IRBY, Anthony (c.1547-1625), of Boston, Lincs. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

Commr. sewers, Lincs. by 1582, Boston 1589, 1608, Lincs. and Norf. 1597, Gt. Fens 1604, 1609, Ouse, Welland and the Wash 1605, Gleane, Lincs. and Notts. 1607, 1619, 1621 – d., Ouse, Ely, Cambs., and Lincs. 1608, Lincoln, Lincs. 1608, Newark, Notts. and Lincs. 1610;APC, 1597, pp. 274, 367; C181/1, ff. 75, 112v, 120; 181/2, ff. 48v, 60, 62v, 75v, 84, 120, 353v; 181/3, ff. 36, 169; Commrs. of Sewers in Holland ed. A.M. Kirkus (Lincoln Rec. Soc. liv), p. lxvi-ii. freeman, Boston 1596, alderman 1596–24;Boston Corp. Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey, i. 523; ii. 444. j.p. Lincs. (Holland) by 1591–d.;Hatfield House ms 278; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 11. dep. steward, soke of Bolingbroke, Lincs. 1599 – c.1604, Whaplode and Gedney manors, Lincs. by 1608;Lincs. N and Q, xiii. 79, SP14/37/21. commr. preservation of ditches, Ely, Cambs. 1603, Lincs. Northants., Cambs. Hunts. Rutland 1605,C181/1, ff. 58v, 118. inquiry, charitable uses, Lincs. 1604,Lincs. AO, 1 MM/7/8/6. navigation, river Welland 1605,C181/1, f. 119. subsidy Lincs. (Holland) and Boston 1608,SP14/31/1. Admlty. causes, Lincs. 1608, Mdx. and home counties 1614,HCA 14/39, no. 217; HCA1/32/1, f. 38v. piracy, London and Mdx. 1609, London and home counties 1614, 1615,C181/2, ff. 101v, 214, 221. aid, Holland 1609,SP14/43/107. swans, Lincs., Northants., Rutland, Notts. 1619, 1625.C181/2, f. 341v; 181/3, f. 165.

Dep. recorder, Boston by 1587 – 1624; recorder, Stamford, Lincs. to 1588, 1590 – 94, Boston 1624–d.;J. Drakard, Stamford, 106; APC, 1588–9, pp. 66, 233; 1589–90, p. 368; Boston Corp. Mins. i. 364; ii. 444, 451, 485. bencher, L. Inn 1589, reader 1590, treas. 1599–1601;LI Black Bks. ii. 14, 17, 59, 69. master in Chancery extraordinary 1617–d.;C216/1/63. judge of Admlty. Boston 1621–d.Boston Corp. Mins. ii. 349, 467.