Background
Every was the son of John Every of Symondsbury, Dorset and his wife Anne Williams, daughter of George Williams of Wootton Glanville. He succeeded his father in 1658 and his cousin William Every of Cothays in about 1660.
Every was the son of John Every of Symondsbury, Dorset and his wife Anne Williams, daughter of George Williams of Wootton Glanville. He succeeded his father in 1658 and his cousin William Every of Cothays in about 1660.
He matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford on 16 July 1661, aged 17 and was awarded Master of Arts on 28 September 1663. He was commissioner for assessment for Dorset from 1664 to 1669 and was made a freeman of Lyme Regis in 1666. From 1676 to 1677 he was Sheriff of Dorset when he had to deal with several disputed elections.
He was Justice of the Peace for Dorset from 1677 and for Somerser from 1678.
He was commissioner for assessment for Somerset in 1679. Every died at the age of about 36 after the session of parliament ended on 8 July 1679 and was buried at Wootton Glanville.
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He was a member of the Green Ribbon Club and in 1679, he was elected Member of Parliament for Bridport in the First Exclusion Parliament.