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Family and Education
b. c. 1608.Blomefield, Norf. xi. 380. m. by 1644, Martha (d. 8 Feb. 1684), 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).A.S. Brown, ‘Baptisms and some deaths recorded in the Gt. Yarmouth Independent Church bk. 1643-1705’, Misc. (Norf. Rec. Soc. xxii. 1951), 9, 10, 31; CSP Dom. 1659-60, p. 70; PROB11/342, ff. 18-19v. d. 8 Apr. 1673.Blomefield, Norf. xi. 380.
Offices Held

Civic: common councilman, Gt. Yarmouth 1641 – 49; asst. 1642 – 43, 1648 – 49; collector, haven half doles, 1645 – 47; alderman, 1649 – Sept. 1660; bailiff, 1649 – 50, Aug. 1659-Sept. 1660.Norf. RO, Y/C 19/6, f. 490; Y/C 19/7, ff. 1, 73, 91, 132v, 150v, 151v, 332v, 359.

Local: assessor, assessment, Gt. Yarmouth July 1647. 10 Mar. 1655 – Mar. 1660Norf. RO, Y/C 19/7, f. 102v. Commr. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650. 10 Mar. 1655 – Mar. 1660A. and O. J.p. Suff.; Norf. by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 305, 377; C193/13/6, f. 63. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Suff. 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658, 27 June 1659;C181/6, p. 339, 361. militia, Norf., Suff. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Military: maj. militia ft. Norf. Jan. 1650;CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 495. Gt. Yarmouth Jan. 1650-aft. 1653.CSP Dom. 1649–50, pp. 495, 521; 1658–9, p. 239.

Central: commr. admlty. and navy, 28 July, 3 Dec. 1653.A. and O.

: of Greyfriars, Great Yarmouth, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BURTON, William (c.1608-73), of Greyfriars, Great Yarmouth, Norf.

Will
29 May 1671, pr. 6 May 1673.PROB11/342, ff. 18-19v.
Estates
owned property in Great Yarmouth, inc. a house in Greyfriars;PROB11/342, ff. 18-19v. owned various ships, including the Stane of Great Yarmouth.CSP Dom. 1658-9, p. 183.
Oxford 1644
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