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b. 13 Oct. 1622, o.s. of Robert Delaval (d. 4 Mar. 1623) of Seaton Delaval, and Barbara (bur. 7 Dec. 1679), da. and coh. of Sir George Selby† of Whitehouse, co. Dur.C142/402/130; Hist. Northumb. ix. 170-1. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 15 June 1638;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 28 Nov. 1639.LI Admiss. i. 241. m. 2 Apr. 1646, Lady Anne Leslie (bur. 26 Dec. 1696), da. of Alexander, 1st earl of Leven [S], wid. of Hugh Fraser, Master of Lovat [S], 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da.Northumb. RO, 1DE/4/33; Hist. Northumb. ix. 171. suc. gdfa. 24 Nov. 1628.C142/441/15; Hist. Northumb. ix. 170. cr. bt. 29 June 1660.CB. d. 29 Aug. 1691.Hist. Northumb. ix. 171.
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Military: member, Westminster Military Coy. 6 May 1639–?d.Queen’s Coll. Oxf. Ms 77, f. 42v. Dep. v.-adm. Northumb. by Nov. 1664–?Durham UL, Mickleton and Spearman ms 31, ff. 49, 51.

Local: dep. lt. Northumb. 9 Oct. 1644–?, c.Aug. 1660-July 1688.CJ iii. 657b; SP29/11, f. 217; HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Ralph Delaval’. Commr. oyer and terminer, 17 Dec. 1644;C181/5, f. 246. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 18, 376; C181/7, pp. 18, 640. northern marches 18 July 1654- aft. Mar. 1667;C231/6, p. 294; C181/7, pp. 195, 392. Northern Assoc. Northumb. 20 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Sheriff, 7 Nov. 1649–21 Nov. 1650.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 99. 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). J.p. Northumb. by Feb. 1650-c.Dec. 1686.C193/13/3; PC2/7, p. 371. Commr. sewers, River Tyne 21 May 1659;C181/6, p. 359. River Wear 29 July 1659;C181/6, p. 384. poll tax, co. Dur., Northumb. 1660; subsidy, Northumb. 1663;SR. duties upon wines, northern cos. 20 June 1668;C181/7, p. 474. carriage of coals, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 17 Jan. 1679.CTB 1676–9, p. 1205.

Religious: vestryman, Christ Church, Tynemouth 1646 – 47, 1657 – 58, 1666 – 68, 1673 – 79, 1686–7.Northumb. RO, EP 52/A/204, Minute Bk. of the Four and Twenty, Christ Church, Tynemouth 1631–1716, pp. 30, 31, 93, 113, 118, 125, 127, 155, 140, 172.

Central: farmer of salt duties, ?-Sept. 1667.CTB 1669–72, pp. 255–6; CSP Dom. 1625–49, p. 302.

: of Seaton Delaval, Earsdon, Northumb.
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Commons 1640-1660
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DELAVAL, Ralph (1622-91), of Seaton Delaval, Earsdon, Northumb.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited from grandfa. estate worth almost £2,000 p.a.; grandfa.’s personal estate valued at £2,934.C142/441/15; Northumb. RO, 1DE/9/8, pp. 9, 20, 35; 1DE/4/25, 29; Hedley, Northumb. Fams. i. 152. By 1660s, estate inc. manor of Seaton Delaval, with mills and coal mines; manor of Hartley with coal mines; manor of Horton; a moiety of Tynemouth rectory and lands in Black Callerton, Northumb. – in all, worth £1,610 p.a.Northumb. RO, 1DE/4/25, 29; 1DE/9/8, pp. 20, 35; ZMD 19/1; Hodgson, Northumb. pt. iii, i. 340.
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