TILY, Joseph (c.1654-1708), of Exeter, Devon and Lincoln’s Inn

b. c. 1654, 1st s. of Joseph Tily, merchant, of Bristol, Glos. educ. L. Inn 1671, called 1681. m. (1) lic. 29 Nov. 1676 (aged ‘about 22’), Elizabeth Rivers of Godalming, Surr.; (2) aft. 1693, Deborah, da. of one Powell, merchant, of Bristol, wid. of one Bovett of St. Augustine’s, London and Sir John Roberts, 1st Bt., of Bromley, Mdx., 1s. Kntd. 24 Mar. 1696. Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 451; Foster, London Mar. Lic. 1343.