Simonds dewes autobiography

          Author, Simonds D'Ewes ; Publisher, Bentley, ; Original from, the Bavarian State Library ; Digitized, Jan 22, ; Length, pages.!

          Simonds d'Ewes

          English politician

          Sir Simonds d'Ewes, 1st Baronet (18 December 1602 – 18 April 1650) was an English antiquary and politician.

          He was bred for the bar, was a member of the Long Parliament and left notes on its transactions.

          Sir Simonds D'Ewes.

        1. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Bart: During the Reigns of James I. and Charles I. by Sir Simonds D'Ewes.
        2. Author, Simonds D'Ewes ; Publisher, Bentley, ; Original from, the Bavarian State Library ; Digitized, Jan 22, ; Length, pages.
        3. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D'ewes, Bart, Vol. 1 of 2: During the Reigns of James I. And Charles I (Classic Reprint).
        4. The Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, Bart: During the Reigns of James I. and Charles I., Volume 2.

          5. 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.

          Early life

          Simonds d'Ewes was born on 18 December 1602 at Coaxdon Hall, Dorset (now in All Saints, Devon), the eldest son of Paul d'Ewes, of Milden, Suffolk, one of the Six Clerks in Chancery, and his first wife Cecelia, daughter and heiress of Sir Richard Simonds of Coaxden.

          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, Gerard d'Ewes, of Gaynes, Upminster, Essex, who married Grace Hynde, was a printer.

          After his mother's