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Family and Education
bap. 10 Dec. 1602, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Henry Bradshaw (bur. 3 Aug. 1654) of Marple Hall, and Catherine (bur. 24 Jan. 1604), da. of Ralph Winnington of Offerton, Cheshire.St Mary, Stockport par. reg.; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 65; W. J. Andrew, ‘Bradshaw, the regicide’, N and Q cl. 462. educ. Bunbury g.s. Cheshire, Middleton g.s. Lancs.;Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 69, 74; R. L. Bradshaw, God’s Battleaxe (Manhattan Beach, CA, 2010), 29. G. Inn 26 May 1620.G. Inn Admiss. 160; J. G. Muddiman, ‘Bradshaw the regicide’, N and Q cl. 320. m. 3 Jan. 1638, Mary (d. bef. Oct. 1659), da. of Thomas Marbury of Marbury, Cheshire, s.p.‘John Bradshaw’, Oxford DNB; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 65. d. 31 Oct. 1659.The Works of the Hon. Robert Boyle ed. T. Birch (1772), vi. 131.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 23 Apr. 1627; ancient, 24 Nov. 1645; bencher, 19 May 1647.PBG Inn, i. 275, 354, 364. Att. co. palatine of Chester, Cheshire and Flint 7 June 1637–?SP46/127, f. 289; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. pt. 2, p. 844. Judge, London sheriffs’ ct. 21 Sept. 1643–d.LMA, COL/CC/01/01/40, f. 74v; Ath. Ox. iv. 25. C.j. Chester, Flint, Denb. and Mont. 16 Mar. 1647–10 Oct. 1653, c. Feb. 1654 – 1 Aug. 1656, 29 Sept. 1656–d.CJ v. 113b; vii. 277b, 319b; LJ ix. 75b; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 411; 1656–7, pp. 50, 117. Sjt.-at-law, 18 Oct. 1648–d.CJ vi. 50b; LJ x. 551a; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 188. Chan. duchy of Lancaster 28 July 1649–10 Oct. 1653, 5 Dec. 1658–d.CJ vi. 271a; PRO30/26/21, pp. 29–30, 44–5, 66–7; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 2. Commr. duchy of Lancaster seal, 17 Sept. 1653–1 Jan. 1654, 9 June 1654–?Dec. 1658. Judge, duchy of Lancaster 9 June 1654–?Dec. 1658.PRO30/26/21, pp. 61–2, 63; CJ vii. 320a; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. Somerville, 2; A. and O.

Local: steward, manor of Glossop 13 June 1630–?Cheshire RO, DDX 69/2; A. C. Gibson, ‘Original corresp. of the Lord President Bradshaw’, Trans. Historic Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, xiv. 44. Commr. charitable uses, Flint 12 July 1637;C192/1, unfol. Cheshire 25 Mar. 1657;C93/24/7. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, London 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.25 Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/5, ff. 230v, 265; C181/6, pp. 1, 356. Mdx. by Jan.- 15 May 1654, 17 Aug. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 3, 327. Midland, Northern, Oxf., Western circs. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 8, 10, 14, 17, 370, 374, 375, 377. Home, Norf. circs. c.June 1659;C181/6, pp. 372, 378. Peterborough 6 July 1659;C181/6, p. 368. St Albans liberty 3 Oct. 1659;C181/6, p. 397. commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644- aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 244, 265. Ely 2 Apr. 1655–d.;C181/6, pp. 100, 385. sewers, London and Mdx. 15 Dec. 1645, 13 Aug. 1657;C181/5, f. 266v; C181/6, p. 257. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 11 Feb. 1652 – 12 June 1654, 22 Sept. 1659–d.;C181/6, p. 388; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/9, 11. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–d.;C181/6, pp. 67, 398. River Wear, co. Dur. 29 July 1659;C181/6, p. 384. Kent and Surr. 1 Sept. 1659;C181/6, p. 386. precinct of St Katherine by the Tower, Mdx. 13 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 398. Haverfordwest, Pemb. 19 Oct. 1659;C181/6, p. 402. martial law in London, 3 Apr. 1646.A. and O. J.p. Denb. 22 Mar. 1647–d.;C231/6, pp. 84, 272. Flint, Mont. 22 Mar. 1647 – 13 Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–d.;C231/6, pp. 84, 196, 198, 271; C193/13/6. Cheshire 9 June 1647–d.;C231/6, p. 196; Cheshire RO, DAR/I/29, pp. 25, 27. Lancs. 1 Sept. 1649–4 Mar. 1653;Lancs. RO, QSC/51–4. all commns. England by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–d.;C193/13/3, 6. Wales. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653;C193/13/3. Westminster 15 Feb. 1650–d.;C231/6, p. 174. Haverfordwest by 15 Sept. 1651 – 15 Mar. 1655, 19 Oct. 1659–d.;C181/6, p. 402; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 141. Camb. 8 Sept. 1659–d.;C181/6, p. 387. St Albans liberty 3 Oct. 1659–d.C181/6, p. 396. Gov. King James Hosp. Charterhouse, Mdx. 18 May 1650.Cheshire RO, DDX 69/14; Gibson, ‘Original corresp.’, 58–9. Custos rot. Westminster 15 Feb. 1650–d.;C231/6, p. 174. Cheshire 13 Apr. 1653–d.;C231/6, p. 256. Staffs. ?-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/4, f. 89v. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, Cheshire by Nov. 1655;Cheshire RO, DLT/B38, p. 10; DSS/1/7/66/70. Westminster militia, 28 June 1659; militia, Bristol, Cheshire, Hants, Kent, Mdx., Staffs., Wilts., Anglesey, Caern., Denb., Flint, Merion., Mont. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Congleton 1633–?d.;Congleton Town Council, Congleton Acct. Bk. 1584–1637, unfol. steward, 1633-c.May 1656;Congleton Town Council, Congleton Order Bk. 1655–1815, unfol. mayor, 1637–8.Congleton Town Council, Congleton Acct. Bk. 1584–1637; Congleton Order Bk. 1554–1699, unfol. Counsellor-at-law, Stafford 2 June 1639–8 June 1640.Staffs. RO, D1323/E/1, f. 243. Steward, Newcastle-under-Lyme 31 Aug. 1641–d.Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 305, 334; Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 216.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 21 Nov. 1653.A. and O. Ld. pres. high ct. of justice, 10 Jan. 1649.Muddiman, Trial, 66–7. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652, 19 May 1659. Ld. pres. council of state, 10 Mar. 1649–26 Nov. 1651.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 32; CJ vii. 43b. Commr. for indemnity, 18 June 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almhouses, 26 Sept. 1649. Commr. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652.A. and O. Commr. gt. seal, 4 June-21 Oct. 1659.CJ vii. 671b; CCSP iv. 417.

Parlimentarian
BRADSHAWE, John (1602-59), of Marple Hall, Stockport, Cheshire, and the Deanery, Westminster Abbey.
: Stockport, Cheshire and the Deanery, Westminster Abbey.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1660;Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, Buxton, Derbys. oil on canvas, double portrait with Hugh Peters, circle of W. Dobson;Helmingham Hall, Suff. line engraving, M. Vandergucht, 1713.BM; NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BRADSHAWE, John (1602-59), of Marple Hall, Stockport, Cheshire, and the Deanery, Westminster Abbey.

Will
22 Mar. 1654, cod. 23 Mar. 1654, 10 Sept. 1655, pr. 16 Dec. 1659.PROB11/296, f. 302.
Estates
in 1631, Bradshawe’s fa. was assessed at £10 for distraint of knighthood.‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ ed. J. P. Earwaker (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 207. In 1649, Parliament settled lands worth £2,000 p.a. on Bradshawe from the forfeited estates of Francis Lord Cottington, in Berks., Hants, Kent, Mdx., Som. and Wilts. Inc. manor of Fonthill Gifford, Wilts., Freemantle Park, Hants, manor of Hanworth, Mdx. and manor, advowson and tithes of Feltham, Mdx.; and also Summer Hill Park and Tunbridge Park, Kent, sequestered from the earl of Clanricarde.CCC 146, 439; VCH Mdx. ii. 316, 318, 393. In 1650, the governors of Westminster school granted him the lease of the Deanery, Westminster Abbey, paying a rent (from 1654) of £30 p.a.J. A. Robinson, The Abbot’s House at Westminster (Notes and docs. rel. to Westminster Abbey iv), 14, 66-73; Bradshaw, God’s Battleaxe, 359-63. In 1651, he purchased former crown property of Dunworth Hundred, including village of Tisbury, Wilts. and, for £186, a fee farm rent in Wilts. worth 14 p.a.SP28/288, f. 46; VCH Wilts. xiii. 91, 214. In 1654, estate inc. manors and lands in Berks., Hants, Kent, Mdx., Som. and Wilts. And lease of the Deanery, Westminster Abbey.Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 73-4. By 1659, inc. Fallowes Hall, Nether Alderley, Cheshire.E178/6162. At his death, estate reckoned to be worth £6,000 p.a.Works of Robert Boyle ed. Birch, vi. 131.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Gray’s Inn, Mdx. (1644);Belvoir, QZ.5, f. 1. Basinghall Street, London (1644-5);Cheshire RO, DDX 69/6, 10, 11; Gibson, ‘Original corresp.’, 51, 53. chamber in Westminster College (Jan. 1659).JRL, Legh of Lyme corresp., Letters to Richard Legh, misc. corresp. 1636-87: Bradshawe to Mr Jackson of Nantwich, 22 Jan. 1659; Newton, House of Lyme, 199.
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