EDWARDES, William (d. 1677), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Family and Education

b. 2nd s. of Thomas ap Edward (d. by Mar. 1607) of Rhual, Mold, Flint, and Alice, da. of Lewis ap David of Abergele, Denb.Cal. Lttrs. relating to N.Wales, ped. at end of vol.; Cheshire RO, ZMAB/1, f. 82v. educ. appr. ironmonger, Chester 13 Mar. 1607.Cheshire RO, ZMAB/1, f. 82v; ZG 16/6582/2, p. 484. m. lic. 25 June 1617, Frances (bur. 28 Apr. 1645), da. of Peter Leigh of High Leigh, Cheshire, at least 1s. (d.v.p.) 5da.St Peter, Chester par. reg.; Holy Trinity Chester Par. Reg. ed. L. M. Farrell (Chester, 1914), 433; Archdeaconry of Chester Mar. Lics. ed. M. F. Irvine (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lvi), 33; Cal. Lttrs. relating to N.Wales, ped. at end of vol.; Civil War in Cheshire, 259. d. c. Aug. 1677.Cheshire RO, inventory of William Edwards, 31 Aug. 1677.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Chester 16 Jan. 1615–?d.;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 101. common cllr. 17 Oct. 1623–7; auditor, 1626 – 28, 1633–4;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 125, 138, 152, 176. sheriff, 1627–8;Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 214. alderman, 3 June 1631–26 Aug. 1662;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 166; Cheshire RO, ZA/B/2, f. 135. mayor, 1636 – 37, 1 Oct. 1646–47.Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 214; LJ viii. 506.

Mercantile: member, Chester Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers and Apothecaries Co. 14 Apr. 1616 – bef.Mar. 1656; steward, 7 May 1619–20.Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, pp. 70, 103, 345, 448. Member, Chester Merchants Co. by Jan. 1629–?Harl. 2104, f. 57.

Local: commr. charitable uses, Cheshire 24 Apr. 1630.C192/1, unfol. J.p. Chester 1636–26 Aug. 1662.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 135; Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, p. xi. Dep. lt. 26 May 1642-aft. Sept. 1646.LJ v. 84b; PA, Main Pprs. 26 Sept. 1646. Commr. assessment, 3 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660;LJ v. 633a; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Cheshire co. cttee. May 1644–?SP28/224, ff. 8, 11; CJ iii. 484b. Comptroller, customs, Chester Dec. 1645–?Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 324. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 10 Dec. 1642–7 Feb. 1646.SP28/262, f. 180; Harl. 2125, f. 134; HMC Portland, i. 94; Brereton Lttr. Bks. i. 201; ii. 324. Col. of ft. 7 Feb. 1646–?LJ viii. 146b.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 10 Aug. 1647.SP16/512, f. 71.

: of St Peter, Cheshire., Chester.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

EDWARDES, William (d. 1677), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Will

not found.

Estates

by 1617, owned a shop on Bridge Street, Chester.Cheshire RO, ZAF/10/70. In 1625, assessed at £10 for the privy seal loan.Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, p. 11. In 1628, Chester corporation granted him a lease for three lives of a house on Foregate Street, Chester, with shops, gardens etc. at a rent of £12 p.a.Cheshire RO, ZCHB/3, f. 127; Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 150, 155. In 1632, assessed at £10 for distraint of knighthood.‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ ed. J.P. Earwaker (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 208. At some point betw. 1629 and 1642 he built a ‘fair house’ called the Globe Tavern, on land he leased from the city outside the Eastgate, which was burnt down during the war.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 109v; ZCHB/3, f. 161. In c. 1638, acquired a lease of divers lands and tenements in and about Chester at a rent of £24 p.a., which he retained until his death.Cheshire RO, inventory of William Edwards, 31 Aug. 1677. His house in Chester assessed at 6 hearths in 1664-5.Chester Hearth Tax Returns ed. F. C. Beazley (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lii), 45.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

the sign of The Three Blackbirds, Paternoster Row, London (1636).Harl. 2093, f. 91.

Religion

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