BETHELL, Hugh (1615-79), of Rise, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 1 Oct. 1615, 1st s. of Hugh Bethell of Rise by Ellen, da. of Thomas Johnston of Bishop Burton. m. 14 Jan. 1641, Mary, da. and coh. of Thomas Mitchellbourne of Carleton, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1659; Kntd. aft. 4 Sept. 1660.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 470-1.

Offices Held

Capt. of horse (parliamentary) by 1643, col. by 1644 – 49, Jan. – Nov. 1660; gov. Scarborough Castle c.1649–51.HMC Portland, i. 139; Parl. Rep. Yorks. (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xcvi), 64; CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 30, 188, 191.

Commr. for northern assoc., Yorks. (E. Riding) 1645, assessment 1649, 1657, Jan. 1660 – d., Yorks. 1650 – 52, militia 1649, 1659, Mar. 1660; j.p. (E. Riding) 1649 – 76, Beverley 1657; sheriff, Yorks. 1652 – 53; commr. for scandalous ministers (E. Riding and Hull) 1654, sewers Sept. 1660, corporations, Yorks. 1662 – 63, dep. lt. (E. Riding) 1670 – ?76; commr. for recusants, Yorks. 1675.HMC 8th Rep. pt. 1 (1881), p. 275.

Parlimentarian

BETHELL, Hugh (1615-79), of Rise, Yorks.

Main residence: Rise, Yorks.

Author

M.W.H.

P.W.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

BETHELL, Hugh (1615-79)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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