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Family and Education
b. 24 June 1622, 1st s. of Raphe Worsley (d. 6 Nov. 1669) of The Platt, and Isabel (d. 29 July 1627), da. of Edward Massey of Manchester, wid. of Alexander Ford of Wigan, Lancs. m. (1) 18 Sept. 1644, Mary (d. 1 Apr. 1649), da. and coh. of John Booth of Manchester, 1s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 6 Oct. 1652, Dorothy (bur. 16 Mar. 1694), da. of Roger Kenyon of Park Head, Whalley, Lancs. 2s. 1da. d.v.p.C5/27/114; Manchester Ct. Leet Recs. ed. J.P. Earwaker (Manchester, 1887), iv. p. 117; Booker, Birch, 26, 28, 39, 49-50, 66; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxviii), 339-40. d. 12 June 1656.SP18/130/129, f. 201.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 1644-aft. Apr. 1648;Booker, Birch, 39; Manchester Ct. Leet Recs. ed. Earwaker, iv. p. 17. lt.-col. c.June 1650–d.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 481; Booker, Birch, 37. Maj.-gen. Cheshire, Derbys. and Worcs. 9 Aug. – 11 Oct. 1655; Cheshire, Lancs. and Staffs. 11 Oct. 1655–d.CSP Dom. 1655, pp. 275, 378.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 20 Oct. 1653–d.;C231/6, p. 273. Westminster by Apr. 1655–d.;TSP iii. 349. Cheshire, Staffs. 22 Nov. 1655–d.C231/6, p. 319. Clerk of the peace, Lancs. 21 Feb. 1654–?d.Lancs. RO, DDKE/1/32; DDKE/9/33/14. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655.SP25/76A, f. 16v. Farmer, excise on beer and ale by Dec. 1655–?d.Lancs. RO, DDKE/2/13/2.

Parlimentarian
WORSLEY, Charles (1622-56), of The Platt, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancs.
: of The Platt, Rusholme, Lancs., Manchester.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown.Platt Hall, Manchester.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WORSLEY, Charles (1622-56), of The Platt, Rusholme, Manchester, Lancs.

Will
June 1656.C5/27/114.
Estates
in 1645-6, the Worsleys’ estate around Manchester inc. capital messuage called The Platt and lands adjoining; messuages in Rusholme and in Milngate, Manchester; property in Ashley Field, Manchester; and lease of part of a burgage in Salford, Lancs.Manchester Central Lib. M35/1/34/1. By 1648, Worsley was a non-resident burgage-holder in Manchester.Manchester Central Lib. M91/M1/8/16; Manchester Constables’ Accts. ed. J. P. Earwaker (Manchester, 1892), ii. pp. 200, 220. In 1652-3, he purchased from the treason trustees manor of Bolton and property in Halliwell and Salford for £290 13s; manor of Bury, Lancs. for £287 18s; and lands in and around Macclesfield, Cheshire.C54/3757/6; C54/3767/11; SP29/390/14x, f. 42; SP23/141, pp. 29-31, 33; Lancs. RO, DDK/1462/4; Manchester Central Lib. M35/2/4/1; CCC 1117. In 1652-3, he purchased for £1,544 fee farm rents in Lancs. and Northumb. worth £113 p.a.SP28/288, ff. 59, 61. In 1654, he purchased for £200 two thirds of the estate of a Lancs. recusant, paying rent of £80 p.a.SP23/141, pp. 11-22, 25-6, 27; SP23/149, pp. 201-5, 207, 209; CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 171. At his d. estate inc. manors of Bolton and Bury, property in Manchester, Rusholme and Salford and rents worth £62 p.a. issuing out of Accrington, Bolton, Butterfield, Cliviger, Cottam Moss, Flookburgh, Grindleton, Gumples, Hackenshaw, Hall Flatts, Halliwell, Haslingden, High Park, Ingol, Nether Wyresdale, Slaidburn, Stalmine, Ulverston, West Bradford, Windle and rectory of Cartmel and Childwall, Lancs. and Yorks;C5/27/114. personal estate valued at £1,679 and debts on his estate reckoned at £489.Manchester Central Lib. M35/5/4/2.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Runton, Norf. (1649);Manchester Central Lib. M35/5/24. St James’s Palace, Westminster (1653-5).Lancs. RO, DDKE/9/129/3; CSP Dom. 1652-3, p. 460; TSP iii. 186.
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