DAVIES, Matthew (1595-1678), of Chicksgrove, Tisbury, Wilts.; Shaftesbury, Dorset and the Middle Temple, London

bap. 2 Apr. 1595, Wilts. RO, 812/5, f. 17. 1st s. of Edward Davies, tanner, of Chicksgrove, and Joan, da. of Robert Cave of Gillingham, Dorset. The Gen. v. 27; PROB 11/78, f. 145. educ. M. Temple 1614, called 1623. M. Temple Admiss.; MTR, 682. m. Anne (bur. 9 Nov. 1657), Wilts. RO, 812/6, unfol. da. of Edmund Mervyn of Fonthill Gifford, Wilts., 1s. 3da. R.C. Hoare, ‘Chalk Hundred’, in Hist. Wilts., 36; PROB 11/358, f. 148. suc. fa. 1625. PROB 11/145, f. 180v. d. by 26 Nov. 1678.