HORNER, Sir John (1576-1659), of Mells, Som.

Family and Education

b. 1576, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Horner of Cloford, Som. being 1st s. with 2nd w. Jane, da. of Sir John Popham, c.j.k.b. 1592-1607, of Wellington, Som.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 57; ‘Family of Horner, co. Som.’, Mis. Gen. et Her. n.s. iv. 162. educ. M. Temple 23 Jan. 1594.MT Admiss. i. 65. m. by 1603, Anne (d. 1666), da. of Sir George Speke of White Lackington, Som. 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.).Vis. Som. 1623, 57, 103; Collinson, Som. ii. 464; ‘Family of Horner’, 162-4. suc. fa. 1612;Cloford par. reg. p. 67. Kntd. 7 July 1614.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 154. d. 25 Oct. 1659.Collinson, Som. ii. 464.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Som. 1614–d.C66/1988, dorse; Q. Sess. Recs. ed. E. Bates-Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxviii), pp. xxi. 4. Sheriff, 1614–15, 1644–5.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1641.C212/22/20–3. Collector, privy seal loan, 1625–6.E401/2586, p. 264; APC 1626, p. 168. Commr. Forced Loan, Som., Bath 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 49v, 89v. disafforestation, Selwood Forest, Som. amd Wilts. 1627;Coventry Docquets, 57. enclosure, Sedgemoor, Som. 1628.CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 327. Jt. clerk, castle, town and lordship of Taunton, Som. ?-1628.Collinson, Som. iii. 228. Commr. swans, Hants and western cos. 1629;C181/4, f. 2v. depopulations, Som. 1632, 1635, 1636;C181/5, ff. 1, 22; Coventry Docquets, 57. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 27 Jan., 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. 1642–5.D. Underdown, Som. in the Civil War and Interregnum (Newton Abbot, 1973), 29; A. and O. i. 139. Commr. loans on Propositions, 20 July 1642;LJ v. 226a. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644;A. and O. sewers, 15 Nov. 1645-aft. Jan. 1646;C181/5, ff. 263, 268. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

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

Parlimentarian

HORNER, Sir John (1576-1659), of Mells, Som.

: of Mells, Som.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, follower of R. Walker, 1640-59.Mells Manor, Som.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HORNER, Sir John (1576-1659), of Mells, Som.

Will

undated, pr. 2 May 1660.PROB11/298/521.

Estates

owned extensive estates in and around Mells; said to have been worth £1,000 p.a.Symonds, Diary, 32.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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