WESTBROOKE, John (1616-66), of Witley, Godalming, Surr. and West Ferring, Suss.

Family and Education

bap. 1 Sept. 1616, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Caleb Westbrooke of Witley and Phoebe (bur. 15 Sept. 1655), da. of Francis Taylor of Godalming, Surr.Godalming Par. Regs. (Surr. Par. Reg. Soc. ii), 18, 46, 50, 172, 276; m. Barbara, da. of William Waterfeild (d. 1649) of West Ferring, 4s. 3da. (?2 d.v.p.).Godalming Par. Regs. 87, 89, 92, 98, 99, 105, 109, 112; PROB11/210/50 ‘William Waterffeild’. suc. fa. 21 July 1635.Surr. Arch. Colls. xxi. 122; Godalming Par. Regs. 252. d. aft. 1 May 1666.PROB11/323/592.

Offices Held

Military: capt. militia, Surr. bef. 16 Feb. 1648;Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 433. militia horse, 16 Aug. 1650; militia ft. Apr. 1660.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 509; Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 17 (16–23 Apr. 1660), 270 (E.183.5)

Religious: elder, Godalming classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 433.

Local: commr. assessment, Surr. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661. by 23 July 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653A.and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Surr., by Apr. 1657-bef. Oct. 1660.SP25/62, f. 509; The Names of the Justices (1650), 56 (E.1238.4); C193/13/3; C193/13/4; C193/13/6; Manning, Bray, Surr. iii. 79, 675. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

: of Witley, Surr., Godalming and Suss., West Ferring.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

WESTBROOKE, John (1616-66), of Witley, Godalming, Surr. and West Ferring, Suss.

Will

2 May 1666, pr. 30 Apr. 1667.PROB11/323/592.

Estates

from July 1635, manor of Roke and Rokelands and land at Witley.VCH Surr. iii. 24; Manning, Bray, Surr. ii. 45. At d. land inc.: Sotenham farm; 2 closes called Ockford and other land in Witley; 3 closes at Maglehatch in Godalming, all in Surr.; farm in Ferring, Suss. held of the bishop of Chichester.PROB11/323/592.

Oxford 1644

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