RAVENSCROFT, Hall (c.1600-81), of Horsham, Suss.

Family and Education

b. c. 1600, only s. of John Ravenscroft and Judith, da. of George Ferne, of Temple Belwood, Lincs.Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 475. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 8 Nov. 1616, ‘aged 16’;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 9 Mar. 1618.LI Admiss. i. 179. m. 29 Dec. 1619, Elizabeth (bur. 6 June 1655), da. of John Stapley of Hickstead, Twineham, Suss., wid. of ?Henry Colthurst of Cuckfield and Twineham, at least 6 children (all d.v.p.).St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, par. reg.; Horsham par. reg. (IGI); Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 171. suc. fa. Sept. 1615.Notes IPMs Suss. 189; PROB11/129/559; C142/351/114. bur. 21 June 1681.Wybunbury, Cheshire par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: high collector, subsidy, Bramber 1627.E179/191/383. Commr. charitable uses, Suss. 1639;C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. 30 Dec. 1643–?CJ iii. 156a, 354a. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Suss. assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suss. 4 July 1644, by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/5, f. 235; C181/6, pp. 14, 307. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5 f. 235v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb 1645; militia, 2 Dec 1648, 12 Mar 1660.A. and O. J.p. by 17 Apr. 1645–?, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.Suss. QSOB 1642–9, 72; C193/13/3 ff. 64–5; C193/13/3/4 ff. 99v-101v; Stowe 577, ff. 53–4; C193/13/5 ff. 105–7v; C193/13/6 ff. 88–89v; C231/6, p. 227; A Perfect List (1660), 52–3.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b.

: of Horsham, Suss.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

RAVENSCROFT, Hall (c.1600-81), of Horsham, Suss.

Will

7 May 1673, pr. 9 July 1681.PROB11/367/243.

Estates

inherited 100 acres in Suss., manor and rectory of Horsham;PROB11/129/559; W. Albery, A Parlty. Hist. of Horsham, (1927), 21, 27, 518; Lansdowne 784, f. 35; C142/351/114; Notes IPMs Suss. 189-90; W. Suss. RO, Ep.I.25/3. lease of Warnham rectory.VCH Suss. vi pt. 2, 212. Assessed at 12s in 1627;E179/191/383. paid 15s on lands in Horsham.E179/258/12. In 1649, Horsham rectory and the manor of Hewell conveyed to Sir Henry Delves, to the use of Ravenscroft’s da. and s.-in-law.VCH Suss. vi pt. 2, 163–4; Suss. Manors, i. 215. Parliamentary survey 1650 noted his lands in Suss. as being at Mannings in Nuthurst, and Culverlands in Horsham.J.R. Daniel Tyssen, ‘Parliamentary Survey of Suss.’, Sussex Arch. Coll. xxiii. 290, 292. In 1667, leased Warnham rectory from dean and chapter of Canterbury.Brighton, Preston Manor, WS/GG/39.

Oxford 1644

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