KING, Richard (1590-1645), of Sherborne, Dorset.

Family and Education

bap. 30 Aug. 1590, s. of William King of Castle Cary, Som.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. iii. 143. educ. I. Temple Nov. 1611, called 15 Oct. 1620.I. Temple database. m. (1) 25 Dec. 1623, Edith (d. 20 June 1634), da. of Sir Robert Seymer of Hanford, Dorset, 1s.; (2) bef. 1639, Margaret, da. of Robert Harbyn of Newton Surmaville, Yeovil, Som.Hutchins, Dorset iv. 66; Som. and Dorset N. and Q. iii. 143, 259; iv. 41. d. 27 Aug. 1645.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. iii. 143.

Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 15 Oct. 1620; bencher, 4 Nov. 1638; reader, 16 May-3 Nov. 1641.CITR ii. 120, 244, 260.

Civic: recorder, Weymouth 4 Feb. 1629–d.Weymouth Min. Bks. 15, 55.

Local: j.p. Dorset 18 Apr. 1637-at least Mar. 1639.Dorset RO, QSM/1/1, p. 944; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 166. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, 26 Sept. 1639, 26 Feb. 1642;C181/5, ff. 152v, 226v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; asessment, 1642.SR.

Parlimentarian

KING, Richard (1590-1645), of Sherborne, Dorset.

: of Sherborne, Dorset.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

KING, Richard (1590-1645), of Sherborne, Dorset.

Will

not found.

Estates

purchased lands at Preston near Yeovil, 1638;Som. and Dorset N. and Q. iii. 260. assessed for £6 in land at Eastbury, Sherborne, Dorset, 1641.E179/105/330, m. 2.

Oxford 1644

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