LOVELACE, Francis (1594-1664), of Canterbury, Kent and Gray’s Inn.

Freeman, Canterbury 1636, recorder 1638 – 43, July 1660 – d., common councilman Oct. 1660 – d., recorder, Dover 1640 – 54, ? July 1660 – d.; j.p. Kent by 1641 – ?44, Mar. 1660 – d.; counsel, Cinque Ports 1647 – d.; bencher, G. Inn 1650, reader 1663; steward, St. Augustine’s liberty July 1660–3, courts of Chancery and Admiralty, Cinque Ports ? July 1660 – d.; commr. for assessment, Canterbury Aug. 1660 – d., Kent 66–d., sewers, E. Kent Sept. 1660, Denge marsh Oct. 1660, corporations, Kent 1662–3.Roll of the Freemen ed. Cowper, iii. 320; Hasted, Kent, xii. 611; J. B. Jones, Annals of Dover, 346; Black and White Bks. (Kent Recs. xix), 481; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 139; 1663–4, pp. 215, 502; Eg. 2985, f. 66; C181/7/56.