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Family and Education
b. 1598, 1st s. of Thomas Palmer of East Carlton, and Katherine (d. 1 Oct. 1634), da. of Sir Edward Watson of Rockingham, Northants.C142/446/83; VCH Northants. Fams. 240, 246. educ. Christ’s, Camb. Dec. 1612, BA 1616, MA 1619;Al. Cant. M. Temple 14 June 1616;M. Temple Admiss. i. 105. DCL, Oxf. 16 June 1643.CB. m. (settlement 5 May 1625) Margaret (d. 16 May 1655), da. of Sir Francis Moore, sjt.-at-law 1614-21, of Fawley, Berks. 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).VCH Northants. Fams. 246. suc. fa. 25 Oct. 1627;C142/446/83. Kntd. c. 29 May 1660;HMC 5th Rep. 153. cr. bt. 7 June 1660.CB. d. 5 May 1670.VCH Northants. Fams. 246.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 23 May 1623; bencher, 1 June 1660; treas. 8 Nov. 1661–31 Oct. 1662.MTR, ii. 608, 682; iii. 1146, 1165, 1180. Legal counsel to Henrietta Maria by Feb. 1641-aft. Sept. 1642.LR9/20, bdle. 8; NLW, Wynnstay ms 166, p. 8; Wynnstay ms 168, f. 188. Solicitor gen. (roy.) 4 Nov. 1645–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 275. Att. gen. 29 May 1660–d.C231/7, p. 1; HMC 5th Rep. 153. C.j. Chester, Flint, Denb. and Mont. July 1660–1.C193/9, p. 31; ‘The rights and jurisdiction of the county Palatine of Chester’ ed. J.B. Yates (Chetham Soc. xxxvii), 36.

Local: commr. charitable uses, Northants. 18 Feb. 1631 – 16 May 1632; Lincs. 8 May 1634 – 15 May 1635; Rutland 3 June 1636–15 May 1637;C192/1, unfol. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 30 Mar. 1638-aft. Dec. 1641;C181/5, ff. 101v, 215. Mdx. 17 Aug. 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 28, 409. River Welland 18 July 1664–?;C181/7, p. 281. oyer and terminer, Northants. 16 July 1640–?;C181/5, f. 182v. Midland circ. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/5, ff. 192v, 220v; C181/7, pp. 15, 534. London 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 512. Mdx. 5 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 4, 509. liberty of Peterborough 29 Oct. 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 65, 433. Wales 8 Nov. 1661–?;C181/7, p. 119. the Verge 10 Apr. 1662–d.C181/7, pp. 141, 456. J.p. Northants. 10 Aug. 1641 – aft.Jan. 1643, by Oct. 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 469; C220/9/4; Northants. RO, FH3017. liberty of Peterborough 10 Oct. 1660–10 Dec. 1669.C181/7, pp. 65, 433. Commr. array (roy.), Northants. 18 June, 14 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. survey (roy.), Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 18, 27 May 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 38, 42. assessment, Northants. 1 June 1660, 1664;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). gaol delivery, I. of Ely Aug. 1660–12 Feb. 1667;C181/7, pp. 33, 333. Newgate gaol 13 May 1661–d.;C181/7, pp. 99, 512. loyal and indigent officers, Northants. 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Civic: dep. recorder, Stamford 1 Sept. 1640-bef. Feb. 1648;Stamford Town Hall, Hall Bk. 1, ff. 404, 428v. freeman, 6 Oct. 1640–d.Stamford Town Hall, Hall Bk. 1, f. 404v. Recorder, Boston 4 Aug. 1662–d.Boston Corporation Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey (Boston, 1983), iii. 383, 385, 552.

: Northants.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1660-3;Rockingham Castle, Northants. oil on canvas, studio of P. Lely, c.1660;NPG. oil on canvas, aft. P. Lely, c.1663;Raynham Hall, Norf. oil on canvas, aft. P. Lely;Norf. Museums Service. line engraving, R. White, 1688;Les Reports de Sir Gefrey Palmer (1688), frontispiece. fun. monument, J. Marshall, East Carlton church, Northants.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PALMER, Geoffrey (1598-1670), of East Carlton, Northants.

Will
20 Sept. 1669, pr. 8 June 1670.PROB11/333, f. 119.
Estates
in 1627, inherited manor of East Carlton and property in Ashley, Carlton, Cottingham, Middleton and Wilbarston, Northants.C142/446/83. In 1648, estate valued at £324 p.a. and personal estate at £2,245; his debts amounted to £1,346.CJ vi. 21b. In 1663, purchased manor of Raunds, Northants.Whitelocke, Diary, 668. At d. estate inc. manor and house of East Carlton; a third of manor of Westhall, Northants.; a close in Rutland; lands in Fishtoft and Boston, Lincs.; manor, rectory and advowson of Carlton Curlieu; a moiety of manor of Keythorpe and closes in Keythrop and Tugby, Leics.; a house and lands in Hampstead, Mdx.; and chambers in Middle Temple church yard.C33/236, f. 832; C6/195/97; PROB11/333, ff. 119-20; Leics. RO, DE1110/625; HMC 5th Rep. 398; Whitelocke, Diary, 626.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
oxford
Addresses
house of Sir Thomas Fanshawe*, Ivy Lane, London (1642).Whitelocke, Diary, 138.
Religion
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