BRESSIE, Benjamin (d. aft. 1670), of Dolphinston, Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire.

Family and Education

Military: lt. Capt. John Savage’s troop, Edward Whalley’s* regt. of horse, bef. Apr. 1649;M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (2015-16), i. 144. capt. by Sept. 1649.CCC 149.

Offices Held

Civic: burgess and guildbrother, Edinburgh 19 July 1654.Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses, 1406–1700 ed. C. Watson (Edinburgh, 1929), 71.

Scottish: sub-commr. for salt excise, south of River Forth 27 May 1657.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke xlviii, unfol.: 27 May 1657.

Parlimentarian

BRESSIE, Benjamin (d. aft. 1670), of Dolphinston, Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire.

: of Dolphinston, Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BRESSIE, Benjamin (d. aft. 1670), of Dolphinston, Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire.

Will

Estates

leased coal fields and salt pans of Dysart, for 1 year from 1 May 1652;Edinburgh City Archives, Moses’ Bundle 32, no. 1312. purchased Dolphinston barony, including Preston Grange and saltpans, 28 July 1654 (sold Nov. 1655);Reg. Gt. Seal Scot. 1652-9, p. 147. Kinneil barony, with coalmines and saltpans, purchased from George Monck*, 27 July 1654 (sold 1 Nov. 1655).C107/25, unfol.: Monck declaration, 27 Aug. 1656; C107/26, unfol.: indenture, 27 July 1654.

Oxford 1644

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