Family and Education
b. c. 1587, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Seymour of Frampton Cotterell and Elizabeth, da. of John Webb.LPL, Comm. XIIa.15/130; Notes on the Diocese of Gloucester by Chancellor Richard Parsons ed. J. Fendley (Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc., Glos. Rec. Ser. x), 264. educ. M. Temple 18 Oct. 1602.MTR i. 425. m. (1) 19 Dec. 1611 Ann, da. of William Poulett of Cottles, Wilts. 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Elizabeth (d. bef. Sept. 1637), da. of George White, merchant of Bristol, s.p.Wilts. RO, marriage transcripts; PROB11/175/90; H.T. Ellacombe, The Hist. of the Parish of Bitton (Exeter, 1881), 89. Kntd. 9 Apr. 1605.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137. suc. fa. Apr. 1627.Ellacombe, Hist. of Bitton, 89. d. 17 Nov. 1663.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith i. 207.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Glos. 26 June 1635–42. 16 July 1639 – 7 Mar. 1643C181/5, p. 13; Glos. Ct. of Sewers 1583–1642 ed. R. Hewlett (Glos. Rec. Ser. xxxv), 290, 329. J.p., ? 1646 – 20 Mar. 1649, Mar. 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 77; C231/3, p. 6; C231/5, p. 349; C231/6, p. 145; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 14. Dep. lt. 12 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 291b. Commr. sequestration, Glos. and Gloucester 27 Mar. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, Glos. 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Glos. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR; A. and O.

: of Bitton and Glos., Frampton Cotterell.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SEYMOUR, Sir John (c.1587-1663), of Bitton and Frampton Cotterell, Glos.

Will
14 June 1663, pr. 7 Feb. 1664.PROB11/313/228.
Estates
lessee of Bitton prebend, Salisbury cathedral, by lease of 13 Feb. 1636, at annual rent of £26.LPL, Comm. XIIa. 15/130.
Oxford 1644
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