HICKS, Sir William, 1st bt. (1596-1680), of Beverstone, Glos., Ruckholts, Leyton, Essex and Austin Friars, London.

Family and Education

b. Jan. 1596, 1st s. of Sir Michael Hicks† of Beverstone and Elizabeth, wid. of Henry Parvishe, merchant, of London and da. of Gabriel Colston of London.Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 81; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv) i. 466; CB. educ. Moreton, Essex (George Goodwin); ?Trinity, Camb.S.E. Christian, A Cotswold Fam.: Hicks and Hicks Beach (1909), 195; Al. Cant. m. 8 Sept. 1625, Margaret (bur. 10 Sept. 1652), da. of William, 5th Baron Paget, 2s. 1da. 8 other ch. d.v.p.Christian, Cotswold Fam. 206; Westminster Abbey Regs. 145; Morant, Essex, i. 24. suc. fa. 1612;PROB11/120/475. cr. bt. 18 July 1619.CB. d. 9 Oct. 1680.Morant, Essex, i. 25.

Offices Held

Local: collector (jt.), privy seal loan, ?Essex 1626. by 1638 – 45APC 1626, p. 286. Dep. lt., 1660–d.Maynard Lieut. Bk. 413; LJ v. 382b. Lt. Waltham Forest, Essex 1640–?d.CSP Dom. 1672–3, p. 494. Commr. oyer and terminer, Essex 30 June-aft. July 1640;C181/5, ff. 178, 183v. subsidy, 1641, 1663; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Glos. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1677, 1679;SR; A. and O; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, River Lea, Essex, Mdx. and Kent 14 Mar. 1642, 19 May 1645;C181/5, ff. 227v, 252v. Mdx. 9 Dec. 1644.C181/5, f. 245. J.p. Essex 23 Apr. – 15 July 1642, ?- bef. Jan. 1650, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/6, pp. 519, 530; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxvi. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 30 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Essex 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. recusants, Mdx., Essex 1675.CTB iv. 696, 750, 789.

Religious: elder, Braintree classis, Essex 1646.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 375. Chairman, vestry, Leyton 1664–d.VCH Essex, vi. 206.

: 1st bt. (1596-1680), of Beverstone, Glos., Ruckholts, Essex 1596 – 1680 and London., Austin Friars.

Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, ?B. Adye, Leyton church, Essex.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

HICKS, Sir William, 1st bt. (1596-1680), of Beverstone, Glos., Ruckholts, Leyton, Essex and Austin Friars, London.

Will

9 Feb. 1678, pr. 15 Feb. 1681.PROB11/365/254.

Estates

bought manor of Nuneaton, Warws. 1629;Coventry Docquets, 587. manor of Ruckholts, Leyton, Essex, 1635; manor of Chigwell, Essex, 1669.VCH Essex, iv. 25, vi. 195.

Oxford 1644

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Religion

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