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CUNLIFFE, Robert (1604-53), of The Sparth, Whalley, Lancs.

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bap. 1 Aug. 1604, 1st s. of Christopher Cunliffe of The Sparth, and Jennet, da. of Christopher Kenyon of Milnshaw, Lancs.Gt. Harwood ed. A. Sparke (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lxxv), 21; Lancs. IPM ed. J. P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xvi), 24-5; Misc. Gen. et Her. ii. 22. m. (1) lic. 18 Nov. 1630, Anne, da. of one Feilden of Whalley, Lancs. 1s. 5da.;Lancs. RO, DDLX/7/2, p. 5; Archdeaconry of Chester Mar. Lics. ed. W.F. Irvine (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lvii), 200; Gt. Harwood ed. Sparke, 42; R. Trappes-Lomax, Hist. of Clayton-le-Moors (Chetham Soc. n.s. lxxxv), 104-5. (2) c.Jan. 1653, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Robert Callis, sjt.-at-law, of Dalderby, Lincs. wid. of John Doughtie (d. Nov. 1646) of Thornley, Lancs. s.p.SP20/13, unfol. (depositions rel. to Elizabeth Doughtie, 12 May 1647); Lancs. RO, DDK/861/17, 23, 24; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 227. suc. fa. 19 Oct. 1614.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 25. d. 4 Dec. 1653.Jolly Note Bk. ed. H. Fishwick (Chetham Soc. n.s. xxxiii), 126.
Offices Held

Local: recvr. assessment money, Lancs. 26 Jan. 1643.LJ v. 573b. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 19 Dec. 1651, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; CJ vii. 54b; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643, 30 Jan. 1650 – 15 Feb. 1653, by Apr. 1653–?d.;A. and O.; CCC 168, 629; SP28/211, f. 717. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645.A. and O. J.p. by July 1652–4 Mar. 1653.Lancs. RO, QSC/53; A. Craven, ‘‘For the better uniting of this nation’’, HR lxxxviii. 90.

Religious: elder, third Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 510.

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CUNLIFFE, Robert (1604-53), of The Sparth, Whalley, Lancs.
: of The Sparth, Lancs., Whalley.
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CUNLIFFE, Robert (1604-53), of The Sparth, Whalley, Lancs.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited The Sparth and 72 acres of land in Clayton le Moors, Whalley.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 24. Estate worth £35 p.a.Lancs. RO, DDLX/7/2, p. 5; Blackwood, Lancs. 84. He and another gentleman purchased lands in Lancs. worth £1,973 from the treason trustees.Blackwood, Lancs. 92. In 1653, he purchased forfeited property in Ightenhill, Lancs. for £1,048.C54/3765/30. At his d. estate inc. timber worth betw. £200 and £500 and a personal estate inventoried at £268 17s.Lancs. RO, DDLX/7/2, pp. 5, 11, 124, 128, 146.
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The Bell Inn, Friday Street, London (1651).CCC 499.
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OAKELEY, William (1635-95), of Oakeley, nr. Bishop’s Castle, Salop.

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b. Mar. 1635, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Oakeley† of Oakeley and Mary, da. of Edward Combes of Fetter Lane, London.Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 245; Salop Arch. Soc. Trans. ser. 2, x. 50; ser. 4, ii. 196. educ. M. Temple, 4 Mar. 1651; Balliol, Oxf. 25 June 1651.Al. Ox.; G. M. Temple Admiss. i. 150. m. (1) settlement 13 Nov. 1663, Mary (bur. 27 Sept. 1680), da. of Walter Waring of Owlbury, Lydham, Salop, 1da.; (2) 24 Mar. 1681, Barbara, da. of John Walcot of Walcot, Salop, 5s. 3da. suc. fa. 26 Sept. 1653. bur. 31 Jan. 1695.F.A. Crisp, Frag. Gen. n.s. i. 84.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Salop 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Mont. 1661, 1672, 1677, 1679; Oxon. 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Salop, N. Wales 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Sheriff, Salop Mar.-Nov. 1660.CJ vii. 864a. J.p. Salop, Mont. Mar. 1660–87, ?1689–d.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘William Oakeley’. Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. corporations, Salop 1662–3;HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘William Oakeley’. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB i. 790. Capt. militia ft. by 1681; maj. c.1683–6.Herbert Corresp. ed. W.J. Smith (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxi) 197.

Civic: freeman, Ludlow 1661.HP Commons 1660–1690.

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OAKELEY, William (1635-95), of Oakeley, nr. Bishop’s Castle, Salop.
: of Oakeley, Salop., nr. Bishop’s Castle.
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Commons 1640-1660
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OAKELEY, William (1635-95), of Oakeley, nr. Bishop’s Castle, Salop.

Will
29 Mar. 1692, pr. 27 June 1695.PROB11/426/245.
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LEA, John (d. c.1661), of Bridport and Charmouth, Dorset.

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m. Margaret, da. of ?, 2s. 2da. d. c. 1661.PROB11/307/10.
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Civic: capital burgess, Bridport by 1634–d.;Dorset RO, DC/BTB/H1, p. 449. bailiff bef. Mar. 1640.Dorset RO, DC/BTB/EF3, unfol.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.), regt. of Sir Walter Erle*, 1642; regt. of Thomas Ceely*, 1644;Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, 55, 568. regt. of William Sydenham* bef. Apr. 1648.Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, 377; CCAM, 74. Capt. militia ft. Dorset Mar. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505.

Local: commr. assessment, Dorset 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659;SP25/76A, f. 14; A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 305. charitable uses, bef. Sept. 1656.Dorset RO, DC/LR/D2/1.

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LEA, John (d. c.1661), of Bridport and Charmouth, Dorset.
: of Bridport and Dorset., Charmouth.
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LEA, John (d. c.1661), of Bridport and Charmouth, Dorset.

Will
23 July 1659, pr. 2 Jan. 1662.PROB11/307/10.
Estates
property in Bridport and Lyme Regis, bef. 1642; acquired house and leases in Charmouth, lands in Abbot Stoke and elsewhere in Dorset, and rents in Milborne Port, Som.;PROB11/307/10. purchased delinquent estates, in Charmouth, Wootton Fitzpaine and Whitchurch, Dorset and Chiltron, Somerset, July 1653-May 1654.CCC 3131, 3213.
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SALUSBURY, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (1612-1643), of Lleweni, Denb.

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b. 6 Mar. 1612, 1st s. of Sir Henry Salusbury, 1st bt., of Lleweni, and 1st w. Hester (d. 26 Jan. 1614), da. of Sir Thomas Myddelton† of Chirk Castle.DWB, ‘Sir Thomas Salusbury’; Salusbury Corresp. app. IC; CB. educ. Jesus, Oxf.; DCL, Oxf. Nov. 1642;Al. Ox. I. Temple 3 Dec. 1631.I. Temple Admiss. Database. m. c. Dec. 1632 (with £1,000), Hester, da. of Sir Edward Tyrrell, 1st bt., of Thornton, Bucks., wid. of Sir Peter La Mere, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.NLW, Lleweni MS 467; CB; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 119; Salusbury Corresp. 82, 83, app. IC. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 31 July 1632;WARD7/85/203. bur. 13 July 1643.Y Cwtta Cyfarwydd ed. D. R. Thomas, 142-3, 208.
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Civic: freeman, Denbigh 10 Sept. 1632; cllr. 18 Feb. 1633; alderman, 1634 – 38, 1639.J. Williams, Recs. of Denbigh and its Lordship, i. 130, 132.

Local: j.p. Denb. 26 July 1633 – d.; Flint 10 Dec. 1634 – 23 Feb. 1637, 3 Apr. 1638–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 72, 108, 109. Steward, lordship of Ruthin, Denb. 20 Oct. 1635.NLW, Lleweni MS 774. Commr. charitable uses, Flint 12 July 1637, 19 Apr. 1642; Denb. Mar. 1639, Feb. 1641.C192/1, unfol. Dep. lt. c.1639–d.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 256; Salusbury Corresp. 107. Commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and marches 31 July 1640;C181/5, f. 185. subsidy, Denb. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Denb., Flint 3 Aug. 1642.NLW, Lleweni MS 652; Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. Custos rot. Denb. 5 Aug. 1642–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 74.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) Aug. 1642–d.Cal. Wynn Pprs. 277; N. Tucker, Royalist Officers of N. Wales, 56 Capt. of dragoons, 1 Nov. 1642.Harl. 6852, f. 1.

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SALUSBURY, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (1612-1643), of Lleweni, Denb.
: 2nd bt. (1612-1643), of Lleweni, Denb. 1612 – 43.
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SALUSBURY, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (1612-1643), of Lleweni, Denb.

Will
admon. 21 Oct. 1646.PROB6/21, f. 114.
Estates
Salusbury inherited an estate that included the capital messuage of Lleweni and property in Denb., Flint and Anglesey and was worth approximately £1,500 a year.WARD7/85/203; NLW, Lleweni MS 467; Salusbury Corresp. 11.
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PERROT, Herbert (c.1617-1683), of Haroldston, Haroldston St Issells, Pemb., and Wellington, Herefs.

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b. c. 1617, 1st s. of Robert Perrot of Moreton-on-Lugg, Herefs. and Fortuna, da. of Richard Tomkyns of Monnington-on-Wye, Herefs., wid. of Walter Pembridge of Mansell Gamage.E.L. Barnwell, Perrot Notes: or Some Account of the Various Branches of the Perrot Fam. 121, 189-90, 215. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 21 Feb. 1634, aged 16;Al. Ox. G. Inn 6 Nov. 1635,G. Inn Admiss. called, 11 Feb. 1651.PBG Inn, 381. m. (1) by 5 Sept. 1643, Sybil, da. and coh. of David Lloyd of Cilciffeth, Llanychaer, Pemb., 3s. d.v.p.; (2) Hester (d. 1646), da. of William Barlow of Slebech, Pemb., 1da.; (3) 1668, Susanna (d. 1690), da. of Sir Francis Norreys† of Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon., s.p.Barnwell, Perrot Notes, 123, 210; F. Jones, ‘Lloyd of Cilciffeth’, Pemb. Historian, iv. 32, 58-9; Duncumb, Collections, iv. 146. suc. to Pemb. estate of Sir James Perrott† 4 Feb. 1637;Barnwell, Perrot Notes, 59, 189-90. fa. 1657;Duncumb, Collections, iv. 146. Kntd. 14 Aug. 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 231. d. 1 Aug. 1683.Robinson, Mansions and Manors, 287.
Offices Held

Local: commr. for assoc. of Pemb., Carm. and Card. 10 June 1644;A. and O. commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales 19 Aug. 1645.CJ iv. 243a; LJ vii. 543a. ?Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Pemb. by c.Dec. 1646.SP28/260, f. 347. J.p. by Sept. 1647–d.;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 218, 228. Herefs. 20 July 1658 – July 1670, June 1673–d.;C231/6, p. 400; C231/7, pp. 373, 452. Haverfordwest 19 Oct. 1659–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 243, 249. Commr. assessment, Pemb. 23 Dec. 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1666, 1672, 1677, 1679; Haverfordwest 16 Feb. 1648, 1661, 1677, 1679; Herefs. 1661, 1664, 1666, 1672, 1677, 1679;CJ v. 401a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Pemb. 2 Dec. 1648; Pemb. and Haverfordwest 26 July 1659; Herefs. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Herefs., Pemb. 1660, 1666; subsidy, 1663.SR. Dep. lt. Pemb. by c.Sept. 1661–?, Jan. 1674–?d.;SP29/42/63, f. 124; CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 116. Herefs. by c.Sept. 1661-bef. c.Sept. 1662.SP29/42/63, f. 120v. Sheriff, 1661–2; Pemb. 12 Nov. 1665–7 Nov. 1666.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 62, 266. Commr. recusants, Herefs. 1675.CTB iv. 696.

Civic: freeman, Haverfordwest by Apr. 1653–d.;Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 137. mayor, 1677–8.Barnwell, Perrot Notes, 125.

Court: gent. pensioner, extraordinary, 27 Jan. 1662–?d.Badminton House, Badminton Mss, Fm H 2/4/1, f. 63.

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PERROTT, Herbert (c.1617-83), of Wellington, Herefs. and Haroldston St. Issells, Pemb.
: of Haroldston, Haroldston St Issells, Pemb. and Herefs., Wellington.
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PERROT, Herbert (c.1617-1683), of Haroldston, Haroldston St Issells, Pemb., and Wellington, Herefs.

Will
21 June 1682, pr. 4 Sept. 1683.PROB11/374, f. 39.
Estates
in 1637, inherited from Sir James Perrott†, houses, tenements and lands in and around Haverfordwest, inc. Haroldston.Barnwell, Perrot Notes, 189-90. In 1642, inherited from his uncle, lands and tenements in Ambleston, Castlebythe and Woodstock, near Haverfordwest.PROB11/190, f. 303v. By 1682, estate inc. lands and tenements in Burghill, Moreton-on-Lugg, Pipe and Lyde, and Wellington; manor and tithes of Wellington, Herefs.; and tithes of Haroldston St Issells, Pemb.Barnwell, Perrot Notes, 210, 211, 212.
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BUXTON, John (1608-60), of Channonz, Tibenham, Norf.

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b. 26 Oct. 1608, o.s. of Robert Buxton of Tibenham and Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Doyly of Shotesham, Norf.CUL, Buxton pprs. 30/18; HMC Var. ii. 249; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv. 1934), i. 45. educ. G. Inn 1626.GI Admiss. m. Nov. 1627, Margaret (d. 11 May 1687), da. of William Pert of Arnolds, Brentwood, Essex and coh. of maternal grandfa. Thomas Conyers of East Barnet, Mdx., 4s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).D. McKitterick, ‘“Ovid with a Littleton”: the cost of English bks. in the early seventeenth century’, Trans. Camb. Bibliographical Soc. xi. 192; Vis. Norf. i. 45; Blomefield, Norf. v. 276-7; John Buxton, ed. A. Mackley (Norf. Rec. Soc. lxix), 6. suc. fa. 1611.CUL, Buxton pprs. 30/18; HMC Var. ii. 249. d. 29 Apr. 1660.Blomefield, Norf. v. 276.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Norf. Apr. 1632 – Mar. 1652, by Mar. 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 66; C231/6, p. 230. Lt.-col. militia horse by 1637; capt. of light horse by 1637.CUL, Buxton pprs. 96/17. Sheriff, 18 May-Nov. 1638.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 89. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658.C181/6, p. 339.

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BUXTON, John (1608-60), of Channonz, Tibenham, Norf.
: of Channonz, Tibenham, Norf.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1635.Norf. Museums Service.

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BUXTON, John (1608-60), of Channonz, Tibenham, Norf.

Will
12 Dec. 1659, pr. 16 Jan. 1662.Norf. RO, Norwich consistory court, will reg. Tennant 374; CUL, Buxton pprs. 27/1. Earlier draft from 30 Apr. 1659, CUL, Buxton pprs. 44/185.
Estates
income of £1,085 6s 4d, Mar. 1629-Mar. 1630.CUL, Buxton pprs. 127/2, f. 94.
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VAUGHAN, Edward (c.1600-61), of the Inner Temple, London and

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b. c. 1600, 5th but 3rd or 4th surv. s. of Owen Vaughan (d. 1616) of Llwydiarth and 1st w. Catherine, da. and h. of Maurice ap Robert of Llangedwyn, Denb.Montgom. Peds. ed. J. Rhydderch, 66-7; C142/380/136. educ. I. Temple 12 Nov. 1618.I. Temple database. unm. suc. nephew Herbert Vaughan 1650.CCC ii. 1627. bur. 8 Oct. 1661 8 Oct. 1661.CITR iii. 444.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Mont. 1624 – 26, 27 Oct. 1643–30 Mar. 1649.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 138–9, 143–4. Commr. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 386a. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. by Sept. 1645–7.SP28/251, pt. 1, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 441, 461, 491. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Merion. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; associated cos. of N. Wales, Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Merion., Mont. 2 Dec. 1648; N. Wales 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; LJ x. 448a. Sheriff, Denb. 1658–60.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 251. Custos rot. Mont. Mar.-24 Aug. 1660.A Perfect List (1660); Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 145. Dep. lt. 1661–d.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Edward Vaughan’.

Legal: called, I. Temple 3 Nov. 1635;I. Temple database; CITR ii. 226. associate bencher, 1659–d.CITR ii. 333.

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VAUGHAN, Edward (c.1600-1661), of the Inner Temple, London and Llwydiarth, Llanfihangel yng Ngwynfa, Mont.
: of the Inner Temple, London and.
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VAUGHAN, Edward (c.1600-61), of the Inner Temple, London and

Will
undated, but pr. 10 Dec. 1661.PROB11/306/463, 458.
Estates
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BROOKE, Henry (1611-64), of Norton Hall, Runcorn, Cheshire

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b. c. Feb. 1611, 1st s. of Sir Richard Brooke of Norton Hall, and 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Sir Henry Neville† of Billingbear, Berks.Cheshire IPM ed. R. Stewart-Brown (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxxiv), 85; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 45; CB. m. 2 Jan. 1630 (with £1,240), Mary, da. of Timothy Pusey of Selston, Notts., 3s.Selston par. reg.; Cheshire RO, DBN/B/2/7; WS 1665, will of Sir Henry Brooke bt.; Cheshire IPM ed. Stewart-Brown, 83; CB. suc. fa. 10 Apr. 1632;Cheshire IPM ed. Stewart-Brown, 85. cr. bt. 12 Dec. 1662; bur. 7 Oct. 1664 7 Oct. 1664.Runcorn All Saints par. reg.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Liverpool 17 Sept. 1641–?d.Chandler, Liverpool, 271, 329; Liverpool Town Bks. 1649–71 ed. M. Power (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxvi), 2, 51.

Local: dep. lt. Cheshire by Dec. 1642 – aft.Jan. 1650, Oct. 1661 – 20 Sept. 1662, 9 Aug. 1664–d.SP28/224, f. 295; Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, pp. 108, 127; Civil War in Cheshire, 240–1. Member, Cheshire co. cttee. Feb. 1643-aft. Jan. 1650.SP28/224, ff. 294, 295; SP28/225, f. 432; HMC Portland, i. 96; Civil War in Cheshire, 245. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, 19 Jan. 1644–17 Nov. 1647.CJ iii. 354b; LJ vi. 384a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 18. Steward, honor of Halton, Cheshire 31 May 1644-aft. 1658.PRO30/26/21, p. 1; P. J. Pinckney, ‘The Cheshire election of 1656’, BJRL xlix. 401. J.p. Cheshire by 9 June 1647–1 Oct. 1659, Mar. 1660–d.C231/6, p. 442; Cheshire RO, DAR/I/29 (Crewe memo. bk.); QJB 3/1, ff. 3, 94v. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. Chester 26 July 1659.A. and O. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Cheshire by July 1650–?SP28/224, f. 327. Commr. ct. martial, James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby, 11 Sept. 1651.Stanley Pprs. ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxvii), p. cccxxxvi. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Cheshire and Chester 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, Cheshire by Nov. 1655;Cheshire RO, DLT/B38, p. 10. dividing parishes, Cheshire and Chester 10 Mar. 1656;Mins. of the Cttee. of Plundered Ministers rel. to Lancs. and Cheshire ed. W. A. Shaw (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 115. poll tax, Cheshire 1660.SR.

Military: col. of horse (parlian.) by Mar. 1644-aft. Feb. 1646. 1650 – ?CJ iii. 440a. Col. militia horse, Cheshire 8 July; col. militia ft. 22 Aug. 1650–?CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 507, 509.

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BROOKE, Henry (1611-64), of Norton Hall, Runcorn, Cheshire
: of Norton Hall, Runcorn, Cheshire.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BROOKE, Henry (1611-64), of Norton Hall, Runcorn, Cheshire

Will
20 Feb. 1663, pr. 26 June 1665.Cheshire RO, WS 1665, will of Sir Henry Brooke bt.
Estates
in 1625, Brooke’s fa. was assessed at £20 for the privy seal loan.Cheshire RO, DLT/B/11, p. 12. In 1632, Brooke inherited manors of Acton Grange, Aston Grange and Norton; capital messuage of Norton Hall; property in Acton, Aston, Moore, Norton and Stockham, Cheshire; and manor of Cuerdley, Lancs.Cheshire RO, DBN/B/2/2; Cheshire IPM ed. Stewart-Brown, 83-4. In 1634, acquired a lease of the rectory of Runcorn, with tithes.Cheshire RO, DBN/B/2/7-8. His estate bef. the civil war was worth approx. £780 p.a.M.D.G. Wanklyn, ‘Landed Society and Allegiance in Cheshire and Shropshire in the First Civil War’ (Manchester Univ. PhD thesis, 1976), 306. In 1650, he purchased, for £750, 8 fee farm rents in Cheshire worth £82 p.a.SP28/288, f. 13. In 1651, purchased from the trustees for the sale of crown lands manor of Halton, Cheshire, for £1,195.E121/1/5/43. In 1656, estate inc. manors of Acton Grange, Aston Grange, Halton and Norton; Norton Hall; mansion house of Halton; property in Acton, Aston, Congleton, Halton, Keckwick, Moore, Norton and Runcorn, Cheshire; manor of Cuerdley and messuages and lands there; and property in Widnes, Lancs.SP28/224, f. 328; Cheshire RO, DBN/C/2/4, 5-7.
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BOWYER, William (1612-79), of Denham, Bucks.

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bap. 29 June 1612, 1st s. of Sir Henry Bowyer (bur. 27 Dec. 1613), of Denham and Anne, da. and h. of Sir Nicholas Salter of Enfield, Mdx. farmer of the customs 1604-21.Regs. of St Olave, Hart Street, London 1563-1700, ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. xliv), 27; Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 14; Lipscombe, Buckingham, iv. 453. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1628;Al. Cant. L. Inn 14 Apr. 1630.LI Admiss. i. 211. m. 29 May 1634, Margaret (d. 8 Jan. 1679), da. of Sir John Weld of Arnolds, Edmonton, Mdx. 6s (at least 2 d.v.p.) 3da.St Olave Old Jewry, London par. reg.; Vis. Bucks. 1634, 14; Lipscombe, Buckingham, iv. 453. suc. gdfa. 1616;PROB11/128/188. Kntd. by 1660; cr. bt. 25 June 1660.CB. d. 2 Oct. 1679.Lipscombe, Buckingham, iv. 453.
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Local: j.p. Bucks. 1639–?, Mar. 1660–d.; Mdx. 24 Mar. 1641–?, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/5, pp. 337, 438; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. oyer and terminer, Bucks. 23 June 1640;C181/5, f. 176v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 17 Mar. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642.LJ v. 207b. Sheriff, 1646–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 9. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Lt.-col. militia ft. Apr. 1660. Dep. lt. by Sept. 1660-bef. 1670.I.F.W. Beckett, ‘The evolution and decline of the Restoration militia in Bucks. 1660–1745’, Recs. of Bucks. xxvi. 29. Commr. corporations, 1662–3; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, 6 June 1664;C181/7, p. 255. recusants, Mdx., Bucks. 1675.CTB iv. 696, 788.

Central: gent. of privy chamber, 1665–d.N. Carlisle, An Inquiry into the Place and Quality of the Gentlemen of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Chamber (1829), 176.

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BOWYER, William (1612-79), of Denham, Bucks.
: of Denham, Bucks.
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BOWYER, William (1612-79), of Denham, Bucks.

Will
admon. 3 July 1683.PROB6/58, ff. 70-74.
Estates
inherited manor of Denham, Bucks. 1616;PROB11/128/188. sold it to his own use, 1633; sold manors of Rumboldswhyke and New Fishbourne, Suss. 1633;Coventry Docquets, 636, 644. sold some of his lands at Denham, 1670;VCH Bucks. iii. 258. worth £1,000 p.a.I.F.W. Beckett, Wanton Troopers (Barnsley, 2015), 6.
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PRYNNE, William (c.1601-69), of Swainswick, Som. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

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b. c. 1601, 1st s. of Thomas Prynne of Swainswick, and 2nd w. Mary, da. of William Shertson† of Bath.R. Peach, Annals of the Par. of Swainswick (1890), 32. educ. Bath g.s. 1614-18; Oriel, Oxf. 24 Apr. 1618 ‘aged 16’, BA 1621;Al. Ox. L. Inn 16 June 1621.LI Admiss. i. 188. suc. fa. 10 July 1620.Peach, Swainswick, 58-9, 73. unm. d. 24 Oct. 1669.Smyth’s Obit. 84.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 24 June 1628; bencher, Nov. 1648; auditor, 1654; treas. 1657 – 58; reader, 1662.LI Black Bks. ii. 277, 379, 404, 415; Hargrave 98, ff. 31–55v.

Religious: churchwarden, Swainswick, 1632.Som. RO, D/P/swk 4/2/2. Trier of elders, Serjeants’ Inn 14 Oct. 1645.A. and O.; Add. 18778, f. 138. Elder, Bath classis, 1648.The Co. of Som. Divided into Several Classes ([4 Mar.] 1647/8, P3934).

Central: member, cttee. of accts. 22 Feb. 1644. Contractor, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Nov. 1646.A. and O. Visitor, Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O.; CJ vi. 215b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648;A. and O.; LPL, Add. Commonwealth Recs. MS 1, ff. 1, 28. for disbandment, Sept. 1660–1.CJ viii. 154b. Elder bro. Trinity House, Nov. 1660–d.HMC 8th Rep. I, 254. Commr. for maimed soldiers, Dec. 1660–1.CJ viii. 213a-b. Clerk or kpr. of records in Tower of London, and custodian of Tower Chamberhouse, 25 Mar. 1661,C66/2962/35; C216/4/149; SO3/14, unfol. 6 May 1665.Herts. RO, Verulam VIII.B.159; C216/4/149. Chairman, cttee. of ways and means, 10- 11 June 1661, 3–13 July 1663.CJ viii. 268a-b, 517a, 523a. Commr. for appeals and regulating duty of excise, 8 Apr. 1661;C66/2962/13; CTB i. 75. for Chatham Chest, 20 Oct. 1662–d.C181/7, p. 172; Pepys’s Diary, iii. 257.

Local: commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sewers, 15 Nov. 1645, 7 Jan. 1646, 11 Aug. 1660. by Mar. 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650C181/5, ff. 263, 268; C181/7, f. 24. J.p., 20 July 1660–d.QS Recs. Som. Charles II, p. xvi; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 244, 252. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, Som., Bath 1663.SR.

Civic: recorder, Bath 13 Dec. 1647–27 Sept. 1652,Bath and NE Som. RO, Bath council bk. 1631–49, p. 296; 1649–84, p. 67. 27 Aug. 1661–1662, Mar. 1669–d.Bath and NE Som. RO, Bath council bk. 1649–84, pp. 265, 491–2.

Parlimentarian
PRYNNE, William (c.1602-69), of Swainswick, nr. Bath, Som. and Lincoln’s Inn.
: Som. and Mdx., Lincoln’s Inn.
Likenesses

Likenesses: etching, W. Hollar;BM; NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1640;BM; NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1643.J. Ward, The Christians Incouragement Earnestly to Contend (1643), titlepage.

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PRYNNE, William (c.1601-69), of Swainswick, Som. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
11 Aug. 1669, pr. 25 Nov. 1669.PROB11/331/455.
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