John Jacob Bt MP (bef. 1597 - bef. 1666)

Born before 12 Dec 1597 in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Ashburnham) Wogan — married 17 Apr 1651 in Wakes Colne, Essex, England

Descendants

Died before 3 Mar 1666 at about age 68 in Bromley, Middlesex, England [uncertain]

Biography

This profile is part of the Earls Colne, Essex One Place Study.

John Jacob Bt MP is Notable.

Early Years
John was baptised 12 Dec 1597 son of Abraham Jacob of Gamlingay and London, and Mary, daughter of Francis Rogers of Dartford, Kent^[1]

He was from a wealthy Yeoman family, his father Abraham having made a fortune as a customs farmer working in the customs syndicate run by Sir Maurice Abbott.

Education
Jan 1617 He matriculated Merton College Oxford aged 19; Awarded his B.A. 6 Feb., 1617. .^[2]

His wealthy background not only afforded him a good education but enabled him to spend the next few years travelling taking in both Italy and Switzerland.

Career

His main revenue was from collecting tobacco and alcohol duties.

April 19 1618 Following in his father’s footsteps he became customs farmer collector of tobacco duties until 1638 and was granted a perpetual license to do so. Grant to Abraham and John Jacob of the office of collecting impositions on tobacco for life. ^[3]

In May 1633 he was Knighted ^[4]

Jan 31 1637 He was authorised to compound with persons willing to be incorporated for using the art and mystery of common maltsters and also with such persons as offered themselves to take grants from his Majesty to be allowed as common maltsters^[5]

At its high point his estate was worth more than £3000 pa but his allegiance to the King resulted his Estates being sequestered during the reformation and having loaned Large sums of money to the King found himself impoverished . ^[6]

The restoration of the monarchy in 1660 went some way to restoring his fortune. He recovered the customs farm, and his previous loyalty was rewarded in 1665 with a baronetcy, which he celebrated by erecting ten almshouses in his native village. ^[7]

His was the first of the Jacob Baronetcy.^[8]

Politics

He was a Royalist and supporter of Charles I.

He was MP for Plympton Erle 1624 and in April 1640, he was elected MP for Harwich in the Short Parliament. He was elected MP for Rye for the Long Parliament in November 1640. However he was expelled in 1641 as a tobacco monopolist.

c1642 He suffered for his loyalty during the reign of King Charles I and was imprisoned in Crosby-House along with Sir George Whitmore, Lord Mayor of London, Sir Kenelm Digby and Roger Pettward Esq for refusing to contribute financially to parliament.^[9]

Property

He accumulated a great deal of land and property including manors of Upper Bromley in Middlesex and Woodbury in Gamlingay, Stansted Hall in Halsted and extensive plots in Earls Colne.^[10]

The manor of Bromley, founded by William I. was granted by Henry VIII. after the Dissolution, to Sir Ralph Sadler and some time after 1620 was sold to Sir John Jacob. In the parish church of St Mary is a monument, supported by black marble pillars of the Corinthian order, to the memory of Abraham Jacob, Esq, John’s father who died in 1629. Effigies of the deceased and of his wife are represented kneeling at a desk. ^[11]

Family

Marriage 1 Elizabeth daughter of John, grandson of Sir Leonard Halliday Lord Mayor of London. By Her he had two sons Abraham and Henry who died before him issueless and a daughter Susanna who married Sir Richard Wingfield Bt of Letheringham in Suffolk.(Burke)
Marriage 2 Alice the daughter of Thomas Clowes of London relict of John Eaglesfield of London.By her he had John, Francis, Robert (Killed in Scotland), Alice Married to Henry West of Wooham Court in Sussex, Mary Married to Walter Beams son of Sir Arnold Beams of Bridge Court in Kent, Helen Married to John son of Sir John (Burke)
Marriage 3 Elizabeth eldest daughter of Sir John Ashburnham by whom he had Margaret Married to Muschamp of Row Barnes in Surrey
1651 Sir John Jacob Knight of St Leonard’s Bromley neere London, once Lord of the Manor of Colne-Wake and Patron of the Rectory and Mrs Elizabeth Ashburneham the Eldest daughter of Sir John Ashburneham Knight of Kent were Marryed April 17th 1651 ^[12]

In 1664 the Diarist Rev Ralph Josselin speaks of a dinner with him .....dined with Sr. J. Jacob visiting his house at Halsted where he was 7 or 8 years ago very low, pinched for many years with the Kings debts, not knowing scarcely how to provide for his family, which he bore to my view with prudence. patience and submission to god, now he is in a very old age, full disposing his children high in the world, paying debts, clearing all and cheerful.^[13]

Burke’s Peerage Summary

ggGrandfather : William Jacob of Horseheath Cambridge d 23 Hen 8
gGrandfather : Richard Jacob of Horseheath and Gamlingay Cambridge m Winifred Chambers daughter of William Chambers of Royston
Grandfather : Robert Jacob esq of Gamlingay m Catherine daughter and Heir of William Abraham of London.
Father : Abraham Jacob d 6 May 1629 esq of Gamlingay m Mary daughter of Francis Rogers of Dartford.

Sir John Jacob of Bromley Essex
1633 Knighted by King Charles I
1665 Created a Baronet by King Charles II
Marriage 1 Elizabeth daughter of John, grandson of Sir Leonard Halliday Lord Mayor of London. By Her he had two sons Abraham and Henry who died before him issueless and a daughter Susanna who married Sir Richard Wingfield Bt of Letheringham in Suffolk.
Marriage 2 Alice the daughter of Thomas Clowes of London relict of John Eaglesfield of London.By her he had John, Francis, Robert (Killed in Scotland, Alice Married to Henry West of Wooham Court in Sussex, Mary Married to Walter Beams son of Sir Arnold Beams of Bridge Court in Kent, Helen Married to John son of Sir John
Marriage 3 Elizabeth eldest daughter of Sir John Ashburnham by whom he had Margaret Married to Muschamp of Row Barnes in Surrey
He died 1666
His widow married Sir William Wogan and died 1697
He was succeeded by
Son :Sir John Jacob d 1675 Married Hon Catherine Allington daughter of William Lord Allington
Grandson :Sir John Jacob spent 17 years in the army (Battle of the Boyne, Sieges of Cork and Killicranky where he was severely wounded. malady Dorothy Barry daughter of Richard Earl of Barrymore^[14]

Research Materials

JACOB, John (1597-1666), of Gamlingay, Cambs., Bromley, Mdx. and Billiter Lane, London. Published in The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010. ^[15]

Links to Other Wikitree Documents

Earls Colne One Place Study

His life is also recorded, in part, by the wider Earls Colne Project he is Person J4

Note

All Dates are New Style.

Marriage dates for marriage 1 and 2 are take from BHO which have no citation ^{[citation needed]}

Sources

1. ↑ Gamlingay Parish Records ref history of parliament research
2. ↑ BHO 'Jablonski-Juxston', in Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, ed. Joseph Foster (Oxford, 1891), pp. 793-836. British History Online http://www.british-history.ac.uk/alumni-oxon/1500-1714/pp793-836 [accessed 6 September 2019].
3. ↑ Calendar of State Papers, Domestic Series, of the Reigns of Edward VI., Mary 1611-1618
4. ↑ The Knights Of England Vol 2 1906. W A Shaw p200
5. ↑ Calendar of State Papers, Domestic series, of the reign of Charles I 1636-1637
6. ↑ The Baronetage of England: Or The History of the English Baronets ..., Volume 2 By William Betham
7. ↑ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010
8. ↑ Jacob Baronets Wikipedia
9. ↑ The History and Survey of London and Its Environs from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 4. B. Lambert T. Hughes and M. Jones, 1806
10. ↑ The Character of English Rural Society: Earls Colne, 1550-1750 Henry French, Richard Hoyle 2007 p 100-101 and history of parliament research
11. ↑ London and Middlesex, or, An historical, commercial, & descriptive survey of the metropolis of Great-Britain : including sketches of its environs, and a topographical account of the most remarkable places in the above county : illustrated with engravings : in two volumes by Brayley, E. W. (Edward Wedlake), 1773-1854; Brewer, J. N. (James Norris); Nightingale, Joseph, 1775-1824; Wilson, William, fl. 1806-1810
12. ↑ ERO Wakes Colne Parish Records D/P 88/1/1 Image
13. ↑ Diary of Ralph Josselin (Private Collection) 18.8.1664 (Thursday 18 August 1664) document 70014420
14. ↑ A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England. John Burke 1838
15. ↑ The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629

Acknowledgments

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