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educ. ?appr. merchant, York c.1620.York Freemen ed. F. Collins (Surt. Soc. cii), 76. m. (1) 2 Apr. 1627, Elizabeth (bur. 26 Mar. 1628), da. of Henry Chambers (bur. 14 June 1632), alderman and merchant of Hull, 1da.; (2) aft. June 1643, Judith (bur. 26 Dec. 1665), da. of Philip Penrose of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York, wid. of Bigod Blaides (bur. 20 June 1643), cordwainer, of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York, ?s.p.St Mary, Hull par. reg.; Holy Trinity, Hull par. reg.; Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York par. reg.; York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/3, ff. 774-5; C7/324/72; C7/348/55, 66, 73; Par. Regs. of Holy Trinity, Goodramgate, York ed. R.B. Cook (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xli), 9, 41, 75. bur. 5 Jan. 1671 5 Jan. 1671.St George the Martyr, Surr. par. reg.
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Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers, York ?-?d.; gov. 1664, 1665, 1666.Borthwick, YMA.Ph.4 (York Merchant Adventurers Act. Bk. 4), ff. 149, 152. Dep. Eastland Merchants, York 1665–8.Borthwick, York Eastland Merchants’ Court Bk. 1645–97, ff. 39v, 43.

Civic: freeman, York ?1627–d.;York Freemen ed. Collins, 76. ?chamberlain, 1632 – 33; ?common cllr. 1636 – ?; sheriff, 21 Sept. 1647 – 21 Sept. 1648; one of the twenty-four, Sept. 1648–50; alderman, 12 Apr. 1650 – d.; ld. mayor, 15 Jan. 1660–15 Jan. 1661.York City Archives, York House Bk. 35, ff. 151v, 292v; 36, ff. 210, 246; 37, f. 131.

Local: j.p. York 12 Apr. 1650–d.York City Archives, York House Bk. 36, f. 246. Commr. assessment, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1664;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 14 Aug. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79; A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, York and Ainsty 14 Dec. 1663.C181/7, p. 222.

: of Holy Trinity, Micklegate, Yorks., York.
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Commons 1640-1660
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TOPHAM, Christopher (d. 1671), of Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York, Yorks.

Will
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Estates
Topham had a new house, complete with ‘two splay windows’, built in 1648 outside Micklegate Bar, York, ‘on the east side of the street.York City Archives, York House Bk. 36, f. 218.
Oxford 1644
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