JAMES, John (1610-81), of Astley, Worcs. and Trippleton, Leintwardine, Herefs.

Family and Education

bap. 28 Oct. 1610, 2nd s. of John James of Astley and Mary, da. of Walter Winford of Astley. m. (1) Jane, da. of William Higgins of Trippleton, Leintwardine, Herefs. 2s.; (2) Dorothy (d. bef. Apr. 1681), 4s. 3da.Astley par. reg.; Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 52; Vis. Worcs. 1682-3 ed. Metcalfe, 65; Herefs.RO, will 71/1/28. bur. 10 May 1681.Leintwardine par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Herefs. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Worcs. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Rad. 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Herefs., Worcs. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Rad. 26 July 1659. 1650 – ?Dec. 1653A. and O. J.p. Worcs. by Feb.; Herefs. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct 1660; Salop by Oct. 1653 – ?Mar. 1660; Rad. by 15 Aug. 1659-Mar. 1660.C193/13/3; C193/13/4; The Names of the Justices (1650), 50 (E.1238.4); CUL, Dd.VIII.1; C231/6; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 336; C220/9/4. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650.A. and O. Sheriff, Herefs. 1650.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 62. Surveyor of excise, S. Wales, ?1650–1.Bodl. Rawl. C.386, 1 May 1651. Commr. high ct. of justice, 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. Custos rot. Herefs. by Oct. 1653-Mar. 1660.C193/13/4; C193/13/5, C193/13/6; A Perfect List (1660), 19. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Herefs., Worcs. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: capt. militia horse, Herefs. 13 Aug. 1650. Col. militia horse and dragoons, Worcs. 31 Mar. 1651. Gov. Worcester 8 Sept. 1651.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 509; 1651, p. 120; Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXII; Add. 5834, p. 134.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

: Worcs. and Trippleton, Leintwardine, Herefs.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

JAMES, John (1610-81), of Astley, Worcs. and Trippleton, Leintwardine, Herefs.

Will

21 Apr. 1681, pr. 29 Aug. 1681.Herefs. RO, will 71/1/28.

Estates

Trippleton, Herefs., through his w.; lands at Bringwood Chase, 1654.CCC 1626. At d. capital messuage and lands at Luckinhope, St. Harmon, Whitton and Pilleth, Rad., lands at Belton, Eaton, Upper and Lower Morecott, Herefs., lands in Worcs.Herefs. RO, will 71/1/28; Robinson, Mansions and Manors, 226.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

recommended Charles Sumptner to Stanton parish, Worcs. for appointment by commrs. of great seal, 9 Nov. 1653;Add. 36792 f. 77. recvr. of profits, Presteigne rectory, Rad. 1655.Presteigne par. reg.; W.H. Howse, ‘The Rectory of Presteigne, 1552-1712’, Rad. Soc. Trans. xxvii. 39-40. Accommodated Independent congregation at his house in Trippleton, 1655.First Publishers of Truth ed. N. Penney (1907), 115-6.

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