Maurice Abbott MP (1565 - 1642)

Born 2 Nov 1565 in Guildford, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Husband of Joan (Austen) Abbott — married 21 Dec 1596 in London, England

Husband of Margaret (Barns) Abbott — married 27 May 1598 in London, England

Descendants

Died 10 Jan 1642 at age 76 in Guildford, Surrey, England

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Biography

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Sir MAURICE ABBOTT or MORRIS ABBOTT

Born: November 2, 1565, Guildford, Surrey, England^[1]

Baptism: 5 Nov 1565, Holy Trinity Church, Guildford^[2]

Death: January 10, 1642, Guildford, Surrey, England

Burial: St. Stephen Walbrook Churchyard, 39 Walbrook, London EC4N 8BN, United Kingdom

Father: Maurice Abbott

Mother: Alice Marsh

Spouse: Margaret Barnes

Child: George Abbott

Unlike his two brothers, Maurice did not go to university, instead his father apprenticed him to a London Draper, William Garway. ^[3]. He became wealthy even before completing his apprenticeship trading in the Levant. He traded as a member of the Levant Company and reputedly loaned the English ambassador to Constantinople the vast sum of 4,600 ducats. He was brought before the Privy Council not long after for refusing a loan to the King. Sir Maurice was an eminent merchant, governor of the East India Company, and having been admitted to the Draper's Livery Company, a common councillor and Alderman in St Stephen Coleman Street Ward he later became Lord Mayor of London. He was the fifth and youngest son of Maurice Abbot, a clothworker of Guildford, and was the brother of George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury, and of Robert, Bishop of Salisbury.^[4]

In the last twenty years of his life, Abbot became more politically involved, and was elected member of Parliament for Kingston-upon-Hull in 1621; and then again in 1624, and 1626^[5][6]

Abbot was appointed a member of the council for establishing the colony of Virginia. It was also in the same year he was elected governor of the East India Company, an office he still held in 1633, but resigned before 1638^[7]

in 1625 Abbot was knighted upon the accession of Charles I (Authentic Documents of the Court of Charles I, i. 15), and he represented London in the earliest parliament of the reign.^[8]

Sir Maurice Abbot became Lord Mayor of London in 1638.^[9]

Research Notes

An alternative baptism of 22 May 1617 in Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire, England has been suggested for him.^[10] Anglican doctrine does not condone baptism being administered more than once.

Abbott, Maurice, of St. Michael, Bassishaw, draper, aged 30 or more, a widower about eight months past, and Margaret Barnes, maiden, of Widdford, co. Herts, daughter of Bartholomew Barnes, of same, gent., and with his consent, age about 18 — at Widford Church, where she dwells. 27 May, 1598. ^[11]

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Sources

1. Source: Maurice (Morris) Abbott. Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900,Volume 01, by Sidney Lee. URL: https://en.m.wikisource.org/wiki/Abbot,_Maurice_(DNB00)
2. Source: Image Citation: East India Company (EIC) Flag. Wikipedia. Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. en.m.wikipedia.org. Last Edit: 5 Apr 2015. Accessed: 6 Apr 2015. URL: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company

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Footnotes

1. ↑  England, Extracted Parish and Court Records
2. ↑ Guildford : Holy Trinity : : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5aece9bcf493fd466ba52f9b : viewed 10 May 2020) baptism Morrice Abbot 05 Nov 1565
3. ↑ Andrew Thrush (2010) Abbot, Maurice of Coleman Street, London in Andrew Thrush and John P Ferris (2010) (eds) The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1604-1629
4. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900,Volume 01
5. ↑ Andrew Thrush (2010) Abbot, Maurice of Coleman Street, London in Andrew Thrush and John P Ferris (2010) (eds) The History of Parliament: The House of Commons 1604-1629
6. ↑ History of Parliament Online entry for Maurice Abbot, 1565-1642
7. ↑ East India Company
8. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900,Volume 01
9. ↑ Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900,Volume 01
10. ↑ England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
11. ↑ Foster, Joseph, London Marriage Licences, 1521-1869 p. 2. London : B. Quaritch, 1889. Licences
12. ↑ "Remarks on a Brass Plate Formerly in the Church of the Holy Trinity at Guildford, and Now Remaining in the Hospital There" Archaeological Data Service, p. 254. King

Acknowledgments

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