CRESHELD, Richard (c.1585-1652), of Evesham, Worcs. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1585,C3/308/86. 2nd s. of Edward Cresheld of Mattishall, Norf. and Bridget, da. of Robert Hurleston of Mattishall. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 28. educ. lawyer’s clerk c.1601-2; C3/308/86. L. Inn 1608, called 1615. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 175. m. by 1611, Elizabeth, da. of Richard Egioke of Salford Priors, Warws., 1s. d.v.p. 4da. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 28; VCH Warws. iii. 160; Add. 11042, f. 18. bur. 22 Jan. 1652 22 Jan. 1652. GL, ms 6673/2. sig. Rich[ard] Cresheld.

Offices Held

Prothonotary or clerk of the pprs. Evesham bor. ct. 1605 – 09; att. Evesham bor. ct. ?1606–9; C3/308/86. recorder, Evesham 1622–d.; Evesham Bor. Recs. of Seventeenth Cent. ed. S.K. Roberts (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xiv), 24, 48. bencher, L. Inn 1633 – 36, Lent reader and marshal 1635–6; LI Black Bks. ii. 309, 330. sjt.-at-law 1636; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 186. justice assize, Home circ. winter 1647, 1648, summer 1647, 1648; CJ, v. 76a, 236b, 451a, 598a. j.c.p. 1648–9. Sainty, Judges, 76.

Freeman, Evesham 1608, free burgess 1622; Evesham Bor. Recs. 3, 24. commr. to take answer to bill of Anthony Langston* 1622, C2/Jas.I/L11/46. subsidy, Evesham c. 1624 – 25, 1625, 1628, E179/201/286; E179/201/293; E179/201/298 Forced Loan, 1627; C193/12/2, f. 77v. j.p. Worcs. 1627–?9, Essex 1647–?9, Herts. 1647–?9, Kent 1647–?9, Suss. 1647–?9, Surr. 1647–?9; C231/4, f. 228v; C231/6, ff. 79, 96. commr. sewers, Glos. and Worcs. 1629–31, C181/4, ff. 18, 64v, 79. gaol delivery, Worcester 1630, 1638, Ibid. f. 44v; 181/5, f. 100. disafforestation, Malvern Chase, Worcs. 1631, B.S. Smith, Hist. Malvern, 151. charitable uses, Worcs. 1632, 1637, 1638, C93/14/1; C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1637–42, C181/5, ff. 62, 218v. Kent 1648, CJ, v. 534a. making the Avon navigable 1636, T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 6 assessment, Worcs. 1643, 1644, 1647, 1648, A. and O. i. 95, 542, 977, 1095. sequestration, Worcs. 1643, Ibid. 117. levying money, Worcs. 1643, Ibid. 151. reducing Worcs. to the obedience of Parl. 1644, Ibid. 507. militia, Worcs. 1648. Ibid. 1244.

Parlimentarian

CRESHELD, Richard (c.1585-1652), of Evesham, Worcs. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

Main residences: Evesham, Worcs.; Lincoln's Inn, London; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

Author

B.C.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

CRESHELD, Richard (c.1585-1652)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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