BOSCAWEN, Hugh (1625-1701), of Tregothnan, Penkevil, Cornw.

Family and Education

bap. 21 Aug. 1625, 2nd s. of Hugh Boscawen of Tregothnan and his wife Margaret, da. of Robert Rolle of Heanton Satchville, Devon; bro. of Charles Boscawen* and Edward Boscawen*. m. 1648, Margaret (d. 1688), da. and h. of Theophilus Clinton, 4th earl of Lincoln, 8s. (d.v.p.), 2 da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. bro. Sept. 1645. bur. 10 June 1701.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 47; A. Austin, Hist. of the Clinton Barony (1999), 76 and genealogical table; Devon RO, 1262M/E/30/13.

Offices Held

Civic: recorder, Grampound 30 July 1646–?;Cornw. RO, J.2078; Royal Institution of Cornw. HH/13/3. Tregony by 1690–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 8 June 1654, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – 90; Westminster 1679.A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1654, E.1064.10); An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Commr. Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, c. 1650, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 170. tendering Engagement, 28 Jan. 1650.FSL, X.d.483 (47). J.p. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–80, June 1688–d.C193/13/3, f. 10; C193/13/4, f. 13v; C193/13/6, f. 11v; C231/6, p. 205. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. July 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 377–8; C181/7, pp. 10, 636. free and voluntary present, Powder hundred, Cornw. Nov. 1661;Cornw. Hearth Tax, 249. subsidy, 1663.SR. Stannator, Blackmore, Cornw. 1673. Commr. recusants, Cornw. 1675.CTB iv. 695.

Military: col. militia ft. Cornw. 14 Feb. 1650–?, Apr. 1660–80.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 521; HP Commons 1660–90, i. 686. Gov. St Mawes 1698–d.HP Commons 1660–90, i. 686.

Central: PC, 14 Feb. 1689–d. Commr subscriptions, new E. I. Co. 1698.HP Commons 1660–90, i. 686.

: Penkevil, Cornw.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BOSCAWEN, Hugh (1625-1701), of Tregothnan, Penkevil, Cornw.

Will

17 July 1700, pr. 19 Nov. 1701.PROB11/462/239.

Estates

inherited from bro. estate centred on the 24-hearth mansion of Tregothnan, Penkevil par, including manors of Tregothnan (Penkevil), Blanchland (Keykenwen), Tremilla (Feock), and lands in at least seven other parishes;Cornw. Hearth Tax, 73; PROB11/188/277. also manor of Tregony and properties in Tregony borough and Grampound borough;Maclean, Trigg Minor, iii. 72; PROB11/188/277. freeholder of manors of Helston in Trigg (Helston par.), and Treverbyn Courtney (St Austell), and free tenant of manors of Moresk (St Clements) and Tibesta (Creed) from duchy of Cornw., bef. 1650;Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 54, 93; ii. 174, 204. his wife’s jointure lands included estates in Cornw. and Lincs.PROB11/462/239

Oxford 1644

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