GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002587
NameHenry Yelverton
TitleSir
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. 1566-06-29 - d. 1630-01-24 (new)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - Notes on Sermons, Probably by Sir Henry Yelverton: Add MS 48016manuscript owner - Papers of Robert Beale relating to Elizabethan religious matters: Add MS 48064
Linked Sermons
Linked ReportsSermon Diary, Probably by Sir Henry Yelverton -- notetaker?
Associated PlacesEaston Maudit -- HomeChrist's College -- Place of StudyGray's Inn -- Place of StudyPeterhouse -- Place of Study
Source of DataAnne James; David Robinson
Biographical Sources ConsultedODNB; ACAD
Other NoteBorn 29 June 1566 to Sir Christopher Yelverton and Margaret Catesby of Easton Maudit, Northamptonshire. Possibly studying at Oxford for a time, he matriculated from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1581; BA from Peterhouse, 1584. Probably studied at Gray's Inn around this time, but there is no record of this. Called to the bar, 1593. Married Mary Beale, daughter of clerk of the council Robert Beale, ca. 1600. They lived in Easton Maudit and at Aldersgate when in London. MP for Northampton, 1597-1598, 1604-1611, 1614. Recorder of Northampton, 1599-1623. Solicitor-General and Knighthood in 1613. Counsel to University of Cambridge, 1614-1617. Attorney-General, 1617-1620. Justice, C.P., 1625-1630. Patron of Puritan preachers, publishing thirty-one puritan sermons as Certaine Godly and Learned Sermons (1605). Died 24 January 1630.
GEMMS record createdJuly 16, 2019
GEMMS record last editedJuly 16, 2019