GAMUL, Francis (1606-54), of Bridge Street, St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire.

Family and Education

bap. 25 Nov. 1606, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Thomas Gamull† (d. 11 Aug. 1613), merchant and alderman of Chester, and Alice (bur. 18 Aug. 1640), da. of Richard Bavand† of Chester, wid. of David Lloyd of Chester.J.P. Earwaker, Hist. of St Mary-on-the-Hill (1898), 260; HP Commons 1604-29, ‘Thomas Gamull’. educ. I. Temple 28 May 1623.I. Temple database. m. (1) 1 Oct. 1621, Christian (d. 6 June 1640), da. of Sir Richard Grosvenor† of Eaton Hall, Eccleston, Cheshire, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1654, Elizabeth (d. 13 Aug. 1661), da. of Sir Randle Mainwaring of Over Peover, Cheshire, wid. of Robert Ravenscroft of Bretton, Flint, s.p.Eccleston par. reg.; Shropshire RO, 567, Box 47: indenture, 2 Nov. 1640; Gamul to E. Ravenscroft, 7 Mar. 1654; Earwaker, St Mary-on-the-Hill, 260; CB. suc. grandfa. Sept. 1616;Earwaker, St Mary-on-the-Hill, 259. Kntd. 25 Apr. 1644;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 217. cr. bt. Apr. 1644;CB. bur. 27 Nov. 1654 27 Nov. 1654.St Mary-on-the-Hill par. reg.

Offices Held

freeman, Chester 6 Sept. 1625–?d.;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 111. alderman, 26 Aug. 1631–1 Oct. 1646;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 168; LJ viii. 506. mayor, 1634–5.Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 214.

commr. sewers, Cheshire 7 Feb. 1628.C181/3, f. 238. J.p. Chester 1634–1 Oct. 1646.Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, p. xi; LJ viii. 506. Capt. militia ft. 15 Oct. 1640–?Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 206. Commr. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Cheshire 16 June, 10 Oct. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133; Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, pp. 76, 85. Chester 27 June 1642;Cheshire RO, ZP/Cowper/2, f. 4. Cheshire, Denb. and Flint 19 May 1644;Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, p. 79. rebels’ estates (roy.), Chester 23 Dec. 1643, 1 Jan. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 115–16, 119.

col. of ft. (roy.) by June 1643–7 Feb. 1646.Cheshire RO, ZML/2/288; LJ viii. 146b. Dep. gov. Chester by June 1644-Feb. 1646.Harl. 2135, f. 19; Mems. of Prince Rupert, ii. 432. Member, council of war (roy.), Lancs. Aug. 1651.HMC Portland, i. 614.

Parlimentarian

GAMUL, Francis (1606-54), of Bridge Street, St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire.

St Mary-on-the-Hill, Cheshire., of Bridge Street, Chester.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GAMUL, Francis (1606-54), of Bridge Street, St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire.

Will

admon. 12 Dec. 1660.PROB6/36, f. 138.

Estates

inherited a mansion house on Bridge Street and property on Foregate Street and Watergate Street, Chester; messuages and other property in parishes of St Mary-on-the-Hill, St Olave and St. Peter, Chester; lease of Dee mills (six water corn mills within the liberty of Chester) at a rent of £100 p.a.; property in Buerton, Claverton, Flookersbrook and Handbridge; lease of manor of Overpool, Cheshire; and property in Knighton and Woore, Staffs.Harl. 2093, f. 190; Cheshire IPM ed. R. Stewart-Brown (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxxiv), 32-6. In 1640, estate inc. two fifths of manor of Hargrave; property in Bridge Street, Castle Lane, Holy Trinity, Northgate Street, St John, St Martin and St Olave, Chester; Dee mills and their messuages and lands, plus fishing rights on River Dee; property in Buerton, Claverton, Handbridge, Hoole and Middlewich, Cheshire; in Gravenhunger and Norton in Hales, Salop; and in Aston, Knighton, Whitmore and Winnington, Staffs.Shropshire RO, 567, Box 47: indenture, 2 Nov. 1640. In 1649, estate estimated to be worth betw. £220 and £293 p.a., not inc. profits from Dee mills, which were reckoned to be worth betw. £550 and £700 p.a.; it was charged with an annuity of £40 p.a. and debts and portions totalling £3,560.SP23/216, pp. 207, 211-13, 225.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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