CHOLMLEY, Sir Henry (1609-66), of West Newton Grange, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 2 Feb. 1609, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Richard Cholmley (d.1631) of Whitby by 1st w. Susan, da. of John Legard, merchant, of London and Ganton, Yorks.; bro. of Sir Hugh Cholmley, 1st Bt. educ. I. Temple 1628; travelled abroad 1633. m. c.1638, Katharine (d.1672), da. of Henry Stapleton of Wighill, wid. of Sir George Twisleton, 1st Bt., of Barley, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. Kntd. 27 Dec. 1641.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 254; PC2/43/53.

Offices Held

Lt.-col. of militia ft. Yorks, by 1640; j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1642 – 48, (N. and W. Ridings) Mar. 1660 – d., Westmld. Mar. – July 1660; commr. for levying money, Yorks, 1643, assessment (N. and W. Ridings) 1644 – 48, Aug. 1660–1, (N. Riding) 1661 – d., northern assoc., (N. and W. Ridings) 1645, militia, Yorks. 1648, Mar. 1660, oyer and terminer, Northern circuit July 1660; dep. lt. (N. Riding) 1661–d.Cholmley Mems. (1787), 60; W. Riding Sess. Recs. (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. liv), 363; H.B. M’Call, Fam. of Wandesford, 291.

Col. of ft. (parliamentary) 1642 – 44, 1648, June-Oct. 1660.E. Peacock, Army Lists, 36.

Commr. for regulating excise 1645, abuses in heraldry 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648.

Parlimentarian

CHOLMLEY, Sir Henry (1609-66), of West Newton Grange, Yorks.

Main residence: West Newton Grange, Yorks.

Author

M.W.H.

L.N.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

CHOLMLEY, Sir Henry (1609-66)