DORMER, John (1612-79), of Lee Grange, Quainton, Bucks. and Ripple, Worcs.

Family and Education

bap. 6 Jan. 1612, 1st s. of Sir Fleetwood Dormer of Lee Grange and Mary, da. of Sir Euseby Isham of Pytchley, Northants., wid. of Edward Reade of Cottesbrooke, Northants.Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 42; Lipscomb, Buckingham, i. 415; Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 162. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 25 Jan. 1628, BA 23 Feb. 1628, MA 8 June 1630;Al. Ox. L. Inn 7 Feb. 1629, called 17 May 1636;LI Admiss. i. 207; LI Black Bks. ii. 339. travelled abroad 1635-8. m. 21 May 1638, Katherine (bur. 23 Aug. 1691), da. and h. of Thomas Woodward of Saxons Lode, Ripple, Worcs. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 103; Lipscomb, Buckingham, i. 415; Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 163. suc. fa. 1639.Lipscomb, Buckingham, i. 415. d. 22 May 1679.Lipscomb, Buckingham, i. 415.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Bucks. by May 1640 – 12 July 1653, Mar. 1654-aft. 1662; Worcs. 7 Jan. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, p. 382; C231/6, pp. 74, 160, 259; C193/13/4, f. 106v; C193/13/6, f. 94; T. Langley, Hist. and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough (1797), 17; A Perfect List (1660). Buckingham by Mar. 1654–19 Aug. 1663.C181/6, pp. 22, 329; C181/7, p. 69. Commr. subsidy, Bucks. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 July 1657, 26 July 1659, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661; Worcs. 18 Oct. 1644, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. array (roy.), Bucks. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. commr. for Worcester 23 Sept. 1644; militia, Bucks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Worcs. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Northants. 26 July 1659;A. and O. tendering Engagement, Bucks. Oct. 1650;National Art Library, V. and A., Forster MS 58, no. 32. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 10, 303. Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 16, 379; C181/7, pp. 14, 635. sewers, Bucks. 6 June 1664;C181/7, p. 255. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 788.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651.CJ vi. 558a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 22 May 1651.CJ vi. 577b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 1 Jan. 1652.CJ vii. 61a. Commr. admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

DORMER, John (1612-79), of Lee Grange, Quainton, Bucks.

: of Lee Grange, Bucks., Quainton and Worcs., Ripple.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown;Photograph, NPG. fun. monument, unknown, Quainton church, Bucks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DORMER, John (1612-79), of Lee Grange, Quainton, Bucks. and Ripple, Worcs.

Will

not found.

Estates

property at Ripple, Worcs. in right of his w. aft. mar. 1638;Vis. Worcs. 103; PROB11/171/158; Nash, Collections, ii. 295; VCH Worcs. iii. 491. inherited lands in Bucks. and Northants. 1639.PROB11/179/267.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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