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b. c. 1603.C21/B8/9; C24/872, Copping v. Terold; E134/16ChasII/Mich22. m. (1) 13 Dec. 1631, Mary Watson;Cambs. Par. Regs. ed. W.P.W. Phillimore, C.J.B. Gaskoin and E. Young (1907-27), v. 10. (2) by 1637, Elizabeth, 3s. d.v.p., 2da. d.v.p. St Andrew the Great, Cambridge par. reg.; Al. Cant. bur. 29 Dec. 1674 29 Dec. 1674.Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: jt. overseer of streets, St Andrew’s, Camb. 1640.CUL, Univ. Archives, V.C.Ct.I.59, ff. 157, 232. High collector, subsidy, Camb. May 1641.W.M. Palmer, ‘A list of the Cambs. subsidy rolls, 1250–1695’, East Anglian, n.s. ix. 269; E179/83/409. Member, Cambs. standing cttee. by Mar. 1643-aft. Jan. 1651;Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 340n; SP28/338: Cambs. standing cttee. warrants, Jan. 1651. Eastern Assoc. cttee. by Apr. 1643.Eg. 2651, f. 140v. Commr. assessment, Camb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Cambs. 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). maintenance for preaching ministers, Camb. Oct. 1650;C94/4/7a; LPL, Comm. XIIa/7, f. 223. militia, Cambs. by Mar. 1651, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; SP28/223: Cambs. militia warrants, Mar.-May 1651; SP25/76A, f. 16. J.p. Camb. 26 May 1654–25 Feb. 1663;C181/6, pp. 34, 186, 387; C181/7, p. 50. Cambs. by 22 Nov. 1655-June 1660.C231/6, p. 320; C231/7, p. 143. Commr. gaol delivery, Camb. 26 May 1654–18 Sept. 1660;C181/6, pp. 35, 388. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 28 Aug. 1654; securing peace of commonwealth, Cambs. 21 Sept. 1655;Bodl. Rawl. C.948, p. 24. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). poll tax, Camb. 1660.SR.

Civic: freeman, Camb. June 1641; common councilman, Aug. 1641 – Aug. 1644; alderman, Aug. 1644 – 18 July 1662; mayor, 1645 – 47; cllr. 1648 – 50, 1651 – 53, 1655 – 56, 1658 – 60, 1661–2.Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1610–46, pp. 338, 339, 402, 415, 426; common day bk. 1647–81, ff. 7, 14, 31, 38v, 68v, 104, 116v, 144v. Surveyor, Stourbridge fair, Camb. 1661.Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1647–81, ff. 145, 146v.

Central: sub-commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 28 June 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 447.

Parlimentarian
TIMBS, Richard (c.1603-74), of Cambridge, Cambs.
: Cambs.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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TIMBS, Richard (c.1603-74), of Cambridge, Cambs.

Will
7 Mar. 1674, cod. 7 Mar. 1674, pr. 11 Jan. 1675.Cambs. RO, AE will: R. Timbs, 1675.
Estates
granted lease from Cambridge corporation of two pieces of waste ground in St Sepulchre’s parish for 21 years, 1659;Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1647-81, ff. 111v, 114v; lease bk. B, f. 103v. various other properties leased to him by the Cambridge corporation;Downing Coll. Cambridge, Bowtell MS 6. died leaving several properties in Castle End, Cambridge, 80 acres of arable land to the west of Cambridge, and cash bequests worth £281.Cambs. RO, AE will: R. Timbs, 1675.
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