COWPER, James (1622-83), of Westminster.

Family and Education

bap. 8 Dec. 1622, 5th s. of Sir William Cowper, 1st bt. (d.1664), of Ratling Court, Nonington, Kent and Martha, da. of James Master of East Langdon, Kent.Par. Regs. of St. Michael, Cornhill, London, ed. J.L. Chester (Harl. Soc. vii.), 116; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 194; Berry, Pedigrees Herts. 168; VCH Herts. Fams. 135-6. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1640;Al. Cant. L. Inn 1643, called 1650.LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 387. m. 9 May 1657, Anne (d. 2 July 1710), da. of John Wroth of Loughton and Chigwell, Essex, 2s. 1da.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 194; Berry, Pedigrees Herts. 168; VCH Herts. Fams. 136. d. by 27 July 1683.PROB11/373/412.

Offices Held

Local: commr. militia, Herts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar. 1660–78.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Mdx. 1677;SR. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660–23 Jan. 1669;C181/7, pp. 8, 444. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 304. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Mdx. and Essex 14 Dec. 1663.C181/7, p. 223.

Parlimentarian

COWPER, James (1622-83), of Westminster.

: of Westminster.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

COWPER, James (1622-83), of Westminster.

Will

18 June 1683, pr. 27 July 1683.PROB11/373/412.

Estates

jt. developer, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, late 1650s.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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