PHESANT, Stephen (1617-59), of Upwood, Hunts.

Family and Education

b. 22 May 1617, 1st s. of Peter Phesant and Mary, da. of Richard Bruges of Combes, Glos.St Olave Old Jewry, London par. reg.; Lincs. Ped. ed. A.R. Maddison (Harl. Soc. lii), 777; Lansd. 921, f. 71; F.C.Cass, East Barnet (1892), ped. opp. 32. educ. G. Inn 9 Aug. 1624 and 8 May 1629;G. Inn Admiss. 174, 187. St Catherine’s, Camb. 1631.Al. Cant. m. (1) 27 Aug. 1639, Sarah (d. 1654), da. of Walter Rogers, Leatherseller, of St Edmund King and Martyr, London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 7da. (at least 2 d.v.p.); (2) 28 Feb. 1655, Mary, wid. of Francis Staunton and da. of Arthur Staveley of Laughton, Leics. 3da.Lincs. Ped. 777; Lansd. 921, f. 71; Hunts. RO, 2130/1/1, ff. 9v, 10, 29v, 30; All Hallows, Lombard St, London par. reg.; The Regs. of St Bene’t and St Peter, Paul’s Wharf, London, ed. W.A. Littledale (Harl. Soc. xl), 294; St Andrew Holborn, London par. reg. suc. fa. 1 Oct. 1649.Smyth’s Obit. 28; Lincs. Ped. 777. bur. 31 May 1659.Hunts. RO, 2130/1/1, f. 30v.

Offices Held

Civic: common pleader, London c.May 1643–?d.Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 159–60.

Local: dep. steward, Barnet manor, East Barnet, Herts. bef. Oct. 1645; steward by 20 Apr. 1647-bef. 24 May 1648.Cass, East Barnet, 35, 37, 39. J.p. Hunts. Mar. 1652-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 241. Commr. assessment, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Hunts. Sept. 1655.TSP iv. 229.

Parlimentarian

PHESANT, Stephen (1617-59), of Upwood, Hunts.

: of Upwood, Hunts.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on panel, double portrait with sister, unknown, 1622.Whereabouts unknown.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PHESANT, Stephen (1617-59), of Upwood, Hunts.

Will

May 1659, pr. 2 Nov. 1660.PROB11/302/15.

Estates

owned land at Upwood, Hunts.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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