CLAPHAM, Christopher (1607-86), of Uffington, Lincs.

Family and Education

b. c. July 1607, 1st s. of George Clapham of Beamsley, Skipton, Yorks. and Martha (bur. 1 Nov. 1632), da. of Reginald Heber of Marton, Yorks.C142/529/143; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 475. m. (1) by 1627, Mary (d. 1 Aug. 1637), da. of John Lowden of Red Hall, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, Yorks. 2s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 14 May 1639, Margaret (d. 28 Jan. 1674), da. of Anthony Oldfield, attorney, of Spalding, Lincs., wid. of Robert Moyle, protonotary of c.p. of Twyford, Mdx. 4s. (2 ) 4da.; (3) 6 May 1678, Mary (d. 28 Nov. 1702), da. of Robert Needham†, 2nd Visct. Kilmorey [I], of Shavington, Salop, s.p.PROB11/385, f. 206; St Bartholomew the Less, London par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 475-6; Hunter’s Peds. ed. J. Walker (Harl. Soc. lxxxviii), 37-8. suc. fa. 14 Oct. 1629;C142/529/143. Kntd. 8 June 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 228. bur. 16 Aug. 1686 16 Aug. 1686.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 475.

Offices Held

Local: sub-commr. excise on beer, Yorks. (W. Riding) 25 Dec. 1650-aft. Mar. 1659.C7/435/36; Add. 21425, f. 37. Commr. assessment, Lincs., W. Riding 1 June 1660,An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR. Westmld. 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). poll tax, Lincs. (Kesteven), W. Riding, Westmld. 1660.SR. Capt. vol. horse, Lincs. 1660–?SP29/26/73, f. 107. J.p. W. Riding by Oct. 1660–11 July 1670, 5 July 1672–d.;C220/9/4; C231/7, pp. 373, 418. Kesteven by Oct. 1660–d.C220/9/4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Lincoln 10 Oct. 1661;C181/7, p. 121. swans, River Trent, Yorks. 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 299. subsidy, W. Riding 1663;SR. sewers, River Welland 18 July 1664;C181/7, p. 281. recusants, W. Riding 1675.CTB iv. 740. Dep. lt. Lincs. 1681–d.CSP Dom. 1680–1, p. 515. Sheriff, 13 Nov. 1682–12 Nov. 1683.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 81.

Civic: freeman, Stamford 16 Nov. 1658–?d.Stamford Town Hall, Hall Bk. 2, f. 3v.

Parlimentarian

CLAPHAM, Christopher (c.1608-86), of Uffington, Lincs.

: of Uffington, Lincs.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CLAPHAM, Christopher (1607-86), of Uffington, Lincs.

Will

5 May 1686, pr. 6 Dec. 1686.PROB11/385, f. 206.

Estates

in 1638, acquired manor of Barugh, Yorks.C54/3158/1. In 1639, acquired manor of West Twyford. Mdx. by marriage.C54/3211/2. In 1656, purchased, for £795, a moiety of lease of rectory of Aysgarth, Yorks. and, for £470, a messuage and lands in Stamford Baron and Pilsgate, Northants.E134/21CHAS2/EAST26; E134/23CHAS2/EAST 25; E134/23CHAS2/MICH12; Lincs. RO, PSJ/2/86; Lowther Fam. Estate Bks. ed. C.B. Phillips (Surt. Soc. cxci), 73-4, 243. In 1657, purchased a messuage in Appleby and, in 1657-8, property in Raygill, Bentham, Yorks.C54/3931/4; C54/3965/6; C54/4003/25. In 1658, his bro. and fa.-in-law purchased on his behalf, for £3,500, former royal manor of Wakefield from Sir Gervase Clifton*, which purchase the crown confirmed in 1661.C54/3975/30; H.J. Morehouse, Hist. and Topography of the Par. of Kirkburton (Huddersfield, 1861), 46-7; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 417; 1661-2, p. 38. By 1660, had acquired advowson of rectory of Dufton.IND1/17005, f. 4; CCC 2478. By 1675, leasing rectory of Tallington and manor house of Uffington, Lincs.Lincs. RO, PSJ/3/2/1/16. At his d. estate inc. manors of Clapham and Beamsley, Yorks. and 775 acres in Deeping Level, Lincs. (in all, worth £552 p.a.), and houses and lands in Stamford.C38/248/2 Mar. 1695 (duke of Rutland v. Chr. Clapham); PROB11/385, ff. 206v-207.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

presented Edward Preston to rectory of Dufton, Westmld. 1660; Simon Webster, 1661; James Buchanan, 1676; John Lindsey, 1680.IND1/17005, f. 4; Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 1155.

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