Family and Education
b. 1556, o.s. of Sir Richard Cholmley of Whitby by his 2nd w. Catherine, da. of Henry, 1st Earl of Cumberland, wid. of John, 8th Lord Scrope of Bolton. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. by 1568; Jesus, Camb. 1573; Caius, Camb., fellow commoner 18 Aug. 1573, aged 17; L. Inn 1577. m. Margaret, da. of Sir William Babthorpe of Babthorpe, Yorks., 3s. 9da. suc. half-bro. 1586. Kntd. Apr. 1603.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. York. ii. 249; Vis. York. ed. Foster, 220.
Offices Held
Subsidy collector, Yorks. 27 and 31 Eliz.; forester in fee, Pickering forest, duchy of Lancaster by 1586; j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) by 1599.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Whitby, Yorks.
Notes
This biography is largely based upon Sir Hugh Cholmley, Mems. (1787).
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Commons 1558-1603
Web Title
CHOLMLEY, Henry (1556-1616)
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