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Family and Education
bap. 21 Aug. 1603, 3rd s. of Marmaduke Blakiston, rector of Sedgefield, co. Dur. and Margaret (bur. 10 Mar. 1636), da. of one James.Surtees, Co. Dur. iii. 163. educ. appr. mercer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1619.Extracts from the Recs. of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. ci), ii. 239. m. 9 Nov. 1626, Susan, da. of one Harrison, wid. of Roger Chambers, merchant, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.).St Nicholas, All Saints and St Andrew, Newcastle-upon-Tyne par. regs.; Whitburn, co. Dur. par. reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. iii. 402; Welford, Men of Mark, i. 335, 339. suc. fa. Sept. 1639;Surtees, Co. Dur. iii. 163. d. June 1649.PROB11/215, f. 342v; CJ vi. 225b.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1627;Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M. H. Dodds (Publns. of the Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 14. chamberlain, 1631–2;Welford, Men of Mark, i. 335. common cllr. Oct. 1645–d.;Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/1, p. 166. alderman, 5 Dec. 1644–d.;CJ iii. 714b. mayor, Oct. 1645-Oct. 1646.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/1, p. 166.

Mercantile: member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Dec. 1636–d.;Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.HO/1/1, p. 366; Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 269. Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by 1641 – d.; asst. 9 Oct. 1641 – 4 Feb. 1642, 1645–7.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, ff. 5, 8v, 26, 35.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 17 Aug. 1642.CJ ii. 725a. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 2 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 243b, 299a. cttee. for compounding, 23 Dec. 1643,CJ iii. 351a. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ iii. 699b; vi. 112b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 6 Jan.,CJ vi. 113b. 17 Apr. 1649;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 19 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 121b. cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 137b.

Local: commr. assessment, co. Dur. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649; Newcastle-upon-Tyne 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649; sequestration, co. Dur. 27 Mar. 1643; Newcastle-upon-Tyne 27 Mar. 1643, 5 Dec. 1644;A. and O.; CJ iii. 714b. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Auditor, duchy of Lancaster, northern parts by 1644-aft. Mar. 1646.SC6/CHASI/1662, m. 11d; Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 215v. Commr. Northern Assoc. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 20 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649.SP18/1/23, f. 32.

Parlimentarian
BLAKISTON, John (1603-49), of St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
: of St Nicholas, Northumb., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BLAKISTON, John (1603-49), of St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

Will
1 June 1649, pr. 24 Mar. 1651.PROB11/215, f. 342.
Estates
in 1645, Blakiston was granted the lease of sequestered manors of Gibside and Marley Hill, Co. Dur. at a rent of £160 a year.Recs. of the Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. R. Welford (Surt. Soc. cxi), 37. In 1647, Blakiston and Edward Cludd* purchased Rest Park and other property in Sherburn in Elmet, Yorks. from the commrs. for the sale of church lands for £3,906.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 4. At some point between 1647 and his death, Blakiston purchased lands and collieries in Frankland, co. Dur. from the commrs. for the sale of church lands for £1,279.LR2/266, f. 3v. By Aug. 1648, he had purchased Durham Castle, formerly the property of the bishop of Durham.A List of the Names of the Members of the House of Commons (1648, 669 f.12.103); G. Lilburne, To Every Individuall Member of the Honorable House of Commons (1649), 6.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Mark Lane, Crutched Friars, London (1643).Add. 18778, f. 48v.
Religion
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