EDWARDS, Richard (1604-57), of Henlow and Arlesey, Beds.

Family and Education

bap. 29 July 1604,IGI. 1st s. of Richard Edwards of Henlow, and Eleanor (d. 1667), da. of Thomas Manfield of Spaldwick, Hunts.Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 101-2; Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 290-1. educ. St John’s College, Cambridge, Easter 1620;Al. Cant. I. Temple, 13 Jan. 1620, called 15 June 1628.I. Temple database; CITR, ii. 168. m. 27 June 1626,St Benet, Paul’s Wharf, London, par. reg. Katherine (d. 1672), da. of Sir Henry Whithed† of Normans Court, Hants, 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da.Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 101-2; Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 290-1; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 6. suc. fa. 2 Oct. 1638.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 339 bur. 3 Sept. 1657 3 Sept. 1657.Al. Cant.; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 7.

Offices Held

Legal: sealer in chancery bef. 1627;E215/448. dep. registrar by 13 Nov. 1627-bef. 1652.E215/405/3; E215/410; SP18/23, f. 144; T.D. Hardy, A Catalogue of the Lords Chancellors (1843), 120.

Local: commr. loans on Propositions, Beds. 17 Sept. 1642;LJ v. 361a. additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643;A. and O. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for An Assessment (1653), 269 (E.1062.28). militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. J.p. Apr. 1649–d.C231/6, pp. 146, 385. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by 16 Nov. 1655.TSP, iv. 208.

Civic: freeman, Lymington 1645;King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 61, 189. Christchurch 31 July 1645.Christchurch Bor. Council, Min. Bk. p. 566.

Military: col. (parlian.) bef. Nov. 1645.Christchurch Bor. Council, Old Letters, no. 41.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

EDWARDS, Richard (1604-57), of Henlow and Arlesey, Beds.

: Beds.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

EDWARDS, Richard (1604-57), of Henlow and Arlesey, Beds.

Will

not found.

Estates

following d. of fa. in Oct. 1638, reversion of manor of Arlesley aft. d. of mo. (who outlived him); in the meantime, certain leases associated with the manor and with Fullers’ farm, and also to share ‘housekeeping’ at Arlesley with his mo.PROB11/178/328.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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