LOVELACE, Hon. John (c.1642-93), of Water Eaton, Oxon. and Hurley, Berks.

Family and Education

b. c. 1642, 1st s. of John, 2nd Baron Lovelace of Hurley by Lady Anne Wentworth, da. and h. of Thomas, 1st Earl of Cleveland. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1655, MA 1661. m. 28 Aug. 1662, aged 20, Martha, da. and coh. of Sir Edmund Pye, 1st Bt., of Bradenham, Bucks., 1s. d.v.p. 3da. suc. fa. as 3rd Baron 25 Sept. 1670.Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 63.

Offices Held

Commr. for oyer and terminer, Oxford circuit 1661, assessment, Berks. 1661 – 69, Oxon. 1664 – 69, loyal and indigent officers, Berks. 1662; j.p. Berks., Bucks. and Oxon. 1663 – 67, by 1670 – 80, Beds., Essex, Herts., Kent and Westminster to 1680, Woodstock 1675, Mdx. and Oxon. 1689 – d.; dep. lt. Berks. 1662 – 67, by 1670 – 80, Oxon. by 1670 – 83, 1689 – d.; steward and lieutenant, Woodstock manor and park 1670 – 78, 1692 – d.; freeman, Chipping Wycombe 1672, Oxford 1680; common councilman, Woodstock 1673 – ?81; high steward, Wallingford 1689 – d., Wycombe 1689–93.HMC Le Fleming, 47; CSP Dom. July-Sept. 1683, p. 162; 1691–2, p. 515; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 845; v. 1230; First Wycombe Ledger Bk. (Bucks. Rec. Soc. xi), 198; Woodstock council acts, 5 Feb. 1673; Oxford Council Acts (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. ii) 126; J. K. Hedges, Hist. Wallingford, ii. 241; L. J. Parker, Wycombe, 84.