Robert Spiller
Sir Robert Spiller (c. 1591–1637) was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1624.
Early life
[edit]Spiller was the son of Sir Henry Spiller of Laleham. He matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford on 25 January 1610 aged 18 and was awarded BA on 28 January 1611.
Career
[edit]He was a student of Lincoln's Inn in 1611 and became a clerk in Chancery.[1]
In 1621 he was elected member of parliament for Castle Rising.[2] He was of Sutton in Surrey and was knighted at Guildford on 27 July 1622 together with Sir Richard Weston.[3] In 1624 he was elected MP for Castle Rising again.[2]
In 1635 Spiller was one of the commissioners appointed for the Wey Navigation.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Spiller married Elizabeth (or Dorothy) Dormer, daughter of Sir John Dormer. They had a daughter Jane[5] who married James Herbert son of Philip Herbert, 4th Earl of Pembroke.[6]
Spiller died at the age of about 47 and was buried at Shepperton, Middlesex on 21 May 1637.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Browne Willis Notitia parliamentaria, or, An history of the counties, cities, and boroughs in England and Wales: ... The whole extracted from mss. and printed evidences 1750 pp176-239
- ^ Knights of England
- ^ John Nichols The progresses, processions, and magnificent festivities, of King ..., Volume 4
- ^ 'Parishes Kingsey', A History of the County of Buckingham: Volume 4 (1927), pp. 63-68. Date accessed: 5 January 2012
- ^ 'Parishes: Milton', The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 6 (1798), pp. 163-192. Date accessed: 26 February 2011