Spring baronets

The title was created on 11 August 1641 for Sir William Spring, who had already been knighted by Charles I.{{sfn|Burke|Burke|1844|p=501}}{{sfn|Cokayne|1900|p=129}} The first baronet supported Parliament during the English Civil War and was a Member of Parliament for Bury St Edmunds and Suffolk during The Protectorate.{{sfn|Henning|1983}} His son, the second baronet William, was a beneficiary of the Indemnity and Oblivion Act and also represented Suffolk in the Habeas Corpus and Exclusion parliaments.{{sfn|Henning|1983}}

Upon the death of the fourth baronet without children in 1737, the title and estates separated. The baronetcy was inherited by the fourth baronet's uncle, while the estates were divided among his two surviving sisters.{{sfn|Howard|1866|p=196}} Burke's Peerage (1844) records the title as becoming extinct on the death of the fifth baronet in 1740.{{sfn|Burke|Burke|1844|p=501}} It was, however, inherited by the fifth baronet's son, who had been a page in the household of the Duke of Somerset.{{sfn|Cokayne|1900|p=130}}{{sfn|Howard|1866|p=199}} The sixth baronet died in 1769, at which point the title became dormant.{{sfn|Howard|1866|pp=199–200}}

The family seat until 1737 was Pakenham Hall, Suffolk.{{sfn|Suffolk Institute|1985}} The family motto is Non mihi sed Patriae (Latin), Not for myself but for my country.{{sfn|Burke|1864|p=956}}

• Sir William Spring, 1st Baronet (1613–1654)
• Sir William Spring, 2nd Baronet (1642–1684)
• Sir Thomas Spring, 3rd Baronet (1672–1704)
• Sir William Spring, 4th Baronet (1697–1737)
• Sir John Spring, 5th Baronet (1674–1740)
• Sir John Spring, 6th Baronet (died 1769)

{{reflist|25em}}

{{refbegin}}

• {{cite book |last=Burke |first=Bernard |author-link=Bernard Burke |date=1864 |title=The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmpmAAAAMAAJ |location= |publisher=Harrison & Sons |page=956 |isbn=}}
• {{cite book |last1=Burke |first1=John |last2=Burke |first2=Bernard |author-link= |date=1844 |title=A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland and Scotland |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lF1tAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA501 |location= |publisher=J. R. Smith |pages=501–502 |isbn=}}
• {{cite book |last=Cokayne |first=George Edward |author-link=George Edward Cokayne |date=1900 |title=Complete Baronetage |url=https://archive.org/details/completebaroneta02coka/page/128/mode/2up |location=Exeter |publisher=W. Pollard & co., ltd. |pages=129–130 |isbn=}}
• {{cite web |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1660-1690/member/spring-sir-william-1642-84 |title=SPRING, Sir William, 2nd Bt. (1642-84), of Pakenham, Suff. |last=Henning |first=B. D. |date=1983 |website=The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1660-1690 |publisher=Boydell and Brewer |access-date=8 September 2023 |quote=}}
• {{cite book |last=Howard |first=Joseph Jackson |author-link=Joseph Jackson Howard |date=1866 |title=The Visitation of Suffolke, Made by William Hervey |url=https://archive.org/details/visitationofsuff01harv/page/190/mode/2up |location=Lowestoft |publisher=Samuel Tymms |pages=190–206 |isbn=}}
• {{cite web |url=http://suffolkinstitute.pdfsrv.co.uk/customers/Suffolk%20Institute/2014/01/10/Volume%20XXXVI%20Part%202%20%281986%29_Excursions%201985%20C%20Paine_159%20to%20168.pdf |title=Excursions 1985: St Mary's Church, Pakenham |last=Suffolk Institute |date=1985 |website=suffolkinstitute.pdfsrv.co.uk |publisher=Suffolk Institute of Archaeology and History |access-date=8 September 2023 |quote=}}

{{refend}}

{{Authority control}}

Category:Baronetcies in the Baronetage of England

*

Category:People from Babergh District

Category:1641 establishments in England