MARSDEN, Henry (c.1625-88), of Gisburn, Yorks, and Wennington Hall, Melling, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. c. 1625, ?s. of John Marsden, schoolmaster, of Clitheroe, Lancs. educ. Staple Inn; G. Inn 1655. m. by 1654, Jennet (d.1689), da. of Adam Mort of Preston, Lancs., 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxv), 212; Gisburn Par. Reg. (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. cxiv), 78-102, 285-315.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston 1662, 1682; j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1667 – d., Lancs. 1676 – d., Glos. and Carm. 1680 – d.; commr, for assessment, (W. Riding) 1673 – 80, Lancs. 1677 – 79, out-bailiff, Clitheroe 1675, 1679 – 80; maj. of militia ft. (W. Riding) 1679 – 87, dep. lt. 1680–d.Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 149, 191; HMC Var. ii. 402; Lancs. RO, QSC 79–86; W. S. Weeks, Clitheroe in 17th Cent. 237–8; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxix. 285; CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 456.

Parlimentarian

MARSDEN, Henry (c.1625-88), of Gisburn, Yorks, and Wennington Hall, Melling, Lancs.

Main residences: Gisburn, Yorks.; Wennington Hall, Melling, Lancs.

Author

I.C.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

MARSDEN, Henry (c.1625-88)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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