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NORDEN, John (c.1613-69), of Rowde, Wilts.

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b. c. 1613,Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 318-9. 2nd s. of William Norden (d. 1637) of Rowde and Mary (d. 1648), da. of Richard Lybbe of Hardwick, Whitchurch, Oxon.Rowde par. reg.; Vis. of Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv), 146. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. BA 26 Apr. 1631;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 28 May 1630; called 8 June 1638.M. Temple Admiss. i. 124. m. lic. 29 May 1647, ‘aged 30’, Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Skinner of Cradley, Herefs. 3s. 3 other ch.Marr. Licences Faculty Office ed. J.L. Chester and G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxiv), 35; HP Commons 1660-1690. suc. bro. 17 Feb. 1641.Wilts. IPMs Chas I, 318-9. Nominated, kt. of Royal Oak, 1660.R.C. Hoare, Repertorium Wiltonense (1821), 21. d. betw. 21 May-19 Oct. 1669.HP Commons 1660-1690.
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Local: j.p. Wilts. 30 Nov. 1646 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656 – 23 Mar. 1657, Mar. 1660–d.C231/6, pp. 69, 363; C193/13/3, f. 69; C193/13/4, f. 1; C193/13/6, f. 96v; Wilts. RO, A1/160/1, ff. 94, 102, 108, 123; The Names of the Justices (1650, E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660), 59; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. Fisherton manors, Aug. 1648;‘Diary of Anthony Ashley Cooper’, Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxviii. 26. assessment, Wilts. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR. Solicitor for aids, Wilts. 1667.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: alderman, Devizes 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

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NORDEN, John (c.1612-69), of Rowde, nr. Devizes, Wilts.
: of Rowde, Wilts.
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NORDEN, John (c.1613-69), of Rowde, Wilts.

Will
20 and 21 May 1669, pr. 17 Feb. 1670.PROB11/335/270.
Estates
from 1641, manor and rectory of Rowde, manor and farm of Badbury in parish of Chisselden, land in parish of Liddenton, comprising at least 325 acres; tithes in Badbury, Broome, Chisselden and Liddenton.Wilts IPMs Chas. I, 318-9. Manor of East Kennett, 1641-57.VCH Wilts. xii. 121 By 1669 also farm at Upham, parish of Aldbourne.PROB11/335/270. By 1660 wealth estimated at £800 p.a.Hoare, Repertorium, 21.
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CLIFTON, Clifford (1626-70), of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.

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bap. 22 June 1626, 2nd s. and h. of Sir Gervase Clifton*, being o.s. by 2nd w.J. Raine, Hist. and Antiquities of the Par. of Blyth (1860), 139-40; Vis. Notts. ed. K.S.S. Train (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xiii), 68. educ. G. Inn 1 Mar. 1647.G. Inn Admiss. 243. m. 4 July 1650, Frances, da. of Sir Heneage Finch†, Speaker of the House of Commons 1626, of Kensington, Mdx. 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da.Regs. of St Stephen’s Walbrook (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlix), 63; Raine, Hist. of Blyth, 139-40. Kntd. 27 Dec. 1661;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 236. suc. fa. in Clifton estate 28 June 1666.CB. bur. 22 June 1670.Clifton par reg.
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Local: commr. militia, Notts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. by Oct. 1660–d.;Notts. RO, C/QSM/13, unfol. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 29 June 1669–d.C181/7, p. 502. Capt. vol. horse, Notts. Mar. 1661.The Kingdomes Intelligencer no. 10 (4–11 Mar. 1661), 147 (E.194.4). Dep. lt. by c.Sept. 1662–d.SP29/60/66, f. 145v. Commr. subsidy, Mdx. Notts. Nottingham 1663;SR. swans, Notts. 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. sewers, 22 May 1669.C181/7, p. 488.

Academic: FRS, 28 Mar. 1667.T. Thomson, Hist. of the Royal Soc. (1812) app. iv, p. xxv.

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CLIFTON, Clifford (1626-70), of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.
: of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.
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CLIFTON, Clifford (1626-70), of Clifton-on-Trent, Notts.

Will
11 Aug. 1669, pr. 28 Sept. 1670.Notts. RO, PR/NW, Will of Sir Clifford Clifton, 1670.
Estates
in 1648, Sir Gervase Clifton debarred his eldest s. Gervase from inheriting his estate in favour of Clifford.C6/134/107; Nottingham Univ. Lib. CL D 1473-7. Clifton’s real estate at d. inc. lease of a house in Bloomsbury, London;Notts. RO, PR/NW, Will of Sir Clifford Clifton, 1670. his personal estate was then described as ‘very small’.Nottingham Univ. Lib. CL D 1504, m. 5.
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TRELAWNY, Robert (1598-1644), of Plymouth and Weston Ham, Pennycross, Devon.

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b. 25 Mar. 1598, 1st s. of Robert Trelawny of Plymouth and 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Mayne of Exeter.PROB11/192/25; Reg. of ... St Andrew’s Plymouth ed. M.C.S. Cruwys (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 1954), 78. m. 5 Jan. 1624 Agnes (d. bef. Aug. 1643), da. of Richard Coga of St Michael Carhays, Cornw. 5s. inc. Samuel Trelawny* (2 d.v.p), 3da.Mevagissey par. reg.; PROB11/137/591; PROB11/146/160; PROB11/192/25; Reg. of ... St Andrew’s Plymouth, 519, 530, 540, 547, 555, 568, 575, 585. suc. fa. 1627. bur. 2 Mar. 1644 2 Mar. 1644.St. Mary Woolchurch par. reg.
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Local: dep. v.-adm. Devon by July 1633.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 154. Commr. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Devon and Exeter 13 June 1638.C181/5, f. 109v.

Civic: freeman, Plymouth 2 Apr. 1626; recvr. 1627 – 28; mayor, 1633–4.Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/46, ff. 311, 312v; 1/132, f. 215; R N. Worth, Hist. Plymouth (1890), 214.

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TRELAWNY, Robert (1598-1644), of Plymouth and Weston Ham, Pennycross, Devon.
: Pennycross, Devon.
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Commons 1640-1660
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TRELAWNY, Robert (1598-1644), of Plymouth and Weston Ham, Pennycross, Devon.

Will
24 Aug. 1643, pr. 19 Nov. 1644.PROB11/192/25.
Estates
patent from crown, land in Maine, New England (1,500 acres) 1 Dec. 1631; Weston Ham, Pennycross, rebuilt 1639, destroyed by fire in the civil war.Trelawny Pprs. (Collns. Maine Hist. Soc. 1884), xvii, 1; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 303. Lease of close at ‘Cokeeside’ from Plymouth corporation, 19 July 1641.Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/132, f. 233v. Estate said to have been worth £10,000.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 303.
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ASSHETON, Raphe I (c.1606-80), of Whalley and Downham, Lancs.

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b. c.1606, 1st s. of Sir Raphe Assheton, 1st bt. of Great Lever and Whalley, Lancs. and 1st w. Dorothy, da. of Sir James Bellingham of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.Whitaker, Whalley, ii. 145; Foster, Lancs. Peds. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 21 Fe 1623, aged 17;Al. Cant. G. Inn 7 May 1624.G. Inn Admiss. 173. m. (1) lic. 17 Apr. 1630, Dorothy (d. 28 Jan. 1635), da. of Sir Nicholas Tufton†, 2nd bt. and 1st earl of Thanet, s.p.; (2) 3 Fe 1644, Elizabeth (d. 8 June 1686), da. of Sir Sapcote Harrington of Rand, Lincs. 1s. d.v.p.CB; Whitaker, Whalley, ii. 2, 145; Foster, Lancs. Peds. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 18 Oct. 1644;CB. cos. Richard Assheton in Downham estate c.Oct. 1657.St Mary Magdalene, Clitheroe par. reg.; VCH Lancs. vi. 554-5. d. 30 Jan. 1680.CB; Whitaker, Whalley, ii. 2, 145.
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Civic: freeman, Preston by 1622-bef. 1662;Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 76, 105, 139. Clitheroe by 1625 – d.; out-bailiff, 1660–2.W.S. Weeks, Clitheroe in the Seventeenth Century (Clitheroe, 1927), 228, 300.

Local: recvr. duchy of Lancaster, Lancs. 13 Mar. 1630-c.1649, c.1660–?d.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 133. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1679.SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. 4 July 1642–?CJ ii. 649a; LJ v. 178b. Commr. sequestration, Lancs. 27 Mar. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645. by Aug. 1646 – 1 Sept. 1649A. and O. J.p., Mar. 1660–1 Sept. 1666.Lancs. RO, QSC/42–9, 62–5; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Religious: elder, third Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 509.

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ASSHETON (ASHTON), Sir Ralph I, 2nd Bt. (c.1605-80), of Whalley Abbey and Downham, Lancs.
: of Whalley and Lancs., Downham.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, double portrait with wife, P. Lely, c.1670.Parham Park, W. Suss.

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ASSHETON, Raphe I (c.1606-80), of Whalley and Downham, Lancs.

Will
Aug. 1679,CB. pr. 4 May 1680.PROB11/362, f. 423.
Estates
in 1630, fa. settled on him most of family estate (worth at least £1,000 p.a.), inc. manor of Downham, Lancs., and site of Salley Abbey, Yorks.Greater Manchester Co. RO, E7/27/1/8, 11, 12; B.G. Blackwood, ‘The economic state of the Lancs. gentry on the eve of the civil war’, NH xii. 80. Estate bef. civil war inc. rectory of Whalley, reckoned to be worth £1,200 or £1,300 p.a.Works of Laud, iv. 148; HMC Lords n.s. xi. 397. From the mid-1640s until at least 1650, he was leasing a house or lodgings in Dean’s Yard, St Margaret, Westminster.WCA, SMW/E/47/1580-9. In 1666, his house at Whalley was assessed at 18 hearths.VCH Lancs. vi. 387. In 1676, estate valued at a little over £1,000 p.a.Whitaker, Whalley, ii. 2. At d. estate inc. rectory of Whalley, Whalley Abbey, a mansion house at Downham and copyhold lands in manor of Blackburn, Lancs.PROB11/362, ff. 423, 423v.
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his brother’s chamber in Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx. (1648).Chetham’s Lib. A.3.90, f. 20.
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SUCKLEY, Ralph (c.1616-1693), of Canonbury, Islington, Mdx.

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b. c. 1616. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1634.Al. Cant. m. 11 Aug. 1642, Margaret, da. of one Standish of ?St Andrew Holborn, Mdx., at least 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.).St Andrew, Holborn par. reg.; St Gregory by St Paul par. reg.; St Mary, Islington par. reg.; Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxiii), 108, 132. bur. 25 Oct. 1693 25 Oct. 1693.Regs. of Burials at the Temple Church 1628-1853, 28.
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Legal: DCL proctor by c.1640–?d.Information supplied by A. N. Groome concerning an affidavit by Thomas Serle, entered in the court of chancery, 3 Mar. 1659; G. Miege, The New State of England (1691), pt. 3, pp. 216, 229; Index to Acts Bks. of the Archbishops of Canterbury 1663–1859 ed. E. Dunkin, C. Jenkins, E. Fry, ii. 341.

Local: j.p. Kent 7 Mar. 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 362. Commr. assessment, 26 June 1657;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 23 Mar. 1658.SP25/78, p. 500.

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SUCKLEY, Ralph (c.1616-1693), of Canonbury, Islington, Mdx.
: of Canonbury, Mdx., Islington.
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SUCKLEY, Ralph (c.1616-1693), of Canonbury, Islington, Mdx.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1654, purchased Chepsted House, Chevening, Kent; sold it in 1658.Hasted, Kent, iii. 119. In 1663, owned a house of 9 hearths in Canonbury, Mdx.VCH Mdx. viii. 55.
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DILLINGTON, Robert (c.1634-87), of Mottistone and Knighton, I.o.W.

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b. c. 1634, 1st s. of Robert Dillington (d. 1654) of Mottistone, and Frances, da. of William Collier of Piddletrenthide, Dorset.CB; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n. s. x), 105-6; Misc. Gen. et. Her. 2nd ser. i. 381-2. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 9 Dec. 1653; G. Inn, 4 Nov. 1654.Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. 268. m. (1) 15 July 1659, Jane (d. 1674), da. of John Freke† of Cerne Abbey, Dorset, 2s. 1da., 8 other children (d.v.p.);I.o.W. RO, OG/E/9; Misc. Gen. et. Her. 2nd ser. i. 365, 382. (2) lic. 28 May 1678, Hannah (d. 1728), da. of William Webb, Grocer, of Throgmorton Street, London, 1s. 2da.Misc. Gen. et. Her. 2nd ser. i. 366, 382. suc. grandfa. Sir Robert Dillington* as 2nd bt. 1664.CB; Vis. Hants, 105-6. d. 25 Apr. 1687.Misc. Gen. et. Her. 2nd ser. i. 367.
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Local: commr. militia, I.o.W. 26 July 1659;A. and O. assessment, Hants 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;Ordinance for Assessment (1660), 50 (E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, I.o.W. 1660.SR. J.p. Hants by Oct. 1660 – Feb. 1680; Dorset, Wilts. Apr. 1675-Feb. 1680.C220/9/4, f. 77; C231/7, p.494; C231/8, p. 23. Commr. subsidy, I.o.W. 1663.SR. Verderer, New Forest by 1671–d.Cal. New Forest Docs. (Hants Rec. Ser. v), 233; CTB 1685–9, p. 758. Commr. sewers, Hants 25 July 1671;C181/7, p. 583. wastes and spoils, New Forest 1672 – 73, 1679;CTB iii. 1204; iv. p. 124; vi. 199. recusants, Hants, 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Civic: freeman, Lymington 1679.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 191.

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DILLINGTON, Robert (c.1634-87), of Knighton, I.o.W.
: of Mottistone and I.o.W., Knighton.
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DILLINGTON, Robert (c.1634-87), of Mottistone and Knighton, I.o.W.

Will
2 Feb. 1683, pr. 10 June 1687.PROB11/387/341.
Estates
life interest, following d. of his grandfa., in manor of Hill Farm, in Brading and St Helen’s; manor of Budbridge and other lands in Arreton and Godshill; proxy tithes of Budbridge; manor of Upper and Lower Knighton, in Newchurch; parts of manors of Ashey and Ride, in Newchurch; manor of Mottistone, in Mottistone and Shalfleete; advowson of Mottistone church, all I.o.W.I.o.W. RO, JER/HBY/32/5; OG/E/9.
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NORTH, Sir Dudley (1602-77), of Kirtling, Cambs. and Tostock, Suff.

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b. c. Nov. 1602, 1st s. of Dudley, 3rd Lord North and Frances, da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket† of Brocket Hall, Wheathampstead, Herts.The Letters of John Chamberlain ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 169-70. educ. St John’s, Camb. c.1619;‘D’Ewes diary’, The Eagle, ix. 375; Al. Cant. G. Inn, 10 Aug. 1619;G. Inn Admiss. 156. I. Temple, 12 May 1622;I. Temple database. travelled abroad (Italy, France, Spain), aft. Dec. 1622;APC 1621-3, pp. 376-7. Académie de Genève 1623;Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève (1559-1878) ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 1959-80), i. 169. Padua 1624.H.F. Brown, Inglese e Scozzesi all’ Università di Padova (Venice, 1922), 145. m. 24 Apr. 1632 (with £4,000), Anne (bur. 15 Feb. 1681), da. and coh. of Sir Charles Montagu† of Cranbrook, Barking, Essex, 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 7da. (4 d.v.p.).D.B.J. Randall, Gentle Flame: The Life and Verse of Dudley, Fourth Lord North (Durham, North Carolina, 1983), 47-8; W. Robinson, The Hist. and Antiquities of the Par. of Hackney (1842-3), ii. 66; HMC 7th Rep. i. 548. KB 3 Nov. 1616;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. suc. fa. as 4th Baron North 16 Jan. 1666. d. 24 June 1677.HP Lords, 1660-1715.
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Military: ?lt. Palatinate expedition, c.1620–2.CSP Ire. Add. 1625–60, pp. 47–8. Capt. of ft. Utd. Provinces 1624–7.Bodl. North a.2, f. 272; Dudley, 4th Ld. North, Observations and Advices Oeconomical (1669), sig. A4.

Local: commr. new buildings, London 1630. by 1635 – d.Rymer, Foedera, viii (3), 114. J.p. Cambs.; I. of Ely by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Suff. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, Mar. 1660–?, 6 Sept. 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 74; C193/13/3, ff. 23, 60; C231/7, p. 36; A Perfect List (1660), 5, 50. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level June 1635-aft. Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/5, ff. 9v, 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 380. I. of Ely 13 Sept. 1644;C181/5, f. 242. Cambs. 24 July 1645, 26 May 1669;C181/5, f. 256; C181/7, p. 462. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 26 Apr. 1649–15 Dec. 1669;C181/6, pp. 37, 389; C181/7, pp. 76, 260; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/8–12. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1669.C181/7, p. 522. Dep. lt. Cambs. by Mar. 1639-aft. 1642.Harl. 4014, ff. 31v-47v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1639 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654 – 10 July 1660, 23 Jan. 1666-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/5, ff. 142, 218; C181/6, pp. 16, 378; C181/7, pp. 348, 634. Cambs. 23 June, 25 July 1640;C181/5, ff. 177, 184. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Suff. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Cambs. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; gaol delivery, I. of Ely 12 Aug. 1645, 4 Mar. 1654-aft. Sept. 1658;C181/5, f. 258; C181/6, pp. 20, 314. militia, Cambs., I. of Ely, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Cambs., Suff. 1660;SR. pontage, Camb. 1663;Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 513. subsidy, Cambs., I. of Ely, Suff. 1663; complaints, Bedford Level 1663.SR.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. for examinations, 20 Aug., 28 Oct. 1642;CJ ii. 728b, 825b. cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644;CJ iii. 699b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations by 18 Mar. 1646.SP20/2, f. 121v. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Camb. 1660–d.Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archive, common day bk. 1647–81, f. 125; Downing College, Camb. Bowtell MS 6, unfol.: Camb. borough treasurers’ acct. 1659–60.

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NORTH, Sir Dudley (1602-1677), of Kirtling, Cambs.
: of Kirtling, Cambs. and Tostock, Suff.
Likenesses

Likenesses: miniature, J. Hoskins, c.1628;NPG. oil on canvas, C. Johnson, c.1630.Waldershare Park, Kent; Randall, Gentle Flame, frontispiece.

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NORTH, Sir Dudley (1602-77), of Kirtling, Cambs. and Tostock, Suff.

Will
8 May 1675, codicil 22 Sept. 1676, pr. 30 Oct. 1677.PROB11/354/602; Bodl. North c.32, no. 8.
Estates
bought land at Saxham, Suff. for £4,300, 1635; at Ashley, Cambs. for £200, 1636; at Tostock, Suff. for over £6,000, 1638; at Ashley for £300, 1640, and for £714 10s 3d, 1648; at Drinkstone, Suff. for £3,852 16s, 1649;Coventry Docquets, 679; R. North, The Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford ed. A. Jessop (1890), iii. 311-12. bought 200 acres of fenland in the Lindsey Level, Lincs. 1637;CSP Dom. 1637, p. 184; 1637-8, p. 151. lands in Cambs. which he inherited from his father in 1666 had been worth £1,160-£1,375 p.a. between 1651 and 1663.Add. 61873, ff. 87-100.
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STREET, Thomas (1625-96), of Worcester and the Inner Temple.

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bap. 13 Oct. 1625, 1st s. of George Street, brewer, of St Martin parish, Worcester and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Andrews of Barnshall, Upton-on-Severn, Worcs.St Andrew, Worcester par. reg.; W.R. Buchanan-Dunlop, ‘Fam. of Street, and the Friary, Worcester’, Trans. Worcs. Arch. Soc. n.s. xxiv. 46-7. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 22 Apr. 1642, left Feb. 1644; I. Temple, 22 Nov. 1646.Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admissions database; Burton’s Diary, iii. 254, 431. m. (1) by 1649, Maria (d. 1668) da. of John Wightwick†, sjt.-at-law, of Tamworth, Staffs. 3s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 );St Andrew, Worcester par. reg.; Buchanan-Dunlop, ‘Fam. of Street’, 48. (2) lic. 16 Sept. 1686, Penelope (d. 1696), da. and coh. of Sir Rowland Berkeley† of Cotheridge, Worcs. s.p.Worcs. Archives, Worcester Marriage Lics. suc. fa. c. 1643;Burton’s Diary, iii. 254. Kntd. 8 June 1681.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii, 256. bur. 12 Mar. 1696 12 Mar. 1696.Worcester Cathedral par. reg.
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Legal: called, I. Temple 24 Nov. 1653; bencher, 7 Nov. 1669.CITR i. 308, ii, 63. Retained counsel, Worcester Cathedral by 1663–?d.Worcester Cath. Dean and Chapter Treasurer’s Reg. 1611–69 ed. Morrison (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xxviii), 178. 2nd justice, Brecon circ. 1667–77; c.j. 1677–81. Sjt.-at-law, Oct. 1677; king’s sjt. 1678–81. Bar. exch. 23 Apr. 1681–4. J.c.p. 1684–8.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 197, 447, 539.

Civic: freeman, Worcester, 17 Jan. 1659 – d.; Bewdley by 7 Nov. 1673–d.Worcs. Archives, 498/BA 8681/1/2, p. 126; 496.5/BA 9360, A9, box 2, court bk. 1658–59, unfol. Burgess, Droitwich 6 Oct. 1662–d. Recorder, Droitwich by 6 Oct. 1662-Feb. 1688;Worcs. Archives, 261.4/BA 1006, box 34, 684 p. 7. Worcester 1672–83.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Thomas Street’.

Local: commr. assessment, Worcester 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Worcs. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Brec. 1672; Glam. 1672, 1677, 1679; poll tax, Worcester 1660.SR. J.p. Worcs. by Oct. 1660–81, 1684–?d.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Thomas Street’. Under-steward of manors, Worcester dean and chapter, 13 Sept. 1660.Worcester Cathedral Lib. dean and chapter mss, vol. A7 (xiv), f. 1. Surveyor-gen. of lordships, Worcester bpric. 20 Nov. 1660.Worcester Cathedral Lib. dean and chapter mss, vol. A7 (xiv), f. 20. Capt. militia ft. Worcs. 1661–?87.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Thomas Street’. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, Worcs., Worcester 1663;SR. recusants, Worcs. 1675.CTB iv. 698.

Central: recvr. and collector of sewer fines, June 1660–80.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 144.

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STREET, Thomas (1625-96), of Worcester and the Inner Temple.
: of Worcester and the Inner Temple.
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Likenesses: line engraving, R. White, 1688.NPG.

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STREET, Thomas (1625-96), of Worcester and the Inner Temple.

Will
8 Feb. 1696, pr. 12 July 1707.PROB11/235, f. 173v.
Estates
at d. lands in Cleevelode, Powick, Madresfield, Malvern, Stockton, Worcs.; St Andrew, Worcester; bullaries of salt, Upwich, in Droitwich, Worcs.; cash bequests in will of over £1,600.PROB11/235, f. 173v.
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WOOLLMER, Ralph (?1623-81), of Wymondham, Norf.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
?bap. 28 Feb. 1623, son of John Woollmer of Earsham, Norf.Earsham par. reg. m. Elizabeth, 1s 3da.Norf. RO, ANF will reg. 1681-3, f. 350, no. 222. bur. 23 July 1681.Wymondham par. reg.
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Military: lt. militia horse, Norf. by June 1648; maj. Feb. 1650-aft. Aug. 1659.Norf. RO, Norwich assembly bk. 1642–68, f. 65; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 504; CJ vii. 760a; SP25/77, pp. 865, 888. Capt. of horse, Norf. vols. July 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 516.

Civic: freeman, Norwich June 1648.Norf. RO, Norwich assembly bk. 1642–68, f. 65.

Local: commr. assessment, Norf. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 July 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. J.p. by Oct. 1654 – ?Mar. 1660; Christ Church close, Norwich 22 July 1656; Suff. 20 July 1658–?Mar. 1660.Norf. QSOB, 71, 96; C231/6, pp. 316, 345, 400; C181/6, p. 184. Commr. to survey ‘surrounded grounds’, Norf. and Suff. 13 May 1656;C181/6, p. 158. sewers, 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 339. Deeping and Gt. Level, 21 July 1659;C181/6, p. 382. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 380. militia, Norf. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653.A. and O.

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WOOLLMER, Ralph (?1623-81), of Wymondham, Norf.
: of Wymondham, Norf.
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WOOLLMER, Ralph (?1623-81), of Wymondham, Norf.

Will
28 Apr. 1679, pr. 29 Oct. 1681.Norf. RO, ANF will reg. 1681-3, f. 350, no. 222.
Estates
possibly inherited lands at Bracon Ash and Hethel, Norf.;Norf. RO, ANF original will 1638, no. 41. leased Stanfield Hall, Wymondham by 1673-d.Norf. RO, MC 1827/114, ff. 38-42v.
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WEMYSS, Sir John (d. 1680), of Bogie, Fife.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
s. of James Wemyss, fiar of Bogie, and Margaret Kininmonth. m. (1) bef. Sept. 1635, Elizabeth, sister of Sir John Ayton of that ilk; (2) 20 Aug. 1675, Margaret, da. of Sir Archibald Johnston* of Wariston. suc. grandfa. 1640. d. bef. Oct. 1680.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 727-8; Reg. PC Scot. 1678-80, p. 562.
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Scottish: commr. loan and tax, 1643. Member, cttee. of war, 1643 – 44, 1648, 1651. Commr. Fife, convention of estates, 1644; Scottish Parl. 1645 – 47, 1669 – 74; gen. assembly, 1645; losses of the kingdom, 1646; money, 1646.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 727. PC, 9 Sept.1646–?1651.Reg. PC Scot. 1544–1660, p. 58. Treas. and commry.-gen. of army, 16 Feb. 1647–27 Sept. 1648.Govt. of Scot. under the Covenanters, 1637–51 ed. D. Stevenson (Edinburgh, 1982), 198. Member, cttee. estates, 1647–8, 1651. Commr. excise, 1648, ?1661 – d.; plantation of kirks, 1648;Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 727; Reg. PC Scot. 1678–80, p. 562. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Judge, civil and criminal cases, Mar. 1660.J. Nicoll, Diary of Public Transactions (Edinburgh, 1836), 278. Commr. supply, 1661, 1667.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 728.

Military: col. of ft. Fife and Kinross 1650–1.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 727.

Local: commr. assessment, Fife 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 839; A. and O. J.p. Fife and Kinross 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 312.

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WEMYSS, Sir John (d. 1680), of Bogie, Fife.
: Fife.
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WEMYSS, Sir John (d. 1680), of Bogie, Fife.

Will
Estates
lands of Wester Bogie and New Smetoun, and properties in burghs of Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline, Fife, settled on Wemyss and his wife, 25 July 1636.Reg. Gt. Seal Scot. 1634-51, p. 207. Inherited remainder of estates on death of his grandfa. in 1640. Enjoyed unspecified ‘rests’ over taxes (probably in Fife), which were overturned by Charles II in March 1674.HMC Portland, x. 153.
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