MAJOR (MAYOR), John (d.1629), of Southampton, Hants.

Family and Education

o.s. of John Major, brewer, of Southampton and his w. Joyce.Hants RO, 1609B58/1; Assembly Bks. 1602-8 ed. J.W. Horrocks (Soton Rec. Soc. xix), 7. m. by 1599, Anne (d.1646), PROB 11/196, f. 289. da. of John Searle, yeoman, of Cossam, Carisbrooke, I.o.W., 1s. 4da. (2 d.v.p.). Stowe 645; PROB 11/105, f. 228v; PROB 11/155, f. 171v. suc. fa. by 1611. Exams. and Deps. 1622-7 ed. R.C. Anderson (Soton Rec. Soc. xxix), 8. d. 21 Feb. 1629. C142/706/26.

Offices Held

Constable, Southampton 1603–4, Third Bk. of Remembrance, pt. 4 ed. T.B. James (Soton Rec. Ser. xxii), 96. steward 1611 – 12, bailiff 1612 – 13, sheriff 1613 – 14, alderman 1615 – d., mayor 1615–16; Assembly Bks. 1611–14 ed. Horrocks (Soton Rec. Soc. xxiv), 1, 45, 81; Assembly Bks. 1615–16 ed. Horrocks (Soton Rec. Soc. xxv), 28; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 226. commr. subsidy, Southampton 1608, SP14/31/1. gaol delivery 1615–d., C181/2, f. 239, 356v; 181/3, ff. 20, 241v. piracy 1618-at least 1619. C181/2, ff. 309v, 340.

Parlimentarian

MAJOR (MAYOR), John (d.1629), of Southampton, Hants.

Main residence: Southampton, Hants.

Mayor

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

MAJOR (MAYOR), John (-d.1629)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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