Family and Education
bap. 1624; 1624 o.s. of Samuel Collins, DD, provost of King’s College, Cambridge 1615-44 by 1st w. educ. Eton KS c.1635-9; King’s, Camb. 1639, BA 1643, MA 1646, LL.D 1683; G. Inn, entered 1639, called 1650, ancient 1662; travelled abroad (Holland) c.1650. m. (1) c.1653, Mary (d.1657), da. of Richard Bateman, fellow of Eton 1619-55, 2da.; (2) lic. 5 Feb. 1664, ‘aged 34’, Martha, da. of Thomas Wearg, Vintner, of St. Martin’s Street, London, 3da. suc. fa. 1651; Kntd. 14 June 1681.Soc. of Genealogists, St. Edward’s Cambridge par. reg.; PCC 47 Laud; Eton Coll. Reg. 26, 79; N. and Q. cliv. 118-19; London Mar. Lic. ed. Foster, 313; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London, 173.
Offices Held
Steward, Andover by Oct. 1660–79, by July 1680 – ?89; j.p. Hants July 1660 – ?89; commr. for assessment, Wilts. Aug. 1660–80, 1689 – 91, Hants 1661 – 63, Berks. 1677 – 80; commr. for inquiry, Finkly forest 1672, recusants, Hants 1675; dep. lt. Hants and Wilts. Apr. 1688–9.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Chute Lodge, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
COLLINS, John (1624-1711)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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