Family and Education
b. 2nd s. of Humphrey Ditton (bur. 30 Dec. 1632) of Wilton and St Thomas, Salisbury, and Mary Ward.Wilts. RO, P2/9Reg/26, 27; P2/D/172; St Thomas, Salisbury and Wilton par. regs. m. 28 Nov. 1616, Jane Williams, at least 3s. 5da.St Thomas, Salisbury and Wilton par. regs.; Wilts. RO, 212B/5900; Churchwardens’ Accounts Sarum ed. Swayne, 319 d. aft. 2 Aug. 1668.St Thomas, Salisbury, par. reg.; Wilts. RO, P1/D/123.
Offices Held

Civic: one of the forty-eight, Salisbury 1629;Wilts. RO, G23/1/3, f. 341v. one of the twenty-four, 1638;Wilts. RO, G23/1/3, f. 405v. mayor, 1647–8;Wilts, RO, G23/1/4, ff. 23v, 27. alderman, 1656–18 July 62.Wilts, RO, G23/1/4, f. 91; Hoare, Hist. Wilts. vi. 449.

Religious: churchwarden, St Thomas, Salisbury 25 Mar. 1632–3.St Thomas, Salisbury, par. reg.; Churchwardens’ Accounts Sarum ed. Swayne, 316.

Local: commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644, 15 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 28 Feb. 1654, 9 June 1657, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 425; CJ vii. 545b. Treas. Wilts. c.1647-c.Dec. 1648.Add. 5508, ff. 161v-2, 163v, 165, 167–8, 169–70. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Recvr. elector palatine’s revenues bef. Oct. 1650.CCC 318. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

: Wilts., Salisbury.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

DITTON, Humphrey (d. aft.1667), of St Thomas, Salisbury, Wilts.

Will
died intestate.Wilts. RO, P1/D/190.
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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