BRIDGEMAN, William (c.1646-99), of Pall Mall, Westminster and Combs Hall, Suff.

Family and Education

b. c. 1646, o.s. of Richard Bridgeman, merchant, of Amsterdam, Holland by Catherine, da. of William Watson, merchant, of Amsterdam. educ. Westminster 1656; Queen’s, Oxf. matric. 17 Dec. 1662, aged 16. m. Diana (bur. 11 Dec. 1707), da. of Peter Vernatti, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. 1659.Hist. Weston-under-Lizard (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. n.s. ii), 238; CSP Dom. 1693, p. 286.

Offices Held

Under-sec. of state c. 1667 – 81, 1683 – 89, 1690 – 92, 1693 – 94; clerk of the PC 1685 – Dec. 1688, 1693 – d.; registrar, eccles. commission 1687 – Oct. 1688; sec. of Admiralty 1694 – 98; chairman, Charitable Adventure 1699.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 163; July-Sept. 1683, p. 369; 1684–5, p. 282; 1693, pp. 13, 417; 1694–5, p. 188; 1698, pp. 322, 335; Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1230; x. 747; Evelyn Diary, v. 325; Hist. Acct. R. Hosp. Greenwich, 49.

J.p. Mdx. 1677 – 89, Westminster 1678 – 89, Mdx. and Westminster 1689 – d.; asst. Clothworkers’ Co. 1685, master 1686 – 87; commr. for assessment, Westminster 1679 – 80, 1689 – 90, superstitious uses 1690; dep. lt. Mdx. 1692 – d.; member, R. Fisheries [I] 1692.Foxcroft, Halifax, ii. 230–1; SP44/335/236; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 265; 1691–2, p. 112; Evelyn Diary, v. 325; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 710.

FRS 1679 – d.

Parlimentarian

BRIDGEMAN, William (c.1646-99), of Pall Mall, Westminster and Combs Hall, Suff.

Main residences: Pall Mall, Westminster; Combs Hall, Suff.

Author

B.M.C.

B.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

BRIDGEMAN, William (c.1646-99)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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