John Pakington (died 1625)
John Pakington | |
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Sheriff of Worcestershire | |
In office 1595, 1607 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1549 |
Died | 18 January 1625 |
Spouse | Dorothy Smith |
Children | 3, including John |
Parents |
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Nickname | Lusty Pakington |
Sir John Pakington (1549 – 18 January 1625) of
Biography
John Pakington was the eldest son of Sir
Pakington attracted the notice of Queen
From 1587 to 1601, Pakington was deputy-lieutenant for Worcester. In 1587, he was knighted. In 1593, he was granted by the crown a patent for starch.[3]
The Queen, to help him in his financial difficulties, made him bow-bearer of Malvern Chase, and is said to have given him a valuable estate in Suffolk; but when he went to the place and saw the distress of the widow of the former owner, he begged to have the property transferred to her. Strict economy and a period of retirement enabled him to pay his debts, and a wealthy marriage in 1598 (see below) greatly improved his position. Pakington devoted much attention to building, and to improving his estates in Worcestershire.[2]
The central portion of the
Pakington was Sheriff of Worcestershire in 1595 and in 1607. In June 1603, he entertained
Pakington died in January 1625, and was buried at Aylesbury.[6][7]
Family
In November 1598, Pakington married
Of their three children, Anne, their elder daughter, married at Kensington, on 9 February 1619, Sir Humphrey Ferrers, son of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth Castle, Warwickshire; and, after his decease, Philip Stanhope, 1st Earl of Chesterfield. Their second daughter, Mary, married Sir Richard Brooke of Nacton in Suffolk.[2]
The only son, John (1600–1624), was created a baronet in June 1620, and sat in parliament for Aylesbury in 1623–1624. He married Frances, daughter of Sir John Ferrers of Tamworth, with whom he had two children, including his heir Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet (1620–1680).[2]
The union between Sir John and Lady Pakington was not a happy one. Early in 1607 Sir John "and his little violent lady … parted upon foul terms". In 1617, she appealed to the law, and Pakington was forced to appear before the court of high commission, and was committed to gaol. It was the unpleasant duty of the Attorney General, Francis Bacon (who had married Lady Pakington's daughter, Alice Barnham), to give an opinion against his mother-in-law. Dorothy outlived her husband and married a further two times.[2]
Notes
- ^ Corder 1981, p. 61.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Porter 1895, p. 88.
- ^ Porter 1895, p. 88 cites John Noake, Worcestershire Nuggets, p. 272; Hist. MSS. Comm. 5th Rep. p. 277, 6th Rep. p. 257, 7th Rep. p. 94.
- ^ Porter 1895, p. 88
- ^ Wright, p. 419.
- Westwood Park, Worcestershire. His son, Sir John, preceded him by a few months, so he left his estates to his grandson, Sir John Pakington, 2nd Baronet, who was still a child.
- ^ Porter 1895, pp. 88–89.
Sources
- Corder, Joan, ed. (1981). The Visitation of Suffolk, 1561. Vol. I. London: Whittaker and Co. pp. 58–62. ISBN 9780950020747. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Porter, Bertha (1895). "Pakington, John (1549-1625)". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 43. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 88–89.
- Burke's Peerage, art. 'Hampton'
- Stow's Survey, vol. i. bk. iii. p. 29;
- Wotton's Baronetage, ed. Edward Kimber and Richard Johnson, i. pp. 180–186;
- Bacon's Works, ed. Heath, vii. 569–85, xi. 13–14;
- Lipscomb's Buckinghamshire, iii. 375;
- Nash's Worcestershire, vol. i. p. xviii;
- Metcalfe's Knights, pp. 113, 221;
- Foster's Alumni Oxon. 1500–1714;
- Nichols's Progresses of Queen Elizabeth, iv. 76 et seq.;
- Strype's Ecclesiastical Memorials, vol. iii. pt. ii. p. 181;
- Cal. of State Papers, Dom. Ser. 1603–10 p. 398, 1611–18 p. 475;
- Official List of M.P.'s, vol. i. pp. xxix, 456;
- Orridge's Citizens of London, pp. 168–70;
- Hepworth Dixon's Personal Hist. of Lord Bacon, pp. 139, 145, 146, 154, 243–244;
- Lloyd's State Worthies, pp. 616–17 (a glowing character of Pakington);
- Gent. Mag. 1828, pt. ii. p. 197;
- Bishop of London's Marriage Licences (Harl. Soc. Publ. xxv.), p. 256;
- Registers of Kensington (Harl. Soc. Publ. xvi.), p. 67.
Further reading
- Cave, Edward; Nicholls, John (1830). "Obituary: Sir John Pakington [8th Barone]". The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, January to June 1830. Twenty Third of the New Series. Vol. C. p. 555. Retrieved 22 April 2013.
- Wright, Stephen (May 2007) [2004]. "Pakington, Sir John (1549–1625)". doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21145. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)