HUMFREY, John (c.1622-c.1663), of London.

Colonial: member, military coy. of Massachusetts, 1641.O.A. Roberts, Hist. of the Military Co. of the [sic] Massachusetts, now called The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Coy. (4 vols. Boston, 1895–1901), i. 116.

Local: commr. apprehending dangerous persons, Southwark 6 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 707a. martial law in London, 3 Apr. 1646; Southwark militia, 9 Sept. 1647, 14 Apr. 1648, 19 July 1649; Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, London, Westminster, Mdx. and Surr. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mdx. 28 Aug. 1654; assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: maj. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of John Birch*, Aug. 1644; lt.-col. c.1645.CSP Dom. 1644, p. 450; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Col. of supernumeraries, 1647–9.Worcs. Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXVII, n.p.; LXIX, n.p. Capt. of dragoons, regt. of John Okey* by Aug. 1649-Sept. 1651.Worcs. Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXVII, f. 26; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 82. Col. of indep. tp. of dragoons, Scotland by Apr. 1654; col. of ft. W. I. June 1655-Oct. 1656.Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 83; Henry Cromwell Corresp. 55; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 722–3; TSP v. 476. Capt. regt. of Sir William Lockhart*, Dunkirk 1658–?59.TSP vii. 278.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644. Trustee, sale of goods of royal family, 4 July 1649; contractor, 6 July 1649. Trustee, sale of fee farm rents, 11 Mar. 1650.A. and O. Co-farmer, inland excise, Devon and Cornw. 29 Sept.-25 Dec. 1651.E351/1296, m. 22. Judge for causes, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653. Trustee, maintenance of preaching ministers, 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O.