PALMER, John (1609-60), of Taunton, Som. and later of All Souls, Oxford

Family and Education

bap. 24 Aug. 1609, o. s. of John Palmer, apothecary of Taunton, and Joan Thear.Taunton St Mary par. reg.; PROB11/257/113. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 21 Nov. 1628, BA 3 Dec. 1628, BMed. 2 Dec. 1630, DMed. 12 Apr. 1648.Al. Ox. m. Mary, da. and h. of John Tristram of Bampton, Devon, 1s. 2da.Ath. Ox. i. p. lv; ‘Pedigree of Tristram’, Misc. Gen. et Her. 3rd ser. i. 229; Collinson, Som. ii. 495. suc. fa. 1644.Taunton St Mary par. reg.; Som. RO, DD/SP/1647/14. d. 4 Mar. 1660.Wood, Life and Times, i. 306; Ath. Ox. i. p. lv.

Offices Held

Local: jt. bailiff, manor of Taunton and Taunton Deane 1632. 1 July 1644Som. RO, DD/X/VNL/1, pp. 72–3. Commr. for Som.; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Oxon. 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Som. 7 Jan. 1646, 22 Sept. 1659;C181/5, f. 268v; C181/6, p. 394. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Oxon. 26 July 1659. by Apr. 1649 – 4 Mar. 1657A. and O. J.p. Som., Mar. 1660 – d.; Oxon. 25 June 1649 – aft.May 1652, 5 Mar. 1653–d.C231/6, pp. 149, 159, 205, 252, 360; C193/13/4, f. 77v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 9, 308. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. Oxon. by June 1658;CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 58. ?securing peace of commonwealth by Mar. 1656.TSP iv. 595.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 187a, 200b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649; security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Academic: warden, All Souls, Oxf. 30 Mar. 1648–d.Reg. Visitors Univ. Oxford, 20–1.

: Som. and later of All Souls, Oxford.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PALMER, John (1609-60), of Taunton, Som. and later of All Souls, Oxford

Will

29 Feb. 1660, pr. 11 Feb. 1661.PROB11/303/295.

Estates

presumably owned property in Taunton.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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