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Family and Education
b. c. 1590, s. of Simon Aldworth of Reading, Berks. merchant. educ. appr. 27 May 1605 to John Doughty† of Bristol, mercer and alderman.Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 185v. m. Mary, da. of John Doughty, 3s. 3da.Bristol RO, 09459(3)g. d. 2 Aug. 1655.Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 243; All Saints par. reg.
Offices Held

Religious: churchwarden, All Saints, Bristol 1624–5.Bristol RO, P/AS/Chw/3(a).

Civic: burgess, Bristol 11 Sept. 1624;Bristol RO, 04359/2, f. 140. common cllr. 8 Sept. 1625–d.;Bristol RO, 04264/2, f. 129v. sheriff, 1627–8;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 168. auditor, 1631 – 33, 1639 – 42; supervisor, pauper children and coals, 1634 – 36; highways, 1636 – 38; free sch. 1637 – 38; charity money, 1639 – 41; asst. orphans ct. 1638 – 39, 1639–41.Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 34, 53, 71, 79, 87, 94, 107, 115, 123; 04264/4, p. 126. Member, cttee. for defence of city, 15 Aug. 1642-July 1643.Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 123. Mayor, 1642–3; alderman, 1 Nov. 1645–d.;Bristol RO, 04264/4, p. 126. constable of staple, 1646; clavenger, 1646; surveyor, city lands, 1646.Bristol RO, 04264/4, p. 131.

Mercantile: member, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 1628 – d.; treas. 1630 – 31; asst. 1638 – 39, 1639 – 40, 1653 – 54; warden, 1641–2.Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bk. of Charters I, pp. 64, 113, 129, 131, 135, 157.

Local: capt. militia ft. Bristol 16 Feb. 1630–9 Oct. 1640.Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 20v, 108. Commr. assessment, Bristol 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Bristol, 28 Oct. 1645;A. and O. Bristol militia, 22 June 1648;LJ x. 341b. militia, 2 Dec.1648, 14 Mar. 1655;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79. waste of timber, Forest of Dean 26 Mar. 1649;CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 54. propagation of the gospel, Bristol 14 July 1651.Records of a Church of Christ ed. Hayden, 103. Check of customs, Bristol by June 1652–?d.E351/653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646;CJ iv. 545b. cttee. of navy and customs by 8 Feb. 1647;Add. 22546, f. 13v; CJ v. 385b. cttee. for excise, 5 Jan. 1648;CJ v. 416b; LJ ix. 639b. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591a.

Parlimentarian
ALDWORTH, Richard (c.1590-1655), of Bristol.
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Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1646;Reading Museum, Reading; private colln. line engraving, unknown, 1816.BM.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ALDWORTH, Richard (c.1590-1655), of Bristol.

Will
10 Dec. 1654.Bristol RO, 09459/3(g).
Estates
with John Doughty held 80 acres of Langstone moor, Mon. by 1622;Bradney, Hist. Mon. iii, pt. 2, 192; iv, pt. 2, 203. from 1637, properties in Duck Lane, St Mark’s Lane, Cutlers’ Mill (St James par.) and Broad St. Bristol.Bristol RO, 09459/3b. At d. property at Long Ashton, Som., Ashley, Glos.; houses in Broad St. and St John’s, Bristol and at Siston, Glos. Fee farm rents, College Green, Bristol; Redcliffe Mead manor, Biddisham, Som.Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 243. Salary of £100 as check of Bristol customs.E351/653.
Oxford 1644
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