Fielder, John (c.1614-aft. 1686), of Borough Court, Odiham, Hants.

St Ives          Mar. 1647/Apr. 1648

Castle Rising          3 Feb.-6 Apr. 1659

b. c. 1614, 1st s. of John Fielder of Borough Court and Anne, da. of Sir George Tipping of Draycott and Whitfield, Oxon. educ. M. Temple 1636. m. by 1639, Margaret, da. of Sir John Trevor* of Trefalun and Plas Teg, Denb. 1s d.v.p. suc. fa. 1638. d. aft. 1686.

Local: sheriff, Hants 1641-2. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660; Westminster 26 Nov. 1650; Oxon. 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, Hants 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Hants 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643, 10 June 1645; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Oxon. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. Visitor, Winchester Coll. Aug. 1649. Commr. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650. J.p. Hants Feb. 1652- ?Mar. 1660. Commr. sewers, Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654; oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), ?1642; col. 1645. Gov. Portsmouth Oct. 1643-?May 1644; Farnham Castle Apr.-Oct. 1645.

Central: member, cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 2 Apr. 1649; cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649. Commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650; cttee. for the army, 17 Dec. 1652.

Estate: sold manor of Polling, Odiham, 1640; he and John Staunton bought the manor of Islip, Oxon. for £4,736 5s 2d, 1650; bought manor of Bampton Deanery, Bampton and Weald, Oxon., 1651; leased coal farm, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, for £825 for seven years, 1652; bought manor of Horsenden, Bucks. 1654; was assessed for fifteen hearths at Murrell, Odiham, 1664.

Will: not found.