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bap. 9 Dec. 1604, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of William Mussenden of Gt. Coates, Healing, and Elizabeth, da. of William Radley of ?Alvingham, Lincs.Alvingham, Lincs. bishop’s transcript; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 699-700. educ. Magdalene, Camb. Easter 1623, BA 1626, MA 1630;Al. Cant. L. Inn 18 May 1629, called 17 May 1636.LI Admiss. i. 209; LI Black Bks. ii. 339. m. 16 Dec. 1634, Mary, da. of one Smith of Croft, Lincs. at least 1s.Croft, Lincs. par. reg.; St Dunstan in the West, London par. reg. (bap. 19 May 1636). suc. fa. aft. Feb. 1642.C181/5, f. 225. d. aft. 1 May 1660.Boston Corporation Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey (Boston, 1983), iii. 315.
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Civic: freeman, Gt. Grimsby 4 July 1637–?d.;N. E. Lincs. RO, Great Grimsby Mayor’s Ct. Bks. 1/102/8, f. 16v. Boston 25 Sept. 1655–?d.Boston Corporation Mins. ed. Bailey, iii. 250. Recorder, Gt. Grimsby 4 July 1637–9 Apr. 1639;N. E. Lincs. RO, Great Grimsby Mayor’s Ct. Bks. 1/102/8, ff. 16v, 35v. dep. recorder, Boston 25 Sept. 1655-bef. Aug. 1662.Boston Corporation Mins. ed. Bailey, iii. 250, 382.

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642–14 Aug. 1660;C181/5, f. 223v; C181/6, pp. 38, 389; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646-c.1660;C181/5, f. 270; C181/6, pp. 28, 382. sequestration, Lincs. 3 July 1644, 1 Feb. 1650;CJ iii. 548b; LJ vi. 613b; SP46/105, f. 182. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Lincs. (Lindsey, Holland) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). oyer and terminer, Lincs. 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 252. Midland circ. 12 Feb. 1656–22 June 1659.C181/6, pp. 148, 311. J.p. Holland by 6 Oct. 1646-bef. Oct. 1660;Lincs. RO, 2-AMC/6/C/4/2. Lindsey by 8 Jan. 1649-Mar. 1660.Lincs. RO, LQS/A/1/11, no. 26. Commr. charitable uses, Lincs. 14 May 1650;C93/20/19. Holland 15 July 1652;C93/21/24. Lindsey 26 Feb. 1657.C93/24/8.

Central: commr. removing obstructions, sale of confiscated lands, 1 Apr. 1652. Trustee, sale of royal forests, 22 Nov. 1653. Commr. surveying crown lands, 21 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5.

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Commons 1640-1660
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MUSSENDEN, Francis (1604-aft. 1660), of Healing, Lincs.

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Estates
in early 1630s, fa. was fined £10 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 114. In 1650, Mussenden purchased lands and tenements in Leverton, near Boston.C54/3564/8. In 1650, he borrowed £1,000 by statute staple.LC4/203, f. 126v.
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