George Luttrell

George Luttrell (12 Sep 1560 – Apr 1629) was an English politician from Dunster Castle in Somerset. In 1582 and 1584 he sat in the House of Commons of England as a Member of Parliament (MP) for his family's pocket borough of Minehead.

He was the oldest son of Thomas Luttrell of Dunster Castle. His mother, Margaret, was a daughter of Christopher Hadley of Withycombe. His younger brother was John Luttrell.

He married twice: Firstly, on 25 Sep 1580 to Joan Stukley, the younger daughter of his Ward, a "shady lawyer" named Hugh Stukley, of Marsh, Somerset. Secondly he married, at the age of 62, on 3 October 1622 a woman of relatively humble origins, named Sylvestra Capps, daughter of James Capps of Wiveliscombe, Devon; she outlived him by over 25 years and remarried twice. George Luttrell had a total of 5 sons and 9 daughters. His eldest son and heir by his first wife Joan was Thomas Luttrell (c. 1583 – 1644) q.v.

He was Sheriff of Somerset in 1593 and in 1609.

Progeny

By his first wife, Joan Stukley, he had the following known children:

Thomas Luttrell, heir to his father.
Hugh Luttrell, of Rodhuish.
George Luttrell, baptized at Dunster on 12 October 1590. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1608, and afterwards became a student of Gray's Inn. He was buried at Dunster, on 30 December 1619.
John Luttrell, baptized at Dunster on 5 January 1592. He matriculated at Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1608. He was living in 1620.
Andrew Luttrell, baptized at Dunster on 6 June 1596 and was buried there four days later.
Margaret Luttrell, baptized at East Quantockshead on 11 October 1584. She married at Dunster, on 3 August 1607, John Trevelyan of Nettlecombe.
Catherine Luttrell, baptized at Dunster on 18 April 1589. She married there, on 4 August 1607, the morrow of her sister's wedding, Lewis Pyne of East Down, in Devonshire.
Elizabeth Luttrell, baptized at Dunster on 23 March 1593, and buried there on 21 May 1595.
Susan Luttrell, baptized at Dunster on 9 October 1594. She married there, on 29 June 1612, John Francis of Combe Florey.
Elizabeth Luttrell, baptized at Dunster on 3 October 1598. In March 1621-2, George Luttrell, her father, made a formal declaration that he was willing that she should have the sum of 1,400L. bequeathed to her by her mother Joan, provided that she did not marry a Popish Recusant or the son of a Popish Recusant, or any other without his own consent. She nevertheless married, in that year, Thomas Arundel of Chideock in Dorset, a member of a noted Roman Catholic family.
Sarah Luttrell, baptized at Dunster on 3 April 1600. She married at Dunster, on 9 February 1625, Edmund Bowyer of Beer near Cannington. She was buried at Stockland, on 17 May 1664.
Mary Luttrell, buried at Dunster on 14 March 1608.

References

1 2 3 4 M.R.P. (1981). P.W. Hasler (ed.). "LUTTRELL, George (1560-1629), of Dunster Castle, Som". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Maxwell Lyte, Sir Henry, A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun and Luttrell (London, England, The St. Catherine Press Ltd., 1909), Volume 1, pp. 172-179.

Parliament of England

Preceded by

Andrew Hemmerford
Richard Cabell

Member of Parliament for Minehead
1582–1585
With: Richard Cabell 1582
Edward Rogers 1584–85

Succeeded by

John Luttrell
Robert Crosse

[george-luttrell-1560-1629-1] 1 2 3 4 M.R.P. (1981). P.W. Hasler (ed.). "LUTTRELL, George (1560-1629), of Dunster Castle, Som". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558–1603. Boydell and Brewer. Retrieved 21 May 2015.

[Lyte-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Maxwell Lyte, Sir Henry, A History of Dunster and of the Families of Mohun and Luttrell (London, England, The St. Catherine Press Ltd., 1909), Volume 1, pp. 172-179.

George Luttrell

Progeny

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