Isaac Pennington, Lord Mayor of London

Isaac Penington was the eldest son of Robert Penington, a London merchant with estates in East Anglia, and second cousin of John Penington, who became an admiral in Charles I's Navy. Penington made his fortune through trading in cloth and French wine. From 1626, he acted as financial agent to Admiral Penington. Through his second wife, Mary Wilkinson, whom he married in 1629, he extended his commercial interests to include a partnership in her family's brewery business. Penington and his wife were zealous Puritans and members of the congregation of St Stephen's in Coleman Street.

Penington became involved in politics in 1638 when he was elected as a London sheriff. In 1639, he became an alderman, and in 1640 was elected as a London MP to both the Short and Long Parliaments. He led demands for the abolition of episcopacy and was active in enforcing the destruction of idolatrous images in London churches. During the early 1640s, he worked with fellow militant Puritan John Venn to mobilize support against the King's unpopular advisers Strafford and Laud. Penington used his influence in the City of London to raise funds for Parliament, and in January 1642, may have sheltered the Five Members after the King's failed attempt to arrest them. When Parliament removed the Royalist Sir Richard Gurney from office in August 1642, Penington was appointed Lord Mayor in his place. He became a member of the city militia committee in September 1642 and exhorted the citizens to build fortifications for the defense of London. He was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London in July 1643. Penington was uncompromising in his hostility to the King's cause. He was replaced as Lord Mayor by the more moderate Sir John Wollaston in October 1643, but continued in his role as an intermediary between Parliament and the City.

In January 1649, Penington was appointed a commissioner of the High Court of Justice. He attended the King's trial, but did not sign the death warrant. However, he assisted Mayor Thomas Andrews in proclaiming the abolition of monarchy in the City, and was a member of the Council of State 1649-52. Penington's fortunes declined during the 1650s. He was obliged to resign from his office as alderman in 1657 because of financial difficulties. His eldest son Isaac Penington junior (1616-79) became a Quaker, while another son became a Catholic priest. Penington surrendered at the Restoration, hoping for leniency because he had not signed the King's death warrant. His remaining lands were confiscated and he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Tower, where he died in December 1661.

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He died on December 17, 1661 in Tower of London, England. Isaac, of London, a merchant, ca 40 years, at his father's death, 1627, knighted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, and in 1649 was made a member of the Council of State, succeeded to all his father's lands and tenements in Suffolk and Norfolk, High Sheriff of London, 1638, M.P. for the City in 1640-1, and lord mayor in 1643, lieutenant of the tower and one of the commissioners of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I, but he did not sign the warrant for his execution; he was betrayed by King Charles II, and committed to the Tower of London in 1660, and his estates confiscated. He was sentenced to death, and died in the Tower, from the effects of ill-usage, 17 Dec 1661, before his sentence was put into execution.

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OCCUPATION: Knighted by Speaker of the H

OCCUPATION: Knighted by Speaker of the House, then known as Sir Isaac Pennington. Lieutenant of the Tower, Lord Mayor of London, Was a member of the Council of State and a Commisioner of the Weight Court of Justice so was one of the Judges who tried King Charles I, although he refused to sign the death warrant of the King. When Charles the Second came to the throne in 1660, Sir Isaac along with others of the commision were thrown into the Tower Prison. It is not known if he was executed or what punishment was dealt out to him. He died there however and his body was deliverd to his family on 1 December 1661.

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From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996. From Ancestral File (TM), data as of 2 January 1996.

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Note: Sir Isaac Pennington was one of th

Note: Sir Isaac Pennington was one of the judges that sentenced Charles 1st todeath. When Charles 2nd reigned Isaac was thrown into the Tower of London wherehe died Dec. 17, 1661. Sir Isaac Pennington was born in 1587 in London, England. He died on December 17, 1661 in Tower of London, England. Isaac, of London, a merchant, ca 40 years, at his father's death, 1627, knighted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, and in 1649 was made a member of the Council of State, succeeded to all his father's lands and tenements in Suffolk and Norfolk,High Sheriff of London, 1638, M.P. for the City in 1640-1, and lord mayor in 1643, lieutenant of the tower and one of the commissioners of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I, but he did not sign the warrant for hisexecution; he was betrayed by King Charles II, and committed to the Tower of London in 166O, and his estates confiscated. He was sentenced to death, and diedin the Tower, from the effects of ill-usage, 17 Dec 1661, before his sentencewas put into execution. Lineage of Sir Isaac Pennington from Pennington Pedigrees 4-2, pg 42-45. He was married to Abigail Allen (daughter of John Allen) on February 7, 1614/15. Sir Isaac Pennington and Abigail Allen had the following children: 14 i. Arthur Pennington wasborn on August 12, 1621 in London, England. (1) Arthur became a Roman CatholicPriest. 15 ii. William Pennington was born in 1622. He died in 1689. William was a London druggist. +16iii. Daniel Pennington (born in 1630). +17 iv.Isaac Pennington Jr. (born in 1616). 18 v. Abigail Pennington. 19 vi. Bridget Pennington. +20 vii. Judith Pennington. He was married to Mary Young (daughter of Matthew Young).

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1607-1653-marriage locality

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Documentation

Documentation forSir Isaac Pennington is in the Notes of his father Robert Pennington.

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!SOURCES: Pa PI-1, Vol 1, P 51702 AI4a1

!SOURCES: Pa PI-1, Vol 1, P 51702 AI4a111, P2 Bucks, J-1, P2 Am Pub H, Vol 54, P 343 BiOE30, P 66

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Mary/Young

Mary/Young

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Documentation for Isaac Pennington and Abegail Allen and Family.

Information on the Family Group Record: Eng. Pub. Journal of Friends Bryan R. Lewis Hist. Soc, Vol.5 Bridgeport, III. England 9 Gough's Hist of Anschors, Vol 2, p. 439, London. M. 3 Ponch Reg. St. Margaret Church, London Pt. 1 p. 66 Mrs. Grace Larson, glenbar, Arizona This Family Group Record was located in the Book of Remembrance of Cammie Juanita Baker Brown - relative

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Life Sketch

isaac pennington & abigail allen Source on Pennington family is taken from pages.prodigy.net/younghousehold/group/f0000002.html They got the date of birth from a The Quakers by William Wistar Comfort 1624-1986: PA History Studies: No 2, pub by the PA Historical Assn; University Park, PA, revised 1989, page 15 Sir Isaac Pennington was Lord High Mayor of London in 1642. He was one of the judges that sentenced Charles I to death. When Charles II regained the thrown, Sir Isaac was out into the Tower of London where he died 17 December 1661. 1 Source: http://penningtonresearch.org/family_groups/fg2000-18.htm 10. Sir Isaac Pennington was born in 1587 in London, England. He died on December 17, 1661 in Tower of London, England. Isaac, of London, a merchant, ca 40 years, at his father's death, 1627, knighted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, and in 1649 was made a member of the Council of State, succeeded to all his father's lands and tenements in Suffolk and Norfolk, High Sheriff of London, 1638, M.P. for the City in 1640-1, and lord mayor in 1643, lieutenant of the tower and one of the commissioners of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I, but he did not sign the warrant for his execution; he was betrayed by King Charles II, and committed to the Tower of London in 166O, and his estates confiscated. He was sentenced to death, and died in the Tower, from the effects of ill-usage, 17 Dec 1661, before his sentence was put into execution. Lineage of Sir Isaac Pennington from Pennington Pedigrees 4-2, pg 42-45. He was married to Abigail Allen (daughter of John Allen) on February 7, 1614/15. Sir Isaac Pennington and Abigail Allen had the following children: 14 i. Arthur Pennington was born on August 12, 1621 in London, England. (1) Arthur became a Roman Catholic Priest. 15 ii. William Pennington was born in 1622. He died in 1689. William was a London druggist. +16 iii. Daniel Pennington (born in 1630). +17 iv. Isaac Pennington Jr. (born in 1616). 18 v. Abigail Pennington. 19 vi. Bridget Pennington. +20 vii. Judith Pennington. He was married to Mary Young (daughter of Matthew Young). http://www.gencircles.com/users/gcjones51/1/data/2201

More About Isaac Pennington: Burial: Unknown, Jordans, Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England. Heir to estate: 1628, oldest son alive.

More About Isaac Pennington and Abigail Allen: Marriage: Feb 07, 1613/14, London, Middlesex County, England.

Children of Isaac Pennington and Abigail Allen are: +Isaac Pennington, Jr, b. 1616, London, Middlesex County, England, d. Sep 18, 1682, Chalfont Grange, St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England.

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Isaac Penington, the eldest of the children of Robert and Judith Penington, was born in 1588, as he was 40 years old at the death of his father in 1628. Isaac Pennington succeeded to all this father's lands and tenements in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, and also followed in the elder Pennington's footsteps as an extensive London merchant.

Being possessed of large means, Isaac Pennington devoted much of his time to civic and political affairs. He was first chosen an Alderman. In 1638 he was made High Sheriff of London. In 1640 he was elected Member of Parliament for the City, and became a leader in the House. He was made Lord Mayor of London in 1643 , and subsequently was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Tower. Having been Knighted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, he was commissioned, in 1649, a member of the Council of State.

Of Sir Isaac Pennington's remarkable career under the Protectorate, an English writer has said:

["]He represented the City in the Long Parliament, and was the Rothschild of the Roundheads. When money was wanted in the early years of the war, application was generally made to the city through Alderman Pennington. If the Houses were showing courage and faithfulness to the Cause, the Alderman promised money, and once offered a guard of 300 citizens, but when compromise about Stafford was in the air, the money was withheld.

["]Penington was Lord Mayor the year the war broke out, and when there seemed danger of peace being made in 1643, it was he who as Lord Mayor helped to organize mob violence to terrify the peace party. When the House found it necessary for its safety against Army Plots to have the Tower in trusty keeping, Alderman Pennington was made it's [sic] Governor.

"He was a member of the High Court of Justice who tried the King. He was knighted by the Speaker and became a member of that Council of State which undertook the difficult organization of the infant Commonwealth. He was what was called a 'Parliament Grandee,' one of the revolutionary nobility for twenty years."

As stated in the above quotation, Isaac Pennington was one of the Commissioners of the High Court of Justice for the trial of Charles I, but did not sign the warrant for the King's execution. He was, however, recognized as one of the "Regicides," and, following the Restoration, he was, in 1660, arrested and committed to the Tower, and his estates were confiscated. He was sentenced to death, but, before the decree could be carried out, Pennington died in the Tower, from ill usage, December 17, 1661.

Sir Isaac Pennington was twice married, first, February 7, 1614-15 to Abigail Allen, daughter of John Allen, a London merchant. It is written of her that her desires were "for the religious welfare and the establishment of the Christian character of her children," Sir Isaac's second wife was Mary Young, daughter of Matthew Young. His children, however were all by his first wife, and were, as follows: Isaac, Arthur, William, Daniel, Abigail, Bridget, Judith and Anne. Of these, Isaac, the father of the emigrant to America, will be mentioned hereafter. Arthur was a Roman Catholic Priest. William, who was a merchant in London, became, like his elder brother, a member of the Society of Friends, and died April 3, 1689. Daniel, who was godson to his uncle Daniel, married, but we have no information concerning him, beyond mention of him by his brother Isaac, in 1667. Of the four daughters, we only know that Anne became the wife of Richard More, of More and Larden, County Salop, who was a member of Parliament.

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Isaac Penington was the eldest son of Robert Penington, a London merchant with estates in East Anglia, and second cousin of John Penington, who became an admiral in Charles I's navy. Penington made his fortune through trading in cloth and French wine. From 1626, he acted as financial agent to Admiral Penington. Through his second wife, Mary Wilkinson, whom he married in 1629, he extended his commercial interests to include a partnership in her family's brewery business. Penington and his wife were zealous Puritans and members of the congregation of St Stephen's in Coleman Street.

Penington became involved in politics in 1638 when he was elected as a London sheriff. In 1639, he became an alderman, and in 1640 was elected as a London MP to both the Short and Long Parliaments. He led demands for the abolition of episcopacy and was active in enforcing the destruction of idolatrous images in London churches. During the early 1640s, he worked with fellow militant Puritan John Venn to mobilise support against the King's unpopular advisers Strafford and Laud. Penington used his influence in the City of London to raise funds for Parliament, and in January 1642, may have sheltered the Five Members after the King's failed attempt to arrest them. When Parliament removed the Royalist Sir Richard Gurney from office in August 1642, Penington was appointed Lord Mayor in his place. He became a member of the City militia committee in September 1642 and exhorted the citizens to build fortifications for the defence of London. He was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London in July 1643. Penington was uncompromising in his hostility to the King's cause. He was replaced as Lord Mayor by the more moderate Sir John Wollaston in October 1643, but continued in his role as an intermediary between Parliament and the City.

In January 1649, Penington was appointed a commissioner of the High Court of Justice. He attended the King's trial, but did not sign the death warrant. However, he assisted Mayor Thomas Andrews in proclaiming the abolition of monarchy in the City, and was a member of the Council of State 1649-52. Penington's fortunes declined during the 1650s. He was obliged to resign from his office as alderman in 1657 because of financial difficulties. His eldest son Isaac Penington junior (1616-79) became a Quaker, while another son became a Catholic priest. Penington surrendered at the Restoration, hoping for leniency because he had not signed the King's death warrant. His remaining lands were confiscated and he was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Tower, where he died in December 1661.

-- http://www.british-civil-wars.co.uk/biog/penington.htm

He died on December 17, 1661 in Tower of London, England. Isaac, of London, a merchant, ca 40 years, at his father's death, 1627, knighted by the Speaker of the House of Commons, and in 1649 was made a member of the Council of State, succeeded to all his father's lands and tenements in Suffolk and Norfolk, High Sheriff of London, 1638, M.P. for the City in 1640-1, and lord mayor in 1643, lieutenant of the tower and one of the commissioners of the High Court of Justice for the trial of King Charles I, but he did not sign the warrant for his execution; he was betrayed by King Charles II, and committed to the Tower of London in 1660, and his estates confiscated. He was sentenced to death, and died in the Tower, from the effects of ill-usage, 17 Dec 1661, before his sentence was put into execution.

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!Isaac was Lord mayor of London.

!Isaac was Lord mayor of London.