DYVE, Sir Lewis (1599-1669), of Bromham, Beds. and Sherborne, Dorset; later of Combehay, Som.

Family and Education

b. 3 Nov. 1599,C142/309/171. 1st s. of Sir John Dyve of Bromham and his 2nd w. Beatrice, da. of Charles Walcot of Walcot, Salop; half-bro. of George, Lord Digby†. H.G. Tibbutt, Life and Letters of Sir Lewis Dyve (Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxvii), 1-2. educ. Oxf. 1614; Al. Ox. embassy, Madrid ?1622-4. Tibbutt, 2-8. m. 14 Aug. 1624, Howard (bur. 24 Feb. 1646), da. of Sir John Strangways* of Melbury Sampford, Dorset and wid. of Edward Rogers (d.1622) of Bryanston, Dorset, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.). Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 662-3, 730; Tibbutt, 80, 145-6, 150. suc. fa. 1607; C142/309/171. Kntd. 19 Apr. 1620. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 175. d. 17 Apr. 1669. Collinson, Hist. and Antiqs. of Som. iii. 336. sig. Lewis Dyve.

Offices Held

Commr. inquiry into lands of Sir Walter Ralegh†, Dorset and Som. 1633; C181/4, f. 136. j.p. Beds. 1640, C231/5, p. 417. commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1641–2, C181/5, ff. 190v, 218. Berks. 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 82. array, Beds. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. assessment (roy.), Berks. 1643, delinquents’ estates, Beds. and Berks. 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent, 66–7, 69–70, 82. appeals against roy. assessments, Berks. 1643 – 44, impressment 1643. Ibid. 100, 110, 146.

Col. ft. (roy.) 1642 – 45, maj.-gen. 1644–5; Army Lists of the Roundheads and Cavaliers ed. E. Peacock, 16; Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, iii. 427; A.R. Bayley, Gt. Civil War in Dorset, 219, 287. gov., Abingdon, Berks. 1642–4, Tibbutt, 30, 52. Sherborne 1644–5. Bayley, 236, 287; Clarendon, iii. 490.

Parlimentarian

DYVE, Sir Lewis (1599-1669), of Bromham, Beds. and Sherborne, Dorset; later of Combehay, Som.

Main residences: Bromham, Beds.; Sherborne, Dorset; Combehay, Som.

Author

J.P.F.

P.M.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

DYVE, Sir Lewis (1599-1669)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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