CHICHELEY, Thomas (1614-99), of Wimpole, Cambs. and Great Queen Street, St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.

Sheriff, Cambs. 1637 – 38, dep. lt. by 1639 – 42, c. Aug. 1660–85; j.p. Cambs. by 1641 – 42, Cambs. and Ely July 1660–87, Cambridge 1679 – ?87, 1689–?d., Westminster by 1687 – Feb. 1688; commr. for disarming recusants, Cambs. 1641; custos rot. Cambs. 1642, Cambs. and Ely July 1660–87; commr. for oyer and terminer, Norfolk circuit July 1660, assessment, Cambs. Aug. 1660–80, Cambridge and Cambridge Univ. 1673 – 80, Ely 1677 – 80, Cambs., Cambridge, Cambridge Univ. and Ely 1689 – 90, corporations, Cambs. 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, sewers, Bedford level 1662 – 63; bailiff, Bedford level 1663 – 65, 1666 – 67, 1670 – 93, conservator 1667 – 70, 1693 – d.; commr. for pontage, Cambridge 1663, 1673; freeman, Portsmouth 1668, Liverpool 1686; high steward, Cambridge 1670 – May 1688, 1689 – d., master, Grocers’ Co. 1686–7.Keeler, Long Parl. 133; C. H. Cooper, Annals of Cambridge, iii. 316, 513, 546, 557, 639–40; iv. 41; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 181; Camb. Antiq. Soc. Procs. xvii. 105; S. Wells, Drainage of Bedford Level, i. 350, 456–70; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 359; Wahlstrand thesis, 58; B. Heath, Grocers’ Co. 211–12.

Commr. for ordnance 1664 – 70, master 1670 – 79; treas. of seamen’s prize-money 1665 – 67; PC 10 June 1670 – 2 Mar. 1687; commr. for inquiry into land settlement [I] 1671, Tangier 1673 – 80; master of ordnance [I] 1674 – 79, member, R. Fishery Co. 1677; ld. of Admiralty 1677 – 79; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 1682–7.CSP Dom. 1664–5, pp. 49, 413; 1670, p. 224; 1671, p. 358; 1673–5, p. 185; 1679–80, p. 288; Sir Robert Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Office Holders, 3; Williamson Letters (Cam. Soc. n.s. viii), 149.

Lt. Duke of Richmond’s Horse 1666 – 67; capt. of ft. Portsmouth 1669 – 71, the Tower 1677 – 79; capt. of Life Gds. [I] by 1677–80.CSP Dom. 1677–8, p. 437; 1679–80, pp. 229, 372; HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 208.