GRAVENER (GROSVENOR), Edward (fl. 1643-1668), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.

Family and Education

educ. ?appr.;A Paire of Spectacles for the City (Dec. 1647), 5 (E.419.9). MA (hon.) Oxf. 1649.Wood, Fasti, ii. 136. m. by 1657, Margaret;Lincs. RO, 2RED/1/8/26. at least 1 da. b. bef. c.1642.Henry Cromwell Corresp. ed. Gaunt, 367. ?; ?bur. 14 Apr. 1678 14 Apr. 1678.St Giles-in-the-Fields, London par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: ?member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 28 July 1635. Oct. 1653 – Mar. 1660Raikes, Ancient Vellum Bk. 48. J.p. Mdx.; Westminster Oct. 1653 – Mar. 1660; Lincs. (Lindsey) July 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 269, 273, 370; C193/13/5, ff. 63v, 67v, 136. Commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 69, 176, 244. assessment, Lincs., London, Mdx., Staffs. 9 June 1657; Westminster 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: ?ensign of horse (parlian.), regt. of Ld. St John, 1642. Capt. of ft. regt. of Sir William Waller* by 1643–45.SP28/266/3, ff. 147–55. Q.m.g. by Aug. 1646–59.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vi. 1295; Clarke Pprs. i. 176. Col. of horse, c.June 1650–52. Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. p. xxv.

Central: commr. Savoy and Ely hosps. Apr. 1653; discoveries Oct. 1653;CSP Dom. 1652–3, pp. 299, 320, 363; 1653–4, p. 209. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

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GROSVENOR

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GRAVENER (GROSVENOR), Edward (fl. 1643-1668), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.

Will

not found.

Estates

purchased mills and fishing of R. Dee, Chester, Mar. 1653;CCC 1875. tenement in Channel Row, Westminster, for £566 in Jan. 1655;Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 59. also lands in Kingerby, Kirkby, Owersby and West Rasen, Lincs. for £3,600 in Nov. 1657.Lincs. RO, 2 RED 1/8/3.

Oxford 1644

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