WEST, William (1612-70), of Middleton, nr. Lancaster, Lancs.

Ensign (parliamentary) 1642, capt. of ft. by 1645.E. Peacock, Army Lists, 37; Royalist Comp. Pprs. (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxxvi), 185.

Elder, Lancaster classis 1646; commr. for militia, Lancs. 1648, 1659, assessment 1649 – 52, 1657, Aug. 1660–1, maj. of militia ft. 1650, lt.-col. 1651, col. 1653, 1659, clerk of the commonwealth 1652 – July 1660, j.p. 1652 – Mar. 1660, 1664 – d., commr. for scandalous ministers 1654, security 1655 – 56, sequestrations 1659; mayor, Lancaster 1668 – 69; freeman, Liverpool 1670.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 509; 1651, p. 103; 1655, p. 58; 1659–60, pp. 45, 566; W. R. Williams, Lancaster Official Lists, 99; Lancs. RO, QSC 53–67; Thurloe, iii. 733; Cal. Comm. Comp. 745; R. Simpson, Hist. and Antiqs. Lancaster, 320; W. Beamont, Hale and Orford, 100.