Family and Education
bap. 25 Apr. 1633, 2nd s. of Jonathan Jennings (d. 24 Aug. 1649) of Ripon and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Giles Parker of Newby, Ripon; bro. of Edmund Jenings*.Ripon par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 201. educ. Ripon g.s.;Al. Cant. G. Inn 28 Dec. 1649;G. Inn Admiss. Christ’s, Camb. 28 June 1650.Al. Cant. m. 15 Oct. 1663, Anne, da. of Sir Edward Barkham, 1st bt.† of Tottenham High Cross, Mdx. and Southacre, Norf. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.Ripon par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 201. Kntd. 18 Mar. 1678;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 252. bur. 27 Jan. 1707 27 Jan. 1707.Ripon Millenary ed. W. Harrison, ii. 68.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Ripon 5 Jan. 1659–?d.; alderman, 10 Nov. 1662 – 29 Apr. 1687; mayor, Jan. 1664-Jan. 1665.N. Yorks. RO, DC/RIC II 1/1/2, pp. 506, 548, 578; DC/RIC II 1/1/3, p. 166; Ripon Millenary ed. Harrison, ii. 66–7.

Local: capt.-lt. militia ft. Yorks. 27 Mar.-c.July 1660; capt. by 1678–?d.Notts. RO, DDSR 216/1; DDSR 216/16; Beinecke Lib. Osborn Shelves, Danby boxes [OSB.MSS 6], box 2, folder 36 (W. Riding militia pprs.). Gov. Ripon g. s. by 1661–d.A.F. Leach, Early Yorks. Schools (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xxvii), 230–2. Commr. militia, Yorks. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660), 21 (E.1075.6). Yorks. (W.Riding) 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; subsidy, 1663. 16 Mar. 1674 – 25 Aug. 1688SR. J.p., 21 Nov. 1688–?d.C231/7, p. 474; C231/8, pp. 198, 203; PC2/71, p. 366; Add. 29674, f. 160. N. Riding ?Nov. 1688–?d.C231/8, p. 204; Add. 29674, f. 161. Sheriff, Yorks. 18 Nov. 1689–27 Nov. 1690.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 164; CJ x. 325b, 335b. Dep lt. W. Riding by 1700–d.CSP Dom. 1700–02, p. 31.

Military: capt. of ft. regt. of Sir Henry Goodricke†, 1678–9.CTB vi. 336; HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Jonathan Jennings’.

Central: commr. for prizes, 11 Nov. 1691-c.Mar. 1699.CTB ix. 1371; xiv. 67, 301, 401.

: of Ripon, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

JENINGS, Jonathan (1633-1707), of Ripon, Yorks.

Will
6 May 1702, cod. 17 Nov. 1705, pr. 11 Aug. 1707.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 64, f. 122.
Estates
in 1662, house in Ripon assessed at 8 hearths.E179/210/386. At d. estate inc. lands and tenements in parishes of Addingham and Ripon and a house, stables and garden in St Agnesgate, Ripon, Yorks.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 64, f. 122.
Oxford 1644
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