WHITELOCKE, James (1631-1701), of Fawley, Bucks. and Trumpington, Cambs.

Family and Education

b. 13 July 1631, o. s. of Bulstrode Whitelocke* and his 1st w. Rebecca (d. May 1634), da. of Thomas Benet, alderman and sheriff of London;Whitelocke, Diary, 64; St Pancras Soper Lane, London par. reg. bro. of William*. educ. Grendon, Northants. (Mr Shilborne) 1645-8;Whitelocke, Diary, 180, 203, 223. M. Temple 4 June 1647;M. Temple Admiss. i. 144 fell. All Souls, Oxf. 22 Jan. 1649.Whitelocke, Diary, 229; Al. Ox. m. c. 27 June 1657, Mary (d. 1715), wid. of Thomas Pychard of Trumpington, Cambs. and da. of George Pike, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.Whitelocke, Diary, 472; CUL, EDR. H3. Trumpington pre-1812, nos. 41, 43, 44, 46, 86. suc. fa. 1675; Kntd. 6 Jan. 1657.Whitelocke, Diary, 454; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 223. d. Oct. 1701.Le Neve’s Pedigrees, 422.

Offices Held

Military: trooper, lifeguard to Oliver Cromwell*, July 1649; cornet by Jan. 1650; capt. by Mar. 1652.Add. 37345, ff. 37, 53; Whitelocke, Diary, 243–4; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 51; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), ii. 220, 223. Col. militia ft. Oxon. 25 June 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 507. Capt. of horse, regt. of Charles Fleetwood* by Jan. 1658-aft. July 1659.Whitelocke, Diary, 483; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 129; CJ vii. 724a.

Irish: trustee, maintenance of Trin. Coll. and free sch. Dublin 8 Mar. 1650.A. and O.

Local: commr. militia, Oxon. 25 June 1650, 26 July 1659; Cambs. 26 July 1659.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 54; A. and O. J.p. 4 July 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 370; C193/13/5, f. 8v. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 16 Dec. 1657;SP25/78, p. 334. assessment, Oxon., Cambs. 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.

Diplomatic: gent. embassy to Sweden, Oct. 1653-June 1654;Longleat, Whitelocke pprs. XIV, f. 132; Whitelocke, Diary, 296. embassy to France, May 1656-Jan. 1657.Whitelocke, Diary, 439, 454.

: Bucks. and Cambs., Trumpington.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WHITELOCKE, James (1631-1701), of Fawley, Bucks. and Trumpington, Cambs.

Will

admon. 24 Dec. 1701.Cambs. RO, Consistory Ct. of Ely, admin. bonds and inventories, James Whitelocke, 1701.

Estates

acquired lands at Trumpington, Cambs. from his marriage to Mary Pychard;VCH Cambs. viii. 253. worth £1,200 p.a. 1657.Whitelocke, Diary, 472.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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