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CONINGSBY, Fitzwilliam (c.1596-1666), of Hampton Wafer, Docklow, Herefs.; later of Hampton Court, Herefs.

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b. bef. 25 Feb. 1596, T. Coningsby, Marden ([1722-29]), i. 649. 4th but o. surv. s. of Sir Thomas Coningsby† of Hampton Court, Herefs. and Philippa, da. of (Sir) William Fitzwilliam† of Milton, Northants. C.J. Robinson, Hist. of Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 148; Collins, Peerage (1756), iv. 314. educ. Hereford Cathedral sch.; Lincoln, Oxf. BA 1613. Duncumb, County of Hereford, i. 589; Al. Ox. m. 12 July 1617, Cecilia, da. of Sir Henry Neville II* of Birling, Kent, 3s. 2da. suc. fa. 1625. bur. 23 Apr. 1666 23 Apr. 1666. Robinson, 148. sig. F[itz]w[illiam] Conyngesby.
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J.p. Herefs. 1617-at least c.1641, 1660–d., C231/4, f. 60; C66/2859; 66/3074; C220/9/4, f. 34v. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22; 1624 – 26, 1641–2, C212/22/20–1, 23; Add. 11051, ff. 19, 141, SR, v. 85, 152. sewers, Wye valley 1621; C181/3, f. 33. dep. lt. Herefs. 1623 – 46, 1660–d.; Cheshire Archives, DNE 16; HEHL, EL7443; SP29/11/261; 29/60/142. high steward, Leominster ?1625 – c.49, 1660–d.; M.F. Keeler, Long Parl. 139; G.F. Townsend, Town and Bor. of Leominster, 291; Vis. Herefs. (Harl. Soc. n.s. xv), 29. sheriff 1626 – 27, 1642–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 61; J. and T.W. Webb, Mems. of Civil War Between King Charles I and Parl. of Eng. as it affected Herefs. and Adjacent Counties, i. 263, 313. commr. Forced Loan 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera viii. pt. 2, p. 145; Add. 11051, f. 33v. swans, Midland counties 1627, C181/3, f. 227. knighthood compositions, Herefs. 1631, E178/5333, f. 5. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1631 – 42, Wales and the Marches 1634–40; C181/4, ff. 97v, 162v; C181/5, ff. 185, 219v. member, Council in Marches of Wales 1633–?; Rymer, viii. pt. 4, p. 8. commr. array, Herefs. 1642–3, Northants. RO, FH133; C115/71/6511. safety (roy.) 1643; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 49. assessment 1661 – d., loyal and indigent officers, Herefs. 1662. SR, v. 331, 382, 460, 532.

Member, Westminster Co. of Soapmakers by 1636.C66/2788/10.

Gov. Hereford (roy.) 1642 – 43; col. of ft. 1643. Webb, i. 211, 263, 274; List of Officers Claiming (1663), p. 30.

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CONINGSBY, Fitzwilliam (c.1596-1666), of Hampton Wafer, Docklow, Herefs.; later of Hampton Court, Herefs.
Main residences: Hampton Wafer, Docklow, Herefs.PROB 11/148; f. 295.; Hampton Court, Herefs.
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CONINGSBY, Fitzwilliam (c.1596-1666)

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COMPTON, Spencer, Lord Compton (1601-1643), of Castle Ashby, Northants., Compton Wynyates, Warws. and Ludlow Castle, Salop

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b. May 1601, 1st s. of William Spencer, 1st earl of Northampton and Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Spencer, alderman of London.Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 67, 73, 124. educ. at Court; Queen’s, Camb. 1614, MA 1615; ?travelled abroad 1619-20. Al. Cant.; CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 107. m. Oct. 1621, Mary (d.18 Mar. 1654), da. of Sir Francis Beaumont of Glenfield, Leics., 6s, 2da. Chamberlain Letters, ii. 401-2; CP; J. Bridges, Hist. and Antiq. of Northants. i. 345. cr. KB 3 Nov. 1616; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. styled. Lord Compton 2 Aug. 1618; summ. to Lords in his fa’s barony as Lord Compton, by 1 Apr. 1626; CP. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Northampton 1630. C142/476/144. d. 19 Mar. 1643. sig. Spencer Compton.
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Warden, Whittlewood Forest, Northants. 1617-at least 1628; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 493; 1628–9, p. 354. freeman, Ludlow, 1621; Salop RO, LB2/1/1, f. 131. member, Council in the Marches 1627–30; HMC 12th Rep. iv. 251. ld. lt. Glos. and Warws. 1630–d.; APC, 1630–1, p. 284, 294; HMC 12th Rep. ix. 487; A. Hughes, Pols. Soc. and Civil War in Warws. 59–60. commr. knighthood fines, Warws. 1630 – 31, oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1632 – 42, sewers, Northants. 1634; E178/7154, f. 189C; 178/5687, ff. 5, 9; C181/4, ff. 110, 180. j.p. Glos., Northants. and Warws. 1634–42; Q.S.O.B. (Warws. county recs. i) ed. S.C. Ratcliff and H.C. Johnson, p. xxi; SP16/405. commr. array, Northants. and Warws. 1642; Northants. RO, FH133. collector, contributions (roy.) Northants. and Warw. 1642 – d.; commr. sequestration (roy.) Northants. 1642–d. Castle Ashby, ms 1083/6–9, 18.

Master of the robes, Prince Charle’s Household 1622 – 25, king’s Household 1626 – 30; master of the leash 1628. E101/436/3; E351/2809–11; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 142.

Col. ft. (roy.) 1642 – d.; gov. Banbury Castle, Oxon. 1642 – d.; col.-gen. (roy.) Northants. and Warws. Feb. 1643–d. Castle Ashby, ms 1083/3, 5, 10, 12, 19.

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COMPTON, Spencer, Lord Compton (1601-1643), of Castle Ashby, Northants., Compton Wynyates, Warws. and Ludlow Castle, Salop
Main residences: Castle Ashby, Northants.; Compton Wynyates, Warws.; Ludlow Castle, Salop.
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COMPTON, Sir Henry (c.1584-c.1649), of Allfarthing, Wandsworth, Surr.; Brambletye, nr. East Grinstead, Suss. and Finch Lane, London

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b. c. 1584, 3rd s. of Henry†, 1st Lord Compton (d.1589), of Compton Wynyates, Warws., being o.s. with his 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir John Spencer† of Althorp, Northants., wid. of Sir William Stanley†, 3rd Lord Mounteagle.Suss. Gens.: Ardingly Cent. comp. J. Comber, 178-9. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1599, aged 15; L. Inn 1602.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. (1) by 1604, Cecily (d.1624), da. of Robert Sackville*, 2nd earl of Dorset, 2s. 3da.; (2) 1624/5, Mary (d.1656), da. of Sir George Browne of Wickhambreaux, Kent, wid. of Thomas Paston of Binham, Norf., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2 da.Suss. Gens.: Ardingly Cent. 178-9; Gent. Mag. Iix. 112; Norf. Arch. xxx. 105; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 76. cr. KB 25 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154. d. by 5 July 1649.CCC, 1603 sig. Henry Compton.
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Assoc. bencher, L. Inn 1604–d.;LI Black Bks. ii. 84, 378. custos brevium, c.p. 1630–44.Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv-vii), 178; LJ, vi. 406.

Member, E.I. Co. 1614; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 297. asst. Westminster Co. of Soapmakers 1632.Historical Collections ed. J. Rushworth, ii. 136.J.R. Daniel-Tyssen, ‘Parlty. Survey of the County of Suss.’, Suss. Arch. Colls. xxiii. 299."

Commr. sewers, Suss. 1617, 1624 – 25, 1630 – 31, 1637 – 41, Kent and Suss. 1629, 1640, Lincs. 1636, Lincs. and Notts. 1639; C181/3, f. 292v; 181/3, ff. 133, 166v; 181/4, ff. 32, 46v, 73v; 181/5, ff. 42, 69, 149, 167, 205v. j.p. Suss. 1624-at least 1643, C231/4, f. 167v; E. Suss. RO, QR/E60. dep. lt. 1624-at least 1639,CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 300; 1638–9, p. 484. collector, Privy Seal loan (jt.) 1625–6,E401/2586, p. 40. commr. 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. oyer and terminer, Suss. 1627, Home circ. 1639–42;C181/3, f. 216; 181/5, ff. 138v, 222. asst. warden, Sackville Coll., East Grinstead, Suss. 1628;F. Hill, Sackville Coll. 104. commr. knighthood fines, Suss. 1630–2,E178/7154, f. 197; 178/5678, f. 4. piracy 1637;C181/5, f. 68v. ranger, Ashdown forest, Suss. by 1638.J.R. Daniel-Tyssen, ‘Parlty. Survey of the County of Suss.’, Suss. Arch. Colls. xxiii. 299.

Amb. (roy.), Portugal 1646–8.E. Prestage, Diplomatic Relations of Portugal, 109.

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COMPTON, Sir Henry (c.1584-c.1649), of Allfarthing, Wandsworth, Surr.; Brambletye, nr. East Grinstead, Suss. and Finch Lane, London
Main residences: Allfarthing, Wandsworth, Surr. and Brambletye, nr. East Grinstead, Suss. and Finch Lane, London.
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