Samuel Owfield

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Sir Samuel Owfield (1595–1644) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1644.

Owfield was the son of Roger Owfield, Fishmonger, of Billiter Lane, London and his wife Thomasine More, daughter of John More, merchant, of Ipswich.[https://archive.org/details/parliamentof16240000ruig/page/100 Robert E. Ruigh The Parliament of 1624: politics and foreign policy][http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=67193 'Aldermen of the City of London: Bishopsgate ward', The Aldermen of the City of London: Temp. Henry III – 1912 (1908), pp. 33–44. Date accessed: 8 May 2011][http://www.gloverfamily.com/misc/glover.htm Miscellaneous Glover Records] Owfield had acquired the manor of Upper Gatton in Surrey by 1624.[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42955 'Parishes: Gatton', A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3 (1911), pp. 196–200. Date accessed: 8 May 2011] In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Gatton. He was re-elected MP for Gatton as Sir Samuel Owfield in 1626 and 1628 and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament and then did so for eleven years.{{Cite Notitia Parliamentaria|converted=1|part=2|pages=229–239}} In 1638 Owfield inherited from his mother estates in Lincolnshire.

In April 1640, Owfield was re-elected MP for Gatton in the Short Parliament. He was re-elected for the Long Parliament in November 1640, and sat until his death in 1644.

Owfield married Katherine Smith, daughter of William Smith of London.[http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/strype/TransformServlet?page=book3_223 John Strype – A survey of the cities of London and Westminster] His son William was also an MP.