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DOWSE, Edward (c.1582-1648), of Petworth, Suss. and Syon House, Mdx.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1582, Age calculated from date of admiss. to Hart Hall, Oxf. yr. s. of Thomas Dowse (d.1601) of Salisbury, Wilts. and Broughton, Hants and Blanche, da. of John Covert of Slaugham, Suss. Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv) 58; C142/270/105; Suss. Gens.: Ardingly Cent. comp. J. Comber, 187. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1597, BA 1601, MA 1604; incorp. MA, Camb. 1616. Al. Ox.; Al. Cant. m. one Gresham, s.p. d. by 29 Apr. 1648. PROB 11/204, f. 57.

Offices Held

Tutor to Algernon Percy*, Lord Percy 1615–18, Household Pprs. of Henry Percy, Ninth Earl of Northumberland, 141, 152; HMC 6th Rep. 230–1. sec. by 1642. Pvte. Jnls. of the Long Parl.: Mar.-June 1642, p. 399.

Capt. of horse, 1640. LJ, v. 164.

Freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1640; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 352. dep. lt., Suss. 1644; CJ, iii. 516. commr. Southern Association, Suss. 1644, New Model Army, 1645, assessment, 1645 – d., Hants 1647 – d., safety, Hants 1645; A. and O. i. 451, 624, 640, 696, 974, 976, 1092, 1094. j.p. Suss. 1646–d. C231/6, p. 40; Q. Sess. Order Bk. ed. B.C. Redwood (Suss. Rec. Soc. liv) p. xxvii.

Member, cttee. Irish Affairs, 1642. CJ, ii. 750.

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DOWSE, Edward (c.1582-1648), of Petworth, Suss. and Syon House, Mdx.

Main residences: Petworth, Suss.; Syon House, Mdx.

Author

H.J.L.

B.C.

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Commons 1604-1629

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DOWSE, Edward (c.1582-1648)

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DOWNES, Roger (c.1570-1638), of Gray’s Inn, London and Wardley Hall, Lancs.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1570, s. of Roger Downes (d.1590), of Redacre, Cheshire, and Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Worsley of Pemberton, Lancs.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxii), 133; Wills at Chester (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ii), 56. educ. Staple Inn, G. Inn 1590, called ?1598. GI Admiss.; W. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 357. m. (1) 23 Apr. 1601, Wigan Par. Regs. 1580-1625 (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. iv), 264. Elizabeth (bur. 17 Sept. 1602), Ibid. 188. da. of Miles Gerrard of Ince, Lancs., 1s. d.v.p. ; Ibid. 53. (2) 11 Sept. 1605, Cockerham Par. Regs. (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxi), 98. Anne, da. of John Calvert of Cockerham, Lancs., 3s. 1da.; (3) c.1620, Mary (d. aft. 1643), da. of Richard Holland† of Heaton, Lancs., wid. of Adam Eccleston, of Eccleston, Lancs., s.p. DL1/284; PROB 11/213, ff. 227-9v. bur. 6 July 1638. Wigan Par. Regs. 1626-75 (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. clii), 227.

Offices Held

Feodary, Ct. of Wards, Lancs. 1601–5; WARD 9/275, unfol.; HMC Hatfield, xxii. 116. freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1602, Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 55, 78. Wigan, Lancs. by 1628; D. Sinclair, Hist. Wigan, i. 197. j.p. Lancs. by 1604-at least 1633; Lancs. RO, QSC 3–20. commr. sewers, Lancs. 1608, 1633, C181/2, f. 59v, 181/4, f. 130v. subsidy, 1621 – 22, 1624; C212/22/20, 21, 23. v.-chamberlain of Chester, 1625–d.; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 60. commr. Forced Loan, Lancs. 1627; C193/12/2, f. 30. collector, knighthood fines, Lancs. 1631–2, HEHL, EL12021; E178/7154, f. 239. St. Paul’s Cathedral repair, 1635; C.W. Sutton, Life of Humphrey Chetham (Chetham Soc. n.s. lxix), 91. commr. charitable uses, Chester 1637. C192/1, unfol.

Bencher, G. Inn 1615 – d., reader 1615, dean of the chapel 1624, treas. 1628. PBG Inn i. 218, 265, 283.

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DOWNES, Roger (c.1570-1638), of Gray’s Inn, London and Wardley Hall, Lancs.

Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Wardley Hall, Lancs.

Author

R.C.L.S.

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Commons 1604-1629

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DOWNES, Roger (c.1570-1638)

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DOWNES, Francis (1606-1648), of Wardley Hall, Lancs.

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bap. 19 July 1606,Eccles Par. Regs. (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxv), 53. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Roger Downes* of Wardley Hall, and 2nd w. Anne, da. of John Calvert of Cockerham, Lancs. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxii), 133. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1623, G. Inn 1623. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. m. Elizabeth (d. 16 Mar. 1648), H.V. Hart-Davis, Wardley Hall, 57 da. of John Preston† of Furness, Lancs. s.p. Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 236. suc. fa. 4 July 1638. DL7/27/54. d. 9 Mar. 1648. Hart-Davis, 57.

Offices Held

Commr. swans, Lancs., Cheshire and elsewhere 1627; C181/3, f. 227v. freeman, Wigan, Lancs. by 1628. D. Sinclair, Hist. Wigan, i. 197.

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DOWNES, Francis (1606-1648), of Wardley Hall, Lancs.

Main residence: Wardley Hall, Lancs.

Author

R.C.L.S.

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Commons 1604-1629

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DOWNES, Francis (1606-1648)

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DOUGHTY (DOWGHTY), William (c.1578-1650), of Tuesday Market, King’s Lynn and East Dereham, Norf.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1578, 3rd s. of William Doughty (d.1634) of Hanworth, Norf., merchant and brewer and Margaret, da. of John Houghton of Gunthorpe, Norf. educ. household of Thomas Oxborough*, recorder of King’s Lynn, to 1604. m. (1) c.1605-9, Prisca, da. of William Remington of Gt. Yarmouth and Norwich, Norf., wid. of Michael Owner (d.1605) of Gt. Yarmouth, wool draper, 2s. 4da.; (2) aft. 1621 (with £1,200), Dorothy, da. of Seth Hawley of King’s Lynn, merchant, wid. of John Beane (d.1621) of King’s Lynn, merchant, s.p.E. Anglian Peds. (Norf. Rec. Soc. xiii), 104; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Rec. Soc. v), 200; Gen. Gleanings in Eng. ed. H.F. Waters, ii. 1411; Norf. RO, St. Margaret, King’s Lynn, par. reg. bur. 29 Sept. 1650 29 Sept. 1650. Norf. RO, St. Margaret, King’s Lynn, par. reg.

Offices Held

Freeman, King’s Lynn 1604, Cal. Lynn Freemen, 131. common cllr. 1609–15, Norf. RO (King’s Lynn), KL/C7/8, f. 438. dep. alderman 1609, Ibid. f. 455. auditor, toll house 1610–11, Ibid. f. 469v. auditor, water tolls 1610–11, Ibid. KL/C44/8. town auditor 1610–45, Ibid. KL/C7/9, ff. 64v, 84v, 167, 277. corn supervisor 1615–17, Ibid. KL/C7/9, ff. 78v, 101v. alderman 1615–45, Ibid. f. 72. mayor 1618 – 19, 1625 – 26, 1633 – 34, 1640–1; Norf. Official Lists ed. H. L’Estrange, 194. commr. sewers, Norf. 1630, C181/4, f. 21v. charitable uses 1635, 1637, C192/1, unfol. fen drainage 1636, C181/5, f. 11v. assessment, King’s Lynn 1641–2. SR, v. 65.

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DOUGHTY (DOWGHTY), William (c.1578-1650), of Tuesday Market, King’s Lynn and East Dereham, Norf.

Main residences: Tuesday Market, King's Lynn; East Dereham, Norf.

Dowghty

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C.R.K.

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Commons 1604-1629

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DOUGHTY (DOWGHTY), William (c.1578-1650)

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DOUGHTY, John (c.1562-1629), of Red Cross, Bristol, Glos.

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b. c. 1562,According to his funeral monument he died aged 67. W. Barrett, Hist. and Antiqs. of City of Bristol, 446. s. of John Doughty, yeoman of Duddlewick, Stottesdon, Salop and Anne, da. of William Holland of Burwarton, Salop. Salop RO, Stottesdon par. reg.; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 250. educ. appr. Bristol 1584. Bristol Appr. Bk. transcribed M. MacGregor (Bristol and Avon Fam. Hist. Soc.), iii. 28. m. Mary, Sales of Wards ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), 177. 3s. 6da.; 6 other ch. d.v.p. PROB 11/157, f. 116. d. 20 Dec. 1629. Adams’s Chron. of Bristol ed. F.F. Fox, 224.

Offices Held

Freeman, Bristol 1596, Bristol RO, burgess bk. 1557–99, f. 53. common councilman 1606–20, Bristol Lists comp. A.B. Beaven, 287. sheriff 1606–7, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 168. capt. militia 1612–d.,Bristol RO, Common Council procs. 1608–27, f. 32v; Adams’s Chron. of Bristol, 224. dep. alderman 1612, Bristol RO, Common Council procs. 1608–27, f. 28v. alderman 1620 – d., mayor 1620–1, Bristol Lists, 287. auditor (jt.) 1621, City Chamberlains’ Accts. ed. D.M. Livock (Bristol Rec. Soc. xxiv), 162. constable of Staple 1621–2. Bristol RO, Common Council procs. 1608–27, f. 101.

Member, Newfoundland Co. 1610; A. Brown, Genesis of US, 391. member, Bristol Merchant Venturers by 1618, Recs. Relating to Soc. of Merchant Venturers ed. P.W. McGrath (Bristol Rec. Soc. xvii), 27. master 1623–4. J. Latimer, Hist. of Merchant Venturers of Bristol, 326.

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DOUGHTY, John (c.1562-1629), of Red Cross, Bristol, Glos.

Main residence: Red Cross, Bristol, Glos.

Author

A.D.

Volume

Commons 1604-1629

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DOUGHTY, John (c.1562-1629)

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DOUBLEDAY (DUBBLEDAY), Edmund (c.1564-1620), of the Neat House, King Street West, Westminster and the Middle Temple, London

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b. c. 1564, s. of Henry Doubleday of London, Haberdasher. MTR, 384; GL, ms 15857/1, ff. 98v, 126. educ. M. Temple 1598, called 1608. m. (1) 23 Mar. 1587, Agnes (bur. 30 Nov. 1589), wid. of John Varneham of Westminster and Gravesend, Kent, gardener, s.p.; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 300, 453; PROB 11/69, f. 565v. (2) by 21 Nov. 1590, Alice (bur. 9 June 1597), wid. of William Cooke of London, Fishmonger and Vintner, 2s. (at least 1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 prob. d.v.p.); WAM, lease bk. vii. f. 149v; GL, ms 15482/1, f. 48v; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, 54, 56, 57, 60, 468. (3) by Sept. 1598, Anne (bur. 28 Dec. 1607), 1s. prob. d.v.p. 4da. (1 ); Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster, 63-65, 67, 73, 489. (4) by Dec. 1609, Margaret, da. of Lawrence Caldwall of Battersea, Surr., 6s. (2 ) 3da. (1 ). bur. 26 Dec. 1620 26 Dec. 1620. Ibid. 80, 83, 85, 87, 90, 95, 98, 101, 106, 504-5, 514, 519. sig. Edmund Dowbleday.

Offices Held

Freeman, Haberdashers’ Co. 1585 – 90, Vintners’ Co. 1590–d.; GL, ms 15857/1, f. 126; 15482/1, f. 48v. feoffee, Westminster Military Co. by 1617. E112/100/1174.

Scrivener, London 1587; WAM, lease bk. vii. f. 6. overseer of poor, St. Margaret’s, Westminster 1590–1, WCA, E147 (1590–1 acct.), f. 1v. vestryman by 1603, WCA, E2413, unfol. trustee for poor by 1605-at least 1607, C54/1826; WAM, 36446. assessor, subsidy, 1597, 1600, E179/142/235, 237. commr. subsidy 1603, 1607 – 08, 1611; E115/418/40; E179/142/245; SP14/31/1; E115/87/30. high constable, Westminster 1592–5, WCA, E6 (1592–3 acct.); H.F. Westlake, St. Margaret’s Westminster, 211. burgess by 1601; W.H. Manchée, Westminster City Fathers, 210; WCA, WCB1 passim, WCB2 passim. commr. sewers, Westminster 1604, C181/1, ff. 88, 100. London and suburbs 1607, Lansd. 168, f. 152v. Coln valley, Herts. and Mdx. 1609; C181/2, f. 90. bailiff, Stanwell and Neate manors, Mdx. 1605-at least 1610; E315/310, f. 36; LR7/14/10. commr. houses belonging to kpr. of Westminster Palace 1611, E178/4192. oyer and terminer, London 1612 – at least13, 1618, C181/2, ff. 179, 195; 231/4, p. 119. Mdx. 1612, C181/2, ff. 178, 197. Newgate 1619, Ibid. f. 344v. annoyances, Mdx. 1613, Ibid. f. 199. new buildings, London and suburbs 1615, APC, 1615–16, pp. 121–2. ltcy. Mdx. 1617–20, C66/2137/7. tumult at Spanish amb.’s house 1618, C181/2, f. 319v. survey, L. Inn Fields 1618; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. j.p. Surr. 1613–d., Cal. Assize Recs. Surr. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 91, 196. Mdx. by 1613-at least 1617, Mdx. Sessions Recs. ed. W. le Hardy, i. 133; iv. 284. Westminster 1619–d. C181/2, f. 331v; C181/3, f. 16.

Teller of the mint (jt.) 1601–9, C66/1559 m.14; E351/2030, unfol. (sole) 1609 – d., warden (jt.) 1609–d.; C66/1822; E351/2034, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 571. distiller of herbs and sweet waters, and librarian, Whitehall (jt.) 1604; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 89. commr. inquiry, lands of the earl of Somerset 1616, Thomas Eltofts 1617; C181/2, ff. 258, 289v. master in Chancery (extraordinary), July 1620–d. C216/1/77.

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DOUBLEDAY (DUBBLEDAY), Edmund (c.1564-1620), of the Neat House, King Street West, Westminster and the Middle Temple, London

Main residences: the Neat House, King Street West, WestminsterWCA, F3344; unfol; WCA, E150 (1615 acct.), f. 3v.; the Middle Temple, London.

Dubbleday

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A.D.T.

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Commons 1604-1629

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DOUBLEDAY (DUBBLEDAY), Edmund (c.1564-1620)

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DOTTYN, Walter (c.1554-1635), of Totnes, Devon

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b. c. 1554.Aged c.65 in 1619: REQ 2/417/118. m. 10 Oct. 1580, Agnes Blackler (d.1592), 1s. d.v.p. bur. 4 Aug. 1635 4 Aug. 1635. Devon RO, Totnes par. reg. sig. Walter Dotin.

Offices Held

Warden of Magdalene almshouses, Totnes 1590, Devon RO, 1579A-O/5/45. ‘master’, Totnes by 1601-at least 1630, Ibid. 1579A-O/5/32. mayor 1601 – 02, 1617–18. E. Windeatt, ‘Totnes Mayors’, Western Antiquary, x. 123, 149.

Member, Span. Co. 1604, Span. Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 99. French Co. 1611. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 282.

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DOTTYN, Walter (c.1554-1635), of Totnes, Devon

Main residence: Totnes, Devon.

Author

G.Y.

P.M.H.

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Commons 1604-1629

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DOTTYN, Walter (c.1554-1635)

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DORMER, Sir John (1556-1627), of Dorton and Long Crendon, Bucks.

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b. 18 Oct. 1556,C142/141/24. 1st s. of William Dormer of Thame, Oxon. and Dorton, and Elizabeth, da. of ?Scriven of Calais. F.G. Lee, Hist. Thame Church, 510. m. (1) bef. c.1590 Jane (bur. 8 Sept. 1605), da. of John Giffard of Chillington, Staffs., 5s., at least 2da.; (2) Judith, wid. of Sir Arthur Atye* of Kilburn, Mdx., s.p.; C2/Jas.I/S31/35. (3) Oct. 1622, Catherine, da. of Michael Blount† of Mapledurham, Oxon., wid. of Sir John Croke† of Chilton, Bucks., s.p. CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 454. suc. fa. 1563, suc. cos. Sir Michael Dormer 1624. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 122. d. 10 Mar. 1627. C142/435/112.

Offices Held

Sheriff, Bucks. 1597–8; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. verderer, Barnwood Forest, Bucks., by 1608; commr. subsidy, Bucks. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624. SP14/31/1, f. 4; C212/22/20, 21, 23.

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DORMER, Sir John (1556-1627), of Dorton and Long Crendon, Bucks.

Main residences: Dorton; Long Crendon, Bucks.

Author

R.C.L.S.

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Commons 1604-1629

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DORMER, Sir John (1556-1627)

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DODINGTON, Sir William II (c.1598-1624), of Breamore, Hants.

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b. c.1598, 1st s. of Sir William Dodington I* (d.1638) of Breamore, and Mary, da. and h. of Sir John Herbert*, sec. of state 1600-17, of Neath Abbey, Glam. and Mortlake, Surr., bro. of Herbert*.Cardiff Recs. ed. J.H. Matthews, iii. 512. unm. Kntd. 17 Apr. 1623. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 181. d. 1624. C.A. Bradford, ‘William Dodington, a Tragedy of St. Sepulchre’s, Holborn, 1600’, London and Mdx. Arch. Soc. Trans. n.s. vii. 125.

Offices Held

Groom of the privy chamber to Queen Anne of Denmark to 1619. LC2/5, f. 35.

J.p. Hants 1622–d. C231/4, f. 140.

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DODINGTON, Sir William II (c.1598-1624), of Breamore, Hants.

Main residence: Breamore, Hants.

Author

V.C.D.M.

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Commons 1604-1629

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DODINGTON, Sir William II (c.1598-1624)

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DODINGTON (DORRINGTON), Sir William I (1572-1638), of Breamore, Hants.

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b. 1 July 1572,C142/261/28. o.s. of William Dodington†, auditor of imprests 1570-95, of Aldersgate, London and Breamore and Christian, da. of William Walsingham of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent, wid. of John Tamworth† of Sutton, Lincs. C.A. Bradford, ‘William Dodington, a Tragedy of St. Sepulchre’s, Holborn, 1600’, London and Mdx. Arch. Soc. Trans. n.s. vii. 125. educ. M. Temple 1591. M. Temple Admiss. m. (settlement 17 Feb. 1595) C142/378/132. Mary (d.1629), da. and h. of Sir John Herbert*, sec. of state 1600-17, of Neath Abbey, Glam. and Mortlake, Surr., 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). Cardiff Recs. ed. J.H. Matthews, iii. 512; PROB 11/130, f. 346; PROB 11/179, f. 362v. suc. fa. 1600; C142/261/28. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 118. d. 23 Oct. 1638. WARD 7/95/136. sig. W[illiam] Dodington.

Offices Held

J.p. Hants 1602 – 34, 1636–d.; Whithed Letter Bk. (Hants Rec. ser. i), 22; C231/1, f. 129; 231/5, f. 151. commr. sewers, Hants and Wilts. 1605, I.o.W. 1631; C181/1, f. 103v; 181/4, f. 89. sheriff, Hants 1605–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 56. commr. survey, Hurst Castle, Hants 1608, SP/14/37/109. disarming recusants, Hants 1613, 1625, Whithed Letter Bk. 98; Add. 21922, f. 38. survey, Christchurch bridge, Hants 1617, Hants RO, 4M53/140, f. 206v. subsidy, Hants 1621 – 22, 1624; C212/22/20, 21, 23. col. militia ft. Hants by 1626–d.; Add. 21922, ff. 62, 81v, 110, 151v, 159. commr. martial law, Hants 1626–8, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 419; 1627–8, p. 440; C181/3, f. 241. billeting 1626–8, APC 1626, pp. 221, 224; 1627–8, p. 318. oyer and terminer 1628, Western circ. 1629–37, C181/3, ff. 241, 259v; 181/4, ff. 11v, 185; 181/5, ff. 5v, 61v. swans, Hants, Wilts., Dorset, Som., Devon, Cornw. and I.o.W. 1629. C181/4, f. 2v.