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b. c. 1594,Age calculated from date of admiss. to univ. His father’s i.p.m., which suggests that he was 24 in 1628, is clearly incorrect: C142/439/45. o. s. of George Carleton of Holcombe, surveyor of the stables (jt.), and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket† of Brocket Hall, Hatfield, Herts. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 124. educ. BA Christ Church, Oxf. 1610; ?MA King’s Coll. Camb. 1629; Al. Ox.; CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 513. travelled abroad (Italy) 1612. Carleton to Chamberlain ed. M. Lee, 120. m. 21 July 1623, Anne (d. 17 May 1671), da. of Sir Richard Houghton*, 1st bt. of Hoghton Tower, Lancs., wid. of (Sir) John Cotton† (d. 1621) of Landwade and Cheveley, Cambs. 1s. 2da. Vis. Oxon. 125; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 511; C142/385/44; 142/439/45; CB. cr. bt. 28 May 1627; 47th DKR, 131. suc. fa. 1628. d. 7 Nov. 1637. C142/571/163. sig. John Carleton.
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Equerry, king’s Household 1612–29, CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 160; Chamberlain Letters, i. 471; E115/112/75. Queen Henrietta Maria by 1629; SP16/154, f. 117v. gent. of the privy chamber, extraordinary by 1633, N. Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 135. ordinary 1634–?d. LC5/132, p. 359.

Dep. lt. Cambs. 1625–d., CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 484; 1629–31, p. 46; Harl. 4014, f. 24v. j.p. 1625–d.; C231/4, f. 183; C193/13/2, f. 7v. commr. Forced Loan, Cambs. 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 5. sewers, Cambs. and I. of Ely 1627, R. Gleane 1629-at least 1635, C181/3, f. 220v; 181/4, f. 19v; 181/5, f. 9v. charitable uses, Cambs. 1629–d.; C192/1, unfol. master of the Game, Newmarket, Cambs. and Suff. by 1630-at least 1636; CSP Dom. 1629–31, pp. 274, 381; 1635–6, p. 366. ?commr. knighthood fines, Cambs. c.1631, Ibid. 1631–3, p. 228. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 1633; C181/4, f. 153v. sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1636–7. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 14.

Parlimentarian
CARLETON, Sir John, 1st Bt. (c.1594-1637), of the Mews, Whitehall; Cheveley, Cambs. and Holcombe, Oxon.
Main residences: the Mews, Whitehall and Cheveley, Cambs. and Holcombe, Oxon.
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A.D.T.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CARLETON, Sir John, 1st Bt. (c.1594-1637)

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