ASHBURNHAM, William (c.1604-79), of Ashburnham House, Little Dean’s Yard, Westminster.

Family and Education

b. c. 1604, 2nd s. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, Suss., and bro. of John Ashburnham I. m. c.1627, Jane (d.1672), da. of Sir John Boteler, 1st Baron Boteler of Brantfield, wid. of James Ley, 1st Earl of Marlborough, s.p.Horsfield, Suss. i. 558; Suss. Arch. Colls. xxxiii. 60-61.

Offices Held

Lt.-col. of ft. 1639, col. (royalist) 1642 – 46; maj.-gen. 1643; gov. Weymouth 1644.Clarendon, Rebellion, ii. 453; E. Peacock, Army Lists, 14.

J.p. Hants and Wilts. 1636 – 46, Mdx. and Westminster 1661 – d.; dep. lt. Hants by 1640 – 42, commr. for assessment, Mdx. 1661–d. , Westminster 1661, 1673 – d., Suss. 1679, loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; conservator, Bedford level 1667–8.Add. 21922, f. 219; S. Wells, Drainage of the Bedford Level, i. 458.

Cofferer of the Household 1642 – 46, June 1660 – d.; commr. for affairs of Duke of Monmouth 1665 – 70; member, Society of Mines Royal 1662, asst. 1664 – 74, dep. gov. 1675 – d.; member, Society of Mineral and Battery Works 1662, dep. gov. 1664 – d.; asst. R. Adventurers into Africa 1664, 1669 – 71; member, R. Africa Co. 1672, R. Fisheries 1677.BL Loan 16; CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 173; Cal. Treas. Bks. vi. 2.

Parlimentarian

ASHBURNHAM, William (c.1604-79), of Ashburnham House, Little Dean’s Yard, Westminster.

Main residence: Ashburnham House, Little Dean's Yard, Westminster.

Author

B.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

ASHBURNHAM, William (c.1604-79)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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