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b. c. 1620, 2nd s. of Henry Gorges (d. by 1649) of Batcombe and Wells, Som. and Barbara, da. of Thomas Baynard of Colerne, Wilts.;Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 41; R. Gorges, The Story of a Family through Eleven Centuries (Boston, 1944), 207. bro. of Thomas Gorges*. educ. L. Inn 15 Apr. 1647.LI Admiss. i. 255. m. (1) Edith Symes, 2s. d.v.p.; (2) Jane, da. of Henry Blayney, 2nd Baron Blayney, 1s.Gorges, Story of a Family, 213. d. 1680.Gorges, Story of a Family, 210.
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Military: ensign of ft. (parlian.), regt. of Sir William Constable* by Sept. 1642; capt. Sept. 1643-Apr. 1644.SP28/2a, f. 155; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Capt. of ft. regt. of Sir William Waller*, Apr. 1644-Apr. 1645;BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. regt. of James Holbourne (later Sir Hardress Waller*), Apr. 1645-aft. Dec. 1646.Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 56; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 44, 55, 66. Cdr. Exmouth fort, Devon June 1647.LJ ix. 238a. Col. militia horse, Som. 15 Feb. 1650–?59.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 521; SP25/77, pp. 868, 891. Gov. Londonderry by Oct. 1657–?, 1663–69, 1670–2. aft. Oct. 1658 – July 1659W.S. Prideaux, Memorials of the Goldsmiths’ Co. (1896–7), ii. 121; HMC Ormonde, i. 266; CSP Dom. 1672, pp. 528, 614. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of Henry Cromwell*, army in Ireland; regt. of Visct. Masserene, Dec. 1660.Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 240, 269; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 12. Gov. Ulster Jan. 1660.A. Clarke, Prelude to Restoration Ireland (Cambridge, 1999), 147. Capt. of ft. Ireland 1660–72.CSP Ire. 1669–70, p. 388; HMC Ormonde, ii. 200, 205. Gov. Culmore ft. co. Derry 1663–69, by Aug. 1680–d.HMC Ormonde, i. 282; CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 621.

Local: j.p. Som. 27 June 1649 – Mar. 1653, 1656-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 160; C193/13/13, f. 85. Commr. militia, c.1650;R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 166–7. sequestration, Som. and Bristol Nov. 1650 – Dec. 1653; treas. 1650 – ?53; sole commr. Mar. 1654-aft. 1655.CCC 354–5, 386, 673, 678, 2344. Commr. assessment, Som. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. sewers, 21 Nov. 1654–11 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 74, 337. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655.C181/6, p. 99.

Civic: capital burgess, Taunton by 1655; mayor, 1655–6;QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 298. feoffee, town lands by 1659.J. Toulmin and J. Savage, Hist. of Taunton (Taunton, 1822), 279n. Alderman, Londonderry 1662 – d.; mayor, 1664, 1667.HMC Ormonde, i. 294–5, n.s. iii. 256.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Irish: commr. poll money, Londonderry 1660, 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 626, 645. MP, Londonderry 1666.Jnls. of the House of Commons of the Kingdom of Ireland (1796–1802), i. 381, 707. Commr. disarming Roman Catholics, 1678.HMC Ormonde, ii. 354.

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GORGES, John (c.1620-80), of Taunton, Som.

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inherited lease on lands at Badgworth, Som. 1649;PROB11/207/434. he and Thomas Saunders* bought manor of Bradninch, Devon for £19,517 11s 10¼d, 1650;E121/2/2; Devon RO, DD 8/30/4/50v. he and Saunders bought manors of Poolmayne and Eastway, Cornw. for £1,277 8s 8d, 1650;I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1969), 287. leased lands from Goldsmiths’ Co. and Merchant Taylors, Londonderry;J.S. Curl, The Londonderry Plantation 1609-1914 (Chichester, 1986), 97, 283, 313, 466. bought Summer Seat, Coleraine, co. Londonderry.Curl, Londonderry Plantation, 97; A. Rowan, North West Ulster (Buildings of Ireland, 1979), 213.
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