BAMPFYLDE, Thomas (c.1623-93), of the Middle Temple, London, and Exeter, Devon.

Family and Education

b. c. 1623, 8th s. of John Bampfylde† of Poltimore, Devon and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Drake of Buckland Monachorum; bro. of John Bampfylde*.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 40. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 15 May 1640 ‘aged 17’; M. Temple 28 Oct. 1642.Al. Ox.; MTR ii. 928. Unm. d. 8 Oct. 1693, s.p.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 40.

Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 8 June 1649;MTR ii. 979. associate bencher, 29 Apr. 1659.MTR iii. 1134.

Civic: dep. recorder, Exeter 2 Nov. 1652; retained counsel, 19 Apr. 1653; recorder, 18 Mar. 1654-Oct. 1660.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. x. ff. 12, 22, 44, 139.

Local: commr. assessment, Devon 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Exeter 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Devon, Exeter 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Devon 26 Sept. 1653–65, June 1688–9.C231/6, p. 267; Devon RO, DQS 28/10. Commr. charitable uses, Exeter 13 Dec. 1653;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CVIII. ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon and Exeter 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655, June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6 pp. 99, 378. poll tax, Devon 1660;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695. Dep. lt. Mar.-Oct. 1688. Commr. inquiry into recusancy fines, Cornw. Devon, Exeter and Dorset Mar. 1688.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Thomas Bampfield’.

Central: temporary Speaker, House of Commons, 16 Mar. – 15 Apr. 1659; Speaker, 15–22 Apr. 1659.CJ vii. 613b, 640a.

Parlimentarian

BAMPFIELD, Thomas (c.1623-93), of Exeter, Devon.

: London and Devon., Exeter.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BAMPFYLDE, Thomas (c.1623-93), of the Middle Temple, London, and Exeter, Devon.

Will

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Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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