ONSLOW, Sir Richard (1601-64), of Knowle, Cranleigh, and West Clandon, Surr. and St Clement Danes, London

Family and Education

bap. 30 July 1601, 2nd s. of Sir Edward Onslow (d. 2 Apr. 1615) of Knowle and Elizabeth or Isabel, da. of Sir Thomas Shirley† of Wiston, Suss.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 155; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 538; CP iv. appendix G. educ. Jesus, Camb., Easter 1617;Al. Cant. L. Inn, 8 Nov. 1618.LI Admiss. i. 181. m. (settlement 21 June 1620), Elizabeth (d. 27 Aug. 1679), da. of Arthur Strangways, innkeeper of the Queen’s Arms, Holborn Bridge, London, 8s. (inc. Arthur* and Henry*; 3 d.v.p.), 6da. (1 d.v.p.).Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 538, 541; Aubrey, Nat. Hist. Surr. iv. 88; CP. suc. bro. bef. 14 Dec. 1616.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 538. Kntd. 2 June 1624.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 184. d. 19 or 20 May 1664.CP; J. Aubrey, Antiquities of Surr. iv. 88; Surr. Arch. Colls. vi. 54.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Surr. 1626 – 19 July 1642, by 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650, Dec. 1658 – July 1660, Aug. 1661–d.C231/4, f. 202; C231/5, p. 532; C231/6, p. 417; C231/7, p. 127; ASSI35/85/4; C220/9/4, f. 83v; Surr. QS Recs. (Surr. Rec. Soc. xvi), 1–156. Col. militia horse, 27 July 1626.HMC Laing I, 172. Dep. lt. by 7 Dec. 1627-aft. 1647.Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 670; VCH Surr. i. 405; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 127; 1640, p. 287. Commr. sewers, Surr. 5 July 1632;C181/4, f. 121v. Suss. 26 May 1637;C181/5, ff. 69v. London 14 Jan. 1645;C181/5, f. 247. Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645, 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659;C181/5, f. 263v; C181/6, pp. 263, 386. Wey navigation, Surr. 1635;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 19. maltsters, 1636;PC2/46, f. 273. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 5 June 1640 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654 – June 1659, 23 Jan. 1662–d.;C181/5, ff. 69v, 222v; C181/6, pp. 12, 305; C181/7, pp. 131, 233. Surr. 4 July 1644, 21 Mar. 1659;C181/5, f. 239; C181/6, p. 348. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. perambulation, Windsor Forest, Surr. 14 Sept 1641;C181/5, f. 211v; Forresta de Windsor in Com. Surrey (1646), 13. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Surr. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Glos. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, Surr. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). for public faith, Surr. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). Custos. rot. c.Feb.-July 1660.HMC 14th Rep. IX, 482; C231/7, p. 9. Commr. corporations, 1662.HMC 14th Rep. IX, 483. Bailiff, Bedford Level 1663–d.SR; S. Wells, Hist. of Drainage of Gt. Level of Fens, i. 456.

Military: col. of horse (parlian.), 1642–3 Apr. 1645;HMC 14th Rep. X, 477. col. of ft. 20 Aug. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 531.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 28 Oct. 1642, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ ii. 825b; iii. 666b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. Commr. ct. martial, Oct. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 479. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. streets and highways, 8 May 1662, 10 Apr. 1663.C181/7, pp. 143, 198.

Religious: elder, Guildford classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist Eng Church, ii. 433.

Civic: high steward, Guildford bef. 1662.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 1.

: of Knowle, Cranleigh and Surr., West Clandon and St Clement Danes, London.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, style of R. Walker, c.1650-5.NT, Clandon Park.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

ONSLOW, Sir Richard (1601-64), of Knowle, Cranleigh, and West Clandon, Surr. and St Clement Danes, London

Will

20 Feb., sig. 5 Mar., pr. 5 July 1664.PROB11/314/335.

Estates

inherited 1616, manors of Cranleigh, Knowle, Holehurst, Uttworth and Bramley;VCH Surr. iii. 83, 88. 1626–?, Wildwood in Albury;VCH Surr. iii. 78. Apr. 1634, bought 210 acres at Dedisham, Rudgwick and Slinfold, Suss, possibly inc. manor of Dedisham, which he later owned;Coventry Docquets, 653. lease on Poynings More’s* house at Loseley, Surr., Dec. 1639;Surr. Hist. Centre, LM/COR/5/13. in 1641-2, bought Temple House, Merrow, advowson of St John’s, Merrow, and lodge in park at West Clandon, Surr., where he subsequently increased his property;CCC, 2291; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 52, 54; VCH Surr. iii. 347-8; 358-9. Apr. 1642-Jan. 1643, £1,600 invested in Irish adventure;SP63/292, f. 260. house near Arundel House, parish of St Clement Danes, London;Surr. Arch. Colls. xiv. 173. in Feb. 1663 also owned manor of Pallingham, Suss., a lease from the dean and chapter of Ely, and his wife’s inheritance consisting of the Queen’s Arms and the Rose at Holborn Bridge, with an adjoining house, and perhaps also Barton Grange, Glos., charged with her £400 p.a. jointure.PROB11/314/335.

Oxford 1644

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