STRODE, William II (1589-1666), of Barrington, Som.

Family and Education

b. 1589, 3rd s. of William Strode (d. 1592) of Shepton Mallet, Som. and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Jeffrey Upton of Warminster, Wilts.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 108-9; Collinson, Som. ii. 210; F.A. Crisp, Fragmenta Genealogica (1889-1910), viii. 137, 143, 144, 148. m. c.1621, Joan, da. of Edward Barnard of Downside, Som. 12s. (6 d.v.p.), 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Som. 1623, 6, 109; Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills, ii 51; Collinson, Som. ii. 210, iii. 464; Crisp, Fragmenta Genealogica, viii. 144, 148-50. bur. 20 Dec. 1666 20 Dec. 1666.Crisp, Fragmenta Genealogica, viii. 144, 148.

Offices Held

Local: treas. hosps. western division, Som. 1637–8.QS Recs. Som. Charles I, 271. Commr. further subsidy, Som. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. sewers, July 1641-aft. Jan. 1646.C181/5, ff. 205v, 268. Dep. lt. by 1642–?Wells Convocation Acts Bks. 844. Commr. assessment, 1642, 27 Jan. 1643, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644.A. and O. J.p. by Oct. 1647–9.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 45; Som. Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 19. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: col. of horse (parlian.), 1642–5.CCSP i. 240; Bellum Civile, 86; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Wells and Bruton classis, Som. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 417.

Civic: freeman, Girdlers’ Co. London bef. 1661.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 211. Alderman, London 7 Feb.-14 Mar. 1661.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 211, 234; Woodhead, Rulers of London, 158.

Parlimentarian

STRODE, William II (1589-1666), of Barrington, Som.

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Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, G. Soest, 1635.Whereabouts unknown.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

STRODE, William II (1589-1666), of Barrington, Som.

Will

10 June 1665, codicil 1 Nov. 1666, pr. 22 Jan. 1667.PROB11/323/96.

Estates

bought Barrington Court, Barrington, Som. c.1623;Coventry Docquets, 534; J. Batten, ‘Additional notes on Barrington and the Strodes’, Procs. Som. Arch. and Natural Hist. Soc. xxxvii. pt. ii. 41. bought manor of Shurton, Storgursey, Som. 1626;VCH Som. vi. 144. bought one-seventh share in manor of Glastonbury, Som. in 1634 and subsequent purchases meant that he eventually owned about half of this manor;VCH Som. ix. 44, 45. with his bro. George and Sir Henry Compton*, bought manor of Martock, Som. from 14th Baron Morley and Monteagle, 1637;Collinson, Som. iii. 5; VCH Som. iv. 85. bought land at Charlton Adam, Som. 1637;VCH Som. iii. 87. awarded 2,166 acres in barony of Tinnahinch, Queen’s County, Ireland.CSP Ire. Adv. 1642-59, p. 348; Bottingheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 210.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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