SMITHSON, George (1615-92), of Moulton, Middleton Tyas, and Kiplin, Catterick, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 8 July 1615, 1st s. of Christopher Smithson of Moulton, and Dorothy, da. of Leonard Calvert of Kiplin.G. R. Smithson, Genealogical Notes and Mems. of the Smithson Fam. 71; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 492-3. m. 20 Jan. 1653, Eleanor, da. of Charles Fairfax of Menston, Yorks., 6s. (at least 2 d.v.p.) 5da. (at least 1 d.v.p.).Bolton-on-Swale par. reg.; W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), Archdeaconry of Richmond Wills, RD/AP1/89; RD/AP1/88/5/10; Foster, Yorks. Peds.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 492-3. suc fa. c.1650;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 492. bur. 18 Oct. 1692 18 Oct. 1692.Middleton Tyas par. reg.

Offices Held

Military: lt. of horse (parlian.) ? bef. Oct. 1643; capt. by ?Oct. 1643-Apr. 1644;E121/5/7/2; SC6/CHAS1/1190, unfol. (entry for 29 Feb. 1644); Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 67. maj. Apr. 1644 – 25 Feb. 1660, 13 July-15 Nov. 1660;CJ vii. 824b, 836b; Jones, ‘War in north’, 402–3; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 276. col. 25 Feb.-13 July 1660.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 276.

Civic: freeman, Liverpool by Jan. 1645–?d.Chandler, Liverpool, 330; Liverpool Town Bks. 1649–71 ed. M. Power (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxvi), 2, 52.

Local: j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 18 Mar. 1653 – bef.Oct. 1660, by 1665–d.;C231/6, p. 255; N. Riding QS Recs. ed. J. C. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. vi), 90, 279. E. Riding 6 Oct. 1653-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 270. liberties of Ripon 24 Mar. 1658–10 May 1662.C181/6, p. 283. Commr. militia, N. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Yorks. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655; gaol delivery, 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. liberties of Ripon 24 Mar. 1658.C181/6, p. 283. Recvr. subscriptions, Durham Univ. 12 Apr. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 262. visitor, 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, co. Dur. 25 Nov. 1656;CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 168. assessment, N. Riding 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1679, 1689–d.;A. and O.; SR. Yorks. 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Riding 14 Jan. 1658;SP25/78, p. 407. charitable uses, 13 Nov. 1658.C93/25/1.

: of Moulton, Middleton Tyas and Kiplin, Yorks., Catterick.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

SMITHSON, George (1615-92), of Moulton, Middleton Tyas, and Kiplin, Catterick, Yorks.

Will

13 Oct. 1692, pr. 7 Nov. 1692.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), Archdeaconry of Richmond Wills, RD/AP1/89.

Estates

owned manors of Kiplin and Moulton.VCH N. Riding, i. 195. In 1651, purchased fee farm rents of Moulton and of Earle Orchard in Richmond and the tithes of Kiplin, which, altogether, were worth £23 15s p.a.LR2/266, f. 76. At his death, his estate included the capital messuage of Moulton and property in High and Low Gatherley, in Moulton.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), Archdeaconry of Richmond Wills, RD/AP1/89.

Oxford 1644

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