WEST, William (1612-70), of Middleton, Lancaster, Lancs.

Family and Education

bap. 1 Feb. 1612, 1st s. of Gawen West of Lancaster, and Elizabeth Shaw.Lancaster ed. H. Brierley (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxxii), 27, 326. educ. G. Inn 16 June 1637.G. Inn Admiss. 213. m. (1) by Oct. 1638, Juliana (bur. 2 Jan. 1668), ?da. of one Thompson of Sawley, Yorks., s.p.; (2) Frances, da. of Roger Kirkbye* of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs. s.p.Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, pp. 54, 160; Lancaster ed. Brierley, 280; T. West, The Antiq. of Furness (1774), 244; VCH Lancs. viii, 74. suc. fa. Apr. 1638; bur. 7 Dec. 1670 7 Dec. 1670.Lancaster ed. Brierley, 236, 286.

Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Liverpool 20 Sept. 1637–d.;Chandler, Liverpool, 224, 330; Liverpool Town Bks. 1649–71 ed. M. Power (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxvi), 3, 52, 254. Lancaster by Jan. 1659 – d.; mayor, 1668–9.R. Simpson, Hist. and Antiq. of Lancaster (Lancaster, 1852), 320.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 10 May 1644 – aft.Dec. 1645, by Nov. 1648-at least Mar. 1649.Add. 59661, ff. 3, 18; Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, pp. 19–20. Gov. Lancaster Castle by Sept. 1645-bef. June 1648.Add. 59661, ff. 15, 18; CCAM 891. Maj. militia ft. Lancs. 16 Aug. 1650-bef. Mar. 1651;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 509. lt.-col. by 22 Mar.-bef. May 1651;CSP Dom. 1651, p. 103. col. by 3 May 1651 – aft.Dec. 1653, 19 Aug. 1659–?Add. 59661, f. 22; Bodl. Rawl. C.179, p. 287; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 58; 1659–60, pp. 24, 566.

Local: steward, Lonsdale hundred, Lancs. 22 Nov. 1645–?Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, unpag. Dep. clerk of the crown, Lancs. 1 May 1648–26 Feb. 1652;Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, p. 7. clerk of the commonwealth, 26 Feb. 1652–28 July 1660.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 104. Commr. militia northern cos. 23 May 1648; assessment, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). maintenance of ministers, 29 Mar. 1650.Lancs. and Cheshire Church Surveys ed. H. Fishwick (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. i), i. 1–3. J.p. 16 Apr. 1650-c.June 1660, 1661–d.Lancs. RO, QSC/52–61, 63–70; QSR/55. Commr. militia by June 1650, 26 July 1659;SP28/211, f. 672; A. and O. Cheshire 8 Aug. 1659;CJ vii. 751b. ejecting scandalous ministers, Lancs. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 733; v. 242; Cheshire RO, DSS 1/7/66/72. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). sequestration, 6 Sept. 1659;SP23/264, f. 96; CCC 745. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Religious: elder, eighth Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 511.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653.A. and O.

: of Middleton, Lancs., Lancaster.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WEST, William (1612-70), of Middleton, Lancaster, Lancs.

Will

20 Oct. 1670.Lancs. RO, WRW/A, William West of Middleton 1670.

Estates

in 1638, purchased Rigmaiden House and lands in Middleton for £520;Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, pp. 54-9. in 1639-40, property in Heaton, Overton and Poulton-le-Sands, Lancs. for £123;Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, pp. 71-6, 155-6, unpag. in 1647, property in Heaton and Middleton;Lancs. RO, QDD/49/4; DP 522/4/1, pp. 129-30, 149-53. in 1649-51, property in Bolton-le-Sands, Middleton and Slyne-with-Hest, Lancs. worth at least £260;Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, pp. 175-6; QDD/50/15; VCH Lancs. viii, 74. in 1651, a messuage and lands in Middleton for £420 and fee farm rents in Lancs. for £155;SP28/288, f. 47; Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, pp. 21-2, unpag. in 1654, property in Gressingham and Overton for £388 and granted a lease of sequestered property in Heysham and Thornton-with-Wheatley, Lancs;Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, unpag; CCC 1997-8. in 1657, purchased manor of Gressingham for £230;Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, pp. 195-8; VCH Lancs. viii, 87. in 1658, manor and capital messuage of Middleton for £1,465.C54/4011/13; Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, unpag.; VCH Lancs. viii, 74. At d. estate inc. manor of Middleton and Middleton Hall; manor of Gressingham and Gressingham Hall; Rigmaiden House; capital messuage of Slyne Hall; property in Bolton-le-Sands, Gressingham, Middleton, Overton, Poulton-le-Sands and Slyne-with-Hest; a lease of property in Heaton, Lancs.; and a lease of property in Sawley, Yorks.Add. Ch. 19547; Lancs. RO, WRW/A, William West of Middleton 1670.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

Presented Thomas Brewer to vicarage of Willen, Bucks. 1653; Edward Preston to rectory of Dufton, Westmld. 1653.Add. 36792, ff. 65, 75v.

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