DUNKON, Robert (1594-1670), of Ipswich, Suff.

Civic: freeman, Ipswich by 1632 – 69; chamberlain, 1634 – 35; constable, 1635-Aug. 1644;Suff. RO (Ipswich), C5/14/3, ff. 249v, 274v; D. Heavens, ‘“To be Doers of what you have been Hearers”: The politics and religion of the town governors of Ipswich, c.1635-c.1665’ (Univ. Essex PhD thesis, 2012), 250–1, 294. bailiff, 1643 – 44, 1650 – 51, 1655–7.Bacon, Annalls, 532; E. Anglian, n.s. ii. 15, iii. 178; Heavens, ‘To be Doers’, 294. Gov. Christ’s Hosp. Ipswich 1644–5, 1648–9.Bacon, Annalls, 537, 550. Portman, Aug. 1644-Oct. 1660.Bacon, Annalls, 538; E. Anglian, n.s. vii. 77. J.p. 1655–6.E. Anglian, n.s. ii. 365.

Local: commr. loans on Propositions, Ipswich 15 Aug. 1642;LJ v. 290b. additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, 7 Feb. – aft.Dec. 1644, 16 Nov. 1654 – July 1660, 13 Aug. 1660–27 Feb. 1662;C181/5, ff. 231v, 244v; C181/6, pp. 72, 330; C181/7, p. 54. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. Mar. 1644, 24 Oct. 1657;Suff. ed. Everitt, 63; Suff. Cttees. for Scandalous Ministers ed. Holmes, 25; SP25/78, p. 238. assessment, Ipswich 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Suff. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Member, Suff. standing cttee. by 1644–60.Suff. ed. Everitt, 133. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650.A. and O. Recvr.-gen. assessment, Suff. June 1654-June 1660.J.G.A. Ive, `The Local Dimensions of Defence` (Cambridge Ph.D. thesis, 1986), 191; E360/208, f. 186. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by 20 Nov. 1655.TSP iv. 225. J.p. 4 July 1657-Mar. 1660.C193/13/6, f. 84v; C231/6, p. 371; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/4, ff. 110v, 112; B105/2/5, f. 26v. Commr. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659.C181/6, pp. 294, 363.

Religious: elder, second Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 424.