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bap. 25 Mar. 1602, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Shafto (bur. 12 Sept. 1623), merchant and alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Jane, da. of Robert Eden of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.St. Nicholas, Newcastle par. reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. iii. 294. educ. St John’s, Camb. Easter 1616, BA 1620;Al. Cant. G. Inn 3 Aug. 1619.G. Inn Admiss. 155. m. 7 Feb. 1631 (with £1,400), Mary, da. of Thomas Ledgard, merchant of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).St. Nicholas, Newcastle par. reg.; C8/52/218; Surtees, Co. Dur. iii. 294-5. d. 25 Feb. 1660.St. Andrew, Holborn par. reg.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 23 Apr. 1627; bencher, 24 Nov. 1645.PGB Inn, i. 275, 354.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1635–d.;Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M. H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 18. Berwick-upon-Tweed by Sept. 1649–d.Berwick RO, B1/10, f. 139v. Recorder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Oct. 1647–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, 574/94, p. 269; 543/29, unfol. (entry for Oct. 1647). Visitor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne free sch. 4 Nov. 1646.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/2/1, p. 71. Steward, manor of Whickham, co. Dur. 29 Aug. 1659.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/3, f. 27.

Local: commr. inquiry, Goswick, co. Dur. 13 Nov. 1637;C181/5, f. 86. sewers, co. Dur. 16 June 1638;C181/5, f. 110. River Tyne 21 May 1659;C181/6, p. 359. oyer and terminer, Berwick-upon-Tweed 9 Mar. 1640–?;C181/5, f. 165v. Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644–?;C181/5, f. 246. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 18, 309. charitable uses, co. Dur. 29 Nov. 1641,C192/1, unfol. 27 June 1649;C93/20/12. gaol delivery, Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644.C181/5, f. 246. J.p. co. Dur. 26 Jan. 1646–d.C231/6, p. 36. Commr. assessment, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, co. Dur., Northumb. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O.

Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Jan. 1643–d.; Extracts from the Recs. of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. xciii), i. 135. asst. 9 Oct. 1647–9 Oct. 1648.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, f. 43.

Parlimentarian
SHAFTO, Mark (1602-60), of St John, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Whitworth, co. Dur.
: of St John, Northumb., Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Whitworth, co. Dur.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SHAFTO, Mark (1602-60), of St John, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Whitworth, co. Dur.

Will
admon. 1660.Durham UL, index to Durham probate registry.
Estates
in 1652, Shafto purchased the capital messuage and ‘chief portion’ of the manor of Whitworth, co. Dur. worth at least £70 a year before the civil war.Surtees, Co. Dur. iii. 292; Recs. of the Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. R. Welford (Surt. Soc. cxi), 115.
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