BELASYSE, John (1615-89), of Worlaby, Lincs.

Family and Education

b. 24 June 1615, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Belasyse†, 2nd bt. (d. 18 Apr. 1653), of Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, and Barbara (d. 28 Feb. 1619), da. of Sir Henry Cholmley† of Whitby, Yorks.: bro. of Henry Belasyse*.HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 376; Foster, Yorks. Peds.; CP. educ. privately; ?Cambridge Univ. c.1627; acad. of ‘Signior Arnolfen’, Paris, France;HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 376, 377. G. Inn 16 Mar. 1641.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 8 Mar. 1637, Jane, da. and h. of Sir Robert Boteler of Watton Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Herts., 3s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 11 July 1659, Anne (d. 11 Aug. 1662), da. and coh. of Sir Robert Crane*, 1st. bt., of Chilton, Suff., wid. of Sir William Armyne*, 2nd bt., of Osgodby, Lincs., s.p.; (3) by 18 June 1666, Anne (bur. 11 Sept. 1694), da. of John Powlett†, 5th marquess of Winchester, 3s. d.v.p. 9da. (5 d.v.p.).Coxwold par. reg.; St Vedast Par. Regs. ed. W. A. Littledale (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxx), 23; Gent. Mag. lxxxvii. 113-15; Foster, Yorks. Peds.; CP; Pepys Diary, vii. 171. cr. Baron Belasyse of Worlaby 27 Jan. 1645; d. 10 Sept. 1689.CP.

Offices Held

Military: vol. horse, royal army by June 1639–?SP16/427/38, ff. 71, 73. Capt. of horse by Aug. 1640–?;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iii. 1241. capt. of horse (roy.) c.May-July 1642; col. of ft. c.July 1642–44,HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 379; Clarendon, Hist. ii. 335. July – Oct. 1660, Jan.-c.Apr. 1673.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 416–7; CSP Dom. 1672–3, p. 455; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 287; Dalton, Eng. Army Lists, i. 134. Lt. gen. Yorks. Jan.-Apr. 1644;Newcastle Mems. ed. C. H. Firth (1886), 89. Notts., Lincs. and Rutland Oct. 1645-May 1646.LJ viii. 310a. Gov. York Jan.-Apr. 1644;Sloane 1519, f. 24; Newcastle Mems. ed. Firth, 33, 35–6. Newark Oct. 1645-May 1646;Clarendon, Hist. iv. 124; LJ viii. 310a. Hull by 1 Aug. 1660–73.Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/4 (Hull Bench Bk. 1650–64), p. 313; C BRB/5 (Hull Bench Bk. 1664–82), p. 332; CSP Dom. 1673, pp. 194, 479–80. Capt. gen. king’s lifeguard of horse, Sept. 1645–6.HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 387–8. Gen. and c.-in-c. Tangier 24 Dec. 1664-c.Apr. 1667.CSP Dom. 1660–85, p. 119; Pepys Diary, viii. 154–5, 159; J. Davis, Hist. of Second Queen’s Royal Regt. 82; C.H. Firth, ‘The Dict. of National Biog.’, BIHR iv. 49.

Central: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, by 1641–?LC3/1, f. 25v. Member, council of war (roy.) by 5 Nov. 1642-aft. July 1645.Harl. 6851, f. 219; Harl. 6852, f. 146. Capt. gent. pensioners, Mar. 1667–72.Pepys Diary, viii. 154; CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 597; CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 190. PC, 17 July 1686-Feb. 1689.CP. First ld. treasury, 4 Jan. 1687-c.Dec. 1688.CSP Dom. Jan. 1686-May 1687, pp. 330, 345; CTB viii. 1141; HMC Hastings, ii. 202. Chan. (in common), duchy of Lancaster, 1687-c.Dec. 1688.CSP Dom. Jan. 1686-May 1687, p. 386; HMC Hastings, ii. 202.

Local: commr. subsidy, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642, 14 Aug. 1660, 26 Feb., 16 June 1664;C181/5, f. 223v; C181/7, pp. 75, 239, 259. Yorks. (E. Riding) 30 June 1664, 1 July 1667;C181/7, pp. 256, 406. Norf., Suff. and Wisbech Hundred 1 Aug. 1664, 20 Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 285, 522. Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 298. Hull 14 Jan. 1668;C181/7, p. 420. array (roy.) Yorks. 18 June 1642, Lincs. 4 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Ld. lt. E. Riding July 1660–73.SO3/13, unfol.; HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 398. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 10 July 1660–?73;C181/7, pp. 15, 641. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 220. Northern circ. 10 June 1664–?73.C181/7, pp. 274, 640. J.p. Lindsey by Oct. 1660–?73;C220/9/4. E. Riding 19 Dec. 1660–?73;C231/7, p. 62. Mdx. 1687-c.Dec. 1688.CSP Dom. Jan. 1686-May 1687, p. 345. Commr. corporations, Yorks. 19 Feb. 1662;HMC 8th Rep. i. 275. swans, Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 298.

Civic: high steward, Hull 20 Dec. 1670–3.Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/5, pp. 238–9, 332; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 480.

Parlimentarian

BELASYSE, John (1615-89), of Worlaby, Lincs.

: of Worlaby, Lincs.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, G. Jackson, 1636;NPG. minature, S. Cooper, 1646;Buccleuch colln. minature, (?aft. ) S. Cooper, 1646;Fitzwilliam Museum, Camb. line engraving, R. White aft. A. Van Dyck.BM; NPG.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BELASYSE, John (1615-89), of Worlaby, Lincs.

Will

22 Apr. 1689, cod. 22 Apr. 1689, pr. 7 May 1690.PROB11/401, f. 255.

Estates

in 1637, fa. settled on him manor, manor house and rectory of Worlaby, Lincs. C54/3094/1. His first w.’s estate consisted of manors of Higham Gobion, Beds. and of Boxbury-cum-Chells, Sacombe and Temple Chelsin and rectory of Higham Gobion, Herts., and was reckoned in 1637 to be worth £430 p.a. in possession and £370 p.a. in reversion.C54/3184/15; CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 78. In 1639, he sold manor of Higham Gobion for £7,900; and purchased manor of Little Busby, Yorks. for £5,000.C54/3184/5; C54/3238/24; C54/3239/25; C54/3247/36; N. Yorks. RO, ZDU 2, Marwood estate title deeds (mic. 1306), unfol. In 1639, borrowed £5,000, which he repaid in 1641; in 1641, borrowed £800. LC4/202, ff. 160, 221. In 1646, estate consisted of manors of Boxbury-cum-Chells, Little Busby, Sacombe, Temple Chelsin and Worlaby and was reckoned to be worth £1,036 p.a. His debts were variously reported as £2,600 and £5,000.SP23/187, pp. 65-7; Bodl. Nalson XIV/II, ff. 359. In 1646, sold manor of Boxbury-cum-Chells for £2,560.Add. 33575, ff. 27-8. In 1648, borrowed £1,500; in 1651, borrowed £750.LC4/203, .f. 44, 183v. In 1650, sold manors of Little Busby and Sacombe for £7,500.Herts. RO, DE/AS/2092-4; N. Yorks. RO, ZDU 2. In 1652, settled Worlaby and manors of Holme and North Muskham, Notts., on trustees in order to raise portions for two of his daughters of £2,500 apiece.SP23/231, ff. 241, 242; CCC, 1338-9. In 1652-3, sold manor of Temple Chelsin for £3,500.Herts. RO, DE/AS/210-14. After the Restoration, estate in Lincs. valued at about £800 p.a. and estate in Yorks. at about £1,500 p.a.‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’ ed. J.G Nichols, Herald and Genealogist, ii. 118. At d. estate inc. manors of Bathley, Holme and North Muskham, Notts.; manor of Worlaby; lands in ‘Broughton’ and Raskelf and lease of tithes and glebe lands in Raskelf, Yorks.; rents in Yorks. and co. Dur. worth £440 p.a.; a tenement and adjoining lands in Isleworth and Twickenham, Mdx.; and numerous houses in some of the most fashionable quarters of London and Westminster.PROB11/401, ff. 255-60; Notts. RO, DDT 72/5-7, 42-3.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

house of Mr Burridge, St Martin’s Lane, over against the Fleet Tavern, St Martin-in-the-Fields (1656, 1657);Add. 34014, f. 19; Add. 34015, f. 58; Add. 34016, f. 1. Lincoln’s Inn Fields (1665).Pepys’s Diary, vi. 9.

Religion

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