CLARGES, Thomas (1618-95), of The Strand, Westminster.

Family and Education

bap. 19 Dec. 1618,St Mary le Strand, Westminster, par. reg. o.s. of John Clarges of Drury Lane, Westminster, and Anne Leaver.King’s College: Officers and Graduates ed. P.J. Anderson (Aberdeen, 1893), 120; Aberdeen Council Letters III ed. L.B. Taylor (Oxford, 1952), 340. educ. appr. apothecary, Oxford ?c.1633-40;Wood, Life and Times, ii. 216. Aberdeen Univ. MD (h.c.) 1655.King’s College: Officers and Graduates, 120; Aberdeen Council Letters III, 340. m. 29 Sept. 1646, Mary, da. of George Procter of Norwell Woodhouse, Notts. 1s. suc. fa. 1648. kntd. 8 May 1660. d. 4 Oct. 1695.‘The Dictionary of National Biography’ BIHR vi. 189-90; Oxford DNB.

Offices Held

Professional: apothecary, c.1642-bef. 1646.Harl. 6804, ff. 202–4; Harl. 6852, ff. 41, 86, 90. Master, Apothecaries’ Co. London 1646–56.London Livery Co. Apprenticeship Regs. xxxii. 7, 14, 34, 37, 45.

Local: commr. assessment, Westminster 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Bucks. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Berks. 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Surr. 1672, 1677, 1679, 1692 – d.; Mdx., London 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Oxf. Univ. 1689 – d.; Lincs. 1690–2;SR. militia, Westminster 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, Mdx. 17 Aug. 1660, 19 Aug. 1667;C181/7, pp. 28, 409. Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660-aft. Jan. 1673.C181/7, pp. 37, 632. J.p. Mdx. Apr. 1662-Aug. 1671, 1689 – d.; Bucks., Westminster Apr. 1662 – Aug. 1671; Surr. Nov. 1667-Aug. 1671.C231/7, pp. 165, 315, 399. Commr. subsidy, Bucks., Mdx. 1663;SR. recusants, Mdx., Surr. 1675.CTB iv. 790–1. Bailiff, Oxf. 1687–8.HP Commons 1660–90.

Scottish: commr. assessment, Aberdeen 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. Agent, council of state and army, c.June 1658-Apr. 1659.TSP vii. 169, 283, 492, 563.

Irish: agent, council of state, c.June 1658-Apr. 1659.TSP vii. 169, 283, 492, 563. PC, 1663.CSP Ire. 1663–5, p. 49.

Central: commry.-gen. of musters, England and Scotland 7 Feb. 1660–1671.CJ vii. 835b. Clerk of the hanaper, 13 Mar.-June 1660.CJ vii. 873a. Commr. maimed soldiers, 1660–1.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 432. Dep. kpr. Hampton Ct. Aug. 1660–70. Commr. public accts. 1691–d.HP Commons 1660–90.

Parlimentarian

CLARGES, Thomas (c.1618-95), of Westminster and Stoke Poges, Bucks.

: Westminster.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CLARGES, Thomas (1618-95), of The Strand, Westminster.

Will

1 Oct. 1694, pr. 27 Nov. 1695.PROB11/428/384.

Estates

at d. owned lands and rectory at Stoke Poges, Bucks., land at Bitchfield, Lincs., property in St Michael Bassingshaw, London, and Stonebridge Field, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, houses in Piccadilly, Duke Street, Portugal Street and St James’s Square, Westminster; leased lands of Reading Abbey from queen dowager, and was mortgagor of Som. and Dorset lands of John Lord Stawell.PROB11/428/384. He also held lands in co. Galway.Add. 21424, f. 260; Bodl. Carte 32, f. 394; Oxford DNB. Total income in later life estimated at £6,000 p.a.Oxford DNB.

Oxford 1644

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