PERCIVAL, John (d. 1644), of King’s Lynn, Norf.

Family and Education

?s. of Timothy Percival and Mary Gap.Keeler, Long Parl. 303. educ. appr. King’s Lynn.Cal. of the Freemen of Lynn 1292-1836 (Norwich, 1913), 135. m. (1) 13 Nov. 1617, Margery, da. of John Atkin, mercer and ald. of King’s Lynn, 1da.;Keeler, Long Parl. 303. (2) 25 Sept. 1633, Judith, da. of Oliver St John of Keysoe, Beds. 1s. 2da.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 221; PROB11/252/409. d. Aug. 1644.Keeler, Long Parl. 303n.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, King’s Lynn 1608; common councilman, 1618; alderman, 1623;Cal. of the Freemen of Lynn, 135; King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/9, f. 128; Keeler, Long Parl. 303. mayor, 1630 – 31, 1639; dep. mayor, Oct. 1643.Keeler, Long Parl. 303; CJ iii. 271b. Freeman, Camb. 1626.Keeler, Long Parl. 303.

Local: commr. sewers, Bedford Level 1631;S. Wells, Hist. of the Drainage of the Great Level (1830), ii. 28. subsidy, King’s Lynn 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. sequestration, Norf. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Oct. 1643–d.CJ iii. 287a.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Jan. 1643.CJ ii. 920a.

Parlimentarian

PERCIVAL, John (d. 1644), of King’s Lynn, Norf.

: of King’s Lynn, Norf.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PERCIVAL, John (d. 1644), of King’s Lynn, Norf.

Will

9 July 1644, cod. 23 July 1644, pr. 7 Feb. 1656.PROB11/252/409.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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