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bap. 20 Oct. 1596, 3rd s. of Richard Geldart (bur. 4 Feb. 1628) of York, butcher, and 1st w. da. of ?Par. Reg. of St Crux, York ed. R.B. Cook, F. Harrison (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. Lxx), 17; Holy Trinity King’s Court, York par. reg.; St Helen, York, par. reg.; Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 41, f. 58v; York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/1, f. 293; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 280-1. educ. appr. merchant, York c.1610. m. (1) 14 Dec. 1628, Tabitha (bur. 21 Aug. 1638), da. of Elias Micklethwaite (d. Feb. 1633), merchant, alderman of York, at least 2s.;Long Marston, Yorks. bishop’s transcript; Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 42, f. 110; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 281. (2) Alice (d. c.1667), da. of John Twisleton of Barlow, Yorks., and Dartford, Kent, s.p.York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/1, f. 293; CB; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 281. bur. 11 Jan. 1659 11 Jan. 1659.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 281.
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Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers, York 1619; gov. 1641, 1642, 1645.Borthwick, YMA.Ph.4 (York Merchant Adventurers Act. Bk. 4), ff. 148v, 150v. Dep. Eastland Merchants, York ?-1645.Borthwick, York Eastland Merchants’ Court Bk. 1645–97, f. 1.

Civic: freeman, York 13 Jan. 1620–d.;York City Archives, Y/FIN/1/2, Chamberlains’ acct. bk. 1619, f. 72v. chamberlain, 1629 – 30; common cllr. ?- 1632; sheriff, 1632 – 33; one of the twenty-four, 1633 – 45; alderman, 13 Jan. 1645 – d.; ld. mayor, 15 Jan. 1645 – 15 Jan. 1646, 15 Jan. 1654–15 Jan. 1655.York City Archives, York House Bk. 35, ff. 67v, 181, 188v; 36, ff. 119, 120; 37, f. 52v.

Local: recvr. billet money, York 1641;SR. assessment money, Yorks. 21 Feb. 1645.Hull Hist. Cent. C BRL/359. Commr. assessment, York 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. 13 Jan. 1645–d.York City Archives, York House Bk. 36, f. 119. Commr. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648,A. and O. 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p.79. sequestration, Yorks. c.Feb. 1650;SP28/215, pt. 4, f. 3. commr. inquiry concerning church livings, Yorks. (W. Riding) c.May 1650;W. Yorks. Archives (Wakefield), C413. ejecting scandalous ministers, W. Riding and York 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 103. sewers, York and the Ainsty 13 Dec. 1658.C181/6, p. 331.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
GELDART, John (1596-1659), of All Saints, Pavement, York, and Askham Bryan, Yorks.
: of All Saints, Pavement, York and Askham Bryan, Yorks.
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Commons 1640-1660
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GELDART, John (1596-1659), of All Saints, Pavement, York, and Askham Bryan, Yorks.

Will
died intestate.
Estates
fa. bequeathed him the reversion of a lease of a tenement in Little Shambles, York.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 41, f. 58v. In 1650, he purchased, for £72, a tenement in York ‘commonly called … the parsonage house of St Sampson’.C54/3518/15.
Oxford 1644
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