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

Local: 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.

Religious: 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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