ONSLOW, Arthur (1622 or 1624-1688), of Knowle, Surr.

Family and Education

bap. 6 May 1622 or 22 May 1624,Surr. Hist. Centre, 173/3/64; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. opposite 54; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 155; cf. Surr. Arch. Colls. vi. 54. 1st (or first surv.) s. of Sir Richard Onslow* and Elizabeth, da. of Arthur Strangways, innkeeper of the Queen’s Arms, Holborn Bridge, London; bro. of Henry* and Denzil†.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 87. educ. Queen’s, Oxf., 24 May 1639;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 10 June 1640.LI Admiss. i. 243. m. (1) 22 Apr. 1647 with £2,000, Rose (d. 11 Mar. 1648), da. and h. of Nicholas Stoughton* of Stoughton, 1da. (d.v.p.) (2) ?1649, Mary, da. of (Sir) Thomas Foote*, 1st bt. ld. mayor of London, 1649–1650, 4s. 3da.HMC 14th Rep. IX, 487; Add. 6174, ff. 140, 141; Surr. Hist. Centre, Clandon MS 173/1/1, p. 248; 173/3/64; Bodl. MS Rawl. B.80; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 87. suc. fa. 19 or 20 May 1664;CP; Surr. Arch. Colls. vi. 54. fa.-in-law as 2nd bt. 12 Oct. 1687.CB; cf. PROB11/389/159 (Thomas Foot). d. 21 July 1688.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 538, 541; J. Aubrey, Antiquities of Surr. iv. 88; Surr. Hist. Centre, Clandon MS 173/3/57.

Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Surr. 24 Feb. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Surr. 4 July 1644, 21 Mar. 1659;C181/5, f. 239; C181/6, p. 349. Home circ. 23 Jan. 1662-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 131, 639. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 240. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645, 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659.C181/5, f. 264; C181/6, pp. 263, 386. Commr. militia, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. Mar. 1651 – aft.Feb. 1655A. and O. J.p., Dec. 1658 – Mar. 1660, Aug. 1661 – May 1670, Mar. 1671-Nov. 1682.C231/6, pp. 212, 417; C231/7, pp. 127, 367, 388; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 37; 1682, p. 548. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR. Conservator, Bedford Level 1663.SR; S. Wells, Hist. of Drainage of Gt. Level of Fens, i. 456–7. Commr. Wey navigation, Surr. 1671;Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. app. lvii. rebuilding of Southwark, 1677.SR.

Religious: elder, Guildford classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist Eng Church, ii. 433.

Central: commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Civic: high steward, Guildford 1673–86.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 41.

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Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown.NT, Clandon Park.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

ONSLOW, Arthur (1622 or 1624-1688), of Knowle, Surr.

Will

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Estates

Hilary term 1647, described as a freeholder with his fa. of Knowle, Utworth, Holehurst, Bramley, Ownstead, holding advowson of Merrow and Itchingfield, manors of Dedisham and Pallingham, tenements in Dedisham, Slinfold, Rudgwick, Billingshurst, Wisborough Greene, Petworth and Kerford, Surr. and Suss.;Suss. Rec. Soc. xix. 123. bef. July 1654, manor of Dedswell;Surr. Hist. Centre, G97/1/23; cf. VCH Surr. iii. 368. in 1673 held 60-year lease of Offham manor, Suss.;VCH Suss. v. 208. from 12 Oct. 1687, in right of wife, estates in Essex, Norf., and Beenhams, Berks.VCH Berks. iii. 181; CB; Thomas Foote, supra.

Oxford 1644

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