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Family and Education
bap. 1 Nov. 1579, s. of Thomas Longe of Axminster, Devon, mercer, and Joan.Axminster par. reg. educ. appr. to John Merrick of Bristol, merchant 20 Sept. 1600.Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 118v. m. 8 Sept. 1611, Mary, da. of John Barker, merchant and alderman of Bristol, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.).St Werburgh, Bristol, par. reg. bur. 11 Feb. 1648 11 Feb. 1648.Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 252.
Offices Held

burgess, Bristol 29 Sept. 1608–d.;Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 118v. common cllr. 14 Sept. 1618;Bristol RO, 04264/2, f. 73v. sheriff, 1621 – 22; supervisor, free sch. 1628 – 29, 1639 – 40; pauper children and coals, 1629 – 30, 1631 – 32; highways, 1631 – 32, 1632 – 33, 1634 – 35, 1638 – 39; hosps. 1632 – 33, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35; auditor, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35, 1643 – 44, 1644 – 45, 1645; asst. orphans ct. 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35, 1635 – 36; charity money, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35; supervisor, city lands, 1635 – 36, 1637 – 38, 1638 – 39, 1642 – 43, 1643 – 44, 1644 – 45; treas. hosps. 1635–6;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 168; Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 7v, 16, 34, 38, 45, 53, 64, 71, 94, 87, 79; 04264/4, pp. 38, 74, 115. alderman, 12 Aug. 1636- 28 Oct. 1645;Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 69; 04264/4, p. 125. mayor, 1636 – 37; constable of staple, 1637 – 38, 1645; clavenger, 1644–5;Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 71, 79; 04264/4, pp. 74, 115. member, cttee. for safety of city, c.Mar.-10 Sept. 1645.Bristol RO, 04264/4, p. 93.

warden, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 1616 – 17; asst. 1620 – 21, 1627 – 32, 1633 – 36, 1638 – 40, 1642 – 44; treas. 1623 – 24; master, 1636 – 37, 1637–8.Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bk. of Charters II, pp. 55, 89, 95, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 137, 139, 141.

churchwarden, St Werburgh, Bristol 1620 – 22, 1628 – 29; clavenger, 1621 – 22, 1628 – 29, 1631–2;Bristol RO, P/St. W/Chw/3(b), pp. 20, 27, 50, 68. feoffee by Nov. 1636–d.Bristol RO, P/St. W/D/3/4.

commr. array (roy.), Bristol 16 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Parlimentarian
LONGE, Richard (1579-1648), of Bristol.
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Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LONGE, Richard (1579-1648), of Bristol.

Will
10 June 1646, cod. 24 June 1647, pr. 11 Mar. 1648.Bristol RO, Great Orphan Bk. 2, f. 128.
Estates
Paid subsidy on £7 in goods, 1629;E179/116/518. lessee of city lands at Portishead, Som. Sept. 1643-May 1645;Bristol RO, 00488(26); 00906/3b, 3c. in 1646, owned houses in Corn St. and Baldwin St. (mortgaged), Bristol, and Congresbury; tenements in St Nicholas St., Bristol; farm and lands at Syston (conveyed May 1645).Bristol RO, Great Orphan Bk. 2, f. 128; Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 252.
Oxford 1644
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