Family and Education
b. 1st s. of John Raymond of Belchamps Walter, Essex, and Anne, da. of John Sparrow of Guestingthorpe, Essex.Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 476, ii. 696. educ. privately (Mr Bedford); Trinity, Camb. 1622, Christ’s 27 Jan. 1624;Al. Cant.; J. Peile, Biographical Reg. of Christ’s College 1505-1905 (Cambridge, 1910-13), i. 356. L. Inn 11 Feb. 1626, called 1633.LI Admiss. i. 198; LI Black Bks. ii. 309. m. Frances, da. of Sir William Herries of Margeretting, Essex, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da., plus 14 other children (d.v.p.)Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634, i. 476, ii. 696. suc. fa. 1635.Geneal. Gleanings in Eng. ed. H.F. Waters (Boston, Mass. 1901), ii. 1287. bur. 25 Mar. 1679 25 Mar. 1679.Al. Cant.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Essex 17 July 1641 – Mar. 1652, 1654 – July 1670; Suff. 8 July 1656-Mar. 1660.C231/5, p. 459; C231/6, pp. 234, 340; C213/7, p. 373; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxix; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Essex 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Essex standing cttee. bef. Sept. 1643.SP28/227: warrant, 3 Aug. 1643. Commr. Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Essex 24 Feb. 1644, 28 Aug. 1654;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; A. and O. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, River Stour, Essex and Suff. 4 July 1664.C181/7, p. 277.

Religious: feoffee, repair of Belchamp Otton church, 1643–d.Essex RO, D/DQ 84/116; D/P 214/25/11, pp. 26–48.

: of Belchamps Walter, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

RAYMOND, Oliver (d.1679), of Belchamps Walter, Essex.

Will
12 Jan. 1676, pr. 28 May 1679, sentence 13 Nov. 1679.PROB11/361/10; PROB11/360/677.
Estates
he and his fa. bought rectory of Belchamps Walter, 1627;Coventry Docquets, 567. held manor of Norton, Herts. as trustee for Cleaver family, 1629;Herts. RO, DE/Pm/19553; DE/Pm/19306. owned land at Belchamps Walter.PROB11/361/10.
Oxford 1644
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