Family and Education
b. c. 1640, 1st s. of Sir Robert Austen, 1st Bt., of Bexley by 2nd w. Anne, da. of Thomas Mun, merchant, of London and Bearsted, Kent; bro. of Robert Austen. educ. G. Inn 1657; Padua 1660. m. lic. 6 Dec. 1661, aged 21, Rose, da. and h. of Sir John Hale of Stagenhoe, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 30 Oct. 1666.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Kent 1661 – 63, 1665 – 80, Herts. 1673 – 80, Kent and Herts. 1689 – 90, Rye and Surr. 1690; j.p. Kent 1665 – Feb. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d., Herts. 1692 – d.; dep. lt. Kent 1668 – ?85, 1689 – ?93, Herts. 1689–?d.; commr. for recusants, Kent 1675.
Commr. for customs 1697 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Hall Place, Bexley, Kent and Stagenhoe, Herts. and Bloomsbury Square, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
AUSTEN, Sir John (c.1640-99)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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