Family and Education
bap. 22 July 1605, 1st s. of Alban Coxe of Porters, Shenley, Herts. and Mary, da. and h. of William Lawson of Prittlewell, Essex.Shenley par. reg.; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii.), 46; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 113-14. m. by 1631, Mary (bur. 14 Jan. 1693), da. of William Smith of Three Houses, Knebworth, Herts. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.).Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634, 46; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 114. suc. fa. 1629;Urwick, Nonconformity in Herts. 459n. uncle, John Coxe 1630.C142/465/41. bur. 8 Feb. 1665 8 Feb. 1665.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 114.
Offices Held

Local: feoffee, charity of Sir Richard Coxe, St Albans 1632.Urwick, Nonconformity in Herts. 180. Commr. loans on Propositions, Herts. 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. defence of Herts. 18 Dec. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. of St Albans by Oct. 1644;Add. 40630, f. 151; HMC Var. vii. 346. Herts. co. cttee. Mar. 1645.CJ iv. 78a; LJ vii. 274a. Commr. militia, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. by 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p., Feb. 1662–d.;Herts. County Recs. vi. 520; C231/7, pp. 158, 171. St Albans liberty and borough 15 July 1656 – 18 Sept. 1660, May 1662–d.C181/6, pp. 180, 182, 397; C181/7, pp. 145, 151, 283. Commr. assessment, Herts. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664; St Albans 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Herts. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 573. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 180, 398. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 304. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Court: kpr. of the king’s stables, St Albans 1636–49.Coventry Docquets, 197; Museum of Eng. Rural Life, FR HERT 5/1/1, f. 209.

Military: capt. militia horse (parlian.), Herts. 1642; lt.-col. by Jan. 1645; col. by Apr. 1645 – ?; capt. by July 1655-July 1659.CJ ii. 712b; LJ v. 291a; Suff. ed. Everitt, 84; The Impact of the First Civil War on Herts. ed. A. Thomson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxiii.), 31; SP25/77, pp. 863, 886; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 24. Col. of ft. June 1649-bef. Apr. 1651.M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), ii. 44, 60; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 434; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 243; 1651, p. 125. Gov. Guernsey Oct. 1649-Mar. 1650.Add. 11315, f. 2; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 69.

Central: commr. ct. martial, Oct. 1651;CSP Dom. 1651, p. 479; Add. 11315, f. 21. high ct. of justice, 13 June 1654; security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

: of Beaumonts, St Peter’s, St Albans, Herts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

COXE, Alban (1605-65), of Beaumonts, St Peter’s, St Albans, Herts.

Will
30 Mar. 1664, pr. 7 June 1667.Herts. RO, 103AW4.
Estates
granted manor of Beaumonts by his uncle, John Coxe, 1630;Coventry Docquets, 603. lands estimated to be worth £166 p.a.HMC Verulam, 104.
Oxford 1644
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