EDISBURY, John (c.1646-1713), of Symond’s Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

Family and Education

b. c. 1646, 2nd s. of John Edisbury (d.1677) of Pentreclawdd, Denb. by 1st w. Martha, da. of Joshua Downing of Chatham, Kent. educ. G. Inn, entered 1654; Brasenose, Oxf. matric. 9 Nov. 1661, aged 15, BA 1665, MA 1668, DCL 1672; advocate, Doctors’ Commons 1672. unm. A. N. Palmer, Country Townships of Wrexham, 224-5.

Offices Held

Commr. for assessment, Oxf. Univ. 1677 – 80; master in Chancery 1684 – 1709; chancellor, Exeter dioc. 1692 – ?1709; j.p. Cornw. by 1701–?9.T. D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 94–96; Wood’s Life and Times (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxvi), 403; A. L. Cust, Chrons. of Erthig, 143.

Parlimentarian

EDISBURY, John (c.1646-1713), of Symond’s Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

Main residence: Symond's Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

Author

L.N.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

EDISBURY, John (c.1646-1713)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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