RUSHWORTH, John (c.1612-90), of Acklington Park, Warkworth, Northumb. and Dorset Court, Channel Row, Westminster.

Solicitor, Berwick 1638 – at least71; freeman, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1652, agent to at least 1671; j.p. Surr. 1653 – ?59, commr. for scandalous ministers 1654, assessment, Surr. 1657, Berwick Aug. 1660–1, 1679 – 80; visitor, Durham college 1657; commr. for militia, Surr. Mar. 1660.DNB; HMC 9th Rep. pt. 2, p. 13; Newcastle Merchant Adventurers (Surtees Soc. ci), 55, 138–9.

Clerk-asst. to House of Commons 1640 – 45; sec. to (Sir) Thomas Fairfax (3rd Lord Fairfax) 1645 – 50; commr. for relief under articles of war 1652, law reform 1652 – 53; judge of probate 1653 – 54; jt. registrar of Admiralty 1654 – ?Sept. 1660; sec. to Council of State Mar. – May 1660, to Ld. Keeper Bridgeman 1667 – 72; agent for Mass. c.1674–5.DNB; G. E. Aylmer, State’s Servants, 260; HMC Egmont, i. 355; Bodl. Carte 47, f. 172; CSP Dom. 1672–3, p. 195; Hutchinson Pprs. ii. 174, 207.