Family and Education
b. c.1591, 3rd s. of Sir John Stanhope (d. 31 Jan. 1610) of Shelford, Notts. and 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Thomas Trentham† of Rocester, Staffs.: bro. of Sir John Stanhope II†.Add. 6674, f. 186; Thoroton, Notts. i. 288; Vis. Derbys. 1569, 1611 (The Gen. n.s. vii, viii), 80. educ. I. Temple 28 Nov. 1612.I. Temple database. m. 10 July 1622 (with £200), Anne (bur. 10 Jan. 1649), da. of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy† of West Harling, Norf. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da.Arnold par. reg.; St Mary’s Nottingham par. reg.; Add. 6674, f. 186; C3/352/4; West Stow and Wordwell Par. Regs. ed. S. H. A. Hervey (Suff. Green Bks. vii), 100; Hutchinson Mems. ed. Sutherland, 61. d. aft. Nov. 1680.Catalogue of the Names of ... Justices of the Peace (1681), 15.
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Local: commr. charitable uses, Nottingham 6 July 1637;C91/4/8. Notts. 20 Feb. 1671;Notts. RO, DD/625/1. further subsidy, Notts. Nottingham 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210v. assessment, Notts. 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1672, 1677, 1679; Nottingham 1642;SR; An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1674.C181/7, pp. 16, 642. Dep. lt. Notts. c.Aug. 1660–?d.SP29/11/142, f. 222; SP29/60/66, f. 145v. J.p. by Oct. 1660–?d.;Notts. Co. Recs. 10. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 29 June 1669–?d.C231/7, p. 346. Farmer (jt.), excise, Notts. Sept. 1662-aft. July 1680.CTB i. 433; v. 135; v. 609. Dep. justice in eyre, Sherwood Forest 5 Nov. 1662–?d.Notts. RO, DD/4P/75/42. Commr. subsidy, Notts. 1663;SR. swans, 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. sewers, 22 May 1669.C181/7, p. 488.

Civic: freeman, Nottingham 12 Oct. 1640–?d.Notts. RO, CA 3415, f. 91.

: of Nottingham and Notts., Linby.
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Commons 1640-1660
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STANHOPE, William (c.1591-aft. 1680), of Nottingham and Linby, Notts.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1609, fa. settled on him lands in ‘Dale’, Derbys.Add. 6670, f. 355v. By 1620, he owned lands in Heage, Derbys. and in 1629 he purchased manor of Heage.Add. 6670, ff. 356v, 359; C2/JasI/S37/13. In 1624, he sold land in Barton in the Beans, Derbys. for £650.Derbys. RO, D518M/T557B. In the early 1630s, he was assessed at £10 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 139v. By 1639, he had a country estate at Linby.Notts. RO, CA 3413, f. 20; CA 3424, p. 15. In 1656, he mortgaged Morley Park in Barton in the Beans, Leics. for £1,000.Add. 6670, f. 357v. By 1657, he owned lands and property in Heage, Belper and Duffield, Derbys.Add. 6670, f. 357v. His house in Linby was assessed at 17 hearths in 1674.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. W. F. Webster (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xxxvii), 73. By 1677, he owned demesne in Arnold, Notts.Thoroton, Notts. ii. 234.
Oxford 1644
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