Family and Education
b. 24 Mar. 1624, 1st s. of Sir John Hare† of Stow Bardolph and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Coventry†, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough.Stow Bardolph par. reg.; ‘Inquisitions post mortem’, The Gen. n.s. xxvii. 241; Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv), 93-4. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 14 Sept. 1638;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France) 1643.LJ v. 716b; Norf. RO, Hare 5635B. m. (1) lic. 26 Oct. 1647, Mary (bur. 9 Dec. 1659), da. and coh. of Sir Robert Crane*, 1s. 6da. (5 d.v.p.);London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 625; Norf. RO, Hare 2292; Stow Bardolph par. reg.; Vis. Norf. 1664, 94. (2) 30 Aug. 1660, Vere, (bur. 16 Oct. 1669), da. of Sir Roger Townshend†, 1st bt. of Raynham Hall, Norf. s.p.;London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 625; St Christopher Le Stocks, London par. reg.; Norf. RO, Hare 5635E; Hare 5635G; Vis. Norf. 1664, 94; Stow Bardolph par. reg. (3) lic. 12 July 1671, Elizabeth Chapman (d. 17 Mar. 1684) of Westminster, 1s. (posth.).London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 625; Vis. Norf. 1664, 94; Blomefield, Norf. vii. 445; Stow Bardolph par. reg. suc. fa. 1637;‘Inquisitions post mortem’, 241. cr. bt. 23 July 1641.CB ii. 109. d. 28 Feb. 1672.Blomefield, Norf. vii. 445.
Offices Held

Local: feoffee, Sir Edmund Moundeford’s* charity, Feltwell 1642.Blomefield, Norf. ii. 199. J.p. Norf. 4 July 1646–d.C231/6, p. 49; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 July 1659, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. tendering Engagement, 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 438. Sheriff, 7 Nov. 1650-Nov. 1651.Norf. RO, Hare 5638; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 89. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654 – 10 July 1660, 23 Jan. 1664–d.;C181/6, pp. 16, 379; C181/7, pp. 232, 611. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 26, 380. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659;C181/6, pp. 291, 360. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 14 Aug. 1660-aft. May 1670;C181/7, pp. 75, 543. Norf., Suff. and I. of Ely 7 Sept. 1660-aft. Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 40, 523. to survey ‘surrounded grounds’, Norf. and Suff. 13 May 1656;C181/6, p. 158. Norf. 6 Dec. 1667.C181/7, p. 419. Col. militia ft. Norf. Apr. 1660–7.Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 15 (2–9 Apr. 1660), 238 (E.138.2); Norf. Lieut. Jnl. 8–106. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. c.Aug. 1660–d.Norf. Lieut. Jnl. 30–112. Commr. corporations, 1662–3;Blomefield, Norf. iii. 405. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: sub-commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 28 June 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 447.

Civic: freeman, King’s Lynn 1660.Cal. Lynn Freemen, 169.

: 1st bt. (1624-72), of Stow Bardolph, Norf. 1624 – 72.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HARE, Sir Ralph, 1st bt. (1624-72), of Stow Bardolph, Norf.

Will
28 Feb. 1672, pr. 5 Dec. 1674.PROB11/346/401.
Estates
owned lands at Stow Bardolph, Barton, Buckenham, Fincham, Marham, Shouldham, Wereham and Wimbotsham, Norf.Blomefield, Norf. vii. 273, 277, 300, 315, 346, 352, 365, 375, 415, 442, 509, 516-17.
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