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VAGHAN (VAUGHAN), Charles (d. by 1667), of Ottery St Mary and Treasurer’s Beare, Clyst Honiton, Devon.

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1st s. of Hugh Vaughan† of Exeter and Elizabeth, da. of John Hals of Kennedon, Sherford. educ. I. Temple, 11 May 1608. m. lic. 22 Aug. 1617, Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Reynell of Ogwell, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. 3 Feb. 1607. d. 1666.HP Commons 1558-1603; PROB11/109/228; I. Temple database; Vivian, Devon, 644; PROB11/320/500; Devon and Cornw. N. and Q. x. 98-9; B. Cresswell, Exeter Churches (Exeter, 1908), 78.
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Local: clerk of the peace, Devon 1612 – 41, 13 Jan. 1643–10 Jan. 1649.E. Stephens, Clerks of Counties (1961), 77; Devon RO, QS order bk. 1/8, Jan. 1649. Steward of stannary ct. Devon by 1640–?42.The Answer of Philip Francis Merchant (1644), sig. B3. Treas. to dep. lts. of Devon by Oct. 1642-c.1646.SP28/128, pt. 27; SP28/153. Commr. defraying expenses of army in Devon, 17 Jan. 1643; additional sequestration, 11 Apr. 1643. Treas. sequestrations, 29 Apr. 1643;A. and O. Devon co. cttee. c.1646-aft. May 1649.SP28/227 (Devon), f. 9; SP28/208. Commr. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652.A. and O. Recvr. sequestrations, 1646–?49.SP28/209A. Commr. Devon militia, 7 June 1648.LJ x. 311b.

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VAGHAN (VAUGHAN), Charles (d. by 1667), of Ottery St Mary and Treasurer’s Beare, Clyst Honiton, Devon.
: Clyst Honiton, Devon.
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VAGHAN (VAUGHAN), Charles (d. by 1667), of Ottery St Mary and Treasurer’s Beare, Clyst Honiton, Devon.

Will
8 Apr. 1661, pr. 3 July 1666.PROB11/320/500.
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BERKELEY, Sir Charles (1599-1668), of Bruton, Som.

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b. 14 Dec. 1599, 1st s. of Sir Maurice Berkeley† of Bruton and Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Killigrew† of Hanworth, Mdx.;Sales of Wards ed. Hawkins, 85; B. Burke, A Genealogical Hist. of the Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited and Extinct Peerages (1866), 46; CP v. 408-9. bro. of Sir John Berkeley*. educ. Eton 1613; Queen’s, Oxf. 1615.Al. Ox. m. 6 Sept. 1627, Penelope, da. of Sir William Godolphin† of Godolphin, Cornw. 4s (2 d.v.p.).Burke, Genealogical Hist. 46; CP ii. 409. suc. fa. 1617; Kntd. 26 Aug. 1623;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. suc. Sir Charles Berkeley† as 2nd Visct. Fitzhardinge [I] 3 June 1665. d. 12 June 1668.CP v. 409; Bruton par. reg.
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Local: dep. lt. Som. by 1625-c.1637.T.G. Barnes, Som. 1625–1640 (Cambridge, Mass. 1961), 317. Col. militia horse, 1625-aft. 1639.Som. RO, DD/WO/55/2/22. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. swans, W. Country 1629;C181/4, f. 2. sewers, Som. 1629, 1634, 13 July 1641, 19 Dec. 1660;C181/4, ff. 21, 172v; C181/5, f. 205; C181/7, p. 26. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 148. River Lea, Herts., Mdx. and Essex 14 Dec. 1663.C181/7, p. 223. Ranger, Cranborne Chase, Dorset 1637-c.45.HMC Hatfield, xxii. 296. Commr. subsidy, Som. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs towards relief of Ireland, 1642;Som. Protestation Returns, 192, 206, 227, 245; SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1664;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Westminster 1661;SR. array (roy.), Som. 1642. 1643 – 45Northants. RO, FH 133, unfol. J.p., by Oct. 1660–d.;QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xx. Mdx. 28 Aug. 1660–d.C231/7, p. 32. Commr. contributions (roy.), Som. 25 Sept. 1643; accts. (roy.) 25 Apr. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 75, 194. Gov. Sexey’s Hosp. Bruton, Som. by 1648.Som. RO, DD/SE/41/1. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 8, 444. Mdx. 5 Nov. 1660–d.;C181/7, p. 67. London 13 Nov. 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 68, 435. the Verge 10 Apr. 1662;C181/7, p. 141. Som. and Bristol 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 298. Custos rot. Som. 1 Dec. 1660–d.C231/7, p. 58. Commr. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 14 May 1661–d.;C181/7, pp. 99, 435. repair of highways, all cos. 8 May 1662–3 Nov. 1663;C181/7, pp. 143, 198. loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; subsidy, Som. 1663.SR.

Court: comptroller to the prince of Wales by 1648;HMC Pepys, 242. comptroller of the household, June 1660–2; treas. 1662–d.Sainty and Bucholz, Royal Household, ii. 2, 77; LS13/252, f. 67. Jt. housekpr. Nonsuch Palace, 1660.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 430.

Central: PC, 6 July 1660–d.PC2/54, f. 57. Commr. dedimus potestatem, Parl. 31 Oct. 1666.C181/7, p. 377.

Civic: freeman, Portsmouth 17 Oct. 1661.Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 356.

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BERKELEY, Charles (1599-1668), of Bruton, Som.
: of Bruton, Som.
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BERKELEY, Sir Charles (1599-1668), of Bruton, Som.

Will
21 Apr. 1665, pr. 27 June 1668.PROB11/328/2.
Estates
inherited lands at Bruton, Som. 1617; transferred manors of Bruton and Shepton Montague to feoffees, 1628.Coventry Docquets, 574.
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CEELY, Christopher (1606-70), of Plymouth.

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bap. 16 Nov. 1606, 1st s. of Thomas Ceely (bur. 18 Apr. 1655) of Plymouth and Thomasine (bur. 18 Feb. 1642), da. of Oliver Spry of St Germans, Cornw.Reg. of ... St Andrew’s Plymouth (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 1954), 135; St Andrew’s par. reg.; St Germans par. reg.; IGI. educ. appr. Plymouth. m. Faith, 2s. 1da.PROB11/333/66. suc. fa. Apr. 1655. d. 1670.PROB11/333/66.
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Civic: freeman, Plymouth 1632;Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/46, f. 312v. recvr. 1642 – 43, 1658–9;Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/132, f. 253; 1/133 f. 1; 1/168. common cllr. by 1645–14 Aug. 1662;Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/48, f. 100; 1/12, 13. mayor, 1646 – 47, 1655–6.Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/46, ff. 317v, 319.

Local: collector, assessment, Devon Mar. 1643.E113/6, answer of Christopher Ceely. Commr. for Devon 1 July 1644.A. and O. Sub-commr. excise, Plymouth 1645–6.E113/6, answer of Christopher Ceely. Commr. assessment, Devon 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance … for an Assessment (1660, E. 1075.6). ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon and Exeter 28 Aug. 1654; militia, Devon 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Plymouth 6 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; CJ vii. 865b.

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CEELY, Christopher (1606-70), of Plymouth.
: of Plymouth.
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CEELY, Christopher (1606-70), of Plymouth.

Will
1 Feb. 1670, pr. 1 June 1670.PROB11/333/66.
Estates
bought land inc. slate quarry, Trewolsta, Cornw. 1639;Cornw. RO, AD1283/2. at death, capital messuage of Bittleford, Landulph, Cornw.; lands in Landulph, Restormel and St Germans, Cornw.; houses etc. in Plymouth; lands in Bere Ferrers, Devon.PROB11/333/66.
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POOLE, Sir Neville (1592-1661), of Oaksey, Wilts.

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bap. 10 Sept. 1592, 1st s. of Sir Henry Poole† of Oaksey and Kemble, Wilts. and 1st w. Griselda, da. of Edward Neville of Newton St Loe, Som.Cirencester, Glos. par. reg.; J.R. Dunlop, ‘Pedigree of the Pooles of Sapperton and Coates, Glos. and of Poole and Chelworth, Wilts.’, Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), ii. 213-14. educ. G. Inn, 17 Feb. 1611.G. Inn Admiss. 125. m. (1) settlement 8 Dec. 1612, with £2,500,Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 148-50; Glos. RO, D52/T2/14. Frances (d. 25 June 1638), da. of Sir Henry Poole† of Sapperton, Glos. 2s. inc. Edward*;GL, 6673/2, unfol.; Dunlop, ‘Pedigree’, 214. (2) 3 July 1639, Margaret, da. of John Newman of Billington, Worcs. wid. of Richard Delabere† (d. 1636) of Southam, Glos. s.p. Glos. Par. Regs. ed. W.P.W. Phillimore, iii. 87; F. Were, ‘Index to the heraldry in Bigland’s Hist. of Glos.’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxviii pt. 2, p. 349. Kntd. 15 Jan. 1613.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 152. suc. fa. 3 Oct. 1632.C142/489/144; Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 148-50. d. by 29 June 1661.PROB11/304/555; Aubrey, Wilts. Top. Collections ed. Jackson, 277.
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Local: j.p. Wilts. 1616 – 26, ?- 23 Mar. 1631, 1633–31 Oct. 1643.C231/3, p. 47; C231/4, f. 23; C231/5, pp. 52, 99; C193/13/2, f. 72v; Harl. 1622, f. 85; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 94; SP16/405, f. 71. Dep. lt. by 1632-aft 1642.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 67; CCC 1329. Commr. sewers, River Thames, Wilts. to Berks. 1635;C181/5, f. 21v. River Loddon, Berks. and Wilts. 1639.C181/5, f. 135v. Sheriff, Wilts. 1636–7.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 154. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1638-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 94, 221. further subsidy, Wilts. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

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POOLE, Sir Neville (c.1592-1661), of Poole Keynes, Wilts.
: Wilts.
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POOLE, Sir Neville (1592-1661), of Oaksey, Wilts.

Will
24 Jan. 1654, pr. 29 June 1661.PROB11/304/555.
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held manor and advowson of Kemble, manor of Ewen, and manor of Poole Keynes, Wilts. in 1612, in addition to Oaksey Park, and manor of South Cerney, Glos.;Glos. RO, D52/T2/14. held rectory of Minsterworth, Glos. by 1654.PROB11/304/555.
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WESTON, Benjamin (1614-73), of Ashley House, Walton-on-Thames, Surr.

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bap. 4 Aug. 1614, 5th but 4th surv. s. of Richard Weston†, 1st earl of Portland (d. 1635), of Skreens, Roxwell, Essex, lord treasurer, and 2nd w. Frances (d. 1645), da. of Nicholas Waldegrave of Borley, Essex; bro. of Jerome Weston† and Nicholas Weston*.CP; Burke, Dorm. and Extinct Peerages, 580. educ. travelled abroad (France, Italy), ?July 1632-1 Nov. 1635.CSP Dom. 1631-3, p. 383; CSP Ven. 1632-6, pp. 286, 340, 350-1, 472. m. 5 Apr. 1641, Elizabeth (d. 12 Apr. 1662), da. of William Sheldon of Hornby, Leics., wid. of Christopher Villiers, 1st earl of Anglesey, 2da. (1 d.v.p.). d. 1673.CP; Burke, Dorm. and Extinct Peerages, 580; CB.
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Civic: burgess, Yarmouth, I.o.W. 21 Aug. 1634.Add. 5669, f. 97v.

Mercantile: jt. lic. with Jerome Weston, 2nd earl of Portland, to export woollen cloths for 31 years, 13 May 1637, May 1661.CTB 1660–7, p. 607; 1672–5, p. 597; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 605.

Local: commr. for ?Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss and Kent, 21 Sept. 1644.CJ iii. 635a. Commr. New Model ordinance, Surr. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 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, 1664;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Wilts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645, 1 Sept. 1659. 27 Mar. 1646 – bef.Mar. 1652C181/5, f. 263v; C181/6, p. 386. J.p. Surr., Apr. 1659-May 1670;C231/6, pp. 41, 429; C231/7, p. 367. Wilts. 9 May 1646-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 45; C193/13/3, f. 68v; C193/13/4, f. 108. Commr. militia, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 8, 307. Home circ. by Feb.1654-June 1659, 10 July 1660–1 Feb. 1671;C181/6, pp. 12, 305; C181/7, pp. 7, 528. Surr. 21 Mar. 1659.C181/6, p. 349.

Religious: elder, Kingston classis, Surr. Mar. 1648.The Division of Surr. (1648), 5 (E.431.4).

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 29 May 1649;CJ vi. 219b. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649.CJ vi. 266b.

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: of Ashley House, Surr., Walton-on-Thames.
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WESTON, Benjamin (1614-73), of Ashley House, Walton-on-Thames, Surr.

Will
admon. 26 June 1673.PROB12/50, f. 40.
Estates
inherited annuity of £300 in 1635.Strafforde Letters, i. 389 Profits of jt. lic. to export woollen cloths, 13 May 1637-?CTB 1660-7, p. 607. On marriage in 1641, acquired estate at Ashley Park, Walton-on-Thames, Surr.;Manning and Bray, Surr., ii. 767. property near Chippenham, Wilts.E134/17ChasI/Mich12. Also interest in property in Canon Row, Westminster, and the Green Dragon Inn, London, in 1648.C7/330/96. Obtained from bro. Portland, 500 acres of Fenland, Lincs. bef. 1649;CJ vi. 299a; SR v. 499. confirmed 1663.SR.
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resident in Mdx. 1642;E115/427/90. living in the parish of St Dionis Backchurch, London, Mar. 1652;CB. Walton-on-Thames, Surr. 1654, 1655.Surr. Hist. Centre, QS5/4/4/12, 15.
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ALLESTRYE, William (c.1598-1655), of Alvaston, and All Saints, Derby, Derbys.

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b. c. 1598, 1st s. of Thomas Allestry of Alvaston, and 1st w. Anne, da. of Roger Barker of Alvaston.C142/474/67; Vis. Derbys. (Harl. Soc. n.s. viii), 11. educ. Derby sch.;Derby School Reg. 1570-1901 ed. B. Tacchella, 20. G. Inn 16 Nov. 1618,G. Inn Admiss. 152. called 9 Feb. 1625;PBG Inn, i. 268. St John’s, Camb. Lent 1619.Al. Cant. m. (1) 9 Apr. 1629, Sarah (d. 2 Sept. 1638), da. of Thomas Smith of Derby, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 8 Mar. 1641, Mary (d. 1 Apr. 1679), da. of George Agard of Foston, Derbys., wid. of Edward Smith of ?Ashbourne, Derbys. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da.All Saints, Derby par. reg.; Sheffield City Archives, BHD/20; Vis. Derbys. 11. suc. fa. 14 Nov. 1630;C142/474/67. d. 4 Sept. 1655.Vis. Derbys. 11.
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Local: commr. charitable uses, Derbys. 17 Feb. 1632, 16 June 1635.C192/1, unfol.; C93/15/24. Feodary, c.1634–27 Nov. 1640.WARD5/32, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 223. Commr. gaol delivery, Derby 17 Nov. 1638;C181/5, f. 119. disarming recusants, Derbys. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. assessment, 1642.SR.

Parish: assessor and auditor, All Saints, Derby 1635–7. Vestryman by Dec. 1638–d.The Churchwardens’ Audit and Vestry Order Bk. of All Saints, Derby 1465–1689 ed. R. Clark (Derbys. Rec. Soc. xxxvi), 82, 86, 87, 94, 104, 112.

Civic: recorder, Derby by Nov. 1638–13 Dec. 1644.C181/5, f. 119; CJ iii. 374a; LJ vii. 96b, 97b.

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ALLESTRYE, William (c.1598-1655), of Alvaston, and All Saints, Derby, Derbys.
: of Alvaston and All Saints, Derbys., Derby.
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ALLESTRYE, William (c.1598-1655), of Alvaston, and All Saints, Derby, Derbys.

Will
2 July 1655, pr. 8 Aug. 1658.PROB11/266, f. 311.
Estates
his fa. was fined £12 10s. for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 34. In 1630, Allestrye inherited the capital messuage of Alvaston and lands and tenements in Alvaston and Boulton, Derbys.C142/474/67. In 1633, he and another gentleman purchased messuages, lands and tithes in Lea, Over Holloway and Nether Holloway, Plaistow, Tansley and Wheatcroft, Derbys. for £1,410.Add. 6705, ff. 11v, 24-5; Derbys. RO, D76/ME/10-11; D1088/MT/13-14. By 1637, he and another gentleman owned messuages in Yeldersley, Derbys.Add. 6672, f. 274. In 1645, estate consisted of messuage and lands in Derby worth £20 p.a.; tithes in Alvaston and Boulton and lands and tenements in Mackworth, Derbys. worth £46 p.a. (but mortgaged to his brother); lands and tenements in Alvaston worth £64 p.a.; a tenement during the life of his wife worth £88 p.a.; an estate for life in lands in Osmaston and Derby worth £46 p.a.; and a chamber in Gray’s Inn, Mdx.SP23/175, pp. 185-6.
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BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent.

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bap. 19 July 1579, 1st s. of Sir Edward Boys of Fredville and 1st w. Mary, da. of Peter Wentworth† of Lillingston Lovell, Oxon.Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9, p. 11; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 21. educ. Corpus, Camb. 1594, BA 1597;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 10 Nov. 1599;MT Admiss. i. 75. travelled abroad, aft. Aug. 1604-bef. June 1605.Add. 29759, f. 49v. m. 20 Mar. 1604, Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Hammond of Bekesbourne, Kent, 6s. 6da (1 d.v.p.).Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9; Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 40; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 21; Canterbury Mar. Licences 1568-1606, 58; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, U3/93/1/1. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604.C231/5, p. 90; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130, 132. suc. fa. bef. 15 Jan. 1635.Cent. Kent. Stud. TR 548/9, p. 98; Add. 29759, f. 49v. d. betw. 23 May-11 Aug. 1646.CJ iv. 553b, 642a; C231/6, p. 55.
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Local: commr. sewers, Mersham and Sandwich, Kent 1615, 1620, 1621, 1625, 1631;C181/2, f. 244; C181/3, ff. 3v, 40, 157v; C181/4, f. 75. Kent 1631, 1639;C181/4, f. 101v; C181/5, f. 146v. Denge Marsh, Kent 1636, 21 Aug. 1645;C181/5, ff. 40v, 260. Forced Loan, Kent 1626–7.Harl. 6846, f. 37; Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 27. J.p. 17 Aug. 1632–d.C231/5, p. 90; Coventry Docquets, 67. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Cinque Ports 1639.C181/5, f. 131v. Lt. Dover Castle by 1640.Jones, Annals of Dover, 63. Commr. subsidy, Kent 1641; further subsidy, 1641, poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. 17 Aug. 1642–d.CJ ii. 724a. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar., 16 Aug. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; 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. 236v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Sandwich 1626.Cent. Kent. Stud. Sa/AC7/132A.

Military: gov. (parlian.) Dover Castle Aug. 1642–d.Statham, Hist. Dover, 417.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ iii. 666b. cttee. of navy and customs by 6 Mar. 1646.SP16/512, f. 38.

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BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent
: of Fredville, Nonington, Kent.
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BOYS, Sir Edward (1579-1646), of Fredville, Nonington, Kent.

Will
27 Aug. 1639, pr. 22 Oct. 1646.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. PRC31/127, no. 425.
Estates
inherited from fa. in 1635 estate centred on Fredville, which had been valued at £1,000p.a. bef. 1612;HMC Hatfield, xxii. 13. his inheritance had also been amplified by other relatives.Cent. Kent. Stud. PRC32/38, f. 48v; PRC32/41, ff. 51v, 54v. Boys bequeathed property in Sandwich, in addition to Fredville in Nonington.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. PRC31/127, no. 425.
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RALEGH (RALEIGH, RAWLEIGH), Carew (Carey) (1605-66), of Kempton Park, Mdx., Horsley, Surr., and St Martin’s Lane, Westminster.

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bap. 15 Feb. 1605,A. Beer, Bess: the Life of Lady Ralegh (2004), 171-2. 3rd but only surv. s. of Sir Walter Ralegh† (exec. 29 Oct. 1618) of Durham House, Strand, London, and Sherborne, Dorset, and Elizabeth (d. ?1647), da. of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton† of Aldgate, London, and Paulerspury, Northants.HP Commons 1558-1603; ‘Sir Walter Ralegh’, Oxford DNB; A.L. Rowse, Ralegh and the Throckmortons (1962), 326; Beer, Bess, 256. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 23 Mar. 1621;Al. Ox. travel, France, bef. 15 May 1625.SP16/521, f. 59. m. Philippa, da. of Thomas Sheldon and wid. of Sir Anthony Ashley†, 1st bt. (d. 13 Jan. 1628), of Wimborne St Giles, Dorset, and Holborn, London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.).Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 40; Chamberlain Letters, ed. McClure, ii. 419. d. betw. 28 and 31 Dec. 1666.Reg. of St Margaret Westminster (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 5.
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Local: j.p. Surr. 10 Oct. 1629–?, 5 Mar. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653, Apr. 1659-bef. Oct. 1660;Coventry Docquets, 63; SP16/405, f. 65; C231/6, pp. 178, 429; C193/13/4, f. 97; The Names of the Justices (1650), 55 (E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660), 54. Mdx. Apr. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 184; C193/13/4, f. 61. Commr. array (roy.), Surr. 4 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. assessment, Mdx. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. Surr. 25 July 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;CJ vi. 269b; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 373. militia, Northants., Glos. 26 July 1659; Surr. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; CJ vii. 719a. Gov. Jersey 29 Feb. 1660–?Whitelocke, Diary, 573.

Court: gent. of privy chamber by 1636–?LC5/134/50.

Military: trooper, royal army, 1639.SP16/427/71.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Sept 1649, 4 July 1650;CJ vi. 290a, 437a. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651; admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

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RALEGH (RALEIGH, RAWLEIGH), Carew (Carey) (1605-66), of Kempton Park, Mdx., Horsley, Surr., and St Martin’s Lane, Westminster.
: of Kempton Park, Mdx., Surr., Horsley and Westminster., St Martin’s Lane.
RALEIGH, RAWLEIGH
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Likenesses: oils, double portrait with mother, unknown, c.1621.Beer, Bess, betw. pp. 136-7.

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RALEGH (RALEIGH, RAWLEIGH), Carew (Carey) (1605-66), of Kempton Park, Mdx., Horsley, Surr., and St Martin’s Lane, Westminster.

Will
28 Dec. 1666, pr. 10 Jan. 1667.PROB11/323/43.
Estates
Act 24 May 1628, restoring all lands of fa., except Sherborne Castle, Dorset, and associated property, with royal pension of £400 p.a.SP14/163, ff.8, 9; SP16/21, f. 9; LJ iii. 328-36; 821b. In 1629, bought from Thomas Wriothesley, 4th earl of Southampton, rectory of Effingham (sold bef. 1645), manor of East Horsley (?sold 1644), both in Surr.VCH Surr. iii. 326, 350. Aft. 1631-bef. 1651, bought manor of Sunbury and Kempton Park, Mdx., 400 acres in fee farm from crown.VCH Mdx. iii. 55, 57–8; SP16/460, f. 194. Claim in right of wife to royal pension of £316 p.a., £2,765 in arrears at Christmas 1633.SP16/260, ff. 136, 138. 1636-8, residence in St Martin in the Fields. 3 June 1636, adventure of £50 in fisheries of Britain and Ireland.SP16/325, f. 138. 6 Sept. 1639, adventure with Sir Edward Stradling, Sir Walter Roberts and William Newce to supply water to London in an aqueduct from Hoddesdon, Herts.CSP Dom. 1639, p. 481; Coventry Docquets, 235; CJ ii. 585b. 1644, inherited or bought from uncle Sir Nicholas Carew† manor of West Horsley and associated lands, sold for £9,750 in 1664.VCH Surr. iii. 354; Evelyn, Diary, ii. 545n.; JRL, NP/39, NP/43, NP/48. 16 July 1651, awarded £500 p.a. from the sequestered estates of John Digby, 1st earl of Bristol, and George Digby*, Baron Digby, part of which supplied purchase money for sequestered Clevedon manor, Som., 14 Mar. 1652.A. and O.; CCC 2170. 22 Jan. 1653, bought manors of Elmbridge and Pirton, Glos., sequestered from William Craven, 1st Baron Craven.CCC 1624. Bef. 31 Aug. 1653, lord of manor of Feltham, Mdx.HMC 7th Rep., 77.
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HERVY, John (1610-62), of Thurleigh, Beds.

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bap. 26 Feb. 1610, o.s. of Oliver Hervy of Thurleigh, Beds. and Anne, da. of Humfrey Browne, merchant of London and wid. of Robert Clarke, merchant.Beds. Par. Regs. ed. F.G. Emmison (Bedford, 1931-53), pp. xxviii. A3; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 287; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 117. educ. Brentwood Sch. (Mr Plumtree); Christ’s, Camb. 1626, BA 1628-9;J. Peile, Biographical Register of Christ’s College (Cambridge, 1910-13), i. 375-6; Al. Cant. G. Inn 21 Feb. 1628.GI Admiss. 183. m. 22 May 1632, Elizabeth, da. of Stephen Harvey, Turkey merchant, of St Mary Athill, London, at least 6s. (2 d.v.p.), 5da. (4 d.v.p.).Vis. Beds. 117; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 289; W.M. Harvey, The Hundred of Willey (1872-8), ped. betw. pp. 510-11. suc. fa. 1627.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 288. d. 8 Aug. 1662.Beds. Par. Regs. ed. Emmison, xxviii. A33.
Offices Held

Local: member, Beds. co. cttee. by Dec. 1643-aft. May 1645.‘Civil War Pprs. of Sir William Boteler’, 37; Luke Letter Bks. 538, 548. Commr. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. an O. sequestration bef. Aug. 1646-aft. Mar. 1647;P. Bell, ‘Mins. of the Beds. cttee. for sequestrations, 1646–7’, Miscellanea (Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xlix), 94–115. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – Sept. 1660A. and O. J.p.; Bedford May 1650-Sept. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 1v; C231/6, pp. 186, 392; C181/6, p. 289; C181/7, f. 83; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Beds. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: col. militia, Beds. bef. 1653.F.N.L. Poynter and W.J. Bishop, A Seventeenth Century Doctor and his patients (Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. xxxi), 82.

Parlimentarian
HERVY, John (1610-62), of Thurleigh, Beds.
: of Thurleigh, Beds.
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HERVY, John (1610-62), of Thurleigh, Beds.

Will
2 Sept. 1661, codicil 5 Aug. 1662, pr. 8 Feb. 1664.Beds. RO, ABP W 1663-4/93.
Estates
owned land at Thurleigh Clapham, Bletsoe and Riseley, Beds.
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ALDWORTH, Richard (c.1590-1655), of Bristol.

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b. c. 1590, s. of Simon Aldworth of Reading, Berks. merchant. educ. appr. 27 May 1605 to John Doughty† of Bristol, mercer and alderman.Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 185v. m. Mary, da. of John Doughty, 3s. 3da.Bristol RO, 09459(3)g. d. 2 Aug. 1655.Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 243; All Saints par. reg.
Offices Held

Religious: churchwarden, All Saints, Bristol 1624–5.Bristol RO, P/AS/Chw/3(a).

Civic: burgess, Bristol 11 Sept. 1624;Bristol RO, 04359/2, f. 140. common cllr. 8 Sept. 1625–d.;Bristol RO, 04264/2, f. 129v. sheriff, 1627–8;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 168. auditor, 1631 – 33, 1639 – 42; supervisor, pauper children and coals, 1634 – 36; highways, 1636 – 38; free sch. 1637 – 38; charity money, 1639 – 41; asst. orphans ct. 1638 – 39, 1639–41.Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 34, 53, 71, 79, 87, 94, 107, 115, 123; 04264/4, p. 126. Member, cttee. for defence of city, 15 Aug. 1642-July 1643.Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 123. Mayor, 1642–3; alderman, 1 Nov. 1645–d.;Bristol RO, 04264/4, p. 126. constable of staple, 1646; clavenger, 1646; surveyor, city lands, 1646.Bristol RO, 04264/4, p. 131.

Mercantile: member, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 1628 – d.; treas. 1630 – 31; asst. 1638 – 39, 1639 – 40, 1653 – 54; warden, 1641–2.Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bk. of Charters I, pp. 64, 113, 129, 131, 135, 157.

Local: capt. militia ft. Bristol 16 Feb. 1630–9 Oct. 1640.Bristol RO, 04264/3, ff. 20v, 108. Commr. assessment, Bristol 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Bristol, 28 Oct. 1645;A. and O. Bristol militia, 22 June 1648;LJ x. 341b. militia, 2 Dec.1648, 14 Mar. 1655;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79. waste of timber, Forest of Dean 26 Mar. 1649;CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 54. propagation of the gospel, Bristol 14 July 1651.Records of a Church of Christ ed. Hayden, 103. Check of customs, Bristol by June 1652–?d.E351/653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646;CJ iv. 545b. cttee. of navy and customs by 8 Feb. 1647;Add. 22546, f. 13v; CJ v. 385b. cttee. for excise, 5 Jan. 1648;CJ v. 416b; LJ ix. 639b. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591a.

Parlimentarian
ALDWORTH, Richard (c.1590-1655), of Bristol.
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Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1646;Reading Museum, Reading; private colln. line engraving, unknown, 1816.BM.

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ALDWORTH, Richard (c.1590-1655), of Bristol.

Will
10 Dec. 1654.Bristol RO, 09459/3(g).
Estates
with John Doughty held 80 acres of Langstone moor, Mon. by 1622;Bradney, Hist. Mon. iii, pt. 2, 192; iv, pt. 2, 203. from 1637, properties in Duck Lane, St Mark’s Lane, Cutlers’ Mill (St James par.) and Broad St. Bristol.Bristol RO, 09459/3b. At d. property at Long Ashton, Som., Ashley, Glos.; houses in Broad St. and St John’s, Bristol and at Siston, Glos. Fee farm rents, College Green, Bristol; Redcliffe Mead manor, Biddisham, Som.Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 243. Salary of £100 as check of Bristol customs.E351/653.
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