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bap. 4 Mar. 1625, 1st. s. of William Lenthall* and Elizabeth, da. of Ambrose Evans of Loddington, Northants.Bletchingdon, Oxon. par. reg.; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 318. educ. L. Inn 4 June 1640; Corpus Christi, Oxf. 12 Sept. 1640.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i. 243. m. (1) Mary, da. and coh. of Sir William Ashcombe of Alvescot, Oxon, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) Mary, da. of John Blewett of Holcombe Rogus, Devon, wid. of Sir James Stonehouse, 2nd bt. of Amerden Hall, Debden, Essex, 1s. 1da.;Vis. Oxon. 1669, 1675 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xii), 95; Vis. Berks. 1532, 1566, 1623, 1665-6, (Harl. Soc. lvi), 169. (3) Catherine (d. 1692), da. of Eusebius Andrews of Edmonton, Mdx. s.p.PROB11/408/106; CB iii. 8. Kntd. 9 Mar. 1658 (voided 1660), 13 Mar. 1678.Newsbooks: Mercurius Politicus, xvii. 84; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 224, 252. suc. fa. 3 Sept. 1662. d. 9 Nov. 1681.Ath. Ox. iii. 609.
Offices Held

Central: clerk in chancery, 18 Dec. 1643–22 Oct. 1654.T.D. Hardy, Principal Officers in Chancery (1843), 109–11. Commr. appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 1 Oct. 1651.CJ vii. 23a. Member, cttee. for the army, 17 Dec. 1652; admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Local: member, cttee. for Mdx. 26 July 1645. 7 Jan. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653CJ iv. 220a, b. J.p. Berks.; Oxon. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Mdx. 28 Feb. – bef.Oct. 1653; Westminster ?-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, pp. 73, 252; C193/13/3, ff. 2v, 51v; C193/13/4, ff. 3v, 60v, 78, 129. Burford 25 May 1659–?;C181/6, p. 360; R.H. Gretton, The Burford Records (Oxford, 1920), 306. Surr. 9 Sept. 1659-bef. Oct. 1660.CJ vii. 776b. Commr. assessment, Berks. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Glos., Gloucester 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Oxon. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1677, 1679; Mdx. 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; CJ vii. 821a; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Oxon. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Berks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Gloucester 2 Dec. 1648; Surr. 26 July 1659;A. and O.; CJ vii. 727b. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). sewers, London 13 Aug. 1657.C181/6, p. 257. Feoffee, charity lands, Burford 30 Sept. 1657–?d.Gretton, Burford Records, 352. Sheriff, Oxon. 11 Nov. 1672.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 110.

Civic: burgess, Gloucester 17 Nov. 1645; dep. recorder, 20 Nov. 1645.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 358; GBR/H2/3, p. 47. Freeman, Abingdon 28 Dec. 1658.Berks. RO, TF41, f. 185.

Legal: called, L. Inn 18 Nov. 1647; associate bencher, 10 Feb. 1651.LI Black Bks. ii. 375, 390.

Military: gov. Windsor Castle 18 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 814a. Col. regt. formerly of William Sydenham* 1 Feb.-20 June 1660.CJ vii. 829b; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 383–4.

Parlimentarian
LENTHALL, John (c.1625-81), of Burford Priory, Oxon. and Besselsleigh, Berks.
: Oxon., Burford and Berks., Besselsleigh.
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Commons 1640-1660
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LENTHALL, John (1625-81), of Burford Priory, Burford, Oxon. and Besselsleigh, Berks.

Will
d. intestate, admon. 3 Mar. 1682.PROB6/37, f. 35v; Gretton, Burford Records, 93.
Estates
patrimony of Burford and Besselsleigh manors. Assessed for taxation at £500 for his Oxon. estate, £20 lands in Berks. 1664.CSP Dom. 1670 (Add. 1660-70), p. 692.
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