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b. c. 1609, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Lisle of Wootton, I.o.W. and Bridget, da. of Sir John Hungerford of Down Ampney, Glos.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 83. educ. Magd. Hall, Oxf. 25 Jan. 1626, aged 16; BA, 1626; M. Temple 11 May 1626.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. i. 117. m. (1) 15 Feb. 1632 (with £4,000), Elizabeth (d. 15 Mar. 1633), da. of Sir Henry Hobart† of Highgate, Mdx.; (2) 1636, Alice (d. 2 Sept. 1685), da. of Sir White Beconshaw of Moyle Court, Ellingham, Hants, 2s. 3da.Royalist’s Notebook ed. Bamford, 72, 86; Warner, Colls. Hist. Hants, i. 212; VCH Hants, iv. 563, 565; Vis. Hants, 83. suc. fa. 21 Oct. 1648.Royalist’s Notebook, ed. Bamford, 123; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 1307. d. 11 Aug. 1664 N.S..Lausanne, Archives de la Ville, Chavannes, D56, f. 200v.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 22 Nov. 1633;M. Temple Admiss. i. 117. bencher, 9 Feb. 1649.M. Temple Bench Bk. 119.

Civic: recorder, Winchester 2 Feb. 1637–26 Aug. 1650;Hants RO, W/B1/4, f. 103v; W/F2/4, f. 101; W/B1/5, f. 27v. Southampton 20 Dec. 1651–1 Apr. 1659.Southampton RO, SC2/1/8, ff. 77v, 78, 88, 145; Davies, Hist. Southampton, 185. Burgess, Christchurch 31 July 1641.Christchurch Borough Archive, Minute Bk. p. 565.

Local: j.p. Hants 27 May 1639 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;Coventry Docquets, 76; C231/5, pp. 342, 528; C231/6, p. 439. Wilts. 9 May 1646–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 45. all cos. c.Feb. 1649-c.Apr. 1659; Buckingham 11 Mar. 1654–15 Nov. 1660;C181/6, pp. 22, 328 liberty of Peterborough 3 June 1654–10 Oct. 1660;C181/6, pp. 36, 336. Thetford 20 Nov. 1654;C181/6, p. 73. Haverfordwest 15 Mar. 1655–19 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 96, 183. Oxf. 7 Aug. 1655–4 Apr. 1659;C181/6, p. 126. Abingdon 24 Nov. 1655-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, p. 131, 330. Wallingford 3 Mar. 1656-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 135, 329. Woodstock 1 Apr. 1656–20 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 156, 331. St Albans borough 15 July 1656–18 Sept. 1660;C181/6, p. 179, 317. liberty of St Albans 15 July 1656–3 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 181, 289. Camb. 15 Sep. 1656–8 Sept. 1659;C181/6, p. 186. liberty of Beverley 16 Jan. 1657;C181/6, p. 195. Bedford 10 May 1658–25 Sept. 1660.C181/6, p. 289. Commr. further subsidy, Hants, I.o.W., Winchester 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, Hants 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 26 Jan. 1660; Hants and I.o.W. 24 Feb. 1643, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; I.o.W. 27 Sept. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650;SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28). Wilts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657.A. and O. Dep. lt. Hants bef. 21 June 1642.LJ v. 156b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; defence of I.o.W. 10 Apr. 1643; levying of money, I.o.W. 7 May 1643; Hants 7 May 1643, 10 June 1645; Hants and I.o.W. 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239. Hants Jan. 1648;CJ v. 429a. London by Jan. 1654–19 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 1, 352. Mdx. by Jan. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 3, 327. all circs. by Feb. 1654 -c.Apr. 1659;C181/6, passim. Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 372. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. Winchester 28 Nov. 1655;C181/6, p. 132. Southampton 14 Sept. 1658.C181/6, p. 313. Master, St Cross Hosp. Winchester 21 Mar. 1648–30 June 1649.CJ v. 507b; vi. 246; LJ x. 127a; SP20/1, f. 135v; Whitelocke, Diary, 241. Commr. piracy, Winchester 13 Apr. 1648.Add. 9305, f. 34. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648; Mdx. 26 July 1659.A. and O. Warden, New Forest Feb. 1650, 15 Aug. 1659.HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 472; CJ vii. 759b. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 6 May 1654–21 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 26, 332. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 67, 318. Hatfield Chase Level 27 Jan. 1657–20 May 1659;C181/6, p. 197. Kent 17 June 1657;C181/6, p. 228. ejecting scandalous ministers, Hants 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. Mdx. 24 Oct. 1657.SP25/78, p. 238. Registrar of v.-admlty. Hants and I.o.W. 10 Nov. 1657.CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 158.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb. 1642, 16 Oct. 1644;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b; iii. 666b. cttee. for sequestrations, 27 Mar. 1643;CJ iii. 21b. cttee. for advance of money, 9 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 269a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644;CJ iii. 699b. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645;LJ vii. 468a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O. Commr. to present Four Bills to king, 14 Dec. 1647.CJ v. 383b. Member, cttee. for the army, 15 Dec. 1648, 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan. 1652, 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 96b; A. and O. cttee. for the revenue, 18 Dec. 1648.CJ 100a; LJ x. 632b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 21 Nov. 1653, 13 June 1654.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Commr. gt. seal, 8 Feb. 1649–14 May 1659.CJ vi. 135a-b; Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 346; Whitelocke, Diary, 514. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652.CJ vi. 141a, 363a, 532a; vii. 42a, 220a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. admlty. and navy, 5 Oct. 1652, 2 Feb. 1660;CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 430; A. and O. treasury, 2 Aug. 1654–?June 1659.Stowe 497, f. 4; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 393; CJ vii. 378a; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 284; 1658–9, p. 382; Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 128; Whitelocke, Diary, 393. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658;CJ vii. 578a. tendering oath to members of Other House, 20 Jan. 1658, 27 Jan. 1659.HMC Lords, n.s. iv. 505, 524.

Religious: elder, 1st Presbyterian classis, Hants 17 Nov. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 263.

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Commons 1640-1660
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LISLE, John (c.1609-64), of Wootton, I.o.W.

Will
estate forfeit to crown, 1660.
Estates
with fa. acquired manor of Abbots Barton or Hyde Barton and 700 acres in parish of St Bartholomew, Winchester, 1634.Coventry Docquets, 657. Gained control of manor of Ellingham and Moyle Court, Hants, and Wootton, I.o.W. 1636.VCH Hants, iv. 563-5. Leased Buckingham House, Chelsea, June 1649.CCAM 529. Purchased Chilbolton and Bransbury, Hants, from commrs. for the sale of bishops’ lands, for £1,806.LR2/266, f. 4. Estate in Hants. and I.o.W. valued at £989 p.a. in 1660.LR2/266, f. 1v.
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