WHALLEY, Peter (1605-56), of All Saints, Northampton, Northants.

Family and Education

bap. 2 June 1605, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Roger Whalley (d. 19 Sept. 1605) of All Saints, Northampton. m. by 1633, Hannah Cartwright (d. 1672), da. of ?William Cartwright of Coventry, Warws., 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. bro. Apr. 1606; d. 8 Apr. 1656.R.M. Serjeantson, Hist. of St Giles, 288-91; PROB11/257, ff. 363r-v; PROB11/339, f. 102; CSP Dom. 1657-8, p. 170; G. Ford, ‘Where’s Whalley? The search for Sir Samuel uncovers a Whalley-Cartwright alliance in Northants.’, Northants. P & P lxii (2009), 31, 34.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Northampton 2 May 1625;Ford, ‘Where’s Whalley?’, 288. bailiff, 1636 – 37; chamberlain, 1640 – 43; mayor, 1646 – 47, 1655 – d.; alderman, 1647–d.;Northampton Bor. Recs. ii. 552, 562, 568. auditor, 1649–55.Northants. RO, Northampton assembly bk. 3/2, pp. 107, 129.

Religious: sidesman, All Saints, Northampton 15 Apr. 1628; churchwarden, 17 Apr. 1639–26 Apr. 1641.Northants. RO, 223p/24 (All Saints, Northampton vestry min. bk.), pp. 9, 24, 25.

Local: collector, assessment, west division Northants. by Mar. 1643–?SP28/199, ff. 214, 216. Recvr. sequestration, Northants. Apr. 1643–d.;SP20/1, f. 5v. crown revenue, Northants. and Rutland c.Nov. 1646–?;CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 490; 1656–7, p. 137. Leics., Northants., Rutland and Warws. c.Oct. 1655–d.CCC 733; CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 137; 1657–8, p. 170. Commr. assessment, Northants. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: capt. vol. ft. Northampton June 1648.Northampton Bor. Recs. ii. 441.

Parlimentarian

WHALLEY, Peter (1605-56), of All Saints, Northampton, Northants.

: of All Saints, Northants., Northampton.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WHALLEY, Peter (1605-56), of All Saints, Northampton, Northants.

Will

3 Mar. 1656, pr. 4 Nov. 1656.PROB11/257, f. 363.

Estates

by 1652 he had purchased fee farm rents in Rutland.CCC 851. In 1653, he and another Northampton man purchased advowsons of St Giles and St Sepulchre, Northampton.VCH Northants. iii. 57; Serjeantson, St Giles, 64-5. At his death, his estate included a ‘dwelling house’ with a close in Northampton; and a house and close called the Tower House, Northampton.PROB11/257, ff. 363r-v.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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