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Family and Education
b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Sir John Jephson† of Froyle and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Norreys of Mallow Castle.M. D. Jephson, An Anglo-Irish Miscellany (Dublin, 1964), 16. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1624, BA 29 Jan. 1627.Al. Ox. m. 25 Aug. 1636, Alice, da. of Sir John Denham of Borestall, Bucks, 4s. 4da. suc. fa. May 1638. d. 11 Dec. 1658.Jephson, Anglo-Irish Miscellany, 32, 49, 72.
Offices Held

Military: sgt.-maj. of horse, regt. of Sir William St Leger, Prot. forces in Munster, 29 Dec. 1641.CJ ii. 361b. Gov. (parlian.) Portsmouth May 1644–3 Apr. 1645.CJ iii. 492b. Col. of horse, Munster Sept. 1645;CJ iv. 251b. maj.-gen. by Mar. 1647.HMC Egmont, i. 373.

Central: member, cttee. for Irish affairs, 7 Apr. 1643.Add. 4782, f. 138. Commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645;A. and O. Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 Apr. 1647.CJ v. 135a; LJ ix. 127b.

Local: commr. for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; levying of money, Hants 10 June 1645; assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 99. securing peace of commonwealth, Hants. c.Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 363.

Irish: commr. assessment, Munster, 28 Mar. 1648; co. Cork 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 776; An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1656). Capt. militia ft. July 1655.Jephson, Anglo-Irish Miscellany, 46–7. Commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Diplomatic: Amb. to king of Sweden and elector of Brandenburg, Aug. 1657-Aug. 1658.TSP vi. 478–9.

: of Froyle, Hants. and Ire., Mallow Castle, co. Cork.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown.Jephson, Anglo-Irish Miscellany, opp. 48

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

JEPHSON, William (c.1610-58), of Froyle, Hants and Mallow Castle, co. Cork, Ire.

Will
6 Dec. 1658, pr. 23 Dec. 1658.PROB11/285/464.
Estates
c.6,000 acres in co. Cork, worth c.£14,000 in 1637;Lismore Pprs. ser. 1, iv. 221-3. estate in parishes of Froyle, Bentley and Binstead, Hants, sold April 1653.C54/3735/11.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
The Boot, Henrietta St, Covent Garden 24 Sept. 1647.HMC Egmont, i. 468.
Religion
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