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FAIRFAX, Sir Thomas (1612-71), of Denton, Otley, and Nun Appleton, Bolton Percy, Yorks.

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Family and Education
b. 17 Jan. 1612, 1st s. of Sir Ferdinando Fairfax* and 1st w. Mary.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 189. educ. Otley g.s.;Bodl. Fairfax 31, f. 140. St John’s, Camb. 1626,Al. Cant.; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. 32. MA 12 Mar. 1647;Whitelocke, Mems. ii. 121. DCL, Oxf. 19 May 1649;Wood, Hist. Univ. Oxford (1786), ii. 620. G. Inn 26 May 1628;G. Inn Admiss. 185. travelled abroad (Netherlands, France) Mar. 1629-Feb. 1632.APC 1628-9, p. 371; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. 160, 163-4, 239, 241. m. 20 June 1637 (with £2,000), Anne (d. 16 Oct. 1665), da. and coh. of Horace, 1st Baron Vere of Tilbury, 2da. (1. d.v.p.).Bodl. Fairfax 31, f. 128; Fairfax 32, ff. 177-8; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 189. Kntd. 28 Jan. 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 208. suc. fa. as 3rd Baron Fairfax of Cameron [S] 13 Mar. 1648; d. 12 Nov. 1671;Bodl. Fairfax 30, f. 25; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 188, 189. bur. 22 Nov. 1671 22 Nov. 1671.Bodl. Fairfax 33, f. 18; LPL, MS 935, f. 37.
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Military: vol. Dutch army by May-c.Sept. 1629. by 1 Apr. – 21 July 1639Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. 160–1; C.R. Markham, Life of the Great Lord Fairfax (1870), 16–17. Capt. of horse, royal army, 1640.E351/292, 293. Gen. of horse (parlian.), c.Sept. 1642-Feb. 1645.CJ ii. 785a; T. Fairfax, Short Mems. of Thomas Lord Fairfax ed. B. Fairfax (1699), 96. C.-in-c. New Model army, 17 Feb. 1645–26 June 1650.A. and O. i. 614; ii. 393. Gov. Hull 16 Apr. 1645–?aft. Aug. 1651;A. and O. i. 858; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 324. Pontefract Castle 24 July 1645–?CJ iv. 216b. Constable, Tower of London 6 Aug. 1647–?26 June 1650.LJ ix. 379b.

Local: capt. militia ft. Yorks. (W. Riding) by c.1635–?May 1642;Add. 28082, f. 80; Some Speciall Passages from London..and Other Parts, no. 1 (24 May-2 June 1642), unpag. (E.202.3). col. by 27 Mar.-c.July 1660, by Aug. 1668–?d.Notts. RO, DD/SR/216/1, 16; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/D669. J.p. W. Riding 6 July 1637-June 1642, 23 Aug. 1644–d.;Supra, ‘Sir Ferdinando Fairfax’; C231/5, p. 251; C231/6, p. 5; Some Speciall Passages from Westminster, London, Yorke, and Other Parts no. 6 (28 June-5 July 1642), sig. F3; News from Yorke (1642, 669 f.6.44). liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 17 Dec. 1641–7 Dec. 1664;C181/5, f. 216v. liberties of Ripon 17 Dec. 1641–?, by Oct. 1654 –aft. Mar. 1660;C181/5, f. 217; C181/6, pp. 66, 283; Add. 29674, f. 148. Mdx. 2 Sept. 1647-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/5, p. 97. E. Riding by Apr. 1648 – bef.Oct. 1660; N. Riding by Apr. 1648–d.;C231/6, p. 113. Mon., Northants., all cos. Wales by Feb.-c. Oct. 1650; Staffs. by Feb. 1650 – Mar. 1652; Kent, Surr. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Beds., Cambs., Cheshire, Derbys., Herts., Hunts., Leics., Northumb., Suss. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Suff. by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1660;C193/13/3. Westminster by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by Oct. 1660–d.;C193/13/3; C220/9/4. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657–?d.C181/6, p. 195; C231/6, p. 430. Commr. charitable uses, W. Riding 28 Apr. 1638, 3 Mar. 1640,C192/1, unfol. 2 Mar. 1647, 21 Feb. 1648, 21 May 1650, 11 Oct. 1658;C93/19/27, 33; C93/20/30; C93/25/2. Yorks. 19 Sept. 1650, 22 Apr. 1651;C93/20/27; C93/21/1, 13. Skipton g.s. 23 Nov. 1654;C93/23/2. N. Riding 13 Nov. 1658;C93/25/1. gaol delivery, liberties of Ripon 17 Dec. 1641, 24 Mar. 1658;C181/5, f. 217; C181/6, p. 283. assessment, W. Riding 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Aug. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664; York 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Aug. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; E., N. Riding 18 Aug. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 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, 1 June 1660; Westminster 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; SR; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, W. Riding, York 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; E., N. Riding, Hull 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. to reside with armies in north, 24 June 1644;CJ iii. 533a; LJ vi. 604a. cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. E., N., W. Riding, York 20 June 1645; martial law in London, 3 Apr. 1646.A. and O. Constable, Pontefract Castle 16 Mar. 1648–? High steward, honor of Pontefract 16 Mar. 1648–?Stowe 1058, f. 78v; CJ v. 500a. Steward, liberty of Ripon 16 Mar. 1648–?SP20/2, f. 249; CJ v. 500a. Custos rot. E. Riding 19 Apr. 1648-bef. Oct. 1660; N. Riding 19 Apr. 1648 – July 1660; W. Riding 19 Apr. 1648–d.;C231/6, p. 113; C231/7, p. 17. liberties of Ripon by 3 Oct. 1654-aft. Mar. 1660.C181/6, p. 66. Commr. northern cos. militia, York 23 May 1648; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Hull 2 Dec. 1648; York 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. E., N., W. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Bristol 26 July 1659; Westminster 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Lordship, I.o.M. 15 Oct. 1651–60.P. Major, ‘Thomas Fairfax, lord of Man’, N and Q liv. 44. Gov. Otley g.s. Dec. 1652–d.Chronicles of the Free Grammar School of Prince Henry at Otley ed. L. Padgett (Otley, 1923), 81, 82. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 16, 304. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 17, 375; C181/7, pp. 17, 597. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 220. sewers, E. Riding by June 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 46, 299; C181/7, pp. 44, 406. York and Ainsty 13 Dec. 1658, 14 Dec. 1663;C181/6, p. 331; C181/7, p. 222. Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660;C181/7, p. 37. ejecting scandalous ministers, E., N., W. Riding, Hull, York 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. poll tax, W. Riding 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR. Dep. lt. by c.1664–d.Beinecke Lib. Osborn shelves, OSB mss 6, Box 2, Folder 36 (W. Riding militia pprs.).

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 19 May 1659, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. maimed soldiers, 17 Dec. 1660–1.CJ viii. 213a.

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FAIRFAX, Thomas, 3rd Lord Fairfax of Cameron [S] (1612-71), of Nun Appleton, Yorks.
: of Denton, Otley and Bolton Percy, Yorks., Nun Appleton.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. E. Bower;Leeds Castle, Kent. oil on canvas, E. Bower, 1646;Private colln. oil on canvas, R. Walker;Althorp, Northants. oil on canvas, circle of R. Walker;Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. oil on canvas, H. Stone;Manchester Art Gallery. oil on canvas, double portrait with his wife, aft. W. Dobson;Colchester and Ipswich Museum Services. ?oil on canvas, aft. A. Van Dyck;Rotherham Heritage Services, Yorks. ?oil on canvas, R. Walker;St John’s Coll. Camb. ?oil on canvas, unknown, c.1645;Fairfax House, York. ?oil on canvas, unknown;Kirklees Museums and Galleries, Yorks. ?oil on canvas, unknown;Worcester City Museums. line engraving, unknown, 1646;J. Ricraft, A perfect List of all the Victories (1646, 669.f.10.79). line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 37. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 40. line engraving, W. Faithorne;NPG. line engraving, W. Marshall, 1647-9;BM; NPG. etching, W. Hollar, 1648;NPG. numerous other line engravings;BM; NPG. bust, unknown, c.1650;NPG. medal, T. Simon, 1645;BM; NPG. medal, 1645.BM.

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FAIRFAX, Sir Thomas (1612-71), of Denton, Otley, and Nun Appleton, Bolton Percy, Yorks.

Will
8 Nov. 1667, cod. 11 Nov. 1671, pr. 8 Dec. 1671.Borthwick, Probate Reg. 52, f. 145; Markham, Fairfax, 440-6.
Estates
settled at his marriage, family’s property in Appleton, Nun Appleton, Davygate in York, Hessay and Rigton, Yorks.Bodl. Fairfax 32, f. 177. In 1648, inheritance inc. manor of Bolton Percy, Yorks.Bodl. Fairfax 32, f. 177v; Markham, Fairfax, 20. By 1651, estate inc. manors of Helmsley and Kirkbymoorside, parsonage and advowson of Sutton upon Derwent and part of the rectory of Naburn, Yorks.C94/3, ff. 57, 76; Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 12. In 1651, purchased, for £728, fee farm rents in Yorks. worth £56 p.a.SP28/288, ff. 34, 39. In 1666, estate consisted of property in Acaster Malbis, Acaster Selby, Askwith, Appleton and Nun Appleton, Bilbrough, Bolton Percy, Clementhorpe, Clifford, Denton, Middlethorpe, Newsome, Sandwith, Skelton, Steeton, Thwaites and Wistow; manor of Davy Hall, a capital messuage in Bishophill and messuages in Davygate, York; and lands, timber, rights of hunting etc. in Galtres Forest, all in Yorks.Bodl. Fairfax 33, f. 14. At his d. estate inc. also a capital messuage in Bilbrough, the ferry service at Nunn Ings, near York, advowson of rectory of Newton Kyme and 2 leases of royalties of the forest of Knaresborough, Yorks.Markham, Fairfax, 440-1, 443-5
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The Three Black Birds, Fleet Street, London (1636) Hackney, Mdx. (1637);Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. 302, 306, 339. Great Queen Street, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. (1645-c.1650).Survey of London, v. pt. 2, p. 51-2.
Religion
presented Peter Hammond to rectory of Everingham, Yorks. 1652.Add. 36792, f. 41.
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CRADOCK, Matthew (c.1590-1641), of St Swithin’s Lane, London.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1590, 2nd s. of Matthew Cradock, rector of Hasguard, Pembs. and Dorothy Greenway of Berks.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 198; F. Rose-Troup, The Massachusetts Bay Co. and its Predecessors (New York, 1930), 139. educ. appr. Skinner, London 25 Mar. 1606.Skinners’ Co., appr. and freedoms 1601-94, f. 8v. m. (1) 10 Dec. 1622, Damaris (bur. 1 Nov. 1623), da. of Richard Wyn of Shrewsbury, Salop, 1da.; (2) bef. 1632, Rebecca, da. of Thomas Jordan, merchant, of London, 2s. 1da. d.v.p. d. 27 May 1641.GL, MS 4449/1, unfol.; MS 4311; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Lists 9278-9.
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Civic: freeman, Skinners’ Co. 20 July 1616; asst. 19 June 1628; third warden, 16 June 1636–7; second warden, 21 June 1638–9; first warden, 18 June 1640–d.Skinners’ Co., appr. and freedoms 1601–94, f. 55v; assistants, wardens and masters, unfol. Member of ct. of requests, London 26 Sept. 1633.CLRO, Rep. 47, f. 384. Common councilman, c.1637–d.; auditor of accounts 24 June 1640.CLRO, Jor. 39, f. 99.

Mercantile: member, Muscovy Co. cttee. c.1620.RW.K. Hinton, The Eastland Trade and the Common Weal (Cambridge, 1959), 219. Shareholder, Virg. Co. 30 Apr. 1621.Recs. of Virginia Co. of London, ed. S.M. Kingsbury (1933) iii. 63. Freeman, Levant Co. 12 July 1627; asst. 1630, Feb. 1641.SP105/148, f. 171; SP105/150, f. 3. Member E.I. Co. cttee. c. Nov. 1628–30, 3 July 1635–d.Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1625–9, p. 601; 1635–9, pp. 73, 185, 306. Gov. Massachusetts Bay Co. 13 May 1629-Oct. 1629; asst. 20 Oct. 1629–d.Recs. Gov. and Co. of Mass. Bay ed. B. Shurtleff (2 vols. Boston Mass. 1912) i. 11, 40; Winthrop Pprs (Mass. Hist. Soc.) ii. 159–60.

Central: commr. for abuses in cloth industry, 21 Sept. 1638.CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 23.

Local: commr. subsidy, London 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641.SR.

Parlimentarian
CRADOCK, Matthew (c.1590-1641), of St Swithin’s Lane, London.
: London., of St Swithin’s Lane.
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CRADOCK, Matthew (c.1590-1641), of St Swithin’s Lane, London.

Will
9 Nov. 1640, pr. 4 June 1641.PROB11/186/245.
Estates
c.1629 established plantation near Medford, Mystic River, New England;B. Bailyn, The New England Merchants in the Seventeenth century (Cambridge Mass., 1955), 28. held jointly with John Winthrop from Mar. 1634.J. Noble, Recs. of the Ct. of Assistants of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, 1630-92 (2 vols., Boston Mass., 1904), 41; Recs. Gov. and Co. of Mass. Bay, ed. Shurtleff, 111. Other lands in New England inc. houses at Marblehead, Ipswich, and at d. left a claim on the colony of £679.Mass. Hist. Soc. Collns. ser. 4, vi. 118n. In 1640 owned house in Romford, Essex, and held lease of house in London.PROB11/186/245.
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WOOD, Sylvanus (c.1604-75), of Brookthorpe, Glos.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1604, 1st s. of Richard Wood of Brookthorpe and Anne, da. of Walter Vaughan of Hergest, Herefs.Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 207. educ. L. Inn 29 May 1624, called 7 Feb. 1633.LI Admiss. i 195; LI Black Bks. ii. 302. m. Bridget, da. of Sjt. Richard Cresheld*, 12s. (10 d.v.p.), 9da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Glos. 1682-3, 207. suc. fa. by May 1636.PROB11/171/167. bur. 27 Nov. 1675 27 Nov. 1675.Brookthorpe bishops’ transcripts.
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Local: j.p. Glos. 17 July 1640 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650-c.1662.C231/5, pp. 397, 528; C220/9/4, f. 33v. Dep. lt. Gloucester 12 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 291b. Commr. additional ord. for levying of money, Glos. 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672; Gloucester 1661;A. and O.; An Act...for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 10 May 1644; Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Glos. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Glos. and Gloucester 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. preservation of timber, Forest of Dean 29 Nov. 1654;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 514–5. poll tax, Glos. and Gloucester 1660; subsidy, Glos. 1663.SR.

Military: capt. trained bands (parlian.), ‘Inshire’, Glos. 2 Dec. 1642.Glos. RO, GBR/G3/SO/2, f. 26.

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WOOD, Sylvanus (c.1604-75), of Brookthorpe, Glos.
: Glos.
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WOOD, Sylvanus (c.1604-75), of Brookthorpe, Glos.

Will
undated, pr. 27 Jan. 1676.PROB11/350/110.
Estates
lessee for lives from bishop of Gloucester of Brookthorpe and Harescombe manors; valued by surveyors in 1647 at £444. Lease renewed by bishop 15 Sept. 1675, for £38 p.a.Glos. RO, GDR/G2/3/15810, 15811; G3/19, pp. 14-22.
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HUTCHINSON, Sir Thomas (1589-1643), of Owthorpe and Nottingham, Notts.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 4 Sept. 1589, o.s. of Thomas Hutchinson of Cropwell, Notts. and Jane, da. and h. of Henry Sacheverell of Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Notts.C142/256/16; Hutchinson Mems. ed. J. Hutchinson (1806), preface, ped. educ. Pembroke Coll. Camb. Easter 1606;Al. Cant. G. Inn 10 Feb. 1609.G. Inn Admiss. 120. m. (1) lic. 11 Apr. 1612, Margaret (d.1619), da. of Sir John Byron of Newstead Abbey, Notts. 3s. inc. John* (1 d.v.p.);Abstracts of Notts. Mar. Lics. ed. T. M. Blagg, F. A. Wadsworth (1930-5), i. 46; Hutchinson Mems. ed. Sutherland, 15, 16, 17. (2) 17 Dec. 1631, Catherine (bur. 28 Dec. 1695), da. of Sir John Stanhope of Elvaston, Derbys. 1s. 2da.Hutchinson Mems. ed. Sutherland, 17; J. T. Godfrey, Notes on the Churches of Notts.: Hundred of Bingham (1907), 366; Regs. of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxvi), 153. suc. fa. 21 Aug. 1599;C142/256/16. Kntd. 20 Mar. 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. d. 18 Aug. 1643.Hutchinson Mems. ed. J. Hutchinson, 144.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assarts, Notts. 21 Feb. 1614.C181/2, f. 202. J.p. 12 July 1617–d.C231/4, f. 45v. Sheriff, 6 Nov. 1620–1.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 104. Commr. subsidy, 1624,C212/22/23. 1641; Nottingham 1641;SR. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 19 May 1625–d.;C181/3, ff. 169, 229; C181/4, ff. 40, 155; C181/5, f. 223. River Smite, Leics. and Notts. 28 May 1625, 21 Nov. 1629;C181/3, f. 162; C181/4, f. 23v. charitable uses, manor of Nuttall, Notts. 3 Aug. 1626;C93/10/19 Notts. 17 July 1629 – 24 June 1631, 5 Sept. 1634–3 Mar. 1640;C192/1, unfol.; C91/4/8. Forced Loan, Notts., Newark 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 44, 88v. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 10 June 1631–d.;C181/4, ff. 100, 196; C181/5, ff. 5, 220v. exacted fees, Notts. 6 Feb. 1633;C181/4, f. 159. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, c.1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, p. 32. Dep. lt. by June 1637-c.Mar. 1642.CSP Dom. 1637, p. 250. Commr. inquiry, 16 Nov. 1637;C231/5, p. 268. further subsidy, Notts., Nottingham 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210. disarming recusants, Notts. 30 Aug. 1641;CJ ii. 267b; LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Notts. Nottingham 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Notts. 18 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 402b.

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HUTCHINSON, Sir Thomas (1589-1643), of Owthorpe and Nottingham, Notts.
: Notts.
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HUTCHINSON, Sir Thomas (1589-1643), of Owthorpe and Nottingham, Notts.

Will
17 Aug. 1643, pr. 2 Oct. 1643, 12 Feb. 1645.PROB11/192, f. 350v.
Estates
inherited manor of Cropwell Butler, manor and rectory of Owthorpe and lands in Ratcliffe-on Soar, Colston Bassett and Sherwood Forest, Notts.C142/256/16. In 1633 and 1636, he purchased messuages on High Pavement, Nottingham, for £434.Notts. RO, CA 3408, p. 19; CA 3411, p. 33. In 1638, his estate at Owthorpe valued at £390 p.a.Notts. RO, M/691; Keeler, Long Parl. 227. Personal estate, at his d. valued at £1,278, and he was owed at least £2,000 by Sir John Byron.C6/109/72; CCC 2338.
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TEMPLE, James (1606-aft. 1673), of Chadwell, Essex, and later of Etchingham and Michelgrove, Suss.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1606, 2nd, but only surv. s. of Sir Alexander Temple† of Longhouse, Chadwell and Haremere, Etchingham and Mary (d. 1607), da. of John Somer of Kent, wid. of Thomas Penyston of Dean, Oxon. and Rochester, Kent; half-bro. of Sir Thomas Penyston*, step-bro. of John Busbridge*.Add. 39484, f. 4; T. Prime, Some Account of the Temple Family (New York, 1899), 37. educ. L. Inn, 3 Nov. 1622.LI Admiss. i. 191. m. (1) bef. 1629, Mary, da. of John Busbridge of Etchingham, 5s. 1da.; ?(2) Johanna (-Maria), da. of Admiral Maarten Tromp of the Dutch navy.Add. 39484, f. 4; Vis. Sussex (Harl. Soc. liii), 149; Add. 6356, ff. 46v-47; J. A. Temple and H. M. Temple, The Temple Memoirs (1925), 48; Prime, Temple Family, 37; IGI. suc. fa. betw. 21 Nov.-19 Dec. 1629.PROB11/156/604. d. aft. 27 July 1674.SP44/40, f. 227.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of 1st Viscount Saye and Sele, 1642.A Catalogue of the Names (1642), 8, 13 (E.83.9). Capt. Tilbury Fort c.Oct. 1642;Add. 18777, f. 21a; CJ iii. 242a. col. by 2 Apr. 1647;CJ v. 132b. gov. 23 May 1648–?, May 1649-Sept. 1650.CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 74; CJ vi. 474a; E101/67/11b, m. 103; CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 351, 389. Gov. Bramber Castle by Dec. 1643.Blaauw, 'Passages of the Civil War in Suss.', 57–8; Fletcher, Suss., 268. Cdr. Arundel Castle 10 May 1645.LJ vii. 364a.

Local: commr. sequestration, Suss. 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O. Member, Suss. co. cttee. 18 July 1643.CJ iii. 173a. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Kent, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Suss. 21 Feb. 1646-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 40; C193/13/3; C193/13/4; C193/13/5; C193/13/6; Stowe 577; CUL, Dd.VIII.1; A Perfect List (1660), 52–3. Essex, Kent, Mdx., Surr. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/3; C193/13/4. Commr. sewers, Suss. 30 Apr. 1646;E. Suss. RO, DAP1/2. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Kent 26 July 1659;A.and O. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 14, 373.

Central: commr. to Munster, 22 Sept. 1647.LJ ix. 440b, 444b, 448a. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Nov. 1647.CJ v. 347b; LJ ix. 506a. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 15 Jan. 1649;Bodl. Rawl. A.224, f. 1v. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a.

Parlimentarian
TEMPLE, James (1606-aft. 1673), of Chadwell, Essex, and later of Etchingham and Michelgrove, Suss.
: Essex and later of Etchingham and Suss., Michelgrove.
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TEMPLE, James (1606-aft. 1673), of Chadwell, Essex, and later of Etchingham and Michelgrove, Suss.

Will
attainted.
Estates
land in Essex inherited from fa. sold 1637;CSP Dom. 1631-3, p. 204; Essex RO, D/DRU T1/225-35, 238. interest in land at Etchingham, from step-mo. and wife; ‘Sir Alexander Temple’, HP Commons 1604-1629; Etchingham par. reg., IGI. from Jan. 1646, possession of lands of Sir Charles Shelley, ward and recusant;CCAM 527; CCC 2370-1. in 1649, possession with Henry Darley* of sequestered rents and manors in Leics. of Mountjoy Blount, 1st earl of Newport.CCC 1245.
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NOBLE, Michael (c.1591-1649), of the Close, Lichfield, Staffs.

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b. c.1591, 1st s. of Edward Noble of the Close, Lichfield, and Isabella (bur. 13 May 1635), da. of Humphrey Lowe of Lichfield, mercer.St Chad, Lichfield par. reg.; Vis. Staffs. ed. H. S. Grazebrook (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 1, v. pt. ii), 221. educ. Queens’ Camb. 15 May 1607, aged 16.Al. Cant. m. 3 Oct. 1618, Mary (bur. 11 May 1655), da. of William Cotton of Crakemarsh, Uttoxeter, Staffs. 2s. 3da.St Mary, Uttoxeter par. reg.; St Mary, Lichfield par. reg.; PROB11/244, f. 427; Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook, 221. suc. fa. bef. 1648;PROB11/211, f. 323. d. Feb. 1649.Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook, 221.
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Local: commr. inquiry into lands of Robert, earl of Somerset, Staffs. 7 Nov. 1616;C181/2, f. 260v. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 12 Feb. 1635, 6 Feb. 1638;C181/4, f. 200; C181/5, f. 91v. further subsidy, Lichfield 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. Staffs. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, Lichfield 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Staffs. 12 Aug. 1645–?C181/5, f. 258. Dep. lt. 26 Aug. 1645–d.CJ iv. 251b; LJ vii. 549b. J.p. by 26 Apr. 1647–d.S. Erdeswick, Survey of Staffs. ed. T. Harwood (1843), p. xviii. Commr. maintenance of ministry, Lichfield 4 Apr. 1648;LJ x. 178b. militia, Staffs. and Lichfield 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: coroner, Lichfield 12 Sept. 1623–?d.;Harwood, Lichfield, 345; CSP Dom. 1625–49, p. 97. town clerk, 12 Sept. 1623-bef. Dec. 1644.Harwood, Lichfield, 345, 441. Feoffee, Lichfield Conduit Lands trust by 1634–?d.P. Laithwaite, Hist. of the Lichfield Conduit Lands Trust (Lichfield, 1947), 79.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 402b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O.

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NOBLE, Michael (c.1591-1649), of the Close, Lichfield, Staffs.
: of the Close, Staffs., Lichfield.
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NOBLE, Michael (c.1591-1649), of the Close, Lichfield, Staffs.

Will
14 Mar. 1648, pr. 12 Mar. 1650.PROB11/211, f. 323.
Estates
in 1618, purchased lands in Longdon and Kings Bromley, Staffs. for £41.‘Final concords temp. James I’ ed W.K. Boyd (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. n.s. vi, pt. 1), 39. In the early 1630s, he was assessed at £10 for distraint of knighthood.H. S. Grazebrook, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 1, ii. pt. 2), 19. In 1646-7, he sold a lease of a messuage and lands in Elford, Staffs.BRL, Ms 3878/235, 245-7. By 1648, he owned lands in Alrewas, Burntwood, Chorley, Longdon and Pipe Ridware and seven closes in the lordship of Lichfield, Staffs.PROB11/211, f. 323; BRL, Ms 3049/Acc 1913-012/242681. In 1649, he and another gentleman sold a lease of a messuage in Bawtry, Yorks., for £250.Sheffield City Archives, CM/1789/1-2. His son and heir John’s estate was reckoned to be worth £300 p.a. in the early 1660s.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R. M. Kidson (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 23.
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WISE, Edward (1632-75), of Sydenham, Marystow, Devon.

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b. 19 Sept. 1632, 1st s. of Thomas Wise* of Mount Wise, Stoke Damerel and Mary (d. 27 May 1657), da. of Edward, 1st Visct. Chichester of Carrickfergus [I].Vivian, Vis. Devon, 791; Stoke Damerel par. reg.; G.H. Radford, ‘The Wyses and Tremaynes of Sydenham’, Trans. Devonshire Assoc. xli. 145. educ. Liskeard g.s. Cornw.; Trinity, Camb. 16 Nov. 1648; Exeter Coll. Oxf. 12 Nov. 1650, BA 3 July 1651, MA 24 July 1652; M. Temple 30 Oct. 1651.Radford, ‘Wyses and Tremaynes’, 138; Al. Cant.; Al. Ox.; MTR iii. 1029. m. (1) 2 Mar. 1652, Arabella (bur. 24 Feb. 1674), da. and coh. of Oliver St John†, Lord St John, 2s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 25 May 1675, Radigund, da. of John Eliot of Port Eliot, St Germans, Cornw. s.p.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 791. suc. fa. 1641; Kntd. KB 23 Apr. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 165. d. 17 Nov. 1675.Radford, ‘Wyses and Tremaynes’, 148.
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Local: j.p. Devon 4 Mar. 1657–d.C231/6, p. 360. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Lt.-col. militia ft. Apr. 1660;Parlty. Intelligencer no. 16 (9–16 Apr. 1660), 253 (E.183.3). capt. militia horse by 1666–?d.HP Commons, 1660–90. Dep. lt. Aug. 1660–d.Mercurius Publicus no. 35 (23–30 Aug. 1660), 546 (E.195.73). Commr. poll tax, 1660;C181/7, p. 139. piracy, 3 Mar. 1662;SR. corporations, Devon and Exeter 1662–3;Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/46, f. 16v. subsidy, Devon 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

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WISE, Edward (1632-75), of Sydenham, Marystowe, Devon.
: of Sydenham, Devon., Marystow.
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WISE, Edward (1632-75), of Sydenham, Marystow, Devon.

Will
12 Nov. 1675, pr. 30 May 1676.PROB11/352/24.
Estates
at death held manors of Sydenham, Coryton, Raddon, Allerford, Thrushelton, Chillaton, Willsworthy, Willestrow, rectory of Marystow, Devon.PROB11/352/24. Sold Mount Wise and Stoke Damerel manor in 1667 to William Morice* for £11,600.Trans. Devonshire Assoc. xli. 146.
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FIENNES, Nathaniel I (c.1608-69), of Broughton, Oxon., Bromby, Lincs. and Newton Tony, Wilts.

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b. c. 1608, 2nd s. of William Fiennes, 8th Baron (later 1st Viscount) Saye and Sele (d. 1662) and Elizabeth (d. 1648), da. of John Temple of Burton Dassett, Warws. and Stowe, Bucks.; bro. of James Fiennes* and John Fiennes*.CP. educ. Winchester, 1623, ‘aged 14’;Winchester Scholars ed. T.F. Kirby (1888), 170. New Coll. Oxf. 19 Nov. 1624, ‘aged 16’;Al. Ox. Univ. Leiden, 9 July 1629; Franeker, 24 May 1630; Basel, Feb. 1633; Padua, 28 Apr. 1633.Index to English Students who have graduated at Leyden University ed. E. Peacock (1883), 98; Album studiosorum academiae Franekerensis (Franeker, 1969), 88; Die Matrikel der Universität Basel iii (Basel, 1962), 351; Monografie Storiche sullo Studio di Padova (Venice, 1922), 197. m. (1) 11 Aug 1636 (with £2,000), Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Eliot† (d. 1632) of Port Eliot, Cornw., 2s. inc. Nathaniel Fiennes II*;The Par. Regs. of Haynes (formerly Hawnes) co. Bedford 1596-1812 (1891), 15; ‘Sir John Eliot’, Oxford DNB. (2) settlemt. 20 Aug. 1653, Frances (d. 7 Oct 1691), da. of Richard Whithed I* of West Tytherley, Hants, 4da.B. Whitehead, Hist. of the Whitehead Fams. (Paignton, 1920), 18, 21; Hants RO, 5M50/2081, 2082; MIs Wilts. 1822, 294. d. 16 Dec. 1669.MIs Wilts. 1822, 294.
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Central: commr. to attend king in Scotland, 20 Aug. 1641.CJ ii. 265b. Member, cttee. for examinations, 26 Mar. 1642;CJ ii. 499a. cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642;CJ ii. 651b; LJ v. 178b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1652.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 393a. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647;LJ vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646.A. and O. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 May 1646.CJ iv. 532a; LJ viii. 305a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 14 Oct. 1646, 7 Apr. 1647.CJ iv. 693b; LJ ix. 127b. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 9 Sept. 1647;CJ v. 297b; LJ ix. 430b. cttee. of navy and customs, 9 Sept. 1647;CJ v. 297b. cttee. for the army, 23 Sep. 1647;A. and O. Derby House cttee. 15 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 416a; LJ ix. 662b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 26 Apr. 1654.CSP Dom. 1654, pp. 119, 123. Commr. visitation Oxf. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654;A. and O. to treat with Swedish and French ambdrs. 1655 – 56, 1658;Swedish Diplomats at Cromwell’s Court ed. M. Roberts (Cam. Soc. 4th ser. xxxvi); TSP ii. 528, 568; iv. 392, 588–9, 619–20; vii. 434, 504, 513. gt. seal, 15 June 1655–14 May 1659.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 207. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218. cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658;CJ vii. 578a. tendering oath to members of Other House, 20 Jan. 1658, 27 Jan. 1659.HMC Lords, n.s. iv. 505, 524. Speaker, Other House, 20 Jan. 1658, Jan. 1659.Clarke Pprs. iii. 133; CCSP iv. 140.

Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642–14 Aug. 1660;C181/5, f. 223v; C181/6, pp. 37, 388; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646–21 July 1659;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 332. Hatfield Chase Level 2 July 1655–20 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 108, 197. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, p. 174, 318. Kent 17 June 1657;C181/6, p. 228. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657;C181/6, p. 263. levying of money, Glos. 7 May 1643; Bristol 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 17 Mar. 1647-bef. Jan. 1650;C231/6, p. 81. Oxon. 26 Sep. 1653-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 268. all cos. c.June 1655-c.Apr. 1659; Oxf. 7 Aug. 1655–4 Apr. 1659;C181/6, p. 126. Abingdon 24 Nov. 1655-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, p. 131, 330. Wallingford 3 Mar. 1656-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 135, 329. Woodstock 1 Apr. 1656–20 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 156, 331. St Albans borough 15 July 1656–18 Sept. 1660;C181/6, p. 179, 317. liberty of St Albans 15 July 1656–3 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 181, 289. Haverfordwest 22 July 1656–19 Oct. 1659;C181/6, p. 183. Camb. 15 Sep. 1656–8 Sept. 1659;C181/6, p. 186. liberty of Beverley 16 Jan. 1657;C181/6, p. 195. liberty of Peterborough 31 Jan. 1657–10 Oct. 1660;C181/6, pp. 202, 336. Bedford 10 May 1658–25 Sept. 1660;C181/6, p. 289. Buckingham 15 Oct. 1658–15 Nov. 1660.C181/6, p. 328 Commr. assessment, Lincs. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657; Oxon. 9 June 1657;A. and O. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, Lincs., Oxon. 2 Dec.1648; ejecting scandalous ministers, Lincs. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Winchester 28 Nov. 1655;C181/6, p. 132. Southampton 14 Sept. 1658.C181/6, p. 313. Visitor, Dulwich Coll. 11 Feb. 1656.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 99. Commr. oyer and terminer, all circs. c.June 1655-c.Apr. 1659.C181/6, passim. Custos rot. Lincs. Sept. 1658-bef. Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 111, 352.

Military: capt. (parlian), army of 3rd earl of Essex, Aug. 1642; col. bef. 16 Dec. 1642; col. of horse, 23 Feb. 1643.SP28/1a, ff. 12, 82, 141; SP28/5, f. 283; PA, Main Pprs. 5–20 Dec. 1642; A. and O. Gov. Bristol by 14 Apr.-26 July 1643.CJ iii. 45b; A copie of the articles agreed upon at the surrender of … Bristol (1643, E.63.15).

Legal: bencher, Middle Temple 23 Nov. 1655.M. Temple Bench Bk. 203; MTR iii. 1087, 1105.

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FIENNES, Nathaniel I (c.1608-69), of Broughton, Oxon., Bromby, Lincs. and Newton Tony, Wilts.
: of Broughton, Oxon., Bromby, Lincs. and Newton Tony, Wilts.
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Likenesses: oils, M.J. van Mierevelt;Broughton Castle, Oxon. etching, W. Hollar, 1644.BM; NPG.

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FIENNES, Nathaniel I (c.1608-69), of Broughton, Oxon., Bromby, Lincs. and Newton Tony, Wilts.

Will
5 Oct. 1669, pr. 3 Dec. 1670.PROB11/334/450.
Estates
Bromby, Lincs. and Norton, Glos. bef. 1653;Lincs. RO, 5M50/2081, 2082.  manor of Newton Tony, Wilts. from 1656.VCH Wilts. xv. 147.
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TUCKER, James (d. 1643), of Exeter and Exminster, Devon.

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1st s. of Walter Tucker of Lyme Regis (d. c.1645). m. lic. 10 May 1618, Elizabeth (bur. 12 Nov. 1662), da. of Geoffrey Waltham alderman of Exeter and Exminster, wid. of Richard Bellamy, freeman of Exeter, 5s. 2da. bur. 12 Oct. 1643 12 Oct. 1643. PROB11/193/10; Devon RO, Chanter MS 42, f. 240; Exeter Freemen, 116, 119; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 772; St Mary Arches, Exeter, par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, Exeter 19 Sept. 1617; common cllr. ?-d.; bailiff, 1623 – 24, 1632 – 33; sheriff, 1633 – 34; mayor, 1638 – 39; alderman, 22 Oct. 1639–d.Exeter Freemen, 119; R. Izacke, Remarkable Antiquities (1734), 54, 150, 153, 155; Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. viii. ff. 78, 93, 152v.

Religious: churchwarden, St Mary Arches, Exeter 1624 – 25; feoffee, 14 June 1637–d.St Mary Arches par. reg.; Devon RO, 332A/P49A.

Local: treas. French Co. of Exeter merchants, 1635 – 36; gov. 1639–40.W.B. Stephens, ‘The Officials of the French Company of Exeter in the Early Seventeenth Century’, Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xxvii. 113. Commr. tendering oaths of supremacy and allegiance, Exeter 7 Feb. 1641;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CIII. oyer and terminer, 8 July 1641.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CII. Member, cttee. for Exeter, ?1642–7 Sept. 1643.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Letters 391.

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TUCKER, James (d. 1643), of Exeter and Exminster, Devon.
: Devon.
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TUCKER, James (d. 1643), of Exeter and Exminster, Devon.

Will
10 June 1643, pr. Feb. 1644.PROB10/641/41 f. 73; R. Izacke, An Alphabetical Register (1736), 154.
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COTTON, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.

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b. 13 June 1594, 1st s. of Sir Robert Cotton†, antiquary, and Elizabeth, da. of William Brocas of Thedingworth, Leics.Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 340; Vis. Hunts. 1613 (Cam. Soc. xliii), 28. educ. M. Temple, 9 Oct. 1610; Trinity, Camb. Easter 1611, MA (hon.) Mar. 1613.M. Temple Admiss. i. 95; Al. Cant. m. (1) 17 June 1617 (with £3,000), Margaret (d. 5 Mar. 1622), da. of Ld. William Howard of Naworth Castle, Cumb. 1s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.);Hunts. RO, CON.2/4/3/1. (2) lic. 17 Apr. 1640, Alice, wid. of Edmund Anderson of Eyworth, Beds., da. of Sir John Constable of Dromanby, Yorks. 3s. 1da.Hunts. RO, CON.2/4/3/3; Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 340; London Marr. Lics. ed. Foster, 337; CB; Genealogia Bedfordiensis,110; N and Q, 2nd ser. i. 250, 298-9, 324; A. Collins, English Baronetage (1741), i. 137-8. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 6 May 1631. d. 13 May 1662.Le Neve, Monumenta, iii. 93.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Norf. 1616 – c.25, Feb. 1626 – ?; Hunts. 1621 – Mar. 1660, by Oct. 1660 – d.; Beds. Mar. 1660–d.C231/4, ff. 29, 126, 196v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 13; C193/13/5, f. 51; Names of the Justices (1650), 27 (E.1238.4); Perfect List (1660), p. 1; C220/9/4, ff. 1v, 39. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1617–30 Mar. 1638;C181/2, ff. 282v, 327; C181/3, ff. 36, 214v; C181/4, ff. 20, 30v; C181/5, f. 10v. Cambs. and I. of Ely 1627;C181/3, f. 220v. subsidy, Norf. 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/20–1; C212/22/23. enclosure, Fens. 1622–4.C181/3, ff. 49v, 126v. Dep. lt. Hunts. 1623 – at least25, 1660–d.C231/4, f. 196; Bodl. Carte 223, f. 337; Add. Ch. 33168B; Add. Ch. 33169. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 24v. swans, midland cos. and Welsh borders 1627;C181/3, f. 227. Cambs. and Hunts 1633;C181/4, f. 153v. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 23 Jan. 1636 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654 – June 1659, 10 July 1660–d.C181/5, ff. 31v, 218; C181/6, pp. 16, 304; C181/7, pp. 13, 132. Sheriff, Hunts. 1636–7.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 66. Commr. array (roy.), June, 11 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unf. associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; assessment, Hunts. 24 Feb. 1643, 1 June 1660;A. and O. An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. poll tax, Hunts. 1660.SR.

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COTTON, Thomas (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.
: 2nd bt. (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. 1594 – 1662 and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.
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Likenesses: oil on panel, C. Johnson;BM. oil on canvas, unknown;BM. fun. monument, attrib. J. Marshall, Conington church, Hunts. c.1675.

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COTTON, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (1594-1662), of Conington, Hunts. and Cotton House, Westminster; later of Eyworth, Beds.

Will
not traced.
Estates
manor of Conington worth about £1,300 p.a. 1635-43, 1658-62, but only about £800 p.a. 1645-58;Hunts. RO, CON.4/2/1/3. bought land at Shilton, Hunts. 1634; bought land at Folkesworth, Hunts. 1636; bought land at St Albans, Herts. 1636;Coventry Docquets, 540, 693, 694. inherited lands at Steeple Gidding, Hunts. from his uncle Thomas Cotton, 1640; total estates in Hunts. valued at £4,000 p.a. 1643;BL, Cotton appendix XLIX, f. 8. bought lands at Coniscliffe, Durham, confiscated from Sir Francis Howard by 1652.CCC 2589.
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