LOWE, George (1601-82), of Calne, Wilts.

Family and Education

bap. 15 Mar. 1601,Calne par. reg. 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Richard Lowe†, barrister, (d. 1624) of Shrewsbury and Calne and Mary, da. and coh. of Charles Wotton, merchant, of Salisbury, wid. of John Vennard of Salisbury.? Wilts. Vis. Pedigrees 1623 (Harl Soc. cv.) 120-1. appr. to Rowland Backhouse, Mercer, 15 June 1621.Recs.of London Livery Cos. m. (1) 1s. d.v.p.; (2) Jane (d. 9 Sept. 1655) da. of Martin Wright, goldsmith, of Oxford, 1s. d.v.p. suc. mother 1640. d. 19 Nov. 1682.? A. Clark (ed.), Wood’s City of Oxford (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xxxvii), 134.

Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 1661, 1672, 1677, 1679; Oxf. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Salisbury 1672; poll tax, Wilts. 1660;? SR corporations, 1662–3;? HP Commons 1660–90. subsidy, Oxf. 1663;? SR gaol delivery, 21 May 1664-aft. Nov. 1672;? C181/7, pp. 253, 629. recusants, Wilts. 1675.? CTB iv. 698.

Civic: bailiff, Oxf. 2 Jan. 1665;? Oxford Council Acts 1626–65 (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xcv), 329, 332. asst. 1 Oct. 1666 – d.; cllr. 30 Sept. 1680.? Oxford Council Acts 1666–1701 (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. ii.) 1, 130, 150.

Central: clerk of petty bag in chancery, 1666–80.? T.D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery 127–8.

: of Calne, Wilts.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LOWE, George (1601-82), of Calne, Wilts.

Will

11 Nov. 1681, pr. 20 Nov. 1682.? PROB11/371/396.

Estates

leases of prebend and parsonage, Calne, 1640-c.1660;? PROB11/183/685; CJ viii. 304a. on d. owned properties in Oxford and Salisbury, inc. house in Pennyfarthing Street, Oxford.? PROB11/371/396.

Oxford 1644

Yes

1640 Volume

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