Edward Eversfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

House of Commons of England

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 from 1660 to 1661.

Eversfield was the son of Nicholas Eversfield of The Grove, Hollington

Hollington, East Sussex

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Eversfield was Member of Parliament

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 (MP) for Bramber

Bramber (UK Parliament constituency)

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 from 1660 to 1661. In 1660 he became a Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and a J.P.

Justice of the Peace

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. He was commissioner for assessment in Sussex from 1660 to1663, for Surrey from 1664 to 1669 and for Sussex again from 1673 to 1674.In 1672 he became a freeman of Portsmouth.

Eversfield married firstly in 1644 Mary Muschamp daughter of Francis Muschamp of Bredinghurst, Camberwell and secondly in 1666 Frances Roberts, widow of Richard Roberts of Thorpe Langton Leciestershire and daughter of Thomas Carleton of Carshalton. His brother John Eversfield

John Eversfield

John Eversfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1661.Eversfield was the son of Nicholas Eversfield of The Grove, Hollington. He was educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford and entered Inner Temple in 1641.Eversfield was Member of Parliament for Steyning from 1660...

 was MP for Steyning

Steyning (UK Parliament constituency)

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, Anthony Eversfield was MP for Horsham

Horsham (UK Parliament constituency)

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and Sir Thomas Eversfield was also an MP.