1602 - 1650 (47 years)
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| Name |
Simonds (1st Bt.) d'Ewes |
| Prefix |
Sir |
| Birth |
18 Dec 1602 |
Milden, Suffolk, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
18 Apr 1650 |
| Person ID |
I59349 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
19 May 2022 |
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| Notes |
- He was the eldest son of Paul d'Ewes, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and his first wife Cecelia, daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Simonds of Coxden, Dorsetshire. His father's family came originally from Gelderland: Simonds' great-grandfather emigrated to England about 1510. He inherited a fortune from his maternal grandfather while still young; his other grandfather was a printer, Gerard d'Ewes, of Gaynes, Upminster, Essex, who married Grace Hynde.
An English antiquary and politician. He was bred for the bar, was a member of the Long Parliament and left notes on its transactions. D'Ewes took the Puritan side in the Civil War. His Journal of all the Parliaments of Elizabeth is of value; he left an Autobiography and Correspondence.
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