William Owfield
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William Owfield was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons
in 1645.
Owfield was the eldest son of Sir Samuel Owfield
, of Upper Gatton, Surrey and Covent Garden, and his wife Katherine Smith, daughter of William Smith, Mercer, of Thames Street, London.His father was a City of London merchant who represented Gatton in parliament. Owfield was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
on 1 October 1639. He inherited the estates of his father in 1643.
In October 1645, Owfield was elected Member of Parliament
for Gatton
in the Long Parliament
and sat until 1648 when he was secluded under Pride's Purge
. He was a commissioner for assessment for Lincolnshire from 1645 to 1650 and became commissioner for defence for Lincolnshire in 1645. In 1647 he became a J.P.
for Lindsey Lincolnshire and a commissioner for assessment for Surrey. He was a commissioner sequestration for Surrey and a commissioner for militia for Surrey and Lincolnshire in 1648.
Owfield was commissioner for sewers for Lincolnshire from 1658 to 1659. From March 1660 he was JP for Lincolnshire again and commissioner for militia for Surrey and Lincolnshire. In April 1660 he stood for parliament at Gatton again, but was involved in a double return and the election was declared void. He was commissioner for sewers for Lincolnshire in 1660 and commissioner for assessment for Lincolnshire from August 1660 until his death. In 1661 he was elected MP for Gatton in the Cavalier Parliament
and sat until his death in 1664. He became commissioner for assessment for Surrey in 1661 until his death.
Owfield died at the end of October 1664.
Owfield married firstly Mary Thompson, daughter of Maurice Thomson, merchant of Mile End Green, Middlesex on 13 Nov. 1655 and had two sons. He married secondly by licence on 13 May 1662, Anne Hawkins, daughter of William Hawkins of Mortlake, Surrey.
House of Commons of England
The House of Commons of England was the lower house of the Parliament of England from its development in the 14th century to the union of England and Scotland in 1707, when it was replaced by the House of Commons of Great Britain...
in 1645.
Owfield was the eldest son of Sir Samuel Owfield
Samuel Owfield
Sir Samuel Owfield was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1644.Owfield was the son of Roger Owfield, Fishmonger, of Billiter Lane, London and his wife Thomasine More, daughter of John More, merchant, of Ipswich. Owfield had acquired the manor...
, of Upper Gatton, Surrey and Covent Garden, and his wife Katherine Smith, daughter of William Smith, Mercer, of Thames Street, London.His father was a City of London merchant who represented Gatton in parliament. Owfield was admitted at Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
on 1 October 1639. He inherited the estates of his father in 1643.
In October 1645, Owfield was elected Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Gatton
Gatton (UK Parliament constituency)
Gatton was a parliamentary borough in Surrey, one of the most notorious of all the rotten boroughs. It elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1450 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act...
in the Long Parliament
Long Parliament
The Long Parliament was made on 3 November 1640, following the Bishops' Wars. It received its name from the fact that through an Act of Parliament, it could only be dissolved with the agreement of the members, and those members did not agree to its dissolution until after the English Civil War and...
and sat until 1648 when he was secluded under Pride's Purge
Pride's Purge
Pride’s Purge is an event in December 1648, during the Second English Civil War, when troops under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride forcibly removed from the Long Parliament all those who were not supporters of the Grandees in the New Model Army and the Independents...
. He was a commissioner for assessment for Lincolnshire from 1645 to 1650 and became commissioner for defence for Lincolnshire in 1645. In 1647 he became a J.P.
Justice of the Peace
A justice of the peace is a puisne judicial officer elected or appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice or merely deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions...
for Lindsey Lincolnshire and a commissioner for assessment for Surrey. He was a commissioner sequestration for Surrey and a commissioner for militia for Surrey and Lincolnshire in 1648.
Owfield was commissioner for sewers for Lincolnshire from 1658 to 1659. From March 1660 he was JP for Lincolnshire again and commissioner for militia for Surrey and Lincolnshire. In April 1660 he stood for parliament at Gatton again, but was involved in a double return and the election was declared void. He was commissioner for sewers for Lincolnshire in 1660 and commissioner for assessment for Lincolnshire from August 1660 until his death. In 1661 he was elected MP for Gatton in the Cavalier Parliament
Cavalier Parliament
The Cavalier Parliament of England lasted from 8 May 1661 until 24 January 1679. It was the longest English Parliament, enduring for nearly 18 years of the quarter century reign of Charles II of England...
and sat until his death in 1664. He became commissioner for assessment for Surrey in 1661 until his death.
Owfield died at the end of October 1664.
Owfield married firstly Mary Thompson, daughter of Maurice Thomson, merchant of Mile End Green, Middlesex on 13 Nov. 1655 and had two sons. He married secondly by licence on 13 May 1662, Anne Hawkins, daughter of William Hawkins of Mortlake, Surrey.