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English MP (c. 1549–1617)
Edward Watson
Arms of Watson, of
Rockingham Castle :
Argent, on a chevron engrailed azure between three martlets sable as many crescents or In office 1601–1601
Born
c. 1549 Died 1 March 1617(1617-00-00) (aged 67–68) Resting place
Rockingham church Spouse Anne Digby Children Parents Edward Watson Dorothy Montagu
Sir Edward Watson (
c. 1549 – 1 March 1617) of
Rockingham, Northamptonshire was an
English landowner and politician. He was
Sheriff of Northamptonshire from 1591 to 1592, was elected
MP for
Stamford in 1601 and was knighted in 1603.
Born about 1549, he was the eldest son of Edward Watson (d. 1584) of
Rockingham and Dorothy, eldest daughter of
Sir Edward Montagu (
c. 1488 –1557) of
Boughton and his first wife, Cicely Lane.
He married, in April 1567, Anne (d. 1612), daughter of
Kenelm Digby (d. 1590) of
Stoke Dry , Rutland, with whom he had two sons and eight daughters:
Lewis Watson, 1st Baron Rockingham (1584 – 1653)
Edward Watson (bap. 25 January 1586)
Anne Watson (bap. 22 September 1569) married Sir Charles Norwich of
Brampton Ash , Northamptonshire.
Emma Watson married John Graunte of North Bucks,
Warwickshire .
Mary Watson married Sir Anthony Maney of Lutton,
Kent .
Catherine Watson married Sir Thomas Palmer of
East Carlton , Northamptonshire.
Elizabeth Watson married, firstly, Sir John Nedham (d. 1618); secondly, Sir Edward Tyrrell of
Thornton, Buckinghamshire .
Temperance Watson married Thomas Dolman.
Frances Watson married Rowland Vaughan of
London .
Dorothy Watson married Sir George Throgmorton of Fulbrook.
Watson was knighted by
James I at the
Charterhouse on 11 May 1603 and the king was his guest for three days in 1605. In 1613 Watson made over his estates to his eldest son,
Sir Lewis . He died 1 March 1617 and was buried 4 March at
Rockingham .
References
Sources
Bennett, Martyn (23 September 2004). "Watson, Lewis, first Baron Rockingham (bap. 1584, d. 1653), landowner".
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
doi :
10.1093/ref:odnb/28853 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
Metcalfe, Walter C. (1885).
A Book of Knights Banneret Knights of the Bath and Knights Bachelor, Made between the Fourth Year of King Henry VI and the Restoration of King Charles II and Knights Made in Ireland between the Years 1566 and 1698, Together with an Index of Names . London: Mitchell and Hughes.
OCLC
5319383 .
Metcalfe, Walter C., ed. (1887).
The Visitations of Northamptonshire Made in 1564 and 1618-19, with Northamptonshire Pedigrees from Various Harleian MSS . London: Mitchell and Hughes. pp. 37, 114–115.
OCLC
807194019 .
Owen, David (1981).
"Watson, Edward (c.1549-1617), of Rockingham, Northants" . In Hasler, P. W. (ed.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603 – via
History of Parliament Online .
Watson, Paula; Sgroi, Rosemary (2010).
"Watson, Sir Lewis (1584-1653), of Rockingham Castle, Northants" . In Thrush, Andrew; Ferris, John P. (eds.). The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629 (Online ed.).
Wise, Charles (1891).
Rockingham Castle and the Watsons . London: Elliot Stock.
OCLC
902976023 .
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