Family and Education
b. c. 1627, 3rd s. of Sir Edward Lewis of Edington Priory and The Van by Lady Anne Sackville, da. of Robert Sackville, 2nd Earl of Dorset, wid. of Edward, Lord Beauchamp; bro. of William Lewis. m. Mary, da. and h. of Giles James of Sherston, Wilts., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. nephew Edward Lewis in Glam. estate 1674.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xx. 291; G. T. Clark, Limbus Patrum, 52; Wilts. N. and Q. i. 229.
Offices Held
Commr. for assessment, Wilts. Jan. 1660–80, Mon. and Glam. 1677 – 80, Mon., Wilts. and Glam. 1689 – 90, militia, Wilts. Mar. 1660; j.p. Wilts. July 1660 – June 1688, Oct. 1688–96, Glam. ?1674 – 82, 1685 – 96, Glam. and Wilts. 1700 – d., lt.-col. of militia ft. Wilts. 1661, col. 1681, commr. for corporations 1662 – 63, dep. lt. 1668 – June 1688, Oct. 1688–96, by 1701–?d., sheriff 1681 – 82, freeman, Devizes ?1684 – 87; commr. for rebels’ estates, Wilts. 1686.
Main residences: Edington Priory, Wilts.; The Van, Glam.
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Commons 1660-1690
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LEWIS, Richard (c.1627-1706)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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