WESTON, Richard (1608-c.1652), of Rugeley, Staffs. and the Inner Temple, London.

Family and Education

bap. 29 Dec. 1608, 1st s. of Sir Richard Weston† (d. 18 Mar. 1658) of Rugeley, and Anne, da. of Richard Barbour of Hilderstone, Staffs.Stone, Staffs. par. reg.; Vis. Staffs. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 1, v. pt. ii), 303. educ. Magdalen Hall Oxf. 25 June 1624;Al. Ox. I. Temple 30 Jan. 1626, called 10 Feb. 1633.I. Temple database. m. Catherine, da. of Thomas Cockayne of Ashbourne, Derbys. 3s. 1da. d. c. 1652.Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook, 303.

Offices Held

Civic: recorder, Stafford c.1640–?Wm. Salt Lib. S.MS.369, p. 164.

Military: officer (roy.) by c.Aug. 1644–?;Mems. of Prince Rupert, iii. 17. lt.-col. by July 1648–?d.A Diary of the Siege of Colchester (c.1648), Wing D1378A. Lt.-gov. Berkeley Castle by Mar. 1645–?Mems. of Prince Rupert, iii. 66; Wm. Salt. Lib. S.MS.45 (entry for 26 Mar. 1645).

Parlimentarian

WESTON, Richard (1608-c.1652), of Rugeley, Staffs. and the Inner Temple, London.

: of Rugeley, Staffs. and London., the Inner Temple.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WESTON, Richard (1608-c.1652), of Rugeley, Staffs. and the Inner Temple, London.

Will

not found.

Estates

his heir Philip’s estate was valued at £100 a year in the early 1660s.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 34.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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