Family and Education
b. c. 1617, 1st s. of Nicholas Rishton of Antley, Accrington, Lancs. by Susanna, da. of Thomas Greenwood of Foxholebank, Lancs. educ. All Souls, Oxf. 1635, St. Mary’s Hall BA 1638, MA 1641, MD 1661. m. Anne, da. of Oliver Browne of London, wid. of Richard Shaw of Preston, 3s. 3da. suc. fa. 1654.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 249; Leyland Reg. (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxi), 256.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Lancs. Aug. 1660 – d., corporations 1662 – 63; freeeman, Preston 1662.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Preston, Lancs.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
RISHTON, Geoffrey (c.1617-67)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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