TYRINGHAM (TERRINGHAM), Arthur (c.1585-1642), of Hollowes, North Crawley, Bucks. and Whitehall; later of Plas Newydd, Llanidan, Anglesey

Tyringham was given the manor of Hollowes by his father in 1612, but soon afterwards acquired a post at Court and does not seem to have lived there permanently.16 VCH Bucks. iv. 329. He was nominated for a seat at Brackley in 1614 by (Sir) John Egerton†, who assured the corporation:

Out of my long familiar acquaintance I dare affirm [him] to be of that discretion and integrity as neither I shall have cause to be sorry to have nominated him unto you nor you to repent of the election of so well-qualified a gentleman to serve in this Parliament.17 Northants. RO, E(B) 574 (Egerton to Brackley corp. 13 Mar. 1614).

Tyringham’s only contribution to debate was on 25 May to rebuke his fellow-courtier Sir Walter Chute for retailing news from Court.18 Procs. 1614 (Commons), 342. He was appointed to committees to consider two bills, one for the recovery of small debts (11 May) and the other to confirm a decree in Chancery made by Egerton’s father establishing copyhold fines on the Buckinghamshire manor of Winslow (31 May).19 Ibid. 206, 393.

It is unlikely that Tyringham stood for the English Parliament again. In 1616 he sold Hollowes and accompanied the second embassy of Sir Henry Wotton* to Venice.20 Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith, i. 145; ii. 122n, 480. He appears to have attached himself to the interests of Dudley Carleton*, with whom he regularly corresponded for a year or two.21 CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 485. However, he returned to England in time to accompany the royal progress to Scotland in 1617, and while on this tour received £12 and a knighthood for his share in investigating a Jesuit who claimed knowledge of a plot to assassinate the king.22 J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, iii. 367; Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton, ii. 118; APC, 1616-17, p. 357. He finally abandoned Court life in 1624, and early the following year he was sent to Ireland in charge of a newly raised company of foot.23 SP63/239/6A&7; CSP Dom. 1623-5, p. 506. In 1626 he was made governor of Newry. He represented this borough at Dublin in 1634-5, at about which time he also became a privy councillor in Ireland. After unsuccessfully requesting a share in the new plantation of Connaught in lieu of sums owed by the Crown,24 CSP Ire. 1625-32, pp. 435, 612. he married a wealthy Welsh widow in around 1639, and became the guardian of her son Nicholas Bagnall†.25 CSP Dom. 1639-40, p. 165; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 265. At the trial of the earl of Strafford (Sir Thomas Wentworth*) he gave evidence for the defence,26 CSP Dom. 1640-1, p. 541. before returning to Ireland on the outbreak of the rebellion.27 CSP Ire. 1633-47, p. 345; HMC 5th Rep. 413. On 18 Mar. 1642 it was reported that he had died either of wounds or disease in the defence of Lisburn.28 HMC Ormonde, ii. 5. No will has been found. The next member of the family to sit was his nephew Thomas, who represented Buckinghamshire between 1660 and 1678.