BRIGHT, John (1619-88), of Badsworth Hall, Badsworth, and Carbrook Hall, Sheffield, Yorks.

Family and Education

bap. 14 Oct. 1619, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Stephen Bright of Carbrook Hall, and Joan (bur. 11 Nov. 1633), da. of George Westby of Whaley, Derbys., wid. of William Smales of Derbys.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 12. educ. G. Inn 18 June 1639.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) c.1646, Katherine (d. Jan. 1663), da. of Sir Richard Hawksworth of Hawksworth, Otley, Yorks., wid. of William Lister of Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks., 2s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 13 Oct. 1664, Elizabeth (d. 26 June 1674), da. of Sir Thomas Norcliffe of Langton, Yorks., 1da. d.v.p.; (3) lic. 11 July 1682, Susanna (d. Nov. 1682), da. of Sir Thomas Liddell, 2nd bt., of Ravensworth Castle, co. Dur., wid. of Thomas Vane of Raby Castle, co. Dur., s.p.; (4) 7 June 1683 (with £5,000), Susanna (d. 19 Apr. 1737), da. of Michael Warton of Beverley, Yorks., s.p.Goodmanham, Yorks. bishop’s transcript; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P73/28-9; WWM/D136-7, 152-5; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 13; Hunter, Hallamshire, 417-18; CB. suc. fa. 6 June 1642;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 12. cr. bt. 16 July 1660;CB. d. 13 Sept. 1688.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 13.

Offices Held

Local: church burgess, Sheffield c.June 1642–d. Gov. Sheffield g. s., c.June 1642–?d.P.J. Wallis, ‘Sheffield church burgesses’, Trans. of the Hunter Arch. Soc. vii. 55–6. Commr. assessment, Yorks. (W. Riding) 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652,A. and O.; SR. 24 Nov. 1653,An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, W. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, 2 Mar. 1647, 21 Feb. 1648, 21 May 1650.C93/19/27; C93/19/33; C93/20/30. J.p. by 1648-bef. Oct. 1660;Add. 29674, f. 148. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657–?C181/6, p. 196. Sheriff, Yorks. 15 Nov. 1654-c.Nov. 1656.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D667a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 164. Commr. inquiry concerning church livings, W. Riding c.May 1650;W. Yorks. Archives (Wakefield), C413. ejecting scandalous ministers, W. Riding and York 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, E., W. Ridings 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Yorks. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 2 July 1655 – 20 May 1659, 14 Dec. 1670–?;C181/6, pp. 108, 197; C181/7, p. 558. W. Riding 8 Dec. 1671.C181/7, p. 606. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ., June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 376. poll tax, W. Riding 1660;SR. disbanding army, Sept. 1660–?Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P59/5, 33, P61/1, 41. Lt. col. militia ft. by July 1660–?, 1 Aug. 1668–d.SP29/42/67, ff. 133v-134; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D669. Dep. lt. by c.1664–d.Beinecke, Osborn Shelves, Danby boxes [OSB. MSS 6], box 2, folder 37 (W. Riding militia pprs.); CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 151; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D670.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 10 Nov. 1642–1 Jan. 1644;SP28/147, pt. 2, unfol. col. 1 Jan. 1644-July 1650.SP28/147, pt. 2; Hunter, Hallamshire, 419; Autobiog. of Capt. John Hodgson ed. J. Ritson, 36. Gov. Sheffield Castle Aug. 1644-c.Jan. 1645, by Jan. 1648–?;Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D729; W. Yorks. Archives (Wakefield), QS 10/2, p. 111; Hunter, Hallamshire, 143. York aft. Apr. 1645-aft. May 1649;Infra, ‘Sir Ferdinando Fairfax’; Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke ms LXVII, ff. 57, 61; Hunter, Hallamshire, 143. Hull by Mar. 1655-Feb. 1658.Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/4 (Hull Bench Bk. 1650–64), p. 152; TSP iii. 239–40; vi. 784. Col. militia ft. Yorks. Aug. 1651–?, Aug. 1659–?CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 350, 360, 379; CJ vii. 749a, 772b.

Central: commr. visitation Oxf. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100.

: of Badsworth Hall, Badsworth and Carbrook Hall, Yorks., Sheffield.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

BRIGHT, John (1619-88), of Badsworth Hall, Badsworth, and Carbrook Hall, Sheffield, Yorks.

Will

23 Nov. 1687, pr. 16 Oct. 1688.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D165a-b.

Estates

1630-2, fa. fined £25 for distraint of knighthood.‘Compositions for not taking knighthood at the coronation of Charles I’ ed. W. P. Baildon, in Misc. 1 (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxi), 89. In 1642, Bright’s estate worth about £650 p.a.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P1, P111; P. Roebuck, Yorks. Baronets 1640-1760, 204. During 1640s, he acquired large parts of the earl of Arundel’s sequestered estate in Hallamshire, inc. half of manor of Eccleshall and lands in Carbrook.Roebuck, Yorks. Baronets, 206, 210. In 1653, purchased manor of Badsworth for £8,600.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P57/3-4, 6, P185b(v); Roebuck, Yorks. Baronets, 210-11. Betw. 1660 and 1688, made numerous substantial additions to his estate, mostly in vicinity of Badsworth, so that at his d. his gross annual rental had risen to £3,210.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D147, 149-50, 516-19, 673-4, 697-700; WWM/Br P74/15, 17, P185b(x)1-27, P185c(iii)/351; Hunter, S. Yorks. ii. 435; Roebuck, Yorks. Baronets, 214-16. At his d. his estate inc. manors of Badsworth, Eccleshall and Billingley, Badsworth Hall, Carbrook Hall, Westwell Hall and Barnby Hall, lands in Sheffield, Rotherham, Attercliffe, Darfield, Kinsley and Edale and numerous coalmines at Handsworth.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D137-8, 142-3, 145, 149, 152, 165.

Oxford 1644

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