Freeman, Poole 1613, Lyme Regis bef. 1631, Weymouth 1640; sheriff, Dorset 1618 – 19; j.p. Dorset by 1622 – 26, 1629 – 48, 1657 – d., Devon 1647 – 48; dep. Lt. Dorset 1625 – 26, by 1642 – 43, collector of loan 1626, commr. of sewers 1638, oyer and terminer, Western circuit 1640, July 1660, assessment, Dorset 1640 – 48, 1657, Aug. 1660 – d., Poole Aug. 1660–1, suppression, of enclosure riots, Dorset 1643, sequestration 1643, accounts 1643, chapter, Westminster Abbey 1645, militia, Dorset 1648, Mar. 1660, scandalous ministers 1654, col. of militia ft. Apr. 1660.
Committee, Virginia Co. 1620; gov. Dorchester New England Co. 1624 – 27; member, council for Virginia 1621; treas. for reformado officers, 1644; lt. of Ordnance 1644 – 45, 1647 – 48; commr. for Admiralty 1645 – 48, propositions for relief of Ireland 1645, exclusion from sacrament 1646, bishops’ lands 1646, indemnity 1647 – 49, scandalous offences 1648.
Capt. of horse (parliamentary) 1642–3.
ERLE, Sir Walter (1586-1665)