HALSEY, William (d. aft. 1670), of Gracedieu Castle, Waterford.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Solomon Richards, army in Ireland, 1649-Aug. 1653.SP28/72, f. 130; Bodl. Rawl. A.208, p. 408.

Civic: alderman, Waterford c. 1654 – d.; mayor, 1661–2.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 624n.

Irish: commr. assessment, co. Kilkenny 1 Jan. 1654; cos. Waterford, Wexford, Tipperary 1 Jan., 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). transplantation of Irish, Athlone aft. Dec. 1654; Mallow 18 June 1656.J. Cunningham, Conquest and Land in Ire.: the Transplantation to Connacht, 1649–1680 (Woodbridge, 2011), 82, 84; NLI, MS 758, f. 90; Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 604. J.p. co. Wexford Mar. 1655–?;Barnard, Cromwellian Ireland, 290n. co. Waterford by Apr. 1658–?Chatsworth, CM/29, unfol.: 13 Apr. 1658. Commr. trying qualifications of natives of Cork, Aug. 1656;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 618. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Capt. militia, Waterford City 1660.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 250. Member for Waterford borough, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 211–2. Commr. poll money, co. and city of Waterford 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 624, 643. MP, Waterford City 1661–6.CJI i. 594. Sheriff, co. Waterford 1661–2.E. Downey, Story of Waterford (Waterford, 1914), 147.

Legal: asst. justice, Munster by May 1654–55;NLI, MS 758, f. 35; Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 212. c.j. Dec. 1660–d.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 139. Clerk of hanaper, ct. of exch. [I] May 1657.CSP Ire. 1647–60, pp. 636–7.