DALSTON, William (c.1613-83), of Dalston Hall, Dalston, Cumb.

Family and Education

b. c. 1613, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Sir George Dalston*.‘Seven vols. of Dalston par. regs.’ ed. M.E. Kuper, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 1, vii. 204. educ. St John’s, Camb. 6 July 1631, aged 17;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 7 Dec. 1631.G. Inn Admiss. 195. m. 15 Dec. 1635, Anne (bur. 17 Apr. 1639), da. and coh. of Thomas Bolles of Osberton, Notts., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Worksop Par. Reg. ed. G.W. Marshall (Guildford, 1894), 95; Dalston Par. Regs. ed. J. Wilson (Dalston, 1893), i. 70, 185; F. Haswell, ‘The fam. of Dalston’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 2, x. 224. cr. bt. 15 Feb. 1641;CB. Kntd. 31 July 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210. suc. fa. Sept. 1657.Hutchinson, Cumb. ii. 454. d. 13 Jan. 1683.CB.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Carlisle c.Mar. 1640–?Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/27.

Local: j.p. Cumb. 20 Aug. 1641–?, 11 Oct. 1643-c.Oct. 1644, by Oct. 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 477; C220/9/4; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 85; HMC Portland, i. 186. Westmld. 11 Oct. 1643-c.Oct. 1644, by Oct. 1660–d.C220/9/4; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 85. Commr. further subsidy, Cumb. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Westmld. 1660;SR. assessment, Cumb. 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Westmld. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Yorks. (W. Riding) 1679;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 18 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133. disarming rebels (roy.), Cumb. and Westmld. 2 Mar. 1643.SP23/150, p. 439. Trustee, St Anne’s Hosp. Appleby, Westmld. 27 Mar. 1654–?d.E.A. Heelis, ‘St Anne’s hospital at Appleby’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. ser. 2, ix. 193–4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 10 July 1660–?d.C181/7, pp. 18, 640. Dep. lt. Cumb. c.July 1660–?d.SP29/11, f. 194; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/7/8. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. corporations, 1662;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/385. subsidy, 1663.SR. Sheriff, 12 Nov. 1665–7 Nov. 1666.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 28.

Military: col. of horse and ft. (roy.) by July 1643-June 1645.SP23/192, p. 523; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DMUS/5/5/1/7; DMUS/5/5/4/27. Capt. Carlisle Castle Sept. 1660–?d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 281.

: of Dalston Hall, Cumb., Dalston.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DALSTON, William (c.1613-83), of Dalston Hall, Dalston, Cumb.

Will

5 July 1681, pr. 23 July 1684.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 60, f. 266.

Estates

on his marriage in 1635, his fa. settled on him lands in Dalston, Kirkbride, Lessonhall, Moorhouse, Oulton and Weddon Hill, Cumb. and lands and tithes in Smardale, Soulby and Waitby, Westmld., worth £447 p.a.SP23/192, pp. 527-8; Cumb. RO (Kendal), WDHB/5/1. In 1646, his estate consisted of these properties plus a house and lands in Towthorpe, Yorks., a third of manors of Langton, Dorset, Sherfield, Hants, and of Gunthorpe and Lowdham, Notts. and a third of advowson of Langton – in all, worth £437 p.a.SP23/192, pp. 527-8; SP23/79, pp. 657-9; C54/3589/12; Notts. RO, DD/E/7/1; DD/SK/125/3. In 1657, inherited an estate in Cumb. Westmld. and Leics. worth about £700 p.a.Supra, ‘Sir George Dalston’. At his d. estate inc. lands in Cornbrough and a rent charge of £60 p.a. out of manor of Wheldrake, Yorks.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 60, f. 266.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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Addresses

Religion

presented Thomas Lumley to rectory of Kirkbride, Cumb. 1661; Henry Hall, 1678.IND1/17005, f. 8; Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 598.

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