DUCKENFEILD, Robert (1619-89), of Duckenfield Hall, Stockport, Cheshire.

Family and Education

bap. 28 Sept. 1619, 1st s. of Robert Duckenfield of Duckenfield Hall, and Frances (bur. 4 June 1663), da. of George Preston of Holker, Lancs.; bro. of John Duckenfield*.St Mary Stockport Par. Regs. ed. E.L.W. Bulkeley (Stockport, 1889), 116-17; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 20. educ. G. Inn 3 Nov. 1637.G. Inn Admiss. 214. m. (1) 12 July 1638, Martha (d. 2 Oct. 1669), da. of Sir Miles Fleetwood† of of Aldwinckle, Northants. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 20 Aug. 1678, Judith (d. 23 Feb. 1739), da. of Nathaniel Bottomley of Cawthorne, Yorks. 4s. 2da.A.J. Shirren, ‘The fam. bk. of Martha Duckinfield’, N and Q cc. 158; Stockport Par. Regs. ed. Bulkeley, 116-17; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 20. suc. fa. 29 Aug. 1630.Cheshire IPM ed. R. Stewart-Brown (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxxiv), 196. d. 18 Sept. 1689.Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 20.

Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cheshire 30 July 1641 – 24 May 1642, 11 Nov. 1644-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, p. 463; Cheshire RO, DAR/I/29. Denb. 29 July 1652-bef. c.Sept. 1656.C231/6, p. 243. Member, Cheshire co. cttee. Feb. 1643-aft. May 1649.SP28/224, f. 323; SP28/225, f. 433; HMC Portland. i. 96. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Denb. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Flint 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Chester 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, Cheshire 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659; Chester 26 July 1659; Anglesey, Caern., Denb., Flint, Merion. and Montgom. 26 July 1659;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. Lancs. 8 Aug. 1659.CJ vii. 752a. Dep. lt. Cheshire by Oct. 1646–?SP28/40, f. 162. Sheriff, 15 Feb.-30 Oct. 1649.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 18. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. ct. martial, James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby, 11 Sept. 1651;Stanley Pprs. ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxvii), p. cccxxxv. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cheshire 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Nov. 1655;Cheshire RO, DLT/B38, p. 10; TSP iv. 485; v. 313. dividing parishes, Cheshire and Cheshire 10 Mar. 1656;Mins. of the Cttee. of Plundered Ministers rel. to Lancs. and Cheshire ed. W.A. Shaw (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 115. for public faith, Cheshire 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). sewers, 12 Feb. 1658.C181/6, p. 270.

Military: ?capt. of ft. for Ireland, 1642. 1 June 1642 – 7 Nov. 1643SP28/128, pt. 10, f. 9v. Capt. of ft. (parlian.); capt. of horse, 26 Nov. 1642 – 2 Oct. 1646; col. of ft. 7 Nov. 1643 – 17 Feb. 1646, c.Sept. 1647–?SP28/128, pt. 10, f. 9v; M. Nevell, Tameside 1066–1700 (Tameside, 1991), 133. Gov. Chester by 25 Aug. 1647-c.Nov. 1653;Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXVII, f. 134; Chester RO, ZML/2/309; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 267. I. of Man by Dec. 1651-Aug. 1653.CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 66; 1653–4, p. 19; J.R. Dickinson, The Lordship of Man under the Stanleys (Chetham Soc. ser. 3, xli), 41. Col. militia horse, Cheshire 8 July 1650–?, Mar. 1655–?;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 507; TSP iii. 263, 294. col. militia ft. 22 Aug. 1650–?CSP Dom. 1650, p. 509.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O.

: of Duckenfield Hall, Cheshire., Stockport.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DUCKENFEILD, Robert (1619-89), of Duckenfield Hall, Stockport, Cheshire.

Will

not found.

Estates

in 1625, fa. assessed at £10 for the privy seal loan.Cheshire RO, DLT/B/11, p. 12. In 1630, Duckenfeild inherited manors of Duckenfield and Brinnington alias Portwood, Portwood Hall and property in Baguley, Cheadle, Edgerley and Stockport, Cheshire.Cheshire IPM ed. Stewart-Brown, 193-6. He was assessed at £13 for the 1641/2 subsidy.M.D.G. Wanklyn, ‘Landed Society and Allegiance in Cheshire and Shropshire in the First Civil War’ (Manchester Univ. PhD thesis, 1976), 375. In 1642, sold property in Youlgreave, Derbys. for £350.Derbys. RO, D7676/Bag C/3226. In 1651, purchased from trustees for the sale of crown lands, Sherholt Park and New Park, Staffs. and manor of Denbigh (including lordships of Bromfield and Yale), Denb. for £13,171; and, with one Philip Eyton, manor of Brampton, Hunts. and manor of Handbridge, Cheshire, for £6,618.C6/127/35; C54/3582/10; E121/5/7/43, 68; Dodd, Studies in Stuart Wales (1971), 149.

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