Family and Education
b. 30 Aug. 1588, 1st s. of John Bond of Lutton and Margaret, da. of Richard Pitt of Weymouth.Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, ff. 36, 41, 72; D.53/1, p. 35; D/BOC, Box 22, Bond family pedigree. educ. travelled abroad (France, 1603; Cadiz, Spain, 1605-7).D. Underdown, Fire from Heaven: Life in an Emglish Town in the Seventeenth Century (1993), 54. m. (1) 19 June 1610, Joan (d. 17 Oct. 1620), da. of John Gould of Dorchester, 2s. 3da. (2 d.s.p.); (2) 17 July 1622, Lucie (d. 21 Nov. 1652), da. of William Lawrence of Steepleton, Dorset, 4s. (1 d.s.p.), 2da. d.s.p.;Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, ff. 36, 41, 72; D.53/1, p. 35; D/BOC, Box 22. (3) 7 Feb. 1653, Eleanor Kendall, wid. of William Kendall, s.p.Dorset RO, D.53/1, p. 36. suc. fa. Oct. 1632.Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 8. d. 30 Aug. 1658.Bayley, Dorset, 28.
Offices Held

Civic: constable, Dorchester 1617–19;Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 42. capital burgess, 19 Aug. 1621;Dorset RO, DOB/16/1, f. 12. steward, 17 Sept. 1622;Dorset RO, DOB/16/1, f. 16. bailiff, 16 Oct. 1623, 4 Oct. 1630;Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, ff. 42, 47; Whiteway Diary, 54, 113. mayor, 5 Oct. 1635;Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 48; DOB/16/2, f. 5. steward of hosp. 30 Sept. 1639.Dorset RO, DOB/16/2, f. 59v.

Mercantile: member, Dorchester Co. New England, c.1624–8.F. Rose-Troup, John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 449.

Local: commr. charitable uses, Dorset 1639; Shaftesbury 5 June 1640;C192/1, unfol.; Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 52. further subsidy, Dorset 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 June 1657; Westminster 16 Apr. 1651, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657;SR; A. and O.; CJ vi. 562a; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). loans on Propositions, Dorset 20 July 1642;LJ v. 225b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b, 402b. cttee. for sequestrations, 27 Mar. 1643;CJ iii. 21b. cttee. for advance of money, 2 May 1643;CJ iii. 67b; CCAM 19. cttee. for the revenue, 21 Sept. 1643;A. and O. cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643; cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Apr. 1645;CJ iv. 116b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb. 1651,A. and O. 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652.CJ vii. 42a, 220a. Commr. for removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651; to inspect treasuries, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 Jan. 1653. c. Nov. 1649 – May 1653A. and O. Clerk of pells in exch., 21 Aug. 1654–d.SC6/ChasI/1668, m. 14d; SC6/ChasI/1671, m. 9; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 417n. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

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Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BOND, Denis (1588-1658), of Lutton, Steeple, Dorset.

Will
11 Mar. 1658, pr. 14 Sept. 1658.PROB11/282/117.
Estates
on 1st m. acquired lease of Carrans Court farm, Swanage, worth £90 p.a.; on d. of fa. 1632 inherited farm at Lutton, Steeple par., worth £200 p.a.; by 1636 owned houses in Melcombe Regis and Dorchester and rent-charge of £40 on life of 2nd wife on Treslack, Buckerell par., Devon.Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, ff. 7, 8, 11, 13-15. Purchased 2 tenements in par. of Chaldon Herring, Dorset, 3 Nov. 1641.Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 18. Owned Bestwall Farm, Wareham, Dorset, and house in St Margaret’s, Westminster by 1658.Dorset RO, D/BOC, Box 19, inventories.
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