Sir William Armine, 1st Baronet (11 December 1593 – 10 April 1651) was an English politician who sat in the

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at various times between 1621 and 1651. He supported the

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cause in the

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. (His name was also spelled Airmine, Armin, Armyne and Armyn.)

Background

Armine was the son of William Armyn (MP) of Osgodby,

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, Lincolnshire and his first wife Martha, daughter of Lord Eure.J.C.H., 'Armyn, William (1561–1622), of Osgodby, Lincs.', in P.W. Hasler (ed.), ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1558-1603'' (from Boydell and Brewer 1981)
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Public life

Armine was created a

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on 28 November 1619 and succeeded to the estates of his father on 22 January 1622. He was elected

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for

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at least in 1624 and possibly in 1621 to replace Sir Thomas Cheek who sat for another seat. In 1625, he was elected MP for

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and in 1626 MP for

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. He acted as assistant to the managers of the parliamentary impeachment of

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in 1626. In 1627, he refused to collect an arbitrary "loan" which the King had attempted to impose on Lincolnshire, and was imprisoned as a result. He was elected MP for Lincolnshire again in 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. He was Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1630 and Sheriff of Huntingdonshire in 1639. George Edward Cokayne ''Complete Baronetage'' 1900
/ref> In 1641, Armine was elected MP for Grantham again in the

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. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he declared for Parliament, and was sent on Parliament's behalf to discuss terms with the King in 1643. He was one of the judges who was elected for the trial of the King in 1649, but refused to sit. He was elected a member of the

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in 1649, and was re-elected in 1650 and 1651. Armine died in 1651 at the age of 57 and was buried at Lavington, otherwise known as

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, a place adjacent to Osgodby.

Family

Armine married firstly, on 14 December 1619, Elizabeth Hicks, daughter of Sir Michael Hicks of

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, Gloucestershire, and of Ruckholte, in Low Leyton, Essex. By her he had children

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(1622–1658) who succeeded to the baronetcy, Theophilus (1623–1644) who became a parliamentary colonel in the civil wars and was killed at

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(1625–1688) who succeeded his brother to the baronetcy, Elizabeth (1621–1679), who married Sir Thomas Style of

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and Anne (1624–1671), who married Sir Thomas Barnardiston of

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, Suffolk. Armine married secondly, on 28 August 1628, Mary Holcroft, widow of Thomas Holcroft of

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(1557–1620) and daughter of Henry Talbot, son of the

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. She was a philanthropist who founded three hospitals, and also took an active interest in missionaries among Native Americans in England's colonies. By her, Sir William had one further child Talbot Armine (born 1630).

References

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