HUNT, Robert (1609-80), of Speckington and Compton Pauncefoot, Som.
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Family and Education
bap. 19 June 1609, 1st s. of John Hunt of Forston, Charminster, Dorset and Katherine, da. of John Ewens of Suddon, Wincanton, Som.Charminster par. reg.; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 162-3.educ. Rampisham School, Dorset; matric. Gonville and Caius Camb. 5 Oct. 1625;Al. Cant. M. Temple 18 May 1625, called 22 Nov. 1633.M. Temple Admiss.m. 24 Sept. 1635, Elizabeth (d. 24 Sept. 1675), da. of John Browne I* of Frampton, Dorset, 3s. 5da.Collinson, Som. ii. 77; Vis. Som. 1672, 162-3.suc. fa. 1660. d. 20 Feb. 1680.Collinson, Som. ii. 77.
Offices Held
Local: j.p. Som. 3 Mar. 1640–?, 1654–79.C231/5, p. 373; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xxiv. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Sheriff, Nov. 1654-Sept. 1656.Som. Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 59, 80; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1655;SP18/126, ff. 2, 4; D. Underdown, Som. in the Civil War and Interregnum (Newton Abbott, 173), 180. sewers, 27 Mar. 1656-aft. July 1670;C181/6, pp. 154, 337; C181/7, pp. 24, 556. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. subsidy, 1663.SR. Dep. lt. 1670–d.Som. Assize Orders, 58. Commr. recusants, 1675.Som. Assize Orders, 58.