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Family and Education
bap. 1 Nov. 1579, s. of Thomas Longe of Axminster, Devon, mercer, and Joan.Axminster par. reg. educ. appr. to John Merrick of Bristol, merchant 20 Sept. 1600.Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 118v. m. 8 Sept. 1611, Mary, da. of John Barker, merchant and alderman of Bristol, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.).St Werburgh, Bristol, par. reg. bur. 11 Feb. 1648 11 Feb. 1648.Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 252.
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Civic: burgess, Bristol 29 Sept. 1608–d.;Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 118v. common cllr. 14 Sept. 1618;Bristol RO, 04264/2, f. 73v. sheriff, 1621 – 22; supervisor, free sch. 1628 – 29, 1639 – 40; pauper children and coals, 1629 – 30, 1631 – 32; highways, 1631 – 32, 1632 – 33, 1634 – 35, 1638 – 39; hosps. 1632 – 33, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35; auditor, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35, 1643 – 44, 1644 – 45, 1645; asst. orphans ct. 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35, 1635 – 36; charity money, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35; supervisor, city lands, 1635 – 36, 1637 – 38, 1638 – 39, 1642 – 43, 1643 – 44, 1644 – 45; treas. hosps. 1635–6;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 168; Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 7v, 16, 34, 38, 45, 53, 64, 71, 94, 87, 79; 04264/4, pp. 38, 74, 115. alderman, 12 Aug. 1636- 28 Oct. 1645;Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 69; 04264/4, p. 125. mayor, 1636 – 37; constable of staple, 1637 – 38, 1645; clavenger, 1644–5;Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 71, 79; 04264/4, pp. 74, 115. member, cttee. for safety of city, c.Mar.-10 Sept. 1645.Bristol RO, 04264/4, p. 93.

Mercantile: warden, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 1616 – 17; asst. 1620 – 21, 1627 – 32, 1633 – 36, 1638 – 40, 1642 – 44; treas. 1623 – 24; master, 1636 – 37, 1637–8.Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bk. of Charters II, pp. 55, 89, 95, 107, 109, 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 123, 125, 127, 129, 131, 137, 139, 141.

Religious: churchwarden, St Werburgh, Bristol 1620 – 22, 1628 – 29; clavenger, 1621 – 22, 1628 – 29, 1631–2;Bristol RO, P/St. W/Chw/3(b), pp. 20, 27, 50, 68. feoffee by Nov. 1636–d.Bristol RO, P/St. W/D/3/4.

Local: commr. array (roy.), Bristol 16 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

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Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LONGE, Richard (1579-1648), of Bristol.

Will
10 June 1646, cod. 24 June 1647, pr. 11 Mar. 1648.Bristol RO, Great Orphan Bk. 2, f. 128.
Estates
Paid subsidy on £7 in goods, 1629;E179/116/518. lessee of city lands at Portishead, Som. Sept. 1643-May 1645;Bristol RO, 00488(26); 00906/3b, 3c. in 1646, owned houses in Corn St. and Baldwin St. (mortgaged), Bristol, and Congresbury; tenements in St Nicholas St., Bristol; farm and lands at Syston (conveyed May 1645).Bristol RO, Great Orphan Bk. 2, f. 128; Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 252.
Oxford 1644
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