PORTER, Henry I (1614-66), of Lancaster, Lancs.

Family and Education

b. 28 Jan. 1614, 1st s. of James Porter of Lancaster, and Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Trenchmore of Skerton, Lancaster.Lancs. IPM ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xvi), 3; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxviii), 234. m. by 1635, Anne (d. 11 June 1680), da. of Henry Ashhurst of Ashhurst, Lancs. at least 1s.Lancaster ed. H. Brierley (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxxii), 80, 298; Vis. Lancs. ed. Raines, 234. suc. fa. 1 Feb. 1615.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 3. bur. 14 Nov. 1666 14 Nov. 1666.Lancaster ed. Brierley, 278.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by June 1643-aft. Feb. 1649.SP19/118, f. 281; SP28/161, pt. 1, unfol.; Gratton, Lancs. 41, 62, 173, 287; Lancs. Civil War Tracts, 250. Dep. gov. Lancaster Castle by Mar. 1646–?SP28/161, pt. 1; Chandler, Liverpool, 350. Maj. ?militia ft. Lancs. by Apr. 1654-c.Mar. 1660.Lancaster ed. Brierley, 344; CJ vii. 869a.

Civic: freeman, Liverpool 13 May 1646-bef. Oct. 1649. Jan. 1659 – d.Chandler, Liverpool, 350. Alderman, Lancaster by; mayor, 1659–60.Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, unpag.; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 49; Cal. Lancaster Charters ed. J. Brownbill, J. R. Nuttall (Lancaster, 1929), 18.

Religious: elder, eighth Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 511.

Local: commr. northern cos. militia, Lancs. 23 May 1648.A. and O. Steward, manor of Slyne-with-Hest, Lancs. by Oct. 1649–?Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, p. 178. Commr. militia, Lancs. 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660;SP25/76A, f. 16v; A. and O. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Capt. militia ft. Apr. 1660–?Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 17 (16–23 Apr. 1660), 271 (E.183.5). J.p. c.June 1660–1 Sept. 1666.Lancs. RO, QSC/62–5. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR.

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Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

PORTER, Henry I (1614-66), of Lancaster, Lancs.

Will

not found.

Estates

inherited two messuages and land in Middleton, near Lancaster – one of these messuages was his main country residence at Downy Field – and four burgages and other property in Lancaster.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 3; T. Pape, Charters of the City of Lancaster (Lancaster, 1952), 59. By 1664, owned house of 19 hearths in Lancaster.E179/250/11, pt. 1.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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