Hervey Bagot (1591 - 1660)

Born 8 Feb 1591 in Staffordshire, England

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Died 27 Dec 1660 at age 69 in Trescott Grange, Staffordshire, England

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Biography

Hervey Bagot is Notable.

Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Baronet (8 February 1591 – 27 December 1660) was an English MP.

He was born at Checkley in Staffordshire, the son of Walter Bagot and his wife, Elizabeth Cave. ^[1] He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford University on 18 November 1608 ^[2] where his tutor described him as very religiously addicted. ^[3] Until his first marriage he lived in Checkley and then moved to Field Hall, near the family's ancestral Blithfield home.

His first wife, whom he married about 1612, was Katherine Adderley, daughter of Humphrey Adderley of Weddington in Warwickshire.^{[1] [4]}She bore him 5 sons, 3 of whom died in the lifetime of their father (including John Bagot), and a daughter. Katherine died in 1623, and was buried at Blithfield on 13 February 1623.^[1][3]

His second wife, whom he married some time after 3 February 1625 was Ann Fisher, daughter of Sir Clement Fisher of Great Packington and his wife, Mary Repington, and widow of Sir Thomas Dilke. ^[5]Ann was then aged about 55 and there were no children from the marriage. ^[3][6]

Blithfield Hall

He was created Baronet Bagot of Blithfield Hall on 31 May 1627. ^[7] Hervey was first returned to Parliament as member for Staffordshire in 1628. ^[3]

A royalist in the Civil War Hervey paid the price, being disabled from sitting in Parliament in 1642,^[2] receiving a fine of £1340 reduced in 1649 to £ 1004 17s,^[8] and with the loss of his son, Richard, from wounds sustained at the Battle of Naseby in 1645. ^[4]

Anne died on 9 May 1656 and was buried in Blithfield Church. ^[3]

St Leonard

Hervey survived just long enough to see the Restoration, dying on 27 December 1660. He was buried at St Leonard's, Blithfield.^{[9] [3][4]} His heir was his second son, Edward. ^[8]

Research notes

Visitation of Staffordshire says he died 27 December 1652. ^[1]

Wikipedia previously repeated in error the story that his son John emigrated to America, but provides no sources. ^[10] It should be noted from his son's profile that John Bagot died a toddler.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} The Heraldic Visitations of Staffordshire made by Richard St George 1635 Page 27
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Oxford Alumni: Hervey Bagot
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} History of Parliament online: BAGOT, Sir Hervey, 1st Bt. (1591-1660), of Field, Staffs
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Collins Peerage of England, Volume 7, accessed 23 Feb 2015.
5. ↑ Visitation of England and Wales, Notes
6. ↑ Collins Peerage of England, Volume 7, accessed 23 Feb 2015.Note that there is an error here which gives Anne the same date of death as her husband
7. ↑ Wikipedia: Baron Bagot
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: Bagot family (per. c. 1490–1705)
9. ↑ Thepeerage.com: Sir Hervey Bagot, 1st Bt Cites: George Edward Cokayne, editor, The Complete Baronetage, 5 volumes (no date (c. 1900); reprint, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 1983), volume II, page 23.
10. ↑ Wikipedia: Hervey Bagot

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