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GREVILLE, Fulke (c. 1643-1710)

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b. aft. 2 Mar. 1643, 5th and posth. s. of Robert Greville†, 2nd Bar. Brooke and Katherine (d.1676), da. of Francis Russell†, 4th earl of Bedford. educ. unknown. m. lic. 12 Jan. 1665, Sarah (d.1705), da. of Francis Dashwood, alderman of London, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. (at least 1 d.v.p.). Post Boy, 21-23 Nov. 1699. d. 22 Oct. 1710; will 3 Apr. – 22 May 1710, pr. 9 Nov. 1710. TNA, PROB 11/518.
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Commr. assessment Warws. 1664 – 74; recorder Warwick 1677 – ?87, ?1689–d., CSP Dom. 1677–8, p. 27; Post Boy, 22–25 Apr. 1710. Coventry 1682 – ?87, ?1689–1706. VCH Warws. viii. 248–55; CSP Dom. 1682, p. 39.

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GREVILLE, Hon. Fulke (1643-1710), of The Castle, Warwick and Twickenham, Mdx.
Associated with: Beauchamp’ Court, Warws.; Knowle, Warws.;Add. 28053, f. 179.; Warwick Castle;Countess of Warwick, Warwick Castle and its Earls, ii. 747.; Arlington Street, Westminster;E. Hatton, New View of London (1708), ii. 623-39; Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.; Twickenham, Mdx.Spectator, 30 Aug. 1711.;
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GREVILLE, Robert (1639-77)

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b. 4 Jan. 1639, 2nd s. of Robert Greville†, 2nd Bar. Brooke and Katharine, da. of Francis Russell†, 4th earl of Bedford; bro. Fulke Greville, later 5th Bar. Brooke. educ. Magdalen Oxf. matric. 15 Mar. 1654. m. 1661 (settlement 1 Oct. 1660), Anne (d.1691), da. and sole h. of John Dodington [Doddington] of Breamore [Bremer], Southampton, 7s. d. v.p. 3da. (?1 v.p.). Add. 38141, f. 51. 17 Feb. 1677; will 14 Nov. 1667 – 24 Nov. 1674, pr. 2 June 1677. TNA, PROB 11/354.
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Dep. lt. Warws. 1660; ld. lt. Staffs. 1660 – d.; recorder Warwick 1660–d., Add. 38141, f. 51. Stratford-upon-Avon 1672–d.; CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 153. high steward Stafford 1674 – d.

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GREVILLE, Robert (1639-77)
Associated with: Beauchamps Court, Warws.; Warwick Castle;P. Styles, Corporation of Warwick 1660-1835, p. 20.; Brooke House, Hackney.E.A. Mann, Brooke House, Hackney, (Survey of London Monograph 5).;
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engraving by Gerald Valck, 1678, NPG D19238.

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Eagles, Robin
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CLINTON, Edward (c. 1653-92)

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b. c. 1653 o. s. of Edward Clinton‡ (d.1657), styled. Ld. Clinton, and Anne (d.1707), da. John Holles, 2nd earl of Clare. educ. travelled abroad, c.1673-7. LJ, xii. 530, 603, 670; xiii. 16, 66. m. c. Dec. 1672, Verney ms mic. M636/25, Sir R. to E. Verney, 12 Dec. 1672; CSP Dom. 1673-5, p. 229. Jeanne (d.1688), da. of Pierre de Galière, Sieur de Verune [France]; s.p.; KB 23 Apr. 1661. d. 25 Nov. 1692; will 6 Nov. 1684 – Dec. 1690, pr. 20 Dec. 1692, sentence 6 Feb. 1693. TNA, PROB 11/410, 11/416.
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CLINTON, Edward (c. 1653-92)
Associated with: Tattershall Castle, Lincs 1667–d.; Bloomsbury Sq., Westminster.Luttrell, Brief Relation ii: 625.;
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Littleton, Charles
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CLINTON, Theophilus (1599-1667)

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b. 1599, Aged over 19 in Jan. 1619, TNA C142/397/67. 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Clinton†, 3rd earl of Lincoln, and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Knyvet‡, of Charlton, Wilts. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1618; G. Inn 1620. m. (1) c.1622, Bridget (d.1646), da. William Fiennes, Visct. Saye and Sele, 2s. d.v.p., 8da. (bet. 5 and 7 d.v.p.); (2) c.1646, Elizabeth (d.1675), da. of Sir Arthur Gorges‡, of Chelsea, Mdx., wid. of Sir Robert Stanley‡ (d.1632), s.p. KB 4 Nov. 1616. d. 21 May 1667; will 21 May 1667, deposed before PCC 28 Sept. 1667, inventory 8 Oct. 1667. TNA, PROB 20/1636; PROB 32/2/13.
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Commr. to Scottish Army in England 1645; excise 1646; exclusion from sacrament 1646; sale of bishops’ lands 1646; compounding 1647; appeals at Oxf. Univ. 1647; appeals from ordinance of indemnity 1647; affairs of Ireland 1647; scandalous offences 1648, CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 264; 1625–49 Addenda, p. 709; A. and O. i. 847, 852, 905, 914, 927, 937, 1208; HMC 5th Rep. 143. plantations 1660.

Commr. sewers, Lincs. 1632, 1635, 1638, 1657, 1658, 1659, 1660, 1664, CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 404, 526, 534; TNA, C181/5, pp. 18, 221; C181/6, pp. 203, 322, 388; C181/7, pp. 75, 239, 259. to receive papers taken in sequestrations, Lincs. 1643, militia, Lincs. 1660, assessment, Lincs. 1657. A. and O. i. 343, 1239; ii. 1072, 1435.

Col., brig. of horse, Count Mansfeld’s expedition, Nov. 1624-Jan. 1625; HMC 10th Rep. VI, 112; CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 327, 352, 378, 448. col., regt. of ft. (Parl.), Sept. 1642-Aug. 1643? CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 395.

Council for the Royal Fishing 1661. Bodl. Clarendon 92, ff. 148v-57; TNA, SP 29/40/75.

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CLINTON, Theophilus (1599-1667)
Associated with: Stanley House, Chelsea, Mdx. (from 1646);Survey of London, iv. 43; PA, HL/PO/DC/CP/1/1, pp. 66-8.; Westminster.HMC Le Fleming, 49; TNA, PROB 32/2/13.;
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Littleton, Charles
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DIGBY, John (1634-98)

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bap. 26 Apr. 1634, 1st s. George Digby, 2nd earl of Bristol and Lady Anne Russell. educ. privately. m. (1) 26 Mar. 1656, Alice (d.1658), da. and h. of Robert Bourne of Blake Hall, Essex, s.p.; (2) lic. 13 July 1663, Rachel (d.1709), da. and coh. of Sir Hugh Wyndham, j.c.p. 1673-84, of Silton, Dorset, s.p. d. 18 Sept. 1698; will, 1 Dec. 1681- 9 Sept. 1698. Dorset Hist. Cent. D-SHC, KG 2716. We are indebted to Ann Smith, archivist at Sherborne Castle for this reference.
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Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circuit July 1660, assessment Dorset 1661 – 74, Som. 1664 – 74; ld. lt. and custos rot. 1679 – June 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; freeman, Lyme Regis 1683.

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DIGBY, John, Lord Digby (1634-98), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.
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monument, Sherborne Abbey, Dorset.

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Creighton, Anne
Paley, Ruth
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DIGBY, George (1612-77)

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bap. 5 Nov. 1612, 1st s. of Sir John Digby† (later Bar. Digby and earl of Bristol) and Beatrice (Beatrix) (d.1658), wid. of Sir John Dyve (Dive, Dyves), of Bromham, Beds. and da. of Charles Walcot‡ of Walcot, Salop; half-bro. of Sir Lewis Dyve‡. educ. abroad (Spain) until 1623-4; Magdalen, Oxf. matric. 1626, MA 1636. m. settlement 23 June 1632, Anne (d.1697), da. of Sir Francis Russell†, 4th earl of Bedford and Catharine Brydges, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da. Dorset Hist. Cent. D-SHC/KG/1279; D/SHC/KG/2741. d. 20 Mar. 1677; will 5 Oct. 1675, pr. 10 Apr. 1677. TNA, PROB 11/353.
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Amb. France Aug. 1641; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 410. PC and sec. of state, 28 Sept. 1643–9, 1656–8; Sherborne Castle, Digby mss, vol. ii. f. 205. high steward, Oxf. Univ., 1643–6. 1660–3; special amb. c. 20 Dec. 1659-c. 2 June 1660, c. 17 Feb.-8 May 1661; Brit. Dip. Reps, 1509–1688, pp. 166, 262. amb. Spain July 1668–? Add. 36916, f. 107.

Col. of horse, (roy.) c. 1642; gov. Nottingham?; lt. gen. north of the Trent, 1645; lt. gen. French army, 1651 – ?

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DIGBY, George (1612-77)
Associated with: Sherborne, Dorset; Wimbledon, Surr. (1662–77) and Chelsea, Mdx. . (by 1677–d.)
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oil on canvas, by A. Van Dyck, 1637-9, Althorp Park, Northants.; oil on canvas, by A. Van Dyck, c.1638-9 (double portrait with Lord William Russell), Dulwich Picture Gallery, London; oil on canvas, c.1650, Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds.

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Creighton, Anne
Paley, Ruth
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LEE, Edward Henry (1663-1716)

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b. 4 Feb. 1663, 1st s. of Sir Francis Henry Lee, 4th bt. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Pope, 2nd earl of Downe [I]. educ. G. Inn 1675, travelled abroad (France) 1678-9. Verney ms mic. M636/31, J. Cary to Sir R. Verney, 31 Dec. 1677, P. Osborne to Sir R. Verney, 1 Aug. 1678. m. 6 Feb. 1677 (with £20,000), HMC Rutland, ii. 40. Charlotte Fitzroy (c.1664-1718), da. of King Charles II and Barbara Villiers, duchess of Cleveland, 13s. (at least 7 d.v.p.), 5da. (?1 d.v.p.); suc. fa. as 5th bt. 4 Dec. 1667. d. 14 July 1716; admon. 3 Aug. 1716 to s. George Henry*, 2nd earl of Lichfield. TNA, PROB 6/92, f. 92.
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Extra. gent. of the bedchamber 1680 – 83, gent. 1683 – 88.

Ranger, Woodstock Park 1680–1705; VCH Oxon. xii. 401–2, 433, 441.; high steward, New Woodstock 1685 – 92, Oxford 1687–8; CSP Dom. 1685, p. 108; VCH Oxon. xii. 382–3; Bodl. ms Wood diaries 32, f. 58.; ld. lt. Oxon. 1687 – 89.

Col., 12th Ft. 1686 – 88, 1st Ft. Gds. 1688. CSP Dom. 1687–9, p. 367.;

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LEE, Edward Henry (1663-1716)
Associated with: Ditchley Park, Oxon.;TNA, C104/110.; Downing Street;Survey of London, xiv. 113-28.; , St James’ Street, Westminster;E. Hatton, New View of London (1708), ii. 623-39.; Greenwich, Surr.TNA, PROB 5/3644.;
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oil on canvas, Sir G. Kneller (attrib.), Kiplin Hall, N. Yorks.; oil on canvas by Sir G. Kneller, Ditchley Park. Catalogue of Paintings in the Possession of the Rt. Hon. Viscount Dillon at Ditchley, Spelsbury, Oxfordshire, 21.

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Eagles, Robin
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STUART, Charles (1639-72)

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b. 7 Mar. 1639, o. s. of Ld. George Stuart, 9th Seigneur d’Aubigny [France], and Katherine, da. of Theophilus Howard†, 2nd earl of Suffolk. m. (1) aft. Apr. 1660, Elizabeth (d. 21 Apr. 1661), da. and coh. of Richard Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset, and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Cheeke, wid. of Charles Cavendish‡ (d. June 1659), styled Visct. Mansfield, 1 da. d.v.p.; (2) 31 Mar. 1662, Margaret (d. bef. 6 Jan. 1667), da. of Lawrence Banastre of Boarstall, Bucks. and Mary Dinham, wid. of William Lewis‡, of Bletchington, Oxon. and The Van, Glam. s.p.; (3) 30 Mar. 1667, Frances Teresa (d. 15 Oct. 1702), da. and coh. of Walter Stewart (Stuart), s.p. KG 1661. suc. uncle, 3 Nov. 1665, as 11th Seigneur d’Aubigny [France]. d. 12 Dec. 1672; will 12 Jan. 1672, pr. 14 Feb. 1673. TNA, PROB 11/341; PROB 11/343.
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Heritable gt. chamberlain [S] 1660 – d. ld. high adm. [S] 1660 – d. gent. of the bedchamber 1661 – d. alnager 1663 – d.

Kpr. Dumbarton Castle, 1660 – d.; ld. lt. Dorset 1660 – d.; jt. ld. lt. Kent 1668 – d.; high steward, Dorchester 1660–?d.; The Municipal Records of the Borough of Dorchester, Dorset, ed. C.H. Mayo, 374. v.-adm. Kent 1668 – d.; ld. warden, cinque ports, 1668 – d.

Capt. regt. of horse 1666; amb. extraordinary, Denmark 1671 – d.

Parlimentarian
STUART, Charles (1639-72)
Associated with: Cobham Hall, Surr.
STEWART
Likenesses

oil on canvas, Sir P. Lely, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, USA; watercolour and gouache on parchment, S. Cooper, Yale Center of British Art, New Haven, CT, USA.

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Paley, Ruth
Handley, Stuart
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SUTTON, Robert (1662-1723)

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b. 6 Jan. 1662, o. surv. s. Robert Sutton, Bar. Lexinton, and Mary St Leger (d.1669). educ. travelled abroad (Italy) ?1677-8. Add. 75365, H. Savile to Halifax, 9 Jan. 12 Apr. 1678. m. Sept. 1691 (with £30,000), Margaret (d.1703), da. and heir of Sir Giles Hungerford‡ of Coulston, Wilts., 1s. d. v.p. 2da. (1 v.p.). 19 Sept. 1723; will 31 Jan. 1723, pr. 20 Nov. 1723. Borthwick; Notts. Archives, DD/T/17/21.
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Commr., appeal for prizes 1695, trade and plantations 1699 – 1702; gent. of horse to Prince George, of Denmark 1690–3; Luttrell, Brief Relation, ii. 51, iii. 37. gent. of the bedchamber 1693 – 1702; PC 1692-Sept. 1714. TNA, PC 2/74; Luttrell, ii. 390.

Capt. tp. of horse, 1685 – 86, col. regt. of horse 1694; envoy extraordinary, Prussia 1689, Spain 1690 (did not go), Denmark 1693, Vienna 1694 – 97; plenip. treaty of Ryswick 1697; amb. extraordinary, Germany 1698, Madrid 1712 – 13.

Recorder, Newark 1686 – 93; dep. lt., Notts. 1692–?; CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 276. custos rot. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby 1689. TNA, C231/8, f. 225.

Parlimentarian
SUTTON, Robert (1662-1723)
Associated with: Averham (Aram), Notts.; Kelham, Notts.; St James’ St., Westminster and Cranbourne Chase, Berks.Morrice, Entring Bk. iii. 160.;
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Tomb effigy by W. Palmer, 1726, in St Wilfrid’s, Kelham, Notts.

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SUTTON, Robert (1594-1668)

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b. 21 Dec. 1594, 1st s. of Sir William Sutton (d.1611) of Averham (Aram) and Susan, da. of Thomas Cony of Bassingthorpe, Lincs. educ. Trinity, Camb. 1611; travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1621. m. (1) 14 Apr. 1616, Elizabeth (d. bef. 1635), da. of Sir George Manners‡ of Haddon Hall, Derbys., sis. John Manners, 8th earl of Rutland, s.p.; (2) aft. 16 Apr. 1635, Anne (d. bef. 1661), da. of Sir Guy Palmes‡ of Ashwell, Rutland, wid. of Sir Thomas Browne, 2nd bt., of Walcot, Northants. 2da. d.v.p; (3) 21 Feb. 1661, Mary (d.1669), da. of Sir Anthony St. Leger, warden of the Mint, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). M.I., Averham. d. 11 or 12 Oct. 1668; S. Holden, Two Sermons Preach’d at the Funerals of the Right Hon. Robert Lord Lexington and the Lady Mary his Wife (1676); M.I., Averham. will 28 Jan. 1667 – 7 Oct. 1668, pr. 7 and 14 July 1669, 25 Apr. 1673. TNA, PROB 11/331.
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Dep. lt., Notts. by 1637 – at least40, 1660 – d.; commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1639 – 42, 1665-d., array, Notts. 1642; sheriff, Notts. 1630 – 31; custos rot. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby 1641 – ?46, 1661 – d.; dep. justice in eyre, Sherwood Forest 1662; commr. hearth tax, Notts. 1664.

Parlimentarian
SUTTON, Robert (1594-1668), of Averham, Notts.
Associated with: Averham (Aram), Notts. and Kelham (Kellam), Notts.
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Eagles, Robin
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