Sir John Danvers(1588?-1655).
[734]Sir John Danvers:—His first wife was the lady
Herbert, a widowe, mother of the lord EdwardHerbert of Cherbery and George Herbert, orator. By her
he had no issue; she was old enough to have been his
mother. He maried her for love of her witt. The earl
of Danby[735]was greatly displeased with him for this dis-agreable
match.
[736]Sir John, his sonne, was then[737]a child about six. An
ingeniose person, e.g. Chelsey house and garden, and
Lavington garden[738]. A great friend of the king's partie
and a patron to distressed and cashiered cavaliers, e.g.
captain Gunter, he served; Christopher Gibbons (organist);
captain Peters, etc.—Lord Bacon's friend. But to revenge
himselfe of his sister, the l Garg to[739]ingratiate
himself more with the P to null his brother,
earl of Danby's, will, he, contrary to his owne naturall
inclination, did sitt in the high court of justice at the
king's triall.
Dantesey (2500li.per annum), not entailed,
forfeited and given to the duke of Yorke.
His son, John, by his last wife ( Hughes), has
500li.per annum (old land) in Oxonshire, which was part
of judge[740]Danvers' estate tempore Edwardi IV, one of the
judges with Litleton.
Henry, the eldest son of Sir John Danvers, dyed before
his father, and left his two sisters co-heires, viz. Elizabeth[741] married Robert Viliers (only son of viscount Purbec),
and Anne, married to Sir Lee of Ditchley.
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