NAPER, Gerard (1606-73), of More Crichel, Dorset.

Family and Education

bap. 19 Oct. 1606, 1st s. of Sir Nathaniel Napper† of More Crichel and Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Gerard of Hyde, Purbeck, Dorset.Hutchins, Dorset i. 611; iii. 125. educ. travelled abroad c.1626;APC 1625-6, p. 477. adm. M. Temple 8 Nov. 1627.M. Temple Admiss. m. 7 Jan. 1633, Margaret (d. 1660), da. and coh. of John Colles of Barton Grange, Pitminster, Somerset, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p.Whiteway Diary, 127; Hutchins, Dorset iii. 125. suc. fa. 6 Sept. 1635.Vis. Dorset, 1677 (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 49. cr. bt. 25 June 1641;SO3/12, f. 153. Kntd. 29 June 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. d. 14 May 1673.CB

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Poole 3 Aug. 1627;Hutchins, Dorset, i. 32. Weymouth 16 Oct. 1640;Weymouth Charters ed. Moule, 113. Lyme Regis 1662.Weymouth Min. Bks. 48. Trustee, Dorchester almshouse bef. Nov. 1650–?Recs. of Dorchester ed. Mayo, 560–1.

Local: j.p. Dorset 1636 – 44, by Oct. 1660 – May 1670; Poole May 1665–?C231/5, p. 275; C231/7, pp. 254, 367; C220/9/4, f. 19; C193/12/3, f. 24v. Col. militia ft. Dorset 1636–40.Dorset RO, D84 (official). Commr. charitable uses, 1638–9;C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 25 May 1638 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–23 Jan. 1671;C181/5, ff. 104v, 221v; C181/7, pp. 9, 530. sewers, Dorset 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113v. oyer and terminer for piracy, 26 Sept. 1639-aft. Feb. 1642;C181/5, ff. 152v, 226v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR.; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); array (roy.), 29 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. contributions (roy.), 21 Sept. 1643; rebels’ estates (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 73, 75. Kpr. Chittered Walk, Cranborne Chase, Dorset bef. 1646.Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, ff. 28v-29r. Sheriff, Dorset 7 Nov. 1650–1.CJ vi. 492a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39. Commr. gaol delivery, Poole 24 Feb. 1655.C181/6, p. 95 Dep. lt. Dorset c.1640–?, 26 July 1660–d.SP29/8, f. 67. Commr. corporations, 10 Oct. 1662.Dorset RO, DC/LR/D2/1, unfol. Surveyor of flooded lands, 4 Dec. 1662.Dorset RO, D/BKL, box 8C/64, bundle ‘Sir Ralph Bankes’, unfol. Commr. subsidy, 1663;SR. waste land, c.Feb. 1663.CSP Dom. 1663–4, pp. 43, 81.

: of More Crichel, Dorset.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

NAPER, Gerard (1606-73), of More Crichel, Dorset.

Will

12 Nov. 1667, codicils 11 Jan. 1672, 9 May 1673, 13 May 1673, pr. 21 Oct. 1673.PROB11/343/180.

Estates

inherited Middlemarsh Grange, Minterne Magna, and More Crichel, Dorset;Dorset Hearth Tax, 29, 52, 56. at d. also held lands in Wareham, Sutton Waldron, Woodsford and Buckland, Dorset, and unspec. lands in Wilts. and Som.PROB11/343/180. Rentals estimated at £1,211 (1640) and £2,067 (1653).Dorset RO, D84 (manorial).

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

oxford

Addresses

Cursitor’s Alley, London, Feb. 1656 the Dolphin in the Strand May-June 1656.Add. 34014, ff. 10, 25, 75v.

Religion

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