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b. c. 1603, 1st s. of George Fenwick of Brinkburn and Dorothy, da. of John Forster of Newham, Northumb.Hodgson, Northumb. ii. pt. 2, 115. educ. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1619;Al Cant. G. Inn, 11 Feb. 1622.G. Inn Admiss. 165. m. (1) bef. 1640, Alice (d. c.Nov. 1645), da. of Sir Edward Aspley of Thakeham, Suss., and wid. of Sir John Boteler (d. 2 Aug. 1634) of Teston, Kent, 2da.;Hodgson, Northumb. ii. pt. 2, 115; Hist. Northumb. vii. 471, 473; Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 150; Hasted, Kent, ii. 291; [J.H. Trumbull], Re-interment of the Remains of Lady Alice Apsley Boteler (?New York, 1871), 13-14, 15, 20. (2) 20 Nov. 1652, Catherine (bur. 2 Sept. 1670), da. of Sir Arthur Hesilrige* of Noseley, Leics., s.p.Holy Trinity, Clapham, par. reg.; Hodgson, Northumb. ii. pt. 2, 115. suc. fa. 1617;Hist. Northumb. vii. 473. d. 15 Mar. 1657.J. Fuller, Hist. of Berwick upon Tweed (1799), 183-4.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 21 Nov. 1631; ancient, 20 May 1650.PBG Inn, i. 308, 376.

Colonial: commr. united colonies of New England, Connecticut Sept. 1643-Apr. 1646.Acts of the Commrs. of the United Colonies of New England ed. D. Pulsifer, i. 13, 25, 43, 61 (in Recs. of the Colony of New Plymouth in New England ed. N.B. Shurtleff, D. Pulsifer, ix) J.p. Apr. 1644-aft. May 1648.Public Recs. of the Colony of Connecticut, i. 99, 163.

Central: member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647;TSP i. 79; LJ viii. 411a; LJ ix. 500a. for compounding, 24 Sept. 1647;LJ ix. 449a. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. to Scotland, 23 Oct. 1651.CJ vii. 30b.

Local: commr. assessment, Northumb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; co. Dur. 7 Apr. 1649, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652,A. and O. 20 Dec. 1654;CJ vii. 405a. sequestration, Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb., Westmld. 31 Mar. 1648;LJ x. 167a. northern cos. militia, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 23 May 1648; militia, Northumb. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. co. Dur. 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 258. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649.SP18/1/23, f. 32 J.p. Northumb., co. Dur. by Feb. 1650–d.C193/13/3. Commr. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15). Visitor, Greetham and Sherburn hosps. co. Dur. 5 July 1650.CJ vi. 437b. V.-adm. co. Dur. Mar. 1652-aft. 1654.CSP Dom. 1651–2, pp. 130, 552; Summers, Sunderland, 497–8; VCH Durham, v. 63. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, p. 18. northern marches 18 July 1654;C231/6, p. 294. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb. and Westmld. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) c.June 1648–30 Aug. 1656.CJ v. 624b; SP28/124, f. 228; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 392; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015), i. 103. Dep. gov. Tynemouth Castle Aug. 1648–?;SP28/133/3, f. 36v; CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 196. Berwick-upon-Tweed Oct. 1648-bef. Mar. 1653;Berwick RO, B1/11, Berwick Guild Bk., ff. 34v, 45; Moderate Intelligencer no. 186 (5–12 Oct. 1648), 1687 (E.467.16); CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 176. Leith, Edinburgh Castle Dec. 1650–30 Aug. 1656.Mercurius Politicus no. 31 (2–9 Jan. 1651), 504 (E.621.10); CSP Dom. 1651, p. 456; Clarke Pprs. iii. 71.

Civic: freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed 20 Aug. 1649–d.;Berwick RO, B1/10, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 136v. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 13 Mar. 1650–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/2/1, p. 414; Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 64.

Scottish: visitor, univs. and colls. June 1652.Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 142 (10–17 June 1652), 2221 (E.795.20). Commr. civil justice, June 1654.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 211.

: of Brinkburn, Northumb. and Suss., Warminghurst.
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Commons 1640-1660
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FENWICK, George (c.1603-57), of Brinkburn, Northumb., and Warminghurst, Suss.

Will
2 Feb. 1657, cod. 9 Mar. 1657, pr. 27 Apr. 1657.PROB11/263, f. 278v.
Estates
purchased Brinkburn in 1626, having held this property by lease from crown.Hist. Northumb. vii. 471; Hodgson, Northumb. pt. 2, ii. 116. Acquired estate at Warminghurst, Suss. through first wife.Hist. Northumb. vii. 471. In 1649-50, purchased from trustees for sale of church lands, borough and town of Sunderland and manor of Houghton-le-Spring, co. Dur. for £2,851, and lands in Ryhope, co. Dur. for £2,091 16s.Col. Top. et Gen. i. 287, 290; Summers, Sunderland, 477-87. In 1652-3, purchased lands and lease on sequestered property in Monkwearmouth, co. Dur. paying £100 p.a. for seven years.CCC 2356, 2357. By 1655, owned parcel of land in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx.CSP Dom. 1655-6, pp. 30, 41. In will, mentioned lease of lands in Warminghurst (property worth at least £100 p.a.) lands in Brinkburn, East Thirston and Tritlington, Northumb., and property in Connecticut.PROB11/263, ff. 278v, 279. Real and personal estate in Connecticut valued at £941.Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Recs. i. 51.
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