SHAKERLEY, Peter (c.1650-1726), of Hulme and Somerford, Cheshire and Chapel Street, Westminster

Family and Education

b. c. 1650, 1st s. of Sir Geoffrey Shakerley† of Hulme by his 1st w. Katherine, da. of William Pennington of Muncaster, Cumb. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. matric. 28 Mar. 1667, aged 17; I. Temple 1667. m. 12 Feb. 1678, Elizabeth (d. 1691), da. of Sir Thomas Mainwaring, 1st Bt.†, of Over Peover, Cheshire, sis. of Sir John Mainwaring, 2nd Bt.*, s.p. suc. fa. 1696. Vis. Cheshire (Chetham Soc. ser. 1, xciii), 96–97; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 152.

Offices Held

Freeman, Preston 1662, 1682, Chester 1691; burgess, Wigan by 1684; sheriff, Lancs. 1685–6; alderman, Chester Aug.– Oct. 1688, 1691–8, Wigan 1690–1720 mayor, Wigan 1694–5. Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 150, 194; Chester RO, Chester bor. recs. A/B/3, ff. 29, 33, 60; NLS, Crawford mss 47/3/78, list of Wigan burgesses, Dec. 1684; Wigan RO, Wigan bor. recs. AB/CL/54/3, 123/5.

Gov. of Chester 1682–9, 1702–5; capt. independent ft. coy. 1685, Sir Edward Hale, 3rd Bt.†’s ft. regt. (later 14 Ft.) 1687–8; storekeeper, Chester 1686–9. CSP Dom. 1682, pp. 420–1; 1687–9, p. 256; H. Tomlinson, Guns and Govt. 231.

Parlimentarian

SHAKERLEY, Peter (c.1650-1726), of Hulme and Somerford, Cheshire and Chapel Street, Westminster

Main residences: Hulme and Somerford, Cheshire; Chapel Street, Westminster.

Author

E.C.

R.D.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

SHAKERLEY, Peter (c.1650-1726)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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