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b. 18 July 1604, 1st s. of Alexander Maynard, counsellor at law, of Tavistock, Devon and the Middle Temple and Honora (bur. 1631), da. of Arthur Arscott of Tetcott, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 561; Devon RO, Tavistock par. reg. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1618, BA 1621; New Inn; M. Temple 21 June 1619.Al. Ox.; MTR ii. 639. m. (1) 29 Sept. 1630, Elizabeth (bur. 4 Jan. 1655), da. of Andrew Henley of Taunton, Som. 4s. (d.v.p.) 3da.; (2) Feb. 1657, Jane (bur. 30 Mar. 1668), da. and h. of Cheney Selhurst of Tenterden, Kent, wid. of Edward Austen of Heronden, Kent, s.p.; (3) by 1671, Margaret (d. 1679), da. of Edward, 1st Baron Gorges of Dundalk [I], wid. of Thomas Fleming of North Stoneham, Hants, and of Sir Francis Prujean, MD, of Hornchurch, Essex, s.p.; (4) 2 June 1680, Mary (d.1721), da. of Ambrose Upton, canon of Christ Church, Oxf., wid. of Charles Vermuyden, MD, of London, s.p.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 561; St Mary Taunton par. reg.; St Andrew Holborn par. reg. (banns 1657); St Mary Ealing par. reg. (bur. 1668); HP Commons 1660-90. suc. fa. Nov. 1643.Tavistock par. reg. Kntd. 16 Nov. 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 232. d. 8 Oct. 1690.Ath. Ox. iv. 295; E. Jackson, Annals of Ealing (1898), 68.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 24 Nov. 1626; bencher, 24 Nov. 1648.MTR ii. 714, 971. Sjt.-at-law, 31 Jan. 1654, June 1660; protector’s sjt. 1 May 1658; sjt. of commonwealth, 18 Jan. 1660; king’s sjt. Nov. 1660–?d.CJ vii. 814a; C231/6, pp. 278, 408, 451; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 190, 192.

Civic: standing counsel, Exeter Dec. 1638–?d.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. viii, ff. 82v, 83. Recorder, Plymouth 1640–84, Oct. 1688 – d.; Totnes 1645 – 84, Oct. 1688–d.HP Commons 1660–90.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Exeter 8 July 1641;C181/5, f. 204v. Mdx. 5 Nov. 1660-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 67, 589. London 13 Nov. 1660-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 68, 630. Norf. circ. 30 May 1662-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 155, 636. array (roy.), Devon 8 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689; Mdx. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689;A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, Cornw., Devon, Mdx. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; LJ x. 311b. J.p. Devon Mar. 1660–87; Mdx. Mar. 1660–85; Cornw. 1662 – 87; Hants, Som., Wilts. 1680–7. Commr. poll tax, Mdx. 1660;SR. for pre-emption of tin, Devon and Cornw. July 1662;HP Commons 1660–90; CTB i. 411. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 14 May 1661-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 99, 630. subsidy, Mdx. 1663.SR.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 402b. Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations by 26 July 1644;SP20/1, f. 180v. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Apr. 1645;CJ iv. 116b. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. gt. seal, 1689–90.Reference?

Parlimentarian
MAYNARD, John I (1604-90), of Gunnersbury and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.
: of Tavistock, the Middle Temple and Mdx., Gunnersbury.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, E. de Critz, 1657;Helmingham Hall, Suff. oil on canvas, ?aft. J. Riley;NPG. oil on canvas, attrib. H. Tilson;NT, Blickling Hall. oil on canvas, unknown;Exeter Coll. Oxf. oil on canvas, G. Kneller.Harvard Law School, Camb. Mass.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

MAYNARD, John (1604-90), of Tavistock, the Middle Temple and Gunnersbury, Mdx.

Will
6 Mar. 1690, codicils 10 Mar. 1690, 21 Mar. 1690, 10 July 1690, pr. 11 July 1691.PROB11/405/251.
Estates
with George and Robert Henley, invested £900 in the Irish Adventure 1642;CSP Ire. Adv. p. 78. a house of his probably in Tavistock was destroyed by the royalist army in December 1642;Add. 31116, p. 25. lord of Bere Ferrers manor, Devon by 1654;CCC 3212. bought manor of Gunnersbury, Ealing, Mdx. by 1656, and leased the estate of Ealing Grove.VCH Mdx. vii. 126, 131.
Oxford 1644
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