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b. c.1608, 2nd s. of Sir John Stepney, 1st bt. (d. Aug. 1624), of Prendergast and Jane, da. of Sir Francis Mansel of Mwdwlscwm, Carm. m. (settlement 1640) Magdalen, da. of Sir Henry Jones of Abermarlais, Carm., 1da.C142/441/17; NLW Rolls/box 3/30; CB, i. 178-9. suc. elder bro. Alban as 3rd bt. 23 July 1628.St Andrew Holborn par. reg. d. 1676.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Pemb. 13 Nov. 1634 – ?42, by Oct. 1660 – d.; Haverfordwest 13 Nov. 1634 – 15 Mar. 1655, 11 Sept. 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 70; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 217–8, 222, 226, 239–41, 243. Commr. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Card., Carm., Pemb. 27 June 1635.Coventry Docquets, 43. Sheriff, Pemb. 1636–7.Coventry Docquets, 368. Dep. lt. by 1637–42, 23 Jan. 1674–?d.; Haverfordwest by 1642–?44.HEHL, EL 7443; CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 115. Commr. subsidy, 1641, 1663; Pemb. 1663; further subsidy, Pemb., Haverfordwest 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Haverfordwest 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Pemb. 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 18 Aug. 1642;LJ v. 304a. loyal and indigent officers, 1662.SR.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) 1643–?44.A List of Officers Claiming to the Sixty Thousand Pounds (1663), 123. Gov. Haverfordwest Oct. 1643-Feb. 1644.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 13.

Civic: common cllr. Haverfordwest by ? 1649; mayor, 1662.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 88; J. Brown, J. W. Phillips. F. J. Warren, Hist. Haverfordwest with some Pemb. Parishes (Haverfordwest, 1914), 250.

Parlimentarian
STEPNEY, Sir John (c.1608-76), of Prendergast, Pemb.
: of Prendergast, Pemb.
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Commons 1640-1660
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STEPNEY, Sir John (c.1608-76), of Prendergast, Pemb.

Will
Inventory, 13 Sept. 1676.NLW, SD/1676/154.
Estates
In 1635 thought to be worth £300 p.a.HEHL, ELL 7218. In 1638, much of his wealth was in impropriations of church lands: Mounton, Little Newcastle, Llanycefn, Clarbeston, St Martin Haverfordwest, Pemb.; Llanddarog, Egremont, Carm.BHO, Court of Chivalry website, 625. In 1639 inherited estates of his bro. in Dale and Hedberth, Pemb.NLW, Pontfaen Estate, 98. By Oct. 1650, also held impropriations of Monkton, Pembroke St Mary, Roch, Rosemarket, Pemb.LPL, Comm. XIIa/14/82-183.
Oxford 1644
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