Family and Education
b. c.1609, 2nd s. of Henry Lort (d. c.Nov. 1640) of Stackpole Court, Stackpole Elidir and Judith, da. of Henry White of Henllan.PROB11/185, f. 114; NLW, Morgan Richardson mss 259; W. Wales Hist. Recs. ii. 61; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 125. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 3 Nov. 1626 ‘aged 17’.Al. Ox. m. (1) Olive, da. of Sir John Phillipps 1st bt. of Picton, 1s. 1da.; (2) c. June 1641, Lettice da. of Thomas ap Rice of Scotsborough, s.p.PROB11/324, f. 59; F. Jones, ‘Rickeston and Scotsborough’, Pemb. Historian, ii. 30; Rev. Canon Wynne-Edwards, ‘Hist Parish of Meifod’, Mont. Collns. ix. 339. d. 1667.PROB11/324, f. 59.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Pemb. 1 Apr. 1643 – 19 Aug. 1650, 22 July 1652 – bef.Oct. 1660; Haverfordwest ?by May 1652 – ?58, 19 Oct. 1659–11 Sept. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 218–21, 243; Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 111, 125. Commr. assoc. of Pemb., Carm. and Card. 10 June 1644;A. and O. assessment, Pemb. 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659;A. and O. S. Wales 14 Mar. 1655;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 16. Haverfordwest 26 July 1659; sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649.A. and O. Sheriff, Pemb. 22 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 324b; List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 266. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Pemb. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by 27 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 35; TSP iv. 583.

Military: ?capt. militia, Pemb. 1659.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 169–70.

: Manorbier, Pemb.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LORT, Sampson (c. 1609-67), of East Moor, Manorbier, Pemb.

Will
21 May 1663, pr. 17 May 1667.PROB11/324, f. 59.
Estates
at d. 5 messuages in Carew, 5 in Manorbier, 3 in Monkton; 1 in St Mary’s, Pembroke; at least 4 in Rhoscrowther; 13 messuages and 2 mills in Walton East, Pemb.PROB11/324, f. 59.
Oxford 1644
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