ALFORD, Sir Edward (?1594-1653), of St Andrew’s, Holborn, London, and Cashiobery, Herts.

Family and Education

bap. ?17 Oct 1594, 2nd s. of Edward Alford† (d. 1631) of Offington, Suss. and Judith, da. of Edmund Downing of Suff.; bro. of John Alford*.St Bride’s, Fleet Street, par. reg.; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 205-6. educ. 30 Oct. 1612, Christ Church, Oxf.;Al. Ox. ; L. Inn, 24 Jan. 1614.LI Admiss. i. 164. m. (1) 13 Dec. 1632, Mary (d. 1639), da. of Baptist Hicks†, 1st Viscount Campden, wid. of Sir Charles Morrison† and Sir John Cooper†, 1st bt. (2) bef. 1646, Ann Corbet (d. 1692), da. of Clement Corbet, DCL, chan. of Norwich, 1s., 1da.St Andrew, Holborn, par. reg.; PRO30/24/32/7, f. 153v; J. G. Alford, Alford Family Notes (1908), 38-41; Add. 39796, f. 27; Glos. RO, D2957/302(97); Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 80; Guildhall MS 6668, vol. 1, unfol.; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 84-5. Kntd. 8 Dec. 1632.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 200. d. bef. 29 Dec. 1653.PROB6/30, f. 193v.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, River Colne, Herts. and Mdx. 14 Dec. 1638, 30 May 1639;C181/5, ff. 122, 136v. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty and borough 9 Apr. 1639;C181/5, ff. 134v, 135. charitable uses, Suss. 1639.C192/1. J.p. St Albans 6 May 1639-aft. Oct. 1641;C181/5, ff. 135v, 156v, 185v, 212v; C231/5, p. 339. Suss. 20 July 1642–?C231/5, p. 532. Commr. rebels’ estates (roy.), Berks., Bucks. and Oxon. 11 Jan. 1644; excise (roy.), Berks., Bucks., Northants., Oxon., Oxf. and Warws. 18 Apr. 1644, 20 Feb. 1645; accts. (roy.) Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Som., Bristol and Exeter 12 Oct. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 128, 188, 239, 259.

Parlimentarian

ALFORD, Sir Edward (?1594-1653), of St Andrew’s, Holborn, London, and Cashiobery, Herts.

: Holborn, London and Cashiobery, Herts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

ALFORD, Sir Edward (?1594-1653), of St Andrew’s, Holborn, London, and Cashiobery, Herts.

Will

admon. to Dame Anne Alford, 29 Sept. 1653.PROB6/30, f. 193v.

Estates

House in St Andrew’s Holborn, London, 1632-d.; Cashiobury Park, Herts. 1632-d;CSP Dom. 1625-49, p. 737; SP16/540 pt. 1, ff. 163-70. Ilmington manor, Warws. 1632-d.; lands in Tewkesbury, Glos. 1632-d.;Glos. RO, D2957/302/88, 90, 92-6. manors of Allerton, Som. and Whitbury, Wilts., settled on Sir Edward and Dame Mary, 20 Dec. 1636, with reversion to Sir Edward at wife’s d. 1639;PROB11/181/675. King’s Langley Park, Herts.;C54/3105/10; CCC, 1010; Alford, Alford Family Notes, 41. estate valued at £1,130 p.a.SP23/55, ff. 91-2.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

oxford

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