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Family and Education
bap. 16 July 1609,IGI. 1st surv. s. of Richard Downes of Manby, Lincs., and Elizabeth, da. of ?Wallis.PROB11/133/230. educ. I. Temple, 1 Feb. 1632, called 6 May 1642.I. Temple database. m. (1) ?Johanna, da. of Richard Mosely of Tunstall, Staffs. s.p.;Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), ii. 114. (2) 16 Apr. 1634, Catherine, da. of Francis Townley of Littleton, Mdx. at least 2s.;St John at Hackney, par. reg.; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 416; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 170-1. (3) 15 Dec. 1642, Hanna Marsh, at least 2da.;St Stephen, Coleman Street, London, par. reg.; Suss. Manors, i. 43. 9 ch. by 1660. J. Downes, A True and Humble Representation (1660). suc. fa. betw. 29 Mar. 1618-16 Feb. 1619.PROB11/133/230. d. aft. Nov. 1666.CSP Dom. 1666-7, p. 235.
Offices Held

Central: jt. auditor, duchy of Cornwall, 27 Oct. 1634–49.Coventry Docquets, 190; C66/2673/1. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652, 2 Feb. 1660.CJ vi. 110b, 113b; A. and O. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1651, 19 May 1659.CJ vii. 42b; A. and O. Commr. to inspect treasuries, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 Jan. 1653;A. and O. management of revenue, 20 June 1659.CJ vii. 690a.

Local: commr. assessment, Suss. 1642,E179/191/388; SR. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan.1660; Westminster 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, Suss. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Suss. 18 July 1643.CJ iii. 173a. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Suss. 3 June 1644–?CJ iii. 516a. Commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suss. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 14, 373. gaol delivery, Suss. 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 235v. J.p. by 11 July 1644-bef. Oct. 1660;Suss. QSOB 1642–9, 54. Mdx. 18 June 1651-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 216; C193/13/4, f. 62. Commr. New Model ordinance, Suss. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; Westminster militia, 28 June 1659;A. and O. sewers, Suss. 28 Dec. 1658.C181/6, p. 346.

Military: col. (parlian.) forces in Suss. bef. 4 Feb. 1645.CJ iv. 41a.

Parlimentarian
DOWNES, John (1609-aft. 1665), of Manby, Lincs., Pulborough, Suss. and Hampstead, Mdx.
: of Manby, Lincs., Suss., Pulborough and Mdx., Hampstead.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

DOWNES, John (1609-aft. 1665), of Manby, Lincs., Pulborough, Suss. and Hampstead, Mdx.

Will
Attainted 1660.
Estates
inherited from fa. property at Manby, Lincs., and ?land in Suss.;PROB11/133/230. New Place, Pulborough, bef. 1642.West Suss. Protestation Returns, 143; LR2/266, f. 19; CRES6/2, p. 610. Under the commonwealth greatly extended his estate, largely with property formerly belonging to the church, inc. in 1649 the Bishop’s Palace, Chichester, and Broyle Manor, purchased for £1,309,LR2/266, f. 4v; I. C. Hannah, ‘Bishop’s Palace Chichester’, Suss. Arch. Coll. lii. 21; Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 35. in 1651 Grailinge Manor in Chichester.C54/3586/30. Held Arundel rectory bef. 1651;CCC 2461; SP23/11/133. acquired manor of Cann Gate for £1,879, and manors of Birdham Court, Barnes, and Oving for £1,609, bef. 1654,W. Suss. RO, Cap.I/30/6; LR2/266, f. 4; Suss. Manors, i. 43. as well as property in the Isle of Selsey, Suss. bef. 1655.Abstracts Suss. Deeds and Docs. 61. Estate, valued at £193 p.a., forfeit to crown in 1661.LR2/266, ff. 1, 19; CRES6/2, p. 610.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Hampstead, Mdx. June 1654.W. Suss. RO, MP1926, f. 66.
Religion
patron to George Vinter (Cowfold, Suss. 31 Dec. 1651),Add. 36792, f. 35. Samuel Greenhill (Cuckfield, 6 Dec. 1654), Henry Townley (Henfield, 8 May 1657), Richard Allen (Henfield, 16 June 1658), William Cooper (Pulborough, 24 Sept. 1658), and Jeremiah Dyke (Pulborough, 8 Dec. 1658).Dunkin, ‘Admissions to Suss. Benefices’, 216, 219, 221.
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