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bap. 26 May 1622, 2nd s. of William Axtell of Berkhamsted (d. 1638) and Thomasine.W. Urwick, Nonconformity in Herts. (1884), 374. educ. appr. Grocers’ Co. 31 May 1638.GL, MS 11593/1, f. 78v. m. (1) 21 Dec. 1639, Mary Marsam of Luton, Beds.; (2) 20 July 1659, Rebecca Holland of Chesham, Bucks.Luton and Chesham par. regs. exec. 19 Oct. 1660.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of John Pickering (later John Hewson*), Eastern Assoc. army by Mar. 1644-c.June 1645;SP28/253A, f. 45v; SP28/25, ff. 36–48, 60. maj. c.June 1646;Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 49, 59. lt.-col. May 1648-c.May 1650.Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 91; SP28/60, ff. 424, 646; SP28/64, ff. 17, 42, 244–6. Col. of ft. army in Ireland by May 1650-Aug. 1655;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 575; SP28/68, f. 250; TSP, iii. 710, 715. lt.-col. (unregimented) Aug. 1655-Dec. 1656;Lansd. 821, f. 89; TSP, v. 670–1. col. of ft. July 1659–60.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 12.

Irish: gov. Kilkenny City Apr. 1650-Dec. 1656;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, ii. 225, 230. Kilkenny precinct Aug. 1651-Dec. 1656.Ludlow, Mems. i. 263. J.p. Leinster 4 Nov. 1651–?TCD MS 844, f. 110. Commr. revenue, Kilkenny precinct bef. Dec. 1651;SP28/82, ff. 65, 67. high ct. of justice, Dublin 30 Dec. 1652.TCD MS 844, f. 136. Sheriff, co. Kilkenny 26 Jan. 1653–55.Eg. 1761, f. 60; Mercurius Politicus, no. 262 (14–21 June 1655), pp. 5416–7. Commr. transplantation of Scots from Ulster, June 1653;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 360. setting out soldiers’ lands, co. Kilkenny 10 Jan. 1654;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 395. assessment, co. Kilkenny and Queen’s Co. 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655).

: of Berkhamsted, Herts.
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Likenesses: etching, unknown, eighteenth century.NPG.

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Commons 1640-1660
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AXTELL, Daniel (1622-1660), of Berkhamsted, Herts.

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inherited house and 3 acres, Spittletree Close, Berkhamsted, Herts. 1638;PROB11/177/184. allotted land for military arrears, Moyfenrath Barony, co. Meath c.1655;CSP Ire. 1647-60, pp. 656-7. held former Ormond property in Kilkenny City c.1655;Civil Survey, vi. 551, 553. in 1660 owned lands other lands in cos. Dublin and Kilkenny, including estates confiscated from Lord Mountgarrett, and the Bagenal and Hussey families.CSP Ire. 1660-2, pp. 26-7, 226. Attainted 1660.
Oxford 1644
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