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ADAMS, Thomas (1586-1668), of Gracechurch St. London and Sprowston, Norf.

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bap. 6 Dec. 1586, 2nd s. of Thomas Adams (d. 1607) of Wem, Salop, and Margaret, da. of John Erpe of Shrewsbury.Par. of Wem (Salop. Par. Reg. Soc. ix), 4; CB; S. Garbet, Hist. of Wem (1818), 174. educ. adm. sizar, Sidney Sussex, Camb. May 1600, BA 1606;Al. Cant. appr. 1604.Drapers’ Co., ed. Boyd, unpag. m. bef. 1616, Anne (d. 11 Jan. 1642), da. of Humphrey Mapted of Trenton, Essex, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Lansd. 255, f. 358-v; Add. 38855, ff. 144-5. suc. bro. 1631.Garbet, Wem, 176. knt. 26 May 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 225. cr. bt. 13 June 1660.CB. d. 24 Feb. 1668.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 15.
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Civic: freeman, Drapers’ Co. 1612; liveryman, 1624 – 39; asst. 1639 – 44, 1646 – 67; master, 1640–1. 8 Oct. 1639 – 7 Apr. 1649Johnson, Drapers iv. 132. Sheriff, London and Mdx. 29 Sept. 1639–40. 8 Oct. 1639 – 7 Apr. 1649CSP Dom. 1639, p. 534. Alderman, London, 4 Sept. 1660–d.;Woodhead, Rulers of London, 15; Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 124–5, 183; ii. 64, 69. ld. mayor, Oct. 1645–6.LJ vii. 643b.

Mercantile: asst. Massachusetts Bay Co. 1629.Winthrop Pprs (Mass. Hist. Soc.) ii. 160. Freeman, E.I. Co. 15 Oct. 1641.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1640–3, p. 198.

Military: col. (parlian.) London trained bands, 1642–5.List of the Names of the Several Colonels… of the Militia (1642); Bodl. Rawl. B.48, f. 23v.

Central: recvr. assessment, 1642.SR. Treas.-at-war, 31 Mar. 1645. Trustee, sale of bishops’ lands, 9 Oct. 1646.A. and O. Gov. Soc. for New Plantation of Ulster, 1662–d.Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 64.

Local: pres. St Thomas’s Hosp. 1643 – 50, 1660–d.Beaven, Aldermen of London ii. 64. Commr. New Model ordinance, London 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647; London militia, 4 May 1647. July 1660 – d.A. and O. J.p. Essex; Mdx. May 1662–d.C231/7, p. 171. Commr. oyer and terminer, London 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 415. Mdx. 8 Oct. 1667;C181/7, p. 412. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 415. sewers, London 24 July 1662.C181/7, p. 164.

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ADAMS, Thomas (1586-1668), of Gracechurch St. London and Sprowston, Norf.
: of Gracechurch St. London and Sprowston, Norf.
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Likenesses: oil on panel, unknown, nineteenth cent. (copy);Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Camb. fun. monument, attrib. T. Cartwright, Sprowston church, Norf.

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ADAMS, Thomas (1586-1668), of Gracechurch St. London and Sprowston, Norf.

Will
7 Feb. 1668, pr. 9 Apr. 1668.PROB11/326/488.
Estates
purchased lands at Edstaton and Northwood, Wem, Salop., worth £238 p.a.;Garbet, Wem, 180. manors of Elsenham and Tolleshunt Beckingham, Essex, 1635-6; Chawreth or Chaure Hall, Boxted, c.1647;Garbet, Wem, 174. purchased Sprowston manor, Norf., 1661.Norf. Pedigrees iii (Norf. And Norwich Gen. Soc. xiii), 39.
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PARKHURST, Sir Robert (1603-51), of St Mary le Bow, London, and Pyrford, Surr.

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bap. 5 July 1603,St Mary le Bowe (Harl. Soc Reg. xliv.), 16. 1st s. of Sir Robert Parkhurst, alderman of London, of Cheapside and Broad Street, and Eleanor (bur. 16 Nov. 1638), da. of William Babington of Chorley, Surr.Baker, Northants., 228; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii.), 97. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 15 Oct. 1619, BA 28 June 1622;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 10 May 1621.I. Temple database. m. (settlement 2 May 1628) Elizabeth (bur. 13 Sept. 1638), da. of Sir Henry Baker, 1st bt., of Sissinghurst, Kent, 2s. (inc. Robert*), 2da.; (2) 6 June 1642, Silence, da. of Sir Thomas Crewe† of Steane, Northants., 1s. suc. fa. 19 Oct. 1636.C142/543/21; Baker, Northants., 228; Mems. of St Margaret’s, Westminster, ed. A.M. Burke, 353. Kntd. 29 Apr. 1638.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 205. bur. 21 Aug. 1651 21 Aug. 1651.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 50, 157.
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Civic: freeman, Guildford 1625.Surr. Hist. Centre, BR/OC/1/2, f. 95.

Local: j.p. Surr. 1634–d.C231/5, p. 138; Names of the Justices (1650), 55. Commr. Wey navigation, 1635;T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 19. subsidy, Surr. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Windsor Forest, Surr. 14 Sept 1641;C181/5, f. 211v. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Surr. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. 23 May 1642–?CJ ii. 584a. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; New Model ordinance, Surr. 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645.A. and O.

Central: clerk of hanaper in reversion, 22 July 1636 (aft. d. of George Mynne†, 1648),Coventry Docquets, 198; CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 177; HP Commons 1604–1629, s.v. ‘George Mynne’. Commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.PJ ii. 403. Member, cttee. of Irish affairs, 29 May 1643.CJ iii. 109b.

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PARKHURST, Robert (1603-1651), of Cheapside, London; later of Broad Street, London and Pyrford, Surr.
: of St Mary le Bow, London and Surr., Pyrford.
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PARKHURST, Sir Robert (1603-51), of St Mary le Bow, London, and Pyrford, Surr.

Will
7 Jan. 1650, pr. 5 Feb. 1652.PROB11/220/321.
Estates
from 1628, manor of Pyrford;VCH Surr. iii. 432. property in St Mary le Bow, London, inc. The Golden Lady or Unicorn and Golden Lady;Hist. Gazetteer of London: Cheapside, ed. D. Keene and V. Harding (1987), 336-42. from 19 Oct. 1636, manors of Abbotts Kerswell, Collaton and South Allington, Devon, and Taynton, Glos., perhaps with other property in Eng. and Ire. originally belonging to Thomas Ridgeway†, 1st earl of Londonderry;Hants RO, 39M89/E/T63-71; PROB11/220/321; HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘Thomas Ridgeway’. £1,000 adventure in Ireland;SP63/290, f. 265. claim to at least £3,000 worth of land in Ireland stemming from mortgage forfeited by Thomas Roper, 1st Viscount Baltinglass;SP63/319, f. 29; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. viii. 205-21. 1641, manor of Wisley, Surr.;VCH Surr. iii. 380. from 16 Nov. 1638, house in Broad Street, London;PROB11/173/372. 10 June 1651, £30 in arrears of rent for a glass house in Mdx.CCC 453.
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FORTH, Hugh (1610-76), of London.

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bap. 6 July 1610, 1st s. of Robert Forth, brazier, of Standish Gate, Wigan, Lancs., and Catherine, da. of William Gardiner of Wigan.Wigan ed. J. Arrowsmith (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. iv), 4, 77; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xcii), 66. educ. appr. Mercer, London 19 June 1629.Recs. of London’s Livery Companies Online. m. (1) Sarah (bur. 10 Sept. 1644), da. of John Fowle, merchant, of London, 1da.; (2) 8 Sept. 1645, Sarah (bur. 27 Mar. 1666), da. of William Essington, merchant, of London, s.p.; (3) lic. 10 Oct. 1667, Amy, da. of John Gurdon* of Assington, Suff., s.p.St Lawrence Jewry, St Dunstan in the East, London par. regs.; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants of London, no. 10542; Vis. London, 66; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxiv), 95; London Mar. Lics. ed Foster, 502; HMC 6th Rep. 64; Calamy Revised, 293. suc. fa. Nov. 1622;Wigan ed. Arrowsmith, 244. bur. 20 Feb. 1676 20 Feb. 1676.St Mary Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxii), 189.
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Mercantile: member, Levant Co. 1 Sept. 1642–?d.;SP105/150, f. 31v. asst. 1649–50.SP105/151, f. 8. Freeman, Mercers’ Co. 2 Sept. 1642–?d.;Recs. of London’s Livery Companies Online. liveryman, 11 Oct. 1644–?d.Mercers’ Co. Archives, Acts of Court bk. 11, f. 129.

Local: commr. sewers, Kent 17 July 1657.C181/6, p. 228.

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FORTH, Hugh (1610-76), of Clapham, Surr.
: of London.
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Commons 1640-1660
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FORTH, Hugh (1610-76), of London.

Will
admon. 13 May 1676, 19 Dec. 1682.PROB6/51, f. 54; PROB6/57, f. 173.
Estates
in 1631, inherited messuages and other property in Wigan (half of this estate he inherited in reversion after d. of his mo.).Lancs. RO, WCW, will of Robert Forth 1622. In about 1648, purchased manor of Westcombe, Greenwich, and quickly sold it to Theophilus Biddulph*.Hasted, Kent, i. 391.
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house of Robert Gardiner, Basinghall Street, London (1641, 1646).E179/252/2; CCC 1070.
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PEDLEY, Nicholas (1615-85), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Abbotsleigh, Hunts.

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b. 17 Sept. 1615, 1st s. of Nicholas Pedley, rector of Springfield Richards, Springfield. Essex 1604-20, and Susan, da. of one Brathwayte of Essex.Vis. Hunts. 1684 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xiii), 78; Le Neve’s Pedigrees, 274. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1633, BA 1637, MA (per Literas Regias) 1671;Al. Cant.; Graduati Cantabrigiensis (Cambridge, 1823), 363. L. Inn 1638.LI Admiss. i. 235. m. (1) 14 Jan. 1641, Lucy (d.12 May 1669), da. of Robert Bernard* of Huntingdon, 8s. (4 d.v.p.) 7da.;Vis. Hunts. 1684, 78, 100; Lansd. 921, f. 6v. (2) 10 June 1674, Anne, da. of Richard Dorrington of Stow, Hunts., wid. of Lawrence Torkington of Great Stukeley, Hunts., s.p.Vis. Hunts. 1684, 78. suc. fa. by 12 Dec. 1621, uncle James in Hunts. estate 1651; Kntd. 29 Feb. 1672.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 246. d. 6 July 1685.F. Peck, Desiderata Curiosa (1779), i. 553.
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Local: j.p. Hunts. 9 Mar. 1641-c.1681, 1684 – d.; I. of Ely 1656-Mar. 1660.C231/5, p. 434; A Perfect List (1660); HP Commons, 1660–90. Commr. array (roy.), Hunts. June, 11 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. assessment, 23 June 1647, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1672, 1677, 1679; Huntingdon 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Hunts. 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 17. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1652.A. and O. Commr. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 4 Mar. 1654–29 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 20, 284. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, p. 379; C181/7, pp. 14, 635. poll tax, Hunts., Huntingdon 1660;SR. swans, Beds., Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 26 Aug. 1661.C181/7, p. 117. Master, St John’s Hosp. Huntingdon 1661–78.Hunts. RO, Huntingdon borough recs. box 12, bdle. 1: extracts from St John’s Hospital court bk.; VCH Hunts. ii. 110n. Dep. lt. Hunts. 1662–?Hunts. RO, D/DM20B/9; Bodl. Carte 223, f. 337. Commr. subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, Hunts. 19 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 302. Conservator, Gt. Level 1666–d.S. Wells, Hist. of the Drainage of the Gt. Level (1830), i. 458–63. Commr. recusants, Hunts. 1675.CTB iv. 790.

Legal: called, L. Inn 11 May 1646; bencher, 1662; Lent reader, 1670; treas. 1669 – 70; kpr. Black Bk. 1671–3.LI Black Bks. ii. 369; iii. 19, 66, 67, 71, 77, 86. Sjt.-at-law, Serjeants’ Inn Apr. 1675–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 196, 411, 446, 530.

Civic: recorder, Huntingdon aft. May 1672–d.A Coll. of Ancient Recs. relating to the borough of Huntingdon, ed. E. Griffith (1827), 117; Vis. Hunts. 1684, 38, 43, 78.

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PEDLEY, Nicholas (1615-85), of Lincoln’s Inn and Abbotsleigh, Hunts.
: of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx. and Hunts., Abbotsleigh.
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PEDLEY, Nicholas (1615-85), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Abbotsleigh, Hunts.

Will
2 July 1685, pr. 10 Aug. 1685.PROB11/381/85.
Estates
bought manor of Wistowe, Hunts. for £3,500, 1648.Hunts. RO, Acc. 848/5; Acc. 783/7; Add. 33462, f. 140.
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EVERSFIELD, Thomas (1614-49), of The Grove, Hollington, Suss.

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bap. 10 July 1614, 1st s. of Nicholas Eversfield† of Hollington and Dorothy, da. of Edward Goring of Okehurst.Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 154-5; Vis. Sussex (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 42. educ. I. Temple, 7 Feb. 1633.I. Temple Admissions database. m. (1) 7 Apr. 1635, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Mar. 1636), da. of Sir Henry Goring of Burton, 1s.( d.v.p.)Add. 5699, f. 34. (2) 10 May 1637, Jane, da. John Alford* of Offington, Suss. 1s., 2da. (1 d.v.p.).GL, 6777/1, p. 103; Add. 5698, f. 187; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Horsham, 93-5. suc. fa. 30 May 1629, aged 14 years 8 months 20 days.C142/448/86; Notes IPMs Suss., 84. Kntd. 23 July 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210. bur. 24 Nov. 1649 24 Nov. 1649.E. Suss. RO, Hollington par. reg. transcript.
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Civic: freeman, Hastings 10 Oct. 1640–d.Hastings Museum, C/A(a)2, ff. 88v-89v.

Local: commr. subsidy, Suss. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;E179/191/388; SR; Noyes, ‘Commrs. subsidies Suss.’, 104–6. sewers, 20 July 1641;C181/5, f. 206. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 14 Apr. 1643, 16 Feb. 1648. 1642 – ?44SR; CJ iii. 45a; A. and O. J.p., Mar.-Sept. 1648.ASSI35/89/9; ASSI35/89/2. sequestration, 14 Apr. 1643.CJ iii. 45a. Sheriff, 7 Nov. 1649–d.CJ vi. 319b, 326b.

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EVERSFIELD, Thomas (1614-49), of The Grove, Hollington, Suss.
: of The Grove, Suss., Hollington.
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EVERSFIELD, Thomas (1614-49), of The Grove, Hollington, Suss.

Will
July 1644, pr. 18 May 1650.PROB 11/212/310.
Estates
1643, valued at £800 p.a.;SP19/2, p. 165. £30-£40 p.a. interest on loans to Algernon Percy†, 4th earl of Northumberland.Alnwick Castle, Northumberland MSS, U.I.6.
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DUNCH, Samuel (c.1592-1668), of North Baddesley, Hants.

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b. c. 1592, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Edmund Dunch† (d.1623) of Little Wittenham, Berks. and Anne, da. and h. of Nicholas Fettiplace of Kentwood, Berks.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii), i. 87, 196; ‘Ped. of Dunch of Little Wittenham, Berks.’, Misc. Gen. et Her. 3rd ser. ii. 44. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1608, BA 1612; G. Inn 1611.Al. Ox.; G. Inn Admiss. 129. m. lic. 28 May 1617, Dulcibella (d. 10 July 1664), da. of John More† of North Baddesley and coh. to her bro., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 427; Vis. Berks. i. 87, 196; ‘Ped. of Dunch’, 44, 47. d. 20 Oct. 1668.PROB11/328/235; ‘Ped. of Dunch’, 44.
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Civic: freeman, Wallingford 1621.Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/1, f. 105.

Local: commr. charitable uses, Berks. 1629.C192/1, unfol. Sheriff, 1629–30.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 6. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 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.SR; A and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. 7 Jan. 1647-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 73; Sheffield Archives, EM1480; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 11, 303. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 14 June 1654, 13 Oct. 1657;C181/6, pp. 44, 261. Berks. 7 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 255. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A and O. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 285. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Central: visitor, Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Commr. visitation Oxf. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A and O.

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DUNCH, Samuel (c.1592-1668), of Sparsholt, Berks. and North Baddesley, Hants.
: of North Baddesley, Hants.
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Commons 1640-1660
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DUNCH, Samuel (c.1592-1668), of North Baddesley, Hants.

Will
8 Nov. 1667, pr. 13 Nov. 1668;,PROB11/328/285. sentence 1 Mar. 1673.PROB11/342/452.
Estates
his wife inherited land at North Baddesley, Hants 1622;VCH Hants, iii. 464. he owned land at Romsey, Hants;VCH Hants, iv. 435. bought land at Berton Marston, Wilts. 1627;Coventry Docquets, 566. bought land at Pusey, Berks. 1628;VCH Berks. iv. 473. bought land at Stanford in the Vale, Berks. 1629; bought land at Eaton and Appleton, Berks. 1634; bought manors of Compton Beauchamp and Knightington, Berks. 1635; sold land at Eaton and Appleton, Berks. 1638.Coventry Docquets, 595, 661, 685, 717.
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JERVOISE, Sir Thomas (1587-1654), of Herriard, Hants

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b. 11 June 1587,WARD7/22/9; Baigent, Millard, Hist. Basingstoke, 443. o.s. of Thomas Jervoise of Britford, Wilts. and the Middle Temple, London, and Cicely (d. bef. 1596), da. of Thomas Ridley† of Willey, Salop.The Ancestor, iii. 3. educ. privately (James Samborne).The Ancestor, iii. 10. m. (1) 21 July 1601, Lucy (bur. 26 Aug. 1641J. Brokett, Gods Statute for Generall Iudgement (1642), title p. (E.116.1).), da. of Sir Richard Paulet† of Freefolk, Hants, 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da.;The Ancestor, iii. 3. (2) bef. Apr. 1643, Frances (d. 1679), da. of Thomas Jay of Foscott, Bucks. 2s.Hants RO, 44M69/F4/5/14; Surr. Arch. Coll. xxxii. 75; VHC Surr. iii. 545. suc. fa. 27 Dec. 1587.WARD7/22/9. Kntd. 20 Aug. 1607.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 143. d. 20 Oct. 1654.The Ancestor, iii. 5.
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Local: commr. subsidy, Hants 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624;SP14/31, f. 1; C212/22/20–1, 23. survey, Hurst Castle, Hants 1608.SP14/37, f. 109. Sheriff, Salop 1612–13.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 119. Capt. militia ft. Hants by 1616 – 26; col. 1626–43. 6 May 1616 – 10 June 1642Add. 21922, ff. 5, 38, 60v, 108v, 166, 188; Add. 26781, ff. 17, 51; LJ v. 156b. J.p., by Feb. 1650–d.;C231/4, f. 19; C231/5, p. 528; C193/13/3, f. 56v; C193/13/4, f. 60; SP46/97, f. 116. Mdx., Surr. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/3, ff. 41, 62v; C193/13/4, ff. 60, 96v. Dep. lt. Hants 1625–45.APC 1625–6, p. 290; Add. 21922, ff. 4v, 5, 8, 60v, 202v; Add 26781, ff. 4, 6; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 287; Hants RO, 5M50/1954, ff. 73–89. Commr. disarming recusants, 1625;Add. 21922, f. 38. martial law, 1625–8.Add. 21922, ff. 80v, 123; APC 1625–6, pp. 290, 317, 419; C231/4, f. 235; Rymer, Foedera, viii, pt. 1, 120, 186. Collector and commr. Forced Loan, 1626 – 27; Southampton, Winchester 1627.SP16/521, ff. 308–9; Hants RO, 44M69/G4/1/32; Rymer, Foedera, viii, pt. 2, 145; APC 1625–6, p. 346; C193/12/2, ff. 51v, 78v, 79. Commr. billeting, Hants 1626;CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 329; 1628–9, pp. 111, 233. oyer and terminer, Feb., 5 Aug. 1628;APC 1627–8, p. 318; C181/3, f. 241. Western circ. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/5, ff. 189v, 221; C181/6, pp. 8, 49. Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239. Hants Jan. 1648;CJ v. 429a. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp 13, 59. swans, Hants and western cos. 20 May 1629;C181/4, f. 2. 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. knighthood fines, Hants 1630;Cornw. RO, ME 2880. oyer and terminer for piracy, Hants and I.o.W. 26 Sept. 1635, 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, ff. 24, 58. maltsters, Hants 1636;PC2/46, f. 273. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. 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; Worcs. 18 Oct. 1644; Surr. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28). Member, cttee. for Hants by 12 Aug. 1642-aft. Dec. 1645.HMC Portland, i. 51; Add. 24860, f. 145; Northants. RO, FH133. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643, 10 June 1645; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. commr. for Worcester, 23 Sept. 1644.A. and O. Steward, Richmond manor and kpr. Richmond Park, Surr. 1644–51. 17 Feb. 1645Hants RO, 44M69/E6/107–8, 168; 44M69/F4/16/1–13; W.H. Hart, ‘The parliamentary surveys of Richmond’, Surr. Arch. Coll. v. 96; The Ancestor, iii. 4.. Commr. New Model ordinance, Surr.; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; militia, Hants, Worcs. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: burgess, Southampton 31 Jan. 1626.Southampton RO, SC3/1/1, f. 186v.

Military: col. of dragoons (parlian.), Aug. 1642–5.SP28/1d, ff. 467, 469; SP28/129/8, ff. 1r-v; Godwin, Civil War, 71.

Religious: elder, fourth Hants classis, 19 Jan. 1646.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 263.

Central: member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649;CJ vi. 266b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Sept. 1649;CJ vi. 290a. cttee. regulating universities, 22 May 1651.CJ vi. 577b.

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JERVOISE, Sir Thomas (1587-1654), of Herriard, Hants
: Hants.
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JERVOISE, Sir Thomas (1587-1654), of Herriard, Hants

Will
19 Oct. 1654, pr. 5 Dec. 1654.PROB11/241/599.
Estates
inheritance in several counties, inc. in 1637 manors of Herriard and Freefolke Sifrewast, and lands in Herrierd, Southrop, Odiham, Barmanspitt, Freefolk Syfrewest, Freefolk Priors, Chalgrove, Whitchurch, Tufton, and Laverstoke, Wilts.; manors of Northfield and Wesley and lands in Northfield, Weoley, Kidderminster, Stockton, Worcs.; manor of Britford, Crowell in Trowe and lands in Britford, Trowe, Alveston, Penchard, Aldebury, Combe, Easthampton and Westhampton, Wilts.; lands in White Waltham and Bray, co. Berks.Hants RO, 44M69/C/729. Manor of Combes Court, Wilts. acquired from the estate of Henry Sherfield. Acquired a house in Richmond during the 1640s.PROB11/241/599.
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PRIDE, Sir Thomas (c.1608-1658), of London and Worcester House, Nonsuch Great Park, Surr.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1608, s. of William Pride, yeoman, of Pedwell, Ashcott, Som.GL, MS 15860/4 (Haberdashers’ Co. appr. binding bk. 1610-30), f. 173v; MS 15857/1 (freedom admiss. 1526-1641), unfol. (entry for 14 Apr. 1629); Mercurius Elencticus no. 19 (27 Aug.-3 Sept. 1649), 147-8 (E.572.15). educ. appr. Haberdashers’ Co. 30 Jan. 1622.GL, MS 15860/4, f. 173v. m. 10 Aug. 1629, Elizabeth, da. of Robert Tomson of St Botolph Aldgate, London, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.PROB11/283, f. 213v; St Ann Blackfriars par. reg.; St Bride’s Fleet St. par. reg.; St Botolph Aldgate par. reg. Kntd. 17 Jan. 1656.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 223. d. 23 Oct. 1658.Clarke Pprs. iii. 167.
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Civic: freeman, London 24 Apr. 1629; GL, MS 15857/1, unfol. common cllr. 21 Dec. 1649.Sharpe, London and Kingdom, ii. 319.

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. London 5 Aug. 1640–d.Ancient Vellum Bk. 58. J.p. Mdx. 2 June 1649–d.; Westminster Jan. 1650 – d.; Surr. by Mar. 1652 – bef.Oct. 1653, by 1658–d.;Stowe 577, f. 52; C193/13/4, f. 98v; C193/13/6, f. 85. Som. Mar. 1652–d.C231/6, pp. 152, 173, 230. Commr. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). assessment, Surr. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655-aft. Oct. 1658;C181/6, pp. 68, 175, 244, 319. London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 257. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657;C181/6, p. 263. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655.Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 98 (E.489.15). Sheriff, Surr. 1655–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 138. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, London 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 June 1656-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 170, 219, 237, 276, 305. ejecting scandalous ministers, Surr. 13 Sept. 1656.SP25/77, p. 322. Supervisor, Savoy and Ely House hosps. London 21 Apr. 1658–d.CSP Dom. 1657–8, 364.

Military: ensign (parlian.), London trained bands, 1642.Bodl. Rawl. B.48, f. 26. Capt. of ft. army of 3rd earl of Essex by Sept. 1642;SP28/298, f. 406. maj. 22 Dec. 1643–5 Apr. 1645.SP28/266, pt. 1, f. 26v. Lt. col. New Model army, c.Apr. 1645;Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 60. col. c.June 1647–d.Clarke Pprs. i. 151; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 364. C.-in-c. recruits for Ireland, 5 Nov. 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, pp. 380, 551.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 26 Mar. 1650;A. and O. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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PRIDE, Sir Thomas (c.1608-1658), of London and Worcester House, Nonsuch Great Park, Surr.
: of London and Worcester House, Nonsuch Great Park, Surr.
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PRIDE, Sir Thomas (c.1608-1658), of London and Worcester House, Nonsuch Great Park, Surr.

Will
12 Oct. 1658, pr. 22 Nov. 1658,PROB11/283, f. 214v. but attainted 1660.SR.
Estates
On 14 May 1652, was awarded Scottish lands to the value of £500 p.a.CJ vii. 132b. In 1652, purchased Nonsuch Great Park (Worcester Park), Surr., from trustees for sale of crown lands, for £11,591.I.J. Gentles, ‘The debentures market and military purchases of crown lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1969), 125, 324. By Mar. 1654, rented or had bought all former crown woodland in Surr.;CSP Dom. 1654, p. 3. c.1657, settled manor of Great Stoughton, Hunts. on eldest s.E214/35; CP25/2/560/1657EASTER. In 1658, estate inc. two brewhouses in Kingston, Surr., containing £4,000 in stock.E121/4/8/100; PROB11/283, f. 213v. In 1660, estate in Surr. valued at £280 p.a. but ‘carried away by encumbrances upon it’; estate in Mdx. valued at £40 p.a. ‘being a moiety of some houses charged with a debt of £151’.LR2/266, f. 1. All estates attainted 1660.SR.
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Pye Corner, Smithfield, 1642 St Botolph Aldgate, 1654 Worcester House, Surr. 1658.SP28/131, pt 3 (London: Horse account, 21 June 1642-10 June 1643), f. 1; St Botolph Aldgate par. reg.; PROB11/283, f. 214v.
Religion
by 1650 had commissioned Samuel Oates as chaplain to regt.Oxford DNB, ‘Samuel Oates’. Joseph Hemmings, vicar of Lydd, Kent, 1660, said to have been Pride’s chaplain.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 230; Calamy Revised, 230.
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HAMILTON, William (1616-51), earl of Lanark, of Charing Cross, Westminster.

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Family and Education
b. 14 Dec. 1616, 2nd s. of James, 2nd marquess of Hamilton [S], and Anna, da. of James Cunningham, earl of Glencairn [S].Scots Peerage, iv. 375. educ. Glasgow Univ. Mar. 1630;Recs. Glasgow Univ. (4 vols. 1854), iii. 82. travelled abroad (France) Mar. 1633-May 1635.NRAS 332 (Hamilton of Lennoxlove), F.1/56/1. m. (26 May 1638) Elizabeth, da. of James Maxwell, earl of Dirleton [S], 1s. (d.v.p.), 5da. cr. earl of Lanark [S], Lord Machanshire and Lord Polmont 31 Mar. 1639. suc. bro. 9 Mar. 1649, as 2nd duke of Hamilton [S] and 2nd earl of Cambridge. d. 12 Sept. 1651.Scots Peerage, iv. 378-80.
Offices Held

Court: master of horse, household of prince of Wales, 1637. 10 June 1640Oxford DNB. PC,, re-sworn 7 Apr. 1650. KG, 12 Jan. 1650–d.HMC Hamilton, i. 131; CP.

Scottish: sec. of state, 15 Mar. 1640–44, 1646–13 Feb. 1649.CP; Clarendon, Hist. iv. 208, 320, 383. PC, 18 Nov. 1641.Regs. PC Scot. 1638–43, pp. 143–4. Member, cttee. of estates, 1644–6.Oxford DNB. Commr. to treat with Charles I, 1646, 1647.Scots Peerage, iv. 379.

Military: lt.-gen. of Scottish army, 1651.CP.

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HAMILTON, William (1616-51), earl of Lanark, of Charing Cross, Westminster.
: earl of Lanark, of Charing Cross, Westminster.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, C. Johnson, double portrait with 2nd earl (later 1st duke) of Lauderdale, 1649;Lennoxlove, East Lothian. oil on canvas, C. Johnson, double portrait with 2nd earl of Lauderdale, 1649;NT, Ham House. oil on canvas, A. Hanneman, 1650;Royal Colln. oil on canvas, aft. A. Hanneman;NPG. oil on canvas, aft. C. Johnson;Scottish NPG. line engraving, R. White, 1676.NPG.

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HAMILTON, William (1616-51), earl of Lanark, of Charing Cross, Westminster.

Will
21 Mar. 1650 (disposition 19 Mar. 1650).HMC Hamilton, i. 58.
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BULLER, Sir Richard (c.1578-1642), of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1578, 1st s. of Francis Buller of Shillingham and Tregarrick, Cornw., and Thomasine, da. of Thomas Williams of Stowford, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 56-7. educ. M. Temple, 1 Dec. 1597.M. Temple Admiss. i. 72. m. (1601) Alice, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward, alderman of London, 7s. (2 d.v.p.) inc. Anthony*, Francis I* and George*, 6da. (2 d.v.p.).Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57. Kntd. 13 June 1608;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 145. suc. fa. 1615.C142/356/108. d. bef. 30 Nov. 1642, bur. 1 Dec. 1642 1 Dec. 1642.Buller Pprs. 86; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 638.
Offices Held

Local: under-sheriff, Cornw. 1611 – 12; sheriff, 1636–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. J.p. 1614–27, 28 May 1628–15 July 1642.C66/1988; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 255; C231/4, f. 246v; C231/5, p. 529. Under-steward, Trematon Castle 1619–30, 1631–4.Antony House, Carew-Pole BO/21/1–2. Commr. subsidy, 1621, 1624, 1626, 1641. 1623 – 27C212/22/21, 23; E179/89/308, 329. Dep. lt., by 1630-aft. 1639. 1624 – 26Cornw. RO, BU/393; SP16/72/57; SP16/150/74; Buller Pprs. 24. Commr. piracy,, 1637;C181/3, ff. 113, 195v; C181/5, f. 83. privy seal loan, 1625;E401/2586, p. 82. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 7. Commr. martial law, Plymouth 1627;CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. sick and injured, 1628.APC, 1628–9, p. 208. Steward, stannary ct. bef. 1628.Cornw. RO, BU/608. Commr. knighthood fines, Cornw. 1631;SP16/187/18. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633;GL, 25475/1, f. 13. incorporation of maltsters, 1636;PC2/46, p. 374. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642.SR.

Civic: free burgess, West Looe from 1615.Corporation Chronicles… of East and West Looe ed. A.L. Browne (Playmouth, 1904), 186. Recorder, Saltash by 1621-aft. 1627.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 284; SP16/74/78.

Parlimentarian
BULLER, Sir Richard (c.1578-1642), of Shillingham, Cornw.
: St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.
Volume
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BULLER, Sir Richard (c.1578-1642), of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.

Will
30 Mar. 1640, pr. 1 Mar. 1647.PROB11/199/594.
Estates
inherited substantial estate centred on Shillingham, near Saltash; the lands in East Hundred were rated at £25/£10 in the subsidy of 1640 – making them the most valuable of all the holdings in the Hundred;E179/89/329. Buller also purchased lands in Lanhydrock, St Cleer and other parishes in Cornw., and at Tamerton Foliott, Devon.PROB11/199/594.
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