Family and Education
b. c. 1630, x st 1st s. of Francis Swanton. educ. M. Temple 1647, called 1652. m. (1) 5 Feb. 1649, Elizabeth, da. of Emmanuel Gauntlett, silkman, of Salisbury, 1s.; (2) Dulcibella (d. 21 June 1678), da. of William Whitwell, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1661.Vis. Wilts. 1677 ed. Phillips; Wilts. N. and Q. i. 377; Soc. of Genealogists, West Harnham par. reg.; R. Rawlinson, Antiqs. Salisbury Cathedral, 104.
Offices Held
Clerk of assize, Western circuit 1656 – 67; commr. for assessment, Wilts. and Salisbury Aug. 1660–80; oyer and terminer, Western circuit 1661; j.p. Wilts. 1661 – 80; recorder, Salisbury 1668 – d.; commr. for recusants, Wilts. 1675.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Salisbury, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
SWANTON, William (c.1630-81)
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