EVELYN, Sir John I (1591-1664), of Lee Place, Godstone, Surr.

Family and Education

bap. 20 Oct. 1591, 2nd s. of John Evelyn (d.1627) of Godstone by Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Stevens of Kingston-upon-Thames. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1606; M. Temple 1610. m. 24 Nov. 1618, Thomasine, da. of William Heynes of Chessington, and coh. to her bro. Matthew, 4s. 3da. Kntd. 25 June 1641.Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 2), iv. 329, 337; Aubrey, Surr. iii. 90.

Offices Held

Member, Virginia Co. 1612, E.I. Co. 1624; j.p. Surr. 1627 – 48, 1659 – d.; commr. for assessment 1643 – 48, Sept. 1660–3, sequestrations 1643, levying of money 1643, new model ordinance 1645, defence 1645, militia 1648, Mar. 1660, sewers, Kent and Surr. Aug. 1660.T. K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 288; C181/7/30.

Commr. for bishops’ lands 1646 – 48.

Parlimentarian

EVELYN, John (1591-1664), of Lee Place, Godstone, Surr.

Main residence: Lee Place, Godstone, Surr.

Author

M.W.H.

J.S.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

EVELYN, Sir John I (1591-1664)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

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