BYRON, Richard (1605-79) | HoP Development Site

Family and Education

b. 1605, 2nd s. of Sir John Byron (1583-1625) of Newstead, and Anne, da. of Richard Molyneux of Sefton, Lancs. educ. Oxf. MA 1642. m. (1) c.1629, Elizabeth (d.1651), da. of Gervase Rossell, of Ratcliff-on-Trent, wid. of Nicholas Strelley, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (?4 d.v.p.); (2) by 1661, Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Booth, bt., of Dunham Massey, s.p. Kntd. 1 Oct. 1642. d. 4 Oct. 1679; admon. 3 Nov. 1679-30 Apr. 1680. Index of Wills, Administrations and Probate Acts in the York Registry, (Yorks. Arch. Soc. lxviii) 149; Walker, 114.

Offices Held

Gov. Newark and Appleby Castle 1643–6; E. Baines, History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster ed. J. Croston, iii. 10. maj. and capt. tp. of horse, earl of Lindsey’s regt. 1662; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 504. capt. tp. of horse, 1666. Ibid. 1667, p. 182.

Parlimentarian

BYRON, Richard (1605-79)

Associated with: Strelley, Notts. and Newstead Abbey, Notts.V. W. Walker, The House of Byron, p. 67.;

BIRON

Author

Eagles, Robin

Volume

Lords 1660-1715

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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