SOUTHBY, Richard (c.1624-1704), of Somerford Keynes, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1624, 1st s. of John Southby* of Carswell and Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Wiseman of Steventon, Berks. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 14 May 1641; G. Inn 4 Nov. 1646.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 283; Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. i. 242; m. settlement 1 June 1648, Katherine (b. 14 Apr. 1626, d. 1686), da. of Robert Strange of Somerford Keynes and Chesterton, nr. Cirencester, and coh. to her bro. Robert, 5s. (?1 d.v.p.), 4da. suc. fa. 1683. bur. 7 Jan. 1704 7 Jan. 1704.Somerford Keynes par. reg; Vis. Berks. 283; Berry, Surr. Genealogies, 35-6; Glos. RO, D182/III/200; PROB11/475/69.

Offices Held

Military: capt. militia ft. Wilts Apr. 1660.Mercurius Publicus no. 32 (12–19 Apr. 1660)(E.183.8).

Local: commr. assessment, Wilts. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Berks. 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.;An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, Wilts. 1660;SR. sewers, River Thames, Wilts. to Surr. 18 June 1662;C181/7, p. 152. subsidy, Wilts. 1663.SR. Dep. lt. Berks. Mar. 1688–9. J.p. July 1688–?d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Richard Southby’.

Parlimentarian

SOUTHBY, Richard (c.1624-1704), of Somerford Keynes, Wilts. and Carswell, Buckland, Berks.

: Wilts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SOUTHBY, Richard (c.1624-1704), of Somerford Keynes, Wilts.

Will

24 May 1700, pr. 10 Feb. 1704.PROB11/475/69.

Estates

Somerford Keynes manor, Wilts. 4 June 1655; Ampney St Peter manor, Glos. 1661 (mortgaged); lands in S. Cerney and Minety, Glos. 1660,1661 (?mortgaged).Glos. RO, D182/III/200; D2957/p. 216/19/1, 2; p. 238/68/1-6; p. 364/205A/1.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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