Cambridgeshire, Linton
John Millicent 1686 holding hands with his wife Alice Chester www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4792285857/
Alice was the daughter of Sir Anthony Chester, 2nd Bart of Chichley 1651 and Elizabeth 1692, daughter of Sir John Peyton of Dodington
She was grand-daughter of Sir Anthony Chester 1st Bart of Chichley 1635 and Elizabeth Boteler www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4795470009/
John was the son of Robert Millicent and Duglas Wright www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4792926350/
Children 6 girls and 5 boys who all died before their father except John who erected the monument
5. John 1657-1716 m Dorothy daughter of Charles Wright , DD, Arabic Professor at Cambridge (only surviving son)
9. William died young who "showed great promise
. John was regarded as a Civil War hero and went on to play a prominent role in Restoration politics. He was a local J.P. and became the dominant social and political figure in Linton for almost forty years until his death
When young, John joined King Charles 1st at Oxford in 1642 his mother Duglas administered the Estate in his absence. On his surrender to the Parliamentary army in 1646, John’s fine of £162 “as a Royalist delinquent” was paid by his mother Duglas since his sole income was reported to the Parliamentary Commission as being £6 pa. Duglas then negotiated a marriage alliance with the wealthy Chester family of Chicheley in Buckinghamshire. John married Alice Chester in June 1647 and received a £1,000 marriage settlement which finally resolved the monetary problems of the Estate. (Although Alice's father Anthony Chester had been disinherited of the main Chester estates)
John and Alice Millicent had 6 girls and 5 boys John is praised in the latin inscription as a good husband, a fair and impartial administrator of justice and an excellent leader. There is a reference to their ninth child , William who showed great promise but died young. All the children died before their father save for John Millicent junior (1657-1716) who erected the monument being fresh from his triumph over the Lone family c1705.
www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4792897670/
Cambridgeshire, Linton
John Millicent 1686 holding hands with his wife Alice Chester www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4792285857/
Alice was the daughter of Sir Anthony Chester, 2nd Bart of Chichley 1651 and Elizabeth 1692, daughter of Sir John Peyton of Dodington
She was grand-daughter of Sir Anthony Chester 1st Bart of Chichley 1635 and Elizabeth Boteler www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4795470009/
John was the son of Robert Millicent and Duglas Wright www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4792926350/
Children 6 girls and 5 boys who all died before their father except John who erected the monument
5. John 1657-1716 m Dorothy daughter of Charles Wright , DD, Arabic Professor at Cambridge (only surviving son)
9. William died young who "showed great promise
. John was regarded as a Civil War hero and went on to play a prominent role in Restoration politics. He was a local J.P. and became the dominant social and political figure in Linton for almost forty years until his death
When young, John joined King Charles 1st at Oxford in 1642 his mother Duglas administered the Estate in his absence. On his surrender to the Parliamentary army in 1646, John’s fine of £162 “as a Royalist delinquent” was paid by his mother Duglas since his sole income was reported to the Parliamentary Commission as being £6 pa. Duglas then negotiated a marriage alliance with the wealthy Chester family of Chicheley in Buckinghamshire. John married Alice Chester in June 1647 and received a £1,000 marriage settlement which finally resolved the monetary problems of the Estate. (Although Alice's father Anthony Chester had been disinherited of the main Chester estates)
John and Alice Millicent had 6 girls and 5 boys John is praised in the latin inscription as a good husband, a fair and impartial administrator of justice and an excellent leader. There is a reference to their ninth child , William who showed great promise but died young. All the children died before their father save for John Millicent junior (1657-1716) who erected the monument being fresh from his triumph over the Lone family c1705.
www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4792897670/