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Samuel Backhouse
Samuel Backhouse (sometimes Bacchus or Bakehouse; bapt. 18 Nov. 1554 – 24 June 1626) was an English merchant who later became a country gentleman based in the county of Berkshire. He was a member of Parliament (MP) twice early in James I's reign, first for New Windsor in 1604 and then for Aylesbury in 1614.
Backhouse was brought up in the prominent Backhouse family of the North of England, son of a wealthy London Alderman and Grocer. Educated at Oxford, he first came into a sum of land upon his father's death, in 1580. The next sum came after marrying Elizabeth Borlase, member of the Buckinghamshire gentry, as he purchased the manor of Swallowfield in order to reside closer to his new affinial relatives. Here Backhouse lived the life of a country gentleman, fulfilling several minor municipal duties and, in 1600, entertaining the Queen as Sheriff of Berkshire.
Perhaps emboldened by his successes as a country gentleman in Berkshire, Backhouse entered parliament. His first stint in parliament, during the Blessed Parliament of 1604–10, saw him nominated to fifty committees, though he was not recorded as giving any speeches. In the much shorter Addled Parliament of 1614, Backhouse was nominated to another nine committees, but again remained a silent MP.
After the Addled Parliament, Backhouse did not seek reelection, and soon returned to Swallowfield. It is known that he became a shareholder of the New River Company in 1619 and engaged in a minor familial dispute regarding the parish church; he perhaps also cultivated associates interested in esotericism.
Following his in death 1626, Backhouse's lands passed to his eldest son John, and when John died without heirs, to his youngest, William. William's only child not to predecease him—Flower—died childless, thus ending Backhouse's line.
Samuel Backhouse was baptised on 18 November 1554, the son of Nicholas Backhouse and his first wife, Anne (daughter of Thomas Curzon of Croxall). Samuel was born into the wealthy Backhouse family of Northern England. Its earliest known member, was one Thomas Backhouse of Cumberland, Samuel's grandfather. Nicholas Backhouse was granted a confirmation of arms on 27 March 1574, which stated the family "lange tyme past did come out of Lancashere where they were of worshippful degree". Nicholas Backhouse was a merchant and is referred to in this grant as "of London Grocer". In 1578, he became a Sheriff and Alderman of London, leading historian C. H. Josten to conclude that he "must have been a man of considerable wealth and standing".
Backhouse was brought up in Hampshire, located near a manor of Nicholas'. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he matriculated in 1569, and obtained his BA in 1573. Backhouse entered Gray's Inn in 1572.
Backhouse's first large sum of property came upon his father's death in June 1580, when he inherited his father's Hampshire lands. The next came after Backhouse married Elizabeth, daughter of John Borlase of Little Marlow, on 6 September 1581. Ingratiated into the Buckinghamshire gentry, he proceeded to acquire the Berkshire manor of Swallowfield. The new house was not far from his new affinial relatives. Backhouse grew into "a man of considerable wealth" who, alongside his property in Swallowfield, held over 70 acres in Clerkenwell and Islington.
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Samuel Backhouse
Samuel Backhouse (sometimes Bacchus or Bakehouse; bapt. 18 Nov. 1554 – 24 June 1626) was an English merchant who later became a country gentleman based in the county of Berkshire. He was a member of Parliament (MP) twice early in James I's reign, first for New Windsor in 1604 and then for Aylesbury in 1614.
Backhouse was brought up in the prominent Backhouse family of the North of England, son of a wealthy London Alderman and Grocer. Educated at Oxford, he first came into a sum of land upon his father's death, in 1580. The next sum came after marrying Elizabeth Borlase, member of the Buckinghamshire gentry, as he purchased the manor of Swallowfield in order to reside closer to his new affinial relatives. Here Backhouse lived the life of a country gentleman, fulfilling several minor municipal duties and, in 1600, entertaining the Queen as Sheriff of Berkshire.
Perhaps emboldened by his successes as a country gentleman in Berkshire, Backhouse entered parliament. His first stint in parliament, during the Blessed Parliament of 1604–10, saw him nominated to fifty committees, though he was not recorded as giving any speeches. In the much shorter Addled Parliament of 1614, Backhouse was nominated to another nine committees, but again remained a silent MP.
After the Addled Parliament, Backhouse did not seek reelection, and soon returned to Swallowfield. It is known that he became a shareholder of the New River Company in 1619 and engaged in a minor familial dispute regarding the parish church; he perhaps also cultivated associates interested in esotericism.
Following his in death 1626, Backhouse's lands passed to his eldest son John, and when John died without heirs, to his youngest, William. William's only child not to predecease him—Flower—died childless, thus ending Backhouse's line.
Samuel Backhouse was baptised on 18 November 1554, the son of Nicholas Backhouse and his first wife, Anne (daughter of Thomas Curzon of Croxall). Samuel was born into the wealthy Backhouse family of Northern England. Its earliest known member, was one Thomas Backhouse of Cumberland, Samuel's grandfather. Nicholas Backhouse was granted a confirmation of arms on 27 March 1574, which stated the family "lange tyme past did come out of Lancashere where they were of worshippful degree". Nicholas Backhouse was a merchant and is referred to in this grant as "of London Grocer". In 1578, he became a Sheriff and Alderman of London, leading historian C. H. Josten to conclude that he "must have been a man of considerable wealth and standing".
Backhouse was brought up in Hampshire, located near a manor of Nicholas'. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he matriculated in 1569, and obtained his BA in 1573. Backhouse entered Gray's Inn in 1572.
Backhouse's first large sum of property came upon his father's death in June 1580, when he inherited his father's Hampshire lands. The next came after Backhouse married Elizabeth, daughter of John Borlase of Little Marlow, on 6 September 1581. Ingratiated into the Buckinghamshire gentry, he proceeded to acquire the Berkshire manor of Swallowfield. The new house was not far from his new affinial relatives. Backhouse grew into "a man of considerable wealth" who, alongside his property in Swallowfield, held over 70 acres in Clerkenwell and Islington.