BOURCHIER, Sir John (c.1595-1660), of Beningborough Hall, Newton-on-Ouse, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c.1595, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Bourchier of Beningborough Hall, and Katherine (d. 5 Apr. 1623), da. of Sir Thomas Barrington† of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.C142/455/43; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 306-7. educ. Christ’s Camb. Dec. 1608;Al. Cant. G. Inn 6 Mar. 1610.G. Inn Admiss. 123. m. c.1620, Anne (d. by 26 Oct. 1649), da. and h. of William Rolfe of Hadleigh, Suff. 3s. 7da.WARD9/94, f. 650; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 306-7; N. Yorks. RO, Z838, Strickland pprs. (mic. 2243). Kntd. 11 Nov. 1619.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 175. suc. fa. 9 Feb. 1627.C142/455/43. bur. 8 Aug. 1660 8 Aug. 1660.St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street (Harl. Soc. par. reg. section lxxii), 57.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 1 July 1625–d.;C231/4, f. 190; N. Riding QS Recs. ed. J. C. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. iv), 237; N. Riding QS Recs. ed. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. vi), 18. Westmld. 1 July 1625-bef. Jan. 1650;C231/4, f. 190. E. Riding 4 July 1625–d.;C231/4, f. 190; Add. 29699, f. 7v. W. Riding 4 July 1625-bef. 1648, by Feb. 1650–d.;C231/4, f. 190; C193/13/3. liberties of Ripon 27 Nov. 1648–d.C231/6, p. 127; C181/6, pp. 66, 283. Commr. sewers, N. Riding 30 June 1627;C181/3, f. 223. E. Riding by June 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 46, 403. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629. 21 Feb. 1645C181/3, f. 269. Capt. militia ft. N. Riding by c.1635–42. 21 Feb. 1645Add. 28082, f. 80v. Commr. assessment,, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Northern Assoc. N. Riding 20 June 1645.A. and O. Sheriff, Yorks. 12 Nov. 1645–1 Dec. 1646.CJ iv. 335a; LJ vii. 696b; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 164. Commr. charitable uses, W. Riding 2 Mar. 1647, 21 May 1650;C93/19/27; C93/20/30. Yorks. 22 Apr. 1651;C93/21/13. Ripon 5 May 1653;C93/22/14. N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658;C93/25/1. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. N. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 18, 376. ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Riding 28 Aug. 1654; gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 101. liberties of Ripon 24 Mar. 1658.C181/6, p. 283. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 537.

Central: member, cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 109a, 113b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 19 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 121b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649;A. and O. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 201a; A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Commr. for compounding, 8 June 1649.CJ vi. 227a. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650,CJ vi. 357b. 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;A. and O. cttee. of navy and customs, 17 Oct. 1650.CJ vi. 484b. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.CJ vi. 533a; vii. 221a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers by Dec. 1651.SP22/2B, f. 22.

Parlimentarian

BOURCHIER, Sir John (c.1595-1660), of Beningborough Hall, Newton-on-Ouse, Yorks.

: of Beningborough Hall, Newton-on-Ouse, Yorks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BOURCHIER, Sir John (c.1595-1660), of Beningborough Hall, Newton-on-Ouse, Yorks.

Will

attainted.

Estates

bef. the civil war manor and grange of Beningborough, manor and rectory of Newton-on-Ouse, land in the forest of Galtres, a moiety of manor of Hanging Grimston, and a house and land in parish of St Olave, York (all in Yorks.); and capital messuage of Hadleigh, Suff.C54/2877/19; C54/2882/9; C142/455/43; E112/344/24; E112/348/304; E115/17/100; E134/1652/MICH13; E134/1659/EAST13; WARD9/677, ff. 5-6; N. Yorks. RO, Z838, Strickland pprs. (mic. 2243). In 1650, he purchased, for £112 4s, 6 fee farm rents in Yorks. and Derbys. worth £11 16s p.a.SP28/288, f. 3. In 1668, the Bourchiers’ estate was valued at £1,200 p.a.LR2/266, f. 1.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented William Williamson to rectory of Kirby Underdale, Yorks. 1631;IND1/17000, f. 32v. to rectory of Newton-on-Ouse, Yorks. 1632;Marchant, Puritans, 292. Edward Byne to rectory of Shere, Surr. 1651; Thomas Gill to rectory of Wentworth, Cambs. 1652; to rectory of Nunburnholme, Yorks. 1653; Lancelot Morland to rectory of West Rounton, Yorks. 1652; Richard Todd to vicarage of Lund, Yorks. 1652; William Bourchier to rectory of Marwood, Devon, 1653; John Lyndsey to rectory of Welbury, Yorks. 1653.Add. 36792, ff. 35, 37v, 42v, 57v, 59, 60v, 65v.

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