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PUREFOY, William II (1622-bef. 1699), of Rossroe, co. Clare.

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bap. May 1622, 3rd s. of Gamaliel Purefoy of Wolvershill, Bulkington, Warws. and Anne Sheldon of Sheldon.Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 109-110; Warws. RO, Bulkington par. regs.; BRL, Sheldon par. regs. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 12 June 1640.Al. Ox. m. Flora, da. of ?Benjamin Henshaw of London, 4s. 3da. d. bef. 1699.Vis. Warws. 1682-3, 110; Al. Dub.; P.B. Eustace ‘Index of Will Abstracts’, Analecta Hibernica xvii. 313.
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Military: maj. of ft. (parlian.), regt. of James Castle (later Henry Slade, William Leigh), army in Ireland, 8 Oct. 1646-c.Feb. 1651;CSP Ire. 1633–47, pp. 527–8; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 632–3. lt.-col. c.Feb. 1651-Aug. 1653.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 34; SP28/95, f. 48. Capt. Clare Castle by Jan. 1655–?60.Bodl. Rawl. A.208, p. 453. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of Henry Ingoldsby* (later Robert Barrow), ?1655–60.HMC Ormonde, n.s. iii. 424; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 12; CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 692.

Local: commr. assessment, cos. Clare, Limerick 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655;An Assessment for Ire. (1654, 1655). poll money, co. Clare, King’s Co., Limerick City and Ennis Town 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 622–5, 640–4.

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PUREFOY, William II (1622-bef. 1699), of Rossroe, co. Clare.
: of Rossroe, co. Clare.
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PUREFOY, William II (1622-bef. 1699), of Rossroe, co. Clare.

Will
pr. 1699.Eustace, ‘Abstract of Wills’, 313.
Estates
awarded 200 acres, Tullogh Barony, and 125 acres, Bunratty Barony, co. Clare, 1650s;Civil Survey, iv. 86, 91, 160. purchased Castle Warning, co. Kildare, c.1661;HMC Egmont, i. 617; HMC 6th Rep. 748. ownership of property in King’s Co., confirmed Nov. 1666.CSP Ire. 1666-9, pp. 233-4. In 1670 held 35 townlands in co. Clare (concentrated in Tullogh Barony), 5 in Coolestowne Barony, King’s Co. and 1 in parish of Mullingar, co. Westmeath.Down Survey website.
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LEIGH, Sir John (c.1598-c.1666), of Northcourt, Shorwell, I.o.W.

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b. c.1598, 1st s. of Barnaby Leigh of Northcourt, and Elizabeth (d. 7 Mar. 1615), da. of Hugh Bampfield of North Cadbury, Som.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 179-80. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 25 Oct. 1616, ‘aged 18’.Al. Ox. m. bef. 1629, Elizabeth, da. of William Bulkeley of Nether Burgate, Fordingbridge, Hants, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 104; Berry, Hants, 122; Oglander Memoirs, 147. Kntd. 1 Sept. 1628.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 195. suc. fa. betw. 28 Mar.-23 May 1642.PROB11/189/280. d. c. 1666.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 104.
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Civic: burgess, Yarmouth 1631.Add. 5669, f. 88.

Local: capt. militia ft. I.o.W. by 3 July 1632–?I.o.W. RO, OG/BB/270. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Hants 1660. 10 June 1642 – 10 Dec. 1644SR. J.p., by Feb. 1650-aft. Oct. 1653.C231/5, p. 528; C193/13/3, f. 56v; C193/13/4, f. 86v; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 243. Commr. assessment, 1642, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; A. and O.; Ordinance for Assessment (1660), 50 (E.1075.6). I.o.W. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1664;A. and O.; SR. array (roy.), Hants 1642.Northants RO, FH133. Dep. lt. c.1643–?Royalist’s Notebook ed. Bamford, 110. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, I.o.W. 7 May 1643; Hants. and I.o.W. 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, I.o.W. cttee. 20 June 1644.CJ iii. 537a. Commr. subsidy, I.o.W. 1663.SR.

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LEIGH, Sir John (c.1598-c.1666), of Northcourt, Shorwell, I.o.W.
: I.o.W., Shorwell.
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LEIGH, Sir John (c.1598-c.1666), of Northcourt, Shorwell, I.o.W.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited from fa. in spring 1642 lands on I.o.W. inc. Northcourt, Rowborough, Pitclose and Portlandfields; manor of Alvington (bought in 1640).PROB11/189/280; VCH Hants, v. 229-30. Sold Alvington to his stepmo. Margaret Leigh in June 1651, and his interest in the manor of Milborne Stileham, Dorset, to his brother-in-law John Bulkeley* in Nov. 1651.Hants RO, 1M53/838, 2280.
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RUSHWORTH, John (c.1612-90), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Battersea, Surr.

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b. c. 1612, ?o.s. of Lawrence Rushworth of Acklington Park and Margaret, da. of Cuthbert Carnaby of Halton, Northumb.HMC Portland, ii. 151; Hist. Northumb. v. 381. educ. L. Inn 14 Aug. 1640;LI Admiss. i. 244. called, 18 Nov. 1647;LI Black Bks. ii. 375. MA (hon.) Queen’s Oxf. 21 May 1649.Al. Ox. m. 4 Jan. 1644, Hannah (d. aft. 1657), da. of John Eldred of St Stephen, Coleman Street, London, 4da.St Mary Abchurch, London par. reg.; St Andrew, Holborn par. reg; St Mary, Battersea par. reg.; HMC Portland, ii. 164; Abstracts of Yorks. Wills ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. ix), 105. suc. fa. by Aug. 1640.LI Admiss. i. 244. d. 12 May 1690.Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 209.
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Civic: solicitor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 28 Mar. 1638–25 Sept. 1684;Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/3, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk. for Sealing Docs. f. 170; Brand, Newcastle, ii. 363, 364. Berwick-upon-Tweed 25 May 1638-c.Sept. 1649.Berwick RO, B1/9, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 172; B1/10, Guild Bk. ff. 136v, 146v, 147; B9/1, Berwick Guild Letter Bk. ff. 29v, 40v, 46; CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 457. Freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed 11 Mar. 1640–?d.;Berwick RO, B1/9, ff. 187v-188. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 14 Mar. 1652–?d.Extracts from the Newcastle upon Tyne Council Min. Bk. 1639–56 ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. i), 132.

Central: clerk asst., House of Commons, 25 Apr. – 15 May 1640, 3 Nov. 1640-aft. Mar. 1645.CJ ii. 12b; iv. 86a. Sec. to New Model army, Mar. 1645–50.CJ iv. 86a; CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 247, 322. Commr. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 74a; M. Cotterell, ‘Interregnum law reform: the Hale Commission of 1652’, EHR lxxxiii. 691. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653.A. and O. Registrar (jt.) of admlty. 23 Aug. 1654–?Sept. 1660.Add. 4184, f. 24; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 270; 1656–7, p. 268. Member, cttee. for improving the revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Sec. to council of state, Mar.-May 1660;Add. 21425, f. 215; HMC Leyborne-Popham, 169; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 399. to ld. kpr. 1667–72.Ludlow, Mems. ii. 495; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘John Rushworth’. Solicitor, treasury, Feb. 1661-c.1665.CTB i. 215–16, 645. Agent for Massachusetts, June 1673-aft. Mar. 1675.Hutchinson Pprs. ii. 174, 206.

Mercantile: member, Drapers’ Co. Dec. 1649–?d.Hist. of the Worshipful Company of Drapers ed. A.H. Johnson (Oxf. 1914), iii. 211.

Local: j.p. Surr. 15 Sept. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 266. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Berwick-upon-Tweed 1679;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, Surr. 28 Aug. 1654. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May. 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. militia, Surr., Berwick-upon-Tweed 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Berwick-upon-Tweed 1660;SR. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 17 Oct. 1666-aft. Jan. 1673.C181/7, pp. 413, 633.

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RUSHWORTH, John (c.1612-90), of Acklington Park, Warkworth, Northumb. and Dorset Court, Channel Row, Westminster.
: of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx. and Surr., Battersea.
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RUSHWORTH, John (c.1612-90), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Battersea, Surr.

Will
died intestate.HMC Portland, ii. 164.
Estates
by 1650, had purchased meadow lands near Worcester from the trustees for the sale of dean and chapter lands.CCC 2498. In 1651, Newcastle corporation granted him and others an 11 year lease on the Trunk Staith on River Tyne.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/2/2, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk. pp. 39, 41. By 1653, he and two others had purchased manor of Fallowfield, Northumb.C7/467/80.By 1654, either owned or was leasing a house in Battersea.SP46/97, f. 148. In 1657, Richard Tempest bequeathed his manor of Bracewell, Yorks. and lands in the same to Rushworth, his cousin.Abstracts of Yorks. Wills ed. Clay, 105-6. In 1666, his house in Savoy parish, liberty of Westminster was assessed for 9 hearths.London and Mdx. 1666 Hearth Tax ed. M. Davies et al. (British Rec. Soc. cxxx), 1170.
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Spring Garden, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (1644-5);WCA, F372, St Martin-in-the-Fields overseers’ accts. 1644-5, unfol. York House, Westminster (1649, 1658).HMC Leyborne-Popham, 9; Burton’s Diary, ii. 351.
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GOULD, James (1593-1676), of Dorchester, Dorset.

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bap. 21 July 1593, 2nd s. of John Gould of Dorchester and Joan, da. of John Benvenewe of Abbotsbury, wid. of John Roy of Weymouth.Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 73; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 842. m. Margery, da. of George Savage of Bloxworth, 6s., 2da.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 482. bur. 15 Feb. 1676 15 Feb. 1676.Dorset RO, St Peter’s, Dorchester, par. regs.
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Civic: capital burgess, Dorchester 1623 – Aug. 1654, 1661–d.;Dorset RO, D/DOB/16/1, f. 22; D/DOB/16/3, f. 44v; D/DOB/16/4, p. 220; D/DOB/16/5, p. 105. bailiff, 1635; asst. gov. 1636; mayor, 1637–8;Dorset RO, D/DOB/16/3, ff. 26v, 29v, 32; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 421. snr. alderman, 1661–d.Dorset RO, D/DOB/16/5, p. 105.

Mercantile: member, Dorchester Co. Mar. 1624–8.F. Rose-Troup, John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 63, 450.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 1642–?1646.Bayley, Dorset, 49, 98, 323.

Local: ?j.p. Dorset c.1646. 1 June 1660Christie, Shaftesbury, i. appx i, p. xxxiv. Sheriff, 1655–6. 1 June 1660List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39. Commr. assessment,, 1661, 1664;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

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GOULD, James I (1593-1676), of Dorchester, Dorset.
: of Dorchester, Dorset.
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GOULD, James (1593-1676), of Dorchester, Dorset.

Will
27 Oct. 1675, pr. 10 May 1676.PROB 11/350/581.
Estates
by 1662 owned lands in Dorchester, West Stafford, Spetisbury and Wotton Glanville, Dorset;Dorset Hearth Tax, 4, 16, 40, 55. by 1675 also owned lands in Staunton Caundle and Fordington, Dorset and Henstridge, Som.PROB11/350/581.
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WHITHED, Richard I (1594-1663), of Norman Court, West Tytherley, Hants.

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bap. 15 Jan. 1594, 1st s. of Sir Henry Whithed† of Norman Court and Anne, da. of James Weston† of Lichfield, Staffs.B. Whitehead, History of the Whitehead Families (1920), 18. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 16 June 1610, BA 15 Feb. 1612;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 17 June 1613;I. Temple database. travelled abroad aft. Oct. 1614-1617.APC 1613-14, p. 585. m. (1) settlement 1 Aug. 1621, Margery, da. of John Culliford of Encombe, Dorset, 3s. 8da. (4 d.v.p.);Vis. Hants. (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 48; Hants RO, 5M50/2007-9. (2) aft. 21 Jan. 1640, Lucy (d. 1652), da. of Robert Dove, vicar of St Neots, Hunts., wid. of Richard Organ of Lambourn, Berks., s.p.;Vis. Berks (Harl. Soc. lvi), 117; Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 312-7. (3) 1653, Cecilia (d. 1677), da. of Richard Browne of Betchworth Castle, Surr., wid. of Robert Edolph of Hinxhill, Kent and Sir Francis Knollys II† (d. 1643) of Reading, Berks., s.p.Hants RO, 5M50/2029-30; Whitehead, Whitehead Fams.17-19; London Marr. Lics. ed. Chester, 806; P. Parsons, Mons. and Painted Glass in Kent, 49; Hasted, Kent, vii. 565; HP Commons 1604-1629. suc. fa. 27 Apr. 1629.C142/448/92. d. 1664.An ordinance made the 28th day of August (1641), 7 (E.171.14).
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Local: capt. militia ft. Hants 1625; col. 1631.Add. 21922, ff. 5, 61v, 109v, 166v; Add. 26781, f. 17; Hants RO, 44M69/G5/27/26; 44M69/G5/30/2; 44M69/G5/31/4; 44M69/G5/32/19; 44M69/G5/33/4; 44M69/G5/42/13. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 52v. swans, Hants and western cos. 20 May 1629. 28 Nov. 1629 – 10 June 1642C181/4, f. 2v. J.p. Hants, by Feb. 1650–d.;C231/5, pp. 19, 528; Coventry Docquets, 64; C193/13/3, f. 56v; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 94; A Perfect List (1660), 49; C220/9/4, f. 76v. Wilts. by Feb. 1650 – Mar. 1652, by 1658-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 68v; C193/13/4, f. 108v; C193/13/5, f. 115v; Stowe 577, f. 57v. Commr. sewers, River Avon, Hants and Wilts. 8 May 1630;C181/4, f. 49v. River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 16 July 1633;C181/4, f. 147v. Hants and Suss. 10 July 1638.C181/5, f. 115v. Sheriff, Hants 1635–6.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 56. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/5, ff. 189v, 221v; C181/6, pp. 8, 307. Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239. disarming recusants, Hants 30 Aug. 1641; LJ iv. 385b. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 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;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660), 50 (E.1075.6). Berks. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Wilts. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 Dec. 1657; Southampton 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O. Dep. lt. Hants. by 21 June 1642–?LJ v. 156b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643, 10 June 1645; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; for Berks. 25 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 239, 239v. defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Hants 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. preservation of timber, New Forest 1 Mar. 1660.CJ vii. 856b.

Civic: freeman, Lymington 12 Feb. 1627;Hants RO, 27M74/DBC2, f. 20. Southampton 23 Aug. 1634;Southampton RO, SC3/1/1, f. 200v. Portsmouth 1643–2 Sept. 1662.Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 169, 352.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 13, 28 Jan. 1642.CJ ii. 375b, 401a. Commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) bef. 27 Sept. 1643.HMC Portland, i. 131.

Religious: elder, third Hants classis, 29 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 262.

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WHITHED (WHITEHEAD), Richard (1594-c.1663), of Norman Court, West Tytherley, Hants.
: Hants., West Tytherley.
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WHITHED, Richard I (1594-1663), of Norman Court, West Tytherley, Hants.

Will
22 Dec. 1659, pr. 17 May 1664.PROB11/313/504.
Estates
manor of Millbrook;VCH Hants, iii. 429-30. manor and advowson of Eastrop;VCH Hants, iv. 148. manor and advowson of West Tytherley and Norman Court, Hants.VCH Hants, iv. 520-3.
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CHALONER, Thomas (c.1595-1660), of Steeple Claydon, Bucks., and Guisborough, Yorks.

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b. c.1595, 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Chaloner† (d. 18 Nov. 1615) of Steeple Claydon, Bucks., and Guisborough, Yorks. and 1st w. Elizabeth (d. 22 Nov. 1603), da. of Sir William Fleetwood† of London, and Great Missenden, Bucks. sjt.-at-law and recorder of London; bro. of James Chaloner*.C142/375/73; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 231. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 7 June 1611, aged 16;Al. Ox. I. Temple 19 Jan. 1614;I. Temple database. travelled abroad (France, Italy and Germany).Ath. Ox. iii. 531. m. by May 1646, ? da. of Robert Sotheby of Birdsall Hall, Birdsall, Yorks. ?s.p.Mems. of the Great Civil War ed. Cary, i. 66; Foster, Yorks. Peds. iii. ‘Sotheby of Birdsall, Pocklington etc.’. bur. 20 Aug. 1660 20 Aug. 1660.E134/20CHAS2/MICH38.
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Local: commr. Northern Assoc. Yorks. (N. Riding) 20 June 1645; assessment, N. Riding 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Jan. 1660; Bucks. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; W. Riding, Westminster 26 Jan. 1660; militia, Bucks. Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650, 28 June 1659;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11); A. and O. charitable uses, Yorks. 22 Apr. 1651.C93/21/1. J.p. N. Riding 6 Mar. 1647-by c.Sept.1656;C231/6, p. 79. Bucks. by Feb. 1650 – 12 July 1653, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3; C231/6, p. 259; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 17, 305. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656–8 Oct. 1659.C181/6, pp. 175, 320.

Central: member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 May 1646;CJ iv. 532a; LJ viii. 305a. cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O.; CJ vi. 109a, 113b. Commr. Munster, Ireland 22 Sept. 1647;CJ v. 309b; LJ ix. 444b, 446a. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. cttee. for excise, 1 May 1649;CJ vi. 199a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 24 May 1649.CJ vi. 216a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 318a. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vi. 357b; A. and O. Cllr. of state, 20 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652, 19 May, 31 Dec. 1659.A. and O.; CJ vi. 369a, 532a; vii. 42a, 220b, 800b. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. regulating trade, 1 Aug. 1650; removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240. Commr. admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

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CHALONER, Thomas (c.1595-1660), of Steeple Claydon, Bucks., and Guisborough, Yorks.
: of Steeple Claydon, Bucks. and Yorks., Guisborough.
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Likenesses: ?oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, c.1638.Hermitage, St Petersburg.

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CHALONER, Thomas (c.1595-1660), of Steeple Claydon, Bucks., and Guisborough, Yorks.

Will
attainted.
Estates
fa. owned manors and lands in Berks., Bucks., Glos., Mdx., Yorks. and Wales worth at least £1,000 p.a.C8/55/123. By 1640, lease with James Chaloner of manor of Gisburn, Yorks. from the queen at a rent of £115 p.a.LR9/19, bdle. 5. In 1649, Chaloner purchased, for £416, manor of Ashwell, Herts. from the trustees for the sale of bishops’ lands.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 127. In 1650, purchased, for £979 15s, a fee farm rent in Yorks. Inc. that of manor of Guisborough, worth £115 p.a.SP28/288, f. 4; SP46/109, f. 69. Estate consisted largely of a moiety of manor and rectory of Steeple Claydon (worth £273 p.a. in its entirety) and jt. ownership, with James Chaloner, of lease for the mining and working of alum at Guisborough.C10/477/57; C54/3289/19; LR2/266, f. 1; Add. 71448, f. 69; N. Yorks. RO, ZFM/Alum mines, 5; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 497; LJ vii. 114a.
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Drury Lane, London (1642);An Exact and True Relation of a Bloody Fight Performed Against the Earl of Newcastle (1642), 1. ‘Mr Percyes house in White Hart Court, over against Water Lane, in the Fleet Street’, London (1646);Bodl. Tanner 59, f. 278v. lodgings in Whitehall (July 1659).Bodl. Rawl. C.179, p. 169.
Religion
presented George Adams to vicarage of Kingsteignton, Devon, 1650.Add. 36792, f. 13.
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MARTYN, Christopher (c.1617-78), of Plympton Erle and Chaddlewood, Plympton St Mary, Devon.

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b. c. 1617, ?1st s. of John Martyn of Plympton Erle and Mary Mudge.Eg. 2764, f. 110v. m. 15 Dec. 1653, Jane (bur. 13 Mar. 1674), da. of John Snelling of Chaddlewood, Plympton Erle, and coh. to her nephew Francis, at least 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 1643. bur. 26 Jan. 1678 26 Jan. 1678.Eg. 2764, ff. 57v, 58v, 110v, 111v; PROB11/246/282.
Offices Held

Religious: churchwarden, Plympton St Maurice 1641–2.Devon Protestation Returns, 236.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) by 1643; maj. by Apr. 1645.SP28/128, pt. 20; R.N. Worth, ‘Siege of Plymouth’, Jnl. Plymouth Institution v. 274. Gov. Pendennis Jan.-Mar. 1660.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 322.

Local: j.p. Devon by 6 Mar. 1647-July 1660.Devon RO, DQS 28/3. Commr. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 1 Aug. 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Exeter 26 July 1659;LJ x. 311b; CJ vii. 744a, 750b; A. and O. assessment, Devon 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Exeter 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon and Exeter 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b.

Civic: mayor, Plympton Erle 1663 – 64.

Parlimentarian
MARTYN, Christopher (c.1617-78), of Plympton Erle, Devon.
: of Plympton Erle and Chaddlewood, Plympton St Mary, Devon.
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MARTYN, Christopher (c.1617-78), of Plympton Erle and Chaddlewood, Plympton St Mary, Devon.

Will
none found.
Estates
acquired the estate of Chaddlewood, Plympton St Mary, through his marriage in 1653.PROB11/246/282.
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BULLER, Francis II (1630-82), of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw., and the Middle Temple, London.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 10 Jan. 1630, 1st s. of Francis Buller I* of Shillingham and Thomasin, da. of Sir Thomas Honeywood of Elmstead, Kent; bro. of John Buller*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57. educ. M. Temple, 29 Jan. 1646, called 26 Nov. 1652;M. Temple Admiss. i. 142; MTR ii. 937; iii. 1042. Trinity, Camb. Michaelmas 1646; ?Oxf. MA 19 May 1649;Al. Ox.; Wood, Fasti, ii. 137. travelled abroad (France), aft. 14 Mar. 1648.LJ x. 113a. m. (1) lic. 22 Oct. 1652, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Ezekiel Grosse of Golden, Probus, Cornw., 5s (4 d.v.p.) 2 da.;Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57. (2) lic. 26 Sept. 1666, Catherine, da. of John Rushout of London, wid. of Sir John Maynard of Tooting Graveney, Surr. s.p.Al. Ox.; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 213. suc. fa. 1677. d. 1682.PROB11/422/257.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cornw. 7 Mar. 1657–?66;C231/6, p. 361. Mont. 12 Sept. 1660 – 5 Feb. 1680; Cambs. by 1671-Mar. 1676.HMC Finch, ii. 43; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 146–51. Commr. militia, Cornw. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 26 Jan. 1660, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; SR. Cambs., Surr., Mont. 1677, 1679. Col. militia ft. Cornw. Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

Civic: recorder, Saltash 1662–77.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Parlimentarian
BULLER, Francis (1630-82), of Shillingham, nr. Saltash, Cornw.; the Middle Temple and Isleham, Cambs.
: St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw. and London., the Middle Temple.
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Web Title

BULLER, Francis II (1630-82), of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw., and the Middle Temple, London.

Will
28 Nov. 1681, pr. 3 Sept. 1694.PROB11/422/257.
Estates
through marriage with Elizabeth Grosse acquired property in Marazion, Grampound, Liskeard, Saltash, Cornw. and Plymouth, Devon, c.1652;Antony House, Carew-Pole BS/14/3. fined £30,000 in 1666, and forced to sell his lands, but presumably this did not include the patrimonial estates in Cornwall, which remained in his father’s hands until 1677.
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MELTON, Sir John (c.1588-1640), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and St Saviour, York, Yorks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1588, o.s. of Evan Melton of Westminster, and Dorothy Baker of St Magnus the Martyr, London.St Magnus the Martyr, London par. reg.; PROB11/82, f. 220; PROB11/129, f. 158v; PROB11/185, f. 230; J. Melton, Astrologaster, or the Figure-Caster (1620), sig. A2. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 25 June 1608;Al. Cant. G. Inn 25 Apr. 1634.G. Inn Admiss. 204. m. (1) 20 Jan. 1624, Elizabeth (bur. 27 Sept. 1627), da. of Francis Moore of Moore House, Wivelsfield, Suss., wid. of Sir Ferdinando Heyborne of Tottenham High Cross, Mdx., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.);All Hallows, Tottenham par. reg.; W. Robinson, Hist. and Antiquities of Tottenham (2nd edn.), ii. 44, 172-3. (2) by 1631, Catherine (bur. 15 Aug. 1635), da. of Alan Currance of St Bride, Fleet Street, London, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.);St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster par. Reg; St Mary Bishophill Senior, York par. reg.; St Saviour, York par. reg.; PROB11/185, ff. 227v-229; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 211; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 385. (3) 20 Apr. 1637, Margaret (d. c.1660), da. of ?, wid. of one Elliot, and of Samuel Aldersey, haberdasher, of London, s.p.St Andrew, Enfield par. reg.; St Antholin, Budge Row, London par. reg.; PROB11/164, f. 31; PROB11/185, f. 228v; PROB11/307, f. 63v; Robinson, Tottenham, ii. 44. suc. fa. June 1630;Mems. St Margaret’s Westminster, 555. Kntd. 11 Sept. 1632;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 200. d. 16 Dec. 1640.Robinson, Tottenham, ii. 44.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Mdx. 24 Apr. 1624 – aft.May 1625, 10 Mar. 1627–26 Nov. 1633;C231/4, ff. 164, 220v; C231/5, p. 116. Yorks. (E., N., W. Riding) 12 July 1632–d.;C231/5, pp. 88, 89. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 15 Mar. 1633 – d.; liberties of Ripon 15 Mar. 1633–d.C181/4, ff. 133, 134v, 176v, 177; C181/5, ff. 18v, 19, 164v, 165. Commr. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 9 July 1625;C181/3, f. 185. levying debts due to crown, southern cos. and Wales 27 May 1628;HMC Rutland, i. 485. inquiry, Mdx. 20 Mar. 1630.C181/4, f. 44v. Sec. council of the north, 23 May 1632–d. Kpr. of signet seal, northern cos. 23 May 1632–d.Coventry Docquets, 183. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1 June 1632–5 June 1640.C181/4, ff. 119v, 197v; C181/5, ff. 7v, 162. Member, council of the north, 2 June 1632–d.Coventry Docquets, 37. Commr. gaol delivery, liberties of Ripon 15 Mar. 1633–d.;C181/4, ff. 135, 178; C181/5, ff. 19v, 165. recusants, northern cos. 8 Aug. 1633-aft. July 1638.C231/5, p. 113; Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 58; pt. 2, p. 162.

Mercantile: member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Dec. 1636–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.HO/1/1, p. 366; Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 268.

Central: master in chancery by 1638–d.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL100/TS/10.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne c.14 Oct. 1640–d.Princeton Univ. Lib. C0938, no. 224, John Nevay to Lady Loudoun, 14 Oct. 1640.

Parlimentarian
MELTON, Sir John (c.1588-1640), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and St Saviour, York, Yorks.
: of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster and St Saviour, Yorks., York.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

MELTON, Sir John (c.1588-1640), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and St Saviour, York, Yorks.

Will
pr. 11 Mar. 1641.PROB11/185, f. 227.
Estates
in 1629, purchased manor of East Shelve, Cobham, Kent.Hasted, Kent, v. 436. In 1630, purchased a moiety of manor of Willoughby, Edmonton, Mdx. which he sold in 1638.Lysons, Environs, ii. 256. Estate at his d. consisted of manor house and demesnes of Newburn, Northumb. (worth £300 p.a.), coalmines at Newburn and Walbottle and a moiety of a colliery at Flatworth, Northumb. all of which he leased from Algernon Percy†, 4th earl of Northumberland; a moiety of coalmines at Billimill Moor and Killingworth Moor, Northumb., worth £300 p.a. ; lease of a house in St Saviour’s, York; messuage in St Martin-in-the-Fields, which he leased from William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury; and manor of East Shelve.PROB11/185, ff. 227v-228v; Estate Accts. of the Earls of Northumb. ed. M. E. James (Surt. Soc. clxiii), 203; Hist. Northumb. xiii. 148.
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TREVOR, Sir Thomas (?1612-76), of Enfield, Mdx. and Leamington Hastings, Warws.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. ?1612, o.s. of Sir Thomas Trevor† of Enfield and Leamington Hastings and 1st w. Prudence, da. of Henry Boteler.CB. educ. I. Temple, 15 Oct. 1626.I. Temple database. m. (1) lic. 15 May 1632 (aged 20), Anne, da. and h. of Robert Jenner*, Goldsmith, of Foster Lane, London and Widhill, Wilts., s.p.; (2) lic. 16 July 1647 (aged 35), Mary (bap. 19 Apr. 1618, d.1695), da. of Samuel Fortrey, London merchant, of The Dutch House, Kew, Surr., s.p. cr. bt. 11 Aug. 1641; Kntd. 12 Dec. 1641; KB 23 Apr. 1661. suc. fa. 21 Dec. 1656. d. 5 Feb. 1676. London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1358; CB; French church, Threadneedle Street, par. reg. (Marie de la Forterie).
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 15 Oct. 1634;I. Temple database. marshal of revels, 1652 – 55, 1660.CITR, 303, 307, 316, 335.

Central: jt. auditor (south), duchy of Lancaster, 18 May 1637.Duchy of Lancaster Officeholders, ed. R. Sommerville, 70.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 10 Sept. 1641–?, 16 June 1646-bef. Jan. 1650; Surr. Mar. 1660–?d.C231/5, p. 484; C231/6, p. 47; Surr. QS Recs. i. 195. Commr. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 19 May 1645, 4 Mar. 1657;C181/5, f. 252v; C181/6, p. 221. militia, Denb. 2 Dec. 1648; Mdx., Surr., Warws., N. Wales 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, Warws. 9 June 1657; Denb. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Surr. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, Denb. 1660; subsidy, Denb., Mdx., liberty of duchy of Lancaster (Mdx.), Westminster 1663;SR. recusants, Surr. 1675.CTB 1672–5, p. 791.

Parlimentarian
TREVOR, Sir Thomas (?1612-76), of Enfield, Mdx. and Leamington Hastings, Warws.
: of Enfield, Mdx. and Warws., Leamington Hastings.
Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, attrib. J. Bushnell, Leamington Hastings church, Warws.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

TREVOR, Sir Thomas (?1612-76), of Enfield, Mdx. and Leamington Hastings, Warws.

Will
31 Aug. 1669, pr. 10 Feb. 1677.PROB11/353/178.
Estates
in 1657 settled manor of Leamington Hastings and property at Hill, Warws. (acquired by his fa. in 1630), and other lands in Warws., Essex, Mdx., Norf. and London.Warws. RO, CR198/1/1; VCH Warws. vi. 151; Dugdale, Warws. (1656), 214-15. Property in Aug. 1657 inc. Ponders End, Enfield, Mdx; Osters farm, Semley, Wilts., bought from Sir John Croke; and The Dutch House at Kew, Surr. (leased or bought from Samuel Fortrey).PROB11/353/178; VCH Surr. iii. 484. The last had 26 hearths in 1664.Surr. Hearth Tax 1664 (Surr. Rec. Soc. xli, xlii), 195.
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