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bap. 3 June 1605, 1st s. of William Bury of Grantham, and Emma, da. of John Dryden of Canons Ashby, Northants.St Wulfrum, Grantham par. reg.; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 213. educ. G. Inn 18 May 1631.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 13 Apr. 1629, Jane (bur. 19 May 1643), da. of Sir William Plomer of Radwell, Herts. and Hill, Beds. 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.);St. Wulfrum, Grantham par. reg.; Lincs. Peds. 213-14. (2) by 1651, Jane, da. and coh. of George Ellis of Wyham cum Cadeby, Lincs., 2s. 1da.PROB11/331, f. 216v; Lincs. Peds. 213-14. Kntd. 21 July 1658, 26 Jan. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 224, 232. suc. fa. Mar. 1617.St Wulfrum, Grantham par. reg. bur. 20 July 1669.Blankney par. reg.
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Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642 – 14 Aug. 1660, 16 June 1664–d.C181/5, f. 224v; C181/6, pp. 39, 205, 323, 389; C181/7, p. 260; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. Recvr. loans on Propositions, Lincs. Jan. 1643–?E113/9, unfol. Commr. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. Lincs. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 24 Feb. 1644.‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 37–8, 116–17. Treas. sequestrations, 9 June 1644-aft. 26 Oct. 1649;E113/9; SP28/211, f. 526. assessment, 13 June 1644–3 Jan. 1649.E113/9; A. and O. i. 663, 741. Commr. sequestration, 3 July 1644;CJ iii. 548b; LJ vi. 613b. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O. Recvr.-gen. Lincs. and Lincoln 1 Feb. 1645–25 Mar. 1649.SP28/332, pt. 1, unfol. Commr. New Model ordinance, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Kesteven by Feb.-9 July 1650, 11 Mar. 1656-Mar. 1660;C193/13/3; C231/6, pp. 190, 328. Lindsey, Holland 11 Mar. 1656-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 328.

Military: lt.-col. of horse (parlian.), c.Oct. 1643-bef. Sept. 1644.SP28/25, f. 188; J. Lilburne, Innocency and Truth Justified (1645), 41 (E.314.21); The Just Mans Justification (1646), 5 (E.340.12).

Civic: freeman, Grantham ?-d.; comburgess, 21 Oct. 1647–28 Mar. 1651.Grantham during the Interregnum: the Hall Bk. of Grantham 1641–9 ed. B. Couth (Lincoln Rec. Soc. lxxxiii), 103; Borough Government in Newton’s Grantham: the Hall Bk. of Grantham, 1649–62 ed. J. B. Manterfield (Lincoln Rec. Soc. cvi), 58.

Central: member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218.

Irish: PC, 4 Aug. 1656–7 June 1659.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 223; CJ vii. 674a. Commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. managing affairs of Ireland, 8 Mar. 1660.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 862; An Account of the Chief Occurrences of Ireland, 12–19 March 1660 (1660), 40. Member for Lismore, Co. Cork, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Bodl. Carte 31, f. 3.

: of the Priory, Grantham and Linwood Grange, Lincs., Blankney.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BURY, William (1605-69), of the Priory, Grantham, and Linwood Grange, Blankney, Lincs.

Will
8 Feb. 1669, pr. 10 Nov. 1669.PROB11/331, f. 216v.
Estates
in 1647, purchased a moiety of manor and advowson of Bloxholm, Lincs. from Sir Edward Hussey*.C54/3386/1. At his d. estate inc. Priory, or Friars, at Grantham, lands in several nearby townships, capital messuage of Blankney, near Lincoln, and lands and tenements in surrounding parishes.PROB11/331, f. 216v; Lincs. RO, FL/Deeds/1110-1111, 1114.
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