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b. c. 1597, ?1st s. of William Hildesley of St Dunstan-in-the-East, London, and Margaret.PROB6/8, p. 96. m. aft. 14 Sept. 1642, Margaret (d. 14 Aug. 1679), da. of Thomas Lambert of Laverstock, Hants, and wid. of Henry Tulse I* of Hinton Admiral, s.p.The Gen. n.s. x. 224-5; PROB6/18, f. 159. suc. ?fa. 1613.PROB6/8, p. 96. d. 20 Jan. 1681.The Gen. n.s. x. 224-5.
Offices Held

Civic: burgess, Christchurch 6 Aug. 1633;Christchurch Bor. Council, Minute Bk. p. 569. Southampton 16 Dec. 1652.Southampton RO, SC3/1/1, f. 218v. Freeman, Lymington 26 Sept. 1635–?60.Hants RO, 27M74/DBC2, ff. 29v, 51v. Mayor, Christchurch 1636–7, 1645.Dorset RO, DC/CC/A2/1–2; Christchurch Bor. Council, Old Letters, no. 39. Recorder, Winchester 26 Aug. 1650-bef. 15 Mar. 1652.Hants RO, W/B1/5, ff. 27v, 56v. Member, the sixteen, Christchurch Priory by Apr. 1651–d.Christchurch Priory, Vestry Minute Bk. 1640–1827, pp. 29, 125. Steward, Andover by 1657-c.Aug. 1660.Hants RO, 37M85/2JC/2.

Local: recvr. I.o.W. by 9 Sept. 1643–?I.o.W. RO, OG/BB/479. Commr. levying of money, Hants 12 June 1645;A. and O. commr. for Hants bef. Dec. 1645.Add. 24860, ff. 145, 152. Treas. maimed soldiers, c.1647.Add. 24861, f. 39. J.p. Hants 2 Mar. 1647-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, pp. 76, 197; Names of the Justices (1650), 50 (E.1238.4). Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. ?Steward, New Forest by 28 Mar. 1650–?SP25/95, f. 63. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Hants 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 363. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655.C181/6, p. 99. Sheriff, Hants 1656.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 56. Commr. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). for wastes and spoils, New Forest 1672–3.CTB iii. 1204; iv. 124.

Religious: elder, third Hants classis, 29 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 262–3.

Central: judge, probate of wills, 24 Dec. 1653, 3 Apr. 1654. Commr. arrears of excise, 29 Dec. 1653. Member, cttee for the army, 28 Jan. 1654–1659. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1657–8, pp. 76, 282; 1658–9, p. 48.

Legal: master in chancery, 25 July 1655.C216/2/191.

: Hants., Christchurch.
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Commons 1640-1660
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HILDESLEY, John (c.1597-1681), of Hinton Admiral, Christchurch, Hants.

Will
9 Dec. 1680, pr. 28 Feb. 1681.Hants RO, 1680AO54/1; 1680B26.
Estates
residence within par. of Christchurch bef. 1637;Dorset RO, DC/CC/A/2/1-2. residence at Hinton Admiral aft. Sept. 1642.The Gen. n.s. x. 224-5; PROB6/18, f. 159. Salary £300 p.a. as commr. for probate of wills, Dec. 1653-?Apr. 1659, and £150 p.a. as member of the army cttee.; other facets of his career gave considerable potential for profit.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 177. At d. held property inc. six messuages in Christchurch, left a legacy of £1,000 to kinswoman Elizabeth Phelps and held a mortgage of £1,030 from Alice, wid. of John Lisle*.Hants RO, 1680A054/1-2.
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