BRADSHAW, Edward (1606-71), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Family and Education

bap. 19 Apr. 1606, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Roger Bradshaw of Aspull, Wigan, Lancs. and 3rd w. Ellen, da. of John Owen of Manchester.Wigan Par. Regs. ed. J. Arrowsmith (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. iv), 51, 63, 168, 175; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F. R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxiv), 54. educ. appr. mercer, Chester by 1631.Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, p. 463. m. (1) 5 Dec. 1631, Susan (d. 7 Dec. 1651) da. and h. of Christopher Blease, alderman of Chester, 12ch. (9 d.v.p.) inc. 6s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1 Mar. 1653, Mary (d. 14 May 1663), da. of Matthew Stone, merchant, of London, wid. of Christopher Love, minister of St Lawrence Jewry, London, 7ch. (5 d.v.p.) inc. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.).St Peter, Chester par. reg.; St Mary, Stoke Newington, Mdx. par. reg.; Cheshire RO, WS 1671, will of Edward Bradshaw; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. xciii), 12; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 324-5; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. ii. 9; ‘Christopher Love’, Oxford DNB. suc. fa. Apr. 1617;Wigan Par. Regs. ed. Arrowsmith, 226. d. 31 Oct. 1671.Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 324.

Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Chester Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers and Apothecaries Co. 14 Nov. 1631 – d.; alderman, 20 May 1651–d.Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, pp. 187, 310, 419, 463; ZG 16/6582/3, pp. 5, 27.

Civic: freeman, Chester by Nov. 1631 – d.; common cllr. 23 Oct. 1635–6; sheriff, 1636–7;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 187, 190. auditor, 1640, 1649, 1655, 1657, 1659 – 60, 1662;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 92v, 110, 116, 124, 130, 134; Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 203. alderman, 17 Nov. 1646–26 Aug. 1662;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 79, 135. mayor, 11 Aug. – 13 Oct. 1648, 1653–4.Cheshire RO, ZAF/29/10; ZA/F/30/2; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 215.

Local: sub-commr. sequestrations, Chester 1646.SP28/225, f. 134. Member, Cheshire co. cttee. by Mar. 1646-aft. May. 1647.SP28/224, ff. 90, 258. Commr. assessment, Chester 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, 1661;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Cheshire 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Chester 11 Aug. 1648–26 Aug. 1662.Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, p. xi. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Cheshire 26 July 1659; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, Chester 1660.SR.

: of St Peter, Cheshire., Chester.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BRADSHAW, Edward (1606-71), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Will

3 Sept. 1670, cod. 24 Nov. 1670, pr. 1671.Cheshire RO, WS 1671, will of Edward Bradshaw.

Estates

in 1652, purchased lands in Tideswell, Derbys., from the treason trustees.CCC 1715. In 1664-5, house in Chester was assessed at 7 hearths.Chester Hearth Tax Returns ed. F. C. Beazley (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lii), 25. At his death, estate inc. capital messuage and other property in Aspull; a rent charge of £40 a year issuing out of the rectory of West Leigh; and lands in Whiston, all in Lancs.; manor and manor house of Bromborough; a mansion house, tenements and other property in Tattenhall; a capital messuage, lands and tenements in Huntington; lands and tenements in Mollington Banastre, all in Cheshire; and property in Chester, inc. a messuage, shop and cellar in Northgate Street.Cheshire RO, WS 1671, will of Edward Bradshaw; CCC 2628.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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