OXENDEN, Sir James (1641-1708), of Deane, Wingham, Kent.

Family and Education

bap. 4 Apr. 1641, 1st s. of Henry Oxenden by 2nd w. educ. G. Inn, entered 1657; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1658, BA 1661; travelled abroad (Italy) 1663-5. m. (1) lic. 17 May 1673 (with £3,000), Elizabeth da. of Edward Chute alias Westrow of Bethersden, Kent, s.p.; (2) Arabella (d.1735) da. of Edward, 2nd Baron Rockingham, s.p. Kntd. 22 Mar. 1672; suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. Aug. 1686.The Gen. n.s. viii. 40; Coll. Voyages and Travels ed. Churchill (1746), vi. 520, 663.

Offices Held

Commr. for assessment, Kent 1673 – 80, Sandwich 1679 – 80, Kent and Sandwich 1689 – 90; j.p. Kent 1677 – 87, 1689 – d.; freeman, Sandwich 1679; capt. of militia horse, Kent Dec. 1688; commr. for lodemanage court, Cinque Ports 1689; dep. lt. Kent 1694–d.Kent AO, SA/AC8, f. 223; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 210.

Parlimentarian

OXENDEN, Sir James (1641-1708), of Deane, Wingham, Kent.

Main residence: Deane, Wingham, Kent.

Author

B.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

OXENDEN, Sir James (1641-1708)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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