Family and Education
b. c. 1620, 1st s. of Edward Weston of Hackney, Mdx. by his w. Mary. educ. Corpus, Camb. 1639, Jesus 1641; G. Inn 1642, called 1649. m. 30 June 1657, Frances, da. of Sir George Marwood, 1st Bt., of Little Busby, Yorks. suc. fa. 1645; Kntd. 27 Feb. 1679.PCC 17 Savile, 149 Rivers; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 180; Westminster City Lib. St. Martin in the Fields par. reg.
Offices Held
J.p. liberty of Cawood 1664 – d., Yorks. (W. Riding) 1671 – d.; bencher, G. Inn 1673, reader 1676; commr. for assessment (W. Riding) 1673 – 80, recusants 1675; recorder, Beverley 1675–8.
Serjeant-at-law 1677 – 79, King’s serjeant 1679 – 80; baron of the Exchequer 7 Feb. 1680 – d.
Main residences: Gray's Inn; Little Cattall, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WESTON, Richard (c.1620-81)
Will
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Oxford 1644
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