BRIGGES, Sir Humphrey (c.1615-91), of Haughton, Shifnal, Salop.

Family and Education

b. c. 1615, 1st s. of Morton Brigges of Haughton and Chrysogen, da. of Edward Grey of Buildwas.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 183; Vis. Salop 1623, i (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 69. educ. L. Inn 1 Nov. 1631.LI Admiss. i. 215. m. (1) c.1630 Elizabeth (b. 1611), da. of Sir Philip Carey of Aldenham, Herts. ?s.p.; (2) c.1648 Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Wilbraham, bt. 1s.; (3) lic. 30 June 1665 Anne, wid. of Richard Morton of Montgomery, s.p.; (4) 1669 Magdalen (d. 1698) da. of Sir John Corbet* bt. of Stoke, s.p.PROB11/448/175. Kntd. by Oct. 1641; suc. fa. as 2nd bt. c.1643.Salop Archives, 5735/2/25; A. and O. i. 126. bur. 21 May 1691.CB ii. 134; Salop Archives, 5735/3/2/1.

Offices Held

burgess, Much Wenlock 1646; recorder, 27 June 1647.Salop Archives, WB/B3/1/1, pp. 700, 712, 720–1.

j.p. Salop 17 Feb. 1647 – aft.Oct. 1653, 3 Mar. 1656 – bef.Oct. 1660, by July 1669–d.C231/6 pp. 74, 330; C193/13/4, f. 81v; Salop Archives, 484/240; Salop County Records, i. 106–30. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance … for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 25 May, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.LJ x. 282b; A. and O. Sheriff, 1665–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 120. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697.

elder, 3rd Presbyterian classis, Salop 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng Church, ii. 408–9.

Parlimentarian

BRIGGES, Sir Humphrey (c.1615-91), of Haughton, Shifnal, Salop.

Salop., Shifnal.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BRIGGES, Sir Humphrey (c.1615-91), of Haughton, Shifnal, Salop.

Will

Admon. 16 June 1691, 13 Jan. 1710.CB ii. 134.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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