Family and Education
bap. 16 Feb. 1617, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Horsman of Stretton, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Gilbert Pykeringe* of Titchmarsh, Northants. m. by 1648, Mary (d. bef. 1693), da. of William Young of Caynton, Beckbury, Salop, 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1657.Titchmarsh, Northants. par. reg.; Vis. Rutland (Harl. Soc. lxxiii), 34-5; PROB6/30, f. 153; PROB11/414, f. 267. bur. 21 Apr. 1693 21 Apr. 1693.Stretton par. reg.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 7 Mar. 1644–1 Apr. 1645.SP28/20, f. 190; S. Howlett, ‘Days of shaking: Rutland fams. in times of conflict, 1600–60’ (www.rutlandhistory.org/pdf/shaking.pdf‎), 57 (citing private colln.); C.H. Firth, ‘The raising of the Ironsides’, TRHS 2nd ser. xiii. 30. Maj. militia horse, Northants. 5 Mar. 1650;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505. Eastern Assoc. and midlands 21 Apr. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 514.

Local: commr. assessment, Rutland 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; ?Herts. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Rutland 2 Oct. 1648;LJ x. 525a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Northants. and Rutland 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Rutland 26 July 1659.A. and O. J.p. Northants. 13 Sept. 1653-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 267. Rutland 30 Sept. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 269. ?Herts. 10 July 1656-aft.Apr. 1657, 2 Dec. 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 340, 380; C193/13/6, f. 41v. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. compounding in Jersey, 14 Mar. 1655;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 660. for public faith, Rutland 16 Dec. 1657.SP25/77, p. 332. Sheriff, 6 Nov. 1667–6 Nov. 1668.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 114.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653, 28 Jan. 1654, 20 Aug. 1657, 9 Feb., 3 June 1658.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1657–8, pp. 76, 282; 1658–9, p. 48. Commr. admlty. and navy, 3 Dec. 1653.A. and O. Teller of exch. 31 Aug. 1654–27 Aug. 1656.J.C. Sainty, Officers of the Exchequer (L. and I. spec. ser. xviii), 237–8. Commr. customs, Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238.

: of Stretton, Rutland.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HORSMAN, Edward (1617-93), of Stretton, Rutland.

Will
1 Mar. 1693, pr. 9 May. 1693.PROB11/414, f. 267.
Estates
in 1665, owned house in Stretton of 15 hearths.Rutland Hearth Tax 1665 ed. J. Bourne, A. Goode (Rutland Rec. Soc. 1981), 32. In 1693, estate inc. tenements and lands in Bainton, Northants.PROB11/414, f. 267.
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