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bap. 15 Sept. 1615, 1st s. of Henry Waite of Wymondham, Leics. and Susanna (d. aft. 1658), da. of William Goulston of Thrapston, Northants.Wymondham par. reg.; N and Q, xi. 351; Leics. Marr. Licences, 437; PROB11/146, f. 236v; PROB11/272, f. 6. educ. G. Inn 5 Mar. 1634.G. Inn Admiss. m. 27 Mar. 1638, Jane (bur. 19 Nov. 1689), da. of Robert Raines of Stanford on Soar, Notts. 5s. 1da. at least 2 other ch. (at least 3 d.v.p.).Stanford on Soar par. reg.; Market Overton par. reg.; Abtracts of Notts. Marr. Licences ed. T. M. Blagg, F. A. Wadsworth (British Rec. Soc. lviii), 164; HMC 7th Rep. 157; CSP Dom. 1665-6, p. 165; Balleine’s History of Jersey ed. M. Syvret, J Stevens, 148. suc. fa. June 1638.Wymondham par. reg. bur. 18 Oct. 1688 18 Oct. 1688.Balleine’s History of Jersey ed. Syvret, Stevens, 148.
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sheriff, Rutland 1641–2. 24 Feb. 1643List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 114. Commr. assessment,, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660; Leics. 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 293 (E.1062.28). sequestration, Rutland 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Rutland, 21 June 1645. 15 Jan. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O. J.p., Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 74; C193/13/4, f. 80. Leics. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660. Commr. militia, Rutland 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Leics. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 11 Feb. 1651, 12 June 1654, 22 Sept. 1659;Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/9; C181/6, pp. 38, 393. inquiry, Leighfield Forest, Rutland 4 Mar. 1657.C181/6, p. 220. Custos rot. Mar.-Aug. 1660.A Perfect List [of JPs] (1660); C231/7, p. 24.

capt. of horse (parlian.) by Mar. 1643–?;HMC 5th Rep. 79. col. of horse, 8 Nov. 1643–6 Apr. 1646.SP28/133, pt. 5, f. 14. Gov. Burley House c. Dec. 1643 – July 1644, Aug. 1645-c.May 1646.SP28/121A, f. 373; SP28/133, pt. 5, f. 14; CJ iii. 550b, 558b; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 67, 73, 246, 419, 436; A. J. Hopper, ‘The reluctant regicide? Thomas Wayte and the civil wars in Rutland, MH xxxix. 39, 41, 42. C.-in-c. militia horse, Rutland 5 Mar. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505.

commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. for compounding, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a.

Parlimentarian
WAITE, Thomas (1615-88), of Market Overton, Rutland.
of Market Overton, Rutland.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WAITE, Thomas (1615-88), of Market Overton, Rutland.

Will
attainted.
Estates
in 1633 inherited estate of his uncle John Waite, inc. property in Wymondham, Leics., and Market Overton alias Orton, Rutland.PROB11/164, f. 236v. In 1638 inherited estate of his fa. at Market Overton and at South Witham, Lincs.Leics. RO, Leics. wills 1638-59, Henry Waite 17 May 1638. In 1639 purchased messuages and tenements in Nottingham from William Drewry* for £73.Notts. RO, DD/MM/1. By 1648 owned or leased a house in Cotes, Leics.HMC 7th Rep. 157; Leics. RO, DG8/128. In 1650 purchased a 7 year lease of manor of Hambleton and land in Leighfield Forest, Rutland, from Cttee. for Compounding, paying rent of at least £320 p.a.CCC 398, 496, 2187. In 1650 purchased for £235 a fee farm rent in Rutland worth £26 p.a.SP28/288, f. 13. In 1651-2 purchased from the trustees for the sale of delinquents’ estates, for £1,421, land in Hambleton and Leighfield Forest.SP29/390/14x, f. 41; CSP Dom. 1653-4, p. 330. In 1661 estate at Market Overton was valued ‘at a full rack-rent’ of £140 p.a.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 345. Waite’s house in Market Overton assessed at 18 hearths in 1665.Rutland Hearth Tax 1665 ed. J. Bourne, A. Goode, 33. Estate valued at £142 p.a. in 1668.LR2/266, f. 2.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
presented Ralph Young to vicarage of Easton Weston, Northants. 1652.Add. 36792, f. 46v.
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