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b. 18 July 1601,Bodl. Carte 130, f. 117. 3rd, but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Walter Long (d. 1610) of South Wraxall, Wilts. and 2nd w. Catherine, da. of Sir John Thynne† of Longleat, Wilts.; bro. of Sir Walter Long†.Wilts. Vis. Peds. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 118; Misc. Gen. et Her. new ser. iii. 58. educ. L. Inn, 14 Oct. 1619, called 5 June 1627.L. Inn, Admiss. Bk. 5, f. 34v; LI Black Bks., ii. 270.. unm. cr. bt. 1 Sept. 1662.C231/7, p. 186. d. 13 July 1673.CB; Regs. of St Peter, Westminster ed. J.L. Chester (Harl. Soc. x), 181.
Offices Held

Household: sec. to James Ley†, 1st earl of Marlborough (ld. treas.), bef. 20 Apr. 1625-Mar. 1629.E404/234; CSP Dom. 1625–49, p. 722.

Civic: burgess, Devizes 1626; member of the twelve, 1627–d.Wilts. RO, G20/1/17, ff. 40, 56.

Local: jt. recvr. of recusancy forfeitures, Glos., Essex 22 Sept. 1628.CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 334. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 26 Nov. 1629-aft. Dec. 1641;C181/4, ff. 31, 94v; C181/5, ff. 11, 215; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/3–5. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 26 Nov. 1629-aft. Aug. 1639;C181/4, ff. 41, 156; C181/5, f. 149v. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 27 Mar. 1630-aft. Mar. 1636;C181/4, ff. 46, 149; C181/5, f. 42v. Holland Fen 16 Mar. 1637;C181/4, f. 66v. Mdx. and Westminster 27 May 1664–d.C181/7, pp. 253, 632. Recvr.-gen. Mdx., Essex, Herts., London 1637.T56/7, pp. 7–8; PSO5/5, unfol.; C66/2390/3; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 567. Commr. examining bailiwick of St James, ?Oct. 1640;CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. commr. survey (roy.), Bewdley Park, Worcs. 11 Mar. 1643; Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 18, 27 May 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 18, 38, 42. rebels’ estates (roy.), Hants 14 Mar. 1644; sequestrations and recvr.-gen. (roy.), Glos., Wilts., Hants, Som., Dorset 1644–5;Som. RO, DD/WHb/30; Docquets of Letters Patent, ed. Black, 167; Wilts. RO, 413/501; CCC, 950; HMC Pepys, 203. corporations, Yorks. 1662–3;HMC 8th Rep. 275a; SR. subsidy, Westminster 1663; assessment, 1664, 1672; Surr. 1664, 1672.SR. J.p. Surr. Feb. 1665–d.C231/7, p. 252.

Court: gent of privy chamber, extraordinary, 4 Oct. 1632; in ordinary by Feb. 1639-aft. 1641.LC5/132, p. 308; LC3/1, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 419. Sec. to prince of Wales, 1645–9.Clarendon, Hist. iv. 22; v. 323; SP2/54, f. 3.

Mercantile: jt. projector for drainage, Holland Fen 30 Apr. 1633.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 35. Commr. compounding with tobacco planters, ?1634, 21 Apr. 1636;CSP Dom. 1634–5, 395; 1635–6, p. 377. preventing export of butter, Feb. 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, pp. 240, 250. provision of victuals for army, 13 Mar. 1639.Coventry Docquets, 88.

Military: jt. commry. royal army, Mar. 1639.CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 556.

Central: recvr. of recusancy forfeitures (south) by May 1639–1646, 1660–d.T56/8, p. 196; C66/2427/19; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 119; 1640, p. 451; 1640–1, pp. 114, 513; 1641–3, pp. 23, 57; CTB i. 22. Surveyor and woodward-gen. to Henrietta Maria, c.1638–46, by 19 Jan. 1661–1669;CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 273; 1640–1, pp. 547, 551; 1641–3, p. 324; 1660–1, p. 478; CCSP v. 74; CTB i. 183. treas. and recvr.-gen. 1671–d.CTB iii. 867, 882. Clerk of pleas, exch. (roy.) bef. Dec. 1642;SP16/493, f. 132. writer of tallies and auditor of receipt (roy.), 11 Aug. 1643,Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 348. Oct. 1643–46, 1662–d.CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 494, 498; Exchequer Officeholders (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 208; CTB i. 395; E403/2525, ff. 62v-65. Sec. of state (in exile) by Mar. 1649-Feb. 1652.CCSP ii. 9; Clarendon, Hist. v. 323; HMC Pepys, 255; Add. 37047, ff. 1–2. PC, 14 May 1649-Jan. 1652, 3 July 1672–d.PC2/54, f. 3; Nicholas Pprs. i. 128; Clarendon, Hist. v. 2; CSP Dom. 1672, p. 313. Recvr. Princess Henrietta, 1661.CTB i. 183. Jt. kpr. Somerset House 1664–d.CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 505.

Parlimentarian
LONG, Robert (c.1598-1673), of Westminster and Worcester Park, Surr.
: of Draycot, Wilts., Westminster and Surr., Worcester Park.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely;NT, Belton House. oil on canvas, attrib. J. Huysmans.NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LONG, Robert I (1601-73), of Draycot, Wilts., Westminster and Worcester Park, Surr.

Will
27 Mar., pr. 16 July 1673.PROB11/341/548; PROB11/343/405.
Estates
fee farm rent of Forest of Galtres, Yorks. 1636-1642;CSP Dom. 1637, pp. 195-6; 1638-9, p. 498; 1639, pp. 436-7; 1640, p. 474; 1640-1, pp. 33, 255; CCC 2105. lands in West Fen and North Fen alias Earls Fen, near Boston, Lincs. 9 Apr. 1637;E214/311. Colway’s Farm, Titherton, Wilts. sold by treason trustees to John Hall, 25 Aug. 1652; Newlodge House, Sutton-on-Limsdall, Galtres Forest, Yorks. sold by treason trustees to Thomas Woodward, 15 Jan. 1653; CCC 3293. granted leases to Nonsuch Great Park and Worcester Park, Surr. June 1663.SO3/15, p. 210.
Oxford 1644
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