BORLASE, John (1619-72), of Bockmer, Medmenham, Bucks.

Family and Education

b. 21 Aug. 1619, 1st s. of Sir William Borlase of Bockmer and Amy, da. of Sir Francis Popham* of Littlecote, Wilts.; bro. of William*.CB. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 30 Apr. 1635, I. Temple Nov. 1635 [?27 Jan. 1637].Al. Oxon; I. Temple Admiss., 287; cf. CB. m. (4 Dec. 1637) Alice (d. 16 Nov. 1683), da. of Sir John Bankes† of Corfe Castle, Dorset, 3s. 3da.CB; A. H. Plaisted, The Manor and Parish Records of Medmenham (1925), 109, 116-7. suc. fa. 10 Dec. 1629; cr. bt. 4 May 1642; d. 8 Aug. 1672.CB.

Offices Held

Local: commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. assessment, Bucks. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. c.Aug. 1660–d. J.p. by Oct. 1660–d. Commr. corporations, 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–90 i. 684. loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. sewers, River Thames, Wilts. to Surr. 18 June 1662;C181/7, p. 152. Bucks. 6 June 1664;C181/7, p. 255. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Civic: freeman, Chipping Wycombe 1661.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘John Borlase’.

: of Bockmer, Bucks., Medmenham.

Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, 1637-8;NT, Kingston Lacy. oil on canvas, studio of A. Van Dyck.NT, Sudbury Hall.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BORLASE, John (1619-72), of Bockmer, Medmenham, Bucks.

Will

7 Aug. 1672, pr. 19 Aug. 1672.PROB11/339/506.

Estates

land in Beds., Bucks. and Oxon, centred on manors of Little Marlow and Medmenham, Bucks., income of over £1,500 p.a.CCC 919-20.

Oxford 1644

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