Family and Education
bap. 24 Jan. 1610, 1st s. of Leonard Gill of Norton, Derbys. and Elizabeth, da. of Robert Sanderson of Blyth, Notts.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 152. m. (1) 23 Sept. 1633 (with £1,000), Ruth (bur. 15 Mar. 1635), da. of Stephen Bright of Carbrook Hall, Sheffield, Yorks. 1da. d.v.p. ; (2) 18 July 1638, Elizabeth (bur. 3 June 1677), da. and h. of Henry Westby of Carr House, 2s. 2da. (1 ).Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 57, f. 661v; Sheffield City Archives, OD/189, 678; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 152-3; T.W. Hall, Sheffield and Rotherham from the 12th to the 18th Century, 227-8. suc. fa. 21 Mar. 1654; bur. 28 Aug. 1675 28 Aug. 1675.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 152.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 1645-at least Mar. 1648.E113/7, pt. 2; SC6/CHAS1/1190, unfol. (entry for 19 Mar. 1648). Gov. Sheffield Castle by July 1645-c.June 1647.SP20/11/8; E113/7, pt. 2; Hunter, Hallamshire, 143.

Local: member, sub-cttee. of accts., Derbys. Jan. 1647–?SP28/257, unfol. Commr. assessment, Derbys. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Yorks. 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660; Yorks. (W. Riding) 9 June 1657. by Feb. 1650 – 8 July 1651A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. Derbys., Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3; C231/6, p. 221; A Perfect List (1660). W. Riding 7 Mar. 1657-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 361. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. W. Riding 14 Jan. 1658;SP25/78, p. 406. charitable uses, 11 Oct. 1658;C93/25/2. militia, Yorks. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Derbys. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, W. Riding 8 Dec. 1671.C181/7, p. 606.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 28 Jan. 1654.A. and O.

: of Carr House, Yorks., Rotherham.
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Commons 1640-1660
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GILL, Edward (1610-75), of Carr House, Rotherham, Yorks.

Will
10 Oct. 1671, cod. 28 Apr. 1675, pr. 5 Feb. 1678.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 57, f. 660v; Sheffield City Archives, OD/190.
Estates
in 1630-2, fa. fined £20 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 37v. In 1649, fa. settled on him messuage and land in Dore; a water corn mill and lead smelting house in Bradway; and messuages and lands in Coal Aston, Greenhill, Hemsworth and Maugerhay, Derbys.Sheffield City Archives, OD/869. At d. estate inc. his seat at Carr House; a farm and lands in Greasbrough, near Rotherham (leased from William, 2nd earl of Strafford); lands and tenements in Kimberworth, near Rotherham; lands and tenements in Carleton and elsewhere in Holderness, Yorks.; and Brimington Hall, Derbys.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 57, f. 660v-661v; Sheffield City Archives, OD/189. In 1672, his residence Carr House, Greasbrough, assessed at 19 hearths.Yorks. W. Riding Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1672 ed. D. Hay et al. (BRS cxxi), 412.
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