Sir John Reade, 1st Baronet (c. 1616–1694) has the unusual distinction of being granted a
baronet
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cy by both
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and the
Lord Protector
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.
Biography
Reade was of an ancient family, originally of Morpeth, in Northumberland. He was
born about 1616 the was the fourth son of John Reade (and grandson of Sir Thomas Reade, of Barton, in Berkshire), and of Mary daughter and co-heir of Sir John Brocket, of Brocket Hall. He was admitted to
Lincoln's Inn
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on 7 June 1632.
John Reade of
Brocket Hall
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, Hertfordshire, was knighted at
Newmarket on 12 March 1642, and four days later created
a baronet by Charles I on 16 March 1642.
During the
Interregnum
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Reade held two offices under the Commonwealth. He was appointed Commissioner for Hertfordshire in November 1650 and was
Sheriff of Hertfordshire
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in the year 1655/1656.
The creation of the baronetcy (as were all others after 4 January 1642) was disallowed by the ''Act to make void all Titles of Honours, Dignities, or Precedencies, given by the late King since the 4th January, 1642'' on 4 February 1652, so the Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell gave him a new patent 25 June 1657 (this was the first hereditary honour bestowed by the Protector).
The Cromwellian dignity was however, disallowed after the
Restoration in May 1660, but, on the other hand, the disallowance of the former Baronetcy of 1642 then ceased, and he obtained a pardon on 7 June 1660, for all offences during the Civil War and the Commonwealth.
He was Sheriff of Hertfordshire for a second time in the year 1673/1674, and was also elected as such November 1671, November 1676, and November 1677, but did not take up the position. On 20 January 1679, he purchased the estate of
Calthorpe, Oxfordshire
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Calthorpe History
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. He died and was buried on 6 February 1694 in the Brocket chapel at Hatfield.
Family
On 2 January 1640 Reade married Susan (died 1657), daughter of
Sir Thomas Style of Wateringbury and Susan daughter of
Robert Foulkes, with whom he had a son and heir
Sir James (died 1701). She was buried 18 May 1657 in the Brocket chapel at Hatfield
On 15 January 1663 Reade married secondly, at
St Nicholas Acons, London, Alisimon, widow of
Francis Pierrepont. They separated after about three years and she was living 6 May 1682.
Compton Reade, the son of Thomas who was eldest grandson of previously mentioned Sir Thomas Read, of Barton, in Berkshire on 4 March 1660.
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Baronets in the Baronetage of England
1694 deaths
High sheriffs of Hertfordshire
1610s births