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bap. 4 Apr. 1617, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Arthur Turnor† of Little Parndon and the Middle Temple and Anne, da. of John Jermy of Gunton, Norf.St Christopher Le Stocks, London, par. reg.; Vis. Essex 1664-8, ed. Howard, 95; Morant, Essex, ii. 496. educ. Abingdon g.s., Berks.; Queen’s, Oxf. 9 Nov. 1632;Ath. Ox. iii. 1060; Al. Ox.; W. Suss. RO, Shillinglee MS 37/5. M. Temple 30 Oct. 1633.M. Temple Admiss. i. 128. m. (1) Sarah (d. 19 Feb. 1651), da. and h. of Gerard Gore of Shillinglee Park, Kirdford, Suss. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.);Vis. Essex 1664-8, 95; R. Bigland, Observations on Marriages, Baptisms and Burials (1764), 28; K.W.M., ‘Gore fam.’, The Geneal. n.s. xv. 192; Morant, Essex, ii. 496. (2) 4 Dec. 1652, Mary, da. and h. of Henry Ewer of South Mimms, Herts., wid. of William Ashton of Tingrith, Beds. s.p.Bigland, Observations, 28; Morant, Essex, ii. 496. suc. fa. 1 July 1651.A. Esdaile, Temple Church Monuments (1933), 123. Kntd. 7 July 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 229. d. 4 Mar. 1676.Bucks. RO, D/X/775, unfol.; Bigland, Observations, 28; W. Musgrave, Obituary (Harl. Soc. xliv-xlix), vi. 138.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 19 June 1640; bencher, 29 June 1660; treas. 1662–3.MTR iii. 1149, 1180, 1189; A.R. Ingpen, The M. Temple Bench Bk. (1912), 206–7; A Cal. of the M. Temple Recs. ed. C.H. Hopwood (1903), 170. KC, June 1660.List of Eng. Law Officers (Selden suppl. ser. vii), 86. C.j. liberty of Ely July 1660–?1670.W. Suss. RO, Shillinglee MS 2/8; Ely Episcopal Recs. 120; Harvard Law School Lib. Cambridge, Mass. MS 136, ff. 204v. 207v, 227v . Sjt. at law, Sjt. Inn, Chancery Lane 1671.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 195, 445, 541. Assize judge, Oxf. circ. June 1671-aft. Jan. 1673.C181/7, pp. 590, 634.

Civic: steward, borough ct. Hertford 1648–61.Chauncy, Herts. i. 491–2.

Local: j.p. Essex Mar. 1652–53, Dec. 1653 – d.; Herts., Mdx. 1653 – d.; I. of Ely July 1660–d.Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xl; C231/6, p. 234; C231/7, p. 32; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. sewers, Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/6, pp. 5, 200; C181/7, p. 28. River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 4 Mar. 1657, 14 Dec. 1663;C181/6, p. 221; C181/7, p. 223. London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 258. Norf., Suff. and I. of Ely 7 Sept. 1660, 20 Dec. 1669;C181/6, pp. 41, 523. River Lea, Essex, Mdx. and Kent 11 Sept. 1660, 1 Mar. 1667;C181/7, pp. 47, 390. Mdx. and Westminster 27 May 1664;C181/7, p. 253. River Stort, Essex and Herts. 16 Nov. 1671;C181/7, p. 600. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by Feb. 1654-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 13, 373; C181/7, pp. 7, 638. London 14 May 1661-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 99, 630. Mdx. 18 Oct. 1661, 17 Nov. 1664, 7 Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 122, 293, 589. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 303. Oxf. circ. 23 June 1671-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 593, 637. assessment, Essex 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Herts. 1661, 1664; Mdx., Norf. 1661, 1664, 1672; Suff. 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Essex 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Herts. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SR; CJ vii. 720a. gaol delivery, I. of Ely Aug. 1660–1 July 1672;C181/7, pp. 33, 582. Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 7 Dec. 1660;C181/7, p. 49. Newgate gaol 14 May 1661-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 99, 630. poll tax, Essex 1660.SR. Steward, Waltham Forest, Essex Nov. 1660–?W. Suss. RO, Shillinglee MS 2/10. loyal and indigent officers, Herts., Mdx., London and Westminster 1662.SR. Younger bro. Trinity House, 1663.HMC 8th Rep. i. 252. Commr. subsidy, Essex, Herts., Mdx., Norf., Westminster 1663;SR. to survey ‘surrounded grounds’, Norf. 6 Dec. 1667.C181/7, p. 418.

Central: commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a. Chairman, cttee. of elections and privileges, 26 Apr.-29 Dec. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690. Att.-gen. to duke of York, June 1660–70.HMC 8th Rep. i. 279; W. Suss. RO, Shillinglee MS 2/9; CTB i. 363, 376, 561, 605, 661. Speaker, House of Commons, 8 May 1661–23 May 1671. Asst. R. Adventurers into Africa, 1666.HP Commons, 1660–1690. Commr. dedimus potestatem, Parl. 31 Oct. 1666.C181/7, p. 377. Solicitor-gen. 1670–1.W. Suss. RO, Shillinglee MS 2/15; List of Eng. Law Officers , 63. C. bar. exch. May 1671–d.W. Suss. RO, Shillinglee MS 2/17–18; Sainty, Judges, 96.

Parlimentarian
TURNOR, Edward (c.1617-76), of Little Parndon, Essex and the Middle Temple.
: Essex and the Middle Temple.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. J.M. Wright, aft. 1661;Parliamentary Art Colln. oils, by or aft. J. M. Wright.Harvard Law School, Camb. Mass.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

TURNOR, Edward (1617-76), of Little Parndon, Essex and the Middle Temple.

Will
22 Jan. 1676, pr. 17 Apr. 1676.PROB11/352/15.
Estates
inherited land at Little Parndon, Essex, 1651; bought manor of Winterton, Norf. 1661;W. Suss. RO, Shillinglee MS 16/10-11. bought Hallingbury Hall, Great Hallingbury, Essex, 1666; bought land at Sawbridgeworth, Herts. 1671.Herts RO, DE/Z120/46313.
Oxford 1644
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