HALE, John (1614-91), of Bowringsleigh, West Alvington, Devon.

Family and Education

bap. 19 Mar. 1614, 1st s. of John Hale, Grocer, of Soper Lane, London and Harmer Green, Welwyn, Herts. and Elizabeth, da. of Humphrey Browne of Essex.Regs. St Pancras, Soper Lane (Harl. Soc. Reg. xliv), 148; Vis. Herts. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii), 61. m. by 1634, Anne, da. and coh. of Robert Halswell† of Goathurst, Som. 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. Mar. 1621.Regs. St Pancras, Soper Lane, 297. d. Sept. 1691.HP Commons 1660-90, ‘John Hale’.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), army of 3rd earl of Essex by 12 Aug. 1642; regt. of John Middleton by 25 Aug. 1643; maj. of horse, regt. of James Sheffield by 2 Sept. 1644–?45.SP28/1a/70; SP28/9/207; Symonds, Diary, 73. Maj. militia horse, regt. of Sir William Courtney, Devon Apr. 1660.Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 16 (9–16 Apr. 1660), 254 (E.183.3).

Local: j.p. Devon 4 Mar 1654–65, 1667 – 70, 1673–6.Devon RO, DQS 28/11. Recvr. of tithes, Devon and Cornw. 1655-Dec. 1659.E113/6, unfol. Commr. assessment, Devon 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Colonial: commr. inquiry into Newfoundland government, 1667.APC Col. i. 433.

Parlimentarian

HALE, John (1614-91), of Bowringsleigh, West Alvington, Devon.

: of Bowringsleigh, West Alvington, Devon.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HALE, John (1614-91), of Bowringsleigh, West Alvington, Devon.

Will

none found.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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