MAIJOR, Richard (c.1604-60), of Hursley, Hants.

Family and Education

b. c. 1604, o.s. of John Maijor† of Southampton, merchant, and Anne (d. 1646), da. of John Searle, yeoman, of Colham, Carisbrooke, I.o.W.Stowe 645; PROB11/196/506. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 9 Nov. 1621, ‘aged 17’; BA, 15 Apr. 1624.Al. Ox. m. (lic. 27 Apr. 1625), Anne (d. 13 June 1662), da. of John Kingswell of Carisbrooke, 2da.Hants Marr. Lic. 48; Stowe 645; Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, i. 359, 361; ii. 441-2. suc. fa. 21 Feb. 1630.C142/706/26; HP Commons 1604-1629. d. 25 Apr. 1660.Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, i. 360, ii. 440.

Offices Held

Local: sheriff, Hants 10 Nov. 1639–40. 19 Mar. 1641 – 10 June 1642Coventry Docquets, 369. J.p., by Mar. 1647–d.C231/5, pp. 437, 528; C231/6, p. 197; C193/13/3, f. 57; A Perfect List (1660), 49; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 246. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Southampton, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650.SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28). Member, cttee. for Hants, 23 July 1642.LJ v. 233b-234a; CJ ii. 686b; vi. 125a; Add. 24860, f. 134. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; defence of Hants and Southampton 22 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. Treas. Fawley division, Hants Oct. 1644; Hants by July 1647.Add. 24860, f. 80; Add. 24861, ff. 3–10, 13, 15, 37, 40v-41. Commr. impressment, 11 June 1645.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 8, 378. ejecting scandalous ministers, Hants 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Winchester 28 Nov. 1655;C181/6, p. 132. Southampton Sept. 1658;C181/6, p. 313. securing peace of commonwealth, Hants c.Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 363.

Civic: freeman, Winchester by Dec. 1645–?Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 156v.

Central: cllr. of state, 14 July, 1 Nov., 16 Dec. 1653.CJ vii. 284b, 285a, 344a. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Religious: elder, second Hants classis, 8 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 263.

: Hants.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

MAIJOR, Richard (c.1604-60), of Hursley, Hants.

Will

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Estates

inheritance inc. property in Newport, Cosham and Townhill manor, I.o.W. and a house in Southampton, in reversion after d. of his mo. in 1646.PROB11/155/349; PROB11/196/506; C142/706/26. Sold Candovers manor, Hants, purchased by his fa. in 1617. Retained Allington, purchased by his fa. for £900 in 1622, and in 1639 purchased manor of Merdon in Hursley.VCH Hants, ii. 510; iii. 419, 486; Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, ii. 436-7. Exchanged land in Dorset with Sherborne School in Dec. 1632.Dorset RO, S235/C29/5.

Oxford 1644

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