STAYNINGS, Charles (1620-1700), of Holnicote, Selworthy, Som.

Family and Education

b. 1620, 1st s. of Charles Staynings of Holnicote and Cecily, da. of Ciprian Lucas of Blackford, Som.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 104; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 99-100. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 26 Oct. 1638; L. Inn 18 Nov. 1646.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i. 254. m. c. May 1654, Susanna (d. 1685), da. of Sir Nicholas Martyn*, s.p.Vis. Som. 1672, 100; F. Hancock, The Par. of Selworthy (Taunton, 1897), 55; ‘Martin pedigree’, MGH n.s. i. 387. d. 4 Dec. 1700.Hancock, Selworthy, 55.

Offices Held

j.p. Som. 13 July 1646 – July 1651, by Apr. 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 51, 130, 205, 220; C193/13/6, p. 76v. Treas. hosps. western division 1646–7.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 8, 31. Commr. assessment, Som. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 19 Dec. 1651, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1690–?d.;A. and O.; An Act for Raising of Ninety Tousand Pounds a Month (1651, E.1061.59); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Devon 9 June 1657;A. and O. militia, Som. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Dep. lt. Dec. 1687–?1689.CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 116.

elder, Taunton, Bridgwater and Dunster classis, 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 421.

Parlimentarian

STAYNINGS, Charles (1620-1700), of Holnicote, Selworthy, Som.

Selworthy, Som.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

STAYNINGS, Charles (1620-1700), of Holnicote, Selworthy, Som.

Will

14 Feb. 1694, pr. 4 Feb. 1701.Hancock, Selworthy, 267-72.

Estates

owned land at Selworthy, Nether Stowey, Over Stowey, Luccombe, Winsford, Exford, Porlock and Dulverton, Som.Hancock, Selworthy, 267, 269.

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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