Family and Education
b. 20 July 1601, o.s. of Sir Henry Wallop* and Elizabeth (d. 1624), da. of Robert Corbet† of Moreton Corbet, Salop.Berry, Hants Pedigrees, 41-2. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 5 May 1615.Al. Ox. m. (1) bef. 1626, Anne (d. 1662), da. of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd earl of Southampton, 1s. 2da. (d.v.p.);St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, par. reg.; Berry, Hants Pedigrees, 41-2; ‘Henry Wallop’, HP Commons 1660-1690. (2) 16 Feb. 1663, Mary, da. of John Lambert* of Craven, Yorks. s.p.London Marr. Lics. ed. Foster, 1045. (3) 16 May 1666, Elizabeth Thompson, s.p. suc. fa. 15 Nov. 1642.PROB6/29/352. d. 16 Nov. 1667.V.J. Watney, The Wallop Family (1928), i. p. liii.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Hants July 1625 – 10 June 1642, by ?1647-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/4, f. 190; C231/5, p. 528; C193/13/3, f. 56v; Names of the Justices (1650), 50 (E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660), 49; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 259. Salop, by Feb. 1650 – 6 Oct. 1653, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3, f. 53v; C231/6, p. 271; A Perfect List, 47. Surr. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653;C193/13/3, f. 62v; C193/13/4, f. 97. Wilts. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3, f. 68v; C193/13/4, f. 108v; C193/13/5, f. 115; Names of the Justices, 61; A Perfect List, 59. Mdx. Apr. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 184; C193/13/4, f. 61. Commr. disarming recusants, Hants 1625.Add. 21922, f. 38. Col. militia ft. 1626–60.Add. 21922, ff. 59v, 108, 166; Add. 26781, ff. 17, 21v, 25, 35, 51. Commr. martial law, 1626–8;APC 1626, pp. 221, 224; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 419; 1627–8, p. 440; Add. 21922, ff. 80v, 123. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 52. oyer and terminer, 5 Aug. 1628, 21 Oct. 1636;C181/3, f. 241; C181/5, f. 58v; APC 1627–8, p. 318. Western circ. 24 Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/5, f. 221v; C 181/6, pp. 8, 377. Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239. Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 10, 374. swans, Hants and western cos. 20 May 1629;C181/4, f. 3. sewers, River Avon, Hants and Wilts. 25 June 1629, 8 May 1630;C181/4, ff. 17v, 49v. River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 16 July 1633, 14 June 1654;C181/4, f. 147v; C181/6, p. 40. Mdx. and Westminster 8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, p. 399. oyer and terminer for piracy, Hants and I.o.W. 26 Sept. 1635-aft. Oct. 1636;C181/5, ff. 24, 58v. further subsidy, Hants 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Salop 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Som. 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Mdx. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Northants. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. Hants bef. June 1642–?PJ ii. 394; LJ v. 156b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643, 10 June 1645; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644; for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 239v. Gov. Covent Garden precinct, 7 Jan. 1646.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Salop 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659.A. and O. Custos rot. Hants bef. Nov. 1650–?Mar. 1660.Names of the Justices, 74; C193/13/5, f. 93v. Warden, preservation of timber, New Forest 15 Aug. 1659.CJ vii. 759b.

Central: commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.Harl. 1332, f. 1; CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 366. Member, cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644;A. and O. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 June 1646.LJ viii. 351a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 15 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 416a; LJ ix. 662b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Cllr of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 25 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652, 14 May, 31 Dec. 1659.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42b, 220a, 654a, 800b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Portsmouth 1643–60;Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 353. Winchester 20 Nov. 1645–62.Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 157, W/B1/5, f. 142. High steward, Winchester 20 Nov. 1645–60.Hants RO, W/F2/4, f. 198, W/B1/4, f. 157.

Religious: elder, second Hants classis, 8 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 262.

Military: col. militia horse and ft. Hants 15 Aug. 1659.CJ vii. 759b.

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Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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WALLOP, Robert (1601-67), of Farleigh Wallop, Hants, and Covent Garden, Westminster.

Will
estate forfeit to crown, July 1661.
Estates
inherited from fa. extensive estate holdings in Hants, Salop and elsewhere. Sold Leahills, Salop, in 1648; manor of King’s Somborne, Hants, in 1649; manor of Gladley, Beds. for £2,500 in 1652; manor of Tytherley, Hants, in 1653; manor of Minton, Salop, in 1655; lands at Hopton, in 1655.VCH Hants, iii. 261, 365; iv. 253, 289, 358, 367, 409, 472, 516, 518, 532; VCH Salop, x. 30, 91; VCH Beds. iii. 405; Wallop Fam. p. xlix. Inherited over 5,000 acres of land in Co. Wexford, Ireland.H. Goff, ‘English conquest of an Irish barony’, in K. Whelan, Wexford: History and Society (1987), 131-2, 142, 146-7. Granted lands sequestered from Marquis of Winchester in reparation for war damage, 14 Sept. 1649.SP46/95, ff. 168-83.
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