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.
Offices Held
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.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
WALKER, Robert (c.1597-1673)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image