Family and Education
bap. 17 Apr. 1639, 8th s. of Nicholas Herne, Merchant Taylor, of the Golden Bull, Cheapside, London, being 4th s. by 2nd w. Susan, da. of Richard Ironside, Leatherseller, of London; bro. of Sir Nathaniel Herne. m. 23 July 1672 (with £5,000), Elizabeth, da. of (Sir) John Frederick of Old Jewry, London, 7s. 3da. Kntd. 15 Sept. 1690.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 378; Inhabitants of London in 1638 ed. Dale, 60; Cal. Cl. SP, iii. 248; The Gen. n.s. xxvii. 67; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London, 89; PCC 77 Herne.
Offices Held

Freeman, E.I. Co. 1671, committee 1678 – 86, 1687 – 94, 1698 – d., gov. 1690 – 92; alderman of London 1686 – 87, dep. lt. 1689–?d.; member, Mercers’ Co. by 1687 – d.; commr. for assessment, London and Devon 1689 – 90; gov. Copper Miners’ Co. 1691, Merchant Adventurers to N.W. America 1691; dep. gov. Royal Fishery [I] 1691 – 92; asst. Mines Co. 1693; commr. for Land Bank 1696; crown trustee for Exchequer bills 1697.HMC Lords, iii. 47; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 488; 1690–1, p. 527; 1691–2, pp. 4, 113; Cal. Treas. Bks. xi. 16; xii. 8.

Main residence: King's Arms Yard, Colman Street, London.
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Commons 1660-1690
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HERNE, Joseph (1639-99)

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