Family and Education
bap. 14 Oct. 1599, 3rd s. of Edmund Temple (d. 24 Mar. 1616) of Temple Hall, and Elizabeth, da. of Robert Burgoyne of Wroxall, Warws.St Botolph, Sibson par. reg.; St Botolph, Sibson BTs; C142/577/1; Nichols, Leics. iv. 959. educ. ?appr.PROB11/127, f. 530; Leics. RO, Probate 1618/77; Probate 1620/59; W. Winstanley, The Loyall Martyrology (1665) 141. m. 3 Feb. 1624, Phoebe, da. of John Gearing (Gayring), grocer, of St Margaret Moses, Friday Street, London, 3s. 1da.St Margaret Moses (Harl. Reg. xlii), 16, 51; St Botolph, Sibson par. reg. suc. nephew Edmund Temple 18 Jan. 1621.C142/685/72; G.F. Farnham, Leics. Medieval Village Notes, iv. 92; Leics. RO, Probate 1620/59. d. 20 Dec. 1663.CSP Dom. 1663-4, p. 383.
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Local: commr. subsidy, Leics. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. Leics. militia, 16 Jan. 1643, 10 July 1644;An Examination Examined (1645), 15 (E.303.13); A. and O. sequestration, Leics. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, 19 Jan. 1644–13 Feb. 1645.CJ iii. 354b; LJ vi. 384a. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. J.p. 19 May 1645-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 11. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–22 June 1659;C181/6, pp. 15, 311. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by ?Dec. 1643-aft. July 1645.Nichols, Leics. iii. app. iv. 32; Whitelocke, Mems. i. 383; An Examination of a Printed Pamphlet (1645), 5 (E.261.3). Gov. Coleorton ?-c.June 1645.Nichols, Leics. iii. app. iv. 45, 50. Col. militia, Leics. June 1648.HMC Portland, i. 468; CJ v. 620b.

Civic: freeman, Leicester 17 Nov. 1645.Freemen of Leicester ed. Hartopp, 130.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. 6 Jan. 1649A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers,, 4 July 1650;CJ vi. 112b, 437a. cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Commr. for compounding, 13 June 1649.CJ vi. 231a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 22 May 1651;CJ vi. 577b. cttee. for the army, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.A. and O.

: of Temple Hall, Sibson, Leics.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

TEMPLE, Peter (1599-1663), of Temple Hall, Sibson, Leics.

Will
attainted.
Estates
in 1621, inherited estate in Leics. that inc. Temple Hall and lands in Sibson, Barton in the Beans, Bilston, Carlton and Nailstone, reportedly worth £400 p.a.PROB11/127, ff. 529-32; Leics. RO, Probate 1618/77; Probate 1620/59; C142/677/1; C142/685/72; Farnham, Leics. Medieval Village Notes, iv. 91-3; Winstanley, Loyall Martyrology, 141. In 1660, estate of Temple and his bro. John in Leics. valued at £210 p.a.: ‘This whole estate is totally carried away by encumbrances upon it’.LR2/266, f. 2.
Oxford 1644
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