Family and Education
b. c. 1621, 1st s. of William Cann, merchant, of Bristol and Compton Greenfield by Margaret, sis. of Robert Yeamans, merchant, of Wine Street, Bristol. m. (1) lic. 17 July 1642, Cicely, da. of Humphrey Hooke, merchant, of Bristol, 1s. 1da.; (2) 10 Feb. 1647, Anne, da. of Derrick Popley, merchant, of the Red Lodge, Bristol, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1658; Kntd. 22 Apr. 1662; cr. Bt. 13 Sept. 1662.Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Trans. xlix. 204; Deposition Bks. (Bristol Rec. Soc. vi) 65; (xiii), 202; Merchants and Merchandise (Bristol Rec. Soc. xix), 125; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii) 338; Rudder, Glos. 801; Glos. N. and Q. ii. 594; Wards 7/85/74.
Offices Held
Member of merchant venturers, Bristol 1646, treas. 1653 – 54, master 1658 – 59; freeman, Bristol 1646, common councilman 1649 – 63, sheriff 1651 – 52, mayor 1662 – 63, 1675 – 76, alderman 1663 – d.; commr. for militia, Bristol Mar. 1660, assessment, Bristol Aug. 1660–4, 1679 – 80, Glos. 1673 – 80; sheriff, Glos. 1670 – 71, j.p. 1679 – d.; dep. lt. Bristol June 1685–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Small Street, Bristol; Stoke Bishop, Westbury-on-Trym, Glos.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
CANN, Sir Robert (c.1621-85)
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Oxford 1644
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