SWINTON, John (d. 1679), of Swinton, Berwickshire.

Family and Education

1st s. of Sir Alexander Swinton of Swinton and Margaret, da. of James Home of Framepath and St Bathans, Berwickshire.A.C. Swinton, The Swintons of that Ilk (Edinburgh, 1883), 57, 64. m. (1) Jan. 1645,NRS, GD12/200. Margaret Stewart (d. 1662), da. of William, 2nd Lord Blantyre, 3s. 1da.; (2) 3 Aug. 1671, Frances White, wid. of Newington Butts, London, sister of John Hancock of Wallieford, East Lothian, s.p.Westminster Quaker meeting reg.; Swintons of that Ilk, 64, 73. suc. fa. 1652.Commisariot Rec. of Lauder, 1561-1800 ed. F.J. Grant (Edinburgh, 1903), 48. d. July 1679.Swintons of that Ilk, 74; NRS, CC15/5/7.

Offices Held

Military: lt.-col. and capt. of horse, Berwickshire regt. Covenanter army, ?-Jan. 1651.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, 659.

Scottish: member, cttee. of war, 1646 – 49; cttee. of estates, 1649.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 690. Commr. Berwickshire, Scottish Parl. 1649–50. Dep. Berwickshire, tender of union, 1652. Commr. admin. justice, Apr. 1652–59;Wariston Diary, ii. 161; Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 174–5, 183; NLS, MS 7032, ff. 106v, 114; NRS, GD12/214. claims, ordinance of pardon and grace, 12 Apr. 1654. Cllr. of state, Mar. 1655–59.CSP Dom. 1655, pp. 108, 152. Judge of exch. and ld. of session, 16 May 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 326. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Commr. and bar. of exch. 13 Aug. 1657.NLS, MS 7032, f. 100v.

Local: commr. witchcraft, Eyemouth, Berwickshire 5 July 1649;Regs. PC Scot. 1644–60, p. 195. assessment, Berwickshire, Edinburgh, Haddingtonshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, pp. 838–40; A. and O. J.p. Berwickshire, Haddingtonshire 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate, ed. Firth, 310, 313.

Parlimentarian

SWINTON, John (d. 1679), of Swinton, Berwickshire.

: Berwickshire.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SWINTON, John (d. 1679), of Swinton, Berwickshire.

Will

died under forfeiture. Testament recorded 8 June 1680.NRS, CC15/5/7; Commisariot Recs. of Lauder, 48.

Estates

ancestral lands at Swinton (erected into barony in 1633) and Cranshaws, Berwickshire.Swintons of that Ilk, 57, 65. £400 p.a. (in reality £800 p.a.) from Musselburgh, Haddington Abbey and other lands of earl of Lauderdale, 1652-60.Reg. Gt. Seal Scot. 1652-9, p. 14; Add. 23113, f. 78; Nicoll Diary, 239. Salary of £300 p.a. as commr. for admin. justice, 1652-9 and £300 p.a. as Scottish councillor 1655-9.CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 239.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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