Background
Maskelyne was the son of Edmund Maskelyne of Purton and his wife Catherine Davys, daughter of Richard Davys of Little Mylton, Worcestershire. He succeeded to the estate of Purton on the death of his father in 1630.
Maskelyne was the son of Edmund Maskelyne of Purton and his wife Catherine Davys, daughter of Richard Davys of Little Mylton, Worcestershire. He succeeded to the estate of Purton on the death of his father in 1630.
He was a student of Middle Temple in 1627. He avoided involvement in the Civil War, and did not hold any office until the eve of the Restoration. He had an interest at Cricklade, four miles from Purton, as lord of the hundred and of the borough.
He did not stand in 1661.
He was awarded the grant of a weekly market and four fairs a year at Cricklade on 18 March 1662 after he reported that he had seized for the king some property of the regicide Sir John Danvers. In 1667 he endowed a parish charity and a Good Friday sermon.
Maskelyne died at the age of about 68 and was buried at Purton. She died in 1633 and was buried on 28 July 1633.
She died in 1653 and was buried on 30 December 1652.
In 1660, he was elected Member of Parliament for Cricklade in the Convention Parliament where he made no speeches was not named to any committee.