Reference
BorBL4
Title
Papers of Richard Taylor of Clapham
Date free text
c1618 - 1628
Production date
From: 1618 To: 1628
Admin/biog history
According to G.D. Gilmore in BHRS Vol XXV p 104-9, Richard Taylor was born c1579. He was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1600. On 12 August 1613 he married Elizabeth daughter of William and Ursula Boteler of Biddenham. He was one of the Borough members in the parliaments of 1620, 1623, 1625 and 1628 during the whole of which time he was Deputy Recorder for Bedford. He received a grant of arms in 1624 and bought the manor of Clapham in 1627. He had 10 children - three daughters and seven sons. He died in 1641.
Archival history
It is not known how the papers come to be in the Borough archive.
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series
Persons/institution keyword
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