SHERWYN, Richard (d. 1675), of New Palace Yard and Covent Garden, Westminster.

Central: clerk to auditor of receipt of exch. c.1641.Aylmer, State’s Servants, 253. Auditor, cttee. for compounding, 8 June 1650-July 1653;CCC 233, 343, 824. co-treas. for receipts, May 1653, 10 Feb. 1654.CSP Dom. 1652–3, pp. 355, 454; A. and O. Sec. to treasury commrs. July 1655–60.Whitelocke, Diary, 410. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a. Dep.-auditor of receipt, 1660–?May 1668. Sec. to chan. of exch. Nov. 1661..CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 165. Tax agent, c.1670. Sec. to customs commrs. c.1671.S.B. Baxter, The Development of the Treasury (1957), 146–9.

Local: j.p. Westminster 4 Oct. 1653 – bef.Oct. 1660; Mdx. by c.Sept. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 269; C193/13/6, f. 114v. Dep.-recvr. of rents, Westminster sch. 1654–8.WAM 33422. Commr. sewers, Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654-aft. Aug. 1667;C181/6, pp. 60, 201; C181/7, pp. 29, 410. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655 – 27 May 1664, 28 Jan. 1673;C181/6, pp. 68, 319; C181/7, pp. 39, 633. assessment, Westminster 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Mdx. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Westminster 12 Mar 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Mdx., Westminster 1660.SR.