STEPHENS, Nathaniel (1589-1660), of Eastington, Glos.

Family and Education

b. 19 May 1589, 1st s. of Richard Stephens† of Eastington and his 1st w. Margaret (d. 1591), da. of Edward St Loe† of Knighton, Wilts.Glos. RO, D547A/E1; C142/256/39; Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 152; Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 175. educ. M. Temple 6 Aug. 1604.MTR ii. 447. m. by 12 July 1617 Catherine Beale (d. 22 Feb. 1632), da. of Robert Beale, clerk of PC 1572-93, 1597-1601, of Barnes, Surr. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 8 Aug. 1599. bur. 30 May 1660.Vis. Glos. 1623, 152; Vis. Glos. 1682-3, 175; Glos. RO, D149/M11; D547A/E1; PROB11/304/403; Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxii. 136.

Offices Held

Local: bailiff, Whitstone hundred 12 July 1617 – 8 Dec. 1631, May 1634–d.Glos. RO, D149/M10, M11. J.p. Glos. 13 July 1622–37, by Feb. 1650 – 18 July 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–d.C231/4, f. 141v; C231/5, p. 229; C231/6, p. 264; C193/13/6, f. 35. Commr. sewers, 1625-aft. June 1635;C181/3, ff. 172, 251v; C181/5, f. 13v. charitable uses, 1627-aft. 1630;C93/11/11; C93/12/3. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 21. Capt. militia ft. by July 1630–42.Glos. RO, D547A/F6; GBR/H2/2, p. 201. Commr. oyer and terminer, 13 Apr. 1631-aft. Apr. 1632;C181/4, f. 81v. Oxf. circ. 20 June 1631;BRL, 603372/64. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Glos. 19 Sept. 1632;Glos. RO, TBRA1/1, f. 80. further subsidy, 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, 9 June 1657.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. 12 Aug. 1642–45.LJ v. 291b; HMC Portland, i. 71. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643;A. and O. customs for Gloucester garrison, 19 Mar. 1644, 15 Mar. 1645, 21 July 1649;E351/300. commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 10 May 1644;A. and O. preservation of timber, Forest of Dean 1645;CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 2. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 18 May 1648; militia, Glos. 2 Dec. 1648; Glos. and Gloucester, Westminster 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Glos. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: acting gov. (parlian.) Gloucester 4–18 June 1645.CJ iv. 161a; LJ vii. 478a.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O. Commr to Scots army, 12 Aug. 1645.CJ iv. 237b; LJ vii. 533a.

: Glos.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

STEPHENS, Nathaniel (1589-1660), of Eastington, Glos.

Will

27 Dec. 1658, pr. 6 June 1661.PROB11/304/403.

Estates

inherited patrimony of Eastington, Alkerton, Horsley, moiety of Nether Lypiatt manors; lands in Mangotsfield, advowson of Eastington, manor house of Chavenage, Glos.Glos. RO, D547A/E1. Granted hundred of Whitstone, 12 July 1617.Glos. RO, D149/M10. Bought Frampton-on-Severn manor, Nov. 1632.Glos. RO, D2957, pp. 260, 261.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Vauxhall, Surr. Mar.1648;CJ v. 492a. house at west end of Westminster Abbey by Oct. 1649;Alnwick, Northumberland 548, f. 80v. house in Little Drury Lane, Westminster, by Feb. 1656-May 1658 at earliest;Alnwick, Northumberland 551, f. 54v; 552 f. 10. St Clement Danes, London, Dec. 1658.PROB11/304/403.

Religion

presented Richard Capel to Eastington, 1613-33;VCH Glos. x. 136; Oxford DNB, ‘Richard Capel’. William Mew to Eastington, 1635-c.1669.VCH Glos. x. 136; Al Cant. ‘William Mew’.

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