Family and Education
b. c. 1604, 4th s. but h. of Richard Seys, barrister, of Lincoln’s Inn and Swansea, Glam. by Mary, da. of Lyson Evans of the Gnoll, Neath, Glam. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 7 Dec. 1621, aged 17; L. Inn 1624, called 1631. m. settlement July 1638, Margaret (d.1651), da. of Roger Bridges of Woodchester, Glos., 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1639.G. T. Clark, Limbus Patrum, 219; Vis. Glos. ed. Fenwick and Metcalf, 26.
Offices Held
Attorney-gen. Glam. 1635 – 68; commr. for assessment, Glos. 1643, 1647, 1657, Jan. 1660–80, Glam. 1647 – 52, 1657, Aug. 1660–80, Gloucester 1661 – 80, militia, Glos., Mon., Brec. and Glam. 1648, Glos., Gloucester and Glam. 1659, Glam. Mar. 1660; bencher, L. Inn 1648; j.p. Glam. by 1650 – 53, Glos. and Glam. 1656 – July 1660, 1662 – 80, commr. for security 1656; second justice, N. Wales circuit 1658 – 59, c.j. Mar. – June 1660; recorder, Gloucester Nov. 1660–2, freeman 1661; commr. for oyer and terminer, Oxford circuit 1661, recusants, Glos. 1675.
Serjeant-at-law 1649 – d.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Boverton, Glam.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
SEYS, Evan (c.1604-85)
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Estates
Oxford 1644
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Religion
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