WHITAKER, Laurence (c.1578-1654), of Drury Lane, Westminster and Turnham Green, Chiswick, Mdx.

Central: sec. to Sir Edward Phelips† by 1611.T. Coryate, Coryat’s Crudities (1611), sig. A8v. Clerk of the Petty Bag, 1611–14.C220/8/2. Servant to Robert Carr, 1st earl of Somerset, 1614–16.Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), ii. 10; Letters of Philip Gawdy ed. I.H. Jeayes (1904), 180–1. Clerk of PC, extraordinary, 1624-c.42.CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 331; PC2/42/54. Commr. trade, 1625.T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 60. Recvr. of compositions, crown lands, 1629–30.CSP Dom. 1629–30, pp. 185–6; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 77. Commr. undervaluation of crown lands, 1630;Coventry Docquets, 35. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1631;GL, MS 25475/1, f. 61. execution of poor laws, 1632;CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 424. soap monopoly, 1634;C181/4, f. 186v. tobacco compositions, 1635–9;CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 573; 1639, p. 231. Chatham Chest, 1635–7;CSP Dom. 1635, p. 543; 1636–7, p. 568. investigating mastership of wards, 1635;Coventry Docquets, 42. logwood abuses, 1635–6;Rymer, Foedera, ix, pt. 1, 614–5, xx, pp. 51–6. pursuivants, 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 326. prevention of butter exports, 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 162. gold and silver thread, 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 178. malting and brewing, 1637;CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 404. brick and tile manufactures, 1638;C181/5, ff. 117v, 118v, 119v; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 36. beaver-makers, 1639;C181/5, f. 148v. fines on finable writs, 9 May 1640.CSP Dom. 1640, pp. 135–6. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan., 28 Oct. 1642;CJ ii. 375b, 825b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b. Commr. for maintenance of army, 26 Mar. 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 14 Oct. 1645.CJ iv. 308a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649;CJ vi. 201a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649.CJ vi. 266b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O.

Religious: vestryman, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. 1622–d.;Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, P/GF/M/1, p. 14. overseer and surveyor, church rebuilding, 1623.Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, P/GF/M/1, p. 16.

Local: commr. swans, Northants., Lincs., Rutland and Notts. 1625;C181/3, f. 165v. new buildings, London 1625–41;CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 55; 1637, p. 421; C193/8 no. 58; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 115. Forced Loan, Mdx. 1626–7.CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. J.p. 1627- 4 July 1642, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Westminster 1634-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/4, f. 237; C231/5, pp. 128, 533; C193/13/3, ff. 41v, 82; C193/13/4, ff. 61, 128; CCAM 640. Commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1628;E115/100/57. knighthood fines, 1630;E178/7163; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 342. neglects at Bethlem Hosp. 1633;Coventry Docquets, 39. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 1634 – aft.June 1645; Deeping and Gt. Level 1638; Kent 2 Apr. 1640;C181/4, f. 191; C181/5, ff. 81v, 101v, 168v, 225v, 254v. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1638;C181/5, f. 114. regulating porters, London 1638;CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 319. assessment, Mdx. 24 Feb 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; sequestration, Mdx. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644;A. and O. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 2 Aug. 1648;A. and O.; CJ v. 655b. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Mdx., Westminster 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650.A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11).