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LLOYD, Sir Edward (c.1600-66), of Berthllwyd, Llanidloes, Mont.

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b. c. 1600, 1st s. of Jenkin Lloyd of Berthllwyd and Dorothy, da. of Edmund Walter of Ludlow, Salop.Mont. Colls. viii. 189. educ. I. Temple Nov. 1619.I. Temple Admiss. 224. m. 21 July 1630, Ursula (d.1680), da. of Sir Henry Salusbury, 1st bt., of Lleweni, Denb., 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da.Mont. Colls. viii. 190-1. suc. fa. 1628.Mont. Colls. viii. 189. Kntd. 28 June 1630.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 198. d. 1666.Mont. Colls. viii. 191.
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Local: steward, lordship of Arwystli, Mont. 1608 – 09, 1621–2. 1628 – ?43Mont. Colls. viii. 189. J.p. Mont. 23 Feb., 12 Sept. 1660–d.Justice of the Peace ed. Phillips, 140, 146. Sheriff, 1629.Mont. Colls. viii. 189–90. Dep. lt. and capt. militia ft. by 1637–43, c.1660–d.HEHL, EL 7443. Commr. sewers, Merion. and Mont 1639;C181/5, f. 151v. further subsidy, Mont. 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 28 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Civic: burgess, Denbigh 10 Sept. 1632.Mont. Colls. viii. 189–90.

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LLOYD, Sir Edward (c.1600-66), of Berthllwyd, Llanidloes, Mont.
: of Berthllwyd, Llanidloes, Mont.
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LLOYD, Sir Edward (c.1600-66), of Berthllwyd, Llanidloes, Mont.

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leased Arwystli Iscoed and Uwchcoed 1627, and manor and lordship of Cyfeiliog 1632; purchased lordship of Arwystli 1635;Mont. Colls. iii. 42; viii. 189-90. estimated as worth £1,200 p.a. after 1660.Burke’s Commoners, i. 694.
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HOLLES, Denzil or Denzell (1598-1680), of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Damerham, Wilts.

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b. 31 Oct. 1598, 2nd s. of Sir John Holles† and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Stanhope† of Shelford, Notts.; bro. of John Holles†.CP. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1613, BA 1615, MA 1616; G. Inn, 9 Mar. 1615; travelled abroad 1618-19.Al. Cant.; G Inn Admiss. 137; APC, 1618-19, p. 100. m. (1) 4 June 1626, Dorothy (d. 21 June 1640), da. and h. of Sir Francis Ashley† of Dorchester Friary, 4s. (3 d.v.p.); (2) 12 Mar. 1642, Jane (bur. 25 Apr. 1666), da. and coh. of Sir John Shirley† of Ifield, Suss., wid. of Sir Walter Covert† of Slaugham and John Freke† of Westbrooke, Upwey, Dorset, s.p.; (3) 14 Sept. 1666, Esther (d. 1684), da. and coh. of Gideon le Lou of Colombiers, Normandy, wid. of Jacques Richer of Combernon, Normandy, s.p. cr. Baron Holles of Ifield, 20 Apr. 1661. d. 17 Feb. 1680.CP; Eg. 784, f. 88v.
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Civic: freeman, Dorchester 1628,Recs. of Dorchester ed. Mayo, 425. Poole 1671.Dorset RO, DC/PL/B/1/1.

Local: capt. militia ft. W. Dorset 1636.Dorset RO, D84. Commr. sewers, Dorset 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113. Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660-aft. Jan. 1673;C181/7, ff. 38, 632. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662.C181/7, f. 148. J.p. Dorset 6 Aug. 1641 – 15 July 1642, Mar. 1660-aft. 1663; Wilts. 26 Aug. 1641 – 10 June 1642, Mar. 1660-aft. 1663; Hants 17 Dec. 1641–10 June 1642. Custos rot. Dorset 20 Aug. 1641–15 July 1642, 10 Mar. 1660-aft. 1663. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642C66/2858; C231/5, pp. 475, 478, 481, 495, 528–30; Bayley, Dorset, 385; C193/12/3, ff. 23, 109v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ., 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/5, ff. 189, 221; C181/7, ff. 94, 636. further subsidy, Dorset 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642,SR. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647;A. and O. Bristol 1642;SR. Wilts. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647; Surr. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647; Notts. 23 June 1647. Ld. lt. Bristol 5 Mar. 1642–? Commr. sequestration, Dorset, Wilts. 27 Mar. 1643; commr. for Dorset, Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; New Model ordinance, Surr. 17 Feb. 1645; Northern Assoc. Notts. 20 June 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645. Gov. Covent Garden precinct, 7 Jan. 1646.A. and O. Commr. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, Dorset, Notts., Surr., Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.PJ ii. 403. Member, cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642;CJ ii. 651b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 393a. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a. Member, cttee. for sequestrations by 19 Sept. 1643;SP20/1, ff. 62v, 71v. cttee. for foreign affairs, 7 Sept. 1644;CJ iii. 620a; LJ vi. 698a. cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b. Commr. Uxbridge Propositions, 28 Jan. 1645. Member, cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645; Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 12 Oct. 1646, 7 Apr. 1647;CJ iv. 690b, 693b; LJ ix. 127b. cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. for compounding, 8 Feb. 1647; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. 1 June 1660 – 7 Jan. 1676A. and O. Commr. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648. 1 June 1660 – 7 Jan. 1676LJ x. 492b. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660. 1 June 1660 – 7 Jan. 1676A. and O. PC,, 24 June 1679–d.CP. Commr. trade, 7 Nov. 1660–72; plantations, 1 Dec. 1660–70. 29 Apr. 1662 – 28 May 1666Officials of Boards of Trade, 1660–1870 ed. Sainty, 101. High steward to Queen Catharine of Braganza, 1662–d. 29 Apr. 1662 – 28 May 1666CTB iv. 154; PC2/55, f. 30; SP29/47/116. Amb. France,; plenip. Breda, 22 Mar.-13 Sept. 1667.Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives ed. Bell, 24, 115. Commr. subsidy, peerage, 1671.C66/3125/14.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) Aug.–Dec. 1642.SP28/1a/215; SP28/4/375.

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HOLLES, Denzil (1598-1680), of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Damerham, Wilts.
: of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Wilts., Damerham.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown;Private colln. oils, C. Spooner;Parliamentary Art Colln. line engraving, R. White, 1699;BM; NPG. fun. monument, St Peter’s, Dorchester, Dorset.

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HOLLES, Denzil or Denzell (1598-1680), of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Damerham, Wilts.

Will
26 July. 1670, pr. 27 Feb. 1680.PROB11/362/319.
Estates
on d. of father-in-law from 1st m. (1635) acquired lands in borough of Dorchester and parishes of Frome Whitfield, Cerne Abbas and West Chaldon, Dorset, said to be worth £1,200 p.a.Dorset Hearth Tax, 8, 19, 55, 115. Through 2nd m. enjoyed wife’s jointure lands in Surr. and Suss. including Ifield. Income at d. may have been around £5,000 p.a.P. Crawford, Denzil Holles, 1598-1680: a study of his political career (1979), 226-7.
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HILL, Richard (1607-59), of Salisbury and Stratford Dean, Wilts.

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bap. 21 Jan. 1607, 2nd ?but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Hill (bur. 12 Oct. 1635), linen draper, of St Thomas, Salisbury, and 1st w. Sibill Securis ( 1580) of St Thomas.St Thomas, Salisbury, par. reg. ?appr. m. (1) c. 1633, Sara (?bur. 3 May 1644), ?da. of John Hill of London, merchant, 1s. d.v.p. 2 da. (1 ); (2) 7 Apr. 1647, Prudence Brothers (?bap. 27 Jan. 1618, d. aft. 10 Nov. 1658), ?da. of John ‘Brethers’ of Marlborough, 2s. 5da. (1 )St Edmund Salisbury, St Martin Salisbury, Marlborough and Stratford sub Castle par. regs.; Mar. Lics. Salisbury 1615-1682, 35, 157; PROB11/292/214. bur. 18 Feb. 1659 18 Feb. 1659.Stratford sub Castle par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, Salisbury, 23 Mar. 1632; asst. 3 Oct. 1635; constable by 24 Sept. 1640; alderman ?by 27 Oct. 1647–?15 Sept. 1656.Wilts. RO, G23/1/3, ff. 369, 393, 420; G23/1/4, ff. 4v, 33.

Religious: churchwarden, St Edmund, Salisbury 1641–4.Churchwardens’ Accounts Sarum ed. Swayne, 214, 384.

Local: commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644;A. and O. treas.Waylen, ‘Falstone Day Bk.’ 345. Commr. assessment, 24 July 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;CJ vi. 268b; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, 12 Aug. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 322. J.p. 18 July 1653–d.C231/6, p. 263; C193/13/5, f. 117; Wilts. RO, A1/160/2, pp. 21–135. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 295.

Military: capt. militia ft. Wilts. 10 Aug. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508.

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: of Salisbury and Stratford Dean, Wilts.
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HILL, Richard (1607-59), of Salisbury and Stratford Dean, Wilts.

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10 Nov. 1658, pr. 13 June 1659.PROB11/292/214.
Estates
1650-5, lease of manor of Stratford Dean; 1655-Nov. 1658, freehold; Oct. 1651, Mawarden court, Stratford; farm at Tollard Royal. VCH Wilts. vi. 201, 206; PROB11/292/214.
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SMITH, Anthony (d. 1683), of St Nicholas, Durham, co. Dur.

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m. by 1649, at least 1s.C93/20/12. d. 12 Mar. 1683.Six North Country Diaries ed. J.C. Hodgson (Surt. Soc. cxviii), 46.
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Mercantile: member, Durham Mercers and Grocers Co. by 1632–d.Northumb. RO, ZAN.M.13/F.4, unfol.

Civic: freeman, Durham by 1632–?d.;Northumb. RO, ZAN.M.13/F.4. common councilman by Apr. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1651; alderman by Oct. 1651–?c.Oct. 1662; mayor, 4 Oct. 1657–4 Oct. 1658.Durham Univ. Lib. Mickleton and Spearman ms 25, f. 37; Durham Civic Memorials ed. G.F. Whiting (Surt. Soc. clx), 41, 63, 64–5.

Religious: churchwarden, St Nicholas, Durham 1635.Surtees, Co. Dur. iv. 50.

Local: collector, dean and chapter rents, Durham dioc. by Sept. 1640-c.Mar. 1649;CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 61; SP28/227, pt. 1, unfol. sequestered church rents by 25 Mar. 1644-c.Jan. 1649; assessment, co. Dur. 1 Apr. 1646-c.Jan. 1649.Durham RO, D/Gr 403; E113/15, unfol. (Answers of Anthony Smith and Gilbert Marshall). Commr. charitable uses, 27 June 1649, 1651–3;C93/20/12; LPL, COMM VIII/I, p. 427. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb. and Westmld. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, co. Dur. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659.SP25/76A, f. 15v; A. and O. J.p. 20 Mar. 1655-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 306, 376. Recvr. subscriptions, Durham Univ. 12 Apr. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 262. visitor, 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 537. Commr. assizes, co. Dur. 18 July 1656–12 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 182, 299. securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1656;CSP Dom. 1656–7, pp. 185, 329. sewers, River Tyne 21 May 1659.C181/6, p. 359.

Central: member, cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218.

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SMITH, Anthony (d. 1683), of St Nicholas, Durham, co. Dur.
: of St Nicholas, co. Dur., Durham.
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SMITH, Anthony (d. 1683), of St Nicholas, Durham, co. Dur.

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d. intestate.Durham UL, DPR, 1682, A206.
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leased property from Durham dean and chapter.CSP Dom. 1639-40, pp. 499-500; W. Dumble, ‘The Durham Lilburnes and the English Revolution’, in The Last Principality ed. D. Marcombe (Durham, 1987), 229. Received a salary of £50 p.a. as a collector of sequestered church rents of the diocese of Durham (by Mar. 1644-c.Jan. 1649).SP28/227, pt. 1; Durham RO, D/Gr 403. In 1658, Durham corporation granted him an annuity of £20 for seven years.Durham Civic Memorials ed. Whiting, 64-5. He was said to have been the master of a hospital (unnamed) and a registrar of marriages – an office worth £200 p.a.Summers, Sunderland, 383.
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VAUGHAN, Henry (by 1586-1660/1), of Derwydd, Llandybïe, Carm.

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b. by 1586, 6th s. of Walter Vaughan† (d.1598) of Golden Grove (Gelli Aur), Llanfihangel Aberbythych, Carm. and his 1st w. Mary, da. of Griffith Rice of Newton, Llandyfeisant; bro. of John Vaughan†, 1st earl of Carbery [I].Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 213-14. m. betw. 1609-10, Sage (d. aft. 1648), da. and h. of John Gwyn William of Derwydd, Llandybïe, wid. of Edward Rice of Newton (d. betw. 1609-10), 3s. (1 illegit.; 1 d.v.p.) 7da.HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘Henry Vaughan’. Kntd. 14 Jan. 1643.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 215. d. betw. 27 Nov. 1660-5 Jan. 1661.NLW, SD/1660/89.
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Local: dep. coroner, Kidwelly, Carnwallon and Is-Cennen hundreds, Carm. by 1607.STAC8/289/7. J.p. Carm. 1617–?49.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 163–9. Rhaglaw (jt.) of Cayo, Cathinog, Maenordeilo and Mallaen commotes, Carm. 1618-at least 1624.C54/2338/12; STAC8/41/13, f. 2; C78/255/4. Sheriff, Carm. 1619–20.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 245. Commr. subsidy, Carm. 1621, 1624;C212/22/21, 23. piracy, Carm., Pemb. and Card. 1623.C181/3, f. 97v. ?Bailiff, estates of Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester [I], Carm. 1624.C2/Chas.I/C114/48. Dep. lt. Carm. 1624-at least 1642; Carmarthen by 1637–42.Salop RO, 151/2903; HEHL, EL7443. Commr. subsidy arrears, Carm. 1626;E179/224/598, f. 5. concealed monies for Irish army, 1626.APC, 1626, p. 114. Capt. militia ft. Carm. by 1627–42.SP16/88/50; HEHL, EL7443. Commr. shipwreck, Carm. 1627;SP16/90/65. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 67v. exacted fees, Carm., Pemb. and Card. 1635.C181/5, f. 31v. Steward, Laugharne, Carm. c.1639.HMC 5th Rep. 65. Commr. array (roy.), Carm. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Mercantile: patentee, manufacture of charcoal, 1620.CD 1621, vii. 340.

Civic: common cllr. Carmarthen by 1621 – at least40; ?alderman by 1621;F. Jones, ‘Cadets of Golden Grove, II’, Trans. Hon. Soc. Cymmrodorion (1974–5), 135; Carm. RO, Mus. 155, f. 38. mayor, 1623–4.Carm. RO, Mus. 611; 155, f. 63v.

Religious: ?churchwarden, Llandeilo Fawr, Carm. 1631.Jones, ‘Cadets’, 136.

Military: lt.-col. of ft. (roy.) 1642 – 43; col. by June 1643; sgt.-maj.-gen. S. W. Wales 26 Oct. 1643.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 215; Carm. RO, Cawdor (Vaughan) 43/5842; SP29/159/45; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in Eng and Wales (New York, 1981), 385.

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VAUGHAN, Henry (by 1586-1660/1), of Derwydd, Llandybie, Carm.
: of Derwydd, Llandybïe, Carm.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown, c.1644.Derwydd House, Carm.

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VAUGHAN, Henry (by 1586-1660/1), of Derwydd, Llandybïe, Carm.

Will
27 Nov. 1660, pr. 22 Jan. 1661.NLW, SD/1660/89.
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NOEL, Baptist (1611-82), of Exton, Rutland

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bap. 13 Oct. 1611, 1st s. of Edward Noel, 2nd Visct. Campden, and Juliana (d. 25 Nov. 1680), da. and coh. of Sir Baptist Hicks, 1st bt., 1st Visct. Campden.J.H. Hill, Hist. Market Harborough, 219-20; CP. educ. Camb. MA 1628.Al. Cant. m. (1) 25 Dec. 1632 (with £5,000), Anne (d. 24 Mar. 1636), da. of William Fielding, 1st earl of Denbigh, 3s. d.v.p.; (2) c.June 1638, Anne (d. c.1639), da. of Sir Robert Lovet of Liscombe, Bucks., wid. of Edward Bourchier, 4th earl of Bath, s.p.; (3) 21 Dec. 1639, Hester (d.1649), da. and coh. of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Baron Wotton, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.); (4) 6 July 1655 (with £5,000), Elizabeth (bur. 16 Aug. 1683), da. of Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl of Lindsey, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.Hill, Market Harborough, 219-20; CP; J. Wright, Rutland, 109; Exton, Rutland par. reg.; Leics. RO, DE3214/414, 2421. suc. fa. as 3rd Visct. Campden 8 Mar. 1643. d. 29 Oct. 1682.CP.
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Local: dep. lt. Rutland by Sept. 1640–?HEHL, HA 10623–4. J.p. by Nov. 1642–?, Aug. 1660-bef. 1680;Eg. 2986, f. 245; C231/7, p. 24. Mdx. 24 Aug. 1660–d.C231/7, p. 31. Commr. array (roy.), Rutland 2 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Custos rot. 8 Aug. 1660–d.C231/7, p. 24; J.C. Sainty Custodes Rotulorum1660–1828 (2002). Ld. lt. 9 Aug. 1660–d.Sainty, Lords Lieutenants 1660–1974 (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xii), 58. Commr. enclosures, Deeping fen 1665.SR. Recorder, Stamford 26 Dec. 1676–d.Leics. RO, DE3214/12311; CSP Dom. 1676–7, p. 473.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), 15 Mar. 1643–4; brig. of horse and ft. 24 July 1643–4.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 18, 59–60; P. R. Newman, Royalist Officers, 274.

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NOEL, Baptist (1611-82), of Exton, Rutland
: of Exton, Rutland.
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Likenesses: oils, P. Lely;Whereabouts unknown. fun. monument, G. Gibbons, Exton church, Rutland.

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NOEL, Baptist (1611-82), of Exton, Rutland

Will
24 Aug. 1681, pr. 5 Nov. 1682.PROB11/371, f. 127.
Estates
in 1646, possessed an estate for life in manor and rectory of Hampstead and lands and tenements in Kensington, Mdx. worth £497 p.a. bef. the war; estate for life in manors of Horn, Langham, Ridlington (with advowson) and Exton House, Rutland, worth £1,560 p.a. bef. the war; estate for life, in reversion after death of his mo. in manors of Brooke, Exton, Flitteris Park and Leighfield, Rutland; lordship, manor and rectory of Campden Weston; lands and tenements in par. of Campden, Glos. worth £2,727 p.a. bef. the war; estate for life, in reversion after death of his sister-in-law, in lands and tenements in Bisbrooke, Braunston, Manton, North Luffenham, Rutland, worth £237 p.a. bef. the war; estate for life, after death of Lady Margaret Wotton, of site of dissolved monastery of Canterbury and of a park, lands and tenements near Canterbury, Kent, worth £500 p.a. bef. the war; estate in reversion, after death of Lady Margaret Wotton and his wife, of lands in Wrexham, Denb. worth £800 p.a. bef. the war; estate in fee, of lease in reversion, in manors of Pickwell and Leesthorpe, Leics. worth £1,020 p.a. bef. the war; lease of tithes in Brooke worth £40 p.a. bef. the war; lease of tithes in Langham worth £100 p.a. bef. the war; with debts of £4,000 and rents and annuities chargeable upon his estate of £621 p.a.;SP23/56, ff. 53-4; SP23/183, pp. 57-8, 83-4, 113-14, 117, 120. ‘at the best of times’, claimed his estate was worth £1,537 p.a.; in reversion, £4,464 p.a.HMC 6th Rep. 130; CJ v. 384b. In 1647, claimed that his debts amounted to more than £22,730.SP23/183, p. 75. In 1653, lent £5,000 by statute staple to his future fa.-in-law Montagu Bertie, 2nd earl of Lindsey; this was repaid in 1654.LC4/203, f. 254.
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BIRCH, John (1615-91), of Bristol, Westminster and Whitbourne, Herefs.

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b. 7 Sept. 1615, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Samuel Birch of Ardwick Manor, Manchester, Lancs. and Mary, da. of Ralph Smith of Doblane House, Manchester. m. (1) lic. 5 Aug. 1639 Alice (d. 3 Sept. 1675), da. of Thomas Deane of Bristol, wid. of Thomas Selfe, grocer, of Bristol, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.; (2) Winifred (d. 1717), da. of Matthew Norris of Weobley, Herefs. 1s. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1669. d. 10 May 1691.Vis. Lancs. 1664 (Chetham. Soc. lxxxiv), 34; St Nicholas Bristol, par. reg.; E. Heath-Agnew, Roundhead to Royalist (Hereford, 1977), pp. viii, 1.
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Civic: freeman, Bristol 16 Mar. 1640.Bristol RO, 04359/2, f. 288v. High steward, Leominster 22 Nov. 1648-June 1660.CJ vi. 84a; G.F. Townshend, Town and Borough of Leominster (Leominster, n. d.), 291.

Military: capt. (parlian.) militia volunteers, Bristol by Aug. 1642–27 July 1643.Bodl. Nalson XIII, f. 179; A More Full Declaration of all Particulars (1643), 3 (E.97.6); Military Memoir of Col. John Birch (Cam. Soc. n.s. vii), 2–3. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of Sir Arthur Hesilrige*, Sept. 1643-c.Sept. 1644. Col. of ft. Kent Sept. 1644.Military Memoir, 13–4; SP28/130. Gov. Bridgwater, Som. July-Aug. 1645. Col. of ft. under Sir Thomas Fairfax*, July-Sept. 1645. Dep. gov. Bath and Bristol Sept-Dec. 1645. Col. of ft. under Cttee. of Both Kingdoms, Dec. 1645-July 1646.Military Memoir, 21–3, 35. Commr. surrender of Raglan Castle, 15 Aug. 1646.Sprigge, Anglia Rediviva, 303.

Local: commr. for Bristol 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Herefs. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689; Mdx., Westminster 1679; London 1690;A. and O.; SR.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). military rule, Kent 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645;A. and O. Herefs. militia, 23 May 1648;LJ x. 277a. militia, Bristol 2 Dec. 1648; Herefs. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mon., Rad., Salop, Worcs. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Herefs. Mar. 1660–80, ?1689–d. Col. militia ft. 9 June 1660.Herefs. RO, AK10/6. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 696. Dep. lt. Herefs. and London 1689–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘John Birch’.

Central: member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Oct. 1647;CJ v. 326b. cttee. for excise, 5 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 416b; LJ ix. 639b. Commr. to Scottish Parliament, 27 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 442b; LJ x. 4a. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 1 Dec. 1648.CJ vi. 92a. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. disbanding army, 27 Oct. 1660. Auditor of excise, 13 Feb. 1661–d.HMC 5th Rep. 361; Herefs. RO, AK10/2.

Parlimentarian
BIRCH, John (1615-91), of The Homme, nr. Leominster and Garnstone Manor, Weobley, Herefs.
: Westminster and Herefs., Whitbourne.
Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, 1691, Weobley church, Herefs.

Volume
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Web Title

BIRCH, John (1615-91), of Bristol, Westminster and Whitbourne, Herefs.

Will
9 Aug. 1690, pr. 14 July 1691.PROB11/405/262.
Estates
purchased lands of Somerset Fox, July 1646;Brampton Bryan MSS, bdle. 5; CJ v. 150a. structure of Worcester cathedral steeple, Oct. 1646 for £617;Military Memoir, 235. manor house of Whitbourne, for more than £1,348 by Apr. 1649, bishop’s palace, Hereford and manors of Shelwick, Barton, Tupsley, Eaton Bishop, Hampton Bishop, Sugwas, demesne of Barton, Herefs. with fishing on Lugg and Wye 22 Feb. 1650, small parcel of land, College Green, Bristol, Mar. 1650, lands in Hampton Bishop, Herefs. 3 Dec. 1652, property in Hereford 23 June 1654, hundred courts at palace of Hereford, 26 Mar. 1659, all from trustees of sale of bishops’ lands;Webb, Memorials, i. 310; Robinson, Mansions and Manors, 300; Herefs. RO, F78/II/441; 057/5, 6; Military Memoir, 154. prebend and manor of Upper Bullinghope, manors of Breinton and Church Withington, Herefs. 23 Mar. 1650, and properties in Hereford, 25 Oct. 1650 all from trustees for sale of dean and chapter lands.Herefs. RO, 057/3, 4 Bought Garnstone estate, Weobley, 1661.Robinson, Mansions and Manors, 291.
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Addresses
Religion
appointed Maurice Bidwell as chaplain to his regt.; discharged with the regiment in 1647.Add. 70061, bdle 1.
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PRIDEAUX, Richard (1606-67), of Thuborough, Sutcombe, Devon, and Trecarne, St Mabyn, Cornw.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1606, 1st s. of Jonathan Prideaux† of Thuborough and Winifred, da. and coh. of Tristram Gorges of St Budeaux, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 620. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 13 Dec. 1622.Al. Ox. m. 31 Dec. 1634, Mary, da. and coh. of Richard Barrett of Trecarne, St Mabyn, Cornw., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. July 1637. Kntd. c. 1645 ?; ?d. 1667.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 620.
Offices Held

Local: commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Cornw. 11 Feb. 1641;C181/5, f. 188. sequestration (roy.) by Mar. 1643–?1646;Cornw. RO, B/BOD/285, unfol. oyer and terminer (roy.), 5 July 1643; excise (roy.), 17 May 1644; rebels’ estates (roy.), 21 Feb. 1645. 1643 – ?46Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 54, 209, 259. J.p. 4 Oct., by Oct. 1660–?d.; Devon Nov. 1643 – ?46, by Oct. 1660–?d.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 78, 103; C220/9/4, ff. 11v, 17. Sheriff, Cornw. ?1644–5.CCSP i. 275; Coate, Cornw. 191. Surveyor-gen. duchy of Cornw. Aug. 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 212; 1667–8, p. 267. Commr. assessment, Cornw. 1661; Devon 1661, 1664;SR. piracy, 3 Mar. 1662;C181/7, p. 139. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian
PRIDEAUX, Richard (1606-67), of Thuborough, Sutcombe, Devon, and Trecarne, St Mabyn, Cornw.
: Sutcombe, Devon and Trecarne, St Mabyn, Cornw.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PRIDEAUX, Richard (1606-67), of Thuborough, Sutcombe, Devon, and Trecarne, St Mabyn, Cornw.

Will
16 May 1660, pr. 22 Sept. 1668.Cal. Wills and Admins. Devon and Cornw. ed. E.A. Fry (1908), 144; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 620.
Estates
manor of Thuborough, Devon, and Trecarne, Cornw.;PROB11/175/214; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 620; CCC 1996. by May 1650 possessed 1 acre ‘upon which to build a blowing house’ (for working tin) at Killagorden, St Clement’s par. (part of duchy manor of Moresk).Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 95.
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DRAKE, William (1606-69), of Shardeloes, nr. Amersham, Bucks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 28 Sept. 1606, 1st s. of Francis Drake†, of Esher and Walton-on-Thames, Surr. and Joan, da. and coh. of William Tothill, a six clerk in chancery, of Shardeloes;Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii. 1909), 136; Lipscombe, Buckingham, iii. 154; M.E. Blackman, ‘The Drake fam. of Esher and Walton-on-Thames’, Surr. Arch. Coll. lxxvi. (1985), 93. bro. of Francis*. educ. Amersham (Dr Charles Croke);A. Croke, Geneal. Hist. of the Croke Fam. (1823), i. 509. Christ Church, Oxf. 1624;A. Wood, Athenae Oxonienses (1817), iii. 205. M. Temple 1626;MT Adm. i. 117; MT Recs. ii. 703. G. Inn 1629;GI Adm. 188. travelled abroad ?1630, 1634-5;APC 1630-1, p. 26; K. Sharpe, Reading Revolutions (New Haven, 2000), 122. Leiden 1634;E. Peacock, Index to English Speaking Students who have graduated at Leyden University (1883), 30. MA, Oxf. 1669.Al. Ox. unm. suc. fa. 1634;Lipscombe, Buckingham, iii. 154. Kntd. 14 July 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. cr. bt. 17 July 1641.CB. d. 28 Aug. 1669.Lipscombe, Buckingham, iii. 154.
Offices Held

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b.

Local: commr. for associating midland cos. Bucks. 15 Dec. 1642.A. and O. Dep. lt. July 1642–3, c.Aug. 1660–1. by 1647 – July 1653LJ v. 178b. Commr. for Bucks. 15 Jan. 1645. by 1647 – July 1653CJ iv. 21a. J.p., by Oct. 1660–d.T. Langley, Hist. and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough (1797), 17; C231/6, p. 259; C220/9/4, f. 5v. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. corporations, 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–1690. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Legal: chirographer of c.p. 1652–60.HMC 10th Rep. IV, 217; CCSP, v. 43–4.

Parlimentarian
DRAKE, William (1606-69), of Shardeloes, nr. Amersham, Bucks.
: of Shardeloes, Bucks., nr. Amersham.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

DRAKE, William (1606-69), of Shardeloes, nr. Amersham, Bucks.

Will
17 Dec. 1667, pr. 8 Sept. 1669.PROB11/330/521.
Estates
inherited Shardeloes from his grandfather, William Tothill, 1626; calculated his wealth (cash plus money owed to him) as £8,300, 1634;UCL, MS Ogden 7/7, ff. 163v-164. given manor of Walton-on-Thames by his father, bef. 1634; subsequently sold it to his brother, Francis;Blackman, ‘Drake fam.’, 93. bought manor of Amersham, 1637;Coventry Docquets, 705. leased estate at Shardeloes for £25 p.a. 1649;G. E[land], ‘The Shardeloes muniments’, Recs. of Bucks. xiv. (1941-6), 168; G. Eland, Shardeloes Pprs. (Cambridge, 1947), 55. bought Tomlyns manor, Amersham, 1657.VCH Bucks. iii. 152.
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READING, Nathaniel (d.1716), of Hatfield, Yorks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1644, BA 1644; fell. Christ’s, Camb. 1645-9;Al. Cant. MA, Merton, Oxf. 1 July 1646;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (Italy) aft. July 1646-aft. July 1647;C. Jackson, ‘The Stovin ms.’, Yorks. Arch Jnl. vii. 210, 225. I. Temple 4 May 1651,I. Temple Admiss. Database. called 4 Nov. 1658.CITR, ii. 327. m. 7 Dec. 1657, Sarah, da. of Jasper Churchill, cutler, of London, 4s.St Clement Danes, Westminster par. reg.; Jackson, ‘Stovin ms.’, 212, 225; HP Commons, 1660-90, ‘Sir John Churchill’. bur. 4 June 1716 Belton, Lincs. .Belton par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: collector, sewers rates, Hatfield Chase Level Apr. 1655–1674. 2 July 1655 – 27 Jan. 1657C225/2/50, 56; PA, Main Pprs. 12 June 1678; CSP Dom. 1656–7, pp. 80–1; Lindley, Fenland Riots, 215. Commr. sewers,, 20 May 1659–14 July 1664.C181/6, pp. 109, 358; C181/7, pp. 21, 251.

Parlimentarian
READING, Nathaniel (d.1716), of Hatfield, Yorks.
: of Hatfield, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

READING, Nathaniel (d.1716), of Hatfield, Yorks.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1666, inc. 2 acres at Sandtoft, par. Belton, Lincs. with house and out-houses.Lindley, Fenland Riots, 242.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Canon Row, Westminster (?bef. 1660).Jackson, ‘Stovin ms.’, 225.
Religion
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