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b. c. 1590, 2nd but o. surv. s. of (Sir) William Cavendish† of Hardwick Hall, Derbys. and 1st w. Anne, da. and coh. of Henry Keighley of Keighley, Yorks.CP, iv. 340-1. educ. privately (James Starkey) 1599-1602, (Thomas Oates) 1602-4, (Robert Bruen) 1604-8, L. Hulse, ‘Hardwick mss 29: A New Source for Jacobean Lutenists’, Lute, xxvi. 63. (Thomas Hobbes) 1608-c.1615; Oxford DNB sub Hobbes, Thomas. G. Inn, entered 1602; GI Admiss. travelled abroad (Italy) 1614-15. Oxford DNB sub Hobbes, Thomas. m. 10 Apr. 1608 (with £7,000), Christian (d. 16 Jan. 1675), da. of Edward, 1st Lord Bruce of Kinloss [S], of Ampthill, Beds. master of the Rolls 1603-11, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. Kntd. 7 Mar. 1609; styled. Lord Cavendish 7 Aug. 1618; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Devonshire 3 Mar. 1626. d. 20 June 1628. CP, iv. 340-1; Oxford DNB; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 247.
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J.p. Beds. 1608 – 15, 1624–d., SP14/33, f. 5; C66/2047; 66/2449; C231/4, f. 166. Derbys. c.1609, C66/1822. by 1612–d., C66/1898; E163/18/12, f. 14v. Notts. 1618 – d., Staffs. and Leics. 1626–d.; C231/4, ff. 58, 203; C66/2449. custos rot. Derbys. 1617-at least 1626;C231/4, f. 43; E163/18/12, f. 14v. commr. musters, Derbys. 1618, APC, 1618–19, p. 116. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1618-at least 1626, C181/1, f. 307; 181/3, f. 205v. Norf. circ. 1624-at least 1626; C181/3, ff. 116, 204v. ld. lt. Derbys. (jt.) 1619 – 26, (sole) 1626–d., Sainty, Lords Lieutenants, 17. commr. subsidy, Derbys. Derby, Notts. 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. Forced Loan, Derbys. 1626 – 27, Beds. 1627, Leics. 1627, Notts. 1627, Staffs. 1627, Derby 1627, E179/93/355, f. 1; C193/12/2, ff. 1, 9, 28, 42v, 53v, 81v. swans, Midland counties 1627, C181/3, f. 226. lead ore purchases, Derbys. 1627. SP16/35/40; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 307.

Member Virg. Co. 1612, cttee. 1621 – 24, Somers Islands Co. member 1620, cttee. 1622, gov. 1622–4; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 534, 603, 651; T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 262. member, E.I. Co. by 1626. PROB 11/152, f. 97v.

Main residences: Chatsworth, Derbys; Devonshire House, St. Botolph Bishopsgate, London.
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CAVENDISH, Sir William I (c.1590-1628)

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b. in or aft. 1594, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Charles Cavendish† (d.1617) of Welbeck and his 2nd w. Katherine, da. and coh. of Cuthbert, 7th Lord Ogle; bro. of Sir William II*. educ. household of Gilbert Talbot†, 7th earl of Shrewsbury; embassy, Savoy 1612; Oxf. 1613. unm. M. Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, Life of William Cavendish Duke of Newcastle ed. C.H. Firth, 1; HP Commons, 1558-1603, i. 565-6; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 339; Al. Ox. Kntd. 10 Aug. 1619. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 173. d. 4 Feb. 1654. A.S. Turberville, Welbeck Abbey and its Owners, i. 135.
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Freeman, Nottingham 1624. Notts. RO, Nottingham burgess lists, CA 4649, f. 10.

Commr. sewers, North Riding, Yorks. 1627, 1632, Lincs. and Notts. 1642, C181/3, f. 223; 181/4, f. 114; 181/5, f. 223. array Lincs. 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residences: Welbeck Abbey, Notts; Wellingore, Lincs.
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CAVENDISH, Sir Charles (in or aft.1594-1654)

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bap. 25 July 1568, GL, ms 4093/1. 1st s. of John Catcher of Broad Street, London, Pewterer and Ellen, da. of one Suthwicke. m. (1) Anne, da. of William Drewe; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), iii. 114; C2/Chas.I/C72/19; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, ii. 293; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 131. (2) Joan (bur. 1 Nov. 1607); (3) by 1622, Cicely (bur. 22 Dec. 1637); 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). Berks. RO, D/P 18/1/1; C54/2459/6. It is not possible to state firmly which wife bore which children. suc. fa. 1602; PROB 11/100, f. 176v. Kntd. 27 Aug. 1619. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 174. bur. 16 Nov. 1638 16 Nov. 1638. Berks. RO, D/P 18/1/1.
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Sheriff, Berks. 1618–19. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 6.

Farmer (jt.), duchy of Cornw. tin pre-emption 1621-c.1624. C66/2257/15; G. Haslam, ‘Jacobean Phoenix’, Estates of Eng. Crown ed. R.W. Hoyle, 289.

Main residences: London; Binfield, Berks.
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CATCHER, Sir John (1568-1638)

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