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CLARKE, James I (c.1575-1621), of Norton Fitzwarren, Som.

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b. c. 1575, 1st s. of James Clarke† of Norton Fitzwarren and the M. Temple, and Ebbott, da. of William Lovell, clothier, of Bishop’s Lydeard, Som.C142/278/159; 142/340/209. educ. Taunton g.s. (John Bond*); Caius, Camb. 1590, aged 15, BA 1594, MA 1597; L. Inn 1595; incorp. Oxf. 1597. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. 3 Apr. 1604, Jane, da. and coh. of Robert Broughton of Sampford Beckfield, Wembdon, Som., 4s. 2da. suc. fa. 1612. bur. 22 Jan. 1621 22 Jan. 1621. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 16; Som. Wills ed. F. Brown, i. 47; Soc. Gen., Norton Fitzwarren par. reg.
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Commr. sewers, Som. 1616, C181/2, f. 246v. j.p. by 1617–d.; Q.S. Recs. ed. E.H. Bates (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 209, 264. treas. W. Som. 1617–18. Ibid. 215.

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CLARKE, James I (c.1575-1621), of Norton Fitzwarren, Som.
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CLARKE, Edward (d.1628), of Westminster

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4th s. of William Clarke of Barrow Minchin, Som. educ. M. Temple 1607.M. Temple Admiss. unm. d. Oct. 1628. PROB 6/13, f. 52. sig. Ed[ward] Clark.
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Clerk of the PC extraordinary 1620-at least 1623; APC, 1619–21, p. 276; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 495. groom of the bedchamber c.1620–5; CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 366, 569; 1627–8, p. 77. member, embassy to Denmark 1627; agent to La Rochelle 1627–8. SP75/8, ff. 232–4; SP82/6, f. 100; APC, 1627, p. 476.

Freeman, Hythe, Kent 1625. G. Wilks, Barons of Cinque Ports, 75.

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CLARKE, Edward (d.1628), of Westminster
Main residence: Westminster.
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P.J.L.
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CLARKE, James II (c.1584-1640), of Widemarsh ward, Hereford and the Inner Temple, London.

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b. c. 1584, 1st s. of Thomas Clarke, town clerk of Hereford, and Mabel, da. and coh. of William Garnons of Blackmore, Herefs. Vis. Herefs. ed. Weaver, 86; R. Johnson, Ancient Customs of City of Hereford, 180; PROB 11/127, f. 359. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1599, aged 15, BA (Hart Hall) 1602; I. Temple 1601, called 1610. Al. Ox.; I. Temple admiss. database. m. settlement 26 May 1614, Mary, da. of (Sir) Francis Palmes† of Lindley, Yorks. and the I. Temple, London, 1s. suc. fa. 1616. Vis. Herefs. ed. Weaver, 86; C142/773/196. d. by 3 Mar. 1641. PROB 11/185, f. 297v. sig. J[ames] Clarke.
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Commr. subsidy, Hereford 1624, alderman by 1634–d. C212/22/23; Vis. Herefs. (Harl. Soc. n.s. xv), 15; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 201.

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CLARKE, James II (c.1584-1640), of Widemarsh ward, Hereford and the Inner Temple, London.
Main residences: Widemarsh ward, Hereford; the Inner Temple, London.
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J.P.F.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CLARE, Ralph (c.1587-1670), of Caldwell and Kidderminster, Worcs. and St. James’s, Westminster

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b. c. 1587, 1st s. of Sir Francis Clare of Caldwell, and Muriel, da. of Ralph Sheldon of Beoley, Worcs.Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 38. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1597 aged 10; BA St John’s, Oxf. 1601; M. Temple 1602. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. unm. Vis. Worcs. ed. Metcalfe, 33. suc. fa. 1608; CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 268. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. d. 21 Apr. 1670. T. Nash, Colls. for Hist. Worcs. ii. 53.
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Kpr. Tickenhill House and Bewdley Park, Worcs. 1608–d.; SO3/4, unfol. (July 1608). j.p. Worcs. by 1621 – at least44, 1660–d.; C193/13/1, f. 104v ; Diary of Henry Townshend ed. J.W. Willis Bond (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1920), ii. 184, 276. dep. lt. Worcs. 1625 – 42, 1660–d.; Charles by the Grace of God King of England (1625), STC 8766; HEHL, EL 7443; SP29/11/321; SP44/35A, f. 4v commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and the Marches 1625–40, C181/3, f. 154; C181/2, f. 184v. Forced Loan, Worcs. 1627; C193/12/2, f. 62. member, Council of the Marches of Wales 1633; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 7. high steward, Kidderminster 1636–d.; J.R. Burton, Hist. Kidderminster, 74. commr. charitable uses, Worcs. 1640, C192/1, unfol. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. raising vols. (roy.) 1642, R.H. Silcock, ‘County Govt. in Worcs.’ (London Ph.D. thesis, 1974), p. 327. safety (roy.) 1643 – 46, accts. (roy.) 1644, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 14, 219; Diary of Henry Townshend, iii. 265. Sir Jacob Astley’s army, Glos., Worcs. and Warws. 1645–6, Diary of Henry Townshend, iii. 244 Poll Tax, Worcs. 1660, assessment, 1660, 1662, 1664 – 68, Worcester 1660, indigent roy. officers, Worcs. 1662, subsidy, Worcs. 1663. SR, v. 220, 273, 274, 341, 384, 468, 542, 572, 582, 586, 619.

Gent. privy chamber, Prince Henry’s Household by 1610 – 12, Prince Charles’s Household 1613 – 25, Charles I, 1625 – 28, Charles II by 1664. Harl. 7009, f. 5; LC2/4/6, f. 35v; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Jas. I, i. 257; LC2/6, f. 69; SP16/2/118; T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Chas. I, i. 419; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 675

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CLARE, Ralph (c.1587-1670), of Caldwell and Kidderminster, Worcs. and St. James’s, Westminster
Main residences: Caldwell; Kidderminster, Worcs.; St. James's, Westminster.
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G.R.
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CHUTE, Sir Walter (c.1574-1617), of Bethersden, Kent and Whitehall, Westminster

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b. c. 1574, 2nd s. of George Chute (d.1618) of Bethersden and Elizabeth, da. of Edward Gage of Bentley, Suss.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 96; A.J. Pearman, ‘Chutes of Bethersden, Appledore, and Hinxhill’, Arch. Cant. xviii. 59-60. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1588, aged 14; G. Inn 1593; Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. unm. Kntd. 23 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 103. bur. 29 Dec. 1617 29 Dec. 1617. St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 175.
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Vol. Azores 1597, Flushing garrison 1600, Ire. 1601. W. Raleigh, Hist. of the World (1617), 362; Sidney Letters ed. A. Collins, ii. 199; HMC 7th Rep. 525.

Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1602, 1609, 1611, 1616 – 17, Kent 1605; C181/1, ff. 28v, 121v; 181/2, ff. 88, 150v, 247v, 295. j.p. Kent 1606 – 14, 1617–d. Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 28, 121; C231/4, f. 39.

Gent. pens. by 1603-at least 1609; LC2/4/4, f. 60; E179/70/121. sewer of chamber by 1613; Coke, Reps. xii. 116. carver 1614. Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton ed. L. Pearsall Smith, ii. 37.

Member, embassy to France 1610. HMC Downshire, ii. 371.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 265.

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CHUTE, Sir Walter (c.1574-1617), of Bethersden, Kent and Whitehall, Westminster
Main residences: Bethersden, Kent; Whitehall, Westminster.
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J.P.F.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CHUTE, Sir Walter (c.1574-1617)

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CHUDLEIGH, Sir John (c.1584-?1634), of Stretchleigh/Strashleigh, Ermington, Devon.

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b. c. 1584, 2nd s. of John Chudleigh† (d.1589) and Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Speake† of White Lackington, Som.; bro. of George*. m. (1) aft. 15 Jan. 1626, Margaret, da. of Sir William Courtenay† of Powderham, Devon, wid. of Sir Warwick Hele*,? s.p.; (2) 1st or 5th Jan. 1634, Dorothy, da. of Richard Norris, wid. of Christopher Blackhall and one Brooking, ? s.p.Vis. Devon (Harl. Soc. vi), 59. J.L. Vivian says he was the 3rd son, but does not name the 2nd: Vivian, Vis. Devon, 190. Kntd. 28 Sept. 1625.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. d. aft. 1 Jan. 1634. sig. Jo[hn] Chudleigh.
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Capt. privateer, 1617–18,Ralegh’s Last Voyage, 117–121; Bodl. Tanner 290, f. 4v. RN 1620 – 21, 1623 – 28, v.-adm. 1628;Add. 36444, f. 167; HMC Cowper, i. 142; CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 77, 146, 328; Add. 37816, f. 30; SP16/28, f. 12; Add. 9297, f. 53v. member, Council of War 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 563.

Member, Guiana Co. by 1618,T. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 265. New Eng. Co. by 1622.‘Recs. of the Council for New Eng.’, Procs. Amer. Antiq. Soc. 1867, pp. 75, 77.

Commr. to arrest Esperance of Newhaven and make an inventory of its goods, 1624.HCA 30/858, no. 113.

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CHUDLEIGH, Sir John (c.1584-?1634), of Stretchleigh/Strashleigh, Ermington, Devon.
Main residence: Stretchleigh/Strashleigh, Ermington, DevonThis was his abode in 1617: Ralegh’s Last Voyage ed. V.T. Harlow, 117.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CHUDLEIGH, John (1606-1634), of Ashton, Devon.

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bap. 20 July 1606, 1st s. of (Sir) George Chudleigh* of Ashton and Mary, da. of Sir William Strode* of Newnham, Plympton St. Mary, Devon. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 190. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1621, BA 1624, MA 1626; MA Camb. 1629. Al. Ox. unm. bur. 15 Apr. 1634 15 Apr. 1634. Reg. St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 285.
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Gent. of privy chamber extraordinary 1629–d. LC5/132, p. 126.

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CHUDLEIGH, John (1606-1634), of Ashton, Devon.
Main residence: Ashton, Devon.
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P.M.H.
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CHUDLEIGH, George (1582-1658), of Ashton, Devon.

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b. 14 Nov. 1582, C142/229/137. 1st s. of John Chudleigh† of Ashton and Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Speake† of White Lackington, Som.; bro. of Sir John*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 190. educ. New Coll. Oxf. 1596. Al. Ox. m. by 1606, Mary, da. of Sir William Strode* of Newnham, Plympton St. Mary, Devon, 9s. (4 d.v.p.) 9da. (5 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1589; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 190; M. Adams, ‘Ashton church and the Chudleighs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xxxi. 193. cr. bt. 1 Aug. 1622. C66/2274. d. 15 Jan. 1658. Devon RO, Ashton par. reg. sig. Geo[rge] Chudleigh.
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J.p. Devon by 1614–42, C66/1988; C231/5, p. 530. commr. piracy 1615, 1619 – 20, 1630, 1637–9, C181/2, ff. 242v, 348; 181/3, f. 2; 181/4, f. 52v; 181/5, f. 132v. dep. lt. by 1625-at least 1642, Devon RO, 1148 M/Add/18/1; Buller Pprs. ed. R.N. Worth, p. 74. commr. impressment 1625, APC, 1623–5, p. 499. Privy Seal loan 1625–6, E401/2586, p. 222. billeting, Devon and Cornw. 1625 – 26, 1627–8, APC, 1625–6, pp. 55–6; SP16/90/59. martial law 1625, 1627–8, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 180; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. treas. and paymaster for billeting 1626–8, E351/288. commr. Forced Loan, Devon 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 10. treas. of Loan 1627 – 28, Cornw. 1627, APC, 1627, pp. 76, 260; SP16/102/16. commr. to investigate Sir John Eliot*, Devon 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 349. knighthood fines from 1630, E101/668/12, f. 1. sewers 1634, C181/4, f. 163. sjt.-maj.-gen. militia from 1635, SP16/291/14.II. commr. incorporation of maltsters 1636, PC2/46, p. 374. hard soap, W. Country, C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. exacted fees, Devon and Exeter 1638, Ibid. f. 109v. charitable uses, Bampton, Devon 1641, C192/1, unfol. assessment, Devon 1641–2. SR, v. 61, 83, 150.

Member, Council for New Eng. 1620. M. Wolffe, Gentry Leaders in Peace and War, 99.

Gov. St. Nicholas Is. Plymouth, Devon 1642–3, Mercurius Civicus (14–21 Nov. 1644). Exeter 1642–3; Mercurius Aulicus, 7 Jan. 1643. lt.-gen. (parl.), Devon 1643. Devon RO, 1392 M/L1645/32.

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CHUDLEIGH, George (1582-1658), of Ashton, Devon.
Main residence: Ashton, Devon.
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CHUBBE, Matthew (d.1617), of North Street, Dorchester, Dorset

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2nd s. of John Chubbe (d.1572) of Misterton, Som. and Dorchester, and Agnes, da. of John Corbin, baker, of Dorchester.Dorset Vis. Addenda ed. Colby and Rylands, 16; Soc. Gen., Holy Trinity, Dorchester par. reg.; Municipal Recs. of Dorchester ed. C.H. Mayo, 331. m. Margaret (d.1625), da. of Alexander Buckler of Woolcombe, Dorset, s.p. Dorset Vis. Addenda, 16; PROB 11/153, ff. 354v-5v. suc. bro. 1597. F. Weaver, Som. Incumbents, 89. admon. 15 July 1617. PROB 11/130, f. 80.
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Bailiff, Dorchester 1580 – 81, 1588 – 89, 1595 – 96, 1598 – 99, 1602 – 03, 1605–6, STAC 5/E12/31; 5/C3/1; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 352; Dorset RO, B2/11/2. town steward 1583–4, Municipal Recs. of Dorchester, 479. constable 1589 – 90, 1593 – 94, 1599 – 1600, 1602 – 03, capital burgess by 1591–d.; Dorset RO, B2/11/2. treas. for maimed soldiers, Dorset 1603 – 04, collector, subsidy 1604; CD 1604–7, p. 24. dep. steward of bor. ct., Dorchester by 1609. STAC 8/44/17.

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CHUBBE, Matthew (d.1617), of North Street, Dorchester, Dorset
Main residence: North Street, Dorchester, Dorset.
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J.P.F.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CHOLMONDELEY, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (1584-1659), of Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire; later of St. John’s Churchyard, Chester and Bickley Hall, Cheshire

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b. 26 June 1584,J. Lodge, Peerage of Ire. iii. 76-7. 1st s. of (Sir) Hugh Cholmondeley† of Cholmondeley and Mary, da. of Christopher Holford of Holford, Cheshire. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1600. Al. Ox. m. Catherine (d. 15 June 1657), da. of John, Lord Stanhope (Sir John Stanhope*) of Harrington, Northants., s.p.; 1s. illegit. suc. fa. 1601; cr. bt. 29 June 1611, Visct. Cholmondeley of Kells [I] 2 July 1628, Bar. Cholmondeley of Wich Malbank (Nantwich) 1 Sept. 1645, earl of Leinster [I] 5 Mar. 1646. d. 8 Oct. 1659. CP; Cheshire Archives, DCH/ZZ/2; Lodge, iii. 76-78; CB; G. Ormerod, Hist. Cheshire, ii. 638; Oxford DNB.
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J.p. Cheshire 1614–42; J. Morrill, Cheshire, 16; C231/4, pp. 90, 165, 227. commr. sewers, Chester 1615; C181/2, f. 233v. sheriff, Cheshire 1619–20,Cheshire Archives, DCH/M/32/2. commr. subsidy, 1621, 1624, C212/22/20, 23 Forced Loan 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii, pt. 2, p. 144. array 1642, Cheshire Archives, ML/2/286. raising troops (roy.), Cheshire, Denb., Flints. 1644.HMC 10th Rep. IV, 373.

Col. (roy.), 1642–5. R.H. Morris, Siege of Chester, 25, 28.

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CHOLMONDELEY, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (1584-1659), of Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire; later of St. John’s Churchyard, Chester and Bickley Hall, Cheshire
Main residences: Cholmondeley Hall, Cheshire; St. John's Churchyard, Chester; Bickley Hall, Cheshire.
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C.R.K.
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Commons 1604-1629
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CHOLMONDELEY, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (1584-1659)

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