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b. 4 Mar. 1665, 1st s. of Sir Duncombe Colchester† of Westbury Court and the Wilderness by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Maynard*. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1681; M. Temple 1682, called 1689. m. 28 Jan. 1690, Jane (d. 1741), da. of Sir Edward Clarke, Merchant Taylor, of St. Peter Cheap and Gutter Lane, London, ld. mayor 1696, sis. and h. of Thomas Clarke*, 2s. d.v.p. 3da.; other ch. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1694. Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. vi. 189–90; li. 32–33; Morrice ent’ring bk. 3, p. 105; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 47; PCC 73 Whitfield.
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Commr. superstitious lands, Glos. 1692; verderer, Forest of Dean ?1709–d.; ?dep. constable, St. Briavels Castle, Glos. 1710–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 1909; xxiv. 567; Add. 61596, ff. 55–58, 63; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. 1700–15, p. 305; Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. iii. 364.

Member, SPCK 1699, SPG 1701. W. K. Lowther Clarke, Hist. SPCK, 54; W. O. B. Allen and E. McClure, Two Hundred Years, 13, 17–18.

Main residences: Westbury Court, Westbury-on-Severn; the Wilderness, Abbinghall, Glos.
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COLCHESTER, Maynard (1665-1715)

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