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Family and Education
b. 2 Feb. 1618, 1st s. of William Guise of Elmore and Cicely (d. 1682), da. of John Dennis of Pucklechurch, Glos.Vis. Glos 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 80-1; Autobiography of Thomas Raymond and Mems. of the Fam. of Guise ed. G. Davies (Camden 3rd ser. xxviii), 112. educ. Wootton under Edge free school c.1628; Magdalen Hall, Oxf. c.1634; M. Temple 9 May 1636.Mems. of Guise, 115, 116-7, 118-9; MTR ii. 847. m. (1) 1642, with £400 p.a., Anne (bur. 4 June 1642), da. of Sir Lawrence Washington of Garsdon, Wilts, s.p.; (2) Sept. 1647, Rachel (d. 10 Mar. 1658), da. of Lucas Corselis of Clay Hall, Essex, 2s. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Glos. 1682-3, 81; Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 5, i. 19; ii. 152; Mems. of Guise, 89, 123, 127-8, 132.; MIs Wilts. 1822, 110. suc. fa. 26 Aug. 1653.Mems. of Guise, 112. cr. bt. 29 June 1661.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 22. bur. 24 Oct. 1670 24 Oct. 1670.Mems. of Guise, 133.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Glos. 4 Mar. 1652 – bef.Oct. 1653, 27 Mar. 1655–d.C231/6, pp. 233, 307; C193/13/4, f. 39. Commr. for preserving Forest of Dean 29 Nov. 1654;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 514–5. securing peace of the commonwealth, Glos. by 27 Dec. 1655.Glos. RO, Smyth of Nibley vol. III, f. 71; TSP iv. 354. Member, cttee. for repair of Gloucester Cathedral 22 Aug. 1656;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 878. assessment, Glos. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Gloucester 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Glos. and Gloucester 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Glos., Gloucester 1660;SR. corporations, Glos. July 1662;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 235. subsidy, 1663.SR.

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Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, attrib. C.G. Cibber, Brockworth church, Glos.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

GUISE, Christopher (1618-70), of Elmore and Brockworth, Glos.

Will
2 Nov. 1668, pr. 12 Apr. 1671.PROB11/335/509.
Estates
jt. tenant of Stanwell manor, Essex 1657-8. At d. owner of Elmore and Brockworth manors, Marsden manor, Rendcombe manor, Glos.Mems. of Guise, 130, 131; Glos. RO, D326/T8.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Maiden Lane, London 1648;Mems. of Guise, 129. St Martin’s Lane, Westminster 1658.Mems. of Guise, 132.
Religion
presented John Somers to Brockworth vicarage 6 Aug. 1669.Glos. RO, GDR/1/B.
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