SEYS, Evan (c.1604-85), of Boverton, Llantwit Major, Glam.

Family and Education

b. c. 1604, 4th s. but h. of Richard Seys, barrister, of Lincoln's Inn, Boverton and Swansea, Glam. and Mary, da. of Leyson Evans of The Gnoll, Neath, Glam.Limbus Patrum, 219. educ. Cowbridge g.s. by 1618; Christ Church, Oxf. 1621, ‘aged 17’; L. Inn 1624.Arch. Cambr. new ser. v, 182; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i, 194. m. settlement July 1638, Margaret (d. 14 Jan. 1652), da. of Robert Bridges of Woodchester, Glos., 1s. 2da.Glam. Archives, D/DF D/2816; Limbus Patrum, 219; Chancellor Parsons’s Notes, 214, 329. suc. fa. 1639. d. 19 Feb. 1685.Morrice, Entring Bk. ii. 513.

Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 3 Feb. 1631; bencher, 16 Nov. 1648.LI Black Bks. ii. 299, 379. Att.-gen. Glam. 20 Jan. 1635–68.Coventry Docs, 191; Williams, Hist. Gt. Sessions in Wales, 154. Second justice, N. Wales circ. ?Apr. 1656–9; c.j. 14 Mar.-June 1660.Williams, Hist. Gt. Sessions in Wales, 100; CJ vii. 876a. Sjt.-at-law, Nov. 1656, confirmed 21 June 1660–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 191, 192.

Local: commr. encroachments on River Thames, 1636;T. Rymer, Foedera (1704–35), xx, 47. levying of money, Glos. 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 17 Nov. 1645;CJ iv. 347a. assessment, Glam. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 14 Mar., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Glos. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Gloucester 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR; CJ vii. 876b. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648.A. and O. J.p. Glam. by 10 Oct. 1649–?, by 20 Mar. 1656–20 Apr. 1680; Glos. 1656-aft. Mar. 1660. June 1659 – 10 July 1660Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 301–7. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ., 23 Jan. 1661-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 374; C181/7, pp. 91, 638. militia, Glam. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Glos., Gloucester 26 July 1659;A. and O. sewers, Glam. 7 Oct. 1664;C181/7, p. 290. recusants, Glos. 1675.CTB 1672–5, p. 789.

Civic: retained counsel, Gloucester by 1649; recorder, 23 Nov. 1660 – 1 Feb. 1662; freeman, 14 Jan. 1661.Glos. RO, GBR F4/5, f. 390, B3/3, p. 162, B3/4, pp. 168, 218.

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

Parlimentarian

SEYS, Evan (c.1604-85), of Boverton, Glam.

: of Boverton, Llantwit Major, Glam.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SEYS, Evan (c.1604-85), of Boverton, Llantwit Major, Glam.

Will

12 Aug. 1684, pr. 23 Feb. 1685.PROB11/379, f. 220.

Estates

estate at Boverton consisted of 111 acres worth £72 p.a.;Glam. Archives, D/DF E/8. lands owned or leased in 16 parishes in south and mid Glam.Glam. Archives, D/DF E/34. Was left mansion house and lands at Woodchester and King’s Stanley, Glos. by fa.-in-law, 1648;PROB11/205, f. 2v. was paid £30 for 6 years as attorney-general, Glam. to 29 Sept. 1657;Add. 4196 fo. 194. held manor of Dymock, Glos. in 1659;Glos. RO, D2957/116/35. bought Barry manor, Glam. July 1660 for £720;Glam. Archives, D/DF E/67. Estate estimated to be worth £900 p.a. in 1677.SP29/398, pp. 283-4.

Oxford 1644

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