BOTELER, William (d. aft. 1672), of Oundle, Northants.

Family and Education

s. of Neville (or Noel) Boteler of Barnwell, Northants.P. Hardacre, ‘William Boteler: a Cromwellian Oligarch’, HLQ i. 1. educ. Oundle sch. 9 Apr. 1639.Oundle Sch. Admiss. Reg. 1626-34, f. 16. m. by 1646, Elizabeth, da. of Arthur Brooke, of Great Oakley, 1s. and 4 other ch.W.S. Law, Oundle’s Story (1922), 85; Vis. Northants. 1681 (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 28. d. aft. 1672.CSP Dom. 1670, p.233-4; 1672-3, pp.260, 426.

Offices Held

Military: ?capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Sir Henry Cholmley* bef. Aug. 1643.SP28/9/112, 229; SP28/10/240. Col. of horse, regt. of Leonard Lytcott bef. 26 Mar. 1645.A. and O. ii. 998. ?Col. of ft. regt. of Edward Montagu II*, Apr. 1645.Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 61. Maj. militia, Northants. 16 June 1648–?, Aug. 1659.CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 115; 1659–60, pp. 83, 93. Maj. regt. of Thomas Harrison I*, May 1649; regt. of James Berry*, c.Mar. 1655-Apr. 1658;Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 73, 244. horse regt. of Oliver Cromwell*, Apr. 1658-May 1659.LJ x. 328a; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 73–4; Abbott, Writings and Speeches ii. 77. Maj.-gen. Beds., Hunts., Northants., Rutland 11 Oct. 1655-Jan. 1657.Abbott, Writings and Speeches iii. 849–50.

Local: commr. Southwark militia, July 1649; propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650.A. and O. J.p. Glam. 24 Feb. 1651-bef. 20 Mar. 1656;C231/6, p. 207; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 302. Northants. Sept. 1653 – Apr. 1659; Beds., Hunts., Rutland Nov. 1655–?C231/6, pp. 267, 319; Burton’s Diary iv. 406. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Northants. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Beds., Hunts., Rutland 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, Northants. and Rutland 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Beds., Northants. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 12 Feb. 1656–22 June 1659.C181/6, pp. 148, 311.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

: Northants.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BOTELER, William (d. aft. 1672), of Oundle, Northants.

Will

Estates

purchased Mansfield Park, Derbs. (confiscated from marquess of Newcastle), 11 Mar. 1652,CCC, 1735. property in Oundle, including Cobthorne House, c.1655.TSP iv. 156.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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