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bap. 5 Feb. 1597, 3rd s. of Thomas Walker (d. 23 Feb. 1629), merchant and mayor of Exeter and Margery (d. 1622), da. of John Baker of Thorncombe, Devon.St Mary Arches, Exeter par. reg.; B.F. Cresswell, Exeter Churches (Exeter, 1908), 96. educ. appr. to Thomas Amye, merchant of Exeter, c. 1615.Exeter Freemen, 122. m. (1) 1622, Margaret (d. 10 Dec. 1629), da. of John Parkins, merchant, of Dorchester, Dorset s.p.; (2) 19 May 1630, Mary (d. 3 Sept. 1685), da. of William Cotton, precentor of Exeter Cathedral, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). d. 23 Aug. 1673.Cresswell, Exeter Churches, 103, 106; St Mary Arches, Exeter par. regs.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Exeter 3 June 1622; bailiff, 1626 – 27; common councilman, 1628 – 16 June 1646, June 1660 – d.; recvr. 1633 – 34; sheriff, 1634 – 35; mayor, 1639 – 40; alderman and j.p. 4 Jan. 1642–?3, 21 Nov. 1643 – 16 June 1646, June 1660–d.Exeter Freemen, 122; R. Izacke, Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter (1734), 54, 151, 155; Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. viii. ff. 128v, 154, 176v.

Local: treas. French Co. of Exeter merchants, 1630 – 31; gov. 1635–6.W.B. Stephens, ‘The Officials of the French Company of Exeter in the Early Seventeenth Century’, Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xxvii. 112–13. Dep. lt. Exeter 26 Apr. 1638–?, 9 Dec. 1663–?, 1670–d.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, XCXX, CIX. Commr. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Devon and Exeter 13 June 1638;C181/5, f. 109v. tendering oaths of supremacy and allegiance, 7 Feb. 1641;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CIII. oyer and terminer, 8 July 1641;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CII. subsidy (roy.), 30 Mar. 1644;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CVI. surrender of Exeter (roy.), 1 Apr. 1646;The Agreement (1646), 3 (E.333.7). poll tax, Exeter 1660; assessment, 1661, 1664, 1672; Devon 1661; subsidy, Exeter 1663.SR.

Religious: feoffee, St Mary Arches parish, Exeter 14 June 1637–d.Devon RO, 332A/PF 49A.

Parlimentarian
WALKER, Robert (c.1597-1673), of Exeter, Devon.
: of Exeter, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WALKER, Robert (1597-1673), of Exeter, Devon.

Will
10 Feb. 1663, cods. 1 Oct. 1664, 20 Dec. 1664, 23 Aug. 1673, pr. 24 Nov. 1673.PROB11/343/351.
Estates
at death held lands in Bridford (inc. Laylode Barton and 22 acres of woodland) and Topsham, Christow, Devon; St Mary More, St Paul, St Olave and St Sidwell parishes, Exeter; Treveglos Barton, St Merryn, and lease of Egloshayle rectory, Cornw.PROB11/343/351.
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