DRAKE, Francis (c.1610-70), of Walton-on-Thames, Surr.

Family and Education

b. c. 1610, 2nd s. of Francis Drake† of Esher and Walton-on-Thames, Surr. and Joan, da. and coh. of William Tothill, one of the six clerks of chancery, of Shardeloes, Bucks.;Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii.), 136; Lipscombe, Buckingham, iii. 154-5; M.E. Blackman, ‘The Drake fam. of Esher and Walton-on-Thames’, Surr. Arch. Coll. lxxvi., 93. bro. of William*. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1627, BA 1631, MA 1634.Al. Cant. m. (1) 23 Apr. 1637, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Alexander Denton* of Hillesdon, Bucks., 1s.;Vis. Bucks. 1634, 38; Lipscombe, Buckingham, iii. 155; Blackman, ‘Drake fam.’, 94; Walton-on-Thames par. reg. (2) Dorothy (bur. 29 Apr. 1652), da. of Sir William Spring† of Pakenham, Suff., 1s;Lipscombe, Buckingham, iii. 155; Blackman, ‘Drake fam.’, 94; Walton-on-Thames par. reg. (3) c.Dec. 1653, Susanna Potts of St Bride’s, Fleet Street, Mdx., wid. of Charles Potts and da. of Nathan Wright, alderman of London, 4s (1 d.v.p.).Regs. of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London (Harl. Soc. Regs. xxxv.), 1; PROB11/274/558; Walton-on-Thames par. reg.; Blackman, ‘Drake fam.’, 94. d. 25 Dec. 1670.Blackman, ‘Drake fam.’, 95.

Offices Held

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 28 Oct. 1642.CJ ii. 825b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646; cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a.

Local: commr. assessment, Surr. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657; Bucks. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, Surr. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants. and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Surr. 24 Jan. 1644.CJ iii. 376a; LJ vi. 390b. Commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Surr. 4 July 1644, 21 Mar. 1659; gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 239, 240; C181/6, p. 349. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645, 14 Nov. 1657. by 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650C181/5, f. 264; C181/6, p. 263. J.p. Bucks.; Surr. by 1654-bef. Oct. 1660.T. Langley, Hist. and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough (1797), 17; W.R. Drake, ‘Some account of Richard Drake, of Esher Place’, Surr. Arch. Coll. vii. 212–13; C231/6, p. 417. Commr. militia, Bucks., Surr. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. co. gaol, Surr. by 1654;W.H. Hart, ‘Further remarks on some of the ancient inns of Southwark’, Surr. Arch. Coll. iii., 203. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). for public faith, Surr. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

Religious: elder, Kingston classis, Surr. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 434.

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Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DRAKE, Francis (c.1610-70), of Walton-on-Thames, Surr.

Will

not found.

Estates

bought lands at Walton-on-Thames, 1628;Coventry Docquets, 578. inherited the rectory manor of Walton-on-Thames and the manor of Esher from his father, 1634; sold manor of Esher by 1636; bought manor of Walton-on-Thames from his brother;Blackman, ‘Drake fam.’, 93. lands of Sir Ralph Verney* transferred into Drake’s name in 1646 but returned to Verney in 1656;J. Broad, Transforming Eng. Rural Soc. (Cambridge, 2004), 35, 44. allocated lands in the barony of Kilkenny West, Ireland, 1650s.CSP Ire. Adv. 1642-59, p. 345.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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