LOWE, George (c.1600-82), of Calne, Wilts. and Pennyfarthing Street, Oxford.

Family and Education

b. c. 1600, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Richard Lowe, barrister, (d.1624), of Shrewsbury, Salop and Calne by 2nd w. Mary, da. and coh. of Charles Wotton, merchant, of Salisbury, Wilts., wid. of John Vennard of Salisbury. m. (1) 1s. d.v.p.; (2) c.1651, Jane (d. 9 Sept. 1655), da. of Martin Wright, goldsmith, of Oxford, wid. of Acton Drake of Shorthampton Lodge, Charlbury, Oxon., 1s. d.v.p. suc. mother in Calne property 1640.Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv), 121; Wood’s Life and Times (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xix), 196, 198-9; (xxi), 353; PCC 70 Cobham, 62 Eure; VCH Wilts. vi. 128, 185; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 293.

Offices Held

J.p. Oxon. 1646 – 53, Wilts. July 1660-c.63; commr. for assessment, Oxon. 1649 – 52, Wilts. Aug. 1660–3, 1673 – 80, Oxford 1661 – 79, Salisbury 1673 – 74, corporations, Wilts. 1662 – 63; bailiff, Oxford 1665, assistant 1666 – d., commr. for recusants, Wilts. 1675.A. L. Stedman, Marlborough and Upper Kennet Country, 156; Oxford Council Acts (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xcv), 329; (n.s. ii), 1, 24, 41, 79, 92, 112, 130.

Clerk of petty bag 1666–80.T. D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 127–8.

Parlimentarian

LOWE, George (c.1600-82), of Calne, Wilts. and Pennyfarthing Street, Oxford.

Main residences: Calne, Wilts.; Pennyfarthing Street, Oxford.

Author

B.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

LOWE, George (c.1600-82)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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