MILLINGTON, Gilbert (1597-1666), of Felley Abbey, Annesley, Notts.

Family and Education

bap. 1 Dec. 1597, 1st s. of Anthony Millington of St Clement Danes, Mdx., and Prudence, da. of William Gilbert of Colchester, Essex.St Clement Danes, Westminster par. reg.; C142/382/9; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 405. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 15 Feb. 1612, BA 1616;Al. Cant. L. Inn 19 Oct. 1614.LI Admiss. i. 167. m. (1) 17 Aug. 1618, Alatheie, da. of Thomas Lawley of Much Wenlock, Salop, at least 2s.;St Clement Danes par. reg. (bap. entry, 25 Oct. 1621); Selston, Notts. par. reg. (bap. 19 Apr. 1626); C142/382/9; C6/111/28; Wrockwardine Par. Regs. ed. W.A.C. Sandford-Thompson (Shrops. Par. Reg. Soc. viii), 13. (2) c.1646, Anne, da. of ?Anthony Millington of Nottingham, s.p.;St Mary, Nottingham par. reg.; C6/111/30; C78/500/4. (3) settlement 9 July 1650, Grace, da. and coh. of Hugh Jermyn of Combe Rewe, Broadclyst, Devon, ?s.p.C6/111/28; C78/500/4; PROB11/200, f. 224. suc. fa. 6 Oct. 1620;C142/382/9. d. c. Sept. 1666.CSP Dom. 1670, p. 714.

Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn. 14 June 1621.LI Black Bks. ii. 222. Master in chancery, extraordinary, by May 1639–?, July 1655–?CSP Dom. 1639, p. 151; C202/39/5.

Local: commr. sewers, River Trent, Lincs., Notts. and Yorks. 6 June 1629.C181/4, f. 17. J.p. Notts. 3 July 1629-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 13. Commr. charitable uses, 3 Dec. 1630, 5 Sept. 1634, 18 July 1649, 12 July 1653;C192/1, unfol.; C93/20/1; C93/22/12. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, p. 32; CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 54; CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/003, p. 33. Dep. lt. by Feb. 1638-aft. 9 Aug. 1642.SP16/381/73, f. 157; CJ ii. 647b; LJ v. 173b, 275b. Commr. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210v. subsidy, Notts. 1641; further subsidy, Notts., Nottingham 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Notts. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Nottingham 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O. Mdx., Westminster 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, Notts. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Notts. co. cttee. 19 July 1644–?CJ iii. 563b; LJ vi. 641b. Commr. oyer and terminer, Notts., Nottingham 20 Feb. 1645; Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 15, 371. gaol delivery, Notts., Nottingham 20 Feb. 1645.C181/5, ff. 248v, 249. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. Notts., Nottingham 20 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Notts. 26 July 1659;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 24 Oct. 1657.SP25/78, p. 237.

Civic: freeman, Nottingham 12 Oct. 1640–?d.;Notts. RO, CA 3415, f. 91. dep. recorder, 14 July 1642–6 Jan. 1647.Nottingham Borough Recs. v. 204–5, 247–8.

Central: member, cttee. of examinations, 28 Oct. 1642.CJ ii. 825b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647;LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. preservation of books, 20 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. for sequestrations by 6 Oct. 1643;SP20/1, pt. 1, f. 58. cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643.CJ iii. 283b. Commr. to reside with Scottish army, 19 July 1644.CJ iii. 563b; LJ vi. 642a. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645,A. and O. 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almhouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 318a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b.

Parlimentarian

MILLINGTON, Gilbert (1597-1666), of Felley Abbey, Annesley, Notts.

: of Felley Abbey, Notts., Annesley.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MILLINGTON, Gilbert (1597-1666), of Felley Abbey, Annesley, Notts.

Will

attainted.

Estates

in 1620, inherited capital messuage of Felley Abbey and property in Annesley, Bagthorpe, Felley and Selston, Notts., valued at £200 p.a.; and moiety of a house in St Clement Danes, Mdx. leased from countess of Arundel.PROB11/136, f. 103; C142/389/9; C3/334/36. In 1626, assessed at £20 for the privy seal loan.SP16/19/21, f. 41. In the early 1630s, assessed at £12 10s for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 139. In the early 1650s, purchased property in Annesley Woodhouse and Kirkby Woodhouse from the treason trustees out of money allowed him by the Commons for his losses.CCC 1735; CJ vi. 571b. By 1654, had purchased from trustees for the sale of church lands two tenements in Dean’s Yard, St Margaret, Westminster, for £209.LR2/266, f. 5; WCA, SMW/E/47/1602-3; SMW/E/2/173. By 1660, estate inc. property in Annesley Woodhouse, Brinsley, Kirkby Woodhouse and Sibthorpe, Notts.E178/6403. In 1660, estate in Notts. valued at £317 p.a.LR2/266, ff. 1, 24.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

The Pear, the Great Sanctuary, Westminster (1645).Bodl. Nalson IV, f. 280v.

Religion

presented Leonard Curtis to rectory of Wilford, Notts., 1652; George Fisher to rectory of Hickling, Notts., 1652; Marmaduke James to rectory of Watton-at-Stone, Herts., 1652.Add. 36792, ff. 40, 40v, 53. Elder, Nottingham classis, 1654;J.A. Williams, ‘The Nottingham Presbyterian classis’, Trans. Unitarian Hist. Soc. viii. 166, 168. Greasley, Notts. 1656.J.C. Warren, ‘Early recs. of a Presbyterian congregation: The High Pavement, Nottingham’ Trans. Unitarian Hist. Soc. i. 86.

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