 1599 - 1669 (~ 69 years)
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| Name |
Dives, Lewis |
| Christened |
25 Nov 1599 |
Bromham, Bedfordshire, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Buried |
17 Apr 1669 |
Combe Hay, Somerset, England |
| Person ID |
I08164 |
My Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
2 May 2015 |
| Family |
Strangways, Howarda, b. Abt 1605, England , d. 24 Feb 1645, England (Age ~ 40 years) |
| Married |
14 Jun 1624 |
England |
| Children |
| | 1. Dives, John, c. 13 May 1628, Bromham, Bedfordshire, England , d. May 1628, Bromham, Bedfordshire, England (Age ~ 0 years) |
| + | 2. Dives, Grace, b. Abt 1630, Of Bromham, Bedfordshire, England , bur. 31 Mar 1677, Mamhull, Dorset, England (Age ~ 47 years) |
| | 3. Dives, Francis, c. 26 Jun 1632, Bromham, Bedfordshire, England , d. Abt 1686, Bromham, Bedfordshire, England (Age ~ 53 years) |
| | 4. Dives, Lewis, b. Abt 1633, Bromham, Bedfordshire, England , d. 01 Jan 1686, Bromham, Bedfordshire, England (Age ~ 53 years) [Natural] |
| | 5. Dives, John, b. Abt 1634, Of Bromham, Bedfordshire, England , d. 1 Jan 1686, Bromham, Bedfordshire, England (Age ~ 52 years) |
| | 6. Dives, Jane, c. 20 Aug 1639, Bromham, Bedfordshire, England , d. 1641, England (Age ~ 1 years) |
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| Family ID |
F02468 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Will of Sir Lewis Dive of Combehay, Somerset 18 May 1669 PROB 11/329 -mentions daughter Grace Hussey wife of George Hussey.
Royalist commander.
The Tower of London Letter Book of Sir Lewis Dyves, Bedfordshire Historical Record Society, vol. 38/9 (1958-59), p.75.
Select illustrations, historical and topographical, of Bedfordshire By John Docwra Parry
....This expedition was probably designed to countenance Sir Lewis Dyves, of Bromham, whilst he fortified Newport-Pagnell, at which place he hoped to fix a garrison. Heath says, it was Sir Lewis Dyves himself that commanded this expedition; and that, bieng sent into Bedfordshire with 2000 or 3000 horse, he came first to Ampthill, then to Bedford, which town he entered, and took Sir John Norris and other parliamentary officers prisoners. From thence he went to thg house of Sir Samuel Luke (Butler's Hudibras), " and served that as his own house at Bromham had been served by the sequestrators." " Soon after this, Col. Montague, with some of the parliamentary forces, entered Bedford by a feint, under a pretence of their being the royal army, under Sir Lewis Dyves, and took away some money and horses intended for the King's use." It is a very singular coincidence, that nearly about this time the royalist forces executed an exactly similar manoeuvre, and with the same success, at Luton. This is all that occurs respecting Bedford at this period.
The history and antiquities of the borough and town of Weymouth and Melcombe ...By George Alfred Elli
...Sir Lewis Dyves of Bromham, Bedford, commander of the Dorsetshire forces, was taken at the capture of Sherborne Castle with an immense booty, together with colonel Fusell an attorney, once sub-governor of Sandsfoot Castle for the king; before surrendering he sent the following letter to general Fairfax:
"Sir,
" I mast acknowledge the advantage you have of me by being master of my walls, and that you may not think me obstinate without reason, I have sent this drum unto you, to let you know that if 1 may have such conditions from you, as are fit for a soldier and a gentleman with honour to accept, I shall surrender this castle into your hands; otherwise 1 shall esteem it a far greater happiness to bury my bones in it, and the same resolution have all those that are with me; and give me leave to add this, that your victory will be crowned with more honor by granting it, than you will gain glory by the witling it with the loss of so much blood as it will cost.
" Sherborne Castle, " Your servant,
" August 15th, 1645. " L. Dyves."
The answer returned was, " No terms but quarter, and he -was not to expect that, except he surrendered immediately."
Sir Lewis Dyves and Sir John Strangeways were brought to the bar of the House of Commons, and refusing to kneel, were compelled by force, and both were committed to the Tower for high treason, 1645.
A brass plate in the floor of Combe Hay in Somerset states he died 17 April 1669. See Collinson's History and Antiquities of Somerset, v. 3, p. 336. The brass indicates he had four children who survived him: Francis, Lewis, John and a daughter Grace who m. George Hussey. Another dau. Jane died young.
Sir Lewis is buried at Combe hay and a brass in the church bears the following record respecting him, "Here lieth the body of Sir Lewis Dyve of Bromham in the county of Bedford knt, only son of Sir John Dyve of Bromham knt, by Dame Beatrice his wife, daughter of Charles Walcot in the county of Salop, esq, who was afterwards married to the Right Hon. John, Earl of Bristol, by whom he had issue the Right Hon. Gage, now Earl of Bristol. The said Sir Lewis Dyve took to wife Howard daughter of Sir John Strangeways of Melbury, Sampford in the county of Dorset knt, and by her had issue living at the time of his death three sons, Francis, Lewis and John and one daughter, Grace, who married Gen. Hussey of Marmhull in the county of Dorset, esq. He died April 17 Ano. Dom. 1669.
Combe Hay:
In the floor on a brass-plate: "Here lyeth the body of Sir Lewis Dyve, of Bromham in the county of Bedford, knt. only son of Sir John Dyve, of Bromham, knt. by Dame Beatrice his wife, daughter of Charles Walcot, of Walcot in the county of Salop, esq; who was afterwards married to the Right Hon. John earl of Bristol, by whom she had issue the Right Hon. George now Earl of Bristol. The said Sir Lewis Dyve took to wife Howard daughter of Sir John Strangways, of Melbury-Sampford in the county of Dorset, knt. and by her had issue living at the time of his death, three sons, Francis, Lewis, and John, and one daughter, Grace, who married George Hussey, of Marnhull in the county of Dorset, esq. He died April 17, Ano Dom. 1669."
The life and letters of Sir Lewis Dyve, 1599-1669 HG Tibbutt 1948
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