Family and Education
b. c. 1613, 1st s. of Sir Robert Phelips of Montacute by Bridget, da. of Sir Thomas Gorges of Longford Castle, Wilts.; bro. of Robert Phelips. educ. Wadham, Oxf. matric. 30 Oct. 1629, aged 16. m. 21 Feb. 1632 (with £3,000), Anne, da. of Sir Robert Pye, auditor of the Exchequer, of Faringdon, Berks., 4s. 1da. suc. fa. 1638.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 367; Keeler, Long Parl. 305.
Offices Held

J.p. Som. 1638 – 46, July 1660 – d., commr. of array 1642, oyer and terminer, Western circuit July 1660; dep. lt. Som. July 1660 – d., commr. for sewers Aug., Dec. 1660, assessment Aug. 1660 – d.; high steward, Ilchester 1661 – d.; commr. for corporations, Som. 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers 1662, recusants 1675.T. G. Barnes, Som. 1625–40, p. 315; Q. Sess. Recs. (Som. Rec. Soc. xxxiv), p. xvi; Som. RO, DD/PH 246; Wells corp. act bk. 1662–5.

Col. of horse (royalist) c. 1643 – 45; gov. Ilchester c.1643–5.Cal. Comm. Adv. Money, 761, 855, 1159; D. Underdown, Som. in Civil War and Interregnum, 69; J. Sprigge, Anglia Rediviva, 63.

Main residence: Montacute, Som.
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Commons 1660-1690
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PHELIPS, (PHILLIPS), Edward I (c.1613-80)

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Oxford 1644
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