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MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), Edward I (1616-84), of Boughton, Northants.

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b. 11 July 1616, 1st s. of Edward Montagu†, 1st Baron Montagu of Boughton and his 2nd w. Frances, da. of Thomas Cotton† of Conington, Hunts.;Vis. Northants. 1564 and 1618-19, 115; Vis. Northants. 1681, 138; E.S. Cope, The Life of a Public Man - Edward, First Baron Montagu of Boughton (1981). bro. of William Montagu*. educ. Oundle g.s. 1627;Oundle Sch. Admiss. Reg. 1626-34, f. 6v. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1631.Al. Cant. m. bef. Sept. 1633, Anne (d. bef. 1641), da. of Sir Ralph Winwood†, of Ditton, Bucks. 2s (1 d.v.p.), 1da.HMC Buccleuch, i. 273-4; Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 131; Vis. Northants. 1681 (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 138. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Montagu 15 June 1644.Cope, Life of a Public Man, 208. d. 10 Jan. 1684.The Entring Bk. of Roger Morrice 1677-1691 ed. M. Goldie (Woodbridge, 2007-9), ii. 439.
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Local: commr. for associating midland cos. Hunts. 15 Dec. 1642; militia, 2 Dec. 1648; Northants. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, Northants. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Kpr. Rockingham Forest, Northants. by Oct. 1659–?d.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 230.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations, 24 June 1645;LJ vii. 452a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 17 Dec. 1647;A. and O. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Mar. 1648.LJ x. 88b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: recorder, Northampton 1681–?d.CSP Dom. 1680–1, p. 646.

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MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), Edward I (1616-84), of Boughton, Northants.
: of Boughton, Northants.
MOUNTAGU
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, R. Walker.Boughton House, Northants.

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MONTAGU (MOUNTAGU), Edward I (1616-84), of Boughton, Northants.

Will
14 Oct. 1673, pr. 14 Jan. 1685.PROB11/379/68.
Estates
inherited Boughton estates from his father, 1644.
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LEE, Richard (c.1591-c.1652), of Great Delce in St Margaret’s, Rochester, Kent.

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b. c. 1591, s. of Richard Lee of Great Delce (d. 1618) and Anne, da. of William Clarke of Ford.C142/395/115; Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 56. educ. I. Temple, 16 Oct. 1608.I. Temple database. m. (1) 1614, Mary, dau. of John Shirley of Lewes, sjt.-at-law, 1s., 1da.; (2) (lic. 19 Nov. 1628), Sybil Wenland (d. c.June 1629), wid. of Sir George Newman of St Margaret’s, Canterbury, s.p.;Add. 16279, f. 163v; Vis. Kent, 56; Canterbury Mar. Licences 1619-1660, 612; L.L. Duncan, ‘Kentish administrations, 1604-49’, Arch. Cant. xx. 19. (3) (lic. 19 July 1641), Dame Joan Lewkenor (d. c.Feb. 1646) of Kingston, wid. of Sir Robert Lewkenor of Acrise, Kent.Duncan, ‘Kentish administrations’, 37; Canterbury Mar. Licences 1619-1660, 612. d. c. 1652.PROB11/227/78.
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Local: capt. militia, Kent 1621.HMC Finch, i. 42 Commr. sewers, 4 Feb. 1622-aft. Feb. 1639;C181/3, ff. 42v, 212v, 248v, 253, 255; C181/5, f. 129v. River Medway 14 Apr. 1627;Canterbury Cathedral Lib. U85/35/7. Kent and Suss. 23 May 1645.C181/5, f. 253. J.p. Kent 29 Jan. 1629–?C231/4, f. 263; C66/2527. Commr. subsidy, Kent, Rochester 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, Kent 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Kent, Rochester 1642; assessment, 1642,SR. 24 Feb. 1643; Kent 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, 27 Mar., 16 Aug. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 237. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Military: gov. (parlian.) Upnor Castle, Kent Sept. 1642-May 1645.CJ ii. 760a; LJ vii. 365a. ?Capt. of ft. regt. of Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke, 27 Jan.-17 Mar. 1643.SP28/253a (Liber B), f. 62v.

Civic: mayor, Rochester 1643.‘Letters of Thomas Stanley’, Arch. Cant. xvii. 363–4; HMC 7th Rep. 554a.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b.

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LEE, Richard (c.1591-c.1652), of Great Delce in St Margaret’s, Rochester, Kent.
: of Great Delce in St Margaret’s, Kent., Rochester.
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LEE, Richard (c.1591-c.1652), of Great Delce in St Margaret’s, Rochester, Kent.

Will
13 July 1652, pr. 16 May 1653.PROB11/227/78.
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BRESSIE, Benjamin (d. aft. 1670), of Dolphinston, Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire.

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Military: lt. Capt. John Savage’s troop, Edward Whalley’s* regt. of horse, bef. Apr. 1649;M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (2015-16), i. 144. capt. by Sept. 1649.CCC 149.
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Civic: burgess and guildbrother, Edinburgh 19 July 1654.Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses, 1406–1700 ed. C. Watson (Edinburgh, 1929), 71.

Scottish: sub-commr. for salt excise, south of River Forth 27 May 1657.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke xlviii, unfol.: 27 May 1657.

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BRESSIE, Benjamin (d. aft. 1670), of Dolphinston, Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire.
: of Dolphinston, Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire.
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BRESSIE, Benjamin (d. aft. 1670), of Dolphinston, Prestonpans, Haddingtonshire.

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leased coal fields and salt pans of Dysart, for 1 year from 1 May 1652;Edinburgh City Archives, Moses’ Bundle 32, no. 1312. purchased Dolphinston barony, including Preston Grange and saltpans, 28 July 1654 (sold Nov. 1655);Reg. Gt. Seal Scot. 1652-9, p. 147. Kinneil barony, with coalmines and saltpans, purchased from George Monck*, 27 July 1654 (sold 1 Nov. 1655).C107/25, unfol.: Monck declaration, 27 Aug. 1656; C107/26, unfol.: indenture, 27 July 1654.
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GORGES, Thomas (c.1618-70), of Batcombe and Nynehead, Som. and Heavitree, Devon

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b. c. 1618, 1st s. of Henry Gorges of Batcombe and Wells, Som. and Barbara, da. of Thomas Baynard of Colerne, Wilts.;Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 41. bro. of John Gorges*. educ. L. Inn 1638, called 1647.LI Admiss. i. 235; LI Black Bks. ii. 372. m. (1) Mary, da. of Martin Sanford of Nynehead Court, Nynehead, Som. 3s. 1da.; (2) 23 Mar. 1658, Rose (d. 14 Apr. 1671), da. and coh. of Sir Jerome Alexander, j.c.p. [I], of Dublin, wid. of Roger Mallock of Cockington, Devon, 1s. 1da.R. Gorges, The Story of a Family through Eleven Centuries (Boston, 1944), 197; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 547; B.F. Cresswell, Exeter Churches (Exeter, 1908), 38. suc. fa. by 1649.PROB11/207/434. d. 21 Oct. 1670.Cresswell, Exeter Churches, 38.
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Colonial: dep. gov. Maine 1640 – 43; sec. council, 1640–3.Province and Court Recs. of Maine (Maine Hist. Soc. 1928–75), i. 36–41. Mayor, Agamenticus/Gorgeana (now York), Maine 1641–3.Gorges, Story of a Family, 187.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of James Holbourne, Apr. 1645; ?capt. of dragoons, regt. of John Okey*, May 1645; capt. of horse, regt. of Edward Cooke*, 1645–7.M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 44, 60; SP28/144, pt. 10, f. 7; R.K.G. Temple, ‘The Massey Brigade in the west’, Som. and Dors. N and Q xxxi. 437–45. Lt.-col. militia horse, Som. 1650.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 521.

Local: j.p. Som. 27 June 1649 – Mar. 1653, July 1654 – bef.Oct. 1660; Devon by June 1657-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, pp. 160, 366; C193/13/4, f. 85; CCC 645; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xxi; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Som. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Devon 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Steward, sequestered estates, Som. July 1651–?53.CCC 466. Treas. hosps. western division, Som. 1651–2.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 150. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. sewers, 21 Nov. 1654-aft. Dec. 1658;C181/6, pp. 74, 337. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 100. for public faith, Som. 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: recorder, Taunton by 1655 – 62; feoffee, town lands by 1659.J. Toulmin and J. Savage, Hist. of Taunton (Taunton, 1822), 279n.

Central: commr. for fraudulent debentures, 1656–8;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 246; 1658–9, p. 3. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Sub-commr. new buildings, London 9 July 1657.C231/6 p. 371. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Irish: steward, lands of duke of York, Ireland 29 Aug. 1667–d.HMC 8th Rep. 279.

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GORGES, Thomas (c.1618-70), of Batcombe, Som. and Heavitree, Devon.
: of Batcombe and Nynehead, Som. and Heavitree, Devon.
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GORGES, Thomas (c.1618-70), of Batcombe and Nynehead, Som. and Heavitree, Devon

Will
25 Sept. 1669, codicil 12 Mar. 1670, pr. 1 Apr. 1671, sentence 2 Dec. 1671.PROB11/335/459; PROB11/337/535.
Estates
owned land in Maine;York Deeds (1887-1910), i. pt. II, ff. 5-6; PROB11/335/459. living at Nynehead, Som. by 1657;Som. RO, DD/SF/2/105/1; DD/SF/2/67/56: indenture, 20 Aug. 1657; declaration, 1657. probably later owned land at Heavitree and Cockington, Devon.PROB11/335/459.
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ROUS, Robert (b.1617), of Wotton, Landrake, Cornw.

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bap. 15 June 1617, ygr. s. of Robert Rous of Wotton, and Jane, da. of Alexander Pym of Brymore, Som.; bro. of Anthony Rous*.Cornw. RO, Landrake par. regs.
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Military: capt. militia ft. Cornw. 14 Feb. 1650.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 521. Maj. ?forces in New England by Nov. 1652.CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 494; CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 394. Lt.-col. regt. of Lewis Morris, Barbados bef. Dec. 1654.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 411.

Local: commr. militia, Cornw. 26 July 1659; assessment, 26 Jan. 1660. A. and O.

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ROUS, Robert (b.1617), of Wotton, Landrake, Cornw.
: Cornw., Landrake.
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ROUS, Robert (b.1617), of Wotton, Landrake, Cornw.

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PURY, Thomas I (c.1590-1666), of Gloucester

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b. c.1590, 1st s. of Walter Pury (d. bef. July 1606) of Gloucester and Anne, da. of Richard Cloterbock of Eastington, Glos.Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 140; St Mary de Crypt, Gloucester par. reg. educ. appr. to Lawrence Wilsheire of Gloucester, clothier 25 July 1606.Glos. RO, GBR/C10/1, p. 134. m. Mary (bur. 18 Sept. 1668), da. of Edward Alye of Tewkesbury, Glos. 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 15 June 1606.Vis. Glos. 1682-3, 140; St Mary de Crypt par. reg. d. 13 Aug. 1666.St Mary de Crypt par. reg.; T.D. Fosbrooke, Original Hist. of the City of Gloucester (1819), 167.
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Civic: freeman, Gloucester July 1614;Glos. RO, GBR/C10/1, p. 134. common cllr. 16 Sept. 1618; steward, 1619;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/1, ff. 457v, 459, 465. sheriff, 1623;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 185. mayor’s att. 16 Mar. 1629;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/1, ff. 540, 540v. alderman, 5 Sept. 1638–26 Mar. 1662.Glos. RO, GBR/B2/1, f. 62v; B3/3, pp. 223–4. Treas. Gloucester garrison, 31 Mar. 1643–13 May 1647.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 410. Member, cttee. for city regt. 2 Sept. 1644.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 309. Treas. hosps. 3 Nov. 1651, 5 Nov. 1655;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 650; B3/3, p. 844. pres. 7 Nov.-28 Nov. 1659.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 114 Mayor, 1653–4.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3. Member, cttee. for repairs, Gloucester Cathedral 22 Aug. 1656.Glos. RO, GBR B3/3, p. 878.

Local: commr. further subsidy, Gloucester 1641, 1660; poll tax, 1641.SR. Dep. lt. Glos. 12 Aug. 1642.LJ v. 291b. Commr. assessment, Gloucester, 1642, 10 Oct. 1644, 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, 1661; Glos. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. and Westminster 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Glos. and Gloucester 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, Glos. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Gloucester 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 10 May 1644; customs for Gloucester garrison, 15 Mar. 1645; Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Glos., Gloucester 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Glos. 10 July 1651-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 221. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Glos. and Gloucester 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 11, 374. sewers, Glos. 20 Feb. 1654;C181/6, p. 19. Haverfordwest 19 Oct. 1659;C181/6, p. 402. ejecting scandalous ministers, Glos. and Gloucester 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, Glos. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 20 Aug. 1642.CJ ii. 728b. Clerk of petty bag, chancery, 18 Dec. 1643–11 Mar. 1661.T.D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery (1843), 127. Member, cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647, 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 10 Dec. 1652, 2 Feb. 1660;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645.LJ vii. 468a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for excise, 5 Jan. 1648.LJ ix. 639b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649; removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

Military: capt. militia, Gloucester Feb.- 15 Apr. 1643, 19 Mar. 1655–?60.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 808; GBR/G3/SO2, f. 27. Capt. (parlian.) regt. of Henry Stephens, Gloucester 15 Apr. 1643–5.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 254; J. Dorney, A Brief and Exact Relation (1643), 15 (E.67.31).

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PURY, Thomas I (c.1590-1666), of Gloucester
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MI: St Mary de Crypt, Gloucester.Fosbrooke, Gloucester, 167.

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PURY, Thomas I (c.1590-1666), of Gloucester

Will
20 July 1663, pr. 17 Feb. 1668.PROB11/326/254.
Estates
freehold estate in Taynton, Glos.LJ ix. 665a. Lessee, Gloucester corporation properties: Long Madeleys outside Southgate, Gloucester, 22 years, rent of £3 5s 8d, 9 Sept. 1641; tenement, 41 years, rent of £1 15s 8d 16 Sept. 1641; purpresture granted to Pury by Gloucester corporation, 26 years remaining of 41, lease of ‘Madeleys’, 31 years, 11 May 1647.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, pp. 188, 191, 409. Leased Little Tolsey to corporation for use as town clerk’s office, 41 years, 20s p.a. 20 Sept. 1650.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 572. At d. owner of manors of Minsterworth, Rodley and Etlowe, Glos.; lessee of properties in High Cross and Barton St. Gloucester, from dean and chapter of Gloucester.PROB11/326/254.
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BERKELEY, Sir Henry (c.1578-1667), of Yarlington, Som.

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b. c. 1578, 2nd s. of Sir Henry Berkeley† (d. 1601) of Bruton, Som. and Margaret, da. of William Lygon of Madresfield, Worcs. wid. of Sir Thomas Russell† of Strensham, Worcs.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 7. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 13 Feb. 1590 ‘aged 11’.Al. Ox. m. settlement 12 Feb. 1609, Elizabeth (bur. 4 Jan. 1657), da. of Sir Henry Neville† of Billingbear, Berks. 3s (1 d.v.p.), 4da (1 d.v.p.).T.E. Rogers, Recs. of Yarlington (1890), 32, 41; S.W. Bates Harbin, Som. MPs, 144; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii) i. 250; CCC 1989; TSP iii. 331. Kntd. 29 Apr. 1609.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 148. bur. 31 Aug. 1667 31 Aug. 1667.Rogers, Recs. of Yarlington, 41-2.
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Military: capt. of ft. Ireland ?-1603.CSP Ire. 1603–6, pp. 30, 91, 165; 1606–8, p. 538.

Local: j.p. Som. by 1618 – 45, 1660–d.C231/4, f. 64; QS Recs. Som. James I, 244; Som. RO, DD/SE/45/1. Treas. hosps. eastern division, Som. 1621;QS Recs. Som. James I, 293. maimed soldiers, Som. 1625.QS Recs. Som. Charles I, 8. Commr. to supervise Lyfield Forest, Rutland and Beaumont Forest, Northants. 1621;CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 302. sewers, Som. 1625–41;C181/3, f. 186; C181/4, ff. 21, 172v; C181/5, f. 205. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 49v. disafforestation, Roche Forest, Som. 1627;C66/2441/1. enclosure, Sedgemoor, Som. 1628;T. Rymer, Foedora, viii. pt. 2, p. 267. oyer and terminer, Western circ. May 1635 – aft.Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/5, ff. 6, 205; C181/7, pp. 9, 397. manufacture of hard soap, western parts 1638;C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. navigable rivers, Som. Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 99. further subsidy, 1641;SR. poll tax, 1641, 1660;Som. Protestation Returns, 192, 206, 227, 245. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH 133, unf. accts. (roy.), 20 May 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 208. Dep. lt. 1660–d.SP29/11, f. 227; SP29/60, f. 150; Som. RO, DD/Pot/162; DD/BR/bn/37. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR.

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BERKELEY, Sir Henry (c.1579-c.1667), of Yarlington, Som.
: of Yarlington, Som.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BERKELEY, Sir Henry (c.1578-1667), of Yarlington, Som.

Will
21 Sept. 1666, 27 Sept. 1667.PROB11/324/606.
Estates
bought Brooks Court, Ilchester, Som. 1629;Rogers, Recs. of Yarlington, 36-8. sold lands at Wymondham and Edmondthorpe, Leics. 1635; he and others bought moiety of manor of Bratton Lynes, Som. 1638.Coventry Docquets, 677, 731.
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WISE, Thomas (c.1605-41), of Sydenham, Marystow and Mount Wise, Stoke Damerel, Devon.

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b. c. 1605, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Wise† and Margery, da. and h. of Robert Stafford of Stowford, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 791. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 28 June 1619, BA 1622; incorp. Oxf. 9 July 1622;Al. Cant.; Al. Ox. M. Temple 23 Nov. 1622.MTR ii. 678. m. lic. 16 Oct. 1629, Mary, da. of Edward, 1st Visct. Chichester of Carrickfergus [I], 3s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1630.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 791; CP; PROB11/185/421; G.H. Radford, ‘Wyses and Tremaynes of Sydenham’, Trans. Devonshire Assoc. xli. 136. d. 18 Mar. 1641.C142/607/103.
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Local: commr. Cattewater harbour, Plymouth 1636.PC2/45, p. 419. Sheriff, Devon 1637–8.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 37. J.p. 16 July 1639–d.C231/5, p. 349; C66/2859.

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WISE, Thomas (c.1605-1641), of Sydenham, Marystow and Mount Wise, Stoke Damerel, Devon
: of Sydenham, Marystow and Mount Wise, Devon., Stoke Damerel.
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Commons 1640-1660
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WISE, Thomas (c.1605-41), of Sydenham, Marystow and Mount Wise, Stoke Damerel, Devon.

Will
2 Jan. 1641, pr. 24 Mar. 1641.PROB11/185/421.
Estates
bartons of Wiseworthy and Deebles, Cornw.; Sydenham and Raddon, Marystow; manors of Coryton and West Whitleigh; barton of ‘Keame’ (Keyham), Stoke Damerel, Devon.PROB11/185/421.
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BROUGHTON, Andrew (c.1603-87), of Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent.

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b. c.1603, ?3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Richard Broughton (d. 1635) of Seaton, Rutland, and St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, and Anne Agard (bur. 8 Feb. 1632).Ludlow Mems. ii. 513; PROB11/168/49; Seaton, Rutland, par. reg.; Vis. Rutland 1619-20 (Harl. Soc. iii), 29. educ. Clifford’s Inn.I. Temple database. m. 18 Aug. 1631, Mary Barran, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. (d.v.p.).Par. Reg. St Antholin (Harl. Soc. viii), 65. suc. bro. William, Jan. 1639.Cent. Kent. Stud. PRC32/52, f. 286; Maidstone All Saints par. reg. d. 23 Feb. 1687, ‘aged 84’.MI, St Martin, Vevey.
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Civic: freeman, Maidstone 18 Jan. 1630;Cent. Kent. Stud. ACm1/2, f. 122v. common cllr. 29 Apr. 1636;Cent. Kent. Stud. ACm1/2, f. 156v. chamberlain, 2 Nov. 1639, 2 Nov. 1650;Cent. Kent. Stud. ACm1/2, f. 175; ACm1/3, f. 37. jurat, 22 Oct. 1647;Cent. Kent. Stud. ACm1/3, f. 18v. mayor, 2 Nov. 1648, 2 Nov. 1659–18 June 1660.Cent. Kent. Stud. ACm1/3, ff. 22v, 104, 111. J.p. 2 Nov. 1649, 2 Nov. 1657, 2 Nov. 1658.Cent. Kent. Stud. ACm1/3, ff. 26v, 90v, 97.

Local: clerk of the peace, Kent 28 Dec. 1639.LC5/133, p. 71; E. Stephens, Clerks of the Counties (1961), 109. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; assessment, Kent 18 Oct. 1644, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, 22 May 1650, 26 July 1659;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 173; A. and O. sewers, Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 3 Nov. 1653;C181/6, p. 23. ejecting scandalous ministers, Kent 23 Mar. 1658;SP25/78, p. 500. oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, p. 373.

Legal: att. ct. of c.p. bef. July 1642.Cent. Kent. Stud. ACm1/2, f. 198v. Clerk of the Rolls bef. Apr. 1648.CCAM 549. Associate of the bar, I. Temple 15 May 1650;CITR ii. 292. associate bencher, 17 June 1651.CITR ii. 299.

Central: clerk, high ct. of justice, Jan. 1649.CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 350. Chief clerk for criminal causes in Upper Bench, June 1649–60.KB29/300; KB29/307; CJ vi. 222b, 229b. Cllr. of state, 14 July 1653.CJ vii. 284b.

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BROUGHTON, Andrew (c.1603-87), of Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent.
: Kent., Maidstone.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BROUGHTON, Andrew (c.1603-87), of Earl Street, Maidstone, Kent.

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estate forfeit to crown 1660.LR2/266, ff. 1, 5.
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house in Earl Street, Maidstone, 1640s;J.M. Russell, Hist. Maidstone (Maidstone, 1881), 194. granted chambers in St Stephen’s Court, Westminster, and in prebend’s house, Westminster, July 1653;CSP Dom. 1653-4, pp. 14, 44, 52. purchased 66 acres of land in Godmersham, Kent, 1654;Cent. Kent. Stud. U1118/T2, T3/6-10. bro. Ambrose settled on him Uphall and lands in Seaton, 29 Aug. 1655;Lincs. RO, 3-ANC1/33/6. estate valued at £138 in 1660 (lands in Kent worth £112 pa; estate in Great Wood Street, former bishops’ lands, worth £126).LR2/266, ff. 1, 5.
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RAMSDEN, John (1613-aft. 1676), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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bap. 29 Apr. 1613, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Ramsden, merchant, of Hull, and Margaret (d. aft. Jan. 1654), da. of William Barnard, merchant, of Hull.Holy Trinity, Hull par. reg.; E134/1653-4/HIL5; Familiae Minorum Gentium (Harl. Soc. xxxix), 936. m. 13 Aug. 1639, Joyce (d. aft. 1676), da. of Edmund Wynn, draper, of London and Thornton Curtis, Lincs., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Thornton Curtis par. reg.; Holy Trinity, Hull par. reg.; St. Mary, Lowgate, Hull par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 92; London Vis. Peds. 1664 (Harl. Soc. xcii), 151. suc. fa. 7 Dec. 1637;Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/3 (Hull Bench Bk. 1609-50), p. 453. d. aft. 1676.London Vis. Peds. 1664, 151.
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Mercantile: member, Hull Merchants’ Co. 1632 – d.; asst. 1646–7.Hull Hist. Cent. C DSN/1 (Hull Merchants’ Soc. min. bk. 1647–1706), p. 2 and unfol.

Civic: freeman, Hull 1639–?d.;Hull Hist. Cent. C BRG/1 (Hull freeman reg. 1396–1645), f. 210. chamberlain, 1640 – 41; sheriff, 1644 – 45; alderman, 10 June 1647 – 12 Sept. 1650; mayor, 1648–9.Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/3, pp. 533, 642, 762, 801, 842–3.

Local: commr. militia, Hull 2 Dec. 1648; assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. June 1647-Sept. 1650;Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/3, pp. 762, 842–3. Yorks. (E. Riding) by Oct. 1660-bef. 1680.C220/9/4. Commr. sewers, E. Riding 19 Oct. 1659-aft. July 1667;C181/6, p. 404; C181/7, pp. 45, 408. poll tax, E. Riding, Hull 1660.SR.

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RAMSDEN, John I (c.1612-c.65), of Hull, Yorks.
: of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

RAMSDEN, John (1613-aft. 1676), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Will
not found.
Estates
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