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b. c. 1593, 1st s. of Leonard Wastell of Scorton, and Anne, da. of Edward Danby of Kirby Knowle, Yorks.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 254-5. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 11 Feb. 1611;Al. Cant. G. Inn 13 May 1613.G. Inn Admiss. m. (settlement 2 Feb. 1627), Anne (d. 1 Apr. 1665), da. of John Robinson of Hackforth, Hornby, Yorks., 2s. (1 d.v p.) 3da.N. Yorks. RO, ZBL I/1/1/117; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 255; MI, Bolton-on-Swale. suc. fa. 25 Sept 1630.N. Yorks. RO, ZBL I/1/1/245. d. 4 Dec. 1659.MI, Bolton-on-Swale.
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steward, Northallerton by 1625–?J.L. Saywell, Hist. and Annals of Northallerton (Northallerton, 1885), app. xxxi. Commr. charitable uses, Northumb. 22 Dec. 1630;C192/1, unfol. Yorks. 22 Apr. 1651;C93/21/13. Ripon 5 May 1653;C93/22/14. Yorks. (N. Riding) 13 Nov. 1658.C93/25/1. J.p. N. Riding 23 Jan. 1632–d.;C231/5, p. 78. liberties of Ripon by Oct. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 66, 283. co. Dur. 20 Mar. 1655–d.C231/6, p. 306. Commr. sewers, N. Riding 23 Apr. 1632;C181/4, f. 114. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral by Dec. 1634;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 72. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. E. Riding 10 Apr. 1644;LJ vi. 510b. levying of money, N. Riding 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644–?;C 181/5, f. 246. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 57, 309. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Riding 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 101. liberties of Ripon 24 Mar. 1658.C181/6, p. 283. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536.

recorder, Ripon, 1626–d.;N. Yorks. RO, DC/RIC II 1/1/2, p. 220. Richmond c.Aug. 1627–14 Sept. 1659.N. Yorks. RO, DC/RMB III/1/1/1, unfol. (mic. 2208); DC/RMB II/1/1, unfol. (mic. 620).

master in chancery extraordinary, 1 Apr. 1642–d.C231/5, p. 516.

col. of ft. (parlian.) by late 1644-aft. July 1645.A Diary, or an Exact Journall no. 33 (26 Dec. 1644–2 Jan. 1645), sig. Gg4v (E.23.12); The Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer no. 109 (15–23 July 1645), 872 (E.293.21). Col. militia ft. N. Riding 1 June 1648-May 1649.Packets of Letters no. 12 (6–12 June 1648), 6 (E.446.3); SP18/71/55xi, f. 147; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 135.

Parlimentarian
WASTELL, John (c.1593-1659), of Scorton, Bolton-on-Swale, Yorks.
Bolton-on-Swale, Yorks.
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Commons 1640-1660
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WASTELL, John (c.1593-1659), of Scorton, Bolton-on-Swale, Yorks.

Will
8 July 1659, pr. 10 Aug. 1660.Abstracts of Yorks. Wills ed. Clay, 166.
Estates
in 1630, inherited estate comprising manor of Scorton and mansion house, cottages and a watermill there.N. Yorks. RO, ZBL I/1/1/117; ZBL I/1/1/245. In 1630-1, he and two other gent. purchased lands in Burneston, Exelby and Theakston, Yorks. for £2,976.C54/2837/5, 8; C54/2880/31. In 1648, he and James Danby* purchased church lands in Northallerton for £102.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 8. By 1649, reportedly owned lead mines at Marrick, Yorks. worth £1,500 p.a.The Countrey Committees Laid Open (1649), 4 (E.558.11). In 1651, he and Henry Darley* purchased borough of Northallerton for £237 from trustees for sale of church lands.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 291. At his d. estate inc. property at Saltholme, Yorks.Abstracts of Yorks. Wills ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. ix), 166.
Oxford 1644
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