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b. c.1622, 3rd s. of Cornelius Manley (d. by 10 Dec. 1625) of St Asaph, Flint. and Erbistock, Denb. and Mary, da. of Francis Lloyd of Hardwick, Salop.NLW, Plymouth Estate Records, 820; NLW Deeds, 1607. educ. appr. Skinner London 1639.Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants of London, 3768. m. (1) c.1650, Margaret (bur. 17 Dec. 1675), da. of Isaac Dorislaus, LLD of Maldon, Essex, envoy to the States General of the United Provinces 1649, at least 2s. 2da.; (2) Mary (d. 1701), at least 1s. bur. 31 Jan. 1699 31 Jan. 1699.Burke Commoners, iv. 708; St Stephen Walbrook Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. Regs. xlix), 25, 26, 106, 118;. PROB6/75, f. 35, 78, f. 5.
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capt. (parlian.) ?army of Sir Thomas Myddelton* by c.June 1643.SP28/346, pt. 1, unfol. Capt. militia, Denb. by Aug. 1659–60.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 159. Maj. of horse, rebel army of duke of Monmouth, 1685. Col. of horse, 1690.HP Commons 1660–90; Oxford DNB.

postmaster-gen. 30 June 1653–30 July 1655.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 455; A. and O. ii. 1008.

commr. assessment, Denb. 9 June 1657.A. and O. J.p. Salop July 1658-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 401. Denb. ?July 1659-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 78. Commr. militia, N. Wales 26 July 1659.A. and O.

master, Skinners’ Co. 1673–4.J.F. Wadmore, Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Skinners (1902), 193.

Parlimentarian
MANLEY, John (c.1622-99), of Bryn y Ffynnon, Wrexham, Denb. and the Old Artillery Ground, London.
of Bryn-y-Ffynnon, Wrexham, Denb.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

MANLEY, John (c.1622-99), of Bryn-y-Ffynnon, Wrexham, Denb.

Will
admon. 1699.PROB6/75, f. 35.
Estates
bought Bidston manor, Cheshire, confiscated from 7th earl of Derby (James Stanley†) by Apr. 1652; bought Oswestry manor, Salop, confiscated from William Craven, 1st Baron Craven by Aug. 1653.CCC 571, 1118, 1625.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
St Stephen Walbrook, London, by Dec. 1650.St Stephen Walbrook Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. Regs xlix), 25.
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