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m. 14 June 1626, Anne Coughey of Gloucester, 1s. 1da. bur. 9 Nov. 1683 9 Nov. 1683.St Nicholas, Gloucester par. reg.; Vis. Glos 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 92.
Offices Held

Civic: common cllr. Gloucester 23 Aug. 1631;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/1, f. 553. sheriff, 1639 – 40, 1643–4;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 185; J. Dorney, Certain Speeches (1653), 84. alderman, 12 Nov. 1647-May 1672;Glos. RO, GBR/B2/1, f. 64v; B3/3, p. 498. mayor, 1649–50;T.D. Fosbrooke, Original Hist. of the City of Gloucester (1819), 209. coroner, 1650–1.Dorney, Certain Speeches, 84. Almoner, Gloucester hosps. 7 Nov. 1642;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 233. surveyor, 22 June 1647, 4 Nov. 1661;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 384; B3/3, p. 211. pres. 3 Nov. 1656;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 10. treas. 7 Nov. 1664.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 296.

Local: grand juror, Gloucester 18 July 1646.Glos. RO, GBR/H2/3, p. 215. Commr. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648;A. and O. militia, Gloucester 2 Dec. 1648, by 1 July 1651, by 29 Mar. 1658, 26 July 1659; Glos. and Gloucester 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; Glos. RO, GBR/H2/3, pp. 63, 246. assessment, Gloucester 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Glos. 1672, 1677, 1679.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Capt. militia, Gloucester 1 Apr. 1660.Glos. RO, GBR/G3/SO2, ff. 85v, 87. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian
STEPHENS, James (d.1683), of Gloucester.
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Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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STEPHENS, James (d. 1683), of Gloucester

Will
none found.
Estates
leases from Gloucester corporation of Oxlease meadow, 21 years, £20 p.a. as gift for service in Parliament, 19 Sept. 1660, renewed 20 July 1663; land between bridges, Westgate Street, 41 years at 40s p.a. 19 Nov. 1660; hospital land, 41 years, 31s p.a., 23 Dec. 1667. Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, pp. 148, 160, 261, 349.
Oxford 1644
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