AVERY, Samuel (1595-1659), of Coleman Street, London, and Enfield, Mdx.

Family and Education

bap. 16 Feb. 1595, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Jacob Avery (d.c.1645) of Mells, Som. and Dorothy, da. of Hugh Whitcombe of Sherborne, Dorset.Mells par. reg.; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 3; E.M. and C.H. Avery, Groton Avery Clan (2 vols. Cleveland, Ohio, 1912) i. 10-11; PROB11/195/235 (Jacob Avery). educ. appr. Merchant Taylors’ Co. 5 Feb. 1610.GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co. apprenticeship bindings, 1609-10. m. (1) by 1623, Mirabel (d. ?bef. 1639; ?8 Dec. 1655), da. of Gabriel Miles (d. 1618) of London, Mercer, and stepda. of Edward Bennet, Grocer, at least 2s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.);Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 3; PROB11/131/618 (Gabriel Miles), PROB11/179/665 (Mirabella Bennett); Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants of London 10462. ?(2) 29 June 1635, Marie Colmer of London.St John the Baptist, Hillingdon par. reg. bur. 7 Oct. 1659 7 Oct. 1659.Regs. of St Benet and St Peter Paul’s Wharf, London (Harl. Soc. xli), 230.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Merchant Taylors’ Co. 11 Feb. 1622; liveryman, 25 July 1633; asst. 15 July 1645; master, July 1645–6; gov. 1650–6.GL, Merchant Taylors’ Co, Index of Freeman (1530–1928), ct. mins. vol. 9 (1636–54), f. 214-v. Common cllr. London 21 Dec. 1643–17 June 1645;GL, MS 4458/1, p. 127. alderman, 17 June 1645–1653; sheriff, 16 Sept. 1647–8.Beaven, Aldermen i. 19, 132; ii. 67.

Mercantile: dep. gov. Merchant Adventurers (Delft), c.1633-bef. Mar. 1636.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 364; 1635–6, p. 302.

Central: treas. sequestration, 2 June, 18 Aug. 1643;Add. 5497, f. 42; A. and O. Irish Adventurers’ money, 14 July 1643, 13 Nov. 1647; assessment, 18 Oct.1644.A. and O. Commr. prizes, 27 Feb. 1644;A. and O. customs, 21 Feb. 1645–9;LJ vii. 221a-b. redemption of distressed captives, 9 July 1645; treas. 1647.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vi. 180–1. Trustee, sale of bishops’ lands, 9 Oct. 1646.A. and O. Commr. determining differences, Irish Adventurers, 1 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Local: commr. sewers, London 15 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 266v. London militia, 4 May 1647, 18 May 1648; assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649. Member, London corporation for relief of poor, 17 Dec. 1647, 7 May 1649.A. and O.

: of Coleman Street, London and Mdx., Enfield.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

AVERY, Samuel (1595-1659), of Coleman Street, London, and Enfield, Mdx.

Will

6 Jan. 1658, pr. 4 May 1664.PROB11/314/15.

Estates

inherited from fa. 1646, 9 acres of pasture in par. of Banwell, Som.;PROB11/131/618. 1 June 1647 purchased 2 farms and a close and other lands in Congresbury, Som. for £1,200;Som. RO, DD/BK/2/6/15. in 24 Jan. 1648 purchased manor of Hewish, Som. (Bath and Wells) for £2,264;Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 126. drew 2,764 acres in Connello barony, Co. Limerick, 1654.CSP Ire. 1647-60, p. 524; Bottigheimer, English Money and Irish Land, 198. By d. house and land at Mortlake, Surr. worth £600, and messuage of 100 acres in Congresbury and other lands in Yatton, Som.PROB11/314/15.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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