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b. c. 1620, 2nd but o. surv. s. of John Ernle (bap. 1598) of Whetham and Philadelphia (d. 1678), da. of Sir Arthur Hopton of Witham Friary, Som.Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv), 55-7; Le Neve's Peds. of the Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 199-200; St Mary, Calne, Wilts. par. reg. m. (1) with £3,000, settlement 1 Mar. 1647, Susan, da. of John Howe (later 1st bt.), of Great Wishford, Wilts. 2s. (d.v.p.), 7da.;Wilts RO, 1720/13; Peds. of the Knights, 200; HP Commons 1660-1690. (2) 19 Sep. 1672, Elizabeth (bur. 30 Oct. 1691), da. of William, 1st Baron Allington of Killard, and of Horsheath, Cambs., wid. of Charles Seymour*, 2nd Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, Wilts. 1da.Wilts RO, 1720/16; Westminster Abbey Regs. 8. Kntd. by 4 Apr. 1664.CJ viii. 543a. suc. fa. 1684.Peds. of the Knights, 200. bur. June 1697, ‘aged 79’.St Mary, Calne par. reg.; MIs Wilts. 1822, 220.
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Local: j.p. Wilts. Jan. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653, July 1657–89;C231/6, pp. 131, 363; C193/13/3, f. 69; C193/13/4, f. 108v; C193/13/6, f. 96; C193/13/5, f. 115v; Stowe 577, f. 58; ?A Perfect List (1660), 59; HP Commons 1660–1690. Essex, Herefs. 1680–?89.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. assessment, Wilts. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1673, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Mdx. 1672, 1677; Herefs. 1679, 1689;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Wilts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Capt. militia horse, Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. 1661–83. Commr. corporations, 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–1690. loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. sewers, River Thames, Wilts. to Surr. 18 June 1662;C181/7, p. 152. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 June 1664-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, pp. 272, 636. Sub. commr prizes, Bristol 1665–6.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. recusants, Essex 1675.CTB iv. 696.

Central: commr. for accts. loyal and indigent officers, 1662, 1671. Comptroller of naval stores, 1671–6. Chan. of exch. 1676–89. PC, 10 May 1676-Dec. 1688. Ld. of admlty. 1677–9; treasury, 1679 – 85, 1687–9.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: freeman, Windsor 1679.HP Commons 1660–1690.

: of Whetham, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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ERNLE, John (c.1620-97), of Whetham, Wilts.

Will
28 Aug. 1696, pr. 29 Nov. 1698.PROB11/448/276.
Estates
from March 1647, life interest in manor of Berry Blunsden or Berry Town, Highworth, Wilts. (less £100p.a. to his fa.); from 1684, ?life interest in manor of Whetham.Wilts. RO, 1720/13. Land valued at £1,000 p.a. in 1660.R.C. Hoare, Repertorium Wiltonense (Bath, 1821), 21.
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