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Family and Education
b. 1600, 1st s. of Francis Bernard, of Kingsthorpe, Northants. and his 2nd w., Mary, da. of Ambrose Woolhouse, of Glasswell, Derbys.S.E. Higgins, The Bernards of Abington and Nether Winchendon (1903-4), i. 74. educ. Northampton g.s.; Queen’s, Oxf.;Bridges, Northants. i. 404. M. Temple 13 Nov. 1615.M. Temple Admiss. i. 104. m. (1) 13 Apr. 1625, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Tallakerne, of Ashen Hall, Essex, 3s. 2da.;Bridges, Northants. i. 404; Higgins, Bernards of Abington, i. 79-80; Vis. Hunts. 1684 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xiii), 78. (2) Elizabeth (d.1663), wid. of Sir Francis Astley (d.1638), of Hillmorton, Warws. and of Robert Digby, 1st Baron Digby of Geashill [Ire.] (d.1642), and da. of Sir James Altham†, of Oxhey, Herts. s.p.Bridges, Northants. i. 404; Hunts. RO, M15A/2; Regs. of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London, ed. W.H. Hunt (Harl. Soc. xxxvi), 26. suc. bro. Francis bef. 24 Apr. 1630.PROB6/13, f. 159. Kntd. 9 June 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 228. cr. bt. 1 July 1662.CB. d. 18 Apr. 1666.Bridges, Northants. i. 404; Lansd. 921, f. 11.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 23 Nov. 1621;M. Temple Admiss. i. 104. bencher, 11 Feb. 1647.M. Temple Bench Bk. ed. A.R. Ingpen (1912), 195. Counsel, Trinity, Camb. by 1636 – aft.59; Camb. Univ. 1646.Trinity College, Cambridge, senior bursar’s audit bk. 1637–59, ff. 12–345; CUL, University Archives, Grace Bk. H, p. 13. Sjt.-at-law, Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet St. Oct. 1648–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 499. Assize judge, Northern circ. July 1660, June 1661;C181/7, pp. 6, 102. Durham and Sadberge Aug. 1660;C181/7, pp. 33, 83. Durham 22 July 1661.C181/7, p. 115.

Local: j.p. Huntingdon 1625-aft. Nov. 1628;C181/3, ff. 140v, 171v, 244v; Hunts. by 1632–?d.; I. of Ely July 1649-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 163; A Perfect List (1660). liberty of St Peter, York 14 Aug. 1661.C181/7, p. 116. Commr. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 11 Dec. 1633;C181/4, f. 154. Beds., Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 26 Aug. 1661;C181/7, p. 117. further subsidy, Huntingdon 1641;SR. array (roy.), Hunts. June, 11 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. charitable uses, I. of Ely 10 Apr. 1647;C93/19/25. militia, Hunts. 2 Dec. 1648; I. of Ely 26 June 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Steward and judge, ct. of pleas, I. of Ely 22 June 1649-aft. Sept. 1659.CJ vi. 239b; Ely Episcopal Recs. 119–20. Commr. assessment, Hunts. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; I. of Ely 26 Jan. 1660; Huntingdon 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Hunts. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 16, 379; C181/7, pp. 13, 348. Northern circ. 10 July 1660, 14 June 1661;C181/7, pp. 18, 109. gaol delivery, I. of Ely by Mar. 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 20, 385. Durham 22 July 1661.C181/7, p. 115. Commr. poll tax, Hunts., Huntingdon 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Hunts. Nov. 1660–d.Bodl. Carte 223, f. 337; Hunts. RO, D/DM20B/9. Commr. subsidy, Hunts., Huntingdon 1663;SR. sewers, Hunts. 19 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 302.

Civic: recorder, Huntingdon bef. Mar. 1627-c.Feb. 1663;Hunts. RO, Huntingdon borough recs. box 12, bdle. 4, ff. 9–10; Pepys’s Diary, iv. 30, 62. Godmanchester, Hunts. 1636–?d.R. Fox, The Hist. of Godmanchester (1831), 163–4.

Household: steward to 1st and 2nd earls of Manchester, prob. late 1620s-d.Beds. RO, SJ 81.

: Hunts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BERNARD, Robert (1600-66), of Huntingdon, Hunts.

Will
5 Dec. 1665, pr. 15 May 1666.PROB11/320/365; Hunts. RO, Acc. 15/32.
Estates
bought Trinity Guild lands, Godmanchester, Hunts. for £2,580, 1641;Hunts. RO, M44A/9: indenture, 16 Feb. 1641. Brampton Park, Brampton, Hunts. 1653;Hunts. RO, M44A/9: deed, 20 June 1653. Grafham manor, Hunts. for £3,400, 1660;Hunts. RO, M44A/9: acquitance, 12 July 1660. part of the manor of Hemingford Abbots, Hunts.Lansd. 921, f. 31.
Oxford 1644
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