Family and Education
bap. 21 July 1610, 1st s. of Richard Parker of Shorne, Kent and 1st w. Priscilla, da. of Robert Edolph of Hinxhill, Kent.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. lxii), 173-4; Shorne par. reg. educ. M. Temple, 28 Feb. 1631.M. Temple Admiss. i. 124. m. 3 July 1637, Bridget (bur. 19 Dec. 1650), da. of John Robinson of Gravesend, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1646.St Andrew, Holborn par. reg.; St George, Gravesendpar. reg.; PROB11/199/425. bur. 6 Jan. 1686 6 Jan. 1686.Gravesend St George par. reg.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 8 June 1638.M. Temple Admiss. i. 124; MTR, ii. 775, 871. Assize judge, Northern circ. July 1651;A. and O. var. circs. July 1655-July 1659.C181/6, pp. 113, 369. Sjt.-at-law, June 1655, 1660.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 190, 442, 444, 529; C231/6, p. 311; CP45/398 m.3. Bar. exch. 11 Feb. 1656–60.C66/2914/33.

Local: member, sub-cttee. of accts. Kent c.1646–51.SP28/253a (Letter Bk. 1646–9), f. 1; SP28/253a (Order Bk. 1651–8), ff. 5v, 10v. J.p. 2 Mar. 1647–d.C231/6, p. 76; C231/7, p. 88; C231/8, p. 110. Commr. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 29 July 1648;CJ v. 652a. militia, 22 May 1650, 19 Feb. 1651, 12 Mar. 1660.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 145, 173; 1651, p. 53; A. and O. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). oyer and terminer, co. palatine of Lancaster 9 July 1656;Add. 4184, f. 200. London 18 May 1659.CJ vii. 657b.

Civic: recorder or understeward, Gravesend 11 Sept. 1646-c.1656.Cent. Kent. Stud. Gr/AC2, unfol.; Gr/FAc2, unfol.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 26 Mar. 1650; removing obstructions, sale of confiscated lands, 1 Apr. 1652. Trustee, sale of royal forests, 22 Nov. 1653. Judge, causes of poor prisoners, 9 June, 11 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Member, cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218.

: of Shorne and Kent., Gravesend.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PARKER, John I (1610-86), of Shorne and Gravesend, Kent.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited lands in Northfleet, and a house and chapel at Shorne, 1646;PROB11/199/425. chamber at M. Temple, 26 Nov. 1641-11 May 1655;MTR, ii. 917, iii. 1078. chamber at Serj. Inn, Fleet Street, 1661.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 529.
Oxford 1644
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