BUSHROD, John (1607-c.1670), of Dorchester, Dorset.

Family and Education

bap. 8 Jan. 1607,Dorset RO, Holy Trinity Dorchester par. regs. 2nd s. of Richard Bushrod† of Dorchester and Dorothy, da. of John Watts of Dorchester.Whiteway Diary, 93, 174. m. (1) Mary (d. 1655), at least 1s; (2) Sarah (d. 1670), widow of Peter Atkins of Tiverton, Devon.Dorset RO, All Saints Dorchester par. regs.; PROB11/335/15. d. c. 1670.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Dorchester 19 Oct. 1626;Recs. of Dorchester ed. Mayo, 370. constable, 3 Oct. 1631, 1 Oct. 1632;Whiteway Diary, 118, 125. member, common council, 22 Feb. 1633;Dorset RO, D/DOB/16/3, f. 16. capital burgess, 4 Sept. 1639;D/DOB/16/3, f. 59. town steward, 30 Sept. 1639.D/DOB/16/3, f. 59v. Steward of brewhouse, c.1642–55;D/DOB/16/4, pp. 140, 235. of hosp. c. 1642 – 59, 1661; gov. 11 Dec. 1646.D/DOB/16/3, f. 95; D/DOB/16/4, pp. 140, 235; D/DOB/16/5, pp. 79, 102, 116. Mayor, 1646–7, 1 Oct. 1655–6;D/DOB/16/3, ff. 34–34v, 45. bailiff, 1651.D/DOB/16/4, p. 150.

Local: commr. assessment, Dorset 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). ejecting scandalous ministers, Dorset and Poole 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, Dorset 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659;SP25/75A, f. 14; A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

: of Dorchester, Dorset.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BUSHROD, John (1607-c.1670), of Dorchester, Dorset.

Will

not found.

Estates

in 1641 assessed on £3 in goods at Dorchester; in 1660s owned 5-hearth house in the town.E179/105/331, m. 1d; Dorset Hearth Tax, 4.

Oxford 1644

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