KENT, Richard (c.1643-90), of Westminster and Corsham, Wilts.

Family and Education

b. c. 1643, 3rd s. of Robert Kent (d. c.1658) of Winterbourne Dauntsey by w. Dorothy. m. lic. 12 Feb. 1666, aged 23, Bridget (bur. 10 Aug. 1692), da. of one Harris of Westminster, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.Wilts. N. and Q. vii. 232-3; Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxiii), 112.

Offices Held

Clerk, Pay Office 1661 – 74; receiver-gen. and cashier of excise 1674 – 76, commr. 1675 – 76; receiver-gen. and cashier of customs 1677 – 89; six clerk in Chancery July-Aug. 1682.C. Clay, Public Finance and Private Wealth , 141–3; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 265, 685; iv. 807; v. v. 113,443; viii. 2168; T. D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, III.

J.p. Wilts. Oct. 1688 – d.; commr. for assessment Mdx. 1689, Wilts. 1689 – d.

Parlimentarian

KENT, Richard (c.1643-90), of Westminster and Corsham, Wilts.

Main residences: Westminster; Corsham, Wilts.

Author

B.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

KENT, Richard (c.1643-90)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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