John Puckering
Sir John Puckering (1544 – 30 April 1596) was a lawyer and politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons and Lord Keeper of the Great Seal from 1592 until his death.[1]
Origins
He was born in 1544 in Flamborough, East Riding of Yorkshire, the eldest son of William Puckering of Flamborough, by his wife Anne Ashton, daughter and heiress of John Ashton of Great Lever, Lancashire.[2]
Career
He entered
Work in Parliament
Puckering became a
On 1 March 1587, shortly following Mary's execution, MP
Queen's Sergeant
Puckering took part in several trials as Queen's Sergeant. He was successfully leader for the crown in the trial of
Lord Keeper
Puckering was Lord Keeper for four years, but only presided over one Parliament. During this period, he lived at Russell House near Ivy Bridge, and then York House, both on the Strand.[14] He also owned a country house in Kew, where he entertained the queen on 13 December 1595.[15]
Some of Puckering's papers as Sergeant and Lord Keeper were printed by John Strype. These include interrogations of Catholic recusants like John Whitfield in 1593, who was involved with Francis Dacre in a plot for a Spanish invasion of Scotland, and the allowance of bread for the students of Christ Church, Oxford.[16]
Marriage and children
He married Jane Chowne,[17] a daughter of Nicholas Chowne[18] of Fairlawn, near Wrotham, Kent, and Aldenham, Hertfordshire, by his second marriage to Elizabeth Lloyd, widow of Evan Lloyd, a brewer. By Jane he had several children, including:
- Adam Newton, the tutor of Prince Henry. After Puckering's death, his widow Jane married William Combe,[20]who with his nephew John Combe, sold land at Stratford to William Shakespeare in 1602. Jane was buried at St. Mary's, Warwick, on 15 July 1611.
Death and burial
He died on 30 April 1596 of apoplexy, at his home, and is buried in Westminster Abbey,[21] where survives his magnificent monument,[22] displaying the arms of Chowne: Sable, three attires of a stag in pale argent.[23]
Notes
- ^ Birch, Thomas, The Life of Henry Prince of Wales, London (1760), 325.
- ^ "PUCKERING, John (C.1544-96), of Kew, Surr. And Weston, Herts. | History of Parliament Online".
- ^ Paley Baildon, p65.
- ^ a b c Foss, p531.
- ^ Chauncey, p134.
- ^ Campbell, p184.
- ^ Manning, p250.
- ^ Manning, p. 251.
- ^ a b Foss, p. 532.
- ^ Manning, pp.252–254.
- ^ Manning, p. 255.
- ^ Campbell, p. 187.
- ^ Campbell, p. 188.
- ^ Foss, p. 533.
- ^ Foss, p. 534.
- ^ Strype, John, ed., Annals of the Reformation, vol.4, Oxford (1824) see contents p.vii-xxviii.
- ^ PROB 11/118, 291/257-8, Will of Dame Jane Puckering or Puckeringe, Widow, dated 17 May 1611 and proved on 22 October 1611.
- ^ See entry for Nicholas Chowne (Chune) in History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1509–1588.
- ^ Tomb epitaph, St Mary's Warwick, engraved by Wencelas Hollar
- ^ See entry for William Combe in History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1551–1610.
- ^ Campbell, p. 192.
- ^ See image
- ^ The British herald, or Cabinet of armorial bearings of the nobility & gentry ...By Thomas Robson [1]
Bibliography
- Campbell, John (1869). The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England. J. Murray.
- Oxford University.
- Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.
- Manning, James Alexander (1851). The Lives of the Speakers of the House of Commons. G. Willis.
- Paley Baildon, William (1896). The Records of the Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn. H.S. Cartwright.
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