LEA, John (d. c.1661), of Bridport and Charmouth, Dorset.

Family and Education

m. Margaret, da. of ?, 2s. 2da. d. c. 1661.PROB11/307/10.

Offices Held

Civic: capital burgess, Bridport by 1634–d.;Dorset RO, DC/BTB/H1, p. 449. bailiff bef. Mar. 1640.Dorset RO, DC/BTB/EF3, unfol.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.), regt. of Sir Walter Erle*, 1642; regt. of Thomas Ceely*, 1644;Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, 55, 568. regt. of William Sydenham* bef. Apr. 1648.Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, 377; CCAM, 74. Capt. militia ft. Dorset Mar. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505.

Local: commr. assessment, Dorset 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659;SP25/76A, f. 14; A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 305. charitable uses, bef. Sept. 1656.Dorset RO, DC/LR/D2/1.

Parlimentarian

LEA, John (d. c.1661), of Bridport and Charmouth, Dorset.

: of Bridport and Dorset., Charmouth.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LEA, John (d. c.1661), of Bridport and Charmouth, Dorset.

Will

23 July 1659, pr. 2 Jan. 1662.PROB11/307/10.

Estates

property in Bridport and Lyme Regis, bef. 1642; acquired house and leases in Charmouth, lands in Abbot Stoke and elsewhere in Dorset, and rents in Milborne Port, Som.;PROB11/307/10. purchased delinquent estates, in Charmouth, Wootton Fitzpaine and Whitchurch, Dorset and Chiltron, Somerset, July 1653-May 1654.CCC 3131, 3213.

Oxford 1644

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