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HALSEY, William (d. aft. 1670), of Gracedieu Castle, Waterford.

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m. bef. 1657, Alice, at least 1s.A.and O. ii. 1255; Al. Dubl. 359. d. aft. 1670.Waterford Council Bks. 1662-1670 ed. S. Pender (Dublin, 1964), 1-46, 70, 83.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Solomon Richards, army in Ireland, 1649-Aug. 1653.SP28/72, f. 130; Bodl. Rawl. A.208, p. 408.

Civic: alderman, Waterford c. 1654 – d.; mayor, 1661–2.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 624n.

Irish: commr. assessment, co. Kilkenny 1 Jan. 1654; cos. Waterford, Wexford, Tipperary 1 Jan., 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). transplantation of Irish, Athlone aft. Dec. 1654; Mallow 18 June 1656.J. Cunningham, Conquest and Land in Ire.: the Transplantation to Connacht, 1649–1680 (Woodbridge, 2011), 82, 84; NLI, MS 758, f. 90; Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 604. J.p. co. Wexford Mar. 1655–?;Barnard, Cromwellian Ireland, 290n. co. Waterford by Apr. 1658–?Chatsworth, CM/29, unfol.: 13 Apr. 1658. Commr. trying qualifications of natives of Cork, Aug. 1656;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 618. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Capt. militia, Waterford City 1660.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 250. Member for Waterford borough, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 211–2. Commr. poll money, co. and city of Waterford 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 624, 643. MP, Waterford City 1661–6.CJI i. 594. Sheriff, co. Waterford 1661–2.E. Downey, Story of Waterford (Waterford, 1914), 147.

Legal: asst. justice, Munster by May 1654–55;NLI, MS 758, f. 35; Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 212. c.j. Dec. 1660–d.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 139. Clerk of hanaper, ct. of exch. [I] May 1657.CSP Ire. 1647–60, pp. 636–7.

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HALSEY, William (d. aft. 1670), of Gracedieu Castle, Waterford.
: Waterford.
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Commons 1640-1660
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HALSEY, William (d. aft. 1670), of Gracedieu Castle, Waterford.

Will
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granted leases in Waterford Liberties, Mar.-Apr. 1653;Eg. 1762, ff. 206-7v. Castle, garden and orchard of Gracedieu and other leases from Waterford corporation, bef. 1662.Waterford Council Bks. ed. Pender, 19, 361; Civil Survey, vi. 171. By 1670 held four townlands in barony of Lower Ormond, co. Tipperary, and five townlands in barony of Knocktopher, co. Kilkenny.Down Survey website.
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GORGES, Sir Theobald (c.1594-1648), of Ashley, Wilts.

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b. c.1594, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Gorges† (d. 30 Mar. 1610) of Langford, Wilts. and Helena (d. 1 Apr. 1635), wid. of William Parr, marquess of Northampton, da. of Ulf Henrikson von Snakenborg of East Gothland, Sweden.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 569; PROB11/116/30; PROB11/167/327; J. Harris, Copies of the Epitaphs in Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, 1825), 34. educ. M. Temple 20 Feb. 1611.MTR ii. 535. m. (1) with £2000, bef. 23 Dec. 1619 Anne (d. c.1642), da. of Sir Henry Poole† of Sapperton, Glos. 1s. d.v.p. 3da.; (2) lic. 2 Feb. 1646 Anne, da. of John Gage of London, s.p.Glos. RO, D1571/T2; Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 126; PROB11/204/57; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 569; Memorials of St Margaret's Church, Westminster. Parish Registers ed. A.M. Burke (1914), 102. Kntd. 27 June 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 158. d. c. Mar. 1648.PROB11/204/57; Glos. RO, D1571/T2.
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Local: j.p. Wilts. 15 July 1623–30 Oct. 1643.C231/4, f. 155v; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 94. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 64. Braden Forest, Wilts. 19 Mar. 1627.BRL, 602204/77; CTB 1556–1696, p. 3.

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GORGES, Sir Theobald (c.1594-1648), of Ashley, Wilts.
: Wilts.
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Commons 1640-1660
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GORGES, Sir Theobald (c.1594-1648), of Ashley, Wilts.

Will
3 Dec. 1647, pr. 13 Apr. 1648.PROB11/204/57.
Estates
manor of Ashley, Wilts. inherited on the d. of his mo. 1635, said to be worth £1,000.PROB11/116/30; Glos. RO, D1571/T2.
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ERLE, Sir Walter (1586-1665), of Charborough, Dorset, and Bindon House, Axminster, Devon.

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b. 22 Nov. 1586, 1st s. of Thomas Erle of Charborough, and Dorothy, da. of William Pole† of Shute and Colcombe, Devon (afterwards wife of Sir Walter Vaughan);Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 502-3. brother of Christopher Earle†.Vis. Dorset 1623 (Harl. xx), 37. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 22 Jan. 1602;Al. Ox. M. Temple 16 Oct. 1604.M. Temple Admiss. i. 82. m. 7 May 1616, Anne (d. 26 Jan. 1654), da. of Francis Dymoke of Erdington, Warws., 1s.(d.v.p.), 2da.(1 d.v.p.).Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 502-3. suc. fa. 16 Mar. 1597;Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 498. Kntd. 4 May 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 158. bur. 1 Sept. 1665 1 Sept. 1665.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 502-3.
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Civic: freeman, Poole 1613;Poole Borough Archives, MS 25, f. 58v. Lyme Regis 27 July 1631;Dorset RO, DC/LR/B6/11, p. 16. Weymouth 22 Oct. 1640.Weymouth Charters ed. Moule, 113.

Local: j.p. Dorset 20 May 1615 – 28 July 1626, 19 Dec. 1628–1631, 25 May 1633 – 22 Dec. 1636, 6 Aug. 1641 – 15 July 1642, 28 Feb. 1655–d.;Harl. 286, f. 297; Eg. 784, f. 72v; C231/4, ff. 2, 261v; C231/5, pp. 107, 223, 470, 530; C231/6, p. 305. Devon 6 Mar. 1647–9.S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon Justices’, Devon Documents, ed. T. Gray (Devon and Cornw. N. and Q. 1996), 160. Sheriff, Dorset 19 Nov. 1618–19.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 39. Commr. piracy, 23 Oct. 1622;C181/3, f. 72v. commr. subsidy, Dorset and Poole 1624;C212/22/23. Dorset 1663.SR. Dep. lt. c. 1625 – July 1626, by 1642–3.Eg. 784, ff. 50, 59v; Bayley, Dorset, 49, 80. Collector, privy seal loan, 1625–6.E401/2586, pp. 267–74; APC 1626, p. 128. Commr. sewers, 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113v. charitable uses, 1638–9;C192/1, unfol. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 5 June 1640 – aft.Jan. 1642, June 1659–d.;C181/5, ff. 189v, 202v, 221; C181/6, p. 377; C181/7, pp. 9–341. further subsidy, Dorset 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; A. and O; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, 20 July 1642;LJ v. 225b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Dorset and Poole 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Poole 24 Feb. 1655.C181/6, p. 95. Col. militia ft. Dorset Apr. 1660.Parliamentary Intelligencer 16 (9–16 Apr. 1660), 242.

Mercantile: member, ct. of Virg. Co. 17 May 1620; council, 2 May 1621.S. M. Kingsbury, Recs. Virginia Co. i. 345, 415, 473. Gov. Dorchester Co. 31 Mar. 1624–7.Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Field Club, xiii. 65; F. Rose-Troup, John White, Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 62, 98.

Military: vol. Dutch army c.July 1629–30.E157/14, f. 56; H. Hexham, A Historicall Relation of the Famous Siege of the Busse (Delft, 1630), Sig. C5v. Capt. of horse (parlian.), Sept. 1642-May 1643.Peacock, Army Lists, 50. Col. and cdr. of Dorset forces, 2 May-Aug. 1643.HMC 5th Rep. 83.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642. 22 Feb. 1644 – Apr. 1645SR. Member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb. 1642. 22 Feb. 1644 – Apr. 1645Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b. Commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642. 22 Feb. 1644 – Apr. 1645PJ ii. 407. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 2 Nov. 1643. 22 Feb. 1644 – Apr. 1645CJ iii. 243b, 299a. Lt. of ordnance,, 27 May 1647-bef. 19 Jan. 1649.LJ vi. 439a; LJ ix. 208b; CJ vi. 121b; Whitelocke, Mems. ii. 498. Recvr. to pay reformado officers, 29 Feb. 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645;LJ vii. 468a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 7 July 1645, 15 May 1646;CJ iv. 199a, 545b. cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645.LJ vii. 711a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. to present Newcastle Propositions to king, 8 July 1646.CJ iv. 604a, 606b. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O. Commr. to receive king, 6 Jan. 1647.CJ v. 44a; LJ viii. 648b. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 19 Jan. 1648;CJ v. 327b; LJ ix. 669a. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

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EARLE (ERLE), Walter (1586-1665), of Charborough, Dorset and Bindon House, Axmouth, Devon
: of Charborough, Dorset and Bindon House, Axminster, Devon.
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Commons 1640-1660
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ERLE, Sir Walter (1586-1665), of Charborough, Dorset, and Bindon House, Axminster, Devon.

Will
12 Aug. 1665, pr. 20 Nov. 1666.PROB11/322/328.
Estates
inherited Charborough and Bindon, and manor and advowson of E. Morden and lands in W. Morden;Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 497-8. also held manor and advowson of Langton Matravers, manor of Mapperton, W. Almer par., Dorset, and impropriate parsonage of Axmouth, Devon;Hutchins, Dorset, i. 631; iii. 495; PROB11/322/328. on m. acquired manors of Erdington and Pipe, Warws. (sold 1625).Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 498; Dugdale, Antiquities of Warws. ii. 891-2; Birmingham City Archives, MS 3889/Acc1926-008/348116.
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ARCHER, John (1598-1682), of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex and Gt. Ponton, Lincs.

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b. 1598, s. of Henry Archer of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex, and Anne, da. of Giles Crouch of Cornhill, London.Morant, Essex, i. 161; J. Hunter, Familiae Minorum Gentium, ed. J.W. Clay (Harl. Soc. xl), iv. 1258; Vis. Essex ed. Metcalfe, 632. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1615; BA 1619, MA 1622;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 1 Mar. 1618.G. Inn Admiss. 150. m. (1) Margaret (d. 1637), da. of Sir George Savile†, 1st bt. of Barrowby, Lincs. s.p.;Vis. Yorks. (Surtees Soc. xxxvi), 256. (2) Eleanor, da. of Sir John Curzon* of Kedleston, Derbys. 1s. 1da.Vis. Derbys. 1662-3, 10. suc. fa. 3 Nov. 1615.Morant, Essex, i. 161. Kntd. 4 Dec. 1663.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 239. d. 8 Feb. 1682.Morant, Essex, i. 161.
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Legal: called, G. Inn 1620;E. Foss, The Judges of Eng. (1848–64), vii. 51. bencher, Nov. 1648–d.PBG Inn, 369. Sjt.-at-law, Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street Nov. 1658 – May 1660, June 1660–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 191, 404–6, 443, 496. J.c.p. 11 Feb. 1659-May 1660, 4 Nov. 1663–12 Dec. 1672.Sainty, Judges, 77. Assize judge, Norf. circ. July 1660, Jan. 1671;C181/7, pp. 6, 568. Midland circ. June 1661;C181/7, p. 101. Western circ. June 1662, July 1663-June 1670;C181/7, pp. 154, 201, 528. Oxf. circ. June 1671, Jan. 1672.C181/7, pp. 590, 610.

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642-aft. Aug. 1660;C181/5, f. 223v; C181/6, pp. 38, 389; C181/7, p. 76; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–12. Essex 22 Mar. 1666;C181/7, p. 353. assessment, Lincs. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Essex, 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, Lincs. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Lincs. (Kesteven) 7 May 1643; Lincs. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Lincs. 24 Feb. 1644, 28 Aug. 1654;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 2–37; A. and O. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 252. London 1 Apr. 1659 – 3 July 1660, 28 Nov. 1663-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/6, pp. 352, 356; C181/7, pp. 217, 630. Norf. circ. 10 July 1660, 1 Feb. 1671;C181/7, pp. 13, 571. Midland circ. 14 June 1661–3 Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 108, 616. Western circ. 30 May 1662, 19 June 1663–23 Jan. 1671;C181/7, pp. 155, 202, 529. Mdx. 3 Dec. 1663-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 219, 589. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 220. Som. and Bristol 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 298. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 303. the Verge 26 Nov. 1668;C181/7, p. 456. Oxf. circ. 23 June 1671, 1 Feb. 1672;C181/7, pp. 593, 613. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Essex 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Kesteven ?-July 1650, Mar. 1660-bef. 1664; Essex 10 July 1656–58; Lindsey Mar. 1660-bef. 1664. 1 Apr. 1659 – 3 July 1660C231/6, p. 340; C231/7, p. 190; C193/12/3, ff. 44v, 46v; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxiii. Commr. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol, 28 Nov. 1663-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/6, pp. 352, 356; C181/7, pp. 217, 630. Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 7 Dec. 1660;C181/7, p. 49. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 221. nisi prius, Southampton 15 July 1663;C181/7, p. 200. Bristol 7 July 1670;C181/7, p. 555. piracy, London 18 Mar. 1667.C181/7, p. 394.

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ARCHER, John (1598-1682), of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex and Gt. Ponton, Lincs.
: Theydon Garnon, Essex and Gt. Ponton, Lincs.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, c.1670.Government Art Colln.

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ARCHER, John (1598-1682), of Coopersale, Theydon Garnon, Essex and Gt. Ponton, Lincs.

Will
12 Mar. 1679, pr. 16 Mar. 1682.PROB11/365/381.
Estates
worth £489 p.a. in 1658.W.G. Benham, ‘A great Essex lawyer’s diary’, Essex Review, xxxi. 189-90. Bought reversion to manor of Marshalls, North Weald Basset, Essex, for £680, 1660;VCH Essex, iv. 289. purchased advowson of Bobbingworth, Essex, 1673;VCH Essex, iv. 14. bought reversion to lands of countess of Norwich in Suffolk from Sir John Hanmer*, bef. 1679.PROB11/365/381.
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DACRES, Thomas (c.1609-68), of Cheshunt, Herts.

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b. c.1609, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Dacres* (d. Dec. 1668) of Cheshunt and Martha, da. of Thomas Elmes of Lilford, Northants.Vis. Herts. 1574 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii), 47. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 16 Oct. 1629 ‘aged 20’;Al. Ox. Oxf. and Camb. MA (ad eundum gradum), 1632;Al. Cant. L. Inn, 25 Jan. 1631.LI Admiss. i. 212. m. Elizabeth Brownell, 2s. 3da. d. June 1668.PROB11/328/48.
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Local: j.p. Herts. 1 Sept. 1646 – bef.Jan. 1650, 17 Sept. 1660–d.C231/6, p. 56; C231/7, p. 40. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Beds. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; militia, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Hunts. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Herts. 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Mdx. and Essex 14 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 223. oyer and terminer, Herts. 24 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 304.

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DACRES, Thomas (c.1609-68), of Cheshunt, Herts.
: Herts.
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Commons 1640-1660
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DACRES, Thomas (c.1609-68), of Cheshunt, Herts.

Will
21 June 1668, pr. 16 Sept. 1668.PROB11/328/48.
Estates
at d. owned lands at Waltham Holy Cross and Chambers near Epping, Essex, also unspecified lands in Lincs.PROB11/328/48.
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SERLE, Samuel (1620-83), of Honiton, Devon

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bap. 16 July 1620, s. of Hugh Serle (d. 1662) of Hale, Honiton.Honiton par. reg.; Devonshire Wills and Administrations ed. E.A. Fry (1908), 574. educ. appr. Merchant Taylors, 29 Aug. 1638.GL, MS 34038/11, p. 185. m. c.1650, Mary, da. of Edward Clarke of Honiton, 6s. 1da.Devon RO, 63/2/5/13/3; PROB11/373/105. bur. 2 Feb. 1683 2 Feb. 1683.Honiton par. reg.
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Local: head collector, assessment, Axminster and Colyton hundreds 1650; E. Devon hundreds 1651-Dec. 1656. Recvr.-gen. assessment, Devon Dec. 1653-May 1654.E113/6. Treas. hosps., gaols and maimed soldiers, 1655.Devon RO, Devon QS Order Bk. 1/9, Easter 1655. Collector, propagating gospel in New England, E. Devon hundreds 1655–6.E113/6. Commr. assessment, Devon 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. ejecting scandalous minister, 24 Oct. 1657;SP25/78, p. 237. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: capt. militia ft. Devon 24 May 1650 – ?53, 1659 – 60; maj. by Easter 1655–?59;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 507; 1659–60, p. 16; Devon RO, Devon QS Order Bk. 1/9, Easter 1655. maj. militia ft. regt. of Walter Yonge II*, Apr. 1660.Parliamentary. Intelligencer, no. 16 (9–16 Apr. 1660), 253 (E.183.3).

Civic: churchwarden, Honiton 1652–3.Devon RO, 1639A/PW 1.

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SERLE, Samuel (1620-83), of Hale, Honiton, Devon.
: Devon.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SERLE, Samuel (1620-83), of Honiton, Devon

Will
23 Jan. 1683, pr. 18 May 1683.PROB11/373/105.
Estates
at death, estate of Hale, Honiton; part of manor of Roads, Honiton, other lands in Honiton; lands in E. Budleigh, all in Devon.PROB11/373/105.
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ROLLE, Robert (1622-60), of Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe, Devon.

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Family and Education
bap. 25 Sept. 1622, 1st s. of Sir Samuel Rolle* of Heanton Satchville and 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Wise† of Sydenham, Marystowe.Stoke Damerel par. reg.; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 655. educ. I. Temple 14 Nov. 1640.I. Temple database. m. bef. Mar. 1647, Lady Arabella Clinton, da. and coh. of Theophilus, 4th earl of Lincoln, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. Dec. 1647.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 654-5; PROB11/204/39. d. bef. June 1660.CJ viii. 68b.
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Military: lt.-col. (parlian.) in regt. of his fa. bef. May 1643. Gov. Barnstaple May-Aug. 1643. Col. in Devon regt. Aug. 1643–?Oct. 1647.J.B. Gribble, Memorials of Barnstaple (1830), 446; M. Coate, ‘An original diary of Col. Robert Bennett’, Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xviii. 258; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 416; SP28/266/2, f. 82. Col. militia ft. Devon 2 Mar. 1650, Apr. 1660–d.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 504; Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 16 (9–16 Apr. 1660), 253 (E.183.3).

Local: j.p. Devon by 6 Mar. 1647 – d.; Cornw. by Feb. 1650–?, 13 Sept. 1653–?d.C193/13/3, f. 10; C193/13/4, f. 14; Devon RO, DQS 28/3; C231/6, p. 266. Commr. assessment, Cornw. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Devon 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. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, c. 1650, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Cornw. c.1650.A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 167–8, 170. Sheriff, Devon 1649–50.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 37. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon and Exeter 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: cllr. of state, 2 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 801a, 852b.

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ROLLE, Robert (c.1622-60), of Heanton Satchville, Devon.
: of Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ROLLE, Robert (1622-60), of Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe, Devon.

Will
17 Feb. 1660, pr. 11 Feb. 1661.PROB11/303/269.
Estates
3 manors in Devon, inc. Petrockstowe.PROB11/303/269.
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DOWSE, Edward (c.1582–c.1648), of Petworth, Suss.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1582, 2nd s. of Thomas Dowse (d. 1601) of Salisbury, Wilts. and Broughton, Hants, and Blanche (d. 1608), da. of John Covert of Slaugham, Suss. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 14 Oct. 1597, ‘aged 15’; BA 8 May 1601; MA 8 May 1604; incorp. MA, Camb. 1616;Al. Ox.; Al. Cant. m. aft. June 1640, Gresham, da. of ?. d. betw. 12 Oct. 1647-29 Apr. 1648.SP16/456, f. 11; PROB11/204/156.
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Household: tutor to Algernon Percy†, later 4th earl of Northumberland, at Camb. 1615–18;Alnwick, Northumberland MS U.I.4: acct. of Edward Dowse 1615–16; general acct. 1616, unfol.; MS U.I.4: Henry Taylor’s acc. 1617, unfol.; Household Pprs. Northumberland ed. G. R. Batho (Cam. Soc. 3rd ser. xciii), 141, 152; HMC 6th Rep. 230b-231a. companion in France, 1618.Alnwick, Northumberland MS U.I.4: Henry Taylor’s acct. 1618, unfol. Pensioner of 3rd and 4th earls by 1630–d.Household Pprs. Northumberland, 93, 96, 152; Alnwick, Northumberland MS U.I.4: Brief acc. 1629–30, unfol.; MS U.I.5: General disbursements, 1631, unfol.; general acct. 1632, unfol. ‘Secretary’ or ‘steward’ to Northumberland by June 1642–?d.PJ ii. 399.

Military: ?capt. of horse, royal army, 1640.Add. 28082, ff. 11–12.

Civic: burgess, Portsmouth 3 Nov. 1640.Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 352.

Central: member, cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 750b; Add. 4771, f. 3.

Local: dep. lt. Suss. 3 June 1644–?CJ iii. 516a. Commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Hants 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; levying of money, Hants 11 June 1645.A. and O. J.p. Suss. 21 Feb. 1646–d.C231/6, p. 40.

Parlimentarian
DOWSE, Edward (c.1582-1648), of Petworth, Suss. and Syon House, Mdx.
: of Petworth, Suss.
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Web Title

DOWSE, Edward (c.1582–c.1648), of Petworth, Suss.

Will
12 Oct. 1647, pr. 29 Apr. 1648.PROB11/204/156.
Estates
purchased farm and mill at Pagham, Suss. from earl of Northumberland, 1633, with an annuity of £160 out of Pagham Manor, for £600.Petworth MS 444; Alnwick, Northumberland MS U.I.5: general acct. 1633, unfol.; general acct. 1633-9, unfol.
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Addresses
Syon House bef. 1633-?;Household Pprs. Northumberland, 129. Petworth bef. 1648.PROB11/204/156.
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CAREW, Alexander (1608-44), of Antony, Cornw.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 30 Aug. 1608, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of (Sir) Richard Carew† of Antony and his 1st wife, Bridget, da. of John Chudleigh of Ashton, Devon; half-bro. of John Carew* and Thomas Carew*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 69; CB. educ. M Temple, 18 Mar. 1628.MT Admiss. m. 17 Dec. 1631, Jane (d. 1679) da. of Robert Rolle of Heanton, Devon, 5s. 3da. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 14 Mar. 1643. exec. 23 Dec. 1644.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 69; CB; Oxford DNB.
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Local: commr. disarming recusants, Cornw. 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385a. Dep. lt. 17 Mar. 1642–?CJ ii. 483b. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 13, 28 Jan. 1642.CJ ii. 375b, 401a.

Military: maj. (parlian.) Cornish forces by Nov. 1642–?.Add. 18777, f. 30. Col. and dep.-gov. St Nicholas Is. (Drake’s Is.) Plymouth c.Jan.-Aug. 1643.HMC Portland, i. 92.

Parlimentarian
CAREW, Alexander (1608-44), of Antony, Cornw.
: of Antony, Cornw.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, manner of M. Geeraerts the younger, c.1630.NT, Antony House.

Volume
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Web Title

CAREW, Alexander (1608-44), of Antony, Cornw.

Will
20 Dec. 1644, pr. 28 Dec. 1644.PROB11/192/180.
Estates
under marriage settlement (Jan. 1634) held borough of Wilton, Antony par., property in Saltash borough, manors of Antony, Sheviock, Langonet, Taven, Clyes higher and lower, Wolgaren, Rymes and other lands in parishes of St Veep, St Clether, Davidstow, Saltash, Maker, Southill and Lansallos, Cornw.; rectory of Maker and advowson of Sheviocke, Cornw.; and manor of Drewsteignton, Devon.Cornw. RO, CS/11/16; R/3045/1. Lease of Trematon Castle manor, St Stephen by Saltash, from duchy of Cornw.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. ii. 196. Wife’s jointure lands were Roscarrow House, Pentire Park, Tregollen and Treglyen, Cornw.Cornw. RO, R/5825.
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DODDRIDGE, John (1610-59), of Bremridge, South Molton, Devon, Cheshunt, Herts. and the Middle Temple, London.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 11 Nov. 1610, 2nd but 1st. surv. s. of Pentecost Doddridge† of Barnstaple, merchant, and Elizabeth (bur. 7 Mar. 1638), da. of Jacob Wescombe of Barnstaple.Misc. Gen. et Her. Ser. 5, i. 95-6. educ. Barnstaple g.s.; M. Temple, 26 June 1629.MTR ii. 754. m. (1) Jane, da. of Nicholas Hele of St George’s, Som. s.p.; (2) 4 Jan. 1649, Martha (d. 6 Aug. 1655), da. of Sir Thomas Dacres* of Cheshunt, Herts. 1s. (d.v.p.); (3) 7 Oct. 1657, Judith (bur. 24 July 1704), da. of John Gurdon* of Assington, Suff. s.p. suc. fa. 24 Feb. 1644. d. 23 Feb. 1659.Misc. Gen. et Her. Ser. 5, i. 95-6; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 101.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 19 May 1637; bencher, 5 Nov. 1658.MTR ii. 754, 855.

Civic: freeman and retained counsel, Exeter 14 Jan. 1647. 4 May 1655 – d.Devon RO, Exeter City Archive, Act Bk. viii. f. 191. Recorder, Bristol; freeman, 29 Sept. 1655–d.Bristol RO, 04264/5 pp. 82, 92, 184.

Local: commr. assessment, Devon 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657; Bristol 9 June 1657. J.p. Devon by 6 Mar. 1647–49.Devon RO, DQS 28/3; 28/5. Commr. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647.CJ v. 407a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
DODDRIDGE, John (1610-59), of Bremridge, South Molton, Devon, Cheshunt, Herts. and the Middle Temple, London.
: Herts., South Molton, Devon and London., the Middle Temple.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

DODDRIDGE, John (1610-59), of Bremridge, South Molton, Devon, Cheshunt, Herts. and the Middle Temple, London.

Will
20 Jan. 1658, pr. 20 June 1659.PROB11/293/272.
Estates
owned impropriate rectory of Ilfracombe, Devon, inherited from Sir John Doddridge†.E134/1655/Mich. 8.
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