PUREFOY, William (c.1584-1659), of Caldecote, Warws.

Family and Education

b. c. 1584, C142/680/9. 1st s. of Francis Purefoy of Caldecote and Eleanor, da. of John Baskerville of Curdworth, Warws. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 255. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1598; G. Inn 1599; travelled abroad c.1611 (Geneva). Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; F.L. Colvile, Worthies of Warws. 601. m. 1 Jan. 1609, Borthwick, St. Michael le Belfrey, York par. reg. (with £1,000), Joan, da. and h. of Allan Pinckston of York, Yorks. and wid. of George Abbot (d. 7 Nov. 1607) of York, s.p. Vis. Warws. 255; C142/373/45; 142/680/9; Borthwick, will of George Abbotte, 8 Oct. 1607. suc. fa. 1613, grandfa. 1615. C142/680/9. d. 8 Sept. 1659. Al. Cant.

Offices Held

?Muster-master, Coventry, Warws. 1617-at least 1622; Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/20/2, pp. 157, 183. commr. mines dispute, Bedworth, Warws. 1624; APC, 1623–5, pp. 210–11. sheriff, Warws. 1630–1, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 147. j.p. 1632–d.; C231/5, p. 86. commr. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 1635–8, C181/4, f. 199v; 181/5, f. 91. assessment, Warws. 1642 – 44, 1647–9, SR, v. 156; A. and O. i. 94, 543, 976, 1094; ii. 45, 311. Warws. and Coventry 1643, 1645, 1650, 1652, 1657, A. and O. i. 151, 235, 641; ii. 480, 677, 1083. dep. lt. 1642; CJ, ii. 635a. commr. assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. from 1642, sequestration, Warws. 1643, New Model ordinance, Warws. and Coventry 1645, A. and O. i. 54, 116, 620. gaol delivery, Warwick, Warws. and Coventry 1645, C181/5, f. 251. militia, Warws. and Coventry, 1648, July 1659 – d., Leics. July 1659–d., SP28/248; A. and O. ii. 1327, 1334. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1654–d., C181/6, pp.15, 370. scandalous ministers, Warws. 1654. A. and O. ii. 975.

Member, cttee. of safety, 1642, LJ, viii. 150b. trade 1643; CJ, ii. 928b. commr. court martial 1644; A. and O. i. 487. member, cttee. plundered ministers 1644, examinations 1644, CJ, iii. 585a, 666b. excise 1645, A. and O. i. 691. reside with Scots army 1646; CJ, iv. 204a. commr. plantations in W. Indies 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, 1648; A. and O. i. 840, 854, 1209. member, cttee. estimating cost of Scots army 1646, indemnity of London army officers 1646, indemnity 1647; CJ, iv. 650b, 694b; A. and O. i. 937. commr. sale of bps.’ lands 1648; A. and O. i. 1227. member, cttee. compounding 1649, advance of money 1649; CJ, vi. 107b, 110a. commr. High Ct. of Justice 1649; A. and O. i. 1254. member, Derby House cttee. 1649, CJ, vi. 113b. cttee. Army 1649, 1652, CJ, vi. 113b; A. and O. ii. 64, 562, 689. sale of dean and chapter lands 1649, RN 1649; CJ, vi. 116a, 137b. cllr. of state 1649 – 53, pres. Aug.-Sept. 1652; A. and O. ii. 2, 335, 500; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 360; 1652–3, p. 175. member, cttee. for public faith 1649, Irish affairs 1649; CJ, vi. 250a, 266b. commr. security of protector, Eng. and Wales 1656. A. and O. ii. 1040.