BRIDGES, John (1610-64), of Alcester, Edstone Hall, Wootton Wawen, Warws., Kidderminster, Worcs. and Kilmallock, co. Limerick.

Family and Education

bap. 28 Sept. 1610, 1st s. of John Bridges of Alcester and Elizabeth Holyoake.Alcester par. reg.; English Baronetage ed. A. Collins (1741), iv. 188-9. educ. G. Inn, adm. 6 Aug. 1635.G Inn Admiss. 208. m. by Sept. 1637, Margaret, ?da. of Bartholomew Beale of Walton, Bucks., 4s. at least 2da.Warws. RO, DR360/126; PROB11/181, f. 503v; English Baronetage ed. A. Collins (1741), iv. 188-9. bur. 29 Feb. 1664 29 Feb. 1664.Chester, Holy Trinity par. reg.; Reliquiae i. 109.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Ld. Brooke, 18 July-8 Dec. 1642;E101/612/64, unfol. maj. or sgt.-maj. 8 Dec. 1642 – Sept. 1645; col. Sept. 1645–8.Warws. RO, CR2017/C9/41, 86; E101/612/64; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 131, 133–4. Gov. Warwick Castle c.July 1642-Feb. 1648;CJ vii. 500a. Kilmallock, co. Limerick by 1657-c.1659.CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 330. Col. of ft. royal army in Ireland, c.1660–d.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 245.

Local: j.p. Warws. Jan. 1646 – Sept. 1648; Worcs. 27 June 1649-bef. July 1660.Warwick County Records, ii. 129–214; C231/6, p. 160; C193/12/3. Commr. militia, Warws. 2 Dec. 1648; Worcs. 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, Warws. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Worcs. 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100.

Irish: commr. determining differences, Irish Adventurers, 13 June 1656;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 603. public revenue by 1 Nov. 1656, re-appointed 11 July 1659;Ire.under the Commonwealth, ii. 698; SP63/281, unfol. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

: of Alcester, Edstone Hall, Warws., Worcs., Wootton Wawen and Kilmallock, co. Limerick.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

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BRIDGES, John (1610-64), of Alcester, Edstone Hall, Wootton Wawen, Warws., Kidderminster, Worcs. and Kilmallock, co. Limerick.

Will

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Estates

leases in Alcester, Warws., and Fleetmarston, Bucks. from Robert Greville†, 2nd Baron Brooke, c.1639;Warws. RO, Warwick Castle Archives, CR 1886/box 411, draft rent acct. 1639-48, unfol. manor of Hurcott, Kidderminster, and advowson of Kidderminster, purchased late 1648;VCH Worcs. iii. 172, 175; CCC, 2736. 4,000 acre estate at Ardagh, Connello Barony, co. Limerick, from 1654.Irish Census, 1659, 284; Bottigheimer, English Money and Irish Land (Oxford, 1971), 200; Down Survey website.

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