WHITAKER, Henry (1621-96), of Motcombe, Gillingham, Dorset.

Family and Education

b. c.1621, 2nd s. of William Whitaker* of Shaftesbury and Honor (d. Nov. 1671), da. of Edward Hooper of Boveridge, Cranborne, Dorset.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 384. educ. M. Temple 13 Feb. 1636, called 20 June 1645; Gloucester Hall, Oxf. 12 May 1637.M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, ii. 845, 935, 973.Al. Ox. m. Mary (d. 6 Apr. 1695), da. of Narcissus Mapowder of Holsworthy, Devon, and coh. of her bro. Anthony, 1s. 5da.Vis. Dorset 1677 (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 74-5; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 631. suc. bro. 1653.PROB11/228/341. bur. 4 June 1696.Dorset RO, Motcombe par. reg. Sig.Dorset RO, DC/BTB/J3, unfol.

Offices Held

Civic: recorder, Shaftesbury 1653–84.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 17. Freeman, Lyme Regis 1662.Dorset RO, DC/LR/B6/11, f. 24.

Local: commr. assessment, Dorset 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Mar. 1660–83.Dorset Hearth Tax, 116–17. Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. corporations, c.Oct. 1662;Dorset RO, DC/BTB/H1, p. 469. foreshore, 4 Dec. 1662;Dorset RO, D/BKL, box 8C/64, unfol. subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB, 1672–5, 695, 789.

Household: feoffee to use of Sir Ralph Bankes*, 1671.PROB11/354/126.

: of Motcombe, Dorset., Gillingham.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WHITAKER, Henry (1621-96), of Motcombe, Gillingham, Dorset.

Will

20 June 1682, pr. 20 June 1698.PROB11/446/138.

Estates

purchased land at Motcombe bef. Apr. 1648;Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, 380. also rents of chantry of Trewen, Holsworthy, Devon, for £90, Dec. 1655.C54/3869/6. At d. held estate in Motcombe and mills in Gillingham, Dorset.PROB11/446/138.

Oxford 1644

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