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Family and Education
bap. 28 June 1607, 1st s. of Edward Boys of Betteshanger, and Judith, da. of Robert Ridley of East Grinstead, Suss.Vis. Kent 1663 (Harl. Soc. liv), 21. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 22 July 1623; G. Inn, 1 Nov. 1626.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. i. 179. m. (1) 1629, Elizabeth (d. 24 Jan. 1641), da. of Nicholas Thomson of Chichester, Suss. 2s. 3da.; (2) Nov. 1641, Letitia (d. 20 June 1668), da. of Thomas Jefferay of Chiddingly, Suss. 2s. 3da.;Vis. Kent 1663, 21. (3) Margaret (d. 22 July 1710), da. of Sir John Routh of Boughton, Kent, wid. of Richard Ball. suc. fa. 1649.PROB11/211/212; Cent. Kent Stud. U352/F7. d. 21 Oct. 1678.Al. Cant.; MI.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn May 1633;PBG Inn, 314. bencher, 1650.G. Inn Pension Bk, 377.

Local: j.p. Kent ?- 7 Mar. 1650, 30 Sept. 1653–11 Mar. 1656.C231/6, pp. 180, 269, 328. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, 27 Mar., 16 Aug. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 237. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; military rule, 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). sewers, 1 July 1659.C181/6, p. 367.

Military: ‘captain’ (parlian.) by Jan. 1645–?SP28/210B, unfol.

Central: member, cttee. for compounding, 18 Oct. 1645,CJ iv. 313b. 8 Feb. 1647. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 30 June 1647.CJ v. 228b.

: Kent.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BOYS, John (1607-78), of Betteshanger, Kent.

Will
11 Oct. 1678, pr. 7 July 1679.PROB11/360/227.
Estates
inherited manors in Betteshanger and Northborne, Kent.PROB11/211/212.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
presented Robert Scudder to Betteshanger in 1651; the non-conformist John Dod in 1661; and Thomas Brett in 1662.Hasted, Kent, x. 49; Calamy Revised, 165.
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