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b. 2 Oct. 1592, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Temple†, 1st bt. of Burton Dassett, Warws. and Stowe, Bucks. and Hester, da. of Miles Sandys† of Latimers, Bucks.Ship Money Pprs. ed. C.G. Bonsey and J.G. Jenkins (Bucks. Rec. Soc. xiii), ix; Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 115; CB. This article draws on E.F. Gay, ‘The Temples of Stowe and their debts’, HLQ ii. 399-438. m. (1) 5 July 1614, Anne (d. 1620), da. and coh. of Sir Arthur Throckmorton† of Paulerspury, Kent, 2s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) 20 May 1630, Christian (d. 1655), da. and coh. of Sir John Leveson† of Whorne’s Place, Cuxton, Kent, 3s. inc. Sir Richard*, 7da.St Giles in the Fields, London par. reg. f. 37v; Vis. Bucks. 1634, 115; CB. suc. fa. 1637. Kntd. 1609.Gay, ‘Temples of Stowe and their debts’, 409n. d. 12 Sept. 1653.Gay, ‘Temples of Stowe and their debts’, 437.
Offices Held

Local: commr. Forced Loan, Bucks. 1627.C193/12/2, f. 4. J.p. 1630–?, 6 Mar. 1647–12 July 1653; Buckingham 1630 – aft.38; Warws. by Feb. 1650–d.C231/5, p. 43; C231/6, pp. 78, 259; C181/4, ff. 68, 151v; C181/5, f. 120v; C193/13/3, f. 65v; J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, ‘Additional docquets of commissions of the peace’, PH xxxii. 232; A. Hughes, Politics, Society and Civil War in Warws. 1620–1660 (Cambridge, 1987), 355. Sheriff, Bucks. 1634–5.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 9. Commr. subsidy, Bucks., Buckingham 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, Bucks. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Oxon. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.SR; A. and O. Member, Bucks. co. cttee. June 1642.G. Nugent-Grenville, Lord Nugent, Some Mems. of John Hampden (1832), ii. 458. Dep. lt. 4 July 1642–?LJ v. 178b. Commr. array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, Bucks. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Bucks., Oxon. 25 June 1644; militia, Bucks. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for sequestrations by 25 Mar. 1644.SP20/1, f. 128. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O.

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TEMPLE, Sir Peter (1592-1653), of Stowe, Bucks. and Burton Dassett, Warws.
: of Stowe, Bucks. and Warws., Burton Dassett.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas (?formerly on panel), C. Johnson, c.1622;Hall Bequest Trust, on loan to Stowe House Preservation Trust. line engraving, R. Gaywood, 1658.BM; NPG.

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Commons 1640-1660
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TEMPLE, Sir Peter (1592-1653), of Stowe, Bucks. and Burton Dassett, Warws.

Will
not found.
Estates
worth £3,000 p.a.;I.F.W. Beckett, Wanton Troopers (Barnsley, 2015), 8. alienated manor of Stowe, Bucks. 1638;Coventry Docquets, 723. sold manor of Stanton, Stantonbury, Bucks. to Sir John Wittewronge* for £400, 1653.Herts. RO, DE/Lw/E44.
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