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Family and Education
bap. 22 July 1607, 1st s. of Anthony Fisher of Wisbech, Cambs. and his 2nd w. Anna.Wisbech St Peter par. reg. m. by Mar. 1630, Alice (d. 1662), at least 3s. 3da. (2 d.v.p.).Wisbech St Peter par. reg.; Ely Episcopal Recs. 386-7. suc. fa. 1645.Ely Episcopal Recs. 387; PROB11/194/379. bur. 8 Apr. 1666 8 Apr. 1666.Wisbech St Peter par. reg.
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Local: commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 3 July 1629 – aft.Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/4, ff. 20v, 95; C181/5, ff. 11v, 269v; C181/6, pp. 27, 381; Norf. RO, Hare 5136; Hare 5125. I. of Ely 13 Sept. 1644;C181/5, f. 242. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 12 June 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 38, 389; C181/7, pp. 79, 260. Camb. and Norf. 7 Sept. 1660;C181/7, p. 41. Norf. and Suff. 1 Aug. 1664.C181/7, p. 287. Capt. militia, I. of Ely by 1640.J. Whinnell, Matters of great Concernement (1646), 13–14 (E.334.11). Commr. assessment, Cambs. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644; I. of Ely 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 8 June 1654, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1654, E.1064.10); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, Cambs. 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. accts. of assessment, I. of Ely 3 May 1643;A. and O.; LJ vi. 29a. levying of money, Cambs. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 12 Aug. 1645.C181/5, f. 258v. J.p. by 1646 – 49, Mar. 1660–d.Whinnell, Matters of great Concernement, 17; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. militia, Cambs. and I. of Ely 2 Dec. 1648; Cambs. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1653–4.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 15. Trustee, Visct. Saye and Sele’s charity, Wisbech Jan. 1656–?d.HMC 9th Rep. i. 298; Reports of the Commrs.…concerning Charities and Education of the Poor (1815–39), vi. pt. i. 294. Commr. subsidy, I. of Ely 1663.SR.

Civic: capital burgess, Wisbech Nov. 1642 – Nov. 1658, Nov. 1662–d.;Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Wisbech corp. recs. 1616–91, ff. 102, 105, 109, 113, 115, 117, 119v, 122, 123, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 133, 135, 148, 151, 155, 156. bailiff, Nov. 1645 – Nov. 1646, Nov. 1657-Nov. 1658.Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Wisbech corp. recs. 1616–91, ff. 113, 115, 135, 137. Trustee, John Crane’s charity, Wisbech Aug. 1658.‘Lands at Fleet, 1658’, Fenland N. and Q. vii. 280.

Parlimentarian
FISHER, William (1607-66), of Wisbech, Cambs.
: of Wisbech, Cambs.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FISHER, William (1607-66), of Wisbech, Cambs.

Will
26 Mar. 1666, pr. 25 June 1666.PROB11/321/140.
Estates
inherited lands at Wisbech, Leverington and Elm in Cambs. and at Sutton St. James in Lincs. from his fa. in 1645; bequeathed lands at Sutton St Mary, Sutton St James, Sutton St Edmund and Tydd St Mary in Lincs., and at Walsoken, West Walton, Terrington St John and Watlington, Norf. to his youngest s. William;PROB11/194/379; PROB11/321/140. leased lands from Wisbech corporation;Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Wisbech corp. rec. 1616-91, ff. 110v, 111, 112, 114, 117v, 118v, 127, 135v. said to be worth £500 p.a. and to have a personal estate worth £5,000.Whinnell, Matters of great Concernement, 22.
Oxford 1644
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