WALKER, Clement (?1595-1651), of Charterhouse, Som. and St Margaret’s, Westminster

Family and Education

b. ?1595 s. of Thomas Walker of Cliffe, Dorset, and Westminster, usher of the exchequer, and Frances, da. of William Billesley.Aubrey, Brief Lives ed. Lawson Dick, ii. 273. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. bef. 1611; M. Temple, 18 Oct. 1611;Al. Ox.; MT Admiss. i. 97. ?travelled abroad, aft. 9 May 1624.APC 1623-5, p. 214. m. (1) 13 Feb. 1615,GL, MS 6975 (St Lawrence Jewry par. reg.), f. 79; Som. RO, DD/WHb/138-9. Frances (d. 13 Nov. 1631),Whiteway Diary, 119. da. of Sir William Pitt†, 5s. 1da.;Mems. of St Margaret’s Westminster ed. A.M. Burke (1914), 97, 106, 112; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 630. (2) (settlement 29 Apr. 1634), Mary (d. 1662?), da. of Sir William Button bt.† of Alton, Wilts.Som. RO, DD/WHb/220, 2044; DD/GB/148/50, p. 57. suc. fa. 1613.C142/342/131; PROB6/8, f. 127v; Som. RO, DD/WHb/18. d. betw. 6 Oct.-17 Dec. 1651.9 PROB11/219/740.

Offices Held

Central: chief usher, exch. 23 Oct. 1613–d.E159/445 Hil. rec. 492; E159/452 Easter rec. 139; E403/1716, 1722, 1725, 1728, 1751, 1753; Som. RO, DD/WHb/140–2. Marshal’s usher and proclamator, c.p. ?1 Dec. 1633–d.Coventry Docquets, 647; C2/Chas 1/B123/3; E159/501 Trin. rec. 52; Som. RO, DD/GB/148, p. 57.

Local: j.p. Som. 6 Mar. 1638-bef. Jan. 1650.C231/5, p. 283; Coventry Docquets, 74. Commr. sewers, Mdx. 22 June 1639-aft. Oct. 1645;C181/5, f. 143, 262v. Wilts. 13 July 1641-aft. Jan. 1646;C181/5, ff. 205, 268. assessment, 21 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;LJ v. 658a; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, Som. 1 June 1643; levying of money, Bristol, Som. 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Som. bef. Nov. 1643.PA, Main pprs. 20 Oct. 1643. Commr. for Som. 1 July 1644.A. and O. Recvr. bishop of Salisbury’s tenths, 1643–4.SP28/253B, part II, bk. of depositions re. Sir John Clotworthy, p. 25. Commr. militia, Som., Westminster 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

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Commons 1640-1660

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WALKER, Clement (?1595-1651), of Charterhouse, Som. and St Margaret’s, Westminster

Will

6 Oct., pr. 17 Dec. 1651.PROB11/219/740.

Estates

at his 1st marriage, to which his wife brought a portion of £1,000, acquired Cliffe Manor, Dorset, which he sold following her d. in 1631, for £2,000.Som. RO, DD/WHb/138-9; Dorset RO, 873. Thereafter, he returned to his property in New Palace Yard, Westminster.WPL, E152, unfol.; C54/3058/38. In Apr. 1634 acquired from Sir William and Lady Button, 2 cottages and 169 acres in Overton and Shawe, Wilts., his 2nd wife’s portion being £1,500.Coventry Docquets, 655; Som. RO, DD/WHb/220, 2044; DD/GB/148/50, p. 57. In Apr. 1635 he purchased for £5,100, 1,430 acres in Charterhouse Hiden, Witham Friary, Blagdon, Cheddar and Priddy, Som.Coventry Docquets, 674; C54/3058/38; C54/3100/6; C54/3110/10. Walker also owned property in St Olave, Southwark, in Greenwich and in Deptford.C54/2893/37; C54/2893/39; C54/3110/10; PROB11/219/740.

Oxford 1644

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