Individual Details
Sir John Pettus MP
(1550 - 9 Apr 1614)
[[Category:Members of Parliament, England 1601]]
[[Category:Members of Parliament, England 1604]]
[[Category:Members of Parliament, Norwich]]
[[Category:Norwich, Norfolk]]
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== Biography ==
John was born around 1550 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, the son of Thomas Pettus, esq. (d. 1598) and his wife Christian Dethick.
He married Bridget, daughter and co-heir of Augustine Curtis, gent. of Honnington, Suffolk. [https://books.google.com/books?id=piwUAAAAQAAJ&dq=Humphrey%20Camden%20of%20London&pg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false]
==Marriage==m. '''Bridget Curtis'''. Issue: 2 son; 4 dau.[https://books.google.com/books?id=piwUAAAAQAAJ&dq=Humphrey%20Camden%20of%20London&pg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false][http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pettus-john-1550-1614] "The Ladie Pettus was buried the xxiith daie of the moneth of December Ao dni 1628" (St. Simon and St. Jude)
* Sir Augustine Pettus, Knt. (bp. 16 Jul 1582, d.v.p. 9 Jul 1613)
::: m.1 Mary, dau. of Henry Vylett of Lynn, Norfolk
::: m.2 Abigail, dau. of Sir Arthur Hevingham of Hevingham, Suffolk
* Anne (bp. 29 Oct 1583)
::: m. Robert Knightley, esq. of Offchurch, Warwickshire
* Elizabeth (bp. 23 Jul 1585, bur. 4 Apr 1598)
* "Dame Christian Saltonstall" (bp. 12 Dec 1586).named in Thos. will.[https://books.google.com/books?id=UPn5MhS6X0QC&lpg=PA505&dq=Sir%20Augustine%20Pettus&pg=PA505#v=onepage&q&f=true]::: m. Sir Peter Saltonstall (Saltingstall), Knt. of Barkway, Hertfordshire, son of Sir Richard Saltonstall of London & South Okeden, Essex and Susan, sister of Sir Gabriel Poyntz.Cook. R. (1886). "Saltonstall of Barkway," in Visitations of Hertfordshire, pp. 90. Harlein Society. Google Books.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gqwKAAAAYAAJ&dq=Sir%20Peter%20Saltonstall%20of%20Barkway%2C%20Hertfordshire.&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false]
* Bridget (bp. 29 Nov 1588).
::: m. Martin Sidley, esq. of Morley, Norfolk.
* Thomas Pettus (bp. 18 May 1591, d. Oct or Nov 1618), esq. of Caistree St Edmonds, Norfolk.[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pettus-john-1550-1614][https://books.google.com/books?id=UPn5MhS6X0QC&lpg=PA505&dq=Sir%20Augustine%20Pettus&pg=PA505#v=onepage&q&f=false]
John represented Norwich as one of two Members of Parliament having been elected on 27 February 1604/5 along with Sir Henry Hobart. He served until 1606.
He was knighted 29 June 1607 by King James I.
He was elected Mayor of Norwich for 1608-9, and returned to Parliament in 1610. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pettus-john-1550-1614
John died in April 1614 and was buried at the church of St Simon and St Jude, Norwich on the 9 April: [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ9-D5D3?i=294&cat=309592]:Sr John Pettus Knight was buryed the ix th daye of Aprill Anno Do'ni 1614
However, the engraving on his sumptuous family tomb at St Simon and St Jude reads::Here Under resteth the body of Sir John Pettus, Knighte, Cittizen and Alderman of Norwich who aged 64 departed this life the nynthe of Aprill 1613
John's very extensive Will was written on 10 January in the 11th year of King James (which converts to 10 January 1613/14). It was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London by his second son Thomas (his first son Sir Augustine Pettus having died in 1613) with a probate date of 30 May 1614. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858PROB 11: Will Registers 1599-1623 Piece 123: Lawe, Quire Numbers 1-66 (1614) National Archives, Kew, London, England
== Sources ==
* Dean, J.W. (1997). "Will of Thomas Pettus, esq. of Caistree St Edmonds, Norfolk," in Genealogical gleanings in England. NEHGR, 48, pp. 505. Bowie, MD: Heritage Bookis. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UPn5MhS6X0QC&lpg=PA505&dq=Sir%20Augustine%20Pettus&pg=PA505#v=onepage&q&f=true Google Books].
*Hasler, P.W. (1981). Pettus, John (1550-1614), of Norwich, Norf. HOP. Web.[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/pettus-john-1550-1614]
*Thrush, A. & Ferris, J.P. (2010). Pettus, John (1550-1614), of Elm St., Norwich, Norf. HOP. Web.[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pettus-john-1550-1614]
* ''Visitations of Norfolk'', ed. Rye, Harleian Soc. 32 (1891), [https://archive.org/stream/visitacionievisi32ryew#page/220/ p. 221], Pettous.
* Wotton T. (1741). The English baronets, a genealogical and historical account of their families, II, pp. 270. London. [https://books.google.com/books?id=piwUAAAAQAAJ&dq=Humphrey%20Camden%20of%20London&pg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books].
* Register of St. Simon and St. Jude, Norwich.
* Book Titled The Raglands: The History of A British-American Family, Vol., II, by Charles James Ragland, Jr., 1987
* Find A Grave Memorial # 105815867
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[[Category:Members of Parliament, England 1604]]
[[Category:Members of Parliament, Norwich]]
[[Category:Norwich, Norfolk]]
}
== Biography ==
John was born around 1550 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, the son of Thomas Pettus, esq. (d. 1598) and his wife Christian Dethick.
He married Bridget, daughter and co-heir of Augustine Curtis, gent. of Honnington, Suffolk. [https://books.google.com/books?id=piwUAAAAQAAJ&dq=Humphrey%20Camden%20of%20London&pg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false]
==Marriage==m. '''Bridget Curtis'''. Issue: 2 son; 4 dau.[https://books.google.com/books?id=piwUAAAAQAAJ&dq=Humphrey%20Camden%20of%20London&pg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false][http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pettus-john-1550-1614] "The Ladie Pettus was buried the xxiith daie of the moneth of December Ao dni 1628" (St. Simon and St. Jude)
* Sir Augustine Pettus, Knt. (bp. 16 Jul 1582, d.v.p. 9 Jul 1613)
::: m.1 Mary, dau. of Henry Vylett of Lynn, Norfolk
::: m.2 Abigail, dau. of Sir Arthur Hevingham of Hevingham, Suffolk
* Anne (bp. 29 Oct 1583)
::: m. Robert Knightley, esq. of Offchurch, Warwickshire
* Elizabeth (bp. 23 Jul 1585, bur. 4 Apr 1598)
* "Dame Christian Saltonstall" (bp. 12 Dec 1586).named in Thos. will.[https://books.google.com/books?id=UPn5MhS6X0QC&lpg=PA505&dq=Sir%20Augustine%20Pettus&pg=PA505#v=onepage&q&f=true]::: m. Sir Peter Saltonstall (Saltingstall), Knt. of Barkway, Hertfordshire, son of Sir Richard Saltonstall of London & South Okeden, Essex and Susan, sister of Sir Gabriel Poyntz.Cook. R. (1886). "Saltonstall of Barkway," in Visitations of Hertfordshire, pp. 90. Harlein Society. Google Books.[https://books.google.com/books?id=gqwKAAAAYAAJ&dq=Sir%20Peter%20Saltonstall%20of%20Barkway%2C%20Hertfordshire.&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false]
* Bridget (bp. 29 Nov 1588).
::: m. Martin Sidley, esq. of Morley, Norfolk.
* Thomas Pettus (bp. 18 May 1591, d. Oct or Nov 1618), esq. of Caistree St Edmonds, Norfolk.[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pettus-john-1550-1614][https://books.google.com/books?id=UPn5MhS6X0QC&lpg=PA505&dq=Sir%20Augustine%20Pettus&pg=PA505#v=onepage&q&f=false]
John represented Norwich as one of two Members of Parliament having been elected on 27 February 1604/5 along with Sir Henry Hobart. He served until 1606.
He was knighted 29 June 1607 by King James I.
He was elected Mayor of Norwich for 1608-9, and returned to Parliament in 1610. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pettus-john-1550-1614
John died in April 1614 and was buried at the church of St Simon and St Jude, Norwich on the 9 April: [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSJ9-D5D3?i=294&cat=309592]:Sr John Pettus Knight was buryed the ix th daye of Aprill Anno Do'ni 1614
However, the engraving on his sumptuous family tomb at St Simon and St Jude reads::Here Under resteth the body of Sir John Pettus, Knighte, Cittizen and Alderman of Norwich who aged 64 departed this life the nynthe of Aprill 1613
John's very extensive Will was written on 10 January in the 11th year of King James (which converts to 10 January 1613/14). It was proved at the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in London by his second son Thomas (his first son Sir Augustine Pettus having died in 1613) with a probate date of 30 May 1614. England & Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858PROB 11: Will Registers 1599-1623 Piece 123: Lawe, Quire Numbers 1-66 (1614) National Archives, Kew, London, England
== Sources ==
* Dean, J.W. (1997). "Will of Thomas Pettus, esq. of Caistree St Edmonds, Norfolk," in Genealogical gleanings in England. NEHGR, 48, pp. 505. Bowie, MD: Heritage Bookis. [https://books.google.com/books?id=UPn5MhS6X0QC&lpg=PA505&dq=Sir%20Augustine%20Pettus&pg=PA505#v=onepage&q&f=true Google Books].
*Hasler, P.W. (1981). Pettus, John (1550-1614), of Norwich, Norf. HOP. Web.[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1558-1603/member/pettus-john-1550-1614]
*Thrush, A. & Ferris, J.P. (2010). Pettus, John (1550-1614), of Elm St., Norwich, Norf. HOP. Web.[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1604-1629/member/pettus-john-1550-1614]
* ''Visitations of Norfolk'', ed. Rye, Harleian Soc. 32 (1891), [https://archive.org/stream/visitacionievisi32ryew#page/220/ p. 221], Pettous.
* Wotton T. (1741). The English baronets, a genealogical and historical account of their families, II, pp. 270. London. [https://books.google.com/books?id=piwUAAAAQAAJ&dq=Humphrey%20Camden%20of%20London&pg=PA270#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books].
* Register of St. Simon and St. Jude, Norwich.
* Book Titled The Raglands: The History of A British-American Family, Vol., II, by Charles James Ragland, Jr., 1987
* Find A Grave Memorial # 105815867
}
Events
| Birth | 1550 | Norwich, Norfolk, England | |||
| Death | 9 Apr 1614 | Norwich, Norfolk, England | |||
| Reference No | 5770881 | ||||
| Reference No | 5938717 | ||||
| Reference No | 60 |
Families
| Father | Sir Thomas Pettus (1519 - 1596) |
| Mother | Christian Dethick (1527 - 1578) |
| Sibling | Sir Thomas Pettus (1552 - 1620) |
| Sibling | Thomas Pettus (1552 - 1620) |
| Sibling | Elizabeth Pettus (1551 - 1588) |
| Sibling | William Pettus (1556 - 1608) |
| Sibling | Alexander Pettus (1558 - 1606) |
| Sibling | Cecily Pettus (1560 - 1588) |
| Sibling | Anne Pettus (1564 - 1597) |