DELVES, Nicholas (1618-90), of Hollington, Suss., Friday Street, London and Camberwell, Surr.

Family and Education

bap. 2 Dec. 1618, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Delves, grazier, of Hollington, Suss. and Anne, da. of ?.Add. 39480, f. 37; Add. 5697, f. 70v. educ. appr. Merchant Taylor, 19 Oct. 1635-19 Oct. 1642.GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co. Appr. Binding Bk. 11, p. 18; Ct. Min. Bk. 8A, unfol.; 8B, unfol. m. 2 Jan. 1645, Mary, da. of Edmund Warnett, Cutler and Haberdasher, of London Bridge, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 5da. (?4 d.v.p.).St Olave, Southwark, par. reg.; St Giles, Camberwell, par. reg.; Add. 39480, ff. 39, 42. bur. 3 Nov. 1690 3 Nov. 1690.St Giles, Camberwell, par. reg.

Offices Held

Mercantile: freeman, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 19 Oct. 1642;GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co. Ct. Min. Bk. 8B, unfol. liveryman, 1 July 1651;GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co. Ct. Min. Bk. 9, f. 381. master, 1662–3.C.M. Clode, Early Hist. of the Guild of Merchant Taylors (1888), ii. 348. Dep. gov. Irish Soc. 1668–9.Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 92.

Local: commr. sewers, Kent and Surr. 20 Aug. 1660;C181/7, p. 31. assessment, London 1 June 1660.An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6).

Civic: alderman, Vintry Ward, London 2 Apr.-13 Jun. 1661;Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 211; CLRO, Rep. 67, ff. 226, 250. common cllr. Bread Street, London 1663 – 65, 1667 – 70, 1671.CLRO, Jor. 46, f. 264b; MS 109.15.

: of Hollington, Suss., Friday Street, London and Surr., Camberwell.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DELVES, Nicholas (1618-90), of Hollington, Suss., Friday Street, London and Camberwell, Surr.

Will

9 Nov. 1687, pr. 19 Dec. 1693.PROB11/417/510.

Estates

property in Camberwell, Surr. by 1650;St Giles, Camberwell, par. reg. by 1663 owned one of the largest houses there, with 17 hearths.W.H. Blanch, Par. of Camberwell (1877), 144. Manor of Hoselands, Suss., acquired in 1659.Suss. Manors, i. 229.

Oxford 1644

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