TOLSON, Richard (1622-90), of Bridekirk, Cumb., and Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 6 June 1622, 4th but o. surv. s. of Henry Tolson of Bridekirk, and Margaret (bur. 25 Jan. 1632), da. and h. of Henry Savile of Wath-upon-Dearne.Bridekirk Par. Regs. ed. J.F. Haswell (Penrith, 1927), 28, 272; Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 68. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 11 Oct. 1639;Al. Ox. L. Inn 3 Dec. 1641;LI Admiss. i. 248. G. Inn 23 Oct. 1646;G. Inn Admiss. 242. called, L. Inn 6 Feb. 1656.LI Black Bks. ii. 411. m. 27 June 1650, Anne (bur. 27 Mar. 1714), da. of Gilbert Gregory of Barnby upon Don, Yorks. 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Pleasley, Derbys. par. reg.; Bridekirk Par. Regs. ed. Haswell, 48, 55, 57, 58; Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 68; Burke’s Commoners, ii. 135. suc. fa. Oct. 1663.Bridekirk Par. Regs. ed. Haswell, 284. bur. 2 July 1690.Wath-upon Dearne par. reg.

Offices Held

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 3 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ viii. 411a; LJ ix. 500a.

Local: commr. assessment, Cumb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Westmld. 12 Mar. 1660. J.p. Cumb. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656, Mar. 1660 – June 1688, 18 Oct. 1688–d.;C193/13/3; A Perfect List (1660); C231/8, p. 201; HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Richard Tolson’. Yorks. (W. Riding) 9 Mar. 1652-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 234. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 18, 310. poll tax, Cumb. 1660.SR. Steward, Ennerdale manor, Cumb. 22 Dec. 1660–?72.E315/311, m. 27; CTB i. 99. Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR. Sheriff, 7 Nov. 1666–6 Nov. 1667.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 28. Bailiff and collector, queen mother’s revenues, ?Cumb. by 1669-c.1673.CTB iv. 394. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 789.

Parlimentarian

TOLSON, Richard (c.1622-89), of Bridekirk, Cumb. and Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks.

: of Bridekirk, Cumb. and Yorks., Wath-upon-Dearne.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

TOLSON, Richard (1622-90), of Bridekirk, Cumb., and Wath-upon-Dearne, Yorks.

Will

admon. 26 Mar. 1691.Borthwick, Doncaster Deanery Act Bk. 24B, f. 35v.

Estates

in 1650, purchased manor of Brundholme and a burgage tenement in Cockermouth, Cumb. for £1,000.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL639/226-8. In 1672, settled manors of Bridekirk, Broughton, Brundholme, Dundraw, Papcastle and Tallentire, Cumb. and Brampton, Brampton Bierlow, Holmfirth and Wath, Yorks. on his heir.Burke’s Commoners, ii. 135. In 1675, his property at Bridekirk was valued at £100 p.a.A Cursory Relation of All the Antiquities and Familyes in Cumberland ed. R.S. Ferguson (Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. tract ser. iv), 23.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

house of William Kidd, ‘Larches buildings’, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. (1655).Cumb. RO (Whitehaven), DLEC/107/169/1655: Tolson to Hugh Potter*, 1655.

Religion

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