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b. c. 1608, 2nd s. of Richard Greene (bur. 8 Dec. 1635) of Winterbourne Stoke and Edith. m. (1) lic. 24 Apr. 1628, aged ‘20’, Elizabeth Chaffin (bur. 30 June 1629) of Maddington, 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) lic. 19 Feb. 1639, Hester, wid. of Sefton Jones of Brook and da. of Walter White (d. 1626) of Grittleton, at least 2s. 1da.; (3) 21 Feb. 1654, Elizabeth (d. 1 Oct. 1675), wid. of Lt.-col. Walter White (d. 1643) of Grittleton and da. of (?John) Walwyn of Lulham, Herefs. or Woodsfield, Worcs. 1da. d. 8 Sept. 1670.Westbury, Winterbourne Stoke and Grittleton par. regs.; Mar. Lics. Salisbury 1615-1682, 63, 188; J.E. Jackson and J. Britton, The Hist. of the Parish of Grittleton (1843), 14, 23; Hoare, Hist. Wilts. iii: Westbury, 28); VCH Wilts. viii. 152; MIs Wilts. 1822, 39; Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc cv, cvi), 214-5; Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 30–1; Vis. Herefs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xv), 112-3.
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Local: commr. raising forces and money, Wilts. 3 Feb. 1643; commr. for Wilts. 1 June 1648.A. and O. J.p. Jan 1649-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 131; C193/13/3, f. 69v; C193/13/4, f. 110; C193/13/6, f. 96v; C193/13/5, f. 116v; The Names of the Justices (1650, E.1238.4), 62; Stowe 577, f. 58v; Wilts. RO, A1/160/1, ff. 133, 151, 157, 164, 169, 175, 180, 185, 191, 200, 217; A1/160/2, pp. 21, 59, 97, 121, 129, 143, 159. Commr. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 7 Feb. 1650;CCC 179. securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 295. militia, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Military: capt. militia horse, Wilts. 10 Apr. 1650–?, ?Sept. 1659.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 506; 1659–60, p. 191.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
GREENE, Nicholas (c.1608-70), of Winterbourne Stoke and Grittleton, Wilts.
: of Winterbourne Stoke and Wilts., Grittleton.
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Commons 1640-1660
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GREENE, Nicholas (c.1608-70), of Winterbourne Stoke and Grittleton, Wilts.

Will
30 Aug, pr. 28 Nov. 1670.PROB11/334/413; Hoare, Hist. Wilts. iii: Westbury, 38.
Estates
‘yeoman’ of Winterbourne Stoke at first marriage, 1628.Mar. Lics. Salisbury 1615-1682, 63. Lease of Winterbourne Stoke parsonage, ?1635-d.Jackson, Britton, Hist. of Grittleton, 14; PROB11/334/413. Life interest in land at Brooke and Grittleton through second marriage, 1639; bought Brooke House, Westbury, for £1,520, 1651.Hoare, Hist. Wilts. iii: Westbury, 28; VCH Wilts. viii. 152. Bought Mere Park and house from Henry Arundell, 3rd Baron Arundell of Wardour, 1653.CCC 1223. Interest in manors of Newlands and Woodfield, Worcs. and in pension of £200 p.a. through third marriage.Jackson, Britton, Hist. of Grittleton, 9; CJ vii. 170a; VCH Worcs. iv. 127. In 1662 possessed land at Westbury, Winterbourne Stoke, Leigh Delamere, and Yatton (Som.).Wilts. RO, 270/41. At d. owned several coppices, inc. one purchased at Standerwick (Som.), ?part of a £10,000 purchase aft. 1649; £800 and £200 to 2 da.; ‘stock of goods at Cardiff in Wales’.PROB11/334/413; Hoare, Hist. Wilts. iii: Westbury, 38.
Oxford 1644
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