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bap. 27 Nov. 1603,Helion Bumpstead, Essex, par. reg. 2nd s. of Sir James Reynolds (bur. 22 Mar. 1650) of Castle Camps, Cambs. and 1st w. Margaret Melbourne of Dunmow, Essex; half bro. of Sir John Reynolds*. educ. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1617;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 12 Feb. 1620;MTR 646. travelled abroad (France), 1638.SP78/106, f. 94. m. (1) 28 Oct. 1635, Mary, da. of Nathaniel Deards of Dunmow;St Olave, Hart Street, London, par. reg.; lic. 29 Oct. London Marr. Licences (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 224. (2) 23 May 1646, Priscilla (b. 16 May 1626, d. bef. 24 Nov. 1691), da. of Sir Hugh Wyndham, 1st bt. of Pilsdon, Dorset ( 20 Nov. 1683, Henry Alexander, 4th earl of Stirling), 5 children d.v.p, 1da.St Mary Aldermanbury, London, par. reg.; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 106; PROB11/358/376; CP. Kntd. 4 June 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 227. d. betw. 14 July-26 Nov. 1678.PROB11/358/376.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 27 June 1628;MTR 733. bencher, 24 Nov. 1648 – 28 May 1661; treas. 21 Nov. 1651–52.MTR 81, 162, 971, 1162. Solicitor-gen. 1650–?, bef. 8 June 1659–18 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 676b, 814b. Att.-gen. 18 Jan.-16 Mar. 1660.CJ vii. 814.

Local: ?steward, duchy of Lancaster, Essex 10 Dec. 1635.R. Somerville, Officeholders in the Duchy of Lancaster (1972), 205, 236. Commr. disarming recusants, Suff. 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385b. Dep. lt. by Sept. 1642–?LJ iv. 342b. Commr. assessment, 21 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647;LJ v. 658a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Cambs. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Hants 16 Feb., 17 Mar. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). additional ord. for levying of money, Suff. 1 June 1643;A. and O. Eastern Assoc. 15 July,CJ iii. 167b. 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. J.p. Hants 1 Oct. 1647-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 98; The Names of the Justices (1650, E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660). Member, cttee. for Hants bef. 9 June 1648; cttee. for Southampton, 11 Aug. 1648.F. Tilney, A Declaration of the Cttee. for the Safetie of the Co. of Southampton (669.f.12.50); CJ v. 615a, 667a; LJ x. 447b. Commr. oyer and terminer, Hants Jan. 1648;CJ v. 429a. Western circ. 28 July 1658 – June 1659; London 19 May 1659;C181/6, ff. 307, 356. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 19 May 1659.C181/6, p. 356.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan., 18 Feb. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 375b, 396a, 439b. Commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 366. Member, cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b. Commr. to Ireland, 6 Oct. 1642.A. and O. Member, cttee. of admlty. and Cinque Ports, 16 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 206b; LJ vi. 181b. cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647;A. and O. cttee. of navy and customs, 2 Nov. 1643, 29 May 1649;CJ iii. 243b, 299a; vi. 219b. Westminster Assembly, 3 Jan. 1644;CJ iii. 357b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Aug., 19 Nov. 1644;CJ iii. 585a, 699b. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647, 27 July 1649, 4 Feb. 1650, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vi. 271a, 357b; A. and O. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645;A. and O. Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 Apr. 1647.CJ v. 135b; LJ ix. 127b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 29 Aug. 1648; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649; removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649; removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651. Cllr. of state, 19 May 1659,A. and O. 31 Dec. 1659.CJ vii. 800b. Commr. admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Religious: elder, eleventh Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. English Church, ii. 428.

: of the Middle Temple, London and Hants., Elvetham.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

REYNOLDS, Robert (1603-78), of the Middle Temple, London, and Elvetham, Hants.

Will
14 July 1678, pr. 26 Nov.PROB11/358/376.
Estates
3,000 acres in Dundalk and Co. Louth, Ireland, ?some forfeited 1663 and some sold to Lord Dungannon bef. 1668;Bodl. Carte 43, f. 172; CCSP v. 630. manor of Bishops Waltham, Hants, former ecclesiastical land, bought 27 Sept. 1647 for £7,999 14s. 10d;Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 1. estate at Elvetham, bought 1650;VCH Hants, iv. 74-6 land at Carrick, Ireland, inherited from bro. John, 1657.CJ vii. 725a-726a.
Oxford 1644
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