JAQUES, Sir Roger (d. 1653), of Colliergate, Holy Trinity, King’s Square, York, and Elvington, Yorks.

Family and Education

b. 1st s. of John Jaques, merchant, of York and Mary, da. of Percival Brooke, merchant, of York.York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, ff. 416-18; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 130. educ. appr. merchant, York c.1612. m. 5 Feb. 1626, Mary (bur. 13 Nov. 1657), da. of Leonard Rawdon, grocer, of York, 6s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 130-1. suc. fa. aft. 1617;York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, f. 418. Kntd. 1 Apr. 1639;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 206. d. 19 Oct. 1653.York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, f. 418; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 130.

Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers, York 1618.Borthwick, YMA.Ph.4 (York Merchant Adventurers Act. Bk. 4), f. 148.

Civic: freeman, York 16 Jan. 1619–1 Jan. 1645;York CityArchives, Y/FIN/1/2/16, Chamberlains’ acct. bk. 1619, f. 68. chamberlain, 1626–7;York Freemen ed. F. Collins (Surt. Soc. cii), 68, 75; LJ vii. 120a. sheriff, 1628 – 29; one of the twenty-four, 1629 – 38; alderman, 23 May 1638 – 1 Jan. 1645; ld. mayor, 15 Jan. 1639–15 Jan. 1640.York City Archives, York House Bk. 35, f. 62v; 36, ff. 10, 17v, 118; LJ vii. 120a.

Local: commr. subsidy, York 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642.SR. J.p. 23 May 1638–1 Jan. 1645.York City Archives, York House Bk. 36, f. 10; LJ vii. 120a.

: of Colliergate, Holy Trinity, King’s Square, York and Elvington, Yorks.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

JAQUES, Sir Roger (d. 1653), of Colliergate, Holy Trinity, King’s Square, York, and Elvington, Yorks.

Will

admon. 21 Mar. 1655.York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, f. 418.

Estates

in 1646-7 consisted of lands and tenements in Elvington, Kexby and York, worth £46 p.a. bef. the war; lease of tithes of corn and hay in Raskelf, worth £80 p.a.; lands and tenements in Hirst Courtney, held by mortgage, worth £60 p.a.; lease of manor house and demesne of Elvington worth £65 p.a.; a fee farm rent in Elvington worth £35 p.a.; four houses and some land in York worth £36 10s. He was owed £4,644, inc. £1,350 he had invested in a lead mining venture. Personal estate valued at £80, and his debts amounted to £2,200.Yorks. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. J. W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xv), 196-7, 198-9. In 1646, he purchased the manor of Elvington.VCH E. Riding, iii. 14.

Oxford 1644

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