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bap. 20 July 1617, 2nd s. of Henry Watson (d. 27 Apr. 1635), tanner, of Burton-upon-Trent, and 2nd w. Anne Wardle (d. 3 Oct. 1657).St Modwen, Burton-upon-Trent par. reg.; PROB11/169, ff. 227-8; Vis. Staffs. ed. H. S. Grazebrook (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 1, v. pt. ii), 299. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 10 Apr. 1635;Al. Ox. G. Inn 6 Feb. 1637.G. Inn Admiss. 212. m. c.1650, Rebecca, da. of Edward Villiers of Hanbury, Staffs. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook, 299-300; Vis. Staffs. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 236. bur. 19 June 1683.St Modwen par. reg.
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capt. of horse (parlian.) by May 1643-aft. Apr. 1646.CJ iii. 110a; Brereton Letter Bks. iii. 217, 218, 269; Shaw, Staffs. i. 165.

member, Staffs. co. cttee. 30 May 1643–?CJ iii. 110a. J.p. Staffs. 19 June 1649-bef. Oct. 1660, 25 June 1668–d.C231/6, p. 153; C231/7, p. 330; Staffs. RO, Q/SR/388/1. Commr. assessment, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Lichfield 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1672.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Staffs. and Lichfield 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. militia, Staffs. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659;SP25/76A, f. 15v; A. and O. Staffs. and Lichfield 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Staffs. c.Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 648. surveying Needwood Forest 24 Apr., 12 Dec. 1656, 19 June 1657;C231/6, p. 353; A. and O. for public faith, Staffs. 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). sequestration by Sept. 1659;CCC 748. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697.

called, G. Inn 17 May 1645; ancient, 21 May 1658.PBG Inn, i. 353, 423.

steward, Newcastle-under-Lyme 17 Nov. 1659–d.;Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 334; T. Pape, The Restoration Govt. and the Corporation of Newcastle-under-Lyme (Manchester, 1940), 29, 30. Lichfield by 1663–d.Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook, 299; Harwood, Lichfield, 438. Recorder, Newcastle-under-Lyme 17 Nov. 1660–?Wedgwood, Staffs. Parlty. Hist. ii. 108. Dep. steward, Stafford 17 Mar. 1677–d.CSP Dom. 1677–8, p. 33.

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WATSON, Daniel (c.1617-83), of The Nether Hall, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs.
of The Nether Hall, Staffs., Burton-upon-Trent.
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WATSON, Daniel (1617-83), of The Nether Hall, Burton-upon-Trent, Staffs.

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purchased Nether Hall, Burton-upon-Trent.Shaw, Staffs. i. 12. In early 1660s, estate reckoned to be worth £200 p.a.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 36. In 1666, his house in Burton-upon-Trent was assessed at 8 hearths and his ‘brewhouse’ there at 9 hearths.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 3, 1923), 199, 202. In 1681, purchased manor of Madeley, Staffs.Wm. Salt Lib. SD Pearson/349a.
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