Family and Education
bap. 30 Jan. 1615, 1st surv. s. of Thomas Anlaby of Etton and 2nd w. Sarah, da. of Gervase Cressy of Birkin, wid. of Brian Hamond of Scarthingwell.Saxton in Elmet par reg.; Etton par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 141. educ. G. Inn 28 June 1631.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) by 1640, Susan, da. of Roger Beckwith of Aldborough, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Dorothy, da. of Sir Matthew Boynton* of Barmston, 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Etton par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 141. suc. fa. Aug. 1642;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 141. bur. 19 Dec. 1661 19 Dec. 1661.Etton par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Yorks. (E. Riding) 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards the relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Hull 17 Mar. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, E. Riding 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. N. Riding 10 Apr. 1644;LJ vi. 510b. levying of money, E. Riding 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. sewers by Apr. 1645-aft. Oct. 1659;Yorks. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xviii), 140; C181/6, pp. 46, 192, 299, 403. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645.A. and O. J.p. E. Riding by 1648-bef. Oct. 1660;Add. 29674, f. 149. N. Riding 6 Oct. 1653-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 270. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657–?Mar. 1660.C181/6, p. 196. Commr. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Hull 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. charitable uses, E. Riding 19 Sept. 1650;C93/20/27. Hull 8 Dec. 1651;Hull Hist. Cent. U DDHO/1/65; Yorks. Diaries ed. C. Jackson (Surt. Soc. lxv), 425. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 18, 376.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) Mar. 1642–4; lt. col. 1644–?May 1647.SP28/138, pt. 4, unfol.; SP28/189, pt. 1, unfol.; Jones, ‘War in north’, 368.

Civic: freeman, Scarborough 19 May 1647 – d.; bailiff, 30 Sept. 1652–3.Scarborough Recs. 1641–60 ed. M.Y. Ashcroft (N. Yorks. RO publications xlix), 98, 201

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650,CJ vi. 357b. 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652, 27 July 1653.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 1 Nov.-10 Dec. 1653.CJ vii. 344a.

: of Etton, Yorks.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1650-5.NT, Clandon Park (on loan from Lord Onslow).

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ANLABY, John (1615-61), of Etton, Yorks.

Will
admon. 24 Dec. 1661.Borthwick, Harthill Deanery Act Bk., f. 88v.
Estates
in the early 1630s his fa. was fined £30 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 67. In 1642, Anlaby inherited an estate that inc. manors of ‘Bargh’, Kirk Ella and West Ella, and Neswick, Yorks.C142/702/47. In 1653, purchased manor of Swaythorpe, Yorks., for £1,100, but may have sold it soon afterwards.HHC, U DDHO/38/2; U DDHO/70/8. In 1656, sold manor of West Ella for £316, and additional property there for £333.HHC, U DDKE/8/8-9. In 1658, purchased lease of capital messuage and farm of Arras, nr. Market Weighton, Yorks. from John Rushworth*, paying £80 p.a. rent.HHC, U DDEV/3/84. Left a personal estate valued at above £500.Borthwick, Harthill Deanery Act Bk., f. 88v.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
presented George Conyers to rectory of Etton, Yorks. 1651.Add. 36792, f. 27v.
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