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====Biographical Note==== | ====Biographical Note==== | ||
| − | Of [[ | + | Of [[location::Norfolk]] and [[location::Suffolk]]; the second son of [[family::Sir Augustine Pettus]] (d.[[date of death::1613]]). Matriculated at [[education::Pembroke College, Cambridge]] in 1632 and admitted to [[organisations::Lincoln’s Inn]] in 1635. He entered the service of [[associates::Charles I]] in 1639 and was knighted in 1641; he was imprisoned on numerous occasions during and after the Civil War as a result of his royalist loyalties. After the Restoration he became [[occupation::MP]] for [[location::Dunwich]] in 1670, [[occupation::JP]] for [[location::Suffolk]] from 1660 until his death, [[occupation::deputy lieutenant]] from 1671 and was made [[occupation::gentleman of the privy chamber]] in 1670. Pettus wrote various works on mining, including the [[book title::''Fleta Minor'']] ([[date of publication::1683]]). He married [[family::Elizabeth Pettus|Elizabeth]], daughter of [[associates::Sir Richard Gurney]]. They had two children: a son, [[family::Richard Pettus|Richard]], who died in [[date of death::1662]] and a daughter, [[family::Elizabeth]]. Pettus died in debt. |
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*[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/PET004 British Armorial Bindings]. | *[https://armorial.library.utoronto.ca/stamp-owners/PET004 British Armorial Bindings]. | ||
| + | *[http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/pettus-sir-john-1613-85 History of Parliament]. | ||
*Porter, Stephen. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/22068 "Pettus, Sir John (c. 1613–1685), natural philosopher and politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | *Porter, Stephen. [https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/22068 "Pettus, Sir John (c. 1613–1685), natural philosopher and politician."] ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography''. | ||
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Sir John PETTUS ca.1613-1685
Biographical Note
Of Norfolk and Suffolk; the second son of Sir Augustine Pettus (d.1613). Matriculated at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1632 and admitted to Lincoln’s Inn in 1635. He entered the service of Charles I in 1639 and was knighted in 1641; he was imprisoned on numerous occasions during and after the Civil War as a result of his royalist loyalties. After the Restoration he became MP for Dunwich in 1670, JP for Suffolk from 1660 until his death, deputy lieutenant from 1671 and was made gentleman of the privy chamber in 1670. Pettus wrote various works on mining, including the Fleta Minor (1683). He married Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Richard Gurney. They had two children: a son, Richard, who died in 1662 and a daughter, Elizabeth. Pettus died in debt.
Characteristic Markings
Books with his armorial stamp survive.
Sources
- British Armorial Bindings.
- History of Parliament.
- Porter, Stephen. "Pettus, Sir John (c. 1613–1685), natural philosopher and politician." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.