POLLARDE, Hugh (1603-66), of King’s Nympton, Devon.

Family and Education

bap. 4 Dec. 1603, 1st s. of Sir Lewis Pollard, 1st bt. of King’s Nympton and Margaret, da. of Sir Henry Berkeley† (d. 1601) of Bruton, Som.Oxford DNB; HP Commons 1660-90. m. (1) aft. 1622, Bridget (d. c.1630), wid. of Francis Norris, 1st earl of Berkshire and da. and coh. of Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford, 1da.; (2) c.1650, Mary (d. 1669), da. of William Stevens of Great Torrington, Devon, wid. of Henry Rolle of Beam, Great Torrington, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. by 9 Dec. 1641.CB ii. 23; ‘Sir Hugh Pollard’, ‘Francis Norris, earl of Berkshire’, Oxford DNB; CJ ii. 337a; CSP Dom. 1667-8, p. 240. d. 27 Nov. 1666.CSP Dom. 1666-7, p. 299; Regs. of Westminster Abbey ed. J.L. Chester (1876), 164.

Offices Held

Local: lt. militia ft. Devon by July 1629.SP16/150/76, f. 121v. Dep. lt. ?Dec. 1641–2, July 1660–d.Add. 35331, f. 88; SP29/11/157; HP Commons 1660–90. Commr. array (roy.), 8 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 11, 357. the Verge 10 Apr. 1662;C181/7, p. 141. Mdx. 10 Apr. 1662–d.;C181/7, pp. 146, 350. London 18 Nov. 1662–d.;SR. poll tax, Devon 1660. Oct. 1660 – d.C181/7, pp. 146, 350. J.p. by; Mdx., Surr., Westminster 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–90. V.-adm. Devon Oct. 1660–d.Vice Admirals of the Coast ed. Sainty and Thrush (L. and I. cccxxi), 13. Commr. assessment, 1661, 1664; loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. piracy, 3 Mar. 1662;C181/7, p. 139. sewers, Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 148. subsidy, Devon 1663.SR. Ranger, Exmoor Forest ?1664–d.HP Commons 1660–90.

Military: capt. of horse, regt. of 2nd Visct. Conway, royal army, 1640.E351/293. Maj. (roy.) 1642; col. of ft. by 1644–6. Gov. Dartmouth 1645–6; capt. and gov. Guernsey and Castle Cornet Jan. 1661–62.A List of Officers Claiming to the Sixty Thousand Pounds (1663), col. 106; HMC 15th Rep. vii. 80; CSP Dom. 1670, Addenda 1660–70, p. 657; CTB i. 317.

Court: member, king’s council in west by July 1644–5.Devon RO, 1392 M/L1644/10. Comptroller of the household, 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–90.

Central: PC, 29 Jan. 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–90. Commr. dedimus potestatem, Parl. 31 Oct. 1666.C181/7, p. 377.

: Devon.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

POLLARDE, Hugh (1603-66), of King’s Nympton, Devon.

Will

admon. 18 Dec. 1666.PROB6/41 f. 230.

Estates

inherited manors of King’s Nympton and Oakford, and lands in Loxhore;N. Devon RO, 50/11/24/3. grantee of 3 fairs at King’s Nympton, Nov. 1660;CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 388. sold patrimonial estate of King’s Nympton and Oakford to settle debts;D. Lysons, Magna Britannia vi. (1822), 369-70. lessee of Staverton manor, Devon from dean and chapter of Exeter.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 495.

Oxford 1644

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