BRADDON, William (d. 1694), of Treworgey, St Gennys, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1620, s. of William Braddon of Treworgey and Edith Crocker. m. ?, at least 2s. and 1da. d. 1694.Devon RO, J R Powell MS Notes, vol. 25, p. 343; HP Commons, 1558-1603; Cornw. RO, AP/B/2405; MT Admiss. i. 196; Magna Britannia, iii. 112.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of ?ft. (parlian.) Plymouth; army of Sir William Waller* bef. Apr. 1645;SP28/266, ff. 159–62. capt. of horse, regt. of Sir Francis Drake*, brigade of Edward Massie*, c.1645–6.SP28/144/10, p. 21. Capt. militia horse, Cornw. by July 1655–?Jan. 1660.SP25/77, pp. 867, 890; SP46/98, ff. 3, 24, 27; Cornw. RO, ME/3022; B/LIS/296; FSL, X.d.438 (127).

Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). securing peace of commonwealth, 1655.TSP iv. 451, 497. J.p. Devon 20 Mar. 1656 – 4 Mar. 1657; Cornw. 25 July 1656 – ?Mar. 1660, ?-1693.C231/6, pp. 329, 345, 360; C231/8, p. 303.

: of Treworgey, St Gennys, Cornw.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BRADDON, William (d. 1694), of Treworgey, St Gennys, Cornw.

Will

18 June 1685, pr. 5 Jan. 1696.Cornw. RO, AP/B/2405.

Estates

bef. 1650 recorded as ‘of Stoke Clymesland’ in Cornw.; purchased (for himself and others?) duchy of Cornw. lands: Calstock manor, Cornw. July 1650, for £1,044; Lydford Castle, Devon, Sept. 1650, for £97; Treworgey, St Gennys, Cornw. Dec. 1650, for £785; part share of Trematon Castle, St Stephen-by-Saltash, 20 Mar. 1651, for £1,499 (betw. three investors); South Teign, Devon, July 1651, for £250; Fentrigan, Cornw. Feb. 1658, for £73.E320/D10, D14, D32, D40, E13, E15; E121/2/2; E315/173, ff. 13v, 49, 52-4; Cornw. RO, ME/510. Relinquished all of these but Treworgey, c.1660?CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 330. Purchased fee-farm rents of Withiel Manor, Cornw. 25 June 1650, for £83.E315/140, f. 36v. Leased lands of Little Petherick, Cornw. bef. Nov. 1652.CCC 3059. Purchased land in Plympton manor, June 1656 (sold Sept. 1661).Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 69/M/2/670-1. Reputedly worth £150 p.a. aft. 1670.Add. 18448, f. 24v. In his will (1685) left lands in King’s Ash parish, Devon, to yr. s.Cornw. RO, AP/B/2405.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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