MOMPESSON, Roger (c.1661-1715), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and Durnford, Dorset

Family and Education

b. c. 1661, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of George Mompesson of Durnford by Elizabeth, da. of Roger Clavell of Smedmore, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. matric. 19 July 1677, aged 15; L. Inn 1678, called 1685. m. (1) Sarah, 1s.; (2) da. of William Pinhorne, judge, of New York. suc. fa. by 1695. Hutchins, Dorset, i. 632; Appleton’s Cyclopedia of Amer. Biog. 354; CSP Col. 1710–11, p. 478.

Offices Held

Steward, Andover 1697–1703; freeman, Southampton 1698, recorder 1698–1703; freeman, Winchester 1701. Andover Pub. Lib. town mins. 4/M1/5, pp. 32, 101; Southampton RO. SC3/1/1, f. 249; J. S. Davies, Hist. Southampton, 185; Hants RO, Winchester bor. recs. ordnance bk. 7, f. 166.

Judge vice-admiralty, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, Rhode Is., Pennsylvania 1703–4, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey 1703–d.; c.j. New York 1704–d., New Jersey 1705– Apr. 1709, Aug. 1709–11, Pennsylvania 1706; member, council of New York 1705–d., New Jersey 1705–d. APC Col. 1680–1720, 664; CSP Col. 1702–3, pp. 570–1, 651; 1704–5, pp. 50, 306, 387, 392, 459, 558, 709, 722; 1708–9, p. 566; 1710–11, p. 482; 1714–15, pp. 137, 244, 268.

Parlimentarian

MOMPESSON, Roger (c.1661-1715), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and Durnford, Dorset

Main residences: Lincoln’s Inn, London; Durnford, Dorset.

Author

P.W.

C.I.M.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

MOMPESSON, Roger (c.1661-1715)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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