Family and Education
bap. 10 Dec. 1581 (as John), 1st s. of Sir John Dalston† of Dalston Hall, and 2nd w. Frances, da. and coh. of Thomas Warcop† of Smardale, Westmld.Dalston Par. Regs. ed. J. Wilson (Dalston, 1893), i. 13; F. Haswell, ‘The fam. of Dalston’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 2, x. 217. educ. Queens’, Camb. c.1596;Al. Cant. at royal court ?-1603.Hutchinson, Cumb. ii. 454. m. 11 Feb. 1605, Catherine (bur. 22 July 1614), da. and coh. of John Tamworth of Halsted, Leics. 3s. inc. William* (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Dalston Par. Regs. ed. Wilson, i. 109, 162; ‘Seven vols. of Dalston par. regs.’ ed. M.E. Kuper, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 1, vii. 204-5; Haswell, ‘Fam. of Dalston’, 218. Kntd. 26 June 1607;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. suc. fa. 1 Dec. 1633.C142/507/162; C142/514/44. bur. 28 Sept. 1657 28 Sept. 1657.Hutchinson, Cumb. ii. 454.
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Military: capt. Carlisle Castle 8 Jan. 1608-aft. Oct. 1643.Lansd. 165, f. 49; C66/1741, mm. 18–19; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DMUS/5/5/4/16; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 406; 1625–49, p. 456; PJ i. 414.

Local: j.p. Westmld. 1 July 1615-c.Oct. 1642, 11 Oct. 1643-c.Oct. 1644; Cumb. 12 July 1615-c.Oct. 1642, 11 Oct. 1643-c.Oct. 1644. 30 Aug. 1615 – 23 Jan. 1619C231/4, ff. 4, 6; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DMUS/5/5/4/16; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 85; HMC Portland, i. 186. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ., 10 Mar. 1623 – 23 Jan. 1624, 10 June 1631-aft. June 1641;C181/2, ff. 237, 310v; C181/3, f. 83; C181/4, ff. 100, 197v; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203v. Cumb. 28 Jan. 1630.C181/4, f. 25. Sheriff, 9 Nov. 1618–19.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 28. Commr. border malefactors, 1618, 1619, 1635;Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 38, 97; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 510. wool prices, Cumb. Northumb. and Westmld. 1619;APC 1617–19, p. 470.. subsidy, Cumb. 1621, 1624, 1641; Westmld. 1622, 1624;SP14/123/3, f. 4; C212/22/21, 23; SR. eccles. causes, province of York 1 July 1625-aft. Dec. 1628;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 90; pt. 2, p. 198; SP16/123/46, f. 93v. Forced Loan, Cumb., co. Dur., Westmld. 1627.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 144, 145; C193/12/2, ff. 8, 12v, 61v. Dep. lt. Cumb. by Aug. 1627-c.1644.SP16/73/41, f. 57. Commr. piracy, 28 Mar. 1631;C181/4, f. 81. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral by Aug. 1635.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 32. Custos. rot. 3 Feb. 1641-c.Oct. 1642.C231/5, p. 427. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. array (roy.), 18 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133. disarming rebels (roy.), Cumb. and Westmld. 2 Mar. 1643;SP23/150, p. 439. levying of money, Cumb. 7 May 1643.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Carlisle 1623–?d.;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/27. alderman by 1634–30 Dec. 1647.Municipal Recs. Carlisle ed. R.S. Ferguson (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. extra ser. iv), 13; SP24/1, f. 119.

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DALSTON, Sir George (1581-1657), of Dalston Hall, Dalston, Cumb.

Will
9 Sept. 1657, pr. 19 Nov. 1657.PROB11/270, f. 37v.
Estates
in 1605, married heiress to a third of an estate in Dorset, Leics. Notts. and Rad. worth £3,600 p.a.Haswell, ‘Fam. of Dalston’, 218. In 1621, purchased a 28 year lease of tithes and rectory of Holme Cultram, Cumb.C3/345/12. In 1633, inherited property in Cumb. Westmld. Essex and Kent worth about £1,100 p.a.C142/507/162; C54/3589/12; Phillips, ‘Gentry in Cumb. and Westmld.’, 188. In 1635, settled lands in Cumb. and Westmld. on William Dalston* worth £447 p.a.SP23/192, pp. 527-8. In 1646, estate consisted of manors of Dalston, Kirkbride, Lessonhall, Moorhouse, Oulton and Weddon Hill, Cumb.; tithes of Holme Cultram; lands, mills, tenements and tithes in Smardale, Soulby and Waitby, Westmld; and a third of manor of Halsted, Leics. – in all, worth £707 p.a.SP23/192, pp. 509-10.
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