GEMMS IDGEMMS-PERSON-002745
NameWilliam Armyne
TitleSir
Gendermale
Denomination
Livedb. 1593-12-11 - d. 1651-04-10 (old)
Linked Manuscriptsmanuscript owner - A wedding sermon: preacht at Chilton in Suffolk: MS.1951.018
Linked Sermons
Linked Reports
Associated PlacesLenton -- HomeBoston -- Place of BusinessGrantham -- Place of BusinessHuntingdonshire -- Place of BusinessSidney Sussex College -- Place of StudyFleet Prison -- Prison
Source of DataCatherine Evans
Biographical Sources ConsultedHOP
Other NoteBorn 11 December 1593, the first son of Sir William Armyne and Martha (Daughter of Sir William Eure). He was educated privately by James Wadeson and matriculated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1610. On 14 December 1619 he married Elizabeth (d. 27 September 1626), the daughter of Sir Michael Hicks, only a few weeks after Armyne was created a baronet on 28 November 1619. They had 3 sons and 2 daughters. After Elizabeth's death, he would marry again on 28 August 1628, this time to Mary Holcroft Talbot, the widow of Sir Thomas Holcroft and the daughter of Henry Talbot. He was returned at a by-election for Boston, Lincolnshire in 1621 and joined his father, who was sitting for Grantham, in the commons. In the coming years he would be re-elected for Boston, as he was popular with the puritan corporation. In 1625 he was returned for Grantham and in 1626 elected for Lincolnshire. He was appointed to eight bill committees. After the dissolution of parliament he was removed from the Lincolnshire commission of the peace. He was appointed as a commissioner for the Forced Loan but refused to contribute to it or collect it. He was imprisoned in the Fleet for three months and then held in custody by the sheriff of Oxfordshire. This defiance made him more popular locally. Following the dissolution he opposed the Personal Rule at a local level, again being dismissed from the county bench for refusing to pay Ship Money. He was appointed sheriff of Huntingdonshire in 1639-1640. He was a leading parliamentarian during the Civil War but declined to sit in judgement at the King's trial. Following the regicide he served on the Council of State and held offices in the Commonwealth until his death on 10 April 1651. He was buried at Lenton, Lincolnshire.
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| https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/armyne-sir-william-1593-1651 |
GEMMS record createdNovember 04, 2019
GEMMS record last editedMarch 25, 2020