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b. 21 Apr. 1604, 1st surv. s. of Barne Roberts (d.1610) of Willesden and Anne, da. of Sir William Glover, Dyer and alderman, of Farringdon, London.K.J. Valentine, ‘The Roberts Family of Willesden’, Trans. London and Mdx Arch. Soc. xxxvi. 185-6; F. Grigson, ‘Pedigree of Roberts of Willesden, co. Mdx’, The Gen. v. 300-7. educ. Queens’, Camb. 7 May 1622, Emmanuel, Camb. 12 Oct. 1622; G. Inn 7 Aug. 1622.Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. i. 167. m. 22 Feb. 1624, Eleanor (d. Nov. 1678), da. and h. of Robert Aty of Kilburn Priory, Mdx., 9s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.).The Gen. v. 300-7. Kntd. 18 May 1624.Shaw, Knights of Eng ii. 184. suc. gdfa. 1631.The Gen. v. 300-7; PROB11/160/635. d. 19 Sept. 1662.Lysons, Environs iii. 623.
Offices Held

Central: commr. execution of archery act, 5 May 1637;CSP Dom. 1637, p. 66. for maintenance of army, 26 Mar. 1644. Contractor, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Nov. 1646; sale of dean and chapter lands, 30 Apr. 1649, 4 May 1654; sale of crown lands, 16 July 1649; sale of royal forests, 30 Aug. 1654. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 13 June 1654. Trustee, fee farm rents, 11 Mar. 1650; sale of crown lands, 31 Dec. 1652.A. and O. Commr. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 74a. removing obstructions, sale of confiscated lands, 1 Apr. 1652. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653. Commr. to inspect treasuries, 28 July, 31 Dec. 1653.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 317. Cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344a. Commr. arrears of excise, 29 Dec. 1653;A. and O. improvement of customs, Dec. 1653;CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 316, 425; 1654, p. 342; 1655, p. 51. appeals and regulating excise, 17 Mar. 1654; prohibiting planting of tobacco, 11 Apr. 1654.A. and O. Jt. auditor of the receipt, 31 Aug. 1654; auditor, 1655-c.June 1660.Officers of the Exchequer, ed. Sainty (L. and I. xviii, 1983), 207; E403/2523. Commr. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654;A. and O. for accts. 24 Nov. 1655.C231/6, p. 320; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 14. Auditor, wine licences, Nov. 1655.Aylmer, State’s Servants, 252. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 18 Mar. 1641-at least Mar. 1643, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 437; C193/13/3, f. 41v; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 23. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). oyer and terminer, Mdx. 30 Nov. 1641 – aft.Jan. 1645, by Jan. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 213v, 246v; C181/6, pp. 3, 327. London by Jan. 1654–19 May 1659.C181/6, pp. 2, 352. Dep. lt. Mdx. by 20 Dec. 1642–?CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 417. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644;A. and O. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 2 Aug. 1648;A. and O.; LJ x. 412a. New Model ordinance, Mdx. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, 15 Oct. 1645, 31 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/5, f. 262; C181/6, pp. 4, 200. Mdx. and Westminster 7 July 1657-aft. Oct. 1658;C181/6, pp. 244, 319. militia, Mdx. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–19 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 2, 352. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mdx. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Mdx. and Westminster by Jan. 1656.TSP iv. 406.

Parlimentarian
ROBERTS, Sir William (1604-62), of Neasden, Willesden, Mdx.
: of Neasden, Mdx., Willesden.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ROBERTS, Sir William (1604-62), of Neasden, Willesden, Mdx.

Will
2 Aug. 1662, pr. 27 Nov. 1662.PROB11/309/474.
Estates
inherited estate in and around Willesden, Mdx; owned lands in Acton by 1646;VCH Mdx vii. 18. purchased manor of Neasden (crown lands), c.1649;Lysons, Environs iii. 613. prebends of Neasden, Oxgate, Harlesden and Chambers (Westminster Abbey), c.1651;VCH Mdx vii. 211, 216-17; Stowe 862, f. 38. manor of Witherington, Northants (bishop of Peterborough), for £1,077 on 23 Mar. 1649;Bodl. MS Rawl. B.239, p. 27. also manor of Combe in Newington, Surr.; purchased Hayes Park Hall, Mdx, 1658;VCH Mdx iv. 27. official salaries in 1658 estimated as £900 p.a.A Narrative of the Late Parliament (Feb. 1658), 16 (E.935.5).
Oxford 1644
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