Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet

Sir Herbert Springet, 1st Baronet (ca. 1613 – 5 January 1662) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1646 and 1662.

Life

Springet was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Springet of Broyle Place and his wife Mary Bellingham, daughter of John Bellingham of Erringham, Shoreham. He was educated at Hawkhurst Grammar School under Mr Godwin and was admitted at Christ's College, Cambridge on 3 July 1628, aged 15. He was a student of Middle Temple in 1630 and travelled abroad in France in 1635.^[1]

In 1646 Springet was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for New Shoreham as a replacement in the Long Parliament and held the seat until he was excluded in Pride's Purge in 1648. He was also an MP for Sussex in the First Protectorate Parliament from 1654 to 1655.^[1]

Springet baronets
Escutcheon of the Springet baronets of Broyle Place
Creation date	1661[2]
Status	extinct
Extinction date	1662[2]
Seat(s)	Broyle Place

In April 1660 Springet was again elected MP for New Shoreham in the Convention Parliament. Springet became a Baronet of Broyle Place, Sussex 8 January 1661. It became extinct on his death.^[3] In 1661 he was elected MP for Shoreham again for the Cavalier Parliament.

Springet died in 1662 aged 48.^[1]

His daughter Barbara married Sir William Thomas, 1st Baronet MP for Seaford and Sussex.^[4]

References

1. History of Parliament Online - Springet, Herbert
2. Burke, John; Burke, Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland. J. R. Smith. p. 502.
3. "Archived copy". www.leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, Stuart Handley The House of Commons, 1690-1715, Volume 2

Parliament of England
Preceded by William Marlott John Alford	Member of Parliament for New Shoreham 1646–1648 With: John Alford	Springet and Alford excluded in Pride's Purge - both seats vacant
Preceded by Anthony Stapley William Spence Nathaniel Studeley	Member of Parliament for Sussex 1654 With: Herbert Morley Sir Thomas Pelham, 2nd Baronet Anthony Stapley John Stapley John Fagg William Hay John Pelham Francis Lord Dacres	Succeeded by Herbert Morley John Pelham John Fagg John Stapley Anthony Shirley George Courthope Sir Thomas Rivers, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Parker Samuel Gott
Vacant Not represented in the restored Rump	Member of Parliament for New Shoreham 1660–1662 With: Edward Blaker	Succeeded by William Quatremaine Edward Blaker
Baronetage of England
New creation	Baronet (of Broyle Place) 1661–1662	Extinct