SPELMAN (SPILLMAN), John (1606-63), of Narborough, Norf.
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Family and Education
b. 12 Sept. 1606, 1st s. of Sir Clement Spelman of Narborough and 2nd w. Ursula, da. of Sir John Willoughby of Risley, Derbys.Vis. Norf. 1563, ed. G.H. Dashwood and E.E.G. Bulwer (Norwich, 1878-95), i. 254; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl. Soc. xxxii.), 265; Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 204-5; Blomefield, Norf. vi. 153.educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1622;Al. Cant. M. Temple 1625.MT Adm.m. 21 Feb. 1632, Anne (d. 12 June 1649), da. of Sir John Heveningham of Ketteringham, Norf., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 8da. (4 d.v.p.).P. Millican, ‘The Gawdys of Norf. and Suff.’, Norf. Arch. xxvii., 51n; Vis. Norf. 1563, i. 254; Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 205; Blomefield, Norf. vi. 153-4.suc. fa. 1607.WARD7/39/70.d. 31 Jan. 1663.Blomefield, Norf. vi. 164.
Offices Held
Local: commr. subsidy, Norf. 1628, 1641. 1633 – bef.Jan. 1650Rye, State Pprs. 137; SR. J.p., 14 Mar. 1650–d.Coventry Docquets, 69. Commr. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 28 May 1638;C181/5, f. 103. further subsidy, Norf. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Mdx. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O. Dep. lt. Norf. Mar. 1642–?PJ ii. 54. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Norf. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/5, f. 270; C181/6, pp. 28, 381. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 339. Cambs. and Norf. 7 Sept. 1660;C181/7, p. 41. Bedford Level 1662–d.;C181/6, pp. 28–339; S. Wells, Hist. of the Drainage of the Great Level (1830), i. 350. militia, Mdx. 2 Dec. 1648; Norf. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Lt.-col. militia ft. Apr.-Oct. 1660.Parliamentary Intelligencer (2–9 Apr. 1660), 238.
: of Narborough, Norf.
SPILLMAN
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title
SPELMAN (SPILLMAN), John (1606-63), of Narborough, Norf.
Will
11 Sept. 1662, pr. 22 May 1663.PROB11/311/189.
Estates
he and John Potts* sold lands at manors of Graces and Marham, Norf. 1633;Coventry Docquets, 631. he and Potts sold lands at Hilgay and Southery, Norf. 1653-5.W. Vaughan-Lewis and M. Vaughan-Lewis, See You in Court (Lavenham, 2009), 333, 337.