ARCHER, Thomas (1619-85), of Umberslade, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warws.

Family and Education

bap. 14 Jan. 1619, 2nd but 1st. surv. s. of Sir Simon Archer*. educ. ?appr. vintner, London. m. 26 Feb. 1650 Anne (bur. 20 June 1685), da. of Richard Lye alias Leigh, merchant of London, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1662. bur. 24 Oct. 1685 24 Oct. 1685.Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 76; St Peter-le-Poer, London par. reg.; Tanworth-in-Arden par. reg.; J. Burman, The Story of Tanworth-in-Arden (Birmingham, 1930), 89.

Offices Held

Military: col. of horse (parlian.), assoc. of Warws., Staffs., Salop and Worcs. c.1642–6.SP28/ 246; HMC 4th Rep. 269–70.

Local: commr. assessment Warws. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Warws. and Coventry 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E1062.28); An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Warws. Mar. 1660–80.Eg. 2557. Capt. militia horse, 20 Apr. 1660.Maxstoke Castle, framed document 2, militia commission. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 16, 642. poll tax, Warws. 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian

ARCHER THOMAS, (1619-85), of Umberslade, Tanworth, Warws.

: of Umberslade, Warws., Tanworth-in-Arden.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

ARCHER, Thomas (1619-85), of Umberslade, Tanworth-in-Arden, Warws.

Will

28 Oct. 1682, pr. 28 May 1686.PROB11/ 383, f. 60.

Estates

patrimony of manors of Umberslade, Tanworth-in-Arden, Solihull, Claverdon, Botley Farm, Monkspath, estate of Codbarrow, messuages in Wootton Wawen and Henley-in-Arden, advowson of Tanworth-in-Arden, Warws.; bought manor of Henley-in-Arden, 1673; bought tenements Packwood, Warws., Cleobury Mortimer, Salop, dwelling house in Warwick, lands (300a.) at Beaudesert Park, Warws.; iron mill at Ruin Clifford, Stratford-upon-Avon.PROB11/ 383, f. 60; Burman, Story of Tanworth, 47, 48, 49, 50. Stock in East India Co. of £300, 22 May 1658.Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, DR 37/box 91/24. Inventory value of goods at death: £4,716 9s 7d.Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, DR 37/box 90/32.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

Presented Simon Archer to Tanworth-in-Arden, 1 Dec. 1675; Richard Owen to Tanworth-in-Arden, 13 May 1678, William Malines to Tanworth-in-Arden, 7 Aug. 1684.Worcs. Archives, 732.4/BA 2442, nos. 967, 1015, 1143, 1185.

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