LANGLEY, John (1613-92), of Leadenhall Street, London.

Family and Education

b. 17 Mar. 1613, 1st s. of John Langley of London and Martha, da. of Andrew Jenour of Dunmow, Essex, wid. of John Hathersall.Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants 6122; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii) i. 222-3; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii) ii. 48. educ. ?appr. Fishmongers’ Co. c.1633. m. 15 Sept. 1640, Elizabeth (d. 1672), da. of Richard Middleton, Grocer of London and Denbigh, 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. July 1639; d. 1692.Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants 6121, 6122.

Offices Held

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 4 Feb. 1640.Ancient Vellum Bk., 57. Commr. London militia, Sept. 1647, 7 July 1659;A. and O.; J. E. Farnell, ‘The Politics of the City of London’ (Chicago Univ. PhD thesis, 1963), 92–3. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Fishmongers’ Co. 17 Feb. 1640; warden of yeomanry, 22 June 1641; liveryman, 3 Nov. 1642; asst. 10 June 1650; master, 21 June 1652–4.GL, MS 5570/3, pp. 628, 634, 53; MS 5576/1, pp. 212, 338; MS 5587/1, ff. 212, 634. Alderman, Langbourn Ward, London 11 Dec. 1649-June 1650.Beaven, Aldermen ii. 73.

Mercantile: freeman, E.I. Co. 25 Nov. 1640;Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1640–3, p. 114. member, cttee. 3 July 1650–2, 6 July 1653–4, 2 July 1656–7, 17 Nov. 1663–4.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1650–4, pp. 50, 250; 1655–9, p. 105; 1660–3, p. 359. Ct. asst. Levant Co. 1643–8, 1649 – 50, 1664 – 71, 1672 – 73; dep. gov. 1671–2.Beaven, Aldermen ii. 73.

Central: member, cttee. of accts. 22 Feb. 1644.A. and O. Commr. regulating navy and customs, 16 Jan. 1649; sale of prize goods, 17 Apr. 1649; high ct. of justice, 26 Mar. 1650;A. and O. admlty. and navy, 10 Dec. 1652, 31 May 1659.CJ vii. 228a, 666b; A. and O.

: London.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LANGLEY, John (1613-92), of Leadenhall Street, London.

Will

22 Sept. 1691, cod. 8 Aug. 1692, pr. 23 Aug. 1692.PROB11/411/117.

Estates

inherited from fa. (1639) lands in Little Thurrock, Essex, and aft. d. of mother (1642) lands in Chelmsford and Moulsham, Essex;PROB/11/181/672; PROB11/188/210. interest (mortgage?) in manor of Mold, Flint, purchased by Andrew Ellis c.1652.HMC 11th Rep. ii. 285-6. Inherited from father-in-law, lands in Denbs. and elsewhere in Wales, 1653.PROB11/229/659. In will (1691) referred to ‘lands in Wales’, land in Jamaica, and house in Shoreditch par. Mdx.PROB11/411/117.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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