Family and Education
b. 24 Mar. 1623, 1sts. of Sir John Hare of Stow Bardolph by Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 1638; travelled abroad (France) 1643-6. m. (1) lic. 26 Oct. 1647, Mary, da. and coh. of Sir Robert Crane, 1st Bt., of Chilton, Suff., 1s. 6da.; (2) 30 Aug. 1660, Vere (d.1669), da. of Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Bt., of Raynham Hall, Norf., s.p.; (3) lic. 12 July 1671, Elizabeth Chapman (d. 17 Mar. 1684) of Westminster, 1s. (posth.). suc. fa. 1637; cr. Bt. 23 July 1641.The Gen. n.s. xxvii. 241; N. and Q. cc. 297; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 625.
Offices Held
J.p. Norf. 1646 – d., commr. for assessment 1647 – 50, 1656, Jan. 1660–9, militia 1648, Mar. 1660, sheriff 1650 – 51; freeman, King’s Lynn 1660; col. of militia ft. Norf. Apr. 1660–7, dep. lt. c. Aug. 1660 – d.; commr. for sewers, Lincs. Aug. 1660, corporations, Norf. 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, oyer and terminer, Norfolk circuit 1665.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Stow Bardolph, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
HARE, Sir Ralph (1623-72)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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