Theophilus Clinton, 4th Earl of Lincoln

He was appointed a Knight of the Bath at the investiture of Charles, Duke of York as Prince of Wales at Whitehall on 3 November 1616.

[3] He was the son-in-law of William Fiennes, 1st Viscount Saye and Sele and shared his father in law's opposition to the King.

He was an opponent of Charles I's forced loan and circulated a pamphlet which accused the King of attempting to overthrow parliament.

Other household members from Lincoln, specifically John Holland and Robert Blow, escaped to Massachusetts and settled in the Dorchester area.

Sempringham was the location of a meeting in 1629 where John Winthrop and others discussed the organisation of a proposed Massachusetts Bay Colony.