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Family and Education
b. 4 Jan. 1590, 1st s. of Michael Baker of Battle, Suss. and G. Inn and Jane, da. of John Morebred of ?Southwark, Surr.Notes IPMs Suss. 13; St Saviour, Southwark, par. reg. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 31 Oct. 1606;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 22 Oct. 1607.I. Temple database. m. (1) 3 Jan. 1615, Katherine (d. 1630), da. of Robert Offley of London, citizen and Haberdasher, 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 or 2 d.v.p.); (2) betw. 1639-43, Elizabeth, wid. of Matthew Honywood (d. 1638) of Markshall, Essex, and Charing, Kent, and da. of Sir John Rivers of Chafford, Kent, 1s. 1da.St Benet Gracechurch par. reg.; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 101-2; (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 5-6. suc. fa. 26 Mar. 1595.Notes IPMs Suss. 13. d. c. 1668.PROB11/328/427.
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Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 7 Aug. 1631, 20 July 1641;C181/4, f. 74v; C181/5, f. 222. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 13 Aug. 1657–19 Dec. 1660;C181/6, pp. 226, 365. charitable uses, Suss. 1634.C192/1. J.p. Apr. 1636 – 20 July 1642, by Feb. 1645 – aft.July 1659, ?Jan. 1661–?C231/5, pp. 203, 532; C231/7, p. 65; E. Suss. RO, QR/E66; ASSI35/100/6. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 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;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, Suss. 1643–4.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 141. Dep. lt. 30 Dec. 1643–?LJ vi. 355b. Commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; New Model ordinance, Suss. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 13, 373.

Central: member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649;CJ vi. 266b. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 388b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Surveyor-gen. of delinquents’ estates, 25 July 1650, 16 July 1651.CJ vi. 446b; A. and O. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651.CJ vi. 558a.

Parlimentarian
BAKER, John (1590-c.1668), of Mayfield, Suss.
: of Mayfield, Suss.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BAKER, John (1590-c.1668), of Mayfield, Suss.

Will
31 Oct. 1663, pr. 3 Dec. 1668.PROB11/328/427.
Estates
inherited manors of Isonhurst and Bunghurst, together with a water mill, in Mayfield, Suss.Notes IPMs Suss. 13-14; Suss. Manors, i. 78. Purchased manor of Mayfield, with furnace and iron mine, in 1617.E. Suss. RO, KIR3/2; Suss. Manors, ii. 295-6; Add. 39477, ff. 93, 94. From 1619-20 owned land in Pevensey,E, Suss. RO, SAS/B324; SAS/E276-7; ‘Suss. deeds in private hands’, Suss. Arch. Coll. lxiv. 77. which he extended with purchases from the trustees for the sale of dean and chapter lands, May 1652.E. Suss. RO, SAS/E278; SAS/B327; AMS 1545. By 1631 he owned manor of Waldron.Suss. Manors, ii. 458. By Mar. 1638 he owned advowson of Mayfield.E. Suss. RO, KIR3/18. By 1660 he had acquired Merryfields House in Heathfield.E. Suss. RO, KIR3/28-9. In 1664 he assigned his leasehold of Stoneland Park or Little Buckhurst, to John Ashburnham*.E. Suss. RO, DLW 182.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
he and William Cawley I* recommended Elié-Paul D’Arande to be vicar of Patcham, Suss. 8 Oct. 1651.Add. 36792, f. 30v; ‘Elié D’Arande’, Oxford DNB.
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