PAYLER, George (1607-78), of Nun Monkton, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 21 June 1607, 4th s. of John Payler (d. 16 Apr. 1613), of St Martin, Coney Street, York, and Katherine, da. of Edward Greaves of Shenley, Herts.St Martin, Coney Street, York Par. Reg. ed. R.B. Cook (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xxxvi), 14, 15, 16; G. Inn Admiss. 140; Al. Cant. ‘Edward Paler’; ‘John Paylor’. educ. G. Inn 23 Mar. 1652.G. Inn Admiss. 260. m. 8 June 1643, Mary (d. 9 Nov. 1679), da. of Sir Robert Jackson† of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb., wid. of Sir Pelham Carey, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p.Bodl. Rawl. D.1308, pp. 11, 185, 193-4; Berwick-upon-Tweed Par. Regs. ed. E. Dodds, ii. 36; G. A. Poole et al. The Churches of Yorks. ii. 97-8; HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘Sir Robert Jackson’; Oxford DNB, ‘Lady Mary Carey’. d. 31 Oct. 1678.Poole et al., Churches of Yorks. ii. 98.

Offices Held

Military: paymaster, Berwick garrison, Apr. 1639-aft. June 1642;AO1/2512/531–2; E351/3521–2; SO3/12, ff. 37, 48v; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 6; CJ ii. 639a. treas. Apr. 1640–?SO3/12, f. 93.

Civic: freeman, Berwick 15 Nov. 1641–d.;Berwick RO, B1/9, Berwick Guild Bk., f. 218v. bailiff, Sept. 1644-Sept. 1645.Berwick RO, B1/10, Berwick Guild Bk., f. 16.

Central: surveyor-gen. ordnance office (parlian.) by 25 Aug. 1642–1656.WO55/457, 1937, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 100. Commr. for navy, Apr. 1654-bef. 12 July 1659.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 76; W.B. Cogar, ‘The Politics of Naval Administration, 1649–60’ (Oxford Univ. DPhil. thesis, 1983), 226.

Local: dep. lt. Northumb. 3 Dec. 1644–?CJ iii. 713a; LJ vii. 77a. Commr. oyer and terminer, 17 Dec. 1644;C181/5, f. 245v. Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. assessment, Northumb. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 10 Feb. 1648; Newcastle-upon-Tyne 23 June 1647; Yorks. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; York 24 Nov. 1653; Yorks. (W. Riding) 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Northern Assoc. Northumb. 20 June 1645.A. and O. J.p. co. Dur. 20 Aug. 1647-bef. Jan. 1650;C231/6, p. 97. W. Riding 13 Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 272. Northumb. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656;C193/13/3. Mdx. by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660.C193/13/6. Commr. northern cos. militia, Northumb. 23 May 1648; militia, Northumb. Berwick-upon-Tweed 2 Dec. 1648; Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. securing peace of commonwealth, Yorks. by Jan. 1656–7;TSP iv. 402; v. 185. poll tax, W. Riding 1660.SR.

: of Nun Monkton, Yorks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PAYLER, George (1607-78), of Nun Monkton, Yorks.

Will

admon. 31 Jan. 1679.Borthwick, Prerogative Court Act Bk. 1624-79, ii. f. 271.

Estates

about 1649, purchased estate in Nun Monkton, Yorks.Alnwick, X.II.6, box 11, bdle. g: Payler to Hugh Potter*, 10 Apr. 1649; box 12, bdle. l: same to same, 3 Nov. 1649. By 1649, leasing ‘the palace’ and a malt-house in Berwick, which he relinquished in 1651.Berwick RO, B9/1, Berwick Guild Letter Bk., f. 40v; B1/10, ff. 146v, 165v, 176, 177, 188. In 1650, purchased 3 fee farm rents in Yorks. for £139 15s and a tenement in the Minster close, York (formerly the property of the York dean and chapter), for £32.SP28/288, ff. 3, 7; C54/3518/6. In 1672, house at Nun Monkton assessed at 21 hearths.Yorks. W. Riding Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1672 ed. D. Hay et al. (British Rec. Soc. cxxi), 59.

Oxford 1644

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