BAKER, James (d.1689), of Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Constable and churchwarden, Shaftesbury St. Peter 1642; solicitor and sequestrator, Dorset 1646 – 49; mayor, Shaftesbury 1647 – 48, 1656 – 57; commr. for assessment, Dorset 1649, 1652, Jan. 1660, administering the engagement 1650, capt. of militia horse 1650, lt. 1659, commr. for security 1655.Protestation Returns (Dorset Recs. xii), 142; C. H. Mayo, Dorset Standing Committee, 26, 506; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 16; Christie, Shaftesbury, i. p. liv; CJ, vii. 756; Thurloe, iv. 305.