CHURCHILL, Sir John (c.1620-85), of Lincoln’s Inn and Churchill, Som.

Family and Education

b. c. 1620, 1st s. of Jasper Churchill, Cutler, of London by w. Alice. educ. L. Inn 1639, called 1647. m. 16 May 1654 (with £2,500), Susan, da. of Edmund Prideaux of Forde Abbey, Devon, 4da. suc. fa. 1648; Kntd. 12 Aug. 1670.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xxvii. 185-93; Dorset Par. Reg. ii. 125.

Offices Held

Deputy registrar, Chancery c. 1639 – 45; solicitor-gen. to the Duke of York 1670, attorney-gen. 1673 – 85; master of the rolls Jan. 1685–d.T. D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 120–1; SP23/186/410.

J.p. Mdx. July 1660 – d., Som. 1662 – d.; commr. for sewers, Som. Aug. 1660, assessment Som. Aug. 1660–80, Mdx. 1673 – 79; bencher, L. Inn 1662, reader 1670, treas. 1670 – 71; freeman, Bristol 1676, Bath 1679; recorder and alderman, Bristol 1682 – d., dep. lt. June 1685–d.Bristol RO, Common Council Proceedings 1670–87, f. 93; Beaven, Bristol Lists, 187, 204, 232; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 571; 1685, p. 189. Bath council bk. 2, f. 750.

Parlimentarian

CHURCHILL, Sir John (c.1620-85), of Lincoln’s Inn and Churchill, Som.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn; Churchill, Som.

Author

J.P.F.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

CHURCHILL, Sir John (c.1620-85)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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