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b. c. 1619, 1st s. of Leweston Fitzjames† of Leweston and Eleanor, da. of Sir Henry Winston of Standish, Glos.;Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 130. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 4 Mar. 1636;Al. Ox. m. Margaret, da. of Nathaniel Stephens*,Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 130. 1s., 5da.PROB11/333/568. Kntd. 9 July 1660;Al. Ox. suc. fa. 16 Apr. 1638.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 135. d. 21 June 1670.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 247.
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Local: agent (?ranger), William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury, Cranborne Chase by 1642–?Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, ff. 1v, 3–5. Commr. loans on Propositions, Dorset 20 July 1642;LJ v. 225b. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Som. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Poole 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. levying of money, Dorset 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644.A. and O.; Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, pp. xii, 549. Sheriff, Aug. 1644–5, Oct. 1645–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39; LJ vi. 611b-612a; vii. 613b; CJ iii. 589a; Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, f. 6. J.p. by Jan. 1647–?, 22 Nov. 1649–d.; Som. by Oct. 1660–d.C231/6, p. 168; Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, f. 74; 549, f. 74v; 552, f. 7v. Commr. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 9, 308. sewers, Som. 27 Mar. 1656-aft. Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 154, 337; C181/7, p. 24. gaol delivery, Poole 20 May 1659.C181/6, p. 357. Dep. lt. Dorset 26 July 1660–d.SP29/8, f. 67. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Military: col. of horse (parlian.), May 1644-Oct. 1646.CJ iii. 589a; SP28/266/3, f. 71; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 488.

Civic: freeman, Poole 24 Jan. 1648–d.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xvi. 247.

: of Leweston, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FITZJAMES, John (1619-70), of Leweston, Dorset.

Will
3 May 1664, pr. 19 Sept. 1670.PROB11/333/568.
Estates
inherited lands in Long Burton and Holnest, Dorset; acquired manor and advowson of Christon, Som. by Aug. 1646-d.;Bristol RO, AC/D/10/34-5, 61. purchased Yetminster, 1649.Alnwick, Northumberland MS 549, f. 21.
Oxford 1644
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