TAYLOR, Richard (c.1580-1641/2), of Grimsbury, Bolnhurst, Beds. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Clapham, Beds.

Family and Education

b. c. 1580,Age calculated from entry to univ. 2nd s. of Thomas Taylor alias Julyan, yeoman of Grimsbury and Elizabeth, da. of William King of Chelveston, Beds. Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 144-5. educ. Queen’s, Camb. 1596, Christ’s 1597, BA 1600; L. Inn 1600, called 1607. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 109. m. 12 Aug. 1613, Elizabeth (d. by 3 July 1649), da. of William Boteler† of Biddenham, Beds. 8s. (?2 d.v.p.), 3da. Vis. Beds. 84-5, 145; CCC, 1275. suc. fa. 1592; C142/237/113. d. 1641 /2. PROB 11/188, f. 144. sig. Richard Taylor.

Offices Held

J.p. Bedford, Beds. 1616 – d., Beds. 1619–d.; C181/2, f. 261v; C231/4, ff. 28, 94. escheator, Beds. and Bucks. 1618–19; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 11. commr. subsidy, Bedford and Beds. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, 1641, Poll Tax 1641. C212/22/20–23; E179/72/279; SR, v. 60, 81, 107.

Dep. recorder, Bedford 1616–d.; C181/2, f. 261v; G.D. Gilmore, ‘Pprs. of Richard Taylor of Clapham’, Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxv. 109, n. 9. feodary, Hunts. 1619-bef. 1625; WARD 9/275, unfol. bencher, L. Inn 1623, reader 1627, kpr. black bk. 1636–7; LI Black Bks. ii. 247, 266, 275, 341. sjt.-at-law 1640–d. Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 187.

Parlimentarian

TAYLOR, Richard (c.1580-1641/2), of Grimsbury, Bolnhurst, Beds. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Clapham, Beds.

Main residences: Grimsbury, Bolnhurst, Beds.; Lincoln's Inn, London; Clapham, Beds.

Author

S.H.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

Web Title

TAYLOR, Richard (c.1580-1641/2)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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