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Family and Education
bap. 17 Oct. 1615, 3rd s. of German Ireton of Attenborough, Notts. and Jane; bro. of Henry Ireton*.C. Brown, Lives of Notts. Worthies (1882), 182, 190. educ. appr. London 24 June 1634.Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants 15652. m. (1) by 1647, Hester (bur. 7 May 1658), da. of Thomas Squire of London, at least 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. d.v.p. ; (2) after 24 Aug. 1658, Elizabeth, da. of Daniel Winch, wid. of Edmund Sleigh, Mercer of London, s.p.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), ii. 239; St Bartholomew the Less par. reg.; F.J. Varley, Highgate Worthies (1933), 16. Kntd. 22 Mar. 1658.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 224; Abbott, Writings and Speeches iv. 768. bur. 16 Mar. 1690 16 Mar. 1690.St Bartholomew the Less par. reg.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Clothworkers’ Co. 24 June 1641; liveryman, 1645; asst. 1650 – 51; master, 1652–3. 16 Sept. 1651 – Aug. 1660T. Girtin, The Golden Ram: a Narrative Hist. of the Clothworkers’ Co. (1958), 318. Alderman, London; sheriff, Sept. 1651–2; ld. mayor, 1658–9.Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 78.

Local: commr. arrears of assessment, London 24 Apr. 1648.A. and O. J.p. Mdx. Oct. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 273. Commr. oyer and terminer, London by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660; gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 2, 356. London militia, 15 Feb. 1655, 7 July 1659;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 43; A. and O. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). securing peace of commonwealth, 25 Mar. 1656. 14 June 1656 – d.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. Gov. Highgate sch.; treas. 1657–8.Varley, Highgate Worthies, 9. Commr. assessment, London, Suff. 9 June 1657;A. and O. sewers, London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 256. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659.C181/6, pp. 294, 362. Member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 27 July 1657; dep. pres. 26 Jan. 1658-Feb. 1660.Ancient Vellum Bk., 73; Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 78; Varley, Highgate Worthies, 13.

Central: commr. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652;A. and O. excise, 16 Feb. 1656–27 Dec. 1659;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 189; CJ vii. 798a. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. customs, 28 Sept. 1659.CJ vii. 788a. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 366.

Military: col. militia horse, London 16 July 1659.CJ vii. 720b.

Parlimentarian
IRETON, John (1615-90), of Warwick Lane, London.
: London., of Warwick Lane.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

IRETON, John (1615-90), of Warwick Lane, London.

Will
admon. Apr. 1690.PROB6/66, f. 54v.
Estates
acquired manor of Cantlosse, Highgate, Mdx. c.1649;Varley, Highgate Worthies, 8, 10. also part of bp.’s palace, St Gregory’s par. London, 1650;W. Sparrow Simpson, ‘The Palaces or Town Houses of the Bishops of London’, Trans. London and Mdx. Arch. Soc. n.s. i., 18-19. owned house at Mortlake, Surr. by 1660;Lysons, Environs of London i. 375-6. purchased manor of Ratcliffe upon Soar, Notts. from Col. John Hutchinson*.M. Noble, Mems. of the Protectoral House of Cromwell i. 445.
Oxford 1644
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