Family and Education
b. 23 Apr. 1597, 1st s. of Thomas Stephens of Lypiatt, Glos., attorney-gen. to the Prince of Wales 1603-13, by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Stone, Haberdasher, of Bow Churchyard, London and Bourne Hall, Herts; bro. of John Stephens. educ. M. Temple, entered 1612; Oxf. 1613. m. by 1619, Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Crew of Nantwich, Cheshire and Stene, Northants., 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1613.Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi) 151; PCC 46 Dorset; Vis. Glos. 1682-3, pp. 174-7.
Offices Held
J.p. Glos. by 1634 – ?49, sheriff 1634 – 36, dep. lt. 1642, commr. for assessment 1643 – 48, Aug. 1660–?d., sequestration 1643, accounts 1643, levying of money 1643, execution of ordinances 1643 – 44, security, Bristol 1645, militia, Glos. 1648.
Commr. for exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Little Sodbury, Glos.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
STEPHENS, Edward (1597-c.1661)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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