Family and Education
b. 22 Feb. 1607,Reigate par. reg. 1st s. of Edward Thurland of Reigate and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Ellyott of Reigate.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. ix), 114; (Harl. Soc. xliii), 190-1; Surr. Arch. Colls. xxxii. 66. educ. Clare, Camb. Easter 1624;Al. Cant. I. Temple, 20 Oct. 1626.I. Temple database. m. Elizabeth (bur. 26 May 1676) , da. of Lionel Wright of Buckland, Surr., ?2s. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 191; PROB11/372/192; HP Commons 1660–1690. suc. fa. betw. Aug. 1642 and 9 Aug. 1644.Surr. Arch. Colls. lix. 50; CCAM, 441. Kntd. 22 Apr. 1665.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 240. d. 14 Jan. 1683.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 317.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 15 Oct. 1634; bencher, 24 Nov. 1652; steward, 30 Jan. 1654; auditor, Nov. 1656 – Nov. 1658, Nov. 1659 – Nov. 1661; reader, 11 May 1662.Cal. ITR ii. 215, 308, 321, 324, 332, 335; iii. 9. Solicitor-gen. to duke of York, 1660–70. KC, 14 Apr. 1665. Sjt.-at-law, 12 Dec. 1672. Bar. of exch. 24 Jan. 1673–29 Apr. 1679.Baker, Order of Serjeants at Law, 195, 445, 540; Sainty, Judges, 125; Sainty, Law Officers, 86. Assize judge, Oxf. circ. Jan. 1673.C181/7, p. 634.

Local: steward, manor of Chipstead, Surr. ?1644–?d.;Surr. Arch Colls. xlviii. 43. Beddington by 1650-aft. 1656;Sutton Local Studies Centre, 25/1/16; Surr. Hist. Centre, 2152/1, 2163/1/8. Hickstead and other Suss. lands of Visct. Montagu, Suss.; E. Suss. RO, HIC/45. manor of Bury 1654;W Suss. RO, Add MS 1231, 1232. Reigate 21 Mar. 1662;Hooper, Reigate, 31. Bermondsey 1663, 1664.VCH Surr. iv. 21n. J.p. Surr. Apr. 1659–d.C231/6, p. 429. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Mdx. 1677;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 8, 639. Oxf. circ. 3 Feb. 1673;C181/7, p. 637. poll tax, Surr. 1660;SR. sewers, Kent and Surr. 20 Aug. 1660, 28 Nov. 1664;C181/7, pp. 31, 291. corporations, Surr. 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–1690. subsidy, 1663.SR. Trustee for Wye navigation, 1671;Surr. Arch Colls. lxii. 102; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. app., lvii. Reigate Sch. funds, 1675.VCH Surr. iii. 232; Hooper, Reigate, 162.

Civic: recorder, Guildford, Kingston-upon-Thames, Reigate 1661–72.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 40, 342; Hooper, Reigate, 118; HP Commons 1660–1690.

Central: commr. dedimus potestatam, Parl. 31 Aug. 1666.C181/7, p. 378.

: London and Great Doods, Surr., Reigate.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. J.M. Wright, c.1670.Whereabouts unknown.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

THURLAND, Edward (1607-83), of the Inner Temple, London, and Great Doods, Reigate, Surr.

Will
5 Dec. 1682, pr. 8 Feb. 1683.PROB11/372/192.
Estates
Great Doods, Surr.; 7 Aug. 1644, assessed at £2,000 for ?property inherited from his father;CCAM 441. 1649, manor of Biggin and Tamworth in Mitcham, Surr., from Sir Francis Carew.VCH Surr. iv. 232.
Oxford 1644
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