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WALKER, James (c.1635-92), of Exeter, Devon.
Family and Education
b. c. 1635, 4th s. of Robert Walker by 2nd w. and bro. of Thomas Walker. m. lic. 15 Aug. 1676, Dorothy (d. 27 Aug. 1677), da. of Thomas Southcote of Dowlish Hayes. Kilmington, 1da.Trans. Devon Assoc. xlviii. 291; lxi. 213; PCC 153 Pye.
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Capt. Barbados Dgns. 1672 – 74; col. Jamaica 1686 – 90; gov. of Port Royal ?1686–90.
Collector of customs, Exeter 1676 – 79, freeman 1676, commr. for assessment 1677 – 79, 1689, alderman 1684 – 87, mayor 1684–5.
Member of assembly, Nevis 1681 – 83, council 1684, Jamaica 1686 – Nov. 1688, 1689–90.
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Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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WALKER, Robert (c.1597-1673), of Exeter, Devon.
Family and Education
b. c. 1597, 3rd s. of Thomas Walker (d.1629), merchant, of Exeter by Margery, da. of John Baker of Thorncombe, Devon. m. (1) 1622, Margaret (d.1629), da. of John Parkins, merchant, of Dorchester. Dorset. s.p.; (2) 19 May 1630, Mary, da. of William Cotton, precentor of Exeter Cathedral, 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da.Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc. xvi. 69, 72; B. F. (Cresswell, Churches of Exeter, 103; Devon and Cornw. N. and Q. xv. 279-80, Exeter Cathedral Reg. (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc.) 23; PCC 153 Pye.
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Freeman, Exeter 1622, bailiff 1626 – 27, common councilman 1628 – ?49, June 1660 – d., receiver 1633 – 34, sheriff 1634 – 35, gov. of merchant adventurers 1636, mayor 1639 – 40; commr. for assessment, Exeter Aug. 1660 – d., Devon 1661 – 63; dep. lt. Exeter 1670–d.
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Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WALKER, Robert (c.1597-1673)
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WALKER, Thomas (c.1632-82), of Exeter, Devon.
Family and Education
b. c. 1632, 1st s. of Robert Walker by 2nd w. and bro. of James Walker. m. (1) Joan, s.p.; (2) 27 Oct. 1664, Mary (d. 3 Dec. 1707), da. of Samuel Hall, sub-dean of Exeter Cathedral, 2s. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1673; Kntd. 1 June 1681.B. F. Cresswell, Churches of Exeter, 104, 108-9.
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Common councilman, Exeter 1662 – 67, sheriff 1664 – 65, receiver Sept. – Oct. 1667, mayor 1667 – 68; alderman 1668 – d.; commr. for corporations, Devon 1662 – 63, assessment, Exeter 1664 – 80, Devon 1679 – 80; sub-collector of hearth-tax, Devon 1669; ?sub-commr. for prizes, Plymouth 1672 – 74; j.p. Devon 1674 – d., commr. for recusants 1675; dep. lt. Exeter 1676 – d., recorder Sept. – Oct. 1681; freeman, Salisbury 1681.
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Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WALKER, Thomas (c.1632-82)
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WALLER, Edmund I (1606-87), of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks. and St. James’s Street, Westminster.
Family and Education
b. 3 Mar. 1606, 1st s. of Robert Waller of Coleshill, Amersham, Bucks. by Anne, da. of Griffith Hampden of Great Hampden, Bucks. educ. High Wycombe g.s.; Eton c.1618-21; King’s, Camb. 1621; L. Inn 1622. m. (1) 15 July 1631 (with £8,000), Anne (d.1634), da. and h. of John Bancks, Mercer, of London, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) by 1644, Mary. da. of one Bracey of Thame, Oxon., 5s. 8da. suc. fa. 1616.Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 182, 201; PCC 84 Scroope, 163 Foot.
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Commr. for midland assoc. Bucks. 1642, corporations 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers, Mdx. 1662, highways and sewers, London and Westminster 1662, assessment, Bucks. 1663 – 74, 1679 – 80, Mdx. 1664 – 69, Westminster 1673–9.
Commr. for trade 1655 – 57, Nov. 1660–8, plantations Dec. 1660–72, accounts [I] 1668, trade and plantations 1672–4.
FRS 1661 – 82.
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Main residences: Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks.; St. James's Street, Westminster.
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WALLER, Edmund I (1606-87)
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WALLER, Edmund II (1652-1700), of Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks.
Family and Education
b. 6 Jan. 1652, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. and h. of Edmund Waller I, being 2nd s. by 2nd w. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1666; M. Temple 1668, called 1675. m. 10 July 1686, Abigail (d.1689), da. of Frederick Tilney of Rotherwick, Hants, s.p. suc. fa. 1687.Beaconsfield par. reg.; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 182; East Anglian Peds. (Harl. Soc. xci), 221; Guildhall RO, St. Bride’s par. reg.
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J.p. Bucks. Feb. 1688–98, dep. lt. Feb. – Oct. 1688, 1691 – ?98; commr. for assessment, Bucks. and Westminster 1689 – 90; recorder, Chipping Wycombe 1689 – 95; bencher M. Temple 1696.
Main residence: Hall Barn, Beaconsfield, Bucks.
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Commons 1660-1690
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WALLER, Edmund II (1652-1700)
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