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bap. 8 Mar. 1599, 1st s. of Henry Gibbs of Moorecott and Great Comberton, Worcs. and Eleanor (d. 1630), da. of one Wilks of Great Comberton.Great Comberton par. reg.; Vis. Suff. (Harl. Soc. lxi), 164. educ. appr. goldsmith, London 25 Mar. 1615.Goldsmiths’ Co. Appr. Bk. 1, f. 220. m. 6 Nov. 1623, Fleurie (Flora), da. of Jacques Belier (or Belliere) of Rouen, Normandy, wid. of Claud Durel of Lyon, France and par. of French Church, Threadneedle St. London, 1s. at least 1 da.Reg. of the French Church, Threadneedle St. London, 1600-39 (Huguenot Soc. ix), 137; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 313; Vis. Suff., 164. d. 1689.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Goldsmiths’ Co. 28 June 1622;Goldsmiths’ Co. Court Bk. P, f. 286v. liveryman bef. 6 Nov. 1629;Goldsmiths’ Co. Court Bk. Q, f. 144v. asst. 8 May 1640;Goldsmiths’ Co. Court Bk. V, f. 57r-v. prime warden, June 1643-June 1644.Goldsmiths’ Co. Court Bk. W, f. 73. Freeman, Gold and Silver Wire-Drawers Co. 16 June 1623–10 July 1624.SR; C.T. Carr, Select Charters of Trading Companies (Selden Soc. xxviii), 119. Common councilman, Aldersgate Within, London Dec. 1634–29 Aug. 1642.GL, MS 2050/1, ff. 38v-42. Alderman, Farringdon Without 30 Aug. 1642–12 June 1649.CLRO, Rep. 56, ff. 6v, 9v; Rep. 59, f. 425v. Sheriff, Oct.1644-Oct. 1645.Goldsmiths’ Co. Court Bk. W, ff. 259v-60. Commr. to army council, 12 June 1647.CLRO, Common Council Jnl. 40, f. 221; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vi. 557.

Central: agent for refining foreign gold and silver bullion for the wire-drawing trade, May 1636-c.40.T. Violet, Proposals Humbly Presented to...Oliver, Lord Protector of England (1656), 55, 65; CJ ii. 43b. Trustee, for bishops’ lands, 9 Oct. 1646;A. and O. treas. 17 Nov. 1646–8 Jan. 1648. A. and O.; LJ ix. 643a-b, 646b-647a. Co-treas. payments to Scottish army, 10 Dec. 1646.A. and O.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 19 June 1637 – bef.Jan. 1650; Suff. by Nov. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, 8 July 1656-Mar. 1660.Coventry Docquets, 73; C231/5, p. 261; C231/6, p. 340; C193/13/4, f. 95; C193/13/5, f. 99; Names of Justices (1650, E.1238.4). Member, cttee. of safety, London 4 Jan. 1642.Pearl, London, 140. Commr. London militia, 12 Feb., 29 Mar. 1642, 4 May, 23 July 1647, 17 Jan. 1649;CJ ii. 428a; LJ iv. 578a; A. and O. sewers, London 12 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 266v. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659;C181/6, pp. 293, 362. assessment, London 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649;A. and O. Suff. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Member, London corporation for relief of poor 17 Dec. 1647. Commr. arrears of assessment, Baynard’s Castle, London 24 Apr. 1648; ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 28 Aug. 1654; militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. subsidy, 1663.SR.

: of Stoke-by-Nayland, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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GIBBS, William (1599-1689), of Stoke-by-Nayland, Suff.

Will
26 Sept. 1688, pr. 11 June 1689.PROB11/395/405.
Estates
purchased manor of Nayland, Suff., and adjoining property in Great Horkesley, Essex, 1639.Morant, History of Essex, ii. 238. During the 1640s, certainly by 1650, purchased the manor of Stoke by Nayland, Suff.; at d. owned mortgage of Quendon manor, Essex, and numerous houses in London.PROB11/395/405.
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