Family and Education
b. 26 Sept. 1630, 1st s. of Richard Colchester of Westbury by 1st w. Jane, da. of John Duncombe of Deddington, Oxon. educ. Northampton (Mr Denton) 1638-40; Charterhouse 1640-1; Camberwell (Mr Caradine) 1641. m. 19 July 1655 (with £2,500), Elizabeth, da. of John Maynard I of Gunnersbury, Mdx., 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1643; Kntd. 9 Nov. 1674.Glos. RO, D36/A1, Colchester jnl. 1, ff. 9, 14, 34, 41, 45; D36/F/A3-4; Kensington Par. Reg. 75; Vis. Glos. ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 45.
Offices Held
Commr. for militia, Glos. and Gloucester Mar. 1660, capt. of militia horse, Glos. Apr. 1660; commr. for assessment, Glos. 1661 – 80, Gloucester 1677 – 80, Glos. and Gloucester 1689 – 90; j.p. Glos. Sept. 1660–82, 1689 – d., dep. lt. 1670 – 81, 1689 – d.; verderer, Forest of Dean 1668 – d., commr. for inquiry 1673, 1679, 1683, 1692; alderman, Gloucester 1672 – d., mayor 1674 – 75; commr. for recusants, Glos. 1675.
Capt. of ft. regt. of Marquess of Worcester (Henry Somerset) 1667.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Westbury-on-Severn; the Wilderness, Abbinghall, Glos.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
COLCHESTER, Sir Duncombe (1630-94)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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