CHETWYND, Walter (c.1557-1638), of Reule and Ingestre Hall, Staffs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1557, 2nd s. of John Chetwynd (d.1592) of Ingestre and his 2nd w. Margery, da. of Robert Middlemore of Edgbaston, Warws. educ. Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1582. m. (1) settlement 10 Jan. 1594, Mary, da. John Mullins, archdeacon of London, 2s. 1da.; (2) lic. 13 Apr. 1605, settlement 17 Nov. 1605, Katherine (d. 25 May 1638), wid. of Sir Edward Unton†, of Wadley, Berks., da. of George Hastings†, 4th earl of Huntingdon, s.p. kntd 4 July 1604; suc. half-bro. Sir William Chetwynd 1612. d. 31 May 1638. H.E. Chetwynd-Stapylton, Chetwynds of Ingestre, 180; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), pp. 81-3; GI Admiss.; Staffs. RO, D1798/HM Chetwynd/30; Leics. RO, ID41/37/1, f. 9; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 134; C142/236/64. sig. Walter Chetwynd.

Offices Held

J.p. Salop 1595 – 1625, Staffs. 1596–d., C231/1, f. 2; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 15; C66/1468; Staffs. RO, Q/SO/4, f. 235. dep. custos rot. Staffs. by 1613 – 17, 1620–d.; Staffs. RO, D(W)1721/1/4, f. 25v; FSL, L.a. 382; Wm. Salt Lib., S.40, p. 326. commr. i.p.m. Staffs. 1597, 1603, CPR, 1596–1597 (L. and I. Soc. cccxxii), 194; C142/281/91. Warws. 1603, C142/281/54. Salop 1609, C142/312/158. musters 1601-at least 1602, APC, 1600–1, p. 175; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. S.A.H. Burne, (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1935), p. 423. subsidy, Staffs. 1600, 1608, 1610 – 11, 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, 1628, J. Sleigh, Hist. Leek, 189; SP14/31/1; E179/178/283; 179/283/27; C212/22/20–1, 23; FSL, L.a. 1004; Staffs. RO, D1798/HM Chetwynd/116. oyer and terminer, Gunpowder plotters, Staffs. 1606, C181/1, f. 132. Oxf. circ. 1611–d., C181/2, f. 145; 181/5, f. 95. inquiry, lands of Gunpowder plotters, Staffs. 1606, C181/2, f. 5. charitable uses 1606 – 08, 1615, 1621, 1629 – 30, 1634, 1637, Salop 1632; C93/2/25; 93/3/5; 93/3/28; 93/6/10; 93/11/19; 93/13/29; 93/13/25; Staffs. RO, D1978/HM Chetwynd/116, C192/1, unfol. sheriff, Staffs. 1607–8, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 128. collector and commr. aid 1609, 1612; SP14/43/107; E163/16/21, unfol. freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. by 1613, mayor, 1613–14; T. Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 252. member, Council in the Marches 1617; Eg. 2882, f. 82v. commr. concealed lands, Lichfield, Staffs. 1626, E178/7203. Forced Loan, Staffs. 1626; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. dep. lt. 1627–9, Staffs. RO, D1798/HM Chetwynd/114. commr. sewers 1634, swans, Staffs. and Worcs. 1635, 1638. C181/4, ff. 189, 199v, 181/5, f. 91.

Steward, lands of Edward, 4th Lord Stafford and Henry, 5th Lord Stafford, 1609-at least 1631. Wm. Salt Lib., S.40, pp. 326–7; VCH Staffs. v. 87–8.

Parlimentarian

CHETWYND, Walter (c.1557-1638), of Reule and Ingestre Hall, Staffs.

Main residences: Reule; Ingestre Hall, Staffs.

Author

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CHETWYND, Walter (c.1557-1638)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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