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ARUNDELL, Richard (c.1616-87), of Trerice, Newlyn, Cornw.

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b. c. 1616, 2nd s. of John Arundell† of Trerice and Mary, da. of George Cary of Clovelly, Devon, bro. of John Arundell I*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 12, 14. educ. L. Inn, 16 Nov. 1633; called 18 Nov. 1640.LI Admiss. i. 222; LI Black Bks. ii. 356. m. c.1645, Gertrude, da. of Sir James Bagge† of Saltram, Devon, wid. of Sir Nicholas Slanning* of Marystow, Devon, 2s. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1654.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 12, 14. cr. Baron Arundell of Trerice 23 Mar. 1665. bur. 10 Oct. 1687 10 Oct. 1687.CP.
Offices Held

Military: col. (roy.) forces of Sir Ralph Hopton*, ?1643–? Gov. and col. of garrison (roy.), Pendennis Castle, Cornw. (in reversion) 21 Feb. 1645; acting gov. Oct. 1645–46;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 386–7, 400; Cornw. RO, T/1767; Coate, Cornw. 195. gov. Sept. 1660–d.Rugge’s Diurnal, 11.

Local: assessional commr. duchy of Cornw. c.1645. 1 June 1660Coate, Cornw. 182. Commr. assessment, Cornw., 1661, 1664.An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. July 1660–d. Col. militia ft. Dec. 1660–d.HP Commons 1660–90. Dep. lt. 1662–d.SP29/60/66. Commr. corporations, 1662–3;HMC Var. i. 333. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR. Stannator, Tyrwarnwhaile, Cornw. 1663.HP Commons 1660–90. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 June 1664-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, p. 272, 636.

Central: master of horse to queen mother, c.1665–9.CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 423.

Civic: freeman, Plymouth 1684; Liskeard, Bodmin, Mitchell, Penryn 1685.HP Commons 1660–90.

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ARUNDELL, Richard (c.1616-87), of Trerice, Newlyn, Cornw.
: Cornw., Newlyn.
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ARUNDELL, Richard (c.1616-87), of Trerice, Newlyn, Cornw.

Will
none extant, administration granted June 1688.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 14.
Estates
lands at Walkhampton, and other parts of Devon, valued at £145 in 1649;CCC 153. inherited Trerice, Cornw., and other lands in Somerset and Devon, Dec. 1654.PROB11/254/568.
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BARRINGTON, John (d. 1689), of Westminster and later of Ridgewell, Essex.

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b. aft. 1634, 2nd s. of Robert Barrington† (d. 26 Feb. 1640), of Hatfield Bury and Lacheleys, Steeple Bumpstead, Essex and Dorothy, da. of Thomas Eden† of Ballingdon.G. Inn Admiss.; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634, 22-3, 146-8, 343; Morant, Essex, ii. 342. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1652; G. Inn 1654.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. m. aft. 1657, Sophia (d. 1707), da. of Sir Robert King*,PROB11/265/400. 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.PROB11/397/506; Ridgewell par. reg. d. Nov. 1689.HMC Downshire, i. 320.
Offices Held

Central: gent. of bedchamber to ld. protector, Aug. 1655–?aft. Jan. 1659;Clarke Pprs. iii. 47; Henry Cromwell Corresp. 439. gent. of the robes or gent. usher at ld. protector’s funeral, 23 Nov. 1658.SP18/183, ff. 190v, 193.

Civic: freeman, Dunwich 29 Dec. 1658.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6/3/4, f. 74.

Military: capt. of horse, regt. of Nathaniel Rich*, 13 July 1659-bef. Jan. 1660;CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 387; CJ vii. 704a, 709b, 715b; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 154, 156. lt.-col. of ft. regt. of (Sir) Henry Ingoldsby*, Mar. 1689–d.Dalton, Army Lists, iii. 78, 116.

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BARRINGTON, John (d. 1689), of Westminster and later of Ridgewell, Essex.
: Essex.
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BARRINGTON, John (d. 1689), of Westminster and later of Ridgewell, Essex.

Will
21 June 1688, cod. 25 June 1689, pr. 19 Dec. 1689.PROB11/397/506.
Estates
sold lands at Ridgewell, Essex 1676.Morant, Essex, ii. 342.
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SELDEN, John (1584-1654), of Inner Temple and Whitefriars, London.

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Family and Education
b. 16 Dec. 1584, 1st s. of John Selden of Salvington, West Tarring, Suss. and Margaret, da. and h. of Thomas Baker of Rustington, Suss.Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 219, 223; Ath. Ox. iii. 366-7. educ. Chichester sch.; Hart Hall, Oxf. 24 Oct. 1600; Clifford’s Inn, 1602; I. Temple 17 May 1604.Ath. Ox. iii. 367; Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. ?m. ?; aft. 1639, Elizabeth (d. 7 Dec. 1651), da. of Gilbert Talbot, 7th earl of Shrewsbury, and wid. of Sir Henry Grey†, 8th earl of Kent (d. 21 Nov. 1639).Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 220-1; CP. suc. fa. by 1615.D.S. Berkowitz, John Selden’s Formative Years (1988), 14. d. 30 Nov. 1654.Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 221-2; CITR ii. 364.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 14 June 1612; bencher, 3 Nov. 1633–d.CITR ii. 67, 208. Counsel, Virg. Co. 1620-c.1622.Recs. of Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 395; ii. 98.

Household: steward to 8th earl of Kent, c.1623–39.Ath. Ox. iii. 377; Berkowitz, Selden’s Formative Years, 65.

Central: member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643;A. and O. cttee. for examinations, 1 Aug. 1643.CJ iii. 189b. Kpr. of recs. Tower of London, 20 Nov. 1643-by 6 Aug. 1651.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 476; CJ iii. 291a; vi. 617b-618a. Member, cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644; LJ vi. 663a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644;CJ iii. 699b. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O.

Local: gov. Charterhouse hosp. London, 1645–52. 23 June 1647LMA, Acc/1876/G/02/02, ff. 72, 141. Commr. assessment, Oxf. Univ. and city,, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O.

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SELDEN, John (1584-1654), of Wrest, Beds. and the Inner Temple, London
: of Inner Temple and London., Whitefriars.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, c.1644;Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. oil on canvas, attrib. P. Lely;Bodl. oil on canvas, studio of P. Lely;Ashmolean Museum, Oxf. oil on canvas, aft. P. Lely;Bodl. oil on canvas, aft. P. Lely;NPG. oil on canvas, unknown;NPG. oil on canvas, unknown;Exeter Coll. Oxf. line engraving, M. Burghers;NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1654;E. Pococke, Contextio Gemmarum (1654–6), i. frontispiece. line engraving, J. Chantry, 1661;BM; NPG. line engraving, F.H. van Hove, 1677;BM; NPG. line engraving, R. White, 1682;J. Selden, The Reverse or the Back-face of the English Janus (1682), frontispiece. line engraving, unknown.NPG.

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SELDEN, John (1584-1654), of Inner Temple and Whitefriars, London.

Will
11 June 1653, pr. 14 Feb. 1655.Bodl. Selden supra 110, ff. 43 seq.
Estates
manor of Cheadle and other lands in Staffs.; lands in Dudmandale, Lincs.; leases in Beds. and Leics.Bodl. Selden supra 110, ff. 43 seq.; Oxford Univ. Archives, WPα/15.
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EURE, George (d. 1672), of Easby, Yorks.

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Family and Education
b. 4th but 1st surv. s. of Horatio Eure (bur. 9 Jan. 1637) of Easby, and Deborah, da. and coh. of John Brett of Romney Marsh, Kent.CP. educ. L. Inn 27 Feb. 1672.LI Admiss. unm. suc. 2nd cousin as 6th Baron Eure, June 1652; bur. 24 Oct. 1672 24 Oct. 1672.CP.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) by July 1643–23 Jan. 1646. Maj. militia ft. Yorks. 13 June 1648–15 Jan. 1649;CSP Dom. 1654, p. 164; Jones, ‘War in north’, 379. capt. militia horse, 10 Aug. 1650–?, by July 1655-aft. Sept. 1659.SP25/77, pp. 861, 884; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508; 1656–7, p. 120; 1659–60, p. 16; CJ vii. 772b.

Local: j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) by 8 July 1645–d.;N. Riding QS Recs. ed. J.C. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. iv), 240. E. Riding 6 Oct. 1653-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 270. W. Riding by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660;C193/13/6. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657-aft. Apr. 1659.C181/6, p. 195; C231/6, p. 430. Commr. assessment, N. Riding 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). charitable uses, 22 Apr. 1651;C93/21/1. N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658;C93/25/1. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 17, 375; C181/7, pp. 17, 617. ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Riding 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Yorks. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Jan. 1656.TSP, iv. 402. Visitor Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. sewers, N. Riding 9 May 1664.C181/7, p. 248.

Central: cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344a. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A and O.

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EURE, George (d. 1672), of Easby, Yorks.
: of Easby, Yorks.
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EURE, George (d. 1672), of Easby, Yorks.

Will
15 Oct. 1672, pr. 25 Oct. 1672.PROB11/340, f. 97v.
Estates
Eure’s estate appears to have consisted of little more than the manor or capital messuage of Easby and a moiety of the manor of Little Ayton, Yorks.C142/558/89; VCH N. Riding, ii. 228, 305.
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presented Robert Higson to rectory of Langton, Yorks., 1653.Add. 36792, f. 80v.
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FIENNES, John (aft. 1608-c.1692), of Broughton Castle, Broughton, Oxon.

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b. aft. 1608, 3rd s. of William Fiennes, 8th Baron (later 1st Viscount) Saye and Sele (d. 14 Apr. 1662) of Broughton Castle, and Elizabeth (d. 1648), da. of John Temple of Burton Dassett, Warws. and Stowe, Bucks.;Infra, ‘Nathaniel Fiennes I’; CP xi. 488, 490-1. bro. of James* and Nathaniel Fiennes I*. educ. Franeker Univ. 4 May 1630; Basel, Feb. 1633;K.L. Sprunger, The Learned Doctor William Ames, 80; Album Studiosorum Academiae Franekerensis, 88; Die Matrikel der Universität Basel, iii. 351; English-Speaking Medical Students Attending the European Universities in the 17th Century ed. H.T. Swan (Royal Coll. of Physicians of Edinburgh database). travelled abroad (Italy) 1633.H.F. Brown, ‘Inglesi e Scozzesi all’Università di Padova’, Monografie Storiche sullo Studio di Padova, 147. m. by 1649, Susan (bur. 4 Sept. 1661), da. and h. of Thomas Hobbes of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Tooting Bec, Streatham, Surr. 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).PROB11/162, ff. 86-7; Richmond, Surr. par. reg. (bap. 10 May 1649); St Helen Bishopgate, London par. reg. (bap. 6 Mar. 1652); St Leonard, Streatham, Surr. par. reg.; Warws. RO, CR162/446; CP xi. 489, 490-1; The Peerage of England, Scotland and Ireland (1790), i. 398; Chauncy, Herts. i. 554-5; VCH Surr. iv. 99. d. c. 1692.E134/3and4Anne/Hil4.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Oxon. 9 Apr.-10 June 1642;C231/5, pp. 517, 528. Herts. 7 July 1654-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 293. Hants 21 July 1655-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 314. Dep. lt. Oxon. 26 May 1642–?CJ ii. 587a; LJ v. 84b. Commr. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Oxon. 25 June 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; ejecting scandalous ministers, Herts., Oxon. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, Herts. 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. securing peace of commonwealth, Hants c.Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 363. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). oyer and terminer, Western circ. 9 Feb. 1658-July 1659.C181/6, pp. 274, 307.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 30 July 1642 – 3 Aug. 1643; col. 20 June 1644 – 20 Aug. 1645; col. of ft. 10 June-3 Aug. 1643.SP28/139, pt. 19, f. 204; SP28/147, f. 242.

Central: master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
FIENNES, Hon. James (c.1602-74), of Broughton Castle, Oxon.
: of Broughton Castle, Oxon., Broughton.
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FIENNES, John (aft. 1608-c.1692), of Broughton Castle, Broughton, Oxon.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1649, purchased from trustees for the sale of church lands manor of Waldersey, Cambs. for £479 19s, and manor and capital messuage of Beauchamp Roding, Essex, for £686. C54/3446/34; Col. Top. et Gen. i. 287. In 1653, purchased from William Jephson* manor and rectory of Froyle, Hants, for £15,600.C54/3735/11; C6/119/62. In 1653, his fa. settled property in manor of Drayton, Oxon. on Fiennes and his wife.VCH Oxon. ix. 106. Through marriage, acquired manor of Great Amwell, Herts. which he sold to his son-in-law Thomas Filmer† in the early 1690s.VCH Herts. iii. 417; HP Commons 1690-1715, ‘Thomas Filmer’. In 1662, received a third share of £1,000 in his fa.’s will.PROB11/309, f. 314v.
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Addresses
Arundel House, London (1643);Bodl. Clarendon 22, f. 83. Richmond, Surr. (1649-50).Richmond, Surr. par. reg.; C54/3446/34.
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ROUS, Sir Thomas (1608-76), of Rous Lench, Worcs.

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Family and Education
b. 27 Mar. 1608, 1st s. of Sir John Rous† of Rous Lench and Hester, da. of Sir Thomas Temple of Stowe, Bucks.Rous Lench par. reg. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 20 Oct. 1626, BA (Corpus Christi) 31 Jan. 1628;Al. Ox. M. Temple 6 May 1628.M Temple Admiss. i. 120. m. (1) by 1634, Jane (bur. 20 Aug. 1656), da. of Sir John Ferrers† of Tamworth Castle, Staffs. 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da.;Rous Lench par. reg.; Vis. Worcs 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 82. (2) 24 May 1659,Corresp. of the Fam. of Hatton ed. E.M. Thompson (Camden n.s. xxii), 18-19. Frances (bur. 28 June 1667), da. and coh. of David Murray, Tailor, of St Clement Danes, Mdx. 2s. 1da.; (3) 28 Apr. 1670, Anne, da. of Michael Biddulph* of Lichfield, Staffs. wid. of Peter Birkinhead, merchant, of Stoke, Warws. s.p.St Michael, Coventry par. reg. cr. bt. 23 July 1641;CB ii. 108. suc. fa. 10 Apr. 1645. bur. 28 May 1676.Rous Lench par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. disarming recusants, Worcs. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664; Worcs. and Warws. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660. Apr. – Nov. 1648A. and O.; SR; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance … for an Assessment (E.1075.6). Sheriff, Worcs.; Warws. 1667–8. 2 Dec. 1648LJ ix. 536a.; List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 159. Commr. militia, Worcs., 26 July 1659; Worcs and Warws. 12 Mar. 1660. J.p. Worcs. by Feb. 1650–d.C193/13/3, f. 67v. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Custos rot. 22 Nov. 1655-Mar. 1660.C231/6 p.319; Diary and Pprs. of Henry Townshend ed. Porter, Roberts, Roy, 273. Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 698.

Parlimentarian
ROUS, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (1608-76), of Rous Lench, Worcs.
: Worcs.
Likenesses

Likenesses: MI Rous Lench church.

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ROUS, Sir Thomas (1608-76), of Rous Lench, Worcs.

Will
15 May 1676, pr. 10 Nov. 1679.PROB11/361, f. 218.
Estates
at d. lands at Rous Lench and Inkberrow, Worcs.; Farnborough, Warws.; lands in Mdx.PROB11/361, f. 218.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Presented Thomas Wall to rectory of Rous Lench, Worcs. 29 July 1666.Worcs. Archives, 732.4/BA 2337/25.
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LITTLETON (later LITTLETON alias POYNTZ), Thomas (c.1620-1681), of Stoke St Milborough, Salop and North Ockenden, Essex.

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Family and Education
b. c.1620, 1st s. of Adam Littleton (cr. 1st bt. 14 Oct. 1642) of Stoke St Milborough and Audrey (bur. 25 May 1648), da. of Thomas Poyntz of North Ockenden, Essex.CB ii. 204. educ. I. Temple, 1 July 1637, called 22 May 1642; Jesus, Oxf. 15 June 1638, aged 16.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 266; Al. Ox. m. prob. Oct. 1638 with £2,000 but lic. 6 Oct. 1637, Anne, da. of Sir Edward Littleton† of Henley, Salop, solicitor-general, later 1st Baron Lyttelton of Mounslow and ld. kpr. of privy seal, 8s.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 850; CSP Dom. 1638-9, p. 32; PROB11/367/52. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. Sept. 1647. d. 12 Apr. 1681.CB ii. 204.
Offices Held

Local: commr. array (roy.), Salop ?1643–5;CCC 2030. W. midlands assoc. (roy.) 25 Aug. 1645–6;CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 80. assessment, Salop 1661, 1664, 1672; Mdx. 1661, 1672, 1677, 1679; Westminster 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Essex 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR. corporations, Salop 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–1690. subsidy, Westminster 1663.SR. Conservator, Bedford Level 1665–8.S. Wells, Drainage of Bedford Level, i. 457–9 Commr. for concealments, Mdx. and Surr. 1670;CTB iii. 607. recusants, Salop 1675.CTB iv. 697. J.p. Mdx., Westminster by 1680–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Central: jt. treas. of navy, 1668 – 71; victualler, 1671–3. Commr. for trade, 1668–72; union with Scotland, 1670. Ld. of admlty. 1680–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Parlimentarian
LITTLETON, Sir Thomas, 1st Bt. (1595-1650), of Frankley, Worcs., St. Martin’s Lane, Westminster and the Inner Temple, London; later of Hagley, Worcs. and Westbury, Bucks.
: Salop and Essex., North Ockenden.
POYNTZ)
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LITTLETON (later LITTLETON alias POYNTZ), Thomas (c.1620-1681), of Stoke St Milborough, Salop and North Ockenden, Essex.

Will
Dec. 1665, cod. 11 Apr. 1681, pr. 17 June 1681.PROB11/367/52.
Estates
patrimony of Stoke St Milborough manor and advowson inherited 1647, sold 1652 for £3720;Salop Archives, 6683/1/10/14. inherited North Ockenden 1647; held estate in Bevis Marks, London by 1652;SP23/217 f. 13. held lands at Ingardine, Stottesdon, Salop at death.PROB11/367/52.
Oxford 1644
Yes
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BRERETON, William (1631-80), of Dean’s Yard, Westminster, and Brereton Hall, Brereton, Cheshire.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 4 May 1631, 1st s. of William Brereton, 2nd Baron Brereton of Laghlin [I], and Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Goring†, 1st earl of Norwich.Add. 4280, f. 103; CP; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. pt. 1, p. 89. educ. Illustrious Acad. Breda 1646-52.Aubrey, Brief Lives, i. 121; R. Vaughan, The Protectorate of Oliver Cromwell (1838), ii. 383. m. 21 Oct. 1658, Frances (bur. 12 Sept. 1680), da. and coh. of Francis, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham, 3s.St Margaret Pattens, London par. reg.; CP; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. pt. 1, p. 89. suc. fa. as 3rd baron Apr. 1664. d. 17 Mar. 1680.CP.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cheshire ?-1 Oct. 1659.C231/6, p. 442. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1664, 1666, 1672, 1677, 1679.SR.

Academic: FRS, 22 Apr. 1663–d.T. Birch, Hist. of the Royal Society of London (1756), i. 223.

Central: chairman, public accts. commission, 12 Dec. 1667–70.CJ ix. 36b; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Hon. William Brereton’. Gent. of privy chamber, 1673–d.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 191.

Parlimentarian
BRERETON, Hon. William (1631-80), of Dean’s Yard, Westminster and Brereton Hall, Cheshire.
: of Dean’s Yard, Westminster and Brereton Hall, Cheshire., Brereton.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1640-60.Birmingham Museums Trust.

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BRERETON, William (1631-80), of Dean’s Yard, Westminster, and Brereton Hall, Brereton, Cheshire.

Will
admon. 11 Dec. 1686, 18 May 1697.CP.
Estates
in 1634, family estate incl. at least 7 manors and 5 advowsons in Cheshire.Cheshire RO, DTD/1/1; DTD/31/3. In 1646, Brereton’s father’s estate was valued at £1,400 p.a.CCC 1229. In 1653, family estate incl. barony, manor and castle of Malpas; manors of Agden, Bradley, Caldecott, Cuddington, Duckington, Great and Little Edge, Oldcastle and Tilston; and property in Alsager, Barton, Bickley, Chidlow, Chorlton, Farndon, Harthill, Horton, Macefen, Newton juxta Malpas, Nether and Over Fullwich, Shocklach, Stockton, Tushingham and Wigland, Cheshire.E214/734. In 1654, Brereton and his father mortgaged manor of Brereton, excluding Brereton Hall, for £3,000.Cheshire RO, DTD/1/2. By 1673, he owned a house of 15 hearths in Westminster.CTB iii. 915. In 1674, he sold barony of Malpas for £19,200.Cheshire RO, DTD/2/1; DTD/2/2-3; DTD/31/5-6; DTD/32/5-8; Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. pt. 1, p. 86.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Isleworth, Mdx. (1652).Vaughan, Protectorate, ii. 385.
Religion
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SOAME, Thomas (1585-1671), of Soper Lane, London and Throcking, Herts.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 4 Feb. 1585, 3rd s. of Sir Stephen Soame†, merchant of London and Little Thurlow, Suff. and Anne, da. of Wiliam Stone of London and Segenhoe, Beds.GL, MS 4438, unfol.; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 250-1. educ. appr. Grocers’ Co. 25 Dec. 1600.GL, MS 11571/9, f. 17v. m. 31 Jan. 1621, Joan, da. of William Freeman, merchant, of London and Aspenden, Herts, 6s. (5 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).St. Michael Cornhill Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. Reg. vii), 22; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants, 2949. Kntd. 3 Dec. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 211. d. 1 Jan. 1670.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 154.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. June 1615; liveryman, 19 May 1617; asst. 16 Aug. 1632; warden, 14 July 1637–8; master, 18 July 1644–5. 28 July 1635 – 1 June 1649GL, MS 1592A; MS 11588/3, pp. 41, 493, 581; MS 11588/4, p. 101. Sheriff, London and Mdx. May 1635–6. 28 July 1635 – 1 June 1649CLRO, Rep. 49, f. 202. Alderman, London, 25 Sept. 1660–22 Jan. 1667.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 103, 159.

Mercantile: member, cttee. Levant Co. 1611; asst. 1616–71.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 154. Member, cttee. Muscovy Co. 1620;T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire (Harvard, 1968), 379. cttee. E.I. Co. 3 July 1640 – 5 July 1643, 4 July 1649–50.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1640–3, pp. 61, 177, 262; 1644–9, p. 332.

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 1612; pres. 1638–45.Ancient Vellum Bk., 18. Commr. ct. of requests, London 22 Jan. 1629;CLRO, Rep. 43, f. 81v. assurance, 18 Jan. 1634.C181/4, f. 157v. Col. London trained bands 25 Sept. 1638–42.CLRO, Rep. 52, f. 264v. Commr. sewers, Mdx. 22 June 1639 – aft.Oct. 1645; London 14 Jan. – aft.Dec. 1645, 24 July 1662;C181/5, ff. 143, 247, 266; C181/7, p. 164. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 26 Nov. 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. oyer and terminer, 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, 3 July 1660–23 Nov. 1667;C181/5, ff. 230v, 265; C181/7, pp. 1, 371. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, 3 July 1660–23 Nov. 1667;C181/5, ff. 244, 265; C181/7, pp. 1, 371. New Model ordinance, London 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Herts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Central: recvr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan. 1642;CJ ii. 375b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 750b. cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642;CJ ii. 866a. cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645.A. and O.

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SOAME, Thomas (1585-1671), of Soper Lane, London and Throcking, Herts.
: of Soper Lane, London and Throcking, Herts.
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SOAME, Thomas (1585-1671), of Soper Lane, London and Throcking, Herts.

Will
admon. 17 Jan. 1671.PROB6/46, f. 10v.
Estates
rented house, Soper Lane, for £70 in 1638;Inhabs. of London, 1638, 173. purchased manor of Throcking; Herts. 1630, sold 1670.R. Clutterbuck, Hist. of Herts. (3 vols. 1815), iii. 463; VCH Herts. iv. 112.
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THURLAND, Edward (1607-83), of the Inner Temple, London, and Great Doods, Reigate, Surr.

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Family and Education
b. 22 Feb. 1607,Reigate par. reg. 1st s. of Edward Thurland of Reigate and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Ellyott of Reigate.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. ix), 114; (Harl. Soc. xliii), 190-1; Surr. Arch. Colls. xxxii. 66. educ. Clare, Camb. Easter 1624;Al. Cant. I. Temple, 20 Oct. 1626.I. Temple database. m. Elizabeth (bur. 26 May 1676) , da. of Lionel Wright of Buckland, Surr., ?2s. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 191; PROB11/372/192; HP Commons 1660–1690. suc. fa. betw. Aug. 1642 and 9 Aug. 1644.Surr. Arch. Colls. lix. 50; CCAM, 441. Kntd. 22 Apr. 1665.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 240. d. 14 Jan. 1683.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 317.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 15 Oct. 1634; bencher, 24 Nov. 1652; steward, 30 Jan. 1654; auditor, Nov. 1656 – Nov. 1658, Nov. 1659 – Nov. 1661; reader, 11 May 1662.Cal. ITR ii. 215, 308, 321, 324, 332, 335; iii. 9. Solicitor-gen. to duke of York, 1660–70. KC, 14 Apr. 1665. Sjt.-at-law, 12 Dec. 1672. Bar. of exch. 24 Jan. 1673–29 Apr. 1679.Baker, Order of Serjeants at Law, 195, 445, 540; Sainty, Judges, 125; Sainty, Law Officers, 86. Assize judge, Oxf. circ. Jan. 1673.C181/7, p. 634.

Local: steward, manor of Chipstead, Surr. ?1644–?d.;Surr. Arch Colls. xlviii. 43. Beddington by 1650-aft. 1656;Sutton Local Studies Centre, 25/1/16; Surr. Hist. Centre, 2152/1, 2163/1/8. Hickstead and other Suss. lands of Visct. Montagu, Suss.; E. Suss. RO, HIC/45. manor of Bury 1654;W Suss. RO, Add MS 1231, 1232. Reigate 21 Mar. 1662;Hooper, Reigate, 31. Bermondsey 1663, 1664.VCH Surr. iv. 21n. J.p. Surr. Apr. 1659–d.C231/6, p. 429. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Mdx. 1677;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 8, 639. Oxf. circ. 3 Feb. 1673;C181/7, p. 637. poll tax, Surr. 1660;SR. sewers, Kent and Surr. 20 Aug. 1660, 28 Nov. 1664;C181/7, pp. 31, 291. corporations, Surr. 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–1690. subsidy, 1663.SR. Trustee for Wye navigation, 1671;Surr. Arch Colls. lxii. 102; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. app., lvii. Reigate Sch. funds, 1675.VCH Surr. iii. 232; Hooper, Reigate, 162.

Civic: recorder, Guildford, Kingston-upon-Thames, Reigate 1661–72.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 40, 342; Hooper, Reigate, 118; HP Commons 1660–1690.

Central: commr. dedimus potestatam, Parl. 31 Aug. 1666.C181/7, p. 378.

Parlimentarian
THURLAND, Edward (1607-83), of Great Doods, Reigate, Surr. and the Inner Temple.
: London and Great Doods, Surr., Reigate.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. J.M. Wright, c.1670.Whereabouts unknown.

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THURLAND, Edward (1607-83), of the Inner Temple, London, and Great Doods, Reigate, Surr.

Will
5 Dec. 1682, pr. 8 Feb. 1683.PROB11/372/192.
Estates
Great Doods, Surr.; 7 Aug. 1644, assessed at £2,000 for ?property inherited from his father;CCAM 441. 1649, manor of Biggin and Tamworth in Mitcham, Surr., from Sir Francis Carew.VCH Surr. iv. 232.
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