HARVEY, Edmund I (c.1601-73), of Aldermanbury, London and Fulham Palace, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1601, 1st s. of Charles Harvey, Fishmonger, of London and Alice, da. of Ralph Houghton of Houghton, Leics.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 360. educ. appr. Draper, London 1619.Roll of Drapers’ Co., 89. m. (1) 1629, Elizabeth, da. of Samuel Gott, Ironmonger, of London, at least 3s.; (2) 1637 Judith (d Sept. 1668), da. of Capt. George Langham, merchant, of London, wid. of Thomas Bales of London, s.p.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 360; ii. 45; Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants of London 9614; Falmouth Par. Reg. (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 1915) ii. 671; PROB11/192/109. d. 25 June 1673.Boyd’s Inhabitants, 9614; Falmouth Par. Reg. ii. 675.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Drapers’ Co. 28 Nov. 1627.Boyd’s Inhabitants, 9614. Alderman, Dowgate ward, London 12 Mar. 1650; Farringdon Without 30 June 1653.Aldermen of London i. 141, 160.

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 15 Jan. 1642.Raikes, Ancient Vellum Bk., 62. Commr. assessment, London 8 Feb. 1643, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Mdx. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. martial law in London, 3 Apr. 1646. 29 June 1647 – 4 Aug. 1657A. and O. J.p. Mdx., Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, pp. 93, 373; C193/13/3, f. 42v; C193/13/5, f. 66v; A Perfect List (1660). Surr. 23 July 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 192; C193/13/4, f. 97v. Commr. London militia, 2 Sept. 1647, 18 May 1648;CJ v. 290a. Mdx. militia, 25 May, 1 Aug. 1648;CJ v. 569a, 655b; LJ x. 283a. militia, Mdx. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1652, 26 July 1659;A. and O. sewers, 31 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/6, pp. 5, 201. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by Jan. 1654–3 Feb. 1657;C181/6, pp. 13, 171. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mdx. and Westminster 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: capt. militia horse (parlian.), London Oct. 1642; col. c.May 1643-aft. Oct. 1644.L.C. Nagel, ‘The militia of London, 1641–1649’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1982), 110–1, 205–6, 208. SP28/7, ff. 59, 173. Capt. militia horse, Mdx. 20 Oct. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 512.

Central: member, council of war, 2 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 191b. cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646; cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647.CJ v, 407a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648, 20 June 1649; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. customs, 24 Apr. 1649.CJ vi. 193a. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 13 June 1649;CJ vi. 232a. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

: of Aldermanbury, London and Fulham Palace, Mdx.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HARVEY, Edmund I (c.1601-73), of Aldermanbury, London and Fulham Palace, Mdx.

Will

attainted 1660.

Estates

purchased Fulham Palace and manor 1 Sept. 1647 for £7617; purchased manor of Ealing 1647 (sold to Francis Allein* 1654); fee-farm rent of manors of Burton and Holnest, Dors. 21 May 1649 for £600.Lysons, Environs ii. 346; Col. Top. et Gen. i. (1834), 3, 123, 127; VCH Mdx. vii. 123.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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