ALFORD, Edward (c.1565/6-1631), of Hamsey and Offington, Broadwater, Suss. and the Whitefriars, London

Family and Education

b. c. 1565 /6, o.s. of Roger Alford† of Hitcham, Bucks. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Ramsey of Hitcham, wid. of John Clerke of Hitcham. educ. Trin., Oxf. 1581, aged 15; L. Inn 1583. m. by 1589, Judith, da. of Edmund Downing† of the Whitefriars, London, 6s. 1da. suc. fa. 1580. J.G. Alford, Alford Fam. Notes ed. W.P.W. Phillimore, 25, 27, 33, 36, 46; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. d. 7 Nov. 1631. sig. Edw[ard] Alford

Offices Held

Steward, manors of Morton, Surr., Taplow and Upton, Bucks. and Pescod Street, Windsor Forest, Bucks., 31 Dec. 1596–1604; E315/309, f. 97v; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 126. commr. subsidy, Suss. 1624, 1628; E115/5/122; 115/2/138. j.p. Suss. 1624 – 26, 1628–?d.; C231/4, ff. 167v, 210v, 261v. commr. impressment, Suss. 1625–6; APC, 1625–6, pp. 29, 180; 1626, p. 13. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1625–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 138. dep. lt. Suss. by 1627; SP16/70/89. commr. martial law, Suss. 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461, name misprinted ‘Edmund’. sewers by 1630–d. C181/4, ff. 38, 74.

Commr. trade 1621–2, APC, 1621–3, pp. 80, 208. to seize and sell the goods aboard the Dunkirker St. Michael 1628, HCA 14/44, pt. 1, ff. 51, 53. seize the goods aboard a sunken Spanish ship 1628. Ibid. ff. 3, 5.

Parlimentarian

ALFORD, Edward (c.1565/6-1631), of Hamsey and Offington, Broadwater, Suss. and the Whitefriars, London

Main residences: Hamsey; Offington, Broadwater, Suss.; the Whitefriars, London.

Author

A.D.T.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

ALFORD, Edward (c.1565/6-1631)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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