RICCARD, Andrew (1604-72), of Mark Lane, London.

Family and Education

bap. 1 Dec. 1604, 1st s. of Walter Riccard of Portisham, Dorset, and Christian.Soc. Gen., Portisham par. reg. transcript, p. 14; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 199. educ. appr. to John Watkin, Draper, 7 Nov. 1627.Gen. Mag. vii. 116-17. m. (1) 17 Apr. 1638, Catherine (bur. 23 Mar. 1640), da. of one Williams, 2da (1 d.v.p.); (2) aft.Mar. 1640, Susan, da. of Robert Bateman†, merchant, of London, wid. of Robert Angell, merchant, of London, s.p.Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants 10101; St Olave Hart Street (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 173 Kntd. 10 July 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 229. d. 6 Sept. 1672.A. Povah, The Annals of St Olave, Hart St. (1894), 191; St Olave par. reg., 212.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Drapers’ Co. 1637;Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants 10101. liveryman, 1639; asst. 1652 – d.; master, 1652. 24 Sept. 1651 – 8 Feb. 1653Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 79. Alderman, London; sheriff, 24 Sept. 1651–2.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 211; ii. pp. lxiii, 74.

Mercantile: asst. Levant Co. 1639 – 50, 1652 – 54; auditor, 1644 – 46, treas. 1650 – 52; gov. 6 Mar. 1654–d.Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 79; Wood, Hist. Levant Co., 255. Member, E.I. Co. cttee. 21 Feb. 1641, 1 July 1646 – 4 July 1648, 4 July 1649–59, 16 Apr. 1663–6, 23 Apr. 1669–70, 25 Apr. 1672; dep. gov. 6 July 1653–8, 4 July 1659–60; gov. 3 July 1660 – 14 Apr. 1662, 12 Apr. 1666–8, 19 Apr. 1670–2.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1640–3, p. 148; 1644–9, pp. 153, 276, 332; 1650–4, p. 240; 1655–9, pp. 333–4; 1660–3, pp. 22, 200, 306; 1664–7, p. 218; 1668–70, pp. 188, 322; 1671–3, p. 122; Johnson, Drapers iii. 324–5; Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 79.

Local: commr. assessment arrears, London 24 Apr. 1648;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee for trade, 12 July 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240; 1655–6, p. 1. sub.-cttee. readmission of Jews, 15 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 23.

: London., of Mark Lane.

Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, attrib. J. Bushnell, St Olave Hart Street, London.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

RICCARD, Andrew (1604-72), of Mark Lane, London.

Will

3 July 1672, pr. 19 Sept. 1672.PROB11/340/70

Estates

purchased advowson, St Olave’s, 20 June 1655 (given in trust to 5 inhabitants);Povah, Annals of St Olave, 240. in July 1672 held lands in parishes of Portisham, Winterborne St Martin and Steepleton, Dorset, worth £15,000; E.I. stock worth £3,375; shares in ten ships (worth £4,250); £6,000 in custody of factor at Aleppo; over £5,000 of debts owed; and £1,225 for a third share in Kirkham plantation, Barbados.PROB11/340/70

Oxford 1644

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