ALLANSON, Sir William (c.1587-1656), of St Michael le Belfrey, York, and later the deanery, York Minster close, and Crayke, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1587,Borthwick, CP.H.4857. 2nd s. of Christopher Allanson (d.1612), yeoman, of Ampleforth, Yorks. and ?Margery, da. of ?Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 339; Life of Marmaduke Rawdon ed. R. Davies (Cam. Soc. lxxxv), 125; York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/1, f. 12. educ. appr. draper, York c.1604.York Freemen ed. F. Collins (Surt. Soc. cii), 59. m. (1) 6 June 1615, Hester (bur. 14 Aug. 1620), da. of William Sonley, tailor, of York, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p. 1ch. d.v.p.;Regs. of St Michael le Belfrey, York ed. F. Collins (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. i), 128, 130, 132, 137, 143; York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/1, f. 12. (2) 12 June 1621, Lucy (bur. 24 Sept. 1631), da. of Alexander Orracke of ?York, 3s. d.v.p. 5da. (3 d.v.p.);Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 339; Regs. of St Michael le Belfrey ed. Collins, 147, 150, 151, 153, 156, 158, 160, 164, 165, 167, 168, 173, 175. (3) 19 June 1632, Anne (bur. 17 May 1675), da. of Charles Tancred of Whixley, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.).Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 339; Regs. of St Michael le Belfrey ed. Collins, 177, 180, 183, 199, 297, 208. Kntd. 26 May 1633.Shaw, Knights of Eng ii. 201. d. 6 Dec. 1656.Add. 21424, f. 150.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, York 28 Sept. 1611–d.;York City Archives, Y/FIN/1/2/14, Chamberlains’ acct. bk. 1611, f. 58. chamberlain, 1616 – 17; sheriff, 1623 – 24; one of the twenty-four, 1624 – 32; alderman, 20 Apr. 1632 – d.; ld. mayor, 1633 – 34, 15 Jan. 1655–15 Jan. 1656.York City Archives, York House Bk. 34, ff. 107, 274; 35, ff. 165, 189; 37, f. 66v.

Mercantile: member, York Merchant Taylors Co. 7 Aug. 1612; master, 1620 – 21, 1628–9.Borthwick, MTA.6/1 (York Merchant Taylors Co., Abled Masters’ Bk. 1), ff. 69v, 77, 83.

Local: j.p. York 20 Apr. 1632–d.;York City Archives, York House Bk. 35, f. 165. Yorks. (N. Riding) by 1648–d.;Add. 29674, f. 148v; Quarter Sessions Recs. ed. J.C. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. v), 25. E. Riding by 1648–6 Oct. 1653;Add. 29674, f. 149; C231/6, p. 270. Mdx. 3 Apr. 1649-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, p. 148; C193/13/4, f. 60v. co. Dur. 23 July 1650–d.C231/6, p. 193. Commr. disarming recusants, York 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards the relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; E., N. Riding 23 June 1647, 23 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, York 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645;A. and O. northern cos. militia, Yorks. 27 June 1648;LJ x. 348a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. York 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655; N. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;A. and O.; SP25/76A, ff. 16, 17; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). charitable uses, Yorks. 22 Apr. 1651;C93/21/1. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 18, 172. gaol delivery, 4 Apr. 1655.C181/6, p. 103.

Central: clerk of the hanaper, 5 June 1644-c.Apr. 1645, 27 May 1647–d.LJ vi. 579a; ix. 208b; Clarke Pprs. v, 260. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 12 Apr. 1645;SP46/96, f. 4v. cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Nov. 1647;LJ ix. 508a; CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 744. cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647.CJ v. 407a. Commr. for compounding, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649; removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650,CJ vi. 357b. 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;A. and O. cttee. for excise by May 1650.Bodl. Rawl. C.386, unfol. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

Parlimentarian

ALLANSON, Sir William (c.1587-1656), of St Michael le Belfrey, York, and later the deanery, York Minster close, and Crayke, Yorks.

: of St Michael le Belfrey, York and later the deanery, York Minster close and Yorks., Crayke.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

ALLANSON, Sir William (c.1587-1656), of St Michael le Belfrey, York, and later the deanery, York Minster close, and Crayke, Yorks.

Will

11 June 1656, pr. 20 June 1675.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 56, f. 90.

Estates

by 1640, farmer of tithes of Skelton, par. of Howden, Yorks.Borthwick, V.1640/CB, f. 131v. In 1646, HC ordered he receive full benefit of prebend of Skelton and dividend of Howden, which he leased from a delinquent, towards damages and losses.CJ iv. 454a; E125/24, f. 172. Office of clerk of the hanaper reportedly worth £1,000 p.a.[C. Walker] Hist. of Independency (1648), 142 (E.463.19). By Sept. 1648, in possession of manor of Crayke, Yorks. reportedly worth £600 p.a, which he purchased from commrs. for sale of dean and chapter lands in 1649 for £1,163.[Walker] Hist. of Independency, 142; Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 56, f. 90v; Coll. Top. et Gen. i (1834), 126. c.1649, purchased deanery in York Minster close.Add. 21417, f. 338. At his d. estate inc. manor of Crayke, cap. messuage of Crayke Castle and advowson of Crayke; third of manor of Howden (formerly property of bp. of Durham), ‘lately purchased by me’; house and barn in Howden; lease of manor of Ousefleet (also formerly property of bp. of Durham), paying rent of £108 p.a.; fee farm rents of Ousefleet, ‘which I lately purchased’; deanery in York Minster close, ‘wherein I now dwell’; houses in Petergate and Grape Lane, York; cap. messuage of Sonley Cote, par. of Kirkdale; houses and lands in Adlingfleet; and cottage in Ampleforth, all in Yorks.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 56, ff. 90-1; C6/136/20; Life of Marmaduke Rawdon ed. Davies, 127. Manor of Ousefleet reportedly worth £350 p.a. and property at Sonley Cote worth £120 p.a. Reportedly left personal estate worth £3,000.C33/231, f. 391.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

St Margaret, Westminster (by Apr. 1644);SP28/167, pt. 4, unfol. Tuttle Street, St Margaret, Westminster (by Oct. 1646).WCA, SMW/E/47/1580, unfol.

Religion

presented Francis Bland to rectory of Londesborough, Yorks., 1652; Timothy Rodes to rectory of Long Preston, Yorks., 1652.Add. 36792, ff. 36, 56.

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