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Family and Education
bap. 18 Dec. 1581, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Uvedale of Wickham, and Mary (d. c.1634), da. of Sir Richard Norton† of Tisted.G. Leveson-Gower, ‘Notes of the family of Uvedale’, Surr. Arch. Coll. iii. 118, 122, 125 educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 17 Mar. 1598;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 30 Jan. 1601.MTR i. 410. m. (1) c.1607,C2/Jas.1/U3/48. Anne (bur. 5 Sept. 1627), da. of Sir Edmund Carey† of Dauntsey, Wilts., and St Martin in the Fields, Mdx., 2s. (d.v.p.), 4da. (1 d.v.p.);St Martin in the Fields (Harl. Soc. lxvi), 231; Strafforde Letters, ii. 180. (2) 29 Feb. 1640, Victoria (d. 1694), da. of Sir Henry Carey†, 1st Viscount Falkland [S], 1s. 2da.N. and Q. cc. 406-7. Kntd. 9 Apr. 1605.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137; Nichols, Progs. Jas. I i. 506. suc. fa. 8 Jan. 1616.C142/354/122; PROB11/127/448. bur. 3 Dec. 1652 3 Dec. 1652.Leveson-Gower, ‘Uvedale’, 127.
Offices Held

Diplomatic: embassy, Brussels 1605.HMC Bath, iv. 200.

Irish: commr. ploughing fines, 1612–23.CSP Ire. 1611–14, pp. 305, 448; APC 1621–3, p. 409; 1623–5, p. 164; HMC 4th Rep. 314, 316.

Court: gent. of privy chamber by 1613–1618;Cal. Irish Pat. Rolls, Jas. I, 250. treas. of chamber, 1618–1642.C66/2133/8; Chamberlain Letters i. 606; ii. 125; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 291.

Local: gamekpr. West Bere Forest, Hants 1622.CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 453. J.p. Hants 1625–d.;C231/4, f. 192v; C193/13/3; CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 139; 1637, p. 474. Westminster 1629-bef. Jan. 1650.HP Commons 1604–1629. Dep. lt. Hants by 1625–?44.Add. 21922; Add. 26781. Commr. disarming recusants, 1625;Add. 21922, f. 38. martial law, 1626–8;C231/4, f. 194v; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 186; pt. 2, p. 120; Add. 21922, ff. 23, 80v, 123. Forced Loan, 1626 – 27; Southampton, Winchester 1627;Hants RO, 44M69/G4/1/44; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, ff. 78v, 79. oyer and terminer, Hants. 1628, 1635;C181/3, f. 241; APC 1627–8, p. 318; 1635, p. 319; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 319. Western circ. 5 June 1640-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 170v, 221. knighthood fines, 1630;Hants RO, 44M69/G4/1/78. sewers, River Avon, Hants and Wilts. 8 May 1630;C181/4, f. 49v. I.o.W. 5 July 1631.C181/4, f. 89. Constable, Porchester Castle and lt. South Bere Forest, Hants 23 Aug. 1630–49.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 333; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 223; Coventry Docquets, 181, 255. Lt. New Forest by 1635-aft. 28 July 1642.Cal. New Forest Docs. (Hants Rec. Ser. v), 39, 67, 284; SP16/384, f. 66. Commr. piracy, Hants and I.o.W. 26 Sept. 1635-aft. Oct. 1636;C181/5, ff. 24, 58. maltsters, Hants 1636;PC2/46, p. 373. subsidy, Westminster 1641; further subsidy, Hants 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Westminster 1642;SR. assessment, Hants 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650;SR; A. and O. array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. contributions (roy.), 25 Aug. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 68. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; levying of money, Hants 10 June 1645. Gov. Covent Garden precinct, 7 Jan. 1646.A. and O.

Central: clerk of star chamber by 4 June 1631–2 Jan. 1639.C66/2567/7; E214/1622; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 68; Coventry Docquets, 182. Commr. preservation of game, 4 Dec. 1635.CSP Dom. 1635, pp. 531, 549; SP17/C/15; Coventry Docquets, 228, 407. Treas. of army, 20 Mar. 1639;C66/2840/7; SP16/414, f. 368; CSP Dom. 1638–9, pp. 539–41; Coventry Docquets, 209. treas.-at-war, 23 Jan. 1640-bef. 1 Apr. 1642.C66/2903/20; CSP Dom. 1639–40, pp. 364, 458, 489; SO3/12, f. 223; C231/3, p. 156. Member, council of war by 13 Jan. 1640.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 332. Commr. (roy.) to Parliament, 25 Aug. 1642.LJ v. 327b; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 385.

Mercantile: commr. for tobacco, 19 June 1634.Coventry Docquets, 40.

Military: capt. of ft. regt. of Sir Jacob Astley, royal army, Feb. 1639;CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 505. col. 1640.Add. 26781, f. 101; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 462.

Religious: elder, second Hants classis, 8 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 262.

Parlimentarian
UVEDALE, Sir William (1581-1652), of Wickham, Hants and Whitehall
: Covent Garden, Hants. and Westminster., Whitehall.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

UVEDALE, Sir William (1581-1652), of Wickham, Hants, Covent Garden and Whitehall, Westminster.

Will
17 Dec. 1651, pr. 24 Aug. 1654.PROB11/241/64; Leveson-Gower, ‘Uvedale’, 179-80.
Estates
inherited manors of Wickham, Fonteley, Widley and Woodgaston, Hants, and Chelsham, Tatfield, Peckham, Camberwell and Titley, Surr.C142/354/122; PROB11/241/64. Share in lease of manor of Lyndhurst, Hants, with park and marshland, 10 Jan. 1628, in the king’s hands owing to recusancy of John Chamberlaine.Coventry Docquets, 214 During 1640s also had a residence in the Little Piazza, Covent Garden.Survey of London, xxxvi. 97.
Oxford 1644
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