BRIGGES, Sir Humphrey (c.1615-91), of Haughton, Shifnal, Salop.

Family and Education

b. c. 1615, 1st s. of Morton Brigges of Haughton and Chrysogen, da. of Edward Grey of Buildwas.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 183; Vis. Salop 1623, i (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 69. educ. L. Inn 1 Nov. 1631.LI Admiss. i. 215. m. (1) c.1630 Elizabeth (b. 1611), da. of Sir Philip Carey of Aldenham, Herts. ?s.p.; (2) c.1648 Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Wilbraham, bt. 1s.; (3) lic. 30 June 1665 Anne, wid. of Richard Morton of Montgomery, s.p.; (4) 1669 Magdalen (d. 1698) da. of Sir John Corbet* bt. of Stoke, s.p.PROB11/448/175. Kntd. by Oct. 1641; suc. fa. as 2nd bt. c.1643.Salop Archives, 5735/2/25; A. and O. i. 126. bur. 21 May 1691.CB ii. 134; Salop Archives, 5735/3/2/1.

Offices Held

Civic: burgess, Much Wenlock 1646; recorder, 27 June 1647.Salop Archives, WB/B3/1/1, pp. 700, 712, 720–1.

Local: j.p. Salop 17 Feb. 1647 – aft.Oct. 1653, 3 Mar. 1656 – bef.Oct. 1660, by July 1669–d.C231/6 pp. 74, 330; C193/13/4, f. 81v; Salop Archives, 484/240; Salop County Records, i. 106–30. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance … for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 25 May, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.LJ x. 282b; A. and O. Sheriff, 1665–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 120. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Religious: elder, 3rd Presbyterian classis, Salop 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng Church, ii. 408–9.

: Salop., Shifnal.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BRIGGES, Sir Humphrey (c.1615-91), of Haughton, Shifnal, Salop.

Will

Admon. 16 June 1691, 13 Jan. 1710.CB ii. 134.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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