Family and Education
b. 18 Aug. 1615, o.s. of John Sadler, vicar of Patcham, Suss. and w. Mary, wid. of Edward Fenner of Suss.Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 64-5; London Marr. Licences (Harl. Soc. xxv), ii. 21. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 13 Nov. 1630, BA 1634, MA 1638;Al. Cant. L. Inn, 3 July 1644.LI Admiss. i. 250. m. 1645, Jane (b. 1625), da. of John Trenchard* of Warmwell, Dorset, 5s. 2da.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 430. suc. fa. bef. 4 Oct. 1640.Ringmer, Suss. par. reg.; Add. 39466, f. 79. d. bef. 12 June 1674.PROB6/49, f. 68v.
Offices Held

Academic: fell. Emmanuel, Camb. 17 Jan. 1639-aft. Oct. 1643.Diary and Corr. of Dr John Worthington ed. J. Crossley (Chetham Soc. xiii), i. 7; Add. 5851, f. 5; Emmanuel Coll. Archives, COL.14.1, pp. 55–7. Master, Magdalene, Camb. 31 Aug. 1650-c.June 1660.HMC 5th Rep. 482; W. Kennett, A Register and Chronicle (1728), 222; P. Cunich, Hist. of Magdalene College Cambridge (1994), 133–4.

Household: servant to Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke, ?Sept. 1640–2 Mar. 1643.Sheffield Univ. Lib. Hartlib 46/9/27.

Religious: ordained, ?deacon by 1642.CJ ii. 557b.

Local: commr. loans on Propositions, Beds. 17 Sept. 1642;LJ v. 361a. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654–21 July 1659;C181/5, f. 269v; C181/6, pp. 27, 333. London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 257. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650; assessment, Cambridge 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657;A. and O. oyer and terminer, London by Jan. 1654–13 July 1655;C181/6, pp. 2, 77. Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 98. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–13 July 1655;C181/6, pp. 2, 77. Ely 4 Mar. 1654–29 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 20, 284. ejecting scandalous ministers, London, Salop 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655.Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15).

Military: commry-gen. Staffs. and Warws. 2 Feb.-2 Mar. 1643.SP28/253B/ii, p. 63.

Legal: master in chancery, 1 June 1644, 10 Apr. 1649.C216/2/15; CJ vi. 183a; Whitelocke, Diary, 406; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 704; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 148. Associate bencher, L. Inn 4 July 1644; bencher, 10 Feb. 1654.LI Black Bks. ii. 364, 401. Asst. to House of Lords, 15 Jan. 1647.LJ viii. 675b. Judge, ct. of admlty. 28 Nov. 1651.CJ vii. 44b; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 36.

Central: special sec. to House of Commons, 26 June 1645-Apr. 1653.CJ iv. 187a. Commr. hearing causes in chancery, 31 Oct. 1646; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649; indemnity, 18 June 1649;A. and O. high ct. of justice, 26 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 385a, 586a; A. and O. regulating trade, 19 June 1650;CJ vi. 426a. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 67b, 73b-74a; Whitelocke, Mems. iii. 385. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652.A. and O. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653.A. and O.; CJ vii. 658b; PROB16/3, ff. 91–2; Whitelocke, Diary, 547. Cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344b. Master of requests, 20 Jan. 1654.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii.167; Severall Proceedings of State Affairs no. 226 (19–26 Jan. 1654), 3569 (E.223.25). Commr. approbation of public preachers, 20 Mar. 1654; visitation Camb. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: town clerk, London 3 July 1649 – 14 Aug. 1660, 6–18 Sept. 1660.CLRO, Jor. 41x, ff. 1v, 2v, 240v-41v.

: of Warmwell, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SADLER, John (1615-74), of Warmwell, Dorset

Will
admon. 12 June 1674.PROB6/49, f. 68v.
Estates
purchased lands in the Bedford level, in association with 4th and 5th earls of Bedford bef. 1641, and later mentioned 300 acres of land in Whitmore.C6/178/61. Probably had a chamber in Brooke House, Holborn, c.1640-aft. July 1645.SP28/252i, f. 137v. In Dec. 1649 purchased a house in Cathedral Close, Salisbury, for £145.C54/3461/24. Acquired a house in Salisbury Court, London, bef. July 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 371 (9-16 July 1657), 7924 (E.505.5); C54/3980/24.
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