Sir Francis Vincent, MP, 1st Baronet Vincent, of D'Abernon

Family and Education

b. c.1568, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Vincent† of Barnack, Northants. and Jane, da. and h. of Thomas Lyfield† of Stoke d’Abernon. educ. Corpus, Oxf. 1582, aged 14; L. Inn 1587. m. (1) 29 June 1589, with £2,000, Sarah (d. 13 June 1608), da. of Sir Amias Paulet† of Hinton St. George, Som., 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Mary, da. of Henry Archer of Theydon Garnon, Essex, s.p.; (3) lic. 27 Mar. 1617, Eleanor (d. 10 Aug. 1645), da. and h. of Robert Malet of Woolleigh, Beaford, Devon, wid. of Sir Arthur Acland of Killerton, Broadclyst, Devon s.p. kntd. 34 July 1603; suc. fa. 1613; cr. bt. 26 July 1620. d. 14 Mar. 1640. sig. Fr[ancis] Vincent.

Biography

History of Parliament Online

I. Sir FRANCIS, 1st bart., was M.P. for co. Surrey, in the 1st parliament of king Charles I., m., 1st, Sarah, da. of sir Amias Paulet, governor of Guernsey and Jersey; 2dly, Mary, da. of sir Henry Archer, knt.; and 3dly, Eleanor, da. and h. of Robert Mallett, esq., and widow of sir Arthur Acland, knt.; by his 2d and 3d wives he had no issue, but by his 1st he had, besides several sons who d. without issue, 2 das., Elizabeth, m. John Acland, esq., and Margaret, m. sir Francis Gabell, knt., and a son and successor, Sir Anthony.

Source: John Debrett, William Courthope, Debrett's Baronetage of England, Edition 7, Printed for J.G. & F. Rivington, 1835, p. 25.

Notes

•  He was invested as a Knight on 23 July 1603.1 He was created 1st Baronet Vincent, of D'Abernon, co. Surrey [England] on 26 July 1620.
• A further settlement took place on the marriage of Francis Vincent with Sarah, daughter of Sir Amyas Paulet, in 1589. (fn. 35) Francis Vincent was made a baronet in 1620. (fn. 36) The manor descended in the Vincent family till the early part of the 19th century. (fn. 37) (1)
• will was probated on 15 May 1640. (2)

Citations

1. H.E. Malden (editor). "Parishes: Stoke d'Abernon." A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 (1911): 457-462. British History Online. Web. 21 December 2012. <http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43007>
2. [S21] L. G. Pine, The New Extinct Peerage 1884-1971: Containing Extinct, Abeyant, Dormant and Suspended Peerages With Genealogies and Arms (London, U.K.: Heraldry Today, 1972), page 94. Hereinafter cited as The New Extinct Peerage.

Links

• http://www.thepeerage.com/p3140.htm#i31396 thepeerage.com]
• A History of The Manor, Stoke d'Abernon
• exploringsurreyspast.org.uk
• rootsweb.ancestry.com
• multiwords.de
• The baronetage of England, or, The history of the English baronets, and such ... By William Betham (rev.), rev. William Betham. Page 202.
• The visitation of the county of Devon in the year 1620. Ed. by Frederic Thomas Colby. Published 1872 in London . Written in English. Comment: the children appear to be issue by the 3rd wife, Eleanor Mallet. Children listed: Amias, Thomas, Sir Anthony, Francis, Amias, Edward, Mary, Elizabeth.