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b. 18 Feb. 1609, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Henry Hyde† of Purton, and Mary (d. 1661), da. of Edward Langford of Trowbridge, Wilts.Clarendon, Life, i. 5; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 100; CP. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 31 Jan. 1623, BA 14 Feb. 1626;Al. Ox. M. Temple 1 Feb. 1626.M. Temple Admiss. i. 117. m. (1) 4 Feb. 1632, Anne (d. 2 July 1632), da. of Sir George Ayliffe of Grittenham, Wilts. s.p.; (2) 10 July 1634, Frances (d. 8 Aug. 1667), da. of Sir Thomas Aylesbury of Westminster, 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).PROB11/349, f. 132; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 738; CP; R. Ollard, Clarendon and His Friends (Oxford, 1987), 22, 23, 42, 352. suc. fa. 29 Sept. 1634;Vis. Wilts. 100. Kntd. 22 Feb. 1643;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 215. cr. 1st Baron Hyde of Hindon 3 Nov. 1660; 1st Visct. Cornbury and 1st earl of Clarendon 20 Apr. 1661. d. 9 Dec. 1674.CP.
Offices Held

called, M. Temple 22 Nov. 1633.MTR ii. 813. Custos brevium ct. of c.p. (in reversion) 4 Dec. 1634–1 Feb. 1644.Coventry Docquets, 190; CJ iii. 385; LJ vi. 405a, 406.

j.p. Wilts. 26 June 1635-aft. Aug. 1642;C231/5, p. 172; SP16/405, f. 72v; SP16/491, f. 351v. Oxon. 30 Dec. 1643–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 118. Commr. array (roy.), Wilts. c.June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. defence of Wilts. (roy.) 10 Mar. 1643; defence of Oxf. (roy.) 24 Apr. 1643, 3 June 1644, 8 May 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 16, 30–1, 220–1; Pprs. of Capt. Henry Stevens ed. M. Toynbee (Oxon. Rec. Soc. xlii), 26; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 464. Ranger, Wychwood Forest, Oxon. 1660-aft. Jan. 1660.CP; Ollard, Clarendon and His Friends, 348. Visitor, Oxf. Univ. 23 July 1660;Bodl. e Mus. 246. chan. 22 Oct. 1660–67.CP; P.H. Hardacre, ‘Clarendon and the univ. of Oxf. 1660–7’, British Jnl. of Educational Studies, ix. 118. High steward, Norwich Cathedral 1661–70.CP. All commissions 14 May 1661-Feb. 1668.C181/7, pp. 99, 320, 321, 322. Ld. lt. Oxon. 1663–7; Wilts. June-Nov. 1667.CP.

PC, 22 Feb. 1643 – 30 Jan. 1649, 13 May 1649–4 Dec. 1667.Clarendon, Hist. ii. 527; CP. Under-treas. and chan. of exch. 3 Mar. 1643-June 1660.Clarendon, Hist. ii. 527; CP. Member, council of war (roy.) by 14 Mar. 1643-aft. Dec. 1644.Harl. 6851, f. 133; Harl. 6802, f. 357. Commr. treasury, 25 July 1643–?,E403/2522, pp. 6–8. 19 June-8 Sept. 1660;J.C. Sainty, Treasury Officials, 1660–1870 (1972), 18. admlty. (roy.), Dec. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 109, 112. Uxbridge Treaty (roy.), 21 Jan. 1645.LJ vii. 150a. Cllr. prince of Wales, 28 Jan. 1645-Jan. 1649.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 252–3. Ld. high chan. 29 Jan. 1658–30 Aug. 1667.Wood, Ath. Ox. iii. 1019; CP. Commr. sale of Dunkirk, 1662.CP.

high steward, Camb. 19 June 1660–70;Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1647–81, f. 127v; CP. Yarmouth 1661 – d.; Salisbury 4 Oct. 1662 – ?; Woodstock 1667–?CP.

FRS, 8 Feb. 1665–?d.T. Birch, Hist. of the Royal Soc. of London (1756), ii. 12.

Parlimentarian
HYDE, Edward (1609-74), of Purton, Wilts.
of Purton, Wilts.
Likenesses

Likenesses: ?oil on panel, C. Johnson, 1626;Government Art Colln. oil on canvas, A. Hanneman, c.1655;Whereabouts unknown; Philip Mould Ltd Historical Portrait Picture Archive. oils, aft. A. Hanneman;Clarendon colln. oil on canvas, aft. A. Hanneman;NPG. ?oil on canvas, J. van Reesbroeck;Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels. oil on canvas, P. Lely;Chequers Court, Bucks. oil on canvas, aft. P. Lely;Bodl. oils, aft. P Lely;Clarendon colln. oil on canvas, aft. P. Lely;NT, Kingston Lacy. oil on canvas, aft. P. Lely;Burrell Colln., Glasgow. oil on canvas, unknown;Durham Univ. medal, T. Simon, 1662;NPG. line engraving, D. Loggan, 1666.BM; NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HYDE, Edward (1609-74), of Purton, Wilts.

Will
1 Dec. 1674, pr. 14 Dec. 1675.PROB11/349, f. 132.
Estates
rented chambers in the new building, Middle Temple (1627-36), and chambers in the new buildings, Pump Court (1636-44).MTR ii. 725, 845, 850, 933. In 1634, inherited property in Purton (worth about £100 p.a.), Cricklade and Honeybridge, property (in reversion after d. of his mo.) in Hilperton, North Bradley, Studley and Trowbridge and a lease of Shaw Wood, Wilts.PROB11/167, f. 89v; Add. 4187, f. 35v. In 1635, settled messuages and other property in Cricklade and Honeybridge as security for £800 in portions (as per his father’s will) to his sis. Mary and Susan.PROB11/167, f. 89v; Bodl. Clarendon 129, f. 14. In 1647, his debts amounted to £3,040.Clarendon SP ii. 360, 361. In 1660, estate in Wilts. reckoned to be worth £600 p.a.The English Baronetage (1741), iv. 377. In his 1666 will, estate inc. property in Leics. and Rutland; manor of Cricklade and lands and leases at Clarendon and Purton, Wilts.; Cornbury Park, manor of Langley, Leafield and Ramsden and a lease of manor and farm of Witney, Oxon; lands and a house at Twickenham, Surr.; a lease of houses in Long Acre, Mdx.; Clarendon House, Piccadilly; and a lease of Worcester House, the Strand, Westminster.Ollard, Clarendon and His Friends, 348, 350, 351.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
oxford
Addresses
Dean’s Yard, Westminster (from c.July 1634).Clarendon, Life, i. 24; Ollard, Clarendon and His Friends, 42.
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