Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham

Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham1

M, #24383, b. 20 February 1603/4, d. 9 March 1648/49

Last Edited=16 Apr 2008

    Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham was born on 20 February 1603/4.2 He was the son of Sir Henry Capell and Theodosia Montagu.2 He was baptised on 11 March 1603/4 at Hadham, Hertfordshire, England.2 He married Elizabeth Morrison, daughter of Sir Charles Morrison, Bt. and Hon. Mary Hicks, on 28 November 1627 at Watford, Hertfordshire, England.2,3 He died on 9 March 1648/49 at age 45 at Palace Yard, Westminster, London, England, beheaded.2 He was buried on 20 March 1648/49 at Hadham, Hertfordshire, England.2

    Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham was created 1st Baron Capell of Hadham, co. Hertford [England] on 5 August 1641.2 He fought in the English Civil War, in the Royal cause, especially against Sir William Brereton.2 He was invested as a Knight on 17 January 1644/45.2 He was invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 1 March 1644/45.2 On 27 August 1648 he was captured at the surrender of the garrison of Colchester, and was sent to the Tower of London.2 On 2 February 1649 at Lambeth, London, England, he was recaptured after escaping from the Tower of London, and was subsequently condemned to death by the High Court of Justice.2

Children of Arthur Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham and Elizabeth Morrison

1.Anne Capell4

2.Mary Capell+1 b. 16 Dec 1630, d. 7 Jan 1714/15

3.Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex+4 b. 28 Jan 1631/32, d. 13 Jul 1683

4.Elizabeth Capell+5 b. 4 Jun 1633, d. 30 Jul 1678

5.Henry Capell, 1st and last Baron Capell of Tewkesbury6 b. 6 Mar 1637/38, d. 30 May 1696

6.Theodosia Capell+7 b. 3 Jan 1639/40, d. c Mar 1661/62

Citations

http://thepeerage.com/p2439.htm#i24383

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Name: Arthur CAPELL 1st Baron Capell

Sex: M

Death: 9 MAR 1648

Change Date: 14 DEC 2005

Father: Henry CAPELL b: ABT 1574

Mother: Theodosia MONTAGU b: 1577

Marriage 1 Elizabeth MORRISON

Children

Arthur CAPELL 1st Earl Of Essex b: 1632

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Arthur F. Capell, 1st Baron Capell of Hadham (20 February 1608 – 9 March 1649) was an English royalist.

Capell was the only son of Sir Henry Capell, of Rayne Hall, Essex, and of Theodosia, daughter of Sir Edward Montagu of Broughton, Northamptonshire. He was elected a member of the Short and Long Parliaments in 1640 for Hertfordshire. He at first supported the opposition to Charles's arbitrary government, but soon allied himself with the king's cause, on which side his sympathies were engaged, and was raised to the peerage by the title of Baron Capell of Hadham, in the County of Hertford, on the 6th of August 1641.

On the outbreak of the war he was appointed lieutenant-general of Shropshire, Cheshire and North Wales, where he rendered useful military services, and later was made one of the Prince of Wales's councillors, and a commissioner at the Treaty of Uxbridge in 1645. He attended the queen in her flight to France in 1646, but disapproved of the prince's journey thither, and retired to Jersey, subsequently aiding in the king's escape to the Isle of Wight.

He was one of the chief leaders in the second Civil War, but met with no success, and on the 27th of August, together with Lord Norwich, he surrendered to Fairfax at Colchester on promise of quarter for life. This assurance, however, was afterwards interpreted as not binding the civil authorities, and his fate for some time hung in the balance. He succeeded in escaping from the Tower, but was again captured, was condemned to death by parliament [1] on the 8th of March 1649, and was beheaded together with the Duke of Hamilton and Lord Holland the next day.

He married Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Sir Charles Morrison of Cassiobury, Hertfordshire, through whom that estate passed into his family, and by whom besides four daughters he had five sons, the eldest Arthur being created earl of Essex at the Restoration. Lord Capell also wrote Daily Observations or Meditations: Divine, Morall, published with some of his letters in 1654, and reprinted, with a short life of the author, under the title Excellent Contemplations, in 1683.