Family and Education
b. ?; b. 23 Sept. 1599, 1st s. of Richard Stone, pewterer, of Caldmore near Walsall, Staffs. and Elizabeth, da. of one Nichols.F. Willmore, Reg. St Matthew’s, Walsall (Walsall, 1890), 47, 275. educ. appr. 9 June 1615.GL, MS 15857/1, f. 58. m. bef. 1646, Mary, at least 1da.Mar. Lics. issued by Bp. London (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 294; H.F. Waters, Gen. Gleanings, 1119.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Haberdashers’ Co. 13 June 1623.GL, MS 15857/1, f. 194. Common councilman, London Dec. 1648–57.J.E. Farnell, ‘Politics of the City of London, 1649–57’ (Chicago Univ. PhD thesis, 1963), 234.

Mercantile: ?freeman, E.I. Co. 6 Oct. 1647.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1644–9, p. 230.

Local: commr. assessment, London 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Mdx. 9 June 1657; Westminster 26 June 1657, 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Asst. London corporation for the poor, 7 May 1649.A. and O. J.p. Mdx. by Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/4, f. 62v. Recvr.-gen. assessments, London by July 1654–?CSP Dom. 1654, p. 252. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, London, Mdx. and Westminster 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, London 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656–3 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 177, 320. Mdx. 17 Aug. 1660;C181/7, p. 28. militia, Mdx., Westminster 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: capt. (parlian.) trained bands, London 1647.A Pair of Spectacles for the City (1647), 11–12 (E.419.9).

Central: trustee, dean and chapter lands, 30 Apr. 1649; sale of dean and chapter lands, 31 July 1649. Asst. corporation propagating gospel in New England, 27 July 1649. Commr. high ct. of justice, 26 Mar. 1650, 13 June 1654.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344a-b. Commr. admlty. and navy, 3 Dec. 1653; arrears of excise, 29 Dec. 1653;A. and O. improvement of customs, Dec. 1653;CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 316, 425; 1654, p. 342; 1655, p. 51. sale of prize goods, 25 Jan. 1654;CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 368. appeals and regulating excise, 17 Mar. 1654; prohibiting planting of tobacco, 11 Apr. 1654.A. and O. Teller exch. Sept. 1654-June 1660.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 367. Agent, wine office, 31 Oct. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 36. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. Commr. for accts. 24 Nov. 1655;C231/6, p. 320; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 14. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659;CJ vii. 578a, 593a. appeals, customs and excise, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Irish: ?commr. revenue, 15 Nov. 1669-c.Feb. 1677;CTB iii. 297; v. 534–5. ?wine licences, Apr. 1671.CSP Dom. 1671, p. 211.

: of Friday Street, London and Westminster.
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Commons 1640-1660
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STONE, John (?1599-aft. 1660), of Friday Street, London, and Westminster

Will
not found.
Estates
purchased manor of Salcombe, Devon, 17 Jan. 1650 for £5,831.Eg. 1048, f. 120; Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church ii. 555.
Oxford 1644
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