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bap. 2 Feb. 1614, 1st s. of Richard Lilburne (d. 1667) of Thickley Punchardon, and Margaret (bur. 15 Nov. 1619), da. of Thomas Hixon of Greenwich, Surr.Auckland St Andrew par. reg.; St Alfege, Greenwich par. reg.; Lansd. 938, f. 112; Vis. Co. Dur. ed. J. Foster (1887), 215; ‘Robert Lilburne’, Oxford DNB. educ. Newcastle-upon-Tyne g.s.Reg. of the Royal Grammar Sch. Newcastle upon Tyne ed. B.D. Stevens, 29. m. by 1650, Margaret, da. of Henry Beke of Hadenham, Bucks. 3s. at least 1da. d.v.p. Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 9; Ath. Ox. iii. 358; ‘Reg. of burials in York Minster’ ed. R.H. Scaife, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. i. 239. bur. 27 Aug. 1665 27 Aug. 1665.A.D. Selleck, ‘Plymouth Friends: a Quaker history’, Trans. Devonshire Assoc. xcviii. 298.
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Military: cornet of horse (parlian.), c.July 1642-c.Jan. 1643;A Catalogue of the Names of the Dukes, Marquesses, Earles, and Lords that have Absented themselves from the Parliament (1642), 13 (E.64.4). lt. c.Jan.-bef. 19 Dec. 1643;J. Lilburne, Innocency and Truth Justified (1646), 42 (E.314.21); Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 264. capt. by 19 Dec. 1643-May 1644;CSP Dom. 1644, p. 127. col. 1 May 1644 – 1 Apr. 1646, c.Jan. 1648-Feb. 1660;SP28/138, pt. 6, ff. 1–6; pt. 7, ff. 1–3; SP28/277, pt. 1, unfol. (letter 18 June 1646); Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 264–76; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 89; ii. 131; Jones, ‘War in north’, 391. col. of ft. c.June 1646-c.Jan. 1648.SP28/39, f. 30; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 453, 459; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, i. 58, 69, 89. Gov. Newcastle-upon-Tyne Aug.-Dec. 1647;Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXVII, f. 124v; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 797, 949. York by Apr. 1656-Dec. 1659.York City Archives, York House Bk. 37, f. 84; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 295. C.-in-c. Scotland, Dec. 1652-Apr. 1654.Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XXV, f. 71; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 269. Dep. maj.-gen. co. Dur., Yorks. Oct. 1655-c.Feb. 1657.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 387.

Local: commr. Northern Assoc. co. Dur. 20 June 1645; assessment, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657;A. and O. Yorks. 28 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 40. N. Riding, York 9 June 1657;A. and O. 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. co. Dur. 23 July 1650-Mar. 1650;C231/6, pp. 193, 321. Cumb., Northumb., E., N., W. Riding 12 Dec. 1655-Mar. 1660;C231/6, pp. 321, 346. Westmld. 1 Aug. 1656-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 346. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657-c.Mar. 1660.C181/6, p. 196. Commr. militia, co. Dur. 14 Mar. 1655, 19 July 1659;SP25/76A, f. 15v; CJ vii. 724b. northern cos., Caern., Denb., Flint, Cheshire, Derbys., Lincs., Notts., Salop, Staffs. 8 Aug. 1659;CJ vii. 751b. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 4 Apr. – 4 July 1655, 23 June 1656-July 1660;C181/6, pp. 102, 173, 376. gaol delivery, 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. assizes, co. Dur. 18 July 1656–12 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 182, 299. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 27 Jan. 1657.C181/6, p. 197. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536, 537. Commr. charitable uses, N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658.C93/25/1.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.A True Narrative of the Procs. in Parl. (1659), 41 (E.1010.24).

: of Thickley Punchardon, Auckl and St Andrew, co. Dur. and The Great Lodge, New Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorks.
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Likenesses: miniature, S. Cooper, 1650;V. and A. miniature, S. Cooper, 1650.Fitzwilliam Museum, Camb.

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LILBURNE, Robert (1614-65), of Thickley Punchardon, Auckland St Andrew, co. Dur. and The Great Lodge, New Park, Sutton-on-the-Forest, Yorks.

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by 1650, in possession of former royal hunting lodge of New Park, Yorks.E317/Yorks/38; VCH N. Riding, ii. 197. In 1650, purchased a moiety of manor of Bearpark, near city of Durham.C54/3514/29. In 1653, the Rump granted him confiscated lands in Scotland worth £300 p.a. but it is not clear that this was ever made good.CJ vi. 549b; vii. 8b, 247a; TSP iv. 549; CSP Dom. 1655-6, p. 362. In 1656, purchased various fee farm rents (unspecified).C54/3888/30. In 1657, purchased capital messuage of Wilden Grange, Yorks. for £1,600.C54/3971/30. In 1660, his lands in Wilts. worth £246 p.a. (£233 in reversion; £13 in possession), and at New Park, near York, were confiscated by the crown.LR2/266, f. 1v; CSP Dom. 1660-1, pp. 330, 340, 345; LJ xi. 55a.
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