MASSEY, Edward (c.1619-74), of Abbeyleix, Queen’s Co., Ireland.

Capt. of pioneers 1639; lt.-col. of ft. (parliamentary) 1642; gov. Gloucester 1643 – 45; general, western assoc. 1645 – 46; lt.-gen. of horse 1647; gov. Kirkcaldy (royalist) c. 1650; col. of ft. [I] 1661 – d.; col. of ft. 1666–7.

Commr. for defence, Glos. 1644, assessment, Gloucester 1644 – 45, Aug. 1660 – d., Glos. 1645, 1661 – 63, 1664 – 69, Mdx. and Westminster 1673 – d., Cornw., Devon, Exeter, Dorset, Som. and Wilts. 1645, Mdx. and Westminster 1673 – d., execution of ordinances, western assoc. 1645; freeman, Gloucester Apr. 1660, commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Glos. 1662; sub.-commr, of prizes, Dover 1665–7.Gloucester Guildhall, council bk. 1656–86, f. 131; CSP Ire. 1661–2, p. 392; HMC Ormonde, ii. 200; CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 245.

Commr. for indemnity 1647 – 49; PC [I] 1661 – d.