VENABLES, Robert (c.1612-87), of Antrobus Hall, Mobberley, Cheshire.

Family and Education

b. c. 1612, s. of Robert Venables of Antrobus, and Ellen, da. of Richard Simcox of Rudheath. m. (1) Elizabeth (d. bef. 1649), da. of Thomas Rudyard of Rudyard, Staffs. 4s, 1da.; (2) 1 May 1654, Elizabeth, da. of Samuel Aldersey of Chester and wid. of Thomas Lee of Darnhall, Chesh. s.p. d. 1687.Chetham Misc. iv. 1, 7-8, 10, 16, 27; Narrative of General Venables ed. C.H. Firth (Cam. Soc. 3rd ser. lx), p. xl.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Robert Duckenfeild*, 1642 – 45; lt.-col. regt. of Sir William Brereton* by Oct. 1645.HMC Portland, i. 288; Oxford DNB. Gov. Tarvin, Cheshire 1645; Liverpool June 1648-Apr. 1649;CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 99; CSP Dom. 1649–50, pp. 20–1, 67; Oxford DNB. Chester Feb.-May 1660.Life of Dr John Barwick ed. P. Barwick (1724), 521–2; TSP, vii. 853. Col. of ft. army in Ireland, 1 Apr. 1649-Oct. 1655.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 67; 1655, pp. 402–3; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 184. C.-in-c. Ulster c.1649–54. General, expedition to W. I. Dec. 1654–30 Oct. 1655.Firth and Rait, Regimental Hist. ii. 667–8; CSP Dom. 1655, pp. 402–3.

Local: commr. assessment, Cheshire 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. by Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660. Commr. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Irish: trustee, maintenance of Trin. Coll. and free sch. Dublin 8 Mar. 1650.A. and O. Gov. Belfast precinct c.Jan. 1651–4.Ludlow, Mems. i. 261. Member, cttee. to consider measures against Irish in arms, 27 Nov. 1652.Eg. 1762, f. 52v. Commr. settling Ulster, Mar.-June 1653;Bodl. Firth c.5, ff. 107v, 113; Carte 118, f. 46. assessment, co. Armagh 16 Oct. 1654; cos. Antrim, Down 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655).

: Mobberley, Cheshire.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

VENABLES, Robert (c.1612-87), of Antrobus Hall, Mobberley, Cheshire.

Will

Estates

awarded lands in Ireland worth £220 p.a., 9 Dec. 1651;Eg. 1762, f. 16v; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 667. and £100 p.a., 5 Apr. 1652.Eg. 1762, f. 203. Paid £3,076 in debentures, 2 Sept. 1654.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 357. Inherited estates at Antrobus, Cheshire; purchased estate at Wincham, Cheshire, 1662.A Discourse of the Warr in Lancashire ed. W. Beaumont (Chetham Soc. lxii), 99.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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