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bap. 5 Sept. 1605, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of James Morton of Clifton, Severn Stoke, Worcs. and Jane, da. of William Cookes of Shiltwood, Tardebigge.Severn Stoke par. reg.; Vis.Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 72. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 30 June 1618, BA 1622, MA 1625;Al. Cant. Trinity Oxf. 26 Oct. 1621, MA 1625;Al. Ox. I Temple 24 Oct. 1622.I Temple Admiss. database. m. 8 Feb. 1630 Anne, da. of John Smith of Oxford, 4s. (3 d.v.p.), 5da. suc. fa. 1625.Wood, City of Oxford, iii. 202. Kntd. 8 Sept. 1643.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii, 216. d. 23 Sept. 1672.Temple Church MI; Register of Burials, Temple Church 1628-1853 (1905), 21.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I Temple 1630; auditor, 1637, 1656; bencher, 1659. Justice gt. sessions, Pembs. 1630.CITR 187, 231, 321, 333; Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 64. C.j. S. Wales circ. Aug. 1660–65. Sjt.-at-law, Mich. 1660 (Chancery Lane 1660–64, 1668–d.; Fleet Street 1664–68); king’s sjt. 1663–65.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 527. Assize judge, Norf. circ. June 1665-June 1668;C181/7, pp. 322, 422. Midland circ. June 1668;C181/7, p. 442. Home circ. Jan. 1669–d.C181/7, pp. 477, 610. J.k.b. 23 Nov. 1665–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 527.

Local: steward and j.p. liberty of Slaughter, Glos. 4 July 1633, 15 June 1637.C181/4, ff. 147, 160v; C181/5, f. 71; C231/5, p. 109. Commr. gaol delivery, 20 Feb. 1636, 15 June 1637;C181/5, ff. 40v, 71v. Worcester 9 Mar. 1638.C181/5, f. 100. J.p. Glos. 4 July 1637–?June 1644;C231/5, p. 272. Woodstock 20 Aug. 1660;C181/7, p. 30. Carm. 6 Sept 1660–27 Aug. 1666;C 231/ 7, p.36; NLW, WALES 4/720/6; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 172–3. Haverfordwest 11 Sept. 1660–18 July 1666;C231/7, p. 39; C181/7, pp. 50, 163; NLW, WALES 4/792/5; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 243–4. Oxon. by Oct. 1660–d.;C220/9/4. Card. by Oct. 1660–5 May 1666;C231/7, p. 282; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 198–9. Pemb. by Oct. 1660–20 Aug. 1666;C231/7, p. 289; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 221–3. Carmarthen by 8 Aug. 1662-bef. 27 Aug. 1666;NLW, WALES 4/720/4, 4/720/6; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 182. Mon. 27 July 1663–?66;C66/3022/20; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 363. Mdx. 1666–d.C231/7, p. 275. Sheriff, Glos. 1643–4.Harl. 6802 f. 84. Commr. impressment (roy.), 22 Nov., 30 Dec. 1643, 9 Jan., 25 Mar., 29 May 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 102, 117, 127, 172, 215. rebels’ estates (roy.), 3 Jan. 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 119. oyer and terminer. Oxf. circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 11, 613. Wales 8 Nov. 1661–d.;C181/7, p. 120. London 28 Nov. 1663–d.;C181/7, pp. 217, 602. Mdx. 17 Nov. 1664–d.;C181/7, pp. 293, 589. Norf. circ. 26 May 1665–22 May 1668;C181/7, pp. 323, 432. Midland circ. 22 May 1668;C181/7, p. 450. the Verge 26 Nov. 1668;C181/7, p. 456. Home circ. 23 Jan. 1669–d.;C181/7, pp. 478, 615. poll tax, Oxon. 1660; assessment, Oxon., Worcester 1661, 1664; Glos., Gloucester, Oxf. Univ., Carm., Pemb., Haverfordwest 1664; loyal and indigent officers, Glos., Oxon., Worcester 1662.SR. Counsel to Worcester dean and chapter, by 1663–?d.Worcester Cathedral Dean and Chapter Treasurer’s Register, 1611–69 ed. D. Morrison (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xxviii), 178, 216, 244, 308. Commr. subsidy, Glos., Gloucester, Oxon., Worcester, Carm., Haverfordwest 1663;SR. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 28 Nov. 1663–d.C181/7, pp. 217, 602.

Central: commr. officers deserting ct. of wards and liveries (roy.), 2 Feb. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 2.

Military: lt.-col. of horse (roy.), 1643–4. Gov. Sudeley Castle, Glos. 1643-June 1644.Corbet, ‘Historicall Relation’, 104; Clarendon, Hist. iii. 357.

Civic: recorder, Worcester Sept. 1660 – d.; Gloucester 1662–d. Freeman, Haverfordwest 1661.Old DNB; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir William Morton’.

Parlimentarian
MORTON, William (1605-72), of Winchcombe, Glos. and Hampden manor, Kidlington, Oxon.
: Glos. and Hampden manor, Oxon., Kidlington.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, attrib. G. Soest;I. Temple, London. oils, unknown.E. Dent, Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley (1877), 271.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

MORTON, William (1605-72), of Winchcombe, Glos. and Hampden manor, Kidlington, Oxon.

Will
26 Mar. 1672, pr. 3 March 1673.PROB11/342, f. 366.
Estates
Winchcombe Abbey site, 1644, possibly as tenant;W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum (8 vols. 1846), ii. 299n, 301. Madgehills farm, Severn Stoke, Worcs. bef. Sept. 1649 (when sold);Worcs. Archives, 705:550/ BA 4600/903/ii. at death Hampden manor, Kidlington, Oxon.; messuages in St Aldate’s, St Martin’s, St Ebbe’s parishes, Oxford; impropriate rectory of Yarnton, Oxon.; lands in Winchcombe and Sudeley, Glos., and in and near Worcester.PROB11/342, f. 366.
Oxford 1644
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