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bap. 16 Jan. 1586, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of John Lilburne of Thickley Punchardon, Auckland St Andrew, co. Dur., and Isabel (bur. 6 Aug. 1635), da. of one Wortley.Auckland St Andrew, co. Dur. par. reg.; Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1605/L8/1; Vis. Co. Dur. ed. J. Foster, 215. m. (1) 8 Nov. 1620, Isabel (bur. 8 Nov. 1627), da. of Thomas Chamber of Cleadon, co. Dur. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.;Whitburn par. reg.; H.L. Robson, ‘George Lilburne, mayor of Sunderland’, Sunderland Antiquarian Soc. xxii. 93; Durham Protestations ed. H.M. Wood (Surt. Soc. cxxxv), 149. (2) 13 Apr. 1629, Eleanor (bur. 23 Oct. 1667), da. of John Hickes, rector of Whitburn, co. Dur., wid. of Ralph Lambert of Stockton, co. Dur., 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).Whitburn par. reg.; Robson, ‘Lilburne’, 95; Durham Protestations ed. Wood, 149. suc. fa. Mar. 1605;Auckland St Andrew par. reg. bur. 1 Dec. 1676 1 Dec. 1676.Robson, ‘Lilburne’, 122.
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Local: water bailiff, River Wear 16 Nov. 1633-c.1638.Hutchinson, Co. Dur. ii. 520; Robson, ‘Lilburne’, 95. Commr. disarming recusants, co. Dur. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 386a. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 17 Mar. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. 19 Aug. 1644–?CJ iii. 593a; LJ vi. 677. Treas. sequestrations, Sept. 1644–31 Oct. 1645.E113/15, unfol. (answers of George Lilburne). Commr. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645.A. and O. Member, co. Dur. co. cttee. by Dec. 1645–?Recs. of the Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. R. Welford (Surt. Soc. cxi), 39. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660. 2 Jan. – 5 Feb. 1649SP25/76A, f. 15v; A. and O. Sheriff,, 7- 21 Nov. 1650, 1655–6. bef. Feb. 1646 – bef.Sept. 1649List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 42. J.p., 20 Mar. 1655 – 23 Mar. 1657, bef. Oct. 1657-bef. Oct. 1660.SP23/163, p. 339; C231/6, pp. 306, 363; CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 78; J. Lilburne, A Preparative to an Hue and Cry after Sir Arthur Haslerig (1649), 37 (E.573.16); Robson, ‘Lilburne’, 118. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. assizes, co. Dur. 18 July 1656–12 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 182, 243, 299. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Civic: alderman, Sunderland 17 Apr. 1634–?d.;Summers, Sunderland, i. 345, 372. mayor, 1635 – 38, 1640–2.C231/5, pp. 265, 411, 486; Durham RO, Q/S/OB/2–3; Robson, ‘Lilburne’, 96–7.

Religious: elder, Easington classis, co. Dur. Dec. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 369.

Parlimentarian
LILBURNE, George (1586-1676), of High Street, Bishopwearmouth St Michael and All Angels, Sunderland, co. Dur.
: Bishopwearmouth St Michael, of High Street and All Angels, co. Dur., Sunderland.
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Commons 1640-1660
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LILBURNE, George (1586-1676), of High Street, Bishopwearmouth St Michael and All Angels, Sunderland, co. Dur.

Will
17 June 1675, pr. 1676.Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1676/L3/1-2.
Estates
bef. civil war leased manor of Ford, co. Dur., reportedly worth £200-£300 p.a. and also land in Houghton-le-Spring and numerous tenements in Sunderland.CCC 1919, 1920, 1921; T. Shadforth, Innocency Modestly Vindicated (1649), 2; Parliamentary Surveys of the Bishopric of Durham ed. D.A. Kirby (Surt. Soc. clxxxv), 160, 171; Robson, ‘Lilburne’, 87-8. In 1630, bought a third of manor of Offerton, co. Dur.Summers, Sunderland, i. 346; Robson, ‘Lilburne’, 94. In 1624, with a partner, took a lease on Lumley Colliery, co. Dur. for 21 years, which they sold next year at a profit; about 1636, he and a partner took over the lease again. In 1639, he leased a fourth share of Lambton Colliery, co. Dur. for nine years. In 1642 he and a partner took possession of Harraton Colliery, co. Dur. from its owners for non-payment of debt.CCC 1921, 1922; Robson, ‘Lilburne’, 92. In 1656 purchased a colliery at West Rainton, co. Dur. for £950, selling a fourth part to his son Thomas Lilburne* for £237.C54/3898/35; C54/3899/10. In 1666, house in Offerton assessed at 6 hearths and house in Sunderland at 9 hearths.Durham Hearth Tax 1666 ed. E. Parkinson, 59, 62. In 1669, Lilburne and a partner purchased manor of Barmston, co. Dur. for £2,750.Summers, Sunderland, i. 347. Wealth estimated at £10,000 in 1640 and at £6,000 at his d.CSP Dom. 1639-40, p. 518; Robson, ‘Lilburne’, 122.
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