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Family and Education
b. ?3rd but 2nd surv. s. of John Bridge (d. c.Mar. 1652) of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, and Anne (d. c.1662).PROB11/204, f. 91v; PROB11/221, ff. 13v-14; PROB11/308, f. 60; Al. Cant. ‘Francis Bridge’. educ. appr. Merchant Taylors’ Co. 6 Dec. 1637.GL, MS 34038/11, p. 128. m. (1) by Jan. 1652, ? da. of ?, at least 1da. d.v.p.;St Mary, Lambeth par. reg. (bap. entry 8 June 1658); PROB11/221, f. 14. (2) 25 July 1669, Rebecca (d. c.1672), da. of one Burch, wid. of Thomas Hothersall of Barbados, s.p.‘Hothersall of Barbados’ ed. V.L. Oliver, Caribbeana vi. 73, 74, 77. Kntd. by May 1664.HMC Heathcote, 152, 154. d. betw. 15 Oct.-12 Dec. 1673.Barbados Recs.: Wills and Admons. ed. J.M. Sanders (Houston, 1979), i. 46.
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Military: lt. of dragoons (parlian.) by c.Apr. 1644-Mar. 1645;E121/1/1/37; G. Davies, ‘The army of the Eastern Assoc.’, EHR xlvi. 91; Holmes, Eastern Assoc. 201, 290. capt. Mar. 1645-c.Aug. 1649;LJ vii. 278b. maj. c.Aug. 1649-Jan. 1655.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 296; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015), i. 104. Col. of horse, Jan. 1655-Apr. 1659;Clarke Pprs. i. 439; Baker, Chronicle, 642. maj. 16 Aug. 1659-Mar. 1662.CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 105, 114, 115, 143, 151; CJ vii. 760b. Dep. maj.-gen. Bucks. Herts. and Oxon. 14 Nov. 1655–6 Feb. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, pp. 20, 164. maj.-gen. Cheshire, Lancs. and Staffs. 18 July 1656–?CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 28. Capt. of horse, 4 Mar.-Oct. 1662,CSP Dom. 1661–2, pp. 297, 525. 5 July 1666–?CSP Dom. 1665–6, pp. 489, 561. Col. of ft. 11 Feb. 1667-Aug. 1668.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 306; CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 556. C.-in-c. Tobago c.Jan. 1667–?;CSP Col. W. I. 1661–8, p. 444. Barbados 22 Mar. 1672–?CSP Col. W. I. 1669–74, p. 343.

Mercantile: freeman, Merchant Taylors’ Co. London 21 Oct. 1646–?d.GL, MS 34017/5, unfol.

Central: commr. affairs of America, c.1652.CSP Col. W. I. 1574–1660, pp. 9, 468. Member, cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100. cttee. managing affairs of Jamaica and W. I. 15 July 1656.CSP Col. W. I. 1574–1660, pp. 445. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Local: commr. securing peace of commonwealth, Cheshire, Lancs. and Staffs. 23 July 1656;CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 35. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cheshire, Staffs., Surr. 13 Sept. 1656, 22 Oct. 1657.SP25/77, pp. 321, 322; CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 65; An Order...for an Additional Supply of Commissioners for Ejecting Scandalous...Ministers (1657), 2, 6. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 3 Feb. 1657-c.June 1659;C181/6, p. 217. Surr. 21 Mar. 1659–?C181/6, p. 349. J.p. Staffs. 4 Mar. 1657-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 361. Surr. 20 Mar. 1657-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 363. Cheshire 6 Apr. 1657-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 364. Lancs. 30 Mar. 1658-c.May 1660.Lancs. RO, QSC/59–62. Commr. assessment, Bucks., Cheshire, Staffs., Surr. 9 June 1657; Beds. 26 June 1657;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659.C181/6, pp. 263, 386.

Colonial: member, council of Barbados, 27 June 1673–d.CSP Col. W. I. 1669–74, pp. 503–4.

Parlimentarian
BRIDGE, Tobias (d. 1673), of Lambeth Marsh, Surr.
: of Lambeth Marsh, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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BRIDGE, Tobias (d. 1673), of Lambeth Marsh, Surr.

Will
15 Oct. 1673, pr. 12 Dec. 1673.Barbados Recs.: Wills and Admons. ed. Sanders, i. 46.
Estates
in 1650, Bridge was one of seven purchasers of Brogborough Park, Beds. for £11,208 (purchased with army debentures).E121/1/1/29. In 1651, he was one of six purchasers of Ampthill and Millbrook manors, Beds. for £2,041;E121/1/1/37. and one of seven purchasers of Newmarket House, Cambs. for £1,722 (purchased with army debentures).E121/1/4/56. In 1652, some of the above properties were sold and divided up, leaving Bridge with 146 acres in Brogborough Park and 300 acres in Ampthill.C54/3601/4; C54/3691/31-2. By 1658, he owned or rented a house in Lambeth Marsh, Surr.TSP vi. 692. At his d. estate inc. a plantation on Barbados, which he acquired through his second wife.Barbados Recs.: Wills and Admons. ed. Sanders, i. 46.
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