STEELE, William (1610-80), of Hatton Garden, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 19 Aug. 1610, 1st s. of Richard Steele of Sandbach, Cheshire and Finchley, Mdx. and Laetitia, da. of one Shaw.Harl. 2040, f. 240; J.P. Earwaker, Hist. of Sandbach (1890), 17-20. educ. Chester sch.; Caius, Camb. 25 Sept. 1627;Al. Cant. G. Inn 13 June 1631.G. Inn Admiss. i. 193. m. (1) 15 May 1638, Elizabeth (d. aft. 1641), da. of Richard Godfrey† of Wye, Kent, 1s.; (2) aft. Jan. 1643, Mary (d. Feb. 1691), da. of John Mellish, Merchant Taylor, of London, wid. of Michael Harvey, merchant, of London 2s. 2da. (2 d.v.p.).Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. ii. 384-5; ser. 2, iii. 329-31; Regs. of St Helen’s Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. xxxi), 295; G.A. Aitken, Life of Richard Steele (2 vols., 1889), 350. bur. 8 Oct. 1680 8 Oct. 1680.Add. 18730, f. 76.

Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 23 June 1637;Pension Bk. of G. Inn, ed. R.J. Fletcher (1901), i. 329. bencher, 19 Nov. 1649.Pension Bk. of G. Inn i. 373. Att.-gen. 10 Jan.-9 Apr. 1649.Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 229; Whitelocke, Mems. iii. 11. Recorder, London 25 Aug. 1649–1 June 1655.Recorders of the City of London, 13. Counsel for the commonwealth, cttee. for compounding, 26 Feb. 1650.CCC 178. Sjt.-at-law, 25 Jan. 1654-June 1660.CJ vii. 700a; Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 413, 489. Assize judge, Home circ. Feb. 1655;C181/6, p. 83. Northern circ. July 1655;C181/6, p. 113 Oxf. circ. Mar. 1656;C181/6, p. 136 Western circ. June 1656.C181/6, p. 162. C. bar. exch. 28 May 1655–26 June 1658. Ld. chan. [I] 20 Aug. 1656-Jan. 1660.Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 407.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Trustee, maintenance of preaching ministers, 8 June 1649, 5 Apr. 1650, 2 Sept. 1654; sale of crown lands, 16 July 1649, 31 Dec. 1652. Asst. corporation propagating gospel in New England, 27 July 1649. Trustee, sale of fee farm rents, 11 Mar. 1650. Commr. high ct. of justice, 20 Mar. 1650, 13 June 1654;A. and O. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 74a. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653. Trustee, sale of forests, 30 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Commr. policies of assurances, 6 Nov. 1654.C181/6, p. 71. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. sub.-cttee. readmission of Jews, 15 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 23. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100. cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 366.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, London 25 Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–1 Oct. 1658;C181/5, f. 265; C181/6, pp. 2, 266. Mdx. by Jan. 1654–11 Oct. 1658;C181/6, pp. 3, 129. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–12 Feb. 1656;C181/6, pp. 13, 124. Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655, 23 June 1656;C181/6, pp. 98, 166. Northern circ. 4 July 1655;C181/6, p. 122. Oxf. circ. 12 Feb. 1656;C181/6, p. 141. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 25 Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–1 Oct. 1658;C181/5, f. 265; C181/6, pp. 2, 266. Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 28 May 1655;C181/6, p. 104. sewers, London 15 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 266v. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–7 July 1657;C181/6, pp. 68, 174. martial law, London 3 Apr. 1646.A. and O. J.p. Essex 20 Sept. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–57; Kent, Mdx., Surr. 20 Sept. 1649–57; Westminster Dec. 1652–57. Dec. 1652C231/6, pp. 165–6, 248; C193/13/4, f. 35v; C193/13/6, ff. 32, 44, 54v, 85, 113v. Commr. assessment, London 10; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; London militia, 15 Feb. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 43. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). nisi prius, Bristol 30 June 1656; Southampton 4 July 1656.C181/6, pp. 161, 174.

Irish: cllr. of state, 27 Aug. 1654.T.C. Barnard, Cromwellian Ireland (Oxford, 1975), 18. Commr. Ireland, 7 July 1659.CJ vii. 674a.

Parlimentarian

STEELE, William (1610-80), of Hatton Garden, Mdx.

: of Hatton Garden, Mdx.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown.Harvard Law School, Camb. Mass.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

STEELE, William (1610-80), of Hatton Garden, Mdx.

Will

18 Sept. 1680, pr. 19 Oct. 1680.PROB11/364/149.

Estates

purchased Burton in Warrall, 22 Mar. 1650 for £534;Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 289. Bidstone manor, Cheshire, 1651 (sold 1661); Weston near Crewe (n.d.);Aitken, Richard Steele ii. 349. Upton manor, Cheshire, 6 June 1654.CCC 1118.

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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