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CRAVEN, William (? 1608-97)

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bap. 26 June 1608, eld. s. of Sir William Craven (d.1618), and Elizabeth, da. of William Whitmore, Haberdasher of London. educ. Trinity Coll. Oxf. (matric. 1623), MA 1636; I. Temple 1624; MA (Camb.) 1627. unm. Kt 4 Mar. 1627. d. 9 Apr. 1697; Luttrell, Brief Relation, iv. 208. will 4 July 1689 – 7 July 1691, pr. 10 Apr. 1697. TNA, PROB 11/437.
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PC 1666–79, HMC Var. Coll. ii. 394. 1681–89; Luttrell, Brief Relation, i. 70. commr, appeals for prizes 1672, Add. 70081, newsletter, 31 Aug. 1672. Tangier; Williamson Letters (Cam. Soc. n.s. viii), 149. cttee. trade and plantations 1675. Bodl. Carte 38, f. 282.

Custos. rot. Berks. 1660 – 89, Mdx. 1669 – 89, ld. lt. Mdx. 1670–89; Add. 36916, f. 161; Eg. 3328, f. 48; CSP Dom. Addenda 1660–70, p. 1. gov. of Shrewsbury 1660; Whitelocke Diary, 610. high steward Cambridge University 1667 – d., Newbury 1685, 1690; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 38; VCH Berks. iv. 144. elder Brethren of Trinity House Mar. 1670 – d., master 1670–1. W.R. Chaplin, Corp. of Trinity House, 12, 54.

Col. regt. of ft. 1662–4, CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 475; Childs, Army of Charles II, 233; BL, Verney ms mic. M636/18, Dr. W. Denton to Sir R. Verney, 16 Oct. 1662. Coldstream Gds. 1670–89, HMC Le Fleming, 67. lt.-gen. 1678–89. CSP Dom. 1678, p. 149.

Ld. Proprietor of Carolina; HMC Lords, n.s. vi. 406–7. council Royal Fishing of England 1661; Tudor and Stuart Proclamations, i. 400. gov. Charterhouse hosp. 1668. G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London, 354.

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CRAVEN, William (? 1608-97)
Associated with: Coombe Abbey, Warws.;VCH Warws. vi. 72, 74.; Hampstead Marshall, Berks.;VCH Berks. iv. 179.; Ashdown (Aston) Park, Berks.;VCH Berks. iv. 504; Add. 40860, f. 75.; Caversham Park, Berks.;VCH Berks. iii. 17; G. Tyack, Warws. Country Houses, 59.; Craven House (formerly Drury House), Westminster.C. Oman, Elizabeth of Bohemia, 445.;
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oil on canvas, studio of Gerrit van Honthorst, 1647, NPG 4517; oil on canvas, by unknown artist, late 17th century, NPG 270.

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COWPER, William (1665-1723)

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b. 24 June 1665, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Cowper‡, 2nd bt. and Sarah, da. of Sir Samuel Holled of London, merchant; bro. of Spencer Cowper‡. educ. St Albans sch. 1672; M. Temple 1682, called 1688. m. (1) 9 July 1686, Judith (d.1705), da. of Sir Robert Booth of London, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) settlement 10 Sept. 1706, Mary (d.1724), da. and coh. of John Clavering of Chopwell, co. Dur., 2s. 2da.; 1s. (d.v.p.) 1da. illegit. by Elizabeth Culling. suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. 26 Nov. 1706. KC 1689. d. 10 Oct. 1723; will 6 Nov. 1722, pr. 8 May 1724. TNA, PROB 11/597.
Offices Held

Ld. kpr. and PC 11 Oct. 1705, ld. chan. 4 May 1707 – 23 Sept. 1710, 21 Sept. 1714 – Apr. 1718; ld. justice Aug. – Sept. 1714.

Chairman of supply and ways and means 1699.

Commr. union with Scotland 1706, trade and plantations 1707; trustee, poor Palatines 1709. Post Boy, 30 June-2 July 1709.

Ld. lt. Herts. 1710 – 12, 1714 – d.; recorder, Colchester 1714 -?d. Herts. ALS, Panshanger mss D/EP F179, f. 1.

Gov. Charterhouse 1707. Al. Carth. 71; G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London (1921), app. D, pp. 354–55.

FRS 1706.

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COWPER, William (1665-1723), of Hertford Castle and Colne Green, Hertingfordbury, Herts. and Ratling Court, Kent
Associated with: Hertford Castle and and Ratling Court, Colne Green, Kent.
COOPER
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oil on canvas by T. Murray, c.1695, Palace of Westminster, WoA 6181; oil on canvas by J. Richardson (the Elder), Palace of Westminster, WoA 3644; oil on canvas by or after J. Richardson, 1710?, NPG 736.

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