POTTS, John (1592-1673), of Mannington, Norf.

Family and Education

bap. Apr. 1592, 1st s. of John Potts† of Mannington and Anne, da. and coh. of John Dodge of Mannington.W. Vaughan-Lewis and M. Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court: The Potts Fam. of Mannington, Norf. 1584-1737 (Lavenham, 2009), 141; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl. Soc. xxxii.), 107; Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 169-70. This entry draws heavily on the researches of W. and M. Vaughan-Lewis. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1606.Al. Cant.; Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court, 192. m. (1) lic. 28 Sept. 1609, Barbara (d. 1633), da. of Roger Godsalve of Buckenham, Norf., 2da.;Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl. Soc. xxxii.), 130; Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 193, 233; Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court, 199, 204; Blomefield, Norf. vi. 453. (2) 1635, Ursula (d. 1647), da. of Sir John Willoughby of Risley, Derbys., wid. of Sir Clement Spelman of Narborough, Norf., 3s. 1da.Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 170; Vis. Norf. 1563, ed. G.H. Dashwood and E.E.G. Bulwer (Norwich, 1878-95), i. 254; Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court, 205; Blomefield, Norf. vi. 154, 464-5. suc. fa. 1597.HP Commons 1558-1603, iii. 239. Kntd. 9 Aug. 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210. cr. bt. 14 Aug. 1641.CB, ii. 138. d. betw. 6 Jan. and 27 June 1673.Norf. RO, NCC will 1673, 504 Alden; Norf. Lieut. Jnl. 132.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Norf. 1620 – 48, Mar. 1660–d.C231/6, p. 462. Commr. piracy, 1625;C181/3, f. 115v. Forced Loan, 1626–7.Rye, State Pprs. 48; SP16/74, f. 60. Capt. militia horse by 1627-aft. 1628.Rye, State Pprs. 77, 130. Commr. subsidy, 1628;Rye, State Pprs. 140. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1638;C181/5, p. 205. further subsidy, Norf. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Mdx. 1660;SR. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, June 1659;C181/5, ff. 190v, 218; C181/6, p. 379. Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234, 260v. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Aug. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR; A. and O. loans on Propositions, 1 Aug. 1642.LJ v. 251b. Dep. lt. Norwich Jan. 1643–?LJ v. 533a. Commr. sequestration, Norf. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234v, 260v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 381. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658-aft. Dec. 1669;C181/6, p. 338; C181/7, pp. 40, 523. militia, Norf. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. subsidy, Norf. 1663.SR.

Military: col. militia ft. (parlian.) Norf. by Dec. 1642–?Bodl. Tanner 64, f. 106; Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court, 268.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 29 Aug. 1648;Bodl. Tanner 64, f. 106; Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court, 268. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648.LJ x. 492b. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 849b; A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Gt. Yarmouth Mar. 1660.Cal. of the Freemen of Great Yarmouth 1429–1800 (Norwich, 1910), 91.

: of Mannington, Norf.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, attrib. C. de Neve, c.1654.Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court, 172 (plate 2a), 531-2.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

POTTS, John (1592-1673), of Mannington, Norf.

Will

6 Jan. 1673, pr. 16 Oct. 1673.Norf. RO, NCC will 1673, 504 Alden.

Estates

he and John Spelman* sold lands at manors of Graces and Marham, Norf. 1633;Coventry Docquets, 631. inherited property in St. Andrew’s Holborn and at Enfield, Mdx. From his brother, Charles, 1652;Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court, 345-6, 348-50 shareholder in the Bedford Level Adventure by 1653;S. Wells, Hist. of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens (1830), i. 251. he and Spelman sold lands at Hilgay and Southery, Norf. 1653-5.Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court, 333, 337.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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