Family and Education
b. c. 1653, o.s. of Seacole Chivers of Quemerford by Eleanor, da. and coh. of John Roberts of Fiddington. m. Bridget (d.1724), da. of Duke Stonehouse of Great Bedwyn, Wilts., 1da. suc. fa. 1657.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxiv. 218; Sir T. Phillipps, Monumental Inscriptions, pt. 2, p. 41.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Wilts. 1677 – 80, 1689 – 90, sheriff 1677 – 78; j.p. Glos. 1683 – ?96, Wilts. June 1688–96, 1700 – 05; dep. lt. Wilts. 1683 – ?96, 1701–?d.; alderman, Malmesbury 1685 – 87; col. of militia ft. Wilts. by June 1688-at least 1697.
Capt. of ft. regt. of Duke of Beaufort (Henry Somerset) 1685 – 87, Queen Dowager’s Ft. (later 2 Ft.) 1687 – 89; lt.-col. R. Ft. Gds. (later Grenadier Gds.) 1689–90.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Fiddington, Ashchurch, Glos.; Quemerford, nr. Calne, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
CHIVERS, Henry (c.1653-1720)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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