HALES, Sir Robert, 1st bt. (c.1610-93), of Howletts, Bekesbourne, Kent.

Family and Education

b. c.1610, 1st s. of Thomas Hales of Bekesbourne and Anne (bap. 2 July 1581), da. of Sir Thomas Peyton.St Peter le Poer, London, par. reg.; Baronetage of Eng. rev. W. Betham (1901-5), ii. 112. educ. Corpus Christi, Camb. 1626, matric. Easter 1627;Al. Cant. I. Temple, 19 Oct. 1629.I. Temple database. m. ?(1) 21 May 1632, Elizabeth Pollen;Bekesbourne par. reg. (2) (settlement 16 Nov. 1635), Catherine (bur. 11 June 1675), da. of Sir William Ashcomb of Alvescot, Oxon. at least 4s. (d.v.p.), 1da. (d.v.p.).Cent. Kent. Stud. U1255/T19; Bekesbourne par. reg.; CB; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 318. suc. fa. aft. July 1662.Cent. Kent Stud. U1255/T83. cr. bt. 17 Dec. 1658, 12 July 1660.C231/6, p. 418; CB. bur. 27 Dec. 1693 27 Dec. 1693.Bekesbourne par. reg.

Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 21 May 1637.I. Temple database. Clerk in chancery, 21 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Local: j.p. Kent 7 June 1644 – aft.Mar. 1660, 9 Sept. 1660-Aug. 1670;C231/6, p. 3; C231/7, pp. 37, 376; Names of the Justices (1650), 28 (E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660), 23. Oxon. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/3, f. 51v; C193/13/4, f. 78v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644; gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 236v, 237. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 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. 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;A. and O; Act for an Assessment (1653), 282 (E.1062.28); SR. Oxon. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Mdx. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; military rule, Kent 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645; indemnity, 20 Jan., 4 Apr. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 23 Mar. 1658;SP25/78, p. 500. sewers, 1 July 1659, 21 Sept. 1660;C181/6, p. 367; C181/7, p. 56. E. Kent 13 Nov. 1669.C181/7, p. 509. Dep. lt. Kent Jan. 1688–?d.CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 141.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), Kent by Aug. 1648.HMC 10th Rep. VI, 95–6.

Civic: freeman, Sandwich 3 Jan. 1659;E. Kent RO, Sa/AC8, f. 142. Canterbury 3 Apr. 1660.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. CC/Ac5, f. 23v.

Parlimentarian

HALES, Sir Robert, 1st bt. (c.1610-93), of Howletts, Bekesbourne, Kent.

: 1st bt. (c.1610-93) of Howletts, Kent., Bekesbourne 1610 – 93.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HALES, Sir Robert, 1st bt. (c.1610-93), of Howletts, Bekesbourne, Kent.

Will

20 Dec. 1693, pr. 27 Feb. 1696.PROB11/430/252.

Estates

residence at Alvescot, Oxon. presumably in the right of his wife.Som. RO, DD/BR/ely/3/7. Manor of Bekesbourne purchased from trustees for sale of dean and chapter lands, 23 Mar. 1649, for £2,104;Cent. Kent. Stud. U1255/T3; Bodl. MS Rawl. B.239, p. 26. Adisham manor purchased from the same, 28 May 1650, for £4,205;Cent. Kent Stud. U1255/T1. small portions of land purchased from dean and chapter property in Canterbury, 26 July 1650, for £100.Cent. Kent Stud. U1255/T11. During the 1650s, Hales administered the Pym family estates in Ireland.Som. RO, DD/BR/ely/3/2, 7-8.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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