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bap. 22 Mar. 1608, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Boteler of Biddenham, Beds. and Anne, da. of Francis Farrar of Harrold, Beds.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 43; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 85. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1622, matric. 1623, BA 1625;Al. Cant. L. Inn, 25 Apr. 1626.LI Admiss. i. 199. m. (1) 28 May 1627, Helen (bur. 11 Mar. 1640), da. of George Nodes of Shephall, Herts. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.;Shephall par. reg.; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 44; Vis. Beds. 85; Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 80; M. Stephenson, A list of monumental brasses in the British Isles (1926), 2; PROB11/261/308. (2) 9 Mar. 1641, Sybil (bur. 28 Feb. 1669), wid. of William Farrar (d. 1639) of I. Temple, s.p.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 44; ‘Notes from old Beds. deeds’, Beds. N and Q, iii. 340-1; Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 360. Kntd. 4 July 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. suc. fa. bef. 23 Jan. 1626.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 44. bur. 28 Aug. 1656 28 Aug. 1656.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 44.
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Local: j.p. Beds. 1631–29 July 1652.Coventry Docquets, 65; C231/6, p. 244. Commr. sewers, 1636.C181/5, f. 37v. Sheriff, 9 Oct. 1637–4 Nov. 1638.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 3. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 27 Sept. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). array (roy.), 15 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. loans on Propositions, 17 Sept. 1642.LJ v. 361a. Member, Beds. co. cttee. June 1644.CJ iii. 518b. Commr. sequestration by Nov. 1644-aft. Sept. 1648;Luke Letter Bks. 594; J.H. Blundell, ‘The inventory of Toddington manor house, 1644’, Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xi. 130. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. gaol delivery, 26 June 1645;C181/5, f. 255v. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Bedford by 1648–d.Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 1, 3, 17.

Parlimentarian
BOTELER, Sir William (1608-56), of Biddenham, Beds.
: of Biddenham, Beds.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BOTELER, Sir William (1608-56), of Biddenham, Beds.

Will
3 Dec. 1652, pr. 28 Jan. 1657.PROB11/261/308.
Estates
probably mortgaged manors of Biddenham and Newnham, Beds. 1629.Coventry Docquets, 588.
Oxford 1644
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