KELSEY, Thomas (c.1616-?1687), of Shere, Surr., and Bishopsgate Street, London.

Family and Education

b. c.1616, ygr. s. of Thomas Kelsey (bur. 6 Sept. 1623), yeoman, of Shere, Surr. and Mary Willet.Shere par. reg. appr. to Henry Graunt, Draper, of St Peter Cornhill, 20 Oct. 1630; free, 15 May 1639.Drapers’ Co. Apprentice Bk. cr. MA, Oxf. 14 Apr. 1648.Wood, Fasti Oxonienses, ii. 111. m. ?bef. June 1655, ?da. of Henry Graunt (d. aft. Dec. 1671), 1s.Wood, Life and Times, i. 433; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 491; 1671-2, p. 98; CCSP v. 197; Drapers’ Co. recs. d. bef. 6 Aug. 1687.PROB6/63, f. 88v.

Offices Held

Military: officer (parlian.), Norwich and Boston garrisons bef. 1645; maj. of ft. regt. of Edward Montagu II*, Apr. 1645; lt.-col. regt. of Richard Ingoldsby*, Dec. 1645-Oct. 1651.Wanklyn, New Model Army i. 48, 58, 67; ii. 63; LJ vii. 279; HMC 6th Rep. 81. Dep. gov. Oxf. June 1646;Wood, Annales, 556, 560, 597, 602, 604, 640; CSP Dom. 1648–9, pp. 193, 221; LJ x. 407. gov. June 1649-May 1651.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 175. Col. of dragoons, May 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 178, 188. Lt. of Dover Castle and gov. of garrison, May 1651-Dec. 1659.CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 189, 201, 209, 253; CCSP iv. 508. Maj.-gen. Kent and Surr. Aug. 1655-Jan. 1657.TSP iii. 300, 701; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 275; Clarke Pprs. iii. 50; TSP iv. 88, 117. Col. of horse, Kent 5 Aug.-12 Oct. 1659.CJ vii. 749a, 796a.

Civic: freeman and bailiff, Oxf. 10 Mar. 1648.Oxford Council Acts 1626–65, 154. Freeman, Sandwich 10 July 1654;Cent. Kent. Stud. Sa/AC8, f. 113. Dover 30 July 1656.Eg. 2096, ff. 188–9.

Local: j.p. Oxon. 13 Mar. 1649–?Mar. 1660;The Names of the Justices (1650), 45 (E.1238.4); C231/6, p. 144; C193/13/4, f. 79; C193/13/5, f. 85; C181/6, pp. 157, 331. Essex, Mdx., Surr. Mar. 1655 – ?Mar. 1660; Woodstock Apr. 1656 – Aug. 1660; Kent Mar. 1657–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 306, 307, 362; C181/6, pp. 157, 331. Commr. assessment, Oxon. and Oxf. 7 Apr. 1649, 7 Dec., 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 292 (E.1062.28). Kent 9 June 1657.A. and O. Visitor, Oxf. Univ. 23 May 1649.CJ vi. 215b. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Kent 28 Aug. 1654, 13 Sept. 1656; Surr. 13 Sept. 1656;A. and O.; SP25/77, p. 322. sewers, Kent 14 Apr. 1656, 17 June 1657, 1 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 157, 228, 367. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659;C181/6, pp. 263, 386. I. of Sheppey, Kent 5 Oct. 1659;C181/6, p. 396. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 June 1656–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 170, 219, 237, 277, 306, 373. Custos rot. Kent 7 May 1657–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 362; C193/13/5, f. 53. Commr. militia, Kent, Surr. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Central: treas. to excise commrs. May 1653.Clarke Pprs. iii. 5. Commr. admlty. and navy, 28 July, 3 Dec. 1653, 8 Nov. 1655, 31 May 1659.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 10. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a.

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Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

KELSEY, Thomas (c.1616-?1687), of Shere, Surr., and Bishopsgate Street, London.

Will

admon. 6 Aug. 1687.PROB6/63, f. 88v.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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