PROGERS, Edward (1621-1713), of Bushy House, Hampton, Mdx.

Family and Education

b. 16 June 1621, 3rd s. of Philip Progers, equerry, (d.1644) of Westminster by Mary Brightmet of Caistor St. Edmund, Norf. m. by 1668, Elizabeth Wells, 2s. d.v.p. 5da.St. Martin in the Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv) 46; (lxvi) 13, 22; Thurloe, i. 151; G. T. Clark, Limbus Patrum, 252-3; Copinger, Suff. Manors, i. 409; VCH Mdx. ii. 387. Wood’s City of Oxford (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxxvii), 245.

Offices Held

Page to Charles I 1632 – 46; groom of the bedchamber to the Prince of Wales 1646 – 50, (as King) Apr. 1660–85; asst. R. Adventurers into Africa 1666, 1670 – 71; commr. for customs and excise accounts [I] 1666–7.HMC 10th Rep. IV, 147, 152; Cal. Treas. Bks. xvii. 71; HMC Pepys, 255; Cal. Cl. SP, iv. 654; CSP Ire. 1666–9, pp. 114, 349.

Commr. for assessment, Brec. 1662 – 80, won. 1663 – 80, Mdx. 1663 – 80, Monmouth 1673 – 74, Norf. and Surr. 1673 – 79, Surr. 1677 – 80, Westminster 1677 – 79, loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; freeman, Portsmouth 1662; col. ?Brec. militia c. 1662 – 66; dep. ranger, Bushey Park, Mdx. by 1664, ranger 1670-d.; j.p. Mdx.by 1668 – 85, Westminster Feb. 1688–9; housekeeper, York palace 1670, dep. lt. Brec. 1674–?85.R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 357; CJ, viii. 431, 634; CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 4; 1666–7, p. 447; Mdx. RO, Acc. 890, WJP/CP2; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 151.

Parlimentarian

PROGERS, Edward (1621-1713), of Bushy House, Hampton, Mdx.

Main residence: Bushy House, Hampton, Mdx.

Notes

This biography, is based on the account by S. H. A. Hervey in West Stow Par. Reg. (Suff. Green Bks. vii), 191-222.

Author

L.N.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

PROGERS, Edward (1621-1713)

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Estates

Oxford 1644

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