TEMPLE, Sir Richard (1634-97), of Stowe, Bucks. and Burton Dassett, Warws.

Family and Education

b. 28 Mar. 1634, 1st. s. of Sir Peter Temple*, 2nd bt. of Stowe and 2nd w. Christian (d. 1655), da. and coh. of Sir John Leveson† of Whorne’s Place, Cuxton, Kent and Trentham, Staffs.CJ vii. 345a; Reg. of St Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. lxvi), 103; Nichols, Leics. iv. (pt. 2), 960. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 23 Dec. 1648; G. Inn 6 Nov. 1648.Al. Cant..; G. Inn Admiss. i. 249. m. 25 Aug. 1675 (with £4,000) Mary (bur. 15 May 1726), da.and coh. of Henry Knapp of Woodcote, South Stoke, Oxon. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.); suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 12 Sept. 1653; KB 23 Apr. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 164. d. 8 May 1697.HP Commons, 1690-1715, ‘Sir Richard Temple, 3rd bt.’

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Bucks. 18 Apr. 1652 – 12 July 1653, 1656 – 18 Aug. 1663, 1680 – Feb. 1688, Sept. 1688 -?d.; Warws. 30 Sept. 1653 – 18 Aug. 1663, 1680 – 90, 1692 – 96; Buckingham 11 Mar. 1654 – 19 Aug. 1663, 1689–d. Custos rot. 1658–?, 7 Nov. 1660–18 Aug. 1663, 1689–d.C181/6, pp. 22, 329; C181/7, p. 69; C231/6, pp. 235, 259, 268; C231/7, pp. 52, 213; HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Sir Richard temple’. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 22 June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 370. Norf. circ. June 1659–23 Jan. 1664;C181/6, p. 379; C181/7, pp. 13, 204. militia, Bucks. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Warws. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, Bucks. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Warws. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Oxon. 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – 94; Buckingham 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Westminster 1679, 1689 – d.; London 1689–94.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Col. militia ft. Bucks. Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir Richard Temple’. Commr. poll tax, Bucks., Warws. 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Bucks. c.Aug. 1660–3, 1680 – Feb. 1688, Nov. 1689–d.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir Richard Temple’. Commr. subsidy, Buckingham, Bucks., Warws. 1663.SR.

Household: carver or server to protector aft. Mar. 1655–9.Mems. of the Verney Fam. (2 vols. 1925), ii. 8; G.E. Aylmer, ‘Checklist of Central Officeholders’ (IHR Lib.).

Central: commr. for trade with Scotland, 7 Jan.1668;Bulstrode Papers (1897), 17. plantations, 30 May 1671–2;G. Davies, ‘The Political Career of Sir Richard Temple (1634–1697) and Buckingham Politics’, HLQ iv. 58–9. customs, 23 Mar. 1672.CTB iii. 1054.

Civic: steward, Buckingham 1684 – Feb. 1688, Nov. 1689–d.Bucks. RO, Buckingham corp. recs. 30, ff. 22, 28.

Parlimentarian

TEMPLE, Sir Richard, 3rd Bt. (1634-97), of Stowe, Bucks. and Burton Dassett, Warws.

: of Stowe, Bucks. and Warws., Burton Dassett.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

TEMPLE, Sir Richard (1634-97), of Stowe, Bucks. and Burton Dassett, Warws.

Will

22 Aug. 1683 (with later codicils), pr. 9 Nov. 1697.PROB11/441, f. 314v.

Estates

Patrimonial estate of Stowe and Burton Dassett, inc. 400a. of woodland at Westbury, near Stowe; inherited debts of his father’s, estimated at £24,000.E.F. Gay, ‘The Temples of Stowe and their Debts: Sir Thomas Temple and Sir Peter Temple, 1603-1653’, HLQ ii. 436. Settled with creditors for payment of £7,000; bought off £19,468 of principal debts to 104 creditors. Borrowed £9,659 on mortgages, 1656-July 1660; further borrowing of £4,500 on bonds, 1653-6.E.F. Gay, ‘Sir Richard Temple: the Debt Settlement and Estate Litigation, 1653-1675’, HLQ vi. 267, 270-3, 273.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

lodgings in Whitehall, Oct.1654.HEHL, Temple mss, Parliament, Box 1, letters to Temple, Oct. 1654.

Religion

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