LONG, Lislebone (1613-59), of Stratton on the Fosse, Som.

Family and Education

bap. 25 Apr. 1613, 1st s. of William Long of Stratton on the Fosse and Mary, da. of Thomas Lovibond of Shorwell, I.o.W.Beckington par. reg.; Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 70; J.A. Manning, Lives of the Speakers of the House of Commons (1851), 336. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 4 Dec. 1629, BA 1 Feb. 1631;Al. Ox.; Ath Ox. ii. Fasti, col. 454. L. Inn 27 Nov. 1632.LI Admiss. i. 219. m. 18 Feb. 1641, Frances, da. of John Mynne of Epsom, Surr. at least 1s.St Benet Paul’s Wharf, London par. reg.; S.W. Bates Harbin, Members of Parliament for the Co. of Som. (Taunton, 1939), 166. suc. fa. 1645;Stratton on the Fosse par. reg. Kntd. 15 Dec. 1656.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 223. d. 16 Mar. 1659.Whitelocke, Diary, 509; CCSP iv. 163; Stratton on the Fosse par. reg.

Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 4 Feb. 1640; bencher, 1654.LI Black Bks. ii. 354, 401.

Local: commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sewers, 15 Nov. 1645 – aft.Jan. 1646, 21 Nov. 1654–20 Dec. 1658;C181/5, ff. 263v, 268; C181/6, pp. 74, 268. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656–d.;C181/6, pp. 175, 319. London 13 Aug. 1657. Aug. 1646 – d.C181/6, p. 257. J.p. Som. by; Essex, Kent, Mdx., Surr. Westminster Sept. 1655–d.Som. Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 9; C231/6, p. 317. Commr. militia, Som. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 8, 307. London 13 July. 1655–d.;C181/6, pp. 113, 315. Mdx. 10 Nov. 1655–d.;C181/6, pp. 129, 328. Home circ. 16 June 1657–d.;C181/6, pp. 237, 306. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 13 July 1655–d.;C181/6, pp. 113, 315. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). securing peace of commonwealth, 25 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for sequestrations, 23 Dec. 1648;LJ x. 636b. cttee. for indemnity, 29 May 1649;CJ vi. 219b. cttee. regulating universities, 22 May 1651.CJ vi. 577b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Master of requests, Jan. 1654-aft. May 1655.Perfect Diurnall no. 215 (16–23 Jan. 1654), 3116 (E.223.23); Severall Proceedings of State Affairs no. 226 (19–26 Jan. 1654), 3569 (E.223.25); DK 5th Rep. app. ii. 263; Som. Assize Orders, ed. Cockburn, 72–3. Commr. policies of assurances, 10 Nov. 1655–d.;C181/6, pp. 130, 318. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a. Speaker (acting), House of Commons, 9–16 Mar. 1659.CJ vii. 612a, 613b-614a.

Civic: recorder, London 12 June 1655–d.LMA, COL/CA/01/01/067, ff. 347v, 348; COL/CA/01/01/070, f. 223.

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Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

LONG, Lislebone (1613-59), of Stratton on the Fosse, Som.

Will

admon. 2 Apr. 1659.Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills, iii. 125.

Estates

bought manor of Stratton on the Fosse, which had formerly belonged to the duchy of Cornwall for £1502 9s 9d, 1651.CTB i. 359; I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1969), 309.

Oxford 1644

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