Family and Education
bap. 19 July 1607, s. of Stephen Shield of Preston, and Anne (bur. 27 July 1607).Preston, Rutland par. reg. m. 26 Dec. 1650, Mary (bur. 14 Sept. 1667), da. of John Cleypoole*, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Preston, Rutland par. reg.; Northants. Par. Regs.: Marriages ed. W.P.W. Phillimore, R.C. Faithfull, H.I. Longden, i. 20; R.I. Graff, Genealogy of the Claypoole Fam. 14. bur. 10 Dec. 1673 10 Dec. 1673.Preston, Rutland par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: collector, parliamentary revenues, Rutland by June 1644–?May 1649.SP28/162, pt. 4, f. 8; Add. 29734, ff. 9, 10, 11, 14. J.p. 30 Sept. 1653-c.1662.C231/6, p. 269. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, Northants. and Rutland 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Rutland 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Leics. and Rutland by Jan. 1656;Eg. 2986, f. 279. inquiry, Leighfield Forest, Rutland 4 Mar. 1657;C181/6, p. 220. for public faith, Rutland 16 Dec. 1657.SP25/77, p. 332.

Military: capt. militia horse, Rutland by June 1650-aft. July 1659.E113/12; SP25/77, pp. 879, 900; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 214;1659–60, p. 16.

Central: master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SHEILD, William (1607-73), of Preston, Rutland.

Will
29 Aug. 1673, pr. 18 May 1674.PROB11/345, f. 88.
Estates
In 1665, owned two houses in Preston, totalling 14 hearths.Rutland Hearth Tax 1665 ed. J. Bourne, A. Goode, 39. In 1673, estate inc. lands and tenements in Bisbrooke, Manton and Preston, Rutland.PROB11/345, ff. 88v, 89v; Leics. RO, DE730/3, f. 135.
Oxford 1644
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