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b. c. 1609, 2nd s. of James Moyer, mariner, of Leigh, Essex and Rotherhithe, Surr. and Lydia, da. of William Goodlad of Leigh, Essex.Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants 15663; Misc. Gen et Her. (ser. 5), vi. 107. educ. appr. Mercer c.1625. m. bef. Sept. 1643, Rebecca, da. of Thomas Thorold, merchant, of London, 3s. (1 d.v.p.). d. July 1683.Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), vi. 107; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 284.
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Civic: freeman, Mercers’ Co. 1633; master, 1653. 1648 – 53Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 81. Common councilman, London; dep. alderman, 1650–2;J.E. Farnell, ‘Politics of the City of London, 1649–57’ (Chicago Univ. PhD thesis, 1963), 262, 386. alderman, 25 Jan.-3 Feb. 1653.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 103.

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 25 Sept. 1638. 4 June 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653Ancient Vellum Bk., 55. J.p. Mdx.; Surr. Mar. 1652-bef. Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 92, 230; C193/13/4, f. 62. Commr. London militia, 2 Sept. 1647, 17 Jan. 1649, 7 July 1659; Tower Hamlets militia, 8 Jan. 1648;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 798; A. and O. arrears of assessment, London 24 Apr. 1648; militia, Tower Hamlets 2 Dec. 1648; Surr. 26 July 1659; assessment, London 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Surr. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Asst. London corporation for poor, 7 May 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Trinity House, 23 Feb. 1649; master, Aug. 1655; elder bro. 1659.CJ vi. 150a; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 289. Commr. sewers, London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 258. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659.C181/6, pp. 263, 386.

Central: assessor, cttee. for advance of money, 3 Nov. 1643.CCAM 27. Member, cttee. for compounding, 13 Nov. 1643,CJ iii. 310b. 8 Feb. 1647, 15 Apr. 1650;A. and O. cttee. to register royalists in London, 13 Nov. 1645. Commr. regulating navy and customs, 16 Jan. 1649; indemnity, 18 June 1649, 23 June 1652;A. and O. customs, c.1650–25 Jan. 1654;CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 368. high ct. of justice 26 Mar. 1650; advance of money, 15 Apr. 1650;A. and O. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 74a. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653, 19 May 1659.A. and O. Cllr. of state by 19 May, 9 July 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 339; 1653–4, p. 16. Commr. sequestrations, 2, 27 Aug. 1659, 7 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Mercantile: asst. Levant Co. 8 Feb. 1644–8, 1658 – 59, 1669 – 74, 1677 – 78, 1679–80. 18 Aug. 1647SP105/150, ff. 54, 77v, 102, 141v; Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 81. Member, cttee. E.I. Co., 15 Aug. 1649–61, 25 Apr. 1672–d.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1644–9, pp. 218, 342; 1671–3, p. 122; Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 81.

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MOYER, Samuel (c.1609-83), of London and Clapham, Surr.
: Surr.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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MOYER, Samuel (c.1609-83), of London and Clapham, Surr.

Will
7 Apr. 1682, pr. 3 Aug. 1683.PROB11/373/443.
Estates
Purchased bishops lands: manors of Wickham and Faunton, Essex, 31 Aug. 1649, for £3,080; manors of Ludham, Ludham Bacons, Walton Hall and Potter Higham, Norf., 20 Mar. 1650, for £2,588; ‘site’ or manor of Ludham, Norf., 27 Nov. 1650, for £1,312.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, pp. 35, 47, 52. Purchased Pitsea Hall, Pitsey, Essex, 2 July 1651, for £2,030.Hunts. RO, CON.3/5/1/18. At d. also owned lands at Charden Hall, a house and wharf at Leigh, Essex; leases of a house on Tower Hill (from Mercers’ Co.) and land in Essex (from dean and chapter of St Paul’s).PROB11/373/443.
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