CARTER, Richard (c.1618-68), of St Columb Major, Cornw.

Family and Education

bap. 9 Aug. 1618, 1st s. of John Carter of St Columb Major, and Mary, da. of Robert Moyle of St Germans, Cornw.Cornw. RO, St Columb Major par. regs.; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 78. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 9 Sept. 1634.Al. Ox. m. 28 Mar. 1646, Elizabeth Lewin, wid. of St Margaret Pattens, London,St Margaret Pattens, par. reg. s.p. suc. fa. c.1646. bur. 29 Jan. 1668.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 78.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cornw. 6 Mar. 1647-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 78. Commr. assessment, 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., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Member, Cornw. co. cttee. c.May 1648.Antony House, Carew-Pole BC/24/2, nos. 166, 168. Agent for cttee. for compounding, Devon Apr. 1650-bef. June 1652.CCC 198, 590. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Cornw. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 99. militia, Cornw. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: capt. militia ft. Cornw. 14 Feb. 1650;CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 521. lt.-col. Apr. 1660.Mercurius Politicus no. 615 (5–12 Apr. 1660), 1243 (E.182.28).

Parlimentarian

CARTER, Richard (c.1618-68), of St Columb Major, Cornw.

: of St Columb Major, Cornw.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CARTER, Richard (c.1618-68), of St Columb Major, Cornw.

Will

not found.

Estates

lands worth £500 p.a. in 1656, but reportedly bound for £3,000 of his father’s debts;Burton’s Diary, i. 2. owned manors of Hellwyn and Ventongimps, Cornw. bef. June 1651;Cornw. RO, GP/623. tenant of duchy of Cornw. in St Columb Major parish and manors of Trematon and Tywarnhayle, Cornw.Parl. Survey Duchy Cornw. i. 114, 119, 120; ii. 200, 210.

Oxford 1644

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