COMPTON, Sir Henry (c.1584-1649), of Allfarthing, Wandsworth, Surr., Brambletye, East Grinstead, Suss. and Finch Lane, London.

Constituency Dates
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Estates
in 1619 acquired Brambletye manor, near East Grinstead, from Richard Sackville, 3rd earl of Dorset; house rebuilt by Compton in 1631.1Suss. Manors, i. 60. Suss. property inc. leases from Lord Abergavenny, and Sir John Gage bt.2Preston Manor, Brighton, Thomas-Stanford collection, ES/CG/21; E. Suss. RO, Firle Place MS, Box 13/76. Lands in Yorks., Wilts., Northants., Essex, Norf., Som., Dorset, Bucks., Hants, Kent, Mdx. and London,3CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 431; 1638-9, pp. 575-6; 1633-4, p. 57; CCC 78, 88, 91, 94, 115, 541, 1603, 2926; SO3/10, unfol. inc. a house in Finch Lane.4Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford ed. D.J.H. Clifford (1994), 74. From 1633 held part of the estate of his bro., the earl of Northampton, in return for having paid his debts.5SP17/B/11. Assessed at £4 for the lay subsidy in Suss. in 1626.6E179/191/377a. Entire estate worth over £3,000 p.a.7SP23/205, pp. 1-3.
Addresses
chambers in L. Inn as custos brevium, 1630-48;8LI Black Bks. ii. 223, 292, 296, 298, 302; LIL, E1a1 (Red Bk.), ff. 142, 143-4. living in St Bride’s, Farringdon Without, London, Jan. 1635.9Bodl. Bankes 14, ff. 5-6.
Address
: Surr., Suss., Wandsworth and London., Finch Lane.
Will
not found.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Oxford 1644
No
Notes
  • 1. Suss. Manors, i. 60.
  • 2. Preston Manor, Brighton, Thomas-Stanford collection, ES/CG/21; E. Suss. RO, Firle Place MS, Box 13/76.
  • 3. CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 431; 1638-9, pp. 575-6; 1633-4, p. 57; CCC 78, 88, 91, 94, 115, 541, 1603, 2926; SO3/10, unfol.
  • 4. Diaries of Lady Anne Clifford ed. D.J.H. Clifford (1994), 74.
  • 5. SP17/B/11.
  • 6. E179/191/377a.
  • 7. SP23/205, pp. 1-3.
  • 8. LI Black Bks. ii. 223, 292, 296, 298, 302; LIL, E1a1 (Red Bk.), ff. 142, 143-4.
  • 9. Bodl. Bankes 14, ff. 5-6.