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bap. 17 Jan. 1591, 2nd s. of Arnold Oldisworth* (d.1621) and Lucy, da. of Francis Bertie of Foster Lane, London, merchant. Reg. St. Martin-in-the Fields, London (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 20, 22; BL, Loan 16, pt. 2, f. 1v; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 520; Returns of Aliens ed. R.E.G. and E.F. Kirk (Huguenot Soc. x. pt. 2), 284, 402. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1606, BA (Magdalen, Oxf.) 1611, MA 1614. Al. Ox. m. 26 Apr. 1617, Susan, da. of Thomas Poyntz of G. Inn, London, s.p. Soc. Gen., St. Gregory-by-St. Paul’s par. reg; London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 994; PROB 6/5, f. 255; J. Maclean, Hist. Memoir of Fam. of Poyntz, 41. bur. 1 Feb. 1664 1 Feb. 1664. WCA, St. Martin-in-the-Fields par. reg., unfol.
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Fell. Magdalen, Oxf. 1612. Al. Ox.

Asst., Mineral and Battery Co. 1623 – 41, dep.-gov. 1641–63. BL, Loan 16, pt. 2, ff. 11, 90, 140v.

Sec. to William Herbert, 3rd earl of Pembroke by 1624–30, Arundel, Autograph Letters 1617–32, no. 261. Philip Herbert*, 4th earl of Pembroke by 1635-c.Nov. 1640. Hist. and Antiqs. of Westmld and Cumb. ed. J. Nicolson and R. Burn, i. 295–6.

Regimental sec., king’s bodyguard 1639. CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 607.

Member, cttee. for Whitehall by 1644; CJ, iii. 567a. registrar, PCC (sole) 1644–9, CCAM, 687; CJ, iii. 687b. (jt.) 1649-at least 1653; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 238; 1653–4, p. 280. member, cttee. adv. money 1649, Derby House cttee. 1649, commr. revenues of dean and chapter of Westminster 1649, indemnity 1649. CJ, vi. 112a, 113b, 132a, 219b.

Member, co. cttee., Glos. from 1645, CJ, iv. 239b. commr. regulate Oxf. Univ. 1646; Ibid. 695b. kpr. Windsor Gt. Pk., Berks. by 1648; C. Walker, Hist. of Independency (1648), p. 172. commr. militia, Glos., Mon., Brec. 1648, Glam. 1648, 1659 – 60, Wilts. 1648, 1659, Westminster, 1649, 1659–60, A. and O. i. 1137, 1244; ii. 20, 1290, 1328, 1334, 1437, 1447. commr. sequestration, S. Wales and Mon. 1649; Ibid. ii. 15. gov. Westminster sch., 1649; Ibid. 257. commr. assessment, Westminster, Wilts., Glam. 1649, 1650, 1652, 1660, Ibid. 39, 45, 47, 303, 311, 314, 472, 480, 483, 669, 677, 680, 1373, 1381, 1383. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1654–8, C181/6, pp. 11, 303. sewers, Mdx. 1656. Ibid. p. 176.

Member, vestry of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster from 1647. WCA, F2517, f. 28.

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OLDISWORTH, Michael (1591-1664), of St. Martin’s Lane and Whitehall, Westminster.
Main residences: St. Martin's Lane; Whitehall, Westminster.
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H.J.L.
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Commons 1604-1629
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OLDISWORTH, Michael (1591-1664)

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