JENNYNS (JENNINGS), Sir John (1596-1642), of Holywell House, St Albans, Herts. and Churchill, Som.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 20 May 1596, 1st s. of Sir John Jennyns of Sandridge, Herts. and 1st w. Anne, da. of (Sir) William Brouncker† of Melksham, Wilts.C142/318/156; Add. 61452; Misc. Gen. et Her. 5th ser. viii. 90, 107; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii.), 148; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 399-400; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 216, 217. educ. travelled abroad 1614, 1618.APC 1613-14, p. 392; 1618-19, p. 214. m. Alice, da. of Sir Richard Spencer* of Offley, Herts., 13s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.); 9 other ch.E.A. Webb, Recs. of St Bartholomew’s Priory (Oxford, 1921), ii. 279; Misc. Gen. et Her. 5th ser. viii. 90, 107; Add. 61452; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634, 148, 165; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 193, 194, 400; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 216, 217; iii. 97. suc. fa. 1609;C142/318/156; Sales of Wards in Som. ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii.), 179. KB 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 163. bur. 27 July 1642.Mems. of St Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke (1914), 601.
Offices Held

Court: servant to Anne of Denmark by 1614–18.APC 1613–14, p. 392; 1618–19, p. 214; E315/107, f. 23.

Local: j.p. Herts., St Albans borough 1625 – d.; St Albans liberty 1625–11 Sept. 1640.C231/4, f. 176; C231/5, p. 406; C181/3, ff. 140, 263v, 264v; C181/4, ff. 77v, 78, 132; C181/5, ff. 12, 12v, 212v; Herts. County Recs. vi. 523. Commr. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty 1625–39;C181/3, ff. 175, 264; C181/4, f. 78; C181/5, f. 134v. St Albans borough 1629, 1639;C181/3, f. 264v; C181/5, f. 135. Home circ. 5 June 1641–d.;C181/5, ff. 193, 222. sewers, Som. 1625;C181/3, f. 186v. River Colne, Bucks., Herts. and Mdx. 1638–9;C181/5, ff. 122, 136v. Member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 1626.The Ancient Vellum Bk. of the Hon. Artillery Co. ed. G.A. Raikes (1890), 38. Sheriff, Herts 1626–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 64. Visitor, St Albans g.s. 1630.VCH Herts. ii. 64. Commr. subsidy, Herts., St Albans 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, Herts. 1642.SR.

: of Holywell House, St Albans, Herts. and Som., Churchill.
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JENNYNS (JENNINGS), Sir John (1596-1642), of Holywell House, St Albans, Herts. and Churchill, Som.

Will
21 Mar. 1639, pr. 9 Aug. 1642.PROB11/190/164.
Estates
inherited lands in Herts. and Som.C142/318/156; Sales of Wards, ed. Hawkins, 179.
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WAITE, Thomas (1615-88), of Market Overton, Rutland.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
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.
Offices Held

Local: 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.

Military: 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.

Central: 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.

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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.
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Addresses
Religion
presented Ralph Young to vicarage of Easton Weston, Northants. 1652.Add. 36792, f. 46v.

CAMPION, Henry (c.1586-1653), of Putney, Surr., and Newton Valence, Hants.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1586, eldest s. of Abraham Campion, citizen and Clothworker, of All Hallows the Great, London, and Helen (d. 1612), da. of Richard Duffield, of London.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 202-3; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 33-4; Misc. Gen. et Her. 4th ser. ii. 261-2; E. Suss. RO, Danny ms 1576-81. educ. M. Temple, 19 Apr. 1605.M. Temple Admiss. i. 84. m. 1 Aug. 1622, Anne, da. of John Willett, Clothworker, of London and Putney, at least 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 2da. d.v.p.Harl. 1397, f. 186; St Mary, Putney, par. reg. suc. fa. 9 Mar. 1611.C142/321/102; PROB11/117/308; PROB11/120/378. d. bef. 12 May 1653.PROB6/30, f. 178.
Offices Held

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 1612. 4 Nov. 1643Raikes, Ancient Vellum Bk., 18. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. Hants.; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; levying of money, 10 June 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Religious: churchwarden, St Mary, Putney 1637–9.St Mary, Putney, par. reg. Elder, first Hants classis, 17 Nov. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 242.

Civic: freeman, Lymington 16 Oct. 1640.Hants RO, 27M74/DBC2, f. 35.

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CAMPION, Henry (c.1586-1653), of Putney, Surr., and Newton Valence, Hants.

Will
admin. 6 June 1653, to son, Richard Campion.PROB6/30, f. 178.
Estates
inherited in 1611 manors of Newton Valence, Old Lymington and New Lymington, Hants, together with property in Putney, Surr. and in Kent, and £3,000, but the estate was charged with substantial other legacies.PROB11/117/308; PROB11/120/378. In 1635 he and his wife sold 150a. of wood in Newton Valance.Coventry Docquets, 685.
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RICH, Nathaniel (d. c.1701), of Stondon Massey, Essex and Eltham, Kent.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. ?c.1619, 1st s. of Robert Rich of Stondon and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Dutton.Morant, Essex, i. 188, ii. 101. educ. St Catharine’s, Camb. 1637; G. Inn 13 Aug. 1639, called 20 June 1648.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. 223. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Sir Edmund Hampden of Bucks. 2s.; (2) Anne, da. of Robert Kerr, 1st earl of Ancram [S], s.p.Morant, Essex, i. 188, ii. 101. suc. uncle, Sir Nathaniel Rich† of Stondon, bef. 26 May 1636.VCH Essex iv. 244; DNB; Harl. 1912, f. 220v. d. betw. Oct. 1700 and Mar. 1702.
Offices Held

Military: trooper (parlian.), lifeguard of 3rd earl of Essex, 1642.Ludlow, Mems. i. 39. Capt. of horse, army of Edward Montagu†, 2nd earl of Manchester, 1643; maj. by Feb. 1644;SP28/25/367. lt.-col. of horse, Manchester’s regt. by 3 Apr. 1644.SP28/25/570. Col. of horse, New Model army, May 1645-Dec. 1654.Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 65, 73; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), ii. 68. Member, gen. cttee. of officers, 29 Aug. 1647.Clarke Pprs. i. 223–4. Gov. Deal castle 26 Aug. 1648.CJ v. 685a. Capt. Deal, Sandown and Walmer castles, Kent Nov. 1648.CJ vi. 85b. Col. of horse, 4 July 1659–25 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 704a; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 143, 154, 157; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 129.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 10 Mar. 1649;CJ vi. 161b. cttee. of navy and customs, 1 May 1649.CJ vi. 199a. Commr. removing obstructions, sales of bishops’ lands, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649;CJ vi. 266b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 290a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649. Commr. admlty. and navy, 28 July 1653.A. and O.

Local: commr. assessment, Essex 7 Apr., 7 Dec.1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Kent 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Westminster 26 Jan. 1660. J.p. Essex by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Kent 1652-Mar. 1656;C231/6, p. 328. Suss. July 1652–?C231/6, p. 239. Commr. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 373. Westminster militia, 28 June 1659;A. and O. sewers, Kent 1 July 1659;C181/6, p. 366. Southwark militia, 14 July 1659; militia, Essex, Kent 26 July 1659.A. and O.

: Essex and Kent., Eltham.
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RICH, Nathaniel (d. c.1701), of Stondon Massey, Essex and Eltham, Kent.

Will
21 Oct. 1700, pr. 3 Mar. 1702.PROB11/464/12.
Estates
inherited Stondon from his uncle; acquired confiscated crown properties of Eltham, Kent and High Easter manor, Essex, and lands at Dover, 1651-3; Eltham and High Easter valued at over £36,000.CSP Dom. 1653-4, p. 168; Oxford DNB, ‘Nathaniel Rich’.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Eltham, Kent from 1653.Oxford DNB, ‘Nathaniel Rich’; CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 130.
Religion
presented Edward Otway to Stondon Massey, 1660.VCH Essex, iv. 245.

BUTCHER, Francis (1616-66), of Canterbury, Kent.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 14 July 1616, 2nd s. of John Butcher (d. 1638) of Adisham, Kent, and Ursula.Patrixbourne, Kent par. reg. transcript; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, PRC32/52, f. 85. educ. appr. to John Lade, alderman of Canterbury c.1632-6 Aug. 1639.Canterbury Cathedral Archives, A/C4, f. 147. m. 5 Nov. 1640, Catherine, da. of Dr Richard Clerke of Canterbury.Ickham par. reg.; Canterbury Mar. Licences 1619-1660, 167. d. bef. 27 Sept. 1666.Canterbury Cathedral Archives, PRC17/72, f. 212v.
Offices Held

Religious: churchwarden, Adisham 1642.Adisham par reg.

Military: capt. of auxiliaries (parlian.), regt. of Sir Michael Livesay*, c.1647–8.SP28/130iv, f. 25. Capt. militia ft. Kent, regt. of John Dixwell*, 22 Aug. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 510.

Local: commr. assessment, Kent 14 May 1649, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Canterbury 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. Kent 30 Sept. 1653–11 Mar. 1656.C231/6, pp. 269, 328. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. sewers, Mersham and Sandwich, Kent 1 July 1659;C181/6, p. 367. militia, Kent and Canterbury 26 July 1659.A. and O.

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BUTCHER, Francis (1616-66), of Canterbury, Kent.

Will
24 Mar. 1662, pr. 27 Sept. 1666.Canterbury Cathedral Archives, PRC17/72, f. 212v.
Estates
possessed property called Grove, Wickhambreux, Kent, at d.Canterbury Cathedral Archives, PRC17/72, f. 212v.
Oxford 1644
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Religion

GARDINER, Thomas (1591-1652), of Cuddesdon, Oxon.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 4 Mar. 1591, 3rd s. of Michael Gardiner, rector of Littlebury, Essex, and Great Greenford, Mdx. and Margaret, da. of Thomas Browne of London, Merchant Taylor.Greenford par. reg.; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 299. educ. Clifford’s Inn; I. Temple, 15 May 1610.I. Temple database. m. 8 Oct. 1618, Rebecca, da. of William Child of Cuddesdon, Oxon. and London, at least 2da. and 5s. (at least 3 d.v.p.).Greenford par. reg.; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 159; PROB11/259/392. Kntd. 25 Nov. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 211. bur. 15 Oct. 1652 15 Oct. 1652.Cuddesdon par. reg.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 16 Apr. 1618.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 107. Protonotary, Carm., Pemb., Card. c.1623-aft. Nov. 1631.Oxford DNB; E215/1061/1, 3. Treasurer’s auditor, I. Temple 3 Nov. 1624, 3 Nov. 1629, 3 Nov. 1631; auditor for steward, 6 Nov. 1627; bencher, 14 June 1635; attendant on reader, 8 May 1636, 30 Apr. 1637, 3 Nov. 1637; reader, 15 Apr. 1638; treas. 8 Nov. 1639–3 Nov. 1640.CITR ii. 145, 164, 179, 191, 224, 229, 234, 236, 241, 252–62. Solicitor-gen. (roy.) 30 Oct. 1643.Sainty, English Law Officers, 62. Att.-gen. (roy.) 3 Nov. 1645.Sainty, English Law Officers, 46.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1627-aft. Nov. 1639;C181/3, f. 217; C181/4, ff. 5v, 175v; C181/5, ff. 89v, 155. Mdx. 1636-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 57v, 213v. London 1636-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 59, 214. Oxf. circ. 5 June 1640-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 173, 219. piracy, London 1630, 1633, 1635;C181/4, ff. 37, 139; C181/5, f. 27. London and Mdx. 1639;C181/5, f. 130v. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 1634, 1637, 1638;C181/4, f. 191; C181/5, ff. 81, 114v. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 1636-aft. Nov. 1641;C181/5, ff. 59, 214. assurances, London 1637-aft. June 1640.C181/5, ff. 59v, 175. J.p. Oxon. 3 Mar. 1640–?C231/5, p. 372. Commr. subsidy, London, Mdx. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Wychwood, Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, London, Mdx. 1642; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, council of war (roy.), London, Westminster and Mdx. 16 Mar. 1643.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 323. Commr. survey (roy.), Shotover and Stowood forests 18, 27 May 1643; impressment (roy.), Oxon. 7 Nov. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 38, 42, 97.

Civic: recorder, London 25 Jan. 1636–2 May 1643.CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 179; 1641–3, p. 322; V. Pearl, London and the Outbreak of the Puritan Revolution (Oxford, 1961), 266.

Central: commr. Uxbridge Treaty (roy.), Jan. 1645.A. and O.

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GARDINER, Thomas (1591-1652), of Cuddesdon, Oxon.

Will
12 Dec. 1648, codicil 1 Apr. 1650, pr. 21 Nov. 1656.PROB11/259/392; also PROB11/259/651.
Estates
purchased manor of Cuddesdon, and lands at Denton, Wheatley, Horspath and Milton, Oxon, from brother-in-law, John Child, in or around 1638; sold these lands to pay debts and raise portions for children, Feb. 1646; sold lands ‘in the Great Level’ [Bedford Level?], amounting to 500 acres, aft. Dec. 1648.Oxford DNB; PROB11/259/392.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Crown Court, Russell Street, c.Nov. 1641.D’Ewes (C), 108.
Religion

MARTYN, Gabriel (d. 1694), of Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. s. and h. of Edward Marten ( c.1586) of Upham and Mary (d. 1667).Aldbourne par. reg. educ. M. Temple, 9 May 1632.MT Admiss. i. 126. m. 29 July 1639, Dorothy Lambert (bur. 3 Feb. 1677); at least 4s. (2 d.v.p.).Stratton St Margaret, Aldbourne and Swindon, Christ Church, par. regs.; Wilts RO, 348/II/16; VCH Wilts. ix. 122. suc. fa. May 1667. bur. 19 Mar. 1694 19 Mar. 1694.Aldbourne par. reg.
Offices Held

Military: lt. of horse (parlian.), tp. of Lionel Copley*, army of 3rd earl of Essex, ? July 1643, by Oct. 1644.SP28/19, f. 47. Capt. of horse, regt. of James Sheffield (later Thomas Sheffield), New Model army, 18 Mar. 1645-June 1647.LJ vii. 278b; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 178–9. Lt.-col. militia ft. Wilts. 10. Apr. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505.

Local: commr. defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644;A. and O. assessment, Wilts. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. 27 June 1649-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 160; Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxx. 311; Names of the Justices (1650, E.1238.4); C193/13/3, f. 70; C193/13/4, f. 110v; C193/13/6, f. 97; C193/13/5, f. 116v; Stowe 577, f. 58v; Wilts. RO, A1/160/2, p. 143; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

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MARTYN, Gabriel (d. 1694), of Upham, Aldbourne, Wilts.

Will
not found.
Estates
part of manor of Eastcott, near Swindon, ?with messuage in Upham and land in Snap, Aldbourne, Wilts; 81 acres of which allotted at enclosure, 1656-7, but some sold immediately, and only 1 house, 3 closes, 3 cottages and £4 chief rent in 1663.VCH Wilts. ix. 122; Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 395-6; J. Sadler, 'Aldbourne, manor, chase and warren', Wilts. Arch Mag. xlii. 576, 578, 583, 586. Acquired messuage and 70 acres of arable in Aldbourne from Priscilla, wid. of Obadiah Sedgwick (d. 1658).VCH Wilts. xii. 74.
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CRISP, Sir Nicholas (c.1598-1666), of Lime Street, London and Hammersmith, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1598, 1st s. of Ellis Crisp, Salter, of Bread Street, London, and Hester, da. of John Ireland, Salter, of London.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 201; C.J. Feret, Fulham Old and New, iii. 68. m. 24 Aug. 1619,St Bartholomew by the Exchange, London, par. reg. Anne (d. 1669), da. of Edward Prescott, Salter and Goldsmith, of London, 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 5da.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 201; Feret, Fulham, iii. 68. suc. fa. 3 Nov. 1625. Kntd. 1 Jan. 1640.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 207. cr. bt. 14 Apr. 1665.C231/7, p. 258. d. 26 Feb. 1666.Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 409.
Offices Held

Civic: member, Salters’ Co. 1619; master, 1640–1.J.S. Watson, Salters’ Co. (1963), 145, 243 . Common cllr. London 1640–1.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Local: capt. Hon. Artillery Coy. 1621; steward, 1663.Ancient Vellum Book, 32, 119. Jt. recvr.-gen. Yorks. 1628.PSO5/5, unfol.; APC 1628–9, p. 78. Capt. militia ft. Bread Street, London by 1635–?4 Sept. 1638, ?-Mar. 1642;CLRO, Rep. 49, f. 206v; Rep. 52, f. 240; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), i. 201; Clarendon, Hist. iii. 42. col. militia horse, London 1661–?d.HMC 5th Rep. 203; The City’s Remonstrance and Addresse (1661), 4 (E.1086.10). J.p. Mdx. 24 Feb. 1640–42, by Oct. 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 370. Cornw. 27 Apr. 1644–?;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 194–5. Kent by 2 Aug. 1664–d.Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Charles II ed. Cockburn, 113, 129. Commr. array (roy.), Mdx. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; assessment, London 1661; Mdx. 1661, 1664.SR. Dep. lt. London 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. subsidy, Kent, Mdx. 1663.SR.

Mercantile: member, Guinea Co. June 1630; dep. gov. bef. 1632.C66/2573/2; SP16/540, f. 149; W. R. Scott, Joint Stock Companies (1912), i. 201; J.W. Blake, ‘The farm of the Guinea trade’, Essays in British and Irish Hist. ed. H. A. Cronne (1949), 86–106. Member, cttee. of E. I. Co. 1635–40,Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1635–39, 73, 185, 306; 1640–43, 61. 1 July 1642–5 July 1643.Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1640–43, 262, 331. Jt. patentee for alum, bef. 31 Jan. 1635;W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL100/PO/8/III/17, 53. latten wire, 19 Nov. 1635.E214/548. Jt. farmer, gt. customs, 17 Mar., 13 Dec. 1638, 9 Nov. 1639–40, 1662–d.Coventry Docquets, 207, 210, 358; AO3/297; CTB 1660–67, pp. 132–3, 431; R. Ashton, Crown and Money Markets (1960), 100. Collector of impositions, western ports Nov. 1638–?40;CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 132. tonnage and poundage, London Oct. 1639, 8 June 1640.C66/2878/3; SO3/12, f. 58. Commr. sea adventure to Ireland, 17 June 1642.A. and O. Member, Africa Co. 1660–d.Select Charters ed. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 173, 179. Farmer, coal duty, 1661–d.;CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 14. alum works, 1661.R. B. Turton, The Alum Farm (1938), 182–4.

Military: capt. of horse (roy.) bef. 28 Feb. 1643;Certaine Informations no. 7 (20 Feb.-6 Mar. 1643), 52 (E.92.3). col. 2 July 1643–1645;SP29/159, f. 76; Symonds, Diary, 102; C231/3, p. 25; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 54; Harl. 6852, f. 204; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 158. col. of ft. ?17 Nov. 1643.C231/5, p. 50; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 99. Cdr. raising warships (roy.), 6 May 1644.HCA30/853; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 203, 208.

Central: commr. customs, Sept. 1660–2;CCSP v. 54; HMC 5th Rep. 168. trade, Nov. 1660–d.;Rugg, Diurnal, 129. plantations, Dec. 1660–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Academic: FRS, 18 Mar. 1663.M. Hunter, Royal Society (1982), 182.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, 1664–d.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 174.

: of Lime Street, London and Mdx., Hammersmith.
Likenesses

Likenesses: C. Johnson;Parham Park, W. Suss. miniature, C. Johnson;Institut Néerlandais, Paris. line engraving, R. H. Cromek, 1795.NPG.

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CRISP, Sir Nicholas (c.1598-1666), of Lime Street, London and Hammersmith, Mdx.

Will
23 Feb., pr. 5 Apr. 1666.PROB11/319/561.
Estates
property in London inc. houses in Lime Street (purchased from Sir Francis Popham*), Bow Lane, Lad Lane, Bishopsgate Street, and ‘The White Bear’ in Bread Street; property in Bethnal Green; land in Holbrooke Park, Suff.Whitelocke, Mems., i. 423; Add. Ch. 4891. By 1630 Crisp had built a large house at Hammersmith, adding to his other property there and in Fulham.Lysons, Environs of London, ii. 402; Add. Ch. 4891. Estate worth £594 p.a.; his losses by sequestration of his estate for five years put at £3,000.SP23/206, pp. 889, 907, 908, 913. In Feb. 1645 assessed at £2,000.CCAM 146. At d. owned a house in Charterhouse Yard, London.F.A. Crisp, Collections Rel. to the Fam. of Crisp (1882-97), i. 32-4.
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Addresses
living in Aldersgate Street, London, Mar. 1657.Add. 44846, f. 70.
Religion
presented to St Mildred, Bread Street, ?Richard Adams, ejected for nonconformity in 1662; William Durham, 23 Feb. 1664.R. Newcourt, Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense (1708), i. 499.

GODOLPHIN, Sidney (1610-43), of Godolphin, Breage, Cornw. and Wighton, Norf.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 14 Jan. 1610,Cornw. RO, FP18/1/1, p. 7. 2nd s. of Sir William Godolphin† (d. 1613) and Thomasine, da. and h. of Thomas Sidney of Wighton, Norf.; bro. of Francis I*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 184. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 25 June 1624;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France, Low Countries) inc. academy, Angers, France 1630;Clarendon, Life, i. 52; ‘Les Gentilshommes Éstrangers… à l’Academie d’Équitation d’Angers’, Revue d’Anjou xxvi. 20. embassy, Denmark, c.Apr.-Dec. 1632.Clarendon, Life, 52; Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives, comp. G.M. Bell (Cambridge, 1995), 34. unm. d. 8 Feb. 1643.E.A. Andriette, Devon and Exeter in the Civil War (Newton Abbot, 1971), 80; Oxford DNB.
Offices Held

Central: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 26 Feb. 1635–d.LC5/134, p. 45; LC3/1.

Military: soldier, tp. of Sir Ralph Hopton*, royal army, c.Aug. 1639.SP16/427/38 ii and v; Oxford DNB. Vol. (roy.) 1642–d.Bellum Civile, 18.

Local: ?commr. array (roy.), Cornw. c.Oct. 1642.Buller Pprs. 84.

: of Godolphin, Cornw., Breage and Wighton, Norf.
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Likenesses: stipple engraving, R. Clamp, 1793.BM; NPG.

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GODOLPHIN, Sidney (1610-43), of Godolphin, Breage, Cornw. and Wighton, Norf.

Will
23 June 1642, pr. 11 Mar. 1644, 29 Jan. 1647.PROB10/641/70; PROB11/199/170.
Estates
inherited lands in Norf. centred on Wighton, inc. Hindringham, Warham, Wells-next-the-Sea, Wighton Mill and Crabbs Castle; also leasehold lands in Scilly Isles.PROB11/122/629.
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BASSETT, William (1602-56), of Claverton, Som. and Uley, Glos.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1602, 1st s. of William Bassett of Uley, Glos. and a da. of Rees Davies of Backwell, Som.Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 207n; Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. P. Fenwick, W.C. Metcalfe (1884), 11; PROB11/122/229; Sales of Wards ed. Hawkins, 84. educ. adm. L. Inn 1622.LI Admiss. i. 190. m. (1) 30 Jan. 1627, Mary (d. 13 May 1628), da. of Moses Tryon of Harringworth, Northants. 1s. d.s.p. ;St Olave Old Jewry, London par. reg.; Claverton, Som. Bap. Index 1628; Som. RO, DD/SK/1/3/1; Collinson, Som. i. 148. (2) 18 Feb. 1630 (settlement 20 Jan. 1630), Elizabeth, da. and h. of Sir Joseph Killigrew† of Low Ham, Som. 3s. 1da.Dwelly’s Par. Recs. ed. E. Dwelly (Herne Bay, 1913-26), i. 477; Cal. of…the Muniment Room at Sherborne House (1900), 191-2; Som. RO, DD/PH/59: indenture, 20 Jan. 1636; PROB11/260/114. suc. fa. 1613.Sales of Wards ed. Hawkins, 84. d. bef. 15 Oct. 1656.PROB11/260/114.
Offices Held

Local: treas. hosps. eastern division, Som. 1630–1.QS Recs. Som., Charles I, 127, 156. J.p. Som. 1631-aft. 1643.Coventry Docquets, 66; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xx. Sheriff, 1636.Coventry Docquets, 368; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. oyer and terminer, 20 July 1640;C181/5, f. 183v. sewers, 13 July 1641;C181/5, f. 205. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O.

: Som. and Glos., Uley.
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Web Title

BASSETT, William (1602-56), of Claverton, Som. and Uley, Glos.

Will
14 Dec. 1655, pr. 15 Oct. 1656.PROB11/260/114.
Estates
inherited manor of Claverton, Som.; sold manors of Somerton and Netherham, Som. 1630; bought manor of Huntsill, Som. 1635;Coventry Docquets, 598, 686. transferred lands to feoffees, 1655;Som. RO, DD/SK/1/2/4. died heavily in debt.
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