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b. 6 Aug. 1605, 1st s. of (Sir) James Whitelocke† of Fawley Court and Elizabeth (d. 28 May 1631), da. of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley Bulstrode, Bucks.Add. 53726, passim. educ. Eton, c. 1615; Merchant Taylors’ Sch. London, 1616;Merchant Taylors’ Sch. Reg. ed. E.P. Hart (1934). M. Temple, 9 Aug. 1619;M. Temple Admiss. i. 109. St John’s, Oxf. 8 Dec. 1620;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France), 1634.Add. 53726, ff. 99-107. m. (1) June 1630 (with £3,000), Rebecca (d. 9 May 1634), da. of Thomas Bennet of London, alderman, 1s.; (2) 9 Nov. 1634, Frances (d. 14 May 1649), da. of William Willoughby, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (4 d.v.p.); (3) 5 Aug. 1650, Mary (bur. July 1684), da. of Bigley Carleton of London, grocer, wid. of Rowland Wilson* (d. 1650) of Bishopsgate, London, vintner, 5s. 2da.Whitelocke, Diary, betw. pp. viii-ix. suc. fa. 22 June 1632.Add. 53726, ff. 66v-67v. Kntd. (Sweden), c.Feb. 1654.Whitelocke, Diary, 335. d. 28 July 1675.Whitelocke, Diary, betw. pp. viii-ix.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 24 Nov. 1626;M. Temple Admiss. i. 109. master of the revels, 1628; treas. of the revels, 1628–9;M. Temple Admiss. i. 109; Whitelocke, Diary, 57–9. associate bencher, 21 Apr. 1648; bencher, 27 Oct. 1648.M. Temple Admiss. i. 109; MTR 77. Att. duchy of Lancaster, 12 Oct. 1648–6 July 1649.Officeholders in the Duchy and Co. Palatine of Lancaster ed. R. Somerville (1972), 22; CJ vi. 50a, 51b, 252. Sjt.-at-law, Oct. 1648 (respited), Feb. 1649 (privately).Order of Serjeants at Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. supp. ser. v), 189; CJ vi. 50b, 59b, 75a, 135a; LJ x. 551a, 551b, 587b.

Civic: recorder, Abingdon, Berks. 1632–49;Add. 53726, f. 71. Oxf. 1 Feb. 1647-bef. 10 Sept. 1649;Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 143, 165. Bristol, Som. 11 Nov. 1651–21 Apr. 1655.Beaven, Bristol Lists, 232; Longleat, Whitelocke Pprs. xvii. f. 51. Retained counsel, Henley, Oxon. c.1632.Add. 53726, f. 71. Freeman, Yarmouth and Newport, I.o.W. 1634;Add. 5669, f. 97v; I.o.W. RO, NBC 45, f. 197v. Oxf. 11 Mar. 1647.Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 144. Steward, Henley 17 Jan. 1646;Longleat, Whitelocke Pprs. ix. f. 77. Oxf. 19 June 1649;Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 164. Reading, Berks. 1654-aft. 1672.HMC 11th Rep.VII. 191, 197.

Local: j.p. Oxon. 1 Mar. 1633 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;Coventry Docquets, 68; C231/5, p. 528; C193/13/3, f. 51. Bucks. c.1634–?, 16 Mar. 1641 – ?42, by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1660;C231/5, p. 437; Add. 37343, f. 1. Berks. by Feb. 1650 – Mar. 1660; all cos. by Feb. 1650–?May 1659.Libri pacis and C181/6, passim. Commr. sewers, River Loddon, Berks. and Wilts. 18 May 1639;C181/5, f. 135v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 11 Feb. 1651;Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/9. Deeping and Gt. Level 6 May 1654–7 Sept. 1660;C181/6, pp. 26, 332. River Kennett, Berks. and Hants 14 June 1654;C181/6, p. 44. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–31 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 67, 398. Hatfield Chase Level 2 July 1655–20 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 108, 197. Kent 17 June 1657;C181/6, p. 228. oyer and terminer, Norf., Oxf. circs. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 190v, 191v, 218v, 219v; C181/6, pp. 374, 379. all circs. by Jan. 1654-May/June 1659;C181/6, pp.1, 352. Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 372. perambulation, Wychwood, Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 28 May 1641.C181/5, f. 210. Dep. lt. Bucks. 11 May, 5 June 1642; Oxon. 28 May 1642.Whitelocke, Mems. 58–9. Commr. for associating midland cos. Bucks. 15 Dec.1642; assessment, 24 Feb 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Oxon. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Oxf. Univ. and city 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O. Beds. 18 Apr., 19 Dec. 1651, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;CJ vi. 564a; vii. 54b; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Bristol 19 Dec. 1651;CJ vii. 54a. Oxf. 9 June 1657; sequestration, Bucks. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug 1643; commr. for Bucks., Oxon. 25 June 1644, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O. Steward, Westminster sch. 11 Dec. 1645;Whitelocke, Diary, 183. Greenwich Palace by 17 July 1648–?Whitelocke, Mems. 323. Commr. militia, Bucks., Oxon. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Mdx. 26 July 1659.A. and O. Lt. Windsor Forest by Mar. 1649–?CSP Dom. 1650, p. 31. Gov. Charterhouse Hosp. London May 1649.Whitelocke, Diary, 266. Kpr. St James’s Palace lib. 30 July 1649–aft. 25 Feb. 1652.Whitelocke, Mems. 415; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 151, 553. Custos rot. Bucks. 2 Mar. 1650–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 177. Constable, Windsor Nov. 1653–?TSP i. 575, 577. Commr. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O.

Military: cdr. (parlian.) coy. of horse, Aug.-Sept. 1642.Whitelocke, Mems. 63. Pikeman, regt. of John Hampden*, Turnham Green 13 Nov. 1642.Whitelocke, Diary, 140. Gov. Henley and Phyllis Court garrison, 18 Mar. 1645.Whitelocke, Mems. 137. Lt. Windsor Castle and Forest aft. 27 July 1648;Whitelocke, Mems. 323. constable, 10 Aug. 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 95.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 24 Dec. 1642.CJ ii. 901b. Commr. treaty with king at Oxf. 28 Feb. 1643.CJ ii. 985a. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643;A. and O. cttee. for foreign affairs, 6 Sept. 1644;CJ iii. 618b; LJ vi. 697a. cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b. Commr. Uxbridge Propositions, 28 Jan. 1645. Member, cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645, 26 June 1657; cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Oct. 1647.CJ v. 326b. Commr. gt. seal, 17 Mar. 1648 – 8 June 1655, 13 Jan.-14 May 1659;CJ v. 477a; vi. 135a, 135b; vii. 378a; LJ x. 107b; Whitelocke, Mems. 626, 676, 678; CSP Dom. 1654, pp. 73, 252; 1658–9, pp. 253, 263; ‘Bulstrode Whitelocke’, Oxford DNB. commr. and kpr. of gt. seal, 1 Nov. 1659–13 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; Whitelocke, Mems. 686, 692, 693. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652, 19 May, 13 Oct. 1659.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42a, 220a, 654a; CSP Dom. 1652–3, pp. xxviii-xxxiii; 1659–60, pp. 251, 254. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. treasury, 2 Aug. 1654–?June 1659;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 393; CJ vii. 378a; Whitelocke, Mems. 597, 626; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 284; 1658–9, p. 382. visitation Oxf. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100. Acting Speaker, 27 Jan.-18 Feb. 1657.CJ vii. 482b, 493a. Commr. tendering oath to members of Other House, 20 Jan. 1658, 27 Jan. 1659.HMC Lords, n.s. iv. 505, 524. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Longleat, Whitelocke Pprs. xix, f. 90; Ludlow, Mems. ii. 149.

Mercantile: member, Mineral and Battery Works Co. 25 May 1649; gov. 5 Dec. 1650–1659. Member, Mines Royal, 14 Aug. 1654–1659.Whitelocke, Diary, 394; BL Loan 16, ii. ff. 99, 102v, 103v, 125v; iii. 4, 12. Freeman, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1654.Add. 28079, f. 59.

Diplomatic: amb. to Sweden, 29 Oct. 1653-June 1654.CJ vii. 342a; Whitelocke, Diary, 387.

Parlimentarian
WHITELOCKE, Bulstrode (1605-1675), of the Middle Temple, London; later of Fawley Court, Bucks.
: of Middle Temple, Fawley Court, London and Phyllis Court, Bucks. and Buckingham House, Mdx., Chelsea.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1634;NPG. oil on canvas, unknown, 1650;NPG. oil on canvas, unknown;St John’s Coll. Oxf. etching, R. Gaywood;BM. line engraving, W. Faithorne, 1656;NPG. medal, A. and T. Simon, 1653.BM.

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Commons 1640-1660
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WHITELOCKE, Bulstrode (1605-75), of Middle Temple, London, Fawley Court and Phyllis Court, Bucks. and Buckingham House, Chelsea, Mdx.

Will
17 May 1675, pr. 10 Nov. 1676.PROB11/352/304.
Estates
Fawley Court, manor and woods, with personal estate valued at c.£4,500, from June 1632;Whitelocke, Diary, 67. Phyllis Court and Henley park, purchased 1638 for c.£8,050;Whitelocke, Diary, 117-18; Longleat, Whitelocke Pprs. vii. 252, 258, 308-11. lease with John Lisle* of Buckingham House, Chelsea, Mdx. from June 1649;CAM 529-30. manor of Henley, from earl of Northampton, 1659;Oxon. RO, BOR/3/B/II/15. Chilton Foliat, Wilts. purchased with money from 3rd wife, 1663.Whitelocke, Diary, 668.
Oxford 1644
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