CHICHELEY, Sir John (c.1640-91), of Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. c. 1640, 2nd s. of Thomas Chicheley by 1st w. educ. I. Temple 1657. m. c.1667, Isabella (d. 29 Nov. 1709), da. and coh. of Sir John Lawson of Alresford, Essex, wid. of Daniel Norton of Southwick, Hants, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. Kntd. June 1665.Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 234; E. C. Legh, Lady Newton, Lyme Letters, 18, 33, 98; W.F.C. Plowden, Chicheley Plowdens, 125.

Offices Held

Ltd. RN 1662, capt. 1663, r.-adm. 1673–5.Lyme Letters, 18, 25–26, 56.

Envoy, Spanish Netherlands 1670; commr. for navy 1675 – 80, ordnance 1679 – 82; ld. of Admiralty 1682 – 84, 1689–90.Bulstrode Pprs. 159; Cal. Treas. Bks. vi. 140.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1675, Liverpool 1686; j.p. Essex, Hants, Kent, Mdx., Norf., Suff., Suss. and Westminster by 1679 – 87, Lancs. and Mdx. 1689 – d.; commr. for assessment, Cambridge 1679 – 80, Lancs. 1689; conservator, Bedford level 1683–d.R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 361; Wahlstrand thesis, 58; Lancs. RO, QSC 102–5; Mdx. RO, MJP/CP5a; S. Wells, Drainage of the Bedford Level, i. 463–5.

Parlimentarian

CHICHELEY, Sir John (c.1640-91), of Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.

Main residence: Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.

Author

I.C.

G.J.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

CHICHELEY, Sir John (c.1640-91)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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