EVELYN, Sir John (1601-1685), of West Dean, Wilts.

Commr. sewers, Hants and Wilts. 1629 – 30, oyer and terminer, Wilts. 1631, Western circ. 1638 – 42, Devon, Dorset, Som. and Wilts 1655; C181/4, ff. 17v, 49v, 88v, 101; 181/5, f. 94, 221; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 114. j.p. Wilts. 1636 – 42, by 1650 – d., Hants 1646–60; C231/5, pp. 213, 529; 231/6, f. 41; Perfect List of all such Persons as by Commission under Great Seal of Eng. are now Confirmed to be Custos rotulorum, Justices of Oyer and Terminer, JPs and Quorum (1660), p. 49; C193/13/2, f. 68v; 193/12/4, f. 131. commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1641 – 42, 1663–4, SR, v. 89, 156, 468. assessment 1643 – 52, 1660 – 68, 1673 – 80, Hants 1647–8, A. and O. i. 95, 236, 541, 974, 977, 1092, 1095; ii. 45, 311, 480, 677, 1381; SR, v. 341, 542, 772, 825, 922. sequestrations, Wilts. 1643, levying money 1643, execution of ordinances, Hants 1645; gov. of Covent Garden precinct, Mdx. 1646; commr. militia, Wilts. 1648, 1660, Hants 1660, draining Fens, 1649, scandalous ministers, Wilts. 1654, A. and O. i. 117, 151, 696, 815, 1244; ii. 139, 976, 1442, 1445. poll tax, Wilts. 1660, SR, v. 221. recusants, Hants 1675. CTB, iv. 698.

Commr. assembly of divines 1643, provision for New Model Army 1645, Admty. 1645 – 48, abuses in heraldry 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, 1648, managing assessment 1647; member, cttee. of both kingdoms 1648; cllr. of state 25 Feb.-29 May 1660. A. and O. i. 181, 658, 669, 839, 853, 1016, 1208; ii. 1418; CJ, v. 416.