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Family and Education
b. 1598, s. of Henry Archer of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex, and Anne, da. of Giles Crouch of Cornhill, London.Morant, Essex, i. 161; J. Hunter, Familiae Minorum Gentium, ed. J.W. Clay (Harl. Soc. xl), iv. 1258; Vis. Essex ed. Metcalfe, 632. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1615; BA 1619, MA 1622;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 1 Mar. 1618.G. Inn Admiss. 150. m. (1) Margaret (d. 1637), da. of Sir George Savile†, 1st bt. of Barrowby, Lincs. s.p.;Vis. Yorks. (Surtees Soc. xxxvi), 256. (2) Eleanor, da. of Sir John Curzon* of Kedleston, Derbys. 1s. 1da.Vis. Derbys. 1662-3, 10. suc. fa. 3 Nov. 1615.Morant, Essex, i. 161. Kntd. 4 Dec. 1663.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 239. d. 8 Feb. 1682.Morant, Essex, i. 161.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 1620;E. Foss, The Judges of Eng. (1848–64), vii. 51. bencher, Nov. 1648–d.PBG Inn, 369. Sjt.-at-law, Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street Nov. 1658 – May 1660, June 1660–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 191, 404–6, 443, 496. J.c.p. 11 Feb. 1659-May 1660, 4 Nov. 1663–12 Dec. 1672.Sainty, Judges, 77. Assize judge, Norf. circ. July 1660, Jan. 1671;C181/7, pp. 6, 568. Midland circ. June 1661;C181/7, p. 101. Western circ. June 1662, July 1663-June 1670;C181/7, pp. 154, 201, 528. Oxf. circ. June 1671, Jan. 1672.C181/7, pp. 590, 610.

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642-aft. Aug. 1660;C181/5, f. 223v; C181/6, pp. 38, 389; C181/7, p. 76; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–12. Essex 22 Mar. 1666;C181/7, p. 353. assessment, Lincs. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Essex, 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, Lincs. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Lincs. (Kesteven) 7 May 1643; Lincs. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Lincs. 24 Feb. 1644, 28 Aug. 1654;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 2–37; A. and O. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 252. London 1 Apr. 1659 – 3 July 1660, 28 Nov. 1663-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/6, pp. 352, 356; C181/7, pp. 217, 630. Norf. circ. 10 July 1660, 1 Feb. 1671;C181/7, pp. 13, 571. Midland circ. 14 June 1661–3 Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 108, 616. Western circ. 30 May 1662, 19 June 1663–23 Jan. 1671;C181/7, pp. 155, 202, 529. Mdx. 3 Dec. 1663-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 219, 589. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 220. Som. and Bristol 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 298. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 303. the Verge 26 Nov. 1668;C181/7, p. 456. Oxf. circ. 23 June 1671, 1 Feb. 1672;C181/7, pp. 593, 613. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Essex 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Kesteven ?-July 1650, Mar. 1660-bef. 1664; Essex 10 July 1656–58; Lindsey Mar. 1660-bef. 1664. 1 Apr. 1659 – 3 July 1660C231/6, p. 340; C231/7, p. 190; C193/12/3, ff. 44v, 46v; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxiii. Commr. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol, 28 Nov. 1663-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/6, pp. 352, 356; C181/7, pp. 217, 630. Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 7 Dec. 1660;C181/7, p. 49. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 221. nisi prius, Southampton 15 July 1663;C181/7, p. 200. Bristol 7 July 1670;C181/7, p. 555. piracy, London 18 Mar. 1667.C181/7, p. 394.

Parlimentarian
ARCHER, John (1598-1682), of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex and Gt. Ponton, Lincs.
: Theydon Garnon, Essex and Gt. Ponton, Lincs.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, c.1670.Government Art Colln.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ARCHER, John (1598-1682), of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex and Gt. Ponton, Lincs.

Will
12 Mar. 1679, pr. 16 Mar. 1682.PROB11/365/381.
Estates
worth £489 p.a. in 1658.W.G. Benham, ‘A great Essex lawyer’s diary’, Essex Review, xxxi. 189-90. Bought reversion to manor of Marshalls, North Weald Basset, Essex, for £680, 1660;VCH Essex, iv. 289. purchased advowson of Bobbingworth, Essex, 1673;VCH Essex, iv. 14. bought reversion to lands of countess of Norwich in Suffolk from Sir John Hanmer*, bef. 1679.PROB11/365/381.
Oxford 1644
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