The Spring Baronetcy, of Pakenham in the

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, is a title in the Baronetage of England.

History

The title was created on 11 August 1641 for Sir William Spring, a Suffolk Member of Parliament who had already been knighted by

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. He was the son of Sir William Spring of Pakenham, and descended from the Suffolk

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Spring family The Spring family is a Suffolk gentry family that has been involved in the politics and economy of East Anglia since the 15th century, as well as holding large estates in Ireland from the 16th century.Joseph Jackson Howard, ‘Spring’, ‘’ ...

, who had been major wool merchants in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The baronetcy was created as part of an attempt by the king to win the favour of Parliamentarian gentry families in the lead-up to the

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, as the Spring family was staunchly Parliamentarian and held considerable influence in Suffolk. Following the

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of the monarchy in 1660, the family was issued a general pardon for their actions against the king. The first baronet's son, also

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, inherited the title. He was an MP for Suffolk and one of the earliest members to be designated a Whig. The baronetcy became dormant on the death of the sixth Baronet in 1769.

Motto

The family motto is ''Non mihi sed Patriae'' (Latin), ''Not for myself but for my country''.

Spring baronets, of Pakenham (1641)

Sir William Spring, 1st Baronet Sir William Spring, 1st Baronet (1613 – 17 December 1654) was an English Parliamentarian politician and a member of the Spring family of Pakenham, Suffolk. Life William was the son of Sir William Spring (died 1637) and his wife Elizabeth Sm ...

(1613–1654) *

Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet (1642–1684) was an English politician, member of the Spring family and MP for Suffolk in 1679–1684. Spring was educated at King Edward VI School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He inherited the Baronetcy of ...

(1642–1684) *

Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet (c. 1672 – 2 April 1704) of Pakenham Hall in Pakenham, Suffolk, was an English baronet and landowner who served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1696. Career Spring was the eldest son of Sir William Spring, 2nd Bar ...

(1672–1704) *Sir William Spring, 4th Baronet (1697–1737) *Sir John Spring, 5th Baronet (1674–1740) *Sir John Spring, 6th Baronet (died 1769)

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Pakenham – Village of Two Mills
(History section)

References

{{Reflist Baronetcies in the Baronetage of England * People from Babergh District 1641 establishments in England

History

Motto

Spring baronets, of Pakenham (1641)

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