CLIVE, Robert (c.1610-97), of Styche, Moreton Say, Salop and Huxley, Waverton, Cheshire.

Family and Education

b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Ambrose Clive of Styche and Huxley and Alice, da. of Thomas Townshend of Bracon Ash, Norf.Vis. Salop 1623 i. (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 124. educ. Whitchurch g.s.; St John’s, Camb. 1629-30, aged 19; migrated to Emmanuel, Camb. 23 Mar. 1630 (matric. 1631); L. Inn 7 June 1632, called 4 Feb. 1641.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, i. 316; Al. Cant.; L. Inn Admiss. i. 218; LI Black Bks. ii. 354. m. Mary, da. of Sir Edward Alleyn of Hatfield Peverel, Essex, 2s. 1da. suc. fa. Mar. 1646. bur. 16 Nov. 1697 16 Nov. 1697.Salop Archives, 6001/2791, George Morris pedigrees, iv. 81; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, v. 59.

Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Thomas Mytton* by Dec. 1643-c.Apr. 1645; col. of ft. Apr. 1645–?Apr. 1646.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; E113/12 (Salop), answer of Robert Clive, 15 Jan. 1663.

Local: commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644;A. and O. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Jan. 1660, 1679, 1695–6;A. and O.; SR. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Herefs., Rad. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Salop 7 Aug. 1655–?57.C231/6 pp. 315, 317. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by Jan. 1656.The Publick Intelligencer no. 16 (14–21 Jan. 1656), 253 (E.491.16). Sheriff, 12 Nov. 1673–4.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 30.

Civic: burgess, Shrewsbury 18 Feb. 1645–18 Oct. 1662.Owen, Blakeway, Hist. Shrewbury, i. 458; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, i. 315.

: Moreton Say, Salop and Huxley, Cheshire., Waverton.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

CLIVE, Robert (c.1610-97), of Styche, Moreton Say, Salop and Huxley, Waverton, Cheshire.

Will

14 Oct. 1695, pr. 28 Oct. 1698.Salop Archives, peculiar ct. of St. Mary, Shrewsbury.

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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