SPRINGET, Herbert (c.1613-62), of Broyle Place, Ringmer, Suss.

Springet’s grandfather, of Kentish origins, acquired Broyle Place early in the century. The whole family were Presbyterian and parliamentary in sympathy. Springet, an active committeeman, inherited an interest in Shoreham through his mother and became the first of the family to sit, representing the borough as a recruiter until Pride’s Purge. A knight of the shire in the first Protectorate Parliament, he made contact with the Royalists before the Restoration. At the general election of 1660 he was returned for Shoreham. In the Convention he was appointed only to the committee for the attainder bill, but presumably he voted with the Court, as he was created a baronet shortly after the dissolution. He was re-elected by the borough to the Cavalier Parliament, but died on 5 Jan. 1662, aged 49, without being appointed to any committees. His memorial inscription proclaimed him ‘a true son of the Church of England’, and alleged that ‘for his love and loyalty to his King and country, his death was lamented by all that knew him’. His eldest daughter brought Broyle Place to her husband (Sir) John Stapley, and another daughter married Sir William Thomas.3Suss. Arch. Colls. xx. 34; xxii. 222; PCC 131 Laud; The Topographer, iv. 294.