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WHITMORE, Thomas I (1612-53), of Apley Park, Stockton, Salop.

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b. 28 Nov. 1612, 1st s. of Sir William Whitmore† knt. of Apley and 2nd w. Dorothy, da. of John Weld of London, haberdasher.CB ii. 92; Vis. Salop 1623 ii (Harl Soc. xxix), 500. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 29 Jan. 1630, BA 10 May 1631; M Temple 11 May 1630, called 24 May 1639.Al. Ox.; MTR ii. 766, 881. m. 16 Apr. 1635 Elizabeth (d. 1666), da. and h. of Sir William Acton, bt. ald. and ld. mayor of London, 2s. 3da.Vis. Salop 1623 ii. 500; PROB11/237/374; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, iv. 279-80. Kntd. 28 June 1641. cr. bt. 28 June 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209; CB ii. 92. suc. fa. Dec. 1648. bur. 18 May 1653.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, iv. 267, 274.
Offices Held

Local: commr. accts. (roy.), Salop 1 June 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 219.

Civic: burgess, Much Wenlock 17 Jan. 1659.Salop Archives, WB/B3/1/1 p. 792.

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WHITMORE, Thomas (1599-1677), of Ludstone, Claverley, Salop and the Middle Temple.
: Salop., Stockton.
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WHITMORE, Thomas I (1612-53), of Apley Park, Stockton, Salop.

Will
11 Nov. 1652, pr. 20 Sept. 1654.PROB11/237/374.
Estates
wished to compound for manors of Apley, Worfield, Claverley, Salop; manors of Keynsham and East Brent, Som.; lands in Hordes Park, near Bridgnorth; advowson of Stockton; college of St Mary Magdalen in Bridgnorth Castle; fairs and markets in Bridgnorth; other lands in Salop.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, iv. 293-7.
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WILLS, Henry (d.?1664), of Saltash, Cornw.

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?1st s. of William Wills of Saltash and Hyde [Plymouth?], Devon.C10/4/207. m. Dorothy, s.p.Cornw. Hearth Tax, 4; C10/4/207. suc. fa. 1643.C10/4/207. d. betw. 4 Sept. 1663 and 1664.Cornw. RO, WW/473; Cornw. Hearth Tax, 4.
Offices Held

Local: commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: alderman, Saltash by Dec. 1646.C219/43/58.

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WILLS, Henry (d.?1664), of Saltash, Cornw.
: Cornw.
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WILLS, Henry (d.?1664), of Saltash, Cornw.

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land worth £3, 6s. 8d. from duchy in Saltash borough (Trematon manor), bef. May 1650.Coate, Cornw. 107n. Property in Saltash centred on 8-hearth house.Cornw. Hearth Tax, 4.
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CLARKE, Samuel (1617-50), of St Olave parish, Exeter.

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bap. 9 Nov. 1617, ?3rd s. of Christopher Clarke, merchant of Exeter.Exeter St Olave par. reg. m. 9 July 1638, Sarah, da. of Ignatius Jourdain†, alderman of Exeter, 1s.Exeter St Mary Arches par. reg. d. by 26 Nov. 1650.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. ix. f. 66v.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Exeter 2 Sept. 1639;Exeter Freemen, 134. common cllr. by 20 Aug. 1646.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. viii. f. 179.

Local: commr. defraying expenses of army in Devon, 17 Jan. 1643. Commr. for Exeter, 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; charitable uses, 15 May 1648;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CVII. Exeter militia, 10 July 1648;LJ x. 374a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

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CLARKE, Samuel (1617-50), of St Olave parish, Exeter.
: Exeter.
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CLARKE, Samuel (1617-50), of St Olave parish, Exeter.

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not found.
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STRODE, William I (?1594-1645), of Meavy, Devon.

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bap. 6 Nov. 1594 ?, 2nd s. of Sir William Strode† (d. 27 June 1637) of Newnham, Plympton St Mary, Devon and 1st w. Mary (bur. 24 Feb. 1618), da. of Thomas Southcote of Shillingford St George and Bovey Tracey; bro. of Sir Richard†.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 719. educ. I. Temple 13 July 1614; Exeter Coll. Oxf. 9 May 1617, ‘aged 18’, BA 1619.I. Temple database; Al. Ox. unm. d. 9 Sept. 1645.Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes ed. F.A. Crisp, xii. 124; G. Hickes, Life and Death of David (1645, E.302.16).
Offices Held

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan. 1642;CJ ii. 375b. cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642;CJ ii. 866a; CCAM 1. cttee. of navy and customs, 2 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 243b, 299a. Westminster Assembly, 31 Jan. 1645;CJ iv. 38a. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645.A. and O.

Local: commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644.A. and O.

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STRODE, William I (?1594-1645), of Meavy, Devon.
: of Meavy, Devon.
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STRODE, William I (?1594-1645), of Meavy, Devon.

Will
20 July 1644, pr. 10 Sept. 1645.Devon RO, 1039M/F16; PROB11/194/27.
Estates
houses at Meavy and Tavistock at time of death; lessee of a house in Aldermanbury, London, by Feb. 1644; held estate in Taynton, Bishopsteignton and Radway and advowson of Bishopsteignton church, Devon, conveyed to him in 1630 by his fa.PROB11/194/27; CCAM 351.
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PLAYTERS, Sir William, 2nd bt. (1590-1668), of Sotterley, Suff. and Westminster, Mdx.

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bap. 17 Jan. 1590, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Playters 1st bt. of Sotterley and 1st w., Ann, da. of William Swan of Southfleet, Kent.T.P. Wadley, ‘Notes on the family of Playter’, The Gen. n.s. i. 45; C. P[artridge], ‘Playters of Sotterley’, E. Anglian Misc. (1931), 75; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612 ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 158; CB, i. 220. educ. travelled abroad (France and Italy).J. Aubrey, Brief Lives ed. K. Bennett (Oxford, 2015), 472. m. 16 July 1615, Frances (d. 9 Sept. 1659), da. and h. of Christopher Le Grys of Billingford, Norf. 1s. d.v.p.CB, i. 220; Le Neve, Mon. Angl. iv. 42. Kntd. 12 Sept. 1623;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. suc. fa. 18 May 1638.C142/588/87; Wadley, ‘Notes’, 47; Partridge, ‘Playters of Sotterley’, 78. d. 19 Apr. 1668.Aubrey, Brief Lives ed. Bennett, 473;Wadley, ‘Notes’, 48; Partridge, ‘Playters of Sotterley’, 81.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Norf. 1625 – bef.Jan. 1650; Suff. 26 Feb. 1641 – bef.Jan. 1650, Mar. 1660–?, 6 Sept. 1660–d.; Westminster Mar. 1660–d.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 12; C231/5, p. 431; C231/7, p. 36; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 50, 61; C220/9/4, f. 80v; C193/12/3, f. 130v. Capt. militia horse, Suff. by Sept. 1632.Add. 39245, f. 157v. Dep. lt. by Apr. 1639-aft. Aug. 1642.Add. 15084, ff. 1, 25v-26; Add. 39245, f. 193; LJ v. 342b. V.-adm. Oct. 1640-Jan. 1644.Vice Admirals of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 44–5. Commr. oyer and terminer, Suff. 20 June 1640, 11 Apr. 1644–24 July 1645;C181/5, ff. 175v, 232, Norf. circ. 5 June 1641-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 190, 218. subsidy, Suff. 1641, 1663; Westminster 1663;SR; Westminster Archives Centre, E1621, p. 40. further subsidy, Suff. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Oct. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1664; Norf. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Westminster 1 June 1660, 1661;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), Suff. 24 June, 15 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642;LJ v. 245b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643, Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, Suff. 11 Apr. 1644–24 July 1645; C181/5, f. 232v. Bury St Edmunds liberty 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, f. 233. Southwold, Suff. 26 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257v. New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654–21 July 1659;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 333. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659;C181/6, pp. 291, 360. Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 37, 413. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx., Westminster, Norf. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Treas. corporation for the poor, Westminster by 1668.HMC 8th Rep. 126–7.

Civic: freeman, Dunwich, Suff. 17 Oct. 1640–d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6/3/3, f. 118.

Religious: elder, sixth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 426. Member, vestry, St Margaret’s, Westminster Feb. 1656–d.Westminster Archives Centre, E2413, f. 71.

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PLAYTERS, Sir William, 2nd bt. (1590-1668), of Sotterley, Suff. and Westminster, Mdx.
: 2nd bt. (1590-1668), of Sotterley, Suff. 1590 – 1668 and Mdx., Westminster.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1615.Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service.

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PLAYTERS, Sir William, 2nd bt. (1590-1668), of Sotterley, Suff. and Westminster, Mdx.

Will
6 Apr. 1668, pr. 28 May 1668.PROB11/327/170; Westminster Archives Centre, 120/385; Wadley, ‘Notes’, 253-5.
Estates
£3,000-£5,000 p.a.;Aubrey, Brief Lives ed. Bennett, 472, 547. lands at Uggeshall, Frostenden, Stoven, Wrentham, Wangford, Mutford and South Cove, Suff. transferred to trustees, 1649;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA53/407/78. sold land at Willingham, 1653;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA53/359/280/14. granted manor of Sotterley to his half-brother, Lionel Playters, 1656;Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA53/407/79. leased houses in Dean’s Yard, Westminster from Westminster Abbey aft. 1660.WAM 43518.
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BARRINGTON, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (c.1585-1644), of Barrington Hall and Priory House, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.

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b. c. 1585, 1st s. of Sir Francis Barrington† of Barrington Hall and Joan, da. of Sir Henry Cromwell alias Williams† of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.;Vis. Essex ed. Metcalfe, 87, 148, 343; Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 14; P. Gaunt, The Cromwellian Gazetteer (Gloucester, 1987), 237. bro. of Robert†. educ. Camb. 1601;Eg. 2644, f. 116; Barrington Lttrs. 40. G. Inn 5 Nov. 1602.G. Inn Admiss. 105. m. (1) settlement 16 Nov. 1611 (with £3,000), Frances (d.1623), da. and coh. of John Gobert of Coventry, Warws. 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.);Essex RO, D/DHt T126/37-8; Vis. Essex ed. Metcalfe, 87; Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 14; F.W. Galpin, ‘Household expenses of Sir Thomas Barrington’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. xii. 204, 209; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 293; Barrington Lttrs. 6. (2) 26 Oct. 1624, Judith (d.1657), da. of Sir Rowland Lytton† of Knebworth, Herts., wid. of Sir George Smith of Annables, Herts. s.p.Vis. Essex ed. Metcalfe, 148, 343; The Regs. of St Mary le Bowe, Cheapside, ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. xlv), 325; PROB11/137/185; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 103. Kntd. 1613;Oxford DNB. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1628.C142/450/72. d. 18 Sept. 1644.C142/777/100.
Offices Held

Local: commr. inquiry into marshlands, Essex and Kent 1617. 1624 – 26E178/6024. J.p. Essex, 1628 – 15 July 1642; Saffron Walden by 1634–d.C231/5, pp. 168, 530; C181/4, f. 174; 181/5, f. 117v; Barrington Lttrs. 8, 254–5; J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, ‘Additional docquets of commissions of the peace’, Parl. Hist. xxxii. 233. Commr. sewers, Essex 1625, 1627, 1633, 1634, 1638;C181/3, ff. 162v, 164, 233v; C181/4, ff. 137v, 191v; C181/5, f. 116v. River Stort, Essex and Herts. 1628, 1638;C181/3, ff. 253v, 272; C181/5, f. 112v. I.o.W. 1631;C181/4, f. 89. Mdx. 1639;C181/5, f. 142v. oyer and terminer, Essex 1629, 30 June 1640–d.;C181/4, f. 1v; C181/5, ff. 178, 237v. Home circ. 1629–d.;C181/4, ff. 13, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222. Herts. 4 July 1644–d.C181/5, f. 240. Dep. lt. Essex 1629–d.W.L.F. Nuttall, ‘Sir Thomas Barrington and the Puritan Revolution’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. 3rd ser. ii. 65; SP28/9, ff. 312, 314, 353. Commr. knighthood fines, Essex 1630–3.E178/5287, ff. 4, 9, 13. Treas. collection for repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1631–2.Essex RO, D/DBa/O1. Commr. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 28. subsidy, Essex 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex 1642; assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Treas. assessment, Aug. 1643–d.CJ iii. 206a. Commr. Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Essex, Herts. 4 July 1644.C181/5, ff. 238, 240v.

Central: recvr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Commr. treaty payments to Scots, 22 June 1641.CJ ii. 182b; SR v. 123. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 18, 24 Feb. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b, 452b. 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. of safety, 8 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 758b. cttee. for sequestrations, 27 Mar. 1643.CJ iii. 21b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643.LJ vi. 55b. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) Eastern Assoc. by Apr. 1643–d.SP28/7, ff. 448, 513; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database.

Parlimentarian
BARRINGTON, Sir Thomas (c.1585-1644), of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex
: 2nd bt. (c.1585-1644) of Barrington Hall 1585 – 1644 and Priory House, Essex., Hatfield Broad Oak.
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BARRINGTON, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (c.1585-1644), of Barrington Hall and Priory House, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex.

Will
not found.
Estates
income prob. c.£3,000 in the 1630s;Barrington Lttrs. 6. sold manor of Catherick, Yorks. 1631;Coventry Docquets, 612-13. owned manor of Swainston and other properties in Newtown, I.o.W.VCH Hants, v. 219; Add. 46501, ff. 142-147v; Royalist’s Notebook ed. Bamford, 137.
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INGOLDSBY, George (b. aft. 1623, d. aft. 1679), of Ballybricken, Clanwilliam, co. Limerick.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. aft. 1623, 6th s. of Sir Richard Ingoldsby of Lenborough, Buckingham, Bucks. (d. 1656), and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Oliver Cromwell† of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.; bro. of Henry*, Francis and Richard*.Vis. Bucks (Harl. Soc. lviii), 75-6; ‘Pedigree of Ingoldsby’, The Gen. n.s. iii. 138. m. bef. 1655, Mary, da. of James Gould of Limerick.Civil Survey, iv. 432, 442, 472. Kntd. 1671.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 246. d. aft. 1679.HMC Ormonde, n.s. v. 168.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of ?Sir Theophilus Jones*, army in Ireland, c.1649-Aug. 1653;SP28/95, f. 27. maj. of ft. regt. of ld. lt. royal army in Ireland, 1660–72.HMC Ormonde o.s. i. 242; ii. 197, 200, 205; n.s. iii. 413.

Irish: commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. poll money, co. and city of Limerick 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661;Irish Census, 1659, 624, 643. ct. martial, cos. Limerick, Kerry and Clare 22 Dec. 1663.HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 291. Sheriff, co. Limerick 1667–8.CB. Commr. disarming Catholics, 8 Nov. 1673, 2 Nov. 1678.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 339, 353.

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INGOLDSBY, George (b. aft. 1623, d. aft. 1679), of Ballybricken, Clanwilliam, co. Limerick.
: d. aft. 1679), of Ballybricken, Clanwilliam, co. Limerick. aft. 1679.
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INGOLDSBY, George (b. aft. 1623, d. aft. 1679), of Ballybricken, Clanwilliam, co. Limerick.

Will
Estates
on m. acquired property in city of Limerick; also 229 acres in South Liberties, 337 acres in Connello Barony, 440 acres in Small County Barony, and 512 acres in Clanwilliam Barony, co. Limerick.Civil Survey, iv. 77-85, 106-7, 274, 285, 327, 431-42, 472, 482. In 1670 held 13 townlands in co. Limerick, 4 in Kilkenny and 2 in Tipperary.Down Survey website.
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REYNOLDS, (Sir) John (1625-57), of Castle Camps, Cambs. and Carrick-on-Suir, co. Tipperary.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 10 Mar. 1625,Sloane 1707, f. 11: n.d. 3rd s. of Sir James Reynolds of Castle Camps and Jane, da. of Sir Robert Mordaunt; half-bro. of Robert*. educ. St Catharine’s, Camb. Easter 1640; M. Temple, 19 Aug. 1642, called 1647.Al. Cant. m. (1) 11 Jan. 1654, Susan (d. bef. Feb. 1655), da. of Sir Henry Mildmay* of Wanstead, Essex, d.s.p.;Essex RO, D/DM/T3/1; Wanstead par. regs.; PROB11/247/60. (2) c.May 1657 Sarah, da. of Sir Francis Russell* of Chippenham, Wilts, d.s.p. Kntd. 11 June 1655.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 223. d. 5 Dec. 1657.TSP, vi. 665.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Bartholomew Vermuyden (later Oliver Cromwell*), New Model army, Apr. 1645 – Nov. 1648; maj. by Nov. 1648; col. of horse, army in Ireland by Mar. 1649–d.;Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 200, 202–3; ii. 605–6; Wanklyn, New Model Army, 52, 62, 73, 94; SP28/59, f. 95. commry.-gen. of horse, Apr. 1651–d. Gov. Athlone, Ireland c.1651.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 611. Capt.-gen. of English forces in France, 25 Apr. 1657–d.TSP, vi. 230–1.

Irish: asst. high ct. of justice, 14 Oct. 1652;Merc. Politicus, no. 125 (21–8 Oct. 1652), 1969 (E.678.26). ct. of claims, 7 Oct. 1654.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 451. Member, cttee. for measures against Irish in arms, 27 Nov. 1652.Eg. 1761, f. 52v. Commr. assessment, cos. Kilkenny, Tipperary, Galway, Mayo, Westmeath 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; Dublin 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). Member, cttee. for transplantation, 26 Oct. 1654.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 454. Commr. Dublin hosp. 3 Jan. 1655.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 473. Member, cttee. for arrears, 20 Aug. 1655.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 538. Commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Local: j.p. Cambs., Essex 13 Mar. 1656–?Mar. 1660.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 223.

Parlimentarian
REYNOLDS, (Sir) John (1625-57), of Castle Camps, Cambs. and Carrick-on-Suir, co. Tipperary.
: Cambs. and Carrick-on-Suir, co. Tipperary.
Likenesses

Likenesses: stipple engraving, R. Cooper, early nineteenth century.NPG.

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REYNOLDS, (Sir) John (1625-57), of Castle Camps, Cambs. and Carrick-on-Suir, co. Tipperary.

Will
admon. May 1657.PROB6/334, f. 336; CJ vii. 725a-6a.
Estates
By grant of 1654 owned £500 p.a. in lands from estate at Carrick-on-Suir, co. Tipperary; also had debentures for 7,272 acres in Carbery barony, co. Cork, and c.8,000 acres in co. Waterford (purchased from Col. John Fowke*).TSP, vii. 761; CJ vii. 725a-6a.
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DISBROWE (DESBOROUGH), John (1608-80), of Eltisley, Cambs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 13 Nov. 1608, 2nd s. of James Disbrowe of Eltisley and Elizabeth Marshall; bro. of Samuel Disbrowe*. m. (1) 23 June 1636, Jane (d. 1656), da. of Robert Cromwell of Huntingdon and sister of Oliver Cromwell*, at least 3s.;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 84; Genealogical Gleanings ed. H.F. Waters (Boston, 1901), i. 250; PROB11/363/651. (2) 25 Mar. 1658, Anne Everard.TSP vii. 42. suc. fa. 1638.Genealogical Gleanings, i. 250. d. bef. 20 Sept. 1680.PROB11/363/651.
Offices Held

Military: quartermaster (parlian.), tp. of Oliver Cromwell, 29 Aug. 1642.SP28/2a/159. Capt. of horse, regt. of Cromwell, Apr. 1643,Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 225. maj. autumn 1643.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Maj. of horse, regt. of Sir Thomas Fairfax*, Apr. 1645-Mar. 1648. Gov. Yarmouth Aug. 1648. Col. of horse, Mar. 1649–12 Jan. 1660.Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 50, 92, 107; ii. 129; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 7, 58–9, 67, 204, 207–8. Gov. Portsmouth Oct. 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 362. Maj.-gen. S. W. England, Apr. 1650, reappointed 12 Mar. 1655-Jan. 1657.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p.105; C. Durston, Cromwell’s Major-Generals (Manchester, 2001), 18. Gen.-at-sea, 3 Dec. 1653-May 1659.Ludlow, Mems. i. 364. Gov. fort and island of Plymouth 18 Aug. 1659.CJ vii. 763a.

Local: commr. sequestration, Cambs. and I. of Ely 2 May 1643. 10 Apr. 1647 – Mar. 1660A. and O. J.p. I. of Ely; Devon May 1650 – Mar. 1660; Essex Mar. 1652 – bef.Mar. 1660; Som. Mar. 1653 – Mar. 1660; Berks., Cornw. Sept. 1653 – Mar. 1660; Mdx., Westminster Oct. 1653 – Mar. 1660; Kent, Surr. Mar. 1655 – Mar. 1660; Dorset, Glos., Wilts. Nov. 1655-Mar. 1660;C231/6, pp. 84, 150, 186, 234, 254, 266, 268–9, 273, 307, 319, 328. Wallingford 3 Mar. 1656-aft. Nov. 1658.C181/6, pp. 135, 329. Commr. tendering Engagement, Cornw. 28 Jan. 1650;FSL, X.d.483 (47). militia, Devon c. 1650, 6 Aug. 1659;R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 168; CJ vii. 750a. Cambs. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659; I. of Ely 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16; A. and O. Bristol, Essex, Glos., Mdx. 26 July 1659;A. and O. Cornw., Dorset, Herefs., Som., Wilts., Worcs., S. Wales 6 Aug. 1659;CJ vii. 750a. assessment, Cornw. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Devon 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; I. of Ely, Glos., Hunts., Som. 9 June 1657; Dorset 26 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Constable of St Briavel’s, Forest of Dean 5 May 1654.Badminton House, Fm E2/5/2. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 8, 377. Oxf. circ. 3 Feb. 1657–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 216, 374. Home, Norf. circs. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 372, 378. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 4 Mar. 1654-Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 20, 385. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 6 May 1654–21 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 26, 332. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–31 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 67, 398. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Devon, Som. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. Cornw., Wilts. 13 Sept. 1656.SP25/77, pp. 322, 323. Visitor, Heytesbury Hosp. Wilts. 1 Aug. 1656.C231/6, p. 346.

Central: commr. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 74a. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 29 Apr., 1 Nov., 16 Dec. 1653, 19 May 1659.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. xxxiv; CJ vii. 344a; TSP i. 642; A. and O.; Woolrych, Commonwealth to Protectorate, 379. Commr. admlty. and navy, 28 July, 3 Dec. 1653, 8 Nov. 1655;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 10. treas. ?Aug. 1654-Dec. 1659.Ludlow, Mems. i. 372; Add. 4197, ff. 247–50. Commr. visitation Camb. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654. Member, cttee. of appeals, forests, 26 June 1657. Commr. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Co-patentee, ballast office, Dec. 1657.Clarke Pprs. iii. 173. Jt. warden of Cinque Ports, c.Dec. 1658.TSP vii. 559; Clarke Pprs. iii. 173. Commr. tendering oath to members of Other House, 20 Jan. 1658, 27 Jan. 1659.HMC Lords, n.s. iv. 505, 524. Member, cttee. of safety, 9 May, 26 Oct. 1659.CJ vii. 646b; A True Narrative of the Procs. in Parl. (1659), 41 (E.1010.24). Commr. for nominating army officers, 13 May 1659.CJ vii. 651a.

Civic: burgess, Gloucester 13 Aug. 1656.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 876.

Parlimentarian
DISBROWE (DESBOROUGH), John (1608-80), of Eltisley, Cambs.
: of Eltisley, Cambs.
DESBOROUGH
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Likenesses: ink drawing, F. Barlow, aft. 1680;BM. line engraving, unknown;NPG. medal, unknown.BM.

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DISBROWE (DESBOROUGH), John (1608-80), of Eltisley, Cambs.

Will
26 Mar. 1678, pr. 20 Sept. 1680.PROB11/363/651.
Estates
estimated in 1658 to receive £3,236 p.a. as cllr., gen.-at-sea, col. of horse and maj.-gen. of west.Narrative of the Late Parliament (1657), 9 (E.935.5). At d. owned manor of Eltisley, Cambs., farm of manor of Westwick, Burnham, Essex, and freehold land at Gidney, Lincs.PROB11/363/651.
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POPHAM, Edward (c.1610-51), of Littlecote, Wilts.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1610, 4th but 2nd surv. son of Sir Francis Popham*;Burke Commoners, ii. 198. bro. of John Popham† and Alexander Popham*. educ. M. Temple 14 Nov. 1632.M. Temple Admiss. i. 127. m. 15 Oct. 1645, Ann, da. of da. of William Kerr of Linton, Roxburgh, groom of the bedchamber to James I, 1s. 1da.Burke Commoners, ii. 198; ‘Kerr of Fernihirst’, The Genealogist, ii. 290-1. d. 19 Aug. 1651.Sydney Pprs. ed. R.W. Blencowe (1825), 115.
Offices Held

Military: lt. Henrietta Maria 1636;CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 485. capt. Fifth Whelp 1637, Antelope 1640.CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 512; A List of the Colonels [1640, 669.f.3.1]. Officer (parlian.), regt. of Alexander Popham, 1642 – 43, 1644 – 45; col. by June 1645.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 585. Gen.-at-sea, 24 Feb. 1649, 28 Feb. 1651–d.A. and O.

Local: dep. lt. Som. 1643–d.CJ iii. 1b. Member. Som. co. cttee. 1643; Wilts. 1648. 27 Mar. 1643CJ iii. 1b, v. 669b. Commr. sequestration, Som.; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Glos. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650;A. and O. sewers, Som. 15 Nov. 1645-aft. Jan. 1646.C181/5, ff. 263, 268. J.p. Glos. 9 May 1646–d.;C231/6, p. 45. Som. c.June 1646–d.;Harington’s Diary, 27. Wilts. by 29 Mar. 1649–d.C231/6, pp. 146, 148. Commr. militia, Som., Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Bath Dec. 1645.Bath and NE Som. RO, Bath council bk. 1631–49, p. 226.

Religious: elder, Bath and Wrington classis, Som. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 415.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 13 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 138a.

Parlimentarian
POPHAM, Edward (c.1610-51), of Littlecote, Wilts.
: Wilts.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, family group, unknown;Whereabouts unknown; photograph, Sothebys. miniature, ?S. Cooper;Whereabouts, unknown; photograph, V. and A. stipple engraving, S. de Wilde, late eigthteenth or early nineteenth century;BM. line engraving, unknown, late eigthteenth or early nineteenth century;NPG. fun. monument, attrib. W. Wright, Westminster Abbey.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

POPHAM, Edward (c.1610-51), of Littlecote, Wilts.

Will
not found.
Estates
land around Queen Charlton, Som.Som. RO, DD/POT/151.
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