. suc. fa. c.1651.Vis. Hants. ed. Phillipps, 8; Royalist’s Notebk. ed. Bamford 74; Hants Mar. Lic. 100; F. H. Kemp, Kemp Fams. iv. 52; PCC 98 Bowyer, 80 Drax.

Offices Held

Freeman, Southampton 1634; commr. for defence, Hants 1643, execution of ordinances 1644 – 45, assessment 1644 – 52, 1657, Jan. 1660–3, 1664 – 80; j.p. Hants 1646 – bef.80, Wilts. and Dorset 1675 – 80; commr. for militia, Hants 1648, Mar. 1660, poor prisoners 1653; freeman, Lymington 1653; commr. for scandalous ministers, Hants 1658; verderer, New Forest ?1675–80.Information from Miss S. D. Thomson, Southampton City Archivist; E. King, Old Times Revisited, 184, 189; CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 42; VCH Hants. iv. 618; Vis. Hants, 8; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 981.

Parlimentarian

BROMFIELD, Henry (c.1610-83), of Chawcroft House, South Stoneham and Heywood nr. Lymington, Hants.

Main residences: Chawcroft House, South Stoneham; Heywood nr. Lymington, Hants.

Author

M.W.H.

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

BROMFIELD, Henry (c.1610-83)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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