Philip Chute
16th-century English politician
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Philip Chute or Chowte (at least 1506 – 1567), of Horne Place, Appledore, Kent, was an English member of parliament in Elizabethan England.
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He was the son of Charles Chute of West Malling, Kent.[1] By 1537 he had married Joan, the widowed daughter of Thomas Ensing (d. 1539) of Winchelsea.[1] He became a yeoman of the guard and in 1540 was appointed the first captain of Camber castle.[1]
He sat as MP for Winchelsea 1542 and 1545, a seat previously represented by his father-in-law.[1][2]
He was standard-bearer to Henry VIII at the Siege of Boulogne in 1544, for which he was awarded an augmentation to his coat of arms.[3] During the siege he was involved in the transporting of the necessary materials and equipment by wagon.[4]
By 1546 he had married Margaret (d. 1555), daughter of Sir Alexander Culpeper of Bedgebury, Kent.[1] In 1552 he purchased the manor of Old Surrenden in Bethersden, Kent.[5]
Philip Chute was given Horne's Place by Queen Mary I.[6] In 1557 he was appointed comptroller of the customs.[1]
He wrote his will on 1 March 1665 and it was proved on 1 February 1569.[7] He left an extensive estate, making provision not only for his own large family, but also that of his brother Anthony.[1] His son George followed his father into a military career and, being sent to Ireland at the time of the Desmond rebellion, established a branch of the family there.[8]