ASHBURNHAM, John I (c.1603-71), of Westover, Wherwell, Hants and Ashburnham, Suss.

Family and Education

b. c. 1603, 1st s. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham by Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Beaumont of Stoughton Grange, Leics.; bro. of William Ashburnham. educ. G. Inn, entered 1618; Peterhouse, Camb. adm. 3 July 1619, aged 16. m. (1) lic. 24 Sept. 1629, Frances (d.c.1651), da. and h. of William Holland of West Burton, Suss., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Christopher Kenn of Kenn Court, Som., wid. of John Poulett, 1st Baron Poulett of Hinton St. George, s.p. suc. fa. 1620.Horsfield, Suss. i. 559; Hants Mar. Lic. 67.

Offices Held

Commr. for assessment, Suss. 1640, Suss. and Mdx. 1661 – 69, Westminster 1661 – 62, 1665 – 69; j.p. Suss. 1640 – 44, 1661 – d.; dep. lt. Suss. Aug. 1660 – d., Mdx. 1661 – d.; commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Suss., Mdx., London and Westminster 1662, highways and sewers, London and Westminster 1662; freeman, Portsmouth 1662; sub-commr. for prizes, London 1665–7.A. Fletcher, County Community in Peace and War, 354; Tudor and Stuart Proclamations ed. Steele, i. 405; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 357; Nat. Maritime Mus. Southwell mss 17/15.

Gent. of the privy chamber 1628 – 42; treas. of war 1642 – 46; groom of the bedchamber 1642 – 47, 1661 – d.; commr. (royalist) for treaty of Uxbridge 1644 – 45; asst. R. Adventurers into Africa 1664.Court and Times of Charles I ed. Birch, i. 419; G. E. Aylmer, King’s Servants, 284; Carte, Ormond, vi. 147.

Parlimentarian

ASHBURNHAM, John (1602-1671), of Whitehall; later of Westover, Hants and Ashburnham Place, Suss.

Main residences: Westover, Wherwell, Hants.; Ashburnham, Suss.

Author

B.M.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

ASHBURNHAM, John I (c.1603-71)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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