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3rd s. of Richard Whalley of Kirton and Frances, da. of Sir Henry Cromwell of Hinchinbrooke, Cambs.Vis. Notts. 1662-4 (Harl. Soc. n.s. v), 5. educ. G. Inn, 3 Sept. 1649.G. Inn Admiss. 251. m. Rebecca, da. of John Duffell of Rochester, Kent, 3s. (2 d.v.p.). d. 1665.Add. 23690, f. 59; ‘Edward Whalley’, Oxford DNB.
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Military: judge adv. New Model army, c.Oct. 1647-Mar. 1659;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 585n; Henry Cromwell Corresp. 475. army in Scotland, Apr. 1651-aft. Aug. 1658;SP28/116, f. 243; Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXII, unfol.: 2 Aug. 1659. army in Ireland, Mar.-July 1659.Henry Cromwell Corresp. 483.

Central: jt.-licenser of press, 19 Jan. 1649.LJ x. 646b.

Scottish: adv.-gen. 1652–6.L.M. Smith, ‘Scotland and Cromwell’ (DPhil thesis, Oxford Univ. 1979), 111, 118. Judge, ct. of admlty. 1 Mar. 1652.Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 67, 86; Add. 4156, f. 10. Commr. valuations, 11 July 1653.Scot. and Commonwealth ed. Firth, 160. J.p. Edinburgh Shire, Haddingtonshire 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 312–3. Master of the game, Haddingtonshire 8 Apr. 1656.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLVII, unfol.: 8 Apr. 1656. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656; assessment, Edinburgh Shire, Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: burgess and guildbrother, Edinburgh 14 May 1652.Recs. Burgh Edinburgh, 1642–55, 281.

Irish: commr. assessment, co. Galway 24 June 1657.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1657). Member for Athenry, co. Galway, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.A. Clarke, Prelude to Restoration in Ireland (Cambridge, 1999), 229–30. Commr. poll money, co. Galway 24 Apr. 1660.Irish Census, 1659, 625. MP, Athenry 1661–d.CJI i. 590.

: Notts. and Athenry, co. Galway.
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Commons 1640-1660
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WHALLEY, Henry (d. 1665), of Kirton, Notts. and Athenry, co. Galway.

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Estates
salary of £80 p.a. as judge of admiralty in Scotland, and £200 p.a. (increased to c.£350 p.a. in 1654?) as adv.-gen. from 1652.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 31; Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLIV, p. 2; lxii, unfol.: 23 Jan. 1655, 28 Aug. 1656. Purchased Hoprig and Poynstoun, Edinburgh Shire, with annual rent of £100 sterling, July 1652;Reg. Gt. Seal Scot. 1652-9, p. 119. £1,200 stake in Irish Adventure (under doubling ordinance) provided 6,000 acres in co. Down, exchanged in 1657 for 4,000 acres in co. Galway, worth £2,000 p.a. In 1663 it was alleged that the true extent of his Galway lands (inc. the towns of Loughrea and Athenry) was 10,000 acres.CSP Ire. 1663-5, pp. 270-1.
Oxford 1644
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