Family and Education
b. c. 1588,Date estimated from age at univ. admiss. 1st s. of Sir Robert Meller* and his 1st w., Dorothy, da. and h. of Henry Bailey of I.o.W. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 186. educ. Dorchester g.s., Dorset; privately; Som. and Dorset N and Q, i. 107. Caius, Camb. 1603, aged 15; M. Temple 1606. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 10 June 1611 (with £3,000), Mary, da. of Sir John Swinarton*, Merchant Taylor, of Aldermanbury, 3s. at least 5da. suc. fa. 1624; St. Mary Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 87-111; C2/Chas.I/M45/57; Hutchins, ii. 186; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 44. Kntd. 6 May 1625. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 188. admon. 19 Nov. 1650. PROB 11/214, f. 187.
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Capt. militia horse, Dorset to 1628; William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 99. treas. W. Dorset 1629–30, Dorset Q. Sess. Recs. 1625–38 ed. T. Hearing and S. Bridges (Dorset Rec. Soc. xiv), 90. sheriff, Dorset 1630 – 31, Oxon. 1633–4, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39, 109. commr. inquiry into Sir Walter Ralegh’s† lands, Som. and Dorset 1633, sewers, Dorset 1638, piracy 1639, C181/4, f. 136; 181/5, ff. 113v, 152v. assessment 1641–2, SR, v. 61, 83, 150. contributions (roy.) 1643, j.p. 1643. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 10, 73.

Main residences: Little Bredy, Dorset; Aldermanbury, London; King Street, Covent Garden, Westminster.
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Commons 1604-1629
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MELLER (MILLER), Sir John (c.1588-1649/50)

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