Family and Education
b. c. 1625, 2nd s. of John Cloberry (d.1657) of Bradstone, Devon, being 1st s. by 2nd w. Catharine, da. and h. of George Drake of Spratshayes, Littleham, Devon, wid. of Henry Ford of Bagtor, Ilsington, Devon; half-bro. of Henry Ford. educ. M. Temple 1647. m. (1) by 1649, Margery, da. and coh. of Robert Riggs of Fareham, Hants, wid. of John Erlisman of Calbourne, I.o.W., s.p.; (2) lic. 7 Apr. 1662, Anne (d. 25 Jan. 1667), da. of William Cranmer, Merchant Adventurer, of Rotterdam, Holland, wid. of Nathaniel Wyche, merchant, of Surat, India, 1s. d.v.p. 6da. Kntd. 7 June 1660.Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 201; Hants Mar. Lic. 1607-40, p. 82; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 155; Guildhall RO, 10091/25; R. E. C. Waters, Chesters of Chicheley, 418-20.
Offices Held
Maj. of ft. by 1651, lt-col. by 1659; col. of horse 1659 – Oct. 1660; capt. Prince Rupert’s Horse 1667; lt.-col. Queen Dowager’s Horse (later 6 Dgn. Gds.) 1685–6.
Commr. for assessment, Devon 1657, Aug. 1660–1, Clackmannan and Stirling 1657, Jan. 1660, Hants 1667 – 80, Winchester 1679 – 80, militia, Cornw. Mar. 1660, sewers, Westminster Aug. 1660; freeman, Winchester 1669; j.p. Hants 1679 – d., dep. lt. 1680–d.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Upper Eldon, King's Somborne; Parchment Street, Winchester, Hants.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
CLOBERRY, John (c.1625-88)
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Oxford 1644
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