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b. c. 1622, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William D’Anvers of Swithland and Rothley, and Elizabeth (d. 1679), da. of Thomas Babington of Rothley.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Staffs. Rec. Soc. 4th ser. ii), 13; Nichols, Leics. iv. 189. m. 18 Mar. 1644, Anne (d. 1686), da. of Sir John Coke†, sec. of state 1625-40, of Melbourne, Derbys., and wid. of Henry Sacheverell of Morley, Derbys., at least 1s. 6 other ch.Nichols, Leics. iii. 1052; iv. 189. suc. fa. 30 Aug. 1656.Nichols, Leics. iv. 189. d. c. Feb. 1688.Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 432.
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Military: capt. of dragoons (parlian.), Leics. by Jan. 1643;SP28/236, pt. 3, unfol. maj. by Aug. 1648.Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke ms 70, f. 128; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 187. Maj. militia horse, Leics. 5 Mar. 1650;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505. col. militia ft. Staffs. 14 May 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 506. Gov. Stafford by June 1650-aft. Oct. 1651.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 211, 223, 595, 613; 1651, p. 477.

Local: commr. assessment, Leics. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Mdx. 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. Leics. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Staffs. by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1660.C213/6, p. 214. Commr. militia by July 1650, 26 July 1659; Leics. 26 July 1659;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 613; SP28/242, f. 360; A. and O. sequestration, Staffs. 20 Aug. 1650.CCC 292, 296, 564; SP28/214, pt. 5, unfol.

Central: trustee, maintenance of preaching ministers, 8 June 1649; augmentations for preaching ministers, 5 Apr. 1650.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Baptist congregation nr. Aldgate, London, aft. 1660.Crosby, Baptists, 90; W. Wilson, Hist and Antiquities of the Dissenting Churches in London (1810), ii. 393, 394.

Parlimentarian
D’ANVERS, Henry (c.1622-1688), of Swithland, Leics., and Perry Hall, Staffs.
: of Swithland, Leics. and Perry Hall, Staffs.
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Commons 1640-1660
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D’ANVERS, Henry (c.1622-1688), of Swithland, Leics., and Perry Hall, Staffs.

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Estates
estate of D’Anvers’ fa. reckoned to be worth £400 p.a.T. Crosby, Hist. Eng. Baptists (1738), iii. 97. In 1662-3, D’Anvers’ estate in Staffs. inc. Perry Hall and valued at £300 p.a.‘The gentry of Staffs.’ ed. Kidson, 13. In 1664, owned a house in Stoke Newington, Mdx. assessed at 13 hearths.VCH Mdx. viii. 144.
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