FRESCHEVILLE, John (1607-82), of Staveley, Derbys.

Family and Education

b. 4 Dec. 1607, o.s. of Sir Peter Frescheville of Staveley by 1st w. Joyce, da. of Thomas Fleetwood of The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks., wid. of Sir Hewett Osborne of Kiveton, Yorks. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 1621; M. Temple 1624. m. (1) Bruce (d. 10 Apr. 1629), da. of Francis Nicholls, barrister, of the Middle Temple and Ampthill, Beds., s.p.; (2) Apr. 1630, Sarah (d. 25 June 1665), da. and h. of Sir John Harington of Elmesthorpe, Leics., 3da.; (3) Dec. 1666, Anna Charlotte (d. 12 Nov. 1717), da. of Sir Henry de Vic, 1st Bt., chancellor of the Garter, of Windsor Castle, Berks., s.p. suc. fa. 1634; cr. Baron Frescheville of Staveley 16 Mar. 1665.Savile Corresp. (Cam. Soc. lxxi), 9.

Offices Held

Dep. lt. Derbys. by 1630 – 42, July 1660 – d., commr. of array 1642, j.p. July 1660 – d., capt. vol. horse Oct. 1660–1, commr. for assessment 1661 – 65, corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, oyer and terminer, Northern circuit 1665.HMC 9th Rep. pt. 2, p. 389; HMC Coke, ii. 259; HMC 15th Rep. VII, 162; Add. 34306, f. 10; Chesterfield Bor. Recs. 138; J. C. Cox, Three Centuries of Derbys. Annals, i. 172–3.

Cornet of the bodyguard 1639; capt. of horse (royalist) 1642, col. 1643 – 44; gov. Welbeck 1645, York 1670 – d.; capt. R. Horse Gds. (The Blues) 1661–79.CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p. 607; 1644, p. 191; 1670, p. 204.

Gent. of the privy chamber 1639–45.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 141.

Parlimentarian

FRESCHEVILLE, John (1606-1682), of Staveley, Derbys. and the Middle Temple

Main residence: Staveley, Derbys.

Notes

This biography is based on Jnl. Derbys. Arch. Soc. n.s. vi. 51-63.

Author

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Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

FRESCHEVILLE, John (1607-82)

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