Biography of James Harington 3rd Baronet 1607-1680

Paternal Family Tree: Harrington

1644 Battle of Cropredy Bridge

1644 Second Battle of Newbury

1649 Execution of Charles I

1660 Indemnity and Oblivion Act

In 1601 [his grandfather] James Harrington 1st Baronet (age 59) and [his grandmother] Anne Bernard were married. A double-wedding; his son married her daughter: [his father] Edward Harington 2nd Baronet and [his mother] Margaret Doyley (age 23) were married.

On 30th December 1607 James Harington 3rd Baronet was born to [his father] Edward Harington 2nd Baronet and [his mother] Margaret Doyley (age 29).

On 2nd February 1614 [his grandfather] James Harrington 1st Baronet (age 72) died. He was buried at Church of St Mary Magdalene and St Andrew, Ridlington [Map]. His son [his father] Edward succeeded 2nd Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.

In or before 1635 James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 27) and Katherine Wright Lady Harington (age 17) were married.

Around 1635 [his son] Edmund Harington 4th Baronet was born to James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 27) and [his wife] Katherine Wright Lady Harington (age 18). He married (1) August 1679 Sarah Alston Lady Harington (2) 6th September 1697 Abigail Vennour Lady Harington.

After 1636 [his son] Henry Harington was born to James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 28) and [his wife] Katherine Wright Lady Harington (age 19).

On or before 10th October 1639 [his son] Edward Harington 5th Baronet was born to James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 31) and [his wife] Katherine Wright Lady Harington (age 22). He was baptised on 10th October 1639 at St Peter le Poer Church, Broad Street.

Battle of Cropredy Bridge

                    On 29th June 1644 the Battle of Cropredy Bridge was fought near Banbury, Oxfordshire [Map].
                
                    Robert Howard (age 18) fought.
                
                    James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 36) led out a brigade of suburban Trained Bands, the Tower Hamlets Regiment and the Southwark White Auxiliaries and the Westminster Yellow Auxiliaries, to join William Waller (age 47) in the campaign that culminated at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.

Second Battle of Newbury

On 27th October 1644 Maurice Palatinate Simmern (age 23) fought for the defeated Royalist army at the Second Battle of Newbury at Speen, Newbury [Map]. Thomas Wentworth 1st Earl Cleveland (age 53) was captured. Edward St John (age 27) was killed.

James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 36), who had his horse shot from under him, commanded five regiments.

Mountjoy Blount 1st Earl Newport (age 47) fought for the Royalist Army.

Anthony Mansel of Ischoed was killed fighting for the Royalists.

In 1646 James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 38) was elected MP Rutland which seat he held until 1653.

Execution of Charles I

                    On 29th January 1649 King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland (age 48) fifty-seven commissioners signed King Charles' Death Warrant at Westminster Hall [Map]. Two further names were added subsequently.
                
                    1 John Bradshaw                

                    2 Thomas Grey                

                    3 Oliver Cromwell                

                    4 Edward Whalley                

                    7 John Danvers                

                    9 Henry Ireton                

                    10 Thomas Maulever 1st Baronet                

                    11 Hardress Waller                

                    14 Major-General William Goffe
                
                    17 General Thomas Harrison                

                    21 Admiral Richard Deane
                
                    27 Adrian Scrope                

                    34 Richard Ingoldsby                

                    42 John Jones                

                    45 Major General Charles Fleetwood                

                    54 Gregory Clement                

                    55 John Downes
                
                    57 Thomas Scot                

                    58 John Carew                

                    The commissioners who sat at the trial but did not sign the Death Warrant included:
                
                    William Monson 1st Viscount Monson (age 50)
                
                    James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 41)
                
                    The Captain of the Guard was Daniel Axtell (age 27). The guards included Francis Hacker, Matthew Tomlinson (age 31).
                
                    The Solicitor-General was John Cook (age 41).

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In 1652 [his father] Edward Harington 2nd Baronet died. His son James (age 44) succeeded 3rd Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire. [his wife] Katherine Wright Lady Harington (age 35) by marriage Lady Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.

In 1654 James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 46) was elected MP Middlesex which seat he held until 1655.

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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1654. William Faithorne "The Elder" (age 38). Portrait of James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 46).

In 1658 [his mother] Margaret Doyley (age 80) died.

Indemnity and Oblivion Act

                    On 29th August 1660  the Indemnity and Oblivion Act became law. The act was a general pardon for everyone who had committed crimes during the Civil War and Interregnum with the exception of certain crimes such as murder (without a licence granted by King or Parliament), piracy, buggery, rape and witchcraft, and people named in the act such as those involved in the regicide of Charles I.
                
                    Henry Mildmay (age 67) was excepted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act.
                
                    James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 52) was exempted. In 1661 his Baronetcy was forfeit for life.

Samuel Pepys' Diary. 7th September 1665. Thence to Brainford, reading "The Villaine", a pretty good play, all the way. There a coach of Mr. Povy's (age 51) stood ready for me, and he at his house ready to come in, and so we together merrily to Swakely, Sir R. Viner's (age 34). A very pleasant place, bought by him of Sir James Harrington's (age 57) [his wife] lady (age 48). He took us up and down with great respect, and showed us all his house and grounds; and it is a place not very moderne in the garden nor house, but the most uniforme in all that ever I saw; and some things to excess. Pretty to see over the screene of the hall (put up by Sir Mr. Harrington, a Long Parliamentman) the King's head, and my Lord of Essex (age 33) on one side, and Fairfax on the other; and upon the other side of the screene, the parson of the parish, and the lord of the manor and his sisters. The window-cases, door-cases, and chimnys of all the house are marble. He showed me a black boy that he had, that died of a consumption, and being dead, he caused him to be dried in an oven, and lies there entire in a box.

In 1675 [his wife] Katherine Wright Lady Harington (age 58) died.

Around August 1679 [his son] Edmund Harington 4th Baronet (age 44) and [his daughter-in-law] Sarah Alston Lady Harington were married. There was no issue from the marriage.

In 1680 James Harington 3rd Baronet (age 72) died in exile in Europe. His son Edmund (age 45) succeeded 4th Baronet Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire. [his daughter-in-law] Sarah Alston Lady Harington by marriage Lady Harington of Ridlington in Rutlandshire.