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

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.

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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