RIVETT, Francis (c.1596-1669), of Kings Somborne, Hants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1596, 4th s. of William Rivett of Kings Newton, Derbys.M. Temple Admiss. i. 109; Hants RO, 1669A85/1. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 29 May 1612, BA 1616;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 16 July 1619, called 24 Nov. 1626.M. Temple Admiss. i. 109; MTR ii. 639, 714. m. 1 July 1634, Elizabeth (d. 1669), da. of Thomas Bewley, Draper of St Olave, Hart Street, London, 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Reg. of St Olave Hart Street (Cam. Soc. xlvi), 45, 168, 177, 266; Hants RO, 1669A84/1. d. 16 Apr. 1669.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. iv. 218.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 16 July 1633;C181/4, f. 148. assessment, Hants 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28); Ordinance for Assessment (1660), 50 (E.1075.6). Member, cttee. for Hants, 23 July 1642.LJ v. 233b-234a. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants., Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; levying of money, Hants 10 June 1645.A. and O. Master, St Nicholas Hosp. Salisbury May 1647–56.VCH Wilts. iii. 352; HMC 6th Rep. 178; C. Wordsworth, St Nicholas’ Hospital Salisbury (1902), pp. lxxvii, lxxxiv. J.p. Wilts. 29 July 1647-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, p. 95; C193/13/3, f. 69v; C193/13/4, f. 110; The Names of the Justices (1650), 62 (E.1238.4); Stowe 577, f. 58v. Hants by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, 23 Mar. 1654–?d.C231/6, pp. 286, 443; C193/13/3, f. 57; A Perfect List (1660), 49; C220/9/4, f. 77. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Religious: elder, fourth Hants classis, 19 Jan. 1645.King, Par. and Bor. Lymington, 262.

Household: steward to estate of Robert Wallop*, East Tytherley, Hants by 1649-at least 1652.Hants RO, 5M58/25–30.

Parlimentarian

RIVETT (REVETT), Francis (c.1596-1669), of Kings Somborne, Hants.

: Hants.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

RIVETT, Francis (c.1596-1669), of Kings Somborne, Hants.

Will

5 Dec. 1668, pr. 27 Apr. 1669.Hants RO, 1669A85/1.

Estates

acquired manor of Hannington Lancelevy in Kingsclere, Hants, 1629-1630.Coventry Docquets, 590; C413/71; VCH Hants, iv. 259. Purchased manor of Kings Somborne, Hants, from Robert Wallop* in Jan. 1650, for £4,686.C54/3460/32; C54/3642/9; Hants Hearth Tax, 274. Purchased Manydown Manor from trustees for the sale of dean and chapter lands in 1650, on behalf of Sir Richard Kingsmill of I.o.W.Hants RO, 3M49/32.

Oxford 1644

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