Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1615, 1st s. of Robert Tichborne, Skinner, of Cowden, Kent and London and Joan, da. of Thomas Banks of London.Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants 10298. educ. appr. Skinner London 4 Oct. 1631.Skinners’ Co. apprenticeships and freedoms 1601-94, f. 104v; Arch. Cant. xiv. 156. m. (1) lic. 27 Apr. 1638, Mary Priest, at least 2s; (2) bef. Feb. 1656, Anne, da. of William Johnson of Ingham, Norf., at least 2ch.Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants 15594; London Mar. Lics., ed. Glencross (Index Lib. lxii), 169. Kntd. 15 Dec. 1656.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 223. d. 6 July 1682.N. Luttrell, Brief Hist. Rel. of State Affairs (6 vols. Oxford, 1857) i. 204.
Offices Held

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 16 Feb. 1636; pres. 1658-Aug. 1660.Ancient Vellum Bk., 52; Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 72. Commr. ct. of requests, London 23 Feb. 1641;CLRO, Rep. 55, f. 87. raising auxiliary forces, 8 July 1643;CLRO, Jor. 40, f. 67. London militia, 29 July 1643, 2 Sept. 1647, 15 Feb. 1655, 7 July 1659. 8 June 1646 – Mar. 1660A. and O.; Whitelocke, Mems. ii. 136; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 43. J.p. Surr.; Mdx. 2 Sept. 1647 – Mar. 1660; Kent 30 Sept. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 47, 97, 269, 417. Commr. assessment, Surr. and Southwark 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; London 7 Apr. 1649, 24 Nov. 1653; Kent 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Tower Hamlets militia, 8 Jan. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, London by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 2, 356. Home circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 13, 305. Mdx. 15 May, 29 June 1654;C181/6, pp. 33, 61. Surr. 21 Mar. 1659;C181/6, p. 348. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 2, 356. ejecting scandalous ministers, London, Surr. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, London 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. sewers, Kent 14 Apr. 1656, 17 June 1657;C181/6, pp. 157, 228. London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 256. militia, Surr. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Skinners’ Co. 7 June 1637;Skinners’ Co. apprenticeships and freedoms 1601–94, f. 121v. asst. 1649; master, 1650. Common councilman, London 1643 – 49; alderman, 14 July 1649 – Aug. 1660; sheriff, 1650 – 51; ld. mayor, 1656–7.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 163.

Military: 4th capt. (parlian.) London trained bands, Oct. 1642;CLRO, Jor. 40, f. 40v; The Names, Dignities and Places of all the Colonels… (1642, 669.f.6.16). 1st capt. 1643;Archaeologia lii. 136. col. Aug. 1650.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 319. Lt.-col. militia ft. auxiliaries, Apr. 1643.Archaeologia lii. 143; L.C. Nagel, ‘The Militia of London, 1641–9’ (London PhD thesis, 1982), 82. Lt. Tower of London and col. guards’ regt. 9 Aug. 1647-May 1648.CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 599; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 761.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644, Oct. 1651;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 479. high ct. justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 26 Mar. 1650, 13 June 1654; sale of prize goods, 17 Apr. 1649;A. and O. customs, 24 Apr. 1649–25 Mar. 1656.CJ vi. 197a; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. Trustee, dean and chapter lands, 30 Apr. 1649. Commr. indemnity, 18 June 1649; to Scotland, 23 Oct. 1651;CJ vii. 30b. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652; sale of forfeited estates, 18 Nov. 1652.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 14 July, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 284b, 344a. Probate judge, 24 Dec. 1653, 3 Apr. 1654.A. and O. Commr. to inspect treasuries, 31 Dec. 1653;CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 317. approbation of public preachers, 20 Mar. 1654.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov.1656.A. and O. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 366.

Mercantile: member, cttee. E.I. Co. Dec. 1657–9.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1655–9, pp. 197, 268.

Parlimentarian
TICHBORNE, Robert (c.1615-1682), of Noble Street, London.
: London., of Noble Street.
Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, unknown, ?1657.NPG; BM.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

TICHBORNE, Robert (c.1615-1682), of Noble Street, London.

Will
admon. 28 Sept. 1682.PROB8/75, f. 123v.
Estates
houses by the Little Conduit, Cheapside,Woodhead, Rulers of London, 163. Noble Street, London,W. Marston Acres, Notes on the Hist. and Literary Associations of the City of London (1928), 34. Mitcham and Mortlake, Surr.;D. Lysons, Environs of London i. 274, 375-6. purchased the White Horse (13 Sept. 1647) for £399 and the Fox and Geese and Talbot (23 Dec. 1648) for £338: both former properties of bishop of London in St Michael-le-Querne par. London;Bodl. Rawl. B.239, pp. 1, 20. drew 333 acres in Slievemargy barony, Queen’s Co., Ireland, 1653;Bottigheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 211. contracted to buy Hobby stables, Greenwich, Surr. for £223 in Apr. 1653, but still not in possession Oct. 1656;CSP Dom. 1653-4, pp. 354-5; 1656-7, p. 131. by 1660 in possession of manor of Old Court, Greenwich, formerly belonging to the queen;Rugg Diurnal, ed. Sachse (Camden ser. 3, xci), 94; CSP Dom. 1660-1, pp. 344-5. also lands in Sussex, and Carm.CTB 1681-5, pp. 1529, 1541.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image