HUNT, Robert (1609-80), of Speckington and Compton Pauncefoot, Som.

Family and Education

bap. 19 June 1609, 1st s. of John Hunt of Forston, Charminster, Dorset and Katherine, da. of John Ewens of Suddon, Wincanton, Som.Charminster par. reg.; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 162-3. educ. Rampisham School, Dorset; matric. Gonville and Caius Camb. 5 Oct. 1625;Al. Cant. M. Temple 18 May 1625, called 22 Nov. 1633.M. Temple Admiss. m. 24 Sept. 1635, Elizabeth (d. 24 Sept. 1675), da. of John Browne I* of Frampton, Dorset, 3s. 5da.Collinson, Som. ii. 77; Vis. Som. 1672, 162-3. suc. fa. 1660. d. 20 Feb. 1680.Collinson, Som. ii. 77.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Som. 3 Mar. 1640–?, 1654–79.C231/5, p. 373; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xxiv. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Sheriff, Nov. 1654-Sept. 1656.Som. Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 59, 80; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1655;SP18/126, ff. 2, 4; D. Underdown, Som. in the Civil War and Interregnum (Newton Abbott, 173), 180. sewers, 27 Mar. 1656-aft. July 1670;C181/6, pp. 154, 337; C181/7, pp. 24, 556. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. subsidy, 1663.SR. Dep. lt. 1670–d.Som. Assize Orders, 58. Commr. recusants, 1675.Som. Assize Orders, 58.

: of Speckington and Som., Compton Pauncefoot.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HUNT, Robert (1609-80), of Speckington and Compton Pauncefoot, Som.

Will

10 Jan. 1680, pr. 30 Jan. 1681.PROB11/363/291.

Estates

estimated at £1,500 p.a. in 1660.Burke’s Commoners, i. 692.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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