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CORNWALLIS, Thomas I (1579-1627), of Earl Soham and Ipswich, Suff.

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Family and Education

b. 1 Oct. 1579, 2nd but o. surv. s. of John Cornwallis of Earl Soham and his 1st w. Katherine, da. of John Blennerhasset† of Barsham, Suff. educ. Brandeston (Mr. Rawson), Caius, Camb. 1596; G. Inn 1600. m. 20 Jan. 1607, Mary, da. of Edward Grimston of Bradfield, Essex, s.p. suc. fa. 1615. d. 23 Apr. 1627.J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius Coll. 160; Private Corresp. of Jane Lady Cornwallis ed. Lord Braybrooke, (1842), xxxvi, xxxviii; GI Admiss.; Mistley par. reg. (Soc. Gen. Transcript); W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. iv. 244.

Offices Held

Commr. piracy, Suff. 1614, sewers, Suff. 1620 – d., gaol delivery, Orford, Suff. 1622–25; C181/2, ff. 174v, 255v; 181/3, ff. 13v, 74, 122v, 193v, 201v. j.p. Suff. 1624–d.; C231/4, f. 161v; E163/18/12, f. 76v. commr. Forced Loan, Suff. 1627. C193/12/2, f. 56.

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CORNWALLIS, Thomas I (1579-1627), of Earl Soham and Ipswich, Suff.

Main residences: Earl Soham; Ipswich, Suff.

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J.P.F.

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Commons 1604-1629

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CORNWALLIS, Thomas I (1579-1627)

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CORNWALLIS, Sir William (c.1579-1614), of Whitehall; formerly of Grimston Hall, Trimley, Suff.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1579, 1st s. of Sir Charles Cornwallis* (d.1629) and his 1st w. Anne, da. and coh. of Thomas Fincham of Fincham, Norf. educ. ?Queen’s, Oxf. m. 26 Aug. 1595, Katharine (d. 30 Jan. 1637), da. of Sir Philip Parker of Erwarton, Suff., 6s. 5da. (3 d.v.p.).P.B. Whitt, ‘New Light on Sir William Cornwallis the Essayist’, in Rev. Eng. Studies, viii. 157-9; Add. 19104, ff. 169, 171. Kntd. 5 Aug. 1599. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. bur. 1 July 1614. St. Martin-in-the-Fields ed. T. Mason (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 169.

Offices Held

Vol. Ireland 1599. Whitt, 159.

Gent. of the privy chamber 1603–5; HMC 7th Rep. 526; HMC Hatfield, xvii. 564–5. member, embassy to Spain 1605. Winwood’s Memorials ed. E. Sawyer, ii. 75.

Freeman, Orford, Suff. 1604. Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE5/2/2, f. 70.

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CORNWALLIS, Sir William (c.1579-1614), of Whitehall; formerly of Grimston Hall, Trimley, Suff.

Main residences: Whitehall; Grimston Hall, Trimley, Suff.

Author

J.P.F.

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Commons 1604-1629

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CORNWALLIS, Sir William (c.1579-1614)

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CORNWALLIS, Sir Charles (c.1555-1629), of Brome Hall and Beeston St. Andrews, Suff. and Harborne, Staffs.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1555,Suff. RO (Ipswich), Iveagh Collection, Cornwallis mss 1/2. 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Cornwallis† (d.1604), comptroller of the Household to Mary I, and Anne, da. of Sir John Jernegan of Somerleyton, Suff.; bro. of William†; educ. Trin., Camb. 1566. Al. Cant. m. (1) 1578, Anne (bur. 4 July 1584), da. and coh. of Thomas Fincham of Fincham, Norf., wid. of Richard Nicholls (d.1573/4) of Islington, Norf., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) 1585, Anne (bur. 30 Mar. 1617), D. Lysons, Environs London, iv. 102. da. of Thomas Barrow of Barningham, Suff., wid. of Sir Ralph Shelton (d. by 1581) of Shelton, Norf., 1da.; (3) 29 Apr. 1620, Dorothy, da. of Richard Vaughan of Nyffryn in Ll?n, Caern., bp. of London, wid. of John Jegon of Coggeshall, Essex, bp. of Norwich (d. 13 Mar. 1618), 3s. 2da. Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch. i), 43, 114; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 21-2; F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. v. 268; Oxford DNB; L. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, i. 305. Kntd. 11 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 105. d. 21 Dec. 1629. R.H. Jeffers, ‘Manors of Layer-de-lay-Haye, Pebmarsh and Gt. Henny’, Essex Jnl. iv. 191. sig. Charles Cornwaleys.

Offices Held

J.p. Norf. 1601 – d., Mdx. 1619–d., A.H. Smith, County and Court, 362; C231/1 f. 106; 231/4 f. 84, 85, C193/13/1, f. 63. commr. musters, Norf. 1602, Norf. RO, WLS XVII/1, bk. 2, ff. 142–3v. sewers 1604; C181/1, f. 88v. high steward, hundreds of Holte, Taverham, Happinge, Humbleyard, Hensted, Blofield cum Southwalsh, East and West Flegge, Norf. 1604; E315/310, f. 15. recvr. exch. Norf. and Hunts. 1604, Lansd. 168, f. 189. Norf. 1606, Ibid. 186, f. 352. collector, Privy Seal loans, Norf. 1604 – 05, 1612 – 13, 1625–6; E401/2585, ff. 40–4, 157–8; 401/2586, p. 138; E403/2732, f. 121v. commr. seabreaches, Norf. 1610, 1625, C181/2, f. 127v; 181/3, f. 189v. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1611–17, C181/2, ff. 158, 179v, 197v, 235, 287. impressment of mariners, Norf. 1620, APC, 1619–21, pp. 247–8. subsidy 162–2, 1624, 1628, C212/22/20, 21, 23; Norf. RO, Hare 6366, p. 144. piracy 1624, 1627, C181/3, ff. 115v, 236v. fen drainage, Norf. and Suff. 1625, C193/8, no. 60. Admlty. causes, Norf. 1627, HCA1/32/1, f. 4v. dep. lt. Norf. 1625–d. W. Rye, Norf. State Pprs. passim; E401/2586, p. 138.

Resident amb. Spain 1605–9. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 257.

Treas. Prince Henry’s Household 1610–12. DWL, Morrice ms 31.I, p. 637 (2).

Member, N.W. Passage Co. 1612.CSP Col. E.I. 1513–16, p. 239.

Commr. Irish parliamentary grievances 1613; APC, 1613–14, pp. 175–6. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1613-at least 1620. R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 348.

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CORNWALLIS, Sir Charles (c.1555-1629), of Brome Hall and Beeston St. Andrews, Suff. and Harborne, Staffs.

Main residences: Brome Hall; Beeston St. Andrews, Suff.; Harborne, Staffs.

Author

C.R.K.

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Commons 1604-1629

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CORNEWALL, Sir Gilbert (1598-1671), of Burford, Salop and Stapleton Castle, Herefs.

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Family and Education

bap. 6 June 1598, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Cornewall of Burford, and Anne, da. of Sir Gilbert Lyttelton† of Frankley, Worcs.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 147-8; Burford (Salop par. reg. soc.), 15. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 1615, BA 1617. Al. Ox. m. 16 Jan. 1624 (with £4,000), Elizabeth (bur. 24 Dec. 1671), da. of Sir Thomas Reade of Duns Tew, Oxon. and Barton, Berks., 4s., 8da. (3 d.v.p.). C142/559/145; C2/Chas.I/R32/31; Burford, 80. Kntd. 5 Dec. 1620. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 176. suc. fa. 1637. C142/559/145. bur. 5 Oct. 1671 5 Oct. 1671. Burford, 79. sig. Gilberte Cornewalle.

Offices Held

Dep. lt. and capt., militia horse, Salop 1637–42; HEHL, EL7443. member, Council in the Marches 1639 – 41, 1662–?d.; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 370. j.p. Salop and Worcs. 1640–3; C231/5, p. 375. commr. Poll Tax, Salop 1641, Worcs. 1660, subsidy, Salop 1641 – 42, array, Salop and Worcs. 1642; SR, v. 88, 107, 220; Northants. RO, FH133. commr. county cttee. (parl.) Salop 1643, A. and O. i. 126. assessment, Worcs. 1661. SR, v. 269.

Gent. of privy chamber (extraordinary) by 1641. LC3/1.

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CORNEWALL, Sir Gilbert (1598-1671), of Burford, Salop and Stapleton Castle, Herefs.

Main residences: Burford, Salop; Stapleton Castle, Herefs.

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S.H.

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Commons 1604-1629

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CORNEWALL, Sir Gilbert (1598-1671)

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CORBET, Sir Andrew (1580-1637), of Moreton Corbet and Acton Reynell, Salop

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Family and Education

bap. 28 Aug. 1580, 1st s. of Sir Vincent Corbet of Moreton Corbet and Frances, da. of William Humfreston of Humfreston, Albrighton, Salop.Moreton Corbet (Salop par. reg. xxxix), 1; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 136-7. educ. Shrewsbury sch. 1597; Queen’s, Oxf. 1600; L. Inn 1602. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium ed. E. Calvert, 164; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. settlement 6 Jan. 1607, Elizabeth (d.19 Mar. 1658), da. of William Boothby of Delfhouse, Staffs., 7s. (2 d.v.p.), 9da. Moreton Corbet, 6-12, 14; C142/554/66. Kntd. 25 Aug. 1617; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 165. suc. fa. 1623. C142/399/154. d. 6 May 1637. C142/554/66. sig. And[rew] Corbet.

Offices Held

J.p. Salop 1618–d.; C231/4, f. 64. commr. subsidy, Salop 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, 1628; C212/22/20–3; E179/167/203. member, Council in the Marches 1624–d.; C181/3, f. 129v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 6. dep. lt. Salop 1624–d.; Salop RO, 151/2903, 322/12/2. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1625–d.; C181/3, f. 137v. collector Tenth, Shrewsbury 1625; E359/64/3. commr. Forced Loan, Salop 1626–7. C193/12/2.

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CORBET, Sir Andrew (1580-1637), of Moreton Corbet and Acton Reynell, Salop

Main residences: Moreton Corbet; Acton Reynell, Salop.

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S.H.

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Commons 1604-1629

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CORBET, Sir Andrew (1580-1637)

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CORBET, John (c.1571-1611), of Sprowston, Norf. and Holborn, Mdx.

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Family and Education

b. c.1571, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Miles Corbet (d. 19 June 1607)Blomefield, Norf. x. 463. of Sprowston, and Catherine, da. of Sir Christopher Heydon† of Baconsthorpe, Norf.; bro. of Francis†, and Thomas. Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 84-5, 152; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch. Soc.), i. 35; ii. 226. unm. d. 9 Dec. 1611. Stow, Survey of London ed. Strype, iii. 249.

Offices Held

Servant to Sir Henry Unton† 1589 – 96, Sir Thomas Wilkes† 1596–8. HMC Hatfield, xv. 188.

Clerk of PC (extraordinary) 1605, (ordinary) 1608–d.; Add. 11402, f. 97v; Add. 31825, f. 13v. muster-master-gen. [I] 1609–d. CSP Ire. 1608–10, p. 581.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1607; Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 348. commr. annoyances, Surr. 1611. C181/2, f. 142v.

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CORBET, John (c.1571-1611), of Sprowston, Norf. and Holborn, Mdx.

Main residences: Sprowston, Norf.; Holborn, Mdx.

Author

V.C.D.M.

R.C.L.S.

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Commons 1604-1629

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ASHBURNHAM, John (1602-1671), of Whitehall; later of Westover, Hants and Ashburnham Place, Suss.

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Family and Education

bap. 12 June 1602, 1st s. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Beaumont II* of Stoughton Grange, Leics.; bro. of William†. educ. G. Inn 1618; Peterhouse, Camb. 1619. m. (1) lic. 24 Sept. 1629, Frances (d. c.1651), da. and h. of William Holland of West Burton, Suss., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da.; (2) Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Christopher Kenn of Kenn Court, Som., wid. of John Poulett*, 1st Bar. Poulett of Hinton St. George, Som. ?s.p.E. Suss. RO, Ore par. reg.; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii. 17-18); Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; Hants Mar. Lics. 1607-40 comp. A.J. Willis, 67; The Ashburnham Archives: A Catalogue ed. F.W. Steer, xii-xiii. suc. fa. 1620.GL, ms St. Andrew Holborn par. reg., burial dated 30 June 1620. d. 15 June 1671. Horsfield, Suss. i. 559. sig. John Ashbournham.

Offices Held

Servant (?groom of the bedchamber) to George Villiers, 1st duke of Buckingham by 1624–8;Add. 12528, f. 16; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 352; SP16/112/42. gent. of the privy chamber 1628;Orig. Letters of Eminent Literary Men ed. H. Ellis, iii. 274. groom of the bedchamber, Household of Prince Charles by 1641, king’s Household 1642-at least 1646, Bodl. ms Nalson XIII/I, f. 74; LC3/1, unfol.; Life of James, Duke of Ormond comp. T. Carte, vi. 147; SO3/13, unfol. (Apr. 1646). by 1661-at least 1667;CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 150; 1668–9, p. 122. treas.-at-war (roy.) 1643-at least 1645;Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 368; C231/3, p. 156. member, Council of War (roy.) 1643–5;Harl. 6852, ff. 145r-v, 204, 233, 254, 264. commr. Uxbridge Treaty 1644–5.LJ, vii. 150a.

Member, Fishery Soc. by 1633.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 511.

Capt. of ft. 1640.E. Suss. RO, ASH 3203.

J.p. Suss. 1640 – 44, 1661–d.;C231/5, p. 394; 231/7, p. 85; ASSI 35/85/1, m. 42. commr. subsidy, Suss. 1640, assessment 1641 – 42, Mdx. and Suss. 1661 – 69, Westminster 1661 – 62, 1665–9;SR, v. 66, 89, 156, 334–5, 340, 462, 468, 535–6, 541, 590. dep. lt. Suss. 1660 – d., Mdx. 1661–d.;SP29/11, f. 237; 29/42, f. 113v; 29/60, ff. 145v, 151v; SP44/35a, ff. 6v-7; E. Suss. RO, ASH 4501/772. freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1662;R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 357. commr. loyal and indigent officers, London, Mdx., Suss. and Westminster 1662,SR, v. 382–4. highways and sewers, London and Westminster 1662;Tudor and Stuart Procs. ed. R. Steele, i. 405. sub-commr. prizes, London 1665–7.Nat. Maritime Mus. Southwell ms 17/15.

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ASHBURNHAM, John (1602-1671), of Whitehall; later of Westover, Hants and Ashburnham Place, Suss.

Main residences: Whitehall; Westover, Hants.; Ashburnham Place, Suss.

Author

P.J.L.

A.D.T.

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COVERT, Sir Walter (c.1544-1632), of Slaugham, Suss.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1544, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Covert of Slaugham and his 1st w. Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Walter Hendley† of Cranbrook, Kent; bro. of John†. educ. G. Inn 1567. m. (1) by 1579, Timothea (bur. 10 June 1610), da. of John Lennard of Chevening, Kent, s.p.; (2) by 1618, Jane (d.Apr. 1666), da. and coh. of Sir John Shurley* of Isfield, Suss., s.p. suc. fa. 1579; Kntd. 1591. d. 27 Jan. 1632.Suss. Gens.: Ardingly Cent. comp. J. Comber, 182; GI Admiss.; PROB 11/62, f. 117; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 88. sig. Wa[lter] Covert.

Offices Held

J.p. Suss. 1581–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn 163; ASSI 35/73/7. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1583 – 84, 1592–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 137. capt. militia ft. Suss. 1584–5; Harl. 703, ff. 11, 18. dep. lt. Suss. 1585-at least 1629; CPR, 29 Eliz. I ed. L.J. Wilkinson (L. and I. Soc. ccxcv), 187; E. Suss. RO, LCD/EW1, f. 73. commr. recusancy, Suss. 1586, 1592, Harl. 703, ff. 21, 67v. subsidy 1589, 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, Ibid. f. 1; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. grain 1595, Harl. 703, f. 83. sewers, Suss. 1602 – d., Kent 1603 – 17, Kent and Suss. 1604–29, C181/1, ff. 27v, 57, 95v; 181/2, f. 320; 181/4, ff. 32, 74. piracy, Suss. 1608; Harl. 703, f. 139v. commr. and collector of aid, Suss. 1609, 1612 – 13; collector, Privy Seal loan, Suss. 1613; E179/283/12; E163/16/21; E403/2732, ff. 160v-1. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1617 – d., Suss. 1627, C181/2, f. 285v; 181/3, f. 216v; 181/4, f. 98. brewhouse survey, 1620, pressing of seamen 1620, 1623, 1625, 1626, APC, 1619–21, pp. 203, 248; 1621–3, p. 346; 1625–6, p. 29; 1626, p. 13. Forced loan 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 59. martial law 1627; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461. collector and commr. of knighthood compositions, Suss. 1630–d. ‘Compositions for Knighthood’ ed. H. Ellis, in Suss. Arch. Colls. xvi. 46; E178/7154, f. 197; 178/5678, f. 12; E198/4/32, f. 4.

Member, Virg. Co. by 1612. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 545.

Commr. trade 1622. Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 11.

Parlimentarian

COVERT, Sir Walter (c.1544-1632), of Slaugham, Suss.

Main residence: Slaugham, Suss.

Author

A.D.

B.C.

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COVERT, Sir Walter (c.1544-1632)

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BYSSHE, Edward (d.1655), of Smallfield Place, Burstow, Surr. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

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Family and Education

1st s. of Thomas Bysshe of Burstow and Anne, da. of John Bysshe of Worth, Suss.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 103. educ. Furnival’s Inn; L. Inn 1605, called 1612. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 145. m. by 1610, Oxford DNB sub Bysshe, Sir Edward. Mary, da. of John Turner† of Ham, Bletchingley, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.). Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 103; PROB 11/293, f. 344. d. 1655. Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 20.

Offices Held

Under-sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1605–6, G.H. Glanville, ‘Aspects of the Hist. of the County of Surr.’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1972), p. 147. escheator 1608 – 09, 1612–13; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 166. commr. inquiry into the lands of the earl of Somerset, Suss. 1617; C181/2, f. 291v. feodary, Surr. 1614–?37; WARD 9/275, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 193. j.p. Surr. 1617 – at least22, 1623 – at least25, 1645 – at least48, Suss. 1624-at least 1625; C231/4, ff. 35, 154, 163; 231/6, f. 30; Cal. Assize Recs. Surr. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 239; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 16; ASSI 35/89/5. commr. subsidy, Surr. 1622, 1624, 1641–2, C212/22/21, 23; SR, v. 65, 155. assessment 1643, LJ, v. 642. levying money 1643, A. and O. i. 234. ?oyer and terminer, Suss. 1644, ?gaol delivery 1644, sewers,C181/5, f. 235. Kent and Surr. 1645. C181/5, f. 264.