OWFEILD (OLDFIELD), Samuel (1593-1643), of Upper Gatton, Surr. and Elsham, Lincs.

Family and Education

b. May 1595, 1st s. of Roger Owfeild, Fishmonger, of Billiter Lane, London and Thomasine, da. and coh. of John More†, merchant, of Ipswich, Suff.PROB11/112/508; PROB11/178/313; H.F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in Eng. (Boston, Mass. 1901), i. 730-1, 770-1. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 27 Jan. 1612;Al. Cant. M. Temple 24 Jan. 1614.M. Temple Admiss. i. 101. m. by 1623, Katherine (d. 1664), da. and h. of William Smith, Mercer, of Thames Street, London, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. (2 d.v.p.).Par. Regs. of Gatton, ed. W.B. Bannerman (1908), 6; Manning, Bray, Surr. ii. 245. suc. fa. 1608;C142/660/30. Kntd. 13 May 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 208. bur. 4 May 1643.J. Sykes, ‘St Mary’s, Hull’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xii. 468.

Offices Held

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 1617. Apr. 1634 – aft.Feb. 1635Ancient Vellum Bk. 29. Commr. sewers, Ancholme Level; Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642;C181/4, ff. 170, 201; C181/5, f. 223. subsidy, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, Lindsey, Surr. 1642; Lincs. 24 Feb. 1643. Mar. 1642 – d.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. Surr.; Lincs. Jan. 1643–d.CJ ii. 485b, 498b, 926a. J.p. Surr. ?-19 July 1642.C231/5, p. 532. Commr. sequestration, Lincs. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Fishmongers’ Co. 1618.W.P. Haskett-Smith, Worshipful Co. of Fishmongers of City of London: Lists of Apprs. and Freemen (1916), 32.

Mercantile: member, E. I. Co. by 1624.CSP Col. E.I. 1622–4, p. 488.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR.

Parlimentarian

OWFIELD (OLDFIELD), Samuel (1595-1643), of the Middle Temple, London and Upper Gatton, Surr.

: of Upper Gatton, Surr. and Lincs., Elsham.

OLDFIELD

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

OWFEILD (OLDFIELD), Samuel (1593-1643), of Upper Gatton, Surr. and Elsham, Lincs.

Will

6 Dec. 1636, pr. 10 Feb. 1645.PROB11/192/365; Waters, Genealogical Gleanings, i. 869.

Estates

inherited lands at Elsham, Lincs. 1608;PROB11/112/508. bought manors of Upper Gatton, Chipstead and Purbright, Surr.;Lord Hylton, ‘The manor of Chipsted, alias Chipstead’, Surr. Arch. Coll. xlviii. 43; VCH Surr. iii. 191, 193, 199. transferred his lands to feoffees, inc. Robert Holman* and Edward Thurland*, to the use of himself and his wife, 1637.PROB11/315/229.

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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