GURDON, Brampton (1607-69), of Letton, Norf.

Family and Education

b. 14 May 1607, 1st s. of Brampton Gurdon† (d. 1650) of Assington, Suff. and his 2nd. w. Muriel, da. of Martin Sedley of Morley, Norf.;‘The Gurdon pprs.’ ed. W.B. Gurdon, E. Anglian, n.s. iv (1891-2), 369; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612 ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 142; Vis. Norf. 1664, i. 88-9; F.A. Crisp, Vis. Eng. and Wales - Notes (1893-1921), ix. 114. half-bro. of John Gurdon*. educ. I. Temple 28 May 1625.I. Temple database; Winthrop Pprs. i. 318. m. 19 Apr. 1636, Mary (d. 1679), da. of Henry Polsted, merchant, of London, 2s. 1da.‘Gurdon pprs.’, 369; Vis. Norf. 1664, i. 89; Crisp, Vis. Notes, ix. 114. bur. 4 Nov. 1669 4 Nov. 1669.Southburgh par. reg.

Offices Held

Local: member, Suff. co. cttee. 1643 – 50, 1659–60. 21 Mar. 1643Suff. ed. Everitt, 134. Commr. assessment, Suff., 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 26 Jan. 1660; Norf. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;LJ v. 658a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653. E.1062.28) An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 12 Mar. 1644;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; Suff. Cttees. for Scandalous Ministers ed. Holmes, 25. Norf. and Norwich 16 Dec. 1657;SP25/78, p. 333. New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Dep. lt. Apr. 1645–?CJ iv. 125b; LJ vii. 342a; HMC 6th Rep. 57. Commr. oyer and terminer, 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257. Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/5, f. 257; C181/6, pp. 16, 379. Thetford 21 Sept. 1654;C181/6, p. 66. gaol delivery, Suff. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257. Thetford 16 Nov. 1654;C181/6, p. 72. commr. I. of Ely, 12 Aug. 1645;A. and O. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. Norf. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Suff.; Norf. July 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3, f. 61v; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 39, 51. Thetford 20 Nov. 1654.C181/6, p. 73. Commr. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650.A. and O. Treas. maimed solders, Norf. c.1654.Norf. QSOB, 78. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 4 Aug. 1657-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 248, 381. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 339. for public faith, Norf. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Military: capt. militia ft. (parlian.) Suff. June 1643 – ?50; col. militia horse, Apr. 1650–5, Aug. 1659–60. Col. of horse, 3 June-Aug. 1645. Capt. militia horse, Norf. by July 1655-aft. June 1656.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9: warrant from earl of Suffolk, 29 June 1643; SP25/77, pp. 865, 888; SP25/119, p. 65; CJ vii. 760a; ‘Gurdon pprs.’, 337–8; J.G.A. Ive, ‘The local dimensions of defence’ (Camb. Univ. PhD thesis, 1986), 222, 223, 256.

Religious: elder, thirteenth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 429.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 25 June 1659.CJ vii. 693b.

: of Letton, Norf.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

GURDON, Brampton (1607-69), of Letton, Norf.

Will

10 Feb. 1663, cod. 21 Feb. 1663, pr. 10 Feb. 1670.PROB11/332/217.

Estates

purchased advowson of Southburgh, Norf. for £30, Oct. 1658;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9: receipt from Cuthbert Locke, 14 Oct. 1658. purchased advowson of Garveston, Norf. for £30, Aug. 1668.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9: pprs. on Garveston sale, July-Aug. 1668.

Oxford 1644

Addresses

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