Sir Simonds (1st Bt.) d'Ewes

1602 - 1650  (47 years)

• Name	Simonds (1st Bt.) d'Ewes
  Prefix	Sir
  Birth	18 Dec 1602	Milden, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Apr 1650
  Person ID	I59349	First tree
  Last Modified	19 May 2022

  
  

  Children	1. Cicely d'Ewes   d. 1661
  Family ID	F64414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.