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b. ?30 May 1584,C142/284/67; WARD7/37/104. o.s. of Tristram Dillington of Newchurch, I.o.W., and Jane, da. of Nicholas Martin of Athelhampton, Dorset. m. (1) bef. 1611, Mabella, da. of Sir Humphrey Forster† of Aldermaston, Berks., 2s. (d.v.p.); (2) bef. 10 Oct. 1651, Catherine, da. of Sir Thomas Gorges of Langford, Wilts., 1s. 1da.;Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 105-6; Misc. Her. et Gen. 2nd ser. i. 381-2. 1 other da.I.o.W. RO, OG/CC/115. suc. fa. Feb. 1594; uncle, Sir Robert Dillington, Dec. 1604.PROB11/83/162; PROB11/84/339; PROB11/104/609. cr. bt. 6 Sept. 1628.CB. d. 1664.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 105-6; Misc. Her. et Gen. 2nd ser. i. 381-2; I.o.W. RO, JER/HBY/32/4.
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Local: j.p. Hants 1624 – 10 Dec. 1644, by Feb. 1650–d.C231/4, f. 165; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 243; C193/13/3, f. 56v; C220/9/4, f. 76. Capt. militia, I.o.W. by Aug. 1626.I.o.W. RO, OG/BB/104. Commr. oyer and terminer, 14 Apr. 1628, 4 Aug. 1635;C181/3, f. 240v; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 319. Western circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 8, 377. Dep. lt. I.o.W. by 19 July 1631–?, 1642–?I.o.W. RO, OG/BB/230; Royalist’s Notebook ed. Bamford, 110. Commr. repair of Carisbrooke Castle, 28 Apr. 1632;Coventry Docquets, 84. piracy, Hants and I.o.W. 26 Sept. 1635, 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, ff. 24, 58. subsidy, I.o.W. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Hants 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Hants and I.o.W. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E. 1062.28); Ordinance for Assessment (1660), 50 (E.1075.6). Commr. for New Forest, 28 July 1642.SP16/384, f. 66. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Hants. and I.o.W. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. militia, I.o.W. 26 July 1659;A. and O. poll tax, Hants, I.o.W. 1660; SR. sewers, 19 Dec. 1662;C181/7, p. 174. subsidy, I.o.W. 1663.SR.

Civic: burgess, Yarmouth, I.o.W. bef. 1632.Add. 5669, f. 88.

Military: col. militia ft. East Medine by 20 Sept. 1643-aft. 14 May 1663.I.o.W. RO, OG/BB/481, 498, 502.

Parlimentarian
DILLINGTON, Sir Robert, 1st bt. (1584-1664), of Knighton, I.o.W.
: 1st bt. (1584-1664) of Knighton, I.o.W. 1584 – 1664.
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Commons 1640-1660
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DILLINGTON, Sir Robert, 1st bt. (1584-1664), of Knighton, I.o.W.

Will
?9 Dec. 1658, sentence 20 June 1666.DEL10/10; PROB11/322/15.
Estates
inherited from fa. in 1594 land in the parish of Brading, I.o.W.I.o.W. RO, OG/E/8; PROB11/71/409; PROB11/83/162. Inherited from uncle Sir Robert Dillington in Dec. 1607, manors of Ashey and Ryde, land at Knighton.VCH Hants v. 181; PROB11/104/609. Bef. 20 Jan. 1613 bought Moore farm, parish of Arreton;I.o.W. RO, JER/WA/AppV/20. in 1621 bought manor of Mottistone;VCH Hants v. 252. c.1624 bought manor of Budbridge.VCH Hants v. 142. Assessed at £30 for the loan in 1625.SP16/521, f. 308. On 21 May 1635 bought manor of Westover or Calborne.I.o.W. RO, JER/HBY/32/3; VCH Hants v. 219. According to his settlement of Apr. 1663, he still held all the foregoing properties, comprising also more specifically the manor of Upper and Lower Knighton, proxy tithes of Budbridge and advowson of Mottistone.I.o.W. RO, JER/HBY/32/5.
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