NORTH, Sir Dudley (1602-1677), of Kirtling, Cambs.

Family and Education

b. c. Nov. 1602, 1st s. of Dudley, 3rd Lord North, and Frances, da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket† of Brocket Hall, Wheathampstead, Herts. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 169-70; CP, ix. 656. educ. St. John’s, Camb. c.1619, Padua 1624; G. Inn 1619; I. Temple 1622; travelled abroad (Italy, France, Spain) 1622-4. Al. Cant.; H.F. Brown, Inglesi e Scozzesi all’Università di Padova dall’anno 1618 sino al 1765, p. 145; GI Admiss.; I. Temple database of admiss.; APC, 1621-3, p. 376; D. North, Observations and Advices Oeconomical (1669), sig. A4-v. m. 24 Apr. 1632 (with £4,000), Anne (bur. 15 Feb. 1681), da. and coh. of Sir Charles Montagu* of Cranbrook, Barking, Essex, 7s. (1 d.v.p.), 7da. (4 d.v.p.). CP, ix. 657; D.B.J. Randall, Gentle Flame, 48; Baker, Northants. i. 527. KB 3 Nov. 1616; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160 suc. fa. as 4th Lord North 16 Jan. 1666. d. 24 June 1677. CP, ix. 656-7.

Offices Held

?Lt. Palatinate c.1620–2; CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 47; Randall, 35–7. capt. of ft. Neths. 1624–7. Bodl. North a.2, f. 272; North, Observations, sig. A4.

Member, Guiana Co. 1627. English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon ed. J. Lorimer (Hakluyt Soc. ser. 2 clxxi), 292.

Commr. new buildings, London 1630, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 114. sewers, Gt. Fens 1635 – at least46, 1654, Isle of Ely 1644, Cambs. 1645, 1669, Lincs. and Newarke hundred Notts. 1654 – at least70, Lincs. 1660; C181/5, ff. 9v, 214v, 242v, 256, 269; 181/6, pp. 26, 37, 322; 181/7, pp. 76, 462, 522, 544. j.p. Cambs. 1638 – at least60, 1662 – at least64, Ely by 1650 – 58, Suff. by 1650 – 53, by 1660-at least 1664; C231/5, p. 275; 231/7, p. 181; C193/13/3; 193/13/5; 193/12/3; Perfect List of all such Persons as by Commn. under the Gt. Seal of Eng. are now Confirmed to be Custos Rot., Justices of Oyer and Terminer, Justices of the Peace and Quorum (1660), p. 50. commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1639 – 42, 1654 – at least73, Cambs. 1640; C181/5, ff. 142, 177, 218; 181/6, p. 16; 181/7, p. 634. dep. lt. Cambs. 1639 – 40, 1642; Harl. 4014, ff. 31v, 47v; Bodl. North c.44(25). commr. disarming recusants, Cambs. 1641, C.H. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, iii. 316. subsidy 1642, SR, v. 149. assessment 1643 – 48, 1657, Cambs. and Suff. 1660 – 66; commr. sequestration, Cambs. 1643, levying money 1643, defence, Eastern Assoc. 1643, New Model Ordinance, Cambs. 1645, A. and O. i. 90, 111, 146, 293, 538, 621, 637, 967, 1078; ii. 1063; SR, v. 210, 219, 528, 540. gaol delivery, Isle of Ely 1645, 1654–8, C181/5, f. 258; 181/6, pp. 20, 284. militia, Cambs. and Suff. 1648, 1660, drainage, Bedford level 1649; A. and O. i. 1234, 1243; ii. 139, 1427, 1443 freeman, Cambridge, Cambs. 1660; commr. pontage, Cambridge 1663, Cooper, iii. 477, 513. complaints, Bedford level 1663. SR, v. 506.

Commr. relief of the king’s army and Northern counties 1641, raising and levying money for the defence of Eng. and Ire. 1642, Ibid. 78, 167. regulating excise 1645, scandalous offences 1646, 1648, obstructions to sale of bps’ lands 1648. A. and O. i. 691, 853, 1209, 1227.

Parlimentarian

NORTH, Sir Dudley (1602-1677), of Kirtling, Cambs.

Main residence: Kirtling, Cambs.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

NORTH, Sir Dudley (1602-1677)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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