MARTYN, Gabriel (d. 1694), of Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. s. and h. of Edward Marten ( c.1586) of Upham and Mary (d. 1667).Aldbourne par. reg. educ. M. Temple, 9 May 1632.MT Admiss. i. 126. m. 29 July 1639, Dorothy Lambert (bur. 3 Feb. 1677); at least 4s. (2 d.v.p.).Stratton St Margaret, Aldbourne and Swindon, Christ Church, par. regs.; Wilts RO, 348/II/16; VCH Wilts. ix. 122. suc. fa. May 1667. bur. 19 Mar. 1694 19 Mar. 1694.Aldbourne par. reg.

Offices Held

lt. of horse (parlian.), tp. of Lionel Copley*, army of 3rd earl of Essex, ? July 1643, by Oct. 1644.SP28/19, f. 47. Capt. of horse, regt. of James Sheffield (later Thomas Sheffield), New Model army, 18 Mar. 1645-June 1647.LJ vii. 278b; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 178–9. Lt.-col. militia ft. Wilts. 10. Apr. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505.

commr. defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644;A. and O. assessment, Wilts. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. 27 June 1649-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 160; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxx. 311; Names of the Justices (1650, E.1238.4); C193/13/3, f. 70; C193/13/4, f. 110v; C193/13/6, f. 97; C193/13/5, f. 116v; Stowe 577, f. 58v; Wilts. RO, A1/160/2, p. 143; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

MARTYN, Gabriel (d. 1694), of Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts.

of Upham, Wilts., Aldbourne.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MARTYN, Gabriel (d. 1694), of Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts.

Will

not found.

Estates

part of manor of Eastcott, near Swindon, ?with messuage in Upham and land in Snap, Aldbourne, Wilts; 81 acres of which allotted at enclosure, 1656-7, but some sold immediately, and only 1 house, 3 closes, 3 cottages and £4 chief rent in 1663.VCH Wilts. ix. 122; Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 395-6; J. Sadler, 'Aldbourne, manor, chase and warren', Wilts. Arch Mag. xlii. 576, 578, 583, 586. Acquired messuage and 70 acres of arable in Aldbourne from Priscilla, wid. of Obadiah Sedgwick (d. 1658).VCH Wilts. xii. 74.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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