Family and Education
b. bef. 1623, 1st s. of Christopher Walters of Cundall and Anne (bur. 10 Oct. 1640), da. of Sir Thomas Strickland†, KB, of Sizergh, Westmld. and Thornton Bridge, Yorks.Cundall Par. Reg. ed. H. D. Eshelby (Liverpool, 1898), 15, 26; Whitaker, Richmondshire, ii. 196; H. Hornyold, Gen. Mems. Stricklands of Sizergh (Kendal, 1928), 110. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 24 June 1636, BA 1640;Al. Cant. G. Inn 7 July 1641.G. Inn Admiss. m. 28 Sept. 1647, Lettice, da. of Thomas Stockdale* of Bilton Park, 2s. 6da.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 278. suc. fa. by June 1648;Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Will of Christopher Watters [sic] of ‘Condall’, June 1648. d. by Mar. 1671.Borthwick, Prerogative Act Bk. f. 192.
Offices Held

Local: commr. Northern Assoc. Yorks. (N. Riding) 20 June 1645.A. and O. J.p. by Jan. 1646-bef. Oct. 1660;Quarter Sessions Recs. ed. J. C. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. iv), 247; Add. 29674, ff. 149, 151, 153. E. Riding 6 Oct. 1653-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 270. liberties of Ripon 3 Oct. 1654-bef. Oct.1660.C181/6, pp. 66, 283, 341. Commr. assessment, N. Riding 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. N. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. charitable uses, Ripon 5 May 1653;C93/22/1. N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658.C93/25/1. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Yorks. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655; gaol delivery, 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. liberties of Ripon 24 Mar. 1658;C181/6, p. 283. securing peace of commonwealth, Yorks. by Jan. 1656.TSP iv. 402. Sheriff, 1659–5 Nov. 1660.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 164.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) Northern Brigade by May 1648;A. and O. i. 1141. lt.-col. by July 1649-c.1660.Add. 21417, f. 240; Add. 21426, f. 362; Narrative of the Northern Affairs, 4. Capt. militia ft. Yorks. by July-aft. Nov. 1659.Bodl. Rawl. C.179, pp. 208, 277; A Narrative of the Northern Affairs (1659), 4 (E.1010.19).

: of Cundall, Yorks.
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Commons 1640-1660
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WALTER, Robert (bef. 1623-c.1671), of Cundall, Yorks.

Will
admon. 3 Mar. 1671.Borthwick, Prerogative Act Bk. f. 192.
Estates
in early 1630s, Walter’s fa. was fined £16 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 64v. At his fa.’s d. Walter inherited manor, rectory, tithes and advowson of Cundall.Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Will of Christopher Watters, June 1648. In 1655, Walter and another gentleman purchased property in Bolton-on-Swale and Kiplin, Yorks., for £750.E. Riding Archives, DDCC/130/240.
Oxford 1644
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