APSLEY, Edward (1604-51), of Thakeham and Warminghurst, Suss.

Family and Education

b. Aug. 1604, o.s. of Sir Edward Apsley of Thakeham and Elizabeth (bur. 7 Oct. 1640), da. of Edward Elmes of Lyford, Northants.Notes IPMs Suss., 7; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 8, 85-7; Add. 5698, f. 251. educ. Christ’s, Camb., Apr. 1619-bef. June 1620;Al. Cant.; J. Peile, Biog. Reg. Christ’s Coll. (1910), i. 238. travelled abroad, aft. Feb. 1633.PC2/42, f. 211v. suc. fa. 4 Jan. 1610.Notes IPMs Suss. 7. unm. bur. 14 Oct. 1651 14 Oct. 1651.F. Lambarde, ‘Coats of arms in Suss. churches’, Suss. Arch. Collns. lxxii. 226; Add. 5698, f. 253.

Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 26 May 1637;C181/5, f. 70. charitable uses, 1639.C192/1. Sheriff, 1639–40.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 141; C227/30. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642,SR. 24 Feb. 1643, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; 26 Nov. 1650; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. 5 July 1643–d.CJ iii. 156a. Member, Suss. co. cttee. 18 July 1643.CJ iii. 173a. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. J.p. Suss. Apr.-Aug. 1644, 21 Feb. 1646–d.Suss. QSOB 1642–49, 49, 54; C231/6, p. 40; C193/13/3; C193/13/4. Commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suss. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235v. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Military: lt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Thomas Grantham*, c.Aug. 1642;Infra, ‘Thomas Grantham’; A Catalogue of the Names (1642), 11 (E.82.9). col. of ft. Suss. by Dec. 1643-aft. 13 Aug. 1644.SP28/40, f. 131; Blaauw, ‘Passages of the Civil War in Suss.’, 57–9.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b.

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Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

APSLEY, Edward (1604-51), of Thakeham and Warminghurst, Suss.

Will

11 Oct. 1651, pr. 30 Oct. and 6 Nov. 1651.E. Suss. RO, SAS/D310; PROB11/218/629. Declared void, admon. to Sir Arthur Hesilrige*, 22 July and 13 Aug. 1652.PROB11/224/284; PROB11/224/410.

Estates

family seat at Thakeham; advowsons of Thakeham and Warminghurst; manors of Apsley, Laybrooke, Coodham, Pinkhurst, Storrington, and Warminghurst, Suss.; lands at Fletton, Hunts., all inherited in 1626. He also developed property in Hart’s Horn Lane, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.VCH Suss. vi, pt. ii. 35, 39, 52; E. Suss. RO, SAS/DN190, pp. 1-4; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 65; C54/3188/12; Notes IPMs Suss. 7; C54/2628/22; C54/2894/12. In Dec. 1626 Apsley succeeded to the estate of his sister, Elizabeth, Lady Morton.Notes IPMs Suss. 123; C142/436/37. Assessed for lay subsidy in 1628 at £6, on which he paid £1 4s;E179/191/384. assessed at £600 in 1644.CCAM, 496. Property in Suss., Kent and Mdx. at death.PROB11/218/629; PROB11/224/284; PROB11/224/410.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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