BELLINGHAM, James (1623-50), of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.

Family and Education

bap. 8 Sept. 1623, o.s. of Sir Henry Bellingham*.Heversham par. reg. educ. G. Inn 7 May 1640.G. Inn Admiss. 226. m. Katherine, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Willoughby, 1st bt. of Risley, Derbys, s.p.Nicolson and Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. i. 205; Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 9. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. Oct. 1650; d. 26 Oct. 1650.SP23/253, f. 100; CCC 1137.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 1 May 1644–12 June 1645. Col. of ft. 7 Sept. 1644–12 June 1645.SP28/267, f. 305. Lt.-col. of ? by Sept.-aft. Nov. 1645.J. Musgrave, A Word to the Wise (1646), 6, 11 (E.318.5).

Local: j.p. Westmld. c.Oct. 1644–8 July 1649.C231/6, p. 162; HMC Portland, i. 186; CJ iii. 678a. Commr. assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 3 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ viii. 411a; LJ ix. 500a.

Religious: elder, Asby, Heversham parishes, Westmld classis, 1646.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 370, 371.

Parlimentarian

BELLINGHAM, James (1623-50), of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.

: of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BELLINGHAM, James (1623-50), of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.

Will

nuncupative will Oct. 1650, pr. 24 May 1651.PROB11/216, f. 197.

Estates

his fa. settled on him lease of land near Beaumont Hill, co. Dur. worth £80 p.a.SP23/211, p. 99; SP28/249, unfol. Family estate worth about £1,170 p.a.Supra, ‘Sir Henry Bellingham’.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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