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Family and Education
b. c. 1602, s. of William Berners, Draper, of London (d. 1610) and Katherine Talboys.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 68; PROB11/116, f. 378v; PROB11/117, f. 392v. educ. G. Inn, 9 Aug. 1620.GI Admiss. m. (1) (?)Marie Cotton; (2) Abigail da. and coh. of Thomas Barnes of Aldborough Hatch, Barking, Essex, wid. of John Lockey of Holmes Hill, Herts., at least 2s. (1 d.v.p.).Misc. Gen. et Her. (n.s. i), 85, 205; St James Clerkenwell (Harl. Soc. Reg. ix), 184, 298. suc. fa. 1610, uncle 1648.Draper Co. Roll, 12; St Dionis Backchurch (Harl. Soc. Reg. iii), 226. bur. 23 Feb. 1661 23 Feb. 1661.St Dionis Backchurch, 233.
Offices Held

Local: clerk, New River Co. by Jan. 1635-May 1637.PC2/44/360; PC2/47/370. Commr. London assessment, Westminster 5 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 13 Jan. 1644 – aft.Jan. 1645, by Jan. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 231v, 247; C181/6, pp. 3, 328. London by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 2, 357. Mdx. and Westminster militia, 9 Sept. 1647; militia, Westminster 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Herts., Tower Hamlets 12 Mar. 1660; Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650, 28 June 1659;A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). assessment, Mdx. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. and Westminster 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Surr. 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Westminster 26 Jan. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. Mdx., by c.Sept. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 43; C193/13/4, f. 63v; C193/13/5, f. 66v. Commr. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–3 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 2, 357. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 4 Mar. 1657;C181/6, p. 221. London, 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 258. Tower Hamlets militia, 14 July 1659.A. and O.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 26 Mar. 1650. Contractor, sale of dean and chapter lands, 30 Apr. 1649. Commr. for compounding, 15 Apr. 1650;A. and O. law reform, Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 74a. removing obstructions, sale of confiscated lands, 1 Apr. 1652; indemnity, 23 June 1652. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653. Trustee, sale of royal forests, 22 Nov. 1653. Commr. for advance of money, 19 Jan. 1654; managing sequestered estates, 10 Feb. 1654. Member, cttee. of appeals, forests, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 19 May 1659, 2 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; CJ vii. 801a. Commr. care of Tower, 26 Dec. 1659.CJ vii. 797a.

Parlimentarian
BERNERS, Josias (c. 1602-61), of Clerkenwell, Mdx.
: of Clerkenwell, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BERNERS, Josias (c. 1602-61), of Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Will
1 Jan. 1661, pr. Dec. 1663.PROB11/312, f. 271.
Estates
at death held houses in Clerkenwell, Fenchurch Street, lands in Enfield and Marylebone, Mdx. and Wormley Bury, Cheshunt, Herts., and shares in New River Co.PROB11/312, f. 271; VCH Herts. iii. 170-1.
Oxford 1644
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