DOYLY, Sir William (c.1614-77), of Shotesham, Norf.

Family and Education

b. c.1614, 1st s. of William Doyly of Hadleigh, Suff. and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Stokes, archdeacon of Norwich 1587-1619.Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613, 114; Blomefield, Norf. iii. 348; CB iii. 281; W.D. Bayley, Biographical, Hist., Geneal. and Heraldic Account of the House of D’Oyly (1845), 110. m. c.1637, Margaret, da. of John Randolfe, yeoman, of Pulham, St Mary Magdalene, Norf., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da.Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613, 114; Blomefield, Norf. iii. 348-9; CB iii. 281; Norf. RO, NCC, will register, Trotter, 93; Bayley, House of D’Oyly, 117, 120. suc. fa. 1637, cos. Susan Doyly 1638;PROB11/175/150; Bayley, House of D’Oyly, 110, 117. Kntd. 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. cr. bt. 29 July 1663.CB iii. 281-2. d. Nov. 1677.Bayley, House of D’Oyly, 119.

Offices Held

Military: vol. Swedish army, ?1630s.Blomefield, Norf. iii. 348.

Local: j.p. Norf. 7 July 1640 – aft.Oct. 1653, 11 July 1657–?d.; Christ Church close, Norwich Sept. 1661 – ?; Hadleigh June 1676–?d.C231/5, p. 395; C231/6, p. 372; C231/7, pp. 139, 513; C193/13/3, f. 45v; C193/13/4, f. 67v; C193/12/3, f. 74v. Commr. further subsidy, Norf. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Westminster 1666.SR. Officer, militia, Norf. by 1642; col. ft. Apr. 1660–d.Bodl. Tanner 63, f. 165; CCSP iv. 639; HMC Lothian, 124; Norf. Lieut. Jnl. 26, 33, 80, 103, 151; CTB i. 74. Commr. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Suff. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Westminster 1672, 1677;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), Norf. 28 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658 – aft.June 1659, 29 Jan. 1670;C181/6, pp. 291, 360; C181/7, p. 525. Norf., Suff. and I. of Ely 7 Sept. 1660-aft. Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 40, 523. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Aug. 1671–28 Jan. 1673;C181/7, pp. 586, 627. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, p. 379; C181/7, pp. 13, 635. militia, Norf. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Dep. lt. 1660–d.Norf. Lieut. Jnl. 151. Commr. corporations, 1662–3;Blomefield, Norf. iii. 405. gaol delivery, Gt. Yarmouth 19 Aug. 1662;C181/7, p. 167. subsidy, Norf., Suff. 1663.SR. Recvr. of taxes, London and Mdx. 1667–d.CTB ii. 206. Commr. to survey ‘surrounded grounds’, Norf. 6 Dec. 1667;C181/7, p. 418. hearth tax, Surr. and Southwark 1670–1;CTB iii. 567, 1134. recusants, Norf. 1675.CTB iv. 698.

Civic: freeman, Gt. Yarmouth 18 May 1660; Portsmouth 1661.Norf. RO, Y/C 19/7, f. 351v; Cal. of the Freemen of Gt. Yarmouth (Norwich, 1910), 91; Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 356.

Central: commr. disbandment, Aug. 1660–1;CJ viii. 116a. excise appeals, Oct. 1660–d.;CTB i. 75; iv. 433; v. 197; CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 94. sick and wounded, 1664 – 67, 1672–4;CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 112; 1671–2, p. 241. revenue wagons, 1665–7;CSP Dom. 1667, p. 288. exchange office, 1667 – 70; loyal and indigent officers’ accts. 1671.CSP Dom. 1671, p. 324.

Parlimentarian

DOYLEY, Sir William (c.1614-77), of Shotesham, Norf.

: of Shotesham, Norf.

Volume

Commons 1640-1660

Web Title

DOYLY, Sir William (c.1614-77), of Shotesham, Norf.

Will

2 June 1677, never proved.Bayley, House of D’Oyly, 119.

Estates

inherited lands at Hadleigh and Whatfield, Suff. from his father, 1637;PROB11/175/150. inherited lands at Shotesham, Norf. and Pond Hall, Hadleigh, from his cousin once removed, Susan Doyly, 1638.Copinger, Manors of Suff. iii. 161-2.

Oxford 1644

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