STEWARD, Robert (1617-72), of Lincoln’s Inn and King’s Lynn, Norf.

Family and Education

bap. 6 Apr. 1617, 3rd s. of Thomas Steward of Barton Mills, Suff. by Sarah, da. of Sir Edward Lewkenor of Denham, Suff. educ. Mildenhall g.s.; Bury St. Edmunds g.s.; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1633, BA 1639, MA (Trinity Hall) 1641; L. Inn 1641, called 1651. m. Elizabeth (d.1692), 2da. Kntd. 10 July 1670.Denham Par. Reg. (Suff. Green Bks. viii), 7; Vis. Suff. (Harl. Soc. lxi), 194; Bury G.S. (Suff. Green Bks. xiii), 372-3; PCC 232 Fane.

Offices Held

J.p. Norf. 1657 – d.; commr. for assessment, Norf. and Suff. 1657, Norf. and King’s Lynn Aug. 1660–9; freeman, King’s Lynn 1659; commr. for militia, Norf. Mar. 1660; recorder, King’s Lynn Apr. 1660 – d.; bencher, L. Inn 1669.Lynn Freemen, 168; Norf. Official Lists, 200; Cal. Treas. Bks. i. 128.

Chairman, committee of ways and means 27 Nov. 1666 – 25 Jan. 1667, 14 Mar. – 25 Apr. 1668; trustee for sale of fee-farm rents 1670 – d.; master in Chancery 1670–d.Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 414; T. D. Hardy, Cat. of Chancery, 94.

Parlimentarian

STEWARD, Robert (1617-72), of Lincoln’s Inn and King’s Lynn, Norf.

Main residences: Lincoln's Inn; King's Lynn, Norf.

Author

P.W.

B.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1660-1690

Web Title

STEWARD, Robert (1617-72)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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