AUSTEN, George (c.1548-1621), of Guildford and Shalford, Surr.

Family and Education

b. c. 1548,PROB 11/137, f. 413. 2nd s. of John Austen† (d.1572), yeoman, of Guildford and Joan, da. of William Snelling of East Horsley, Surr. HP Commons, 1558-1603, i. 368; G.H. Glanville, ‘Aspects of the Hist. of the County of Surr.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1972), p. 258. educ. M. Temple 1593. M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 16 Sept. 1571, Anne (bur. 26 Sep. 1578), da. and coh. of Thomas Mellersh of Nore, Surr. 1s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) by 1587, Jane, da. of Robert Harrison of London and h. to her bro., 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.; (3) by 1612, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Ware, Fishmonger, of London, wid. of Thomas James, Haberdasher, of London, 1s. 2da. suc. bro. 1612. Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 64; Add. 6167, f. 237; PROB 11/137, f. 417. d. 1 June 1621. C142/397/90.

Offices Held

Town clerk, Guildford 1567 – 79, freeman 1576, Add. 6167, ff. 203v, 204. mayor 1579 – 80, 1588 – 89, Apr.-Oct. 1600; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 39. clerk of the peace, Surr. 1577–85, CPR, 1575–8, p. 305; HMC 7th Rep. 641, 653. ?1598–1617, CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 98; Clerks of the Counties comp. E. Stephens, 165; Glanville, 473. treas. of musters 1599; Surr. Musters ed. T. Craib (Surr. Rec. Soc. iii), 386. j.p. 1618–d. C231/4, f. 69; Cal. Assize Recs. Surr. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 213.