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JAY, Christopher (c.1605-77), of Norwich, Norf.
Family and Education
b. c.1605, 3rd s. of John Jay (d.1619) of Holverston, being 2nd s. by 2nd w. Lucy, da. of one Johnston. m. by 1631, Judith (bur. 7 Nov. 1675), da. of William Browne of Norwich, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 4da.1
Offices Held
Freeman, Norwich 1627, common councilman to 1649, sheriff 1653-4, alderman 1654-d., mayor 1657-8; commr. for assessment, Norwich Jan. 1660-d., Norf. Aug. 1660-d., militia, Norwich Mar. 1660, lt.-col. of militia ft. Apr. 1660-d., dep. lt. Sept. 1660-d.; commr. for oyer and terminer, Norfolk circuit Oct. 1660; receiver-gen. Norf. and Hunts. 1664-7, 1669-71; commr. for recusants, Norf. 1675.2
Gent. of privy chamber 1668-?d.3
Biography
Since Elizabethan times Jay’s family had enjoyed a footing both in Norfolk and London. His elder brother was squire of Holverston, while his uncle, a Draper, became alderman of London. Jay himself was a draper of Norwich, and held municipal office in that city. In 1647 he leased the manor of Hindolveston from the dean and chapter, only to be dispossessed by the ‘usurped powers’. His sympathies were Anglican and royalist; he spent £165 on repairs to the cathedral to preserve it from ruin, and he signed the Norfolk address to George Monck for a fre