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b. c. 1578, 3rd s. of William Doughty (d.1634) of Hanworth, Norf., merchant and brewer and Margaret, da. of John Houghton of Gunthorpe, Norf.Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613, 108; B. Mackerell, Hist. and Antiquities of the Flourishing Corporation of King’s-Lynn (1738), 101. educ. household of Thomas Oxborough†, recorder of King’s Lynn, to 1604.Cal. Lynn Freemen, 131. m. (1) by 1609, Prisca, da. of William Remington of Gt. Yarmouth and Norwich, Norf., wid. of Michael Owner (d.1605) of Gt. Yarmouth, wool draper, 3s. 4da. (2 d.v.p.);St Margaret’s, King’s Lynn par. reg.; H.F. Waters, Gen. Gleanings in Eng. (Boston, Mass. 1901), ii. 1411. (2) (with £1,200), Dorothy, da. of Seth Hawley of King’s Lynn, merchant, wid. of John Beane (d.1621) of King’s Lynn, merchant, s.p.East Anglian Peds. (Norf. Rec. Soc. xiii. 1940), 104; PROB11/214/586. bur. 29 Sept. 1650 29 Sept. 1650.St Margaret’s, King’s Lynn par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, King’s Lynn 1604;Cal. Lynn Freemen, 131. common cllr. 1609–15;King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/8, f. 438. dep. alderman, 1609;King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/8, f. 455. auditor, toll house, 1610–11;King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/8, f. 469v. auditor, water tolls, 1610–11;King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C44/8. town auditor, 1610–45;King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/9, ff. 4v, 64v, 84v, 147v, 167, 277. corn supervisor, 1615–17;King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/9, ff. 78v, 101v. alderman, 1615–45;King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/9, f. 72. mayor, 1618 – 19, 1625 – 26, 1633 – 34, 1640–1.L'Estrange, Norf. Official Lists, 194.

Local: commr. sewers, Norf. 1629;C181/4, f. 22. Deeping and Gt. Level, 1635;C181/5, f. 11v. charitable uses, Norf. 1635, 1637;C192/1, unfol. subsidy, King’s Lynn 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642.SR.

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DOUGHTY (DOWGHTY), William (c.1578-1650), of Tuesday Market, King’s Lynn and East Dereham, Norf.
: of Tuesday Market, King’s Lynn and East Dereham, Norf.
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Commons 1640-1660
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DOUGHTY, William (c.1578-1650), of Tuesday Market, King’s Lynn and East Dereham, Norf.

Will
20 Apr. 1650, pr. 3 Dec. 1650.PROB11/214/586.
Estates
owned a house in the Tuesday Market, King’s Lynn;V. Parker, Making of King’s Lynn (1971), 164. owned land at East Dereham by 1637;H.L. Bradfer-Lawrence, ‘Merchants of Lynn’, 179, in Supplement to Blomefield’s Norf. ed. C. Ingleby (1929). also owned lands at West Walton, Walpole and Terringham, Norf. and leased manor of Martley Hall, Easton, Suff.PROB11/214/586.
Oxford 1644
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