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b. c. 1593, 1st s. of Roger Fenwick of Bitchfield, Stamfordham, Northumb. and Mabel.C142/388/45; J. C. Hodgson, ‘The manor and tower of Bitchfield’, Arch. Ael. ser. 3, xviii. 106-7. educ. University Coll. Oxf. 23 July 1656.Al. Ox. m. (1) (settlement 21 July 1620), Jane, da. of James Wilsford of Nonington, Kent, wid. of Robert Myers of Longley, Almondbury, Yorks. ?5s. 1da.;WARD2/21/81B/4, 17; Hodgson, ‘The manor and tower of Bitchfield’, 104-7; B. Fenwick, The Fenwicks of Northumb. 67; Familiae Minorum Gentium (Harl. Soc. xxxix), 997. (2) Mary.PROB11/329, f. 40v. suc. fa. 25 Dec. 1618.C142/388/45. d. Aug. 1668.C5/605/65.
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Civic: freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed by Sept. 1641–?d.;Berwick RO, B1/9, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 214v. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 14 Apr. 1645–?d.Extracts from the Newcastle upon Tyne Council Minute Bk. 1639–56 ed. M.H. Dodds (Publns. of the Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. i), 39.

Central: commr. to Scottish Parliament, 26 Oct. 1643.CJ iii. 279a; LJ vi. 273b. Contractor, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Nov. 1646; sale of dean and chapter lands, 30 Apr. 1649; sale of crown lands, 16 July 1649, 21 Dec. 1652; sale of fee farm rents, 11 Mar. 1650; sale of deans’ lands, 4 May 1654. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644–?;C181/5, f. 245v. Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655, 15 July 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 102, 376. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. Northumb. 20 June 1645; assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Cumb. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). northern cos. militia, Northumb. 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659.A. and O. J.p. Cumb. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Northumb. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3. co. Dur. 23 July 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 193. Sequestrator, Northumb. by c.1650–?SP28/240, f. 23. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cumb. co. Dur. Northumb. and Westmld. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. for public faith, Northumb. 16 Dec. 1657.SP25/77, p. 331.

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FENWICKE, Robert (c.1593-1668), of Bedlington, Northumb.
: of Bedlington, Northumb.
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Commons 1640-1660
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FENWICKE, Robert (c.1593-1668), of Bedlington, Northumb.

Will
15 July 1665, pr. 15 Jan. 1669.PROB11/329, f. 40.
Estates
in 1617, fa. settled on him manor and cap. messuage of Bitchfield.C142/388/45; Hodgson, ‘The manor and tower of Bitchfield’, 104. On his marriage c.1620, charged his estate with annuity of £100. In 1630, sold his patrimonial estate at Bitchfield.Hodgson, ‘The manor and tower of Bitchfield’, 104-5. In 1633, Fenwicke and three other gentlemen purchased part of manor of Ellington, Northumb. for £4,000; in 1658, when he bought out the share of the other surviving purchaser for £135, he had acquired all four parts.C54/3980/29; C6/138/148. In 1649, purchased, for £627, manor and mansion house of Middleton Cheney, Northants. and manor and mansion house of Cuxton, Kent, from trustees for the sale of church lands.C54/3403/11; Col. Top. et Gen. i. 126. In 1650, purchased, for £1,296, manor of Bedlington and Choppington Farm, Northumb. from trustees for the sale of church lands;Col. Top. et Gen. i. 288. and 1650-3 acquired messuages and other property in the parish for at least £370.C54/3520/26, 27; C54/3524/20; C54/3758/27; C54/3734/24; CCC 1737, 2983. In 1650, purchased for £22 several fulling mills, coal mines and salt pans near Newminster Abbey, Northumb.C54/3563/26. At d. estate inc. third part of manor of Bedlington.PROB11/329, f. 40v.
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