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WYNN, Richard (c.1625-74), of Caermelwr and Gwydir, Llanrwst, Caern.

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b. c. 1625, o.s. of Sir Owen Wynn, 3rd bt. of Gwydir and Grace, da. of Hugh Williams of Wîg, Aber.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern Fams. 281; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 205, 337, 360. m. 13 June 1654, Sarah (d. 16 June 1671), da. of Sir Thomas Myddelton* of Chirk Castle, Denb., 1da.Chirk Castle Accts. ii. 6; NLW, Chirk Castle F 5924; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 337. suc. fa. as 4th bt. 15 Aug. 1660.Cal. Wynn Pprs. 360. d. 30 Oct. 1674.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern Fams. 281.
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Local: commr. assessment, Caern. 23 June 1647, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Denb. 9 June 1657, 1661, 1664, 1672; Merion. 1661, 1664, 1672; associated cos. of N. Wales, Caern. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Caern. 2 Dec. 1648. by 6 Sept. 1660 – d.A. and O.; An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Sheriff, 1657–8. by 6 Sept. 1660 – d.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 249. Commr. poll tax, Caern., Denb. 1660. by 6 Sept. 1660 – d.SR. J.p. Caern.; Denb., Merion. by Oct. 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 33, 51, 78. Custos rot. Caern. 6 Sept. 1660–d.C231/7, p. 36. Dep. lt. Caern., Merion. 1661–d.; Denb. Jan. 1674–d.SP29/42, f. 122; CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 115. Capt. militia horse, Caern. 1661–d.Cal. Lttrs. relating to N. Wales, 152, 161. Commr. oyer and terminer, Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7, p. 120. loyal and indigent officers, Caern. 1662; subsidy, Caern., Denb., Merion. SR.

Civic: alderman, Denbigh 1665 – 66; common councilman, ?1665–d.J. Williams, Ancient and Modern Denbigh (Denbigh, 1856), 113; Williams, Recs. of Denbigh, 137.

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WYNN, Sir Richard, 4th Bt. (c.1625-74), of Gwydir, Llanrwst, Caern.
: of Caermelwr and Caern., Gwydir.
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WYNN, Richard (c.1625-74), of Caermelwr and Gwydir, Llanrwst, Caern.

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GIEAR, Thomas (d. 1646), of Weymouth, Dorset.

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m. bef. 1630, Rebecca, da. of one Waltham of Weymouth, 1 da.E134/9 and 10 Chas.I/Hil.39; Dorset RO, Melcombe Regis par. regs. d. 1646.PROB11/196/467.
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Civic: mayor, Weymouth 1618 – 19, Sept. 1630;Add. 36767, f. 377; Weymouth Min. Bks. 18. bailiff, 1623;Vis. Dors. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xiii), 2. alderman by 1627–d.;Bayley, Dorset, 24. treas. Sept. 1631.Weymouth Min. Bks. 20. Capt. militia, Melcombe Regis ?-9 July 1632.Weymouth Min. Bks. 22.

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GIEAR (GYER), Thomas (d.1646), of Weymouth, Dorset
: of Weymouth, Dorset.
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GIEAR, Thomas (d. 1646), of Weymouth, Dorset.

Will
17 Dec. 1642, pr. 20 June 1646.PROB11/196/467.
Estates
By 1642, leased 2 closes and 3 houses in Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, estate of prebendary of Netherbury-in-Terra, Dorset.PROB11/196/467. His £3,000 fine in 1634 suggests considerable mercantile wealth.Whiteway Diary, 153.
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WALTERS, George (1614-80), of Barnstaple and Whiddy Island, Durrus, co. Cork.

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bap. 4 Sept. 1614, 1st s. of Morgan Walters of Barnstaple and ?Mary. m. by Sept. 1642 Anne, 1s. 2da. suc. fa. Dec. 1647. d. Apr. 1680.Barnstaple Par. Reg. ed. T. Wainwright (Exeter, 1903), 56, 63, 66; SP18/129/114 (5); CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 212; Univ. College Cork, Bantry Estate Collection, BL/EP/B/115.
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Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), Plymouth regt. 29 June 1644–24 July 1646.SP18/129, 114 (5). Maj. of ft. regt. of Robert Tothill (later Richard le Hunt), army in Ireland by Aug. 1650-July 1653.SP18/129/114 (2); CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 69: Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 206. Gov. Bantry Fort, co. Cork Mar. 1661-c.Sept. 1663.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 283; Bodl. Carte 60, f. 230; HMC Ormonde, n.s. iii. 275.

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WALTERS, George (1614-80), of Barnstaple and Whiddy Island, Durrus, co. Cork.
: Durrus, co. Cork.
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WALTERS, George (1614-80), of Barnstaple and Whiddy Island, Durrus, co. Cork.

Will
12 Apr. 1668, pr. Jan. 1684.Bantry Estate Collection, BL/EP/B/115 (4).
Estates
Awarded nearly 19,000 acres of lands sequestered in 1641, Beare and Bantry, co. Cork by May 1659.Bantry Estate Collection, BL/EP/B/3107.
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CHICHELEY, Thomas (1614-99), of Wimpole, Cambs.

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b. 25 Mar. 1614, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Chicheley† of Wimpole and Dorothy, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Kempe of Olantigh, Kent.CUL, EDR. H3. Wimpole, no. 14; [B. Buckler], Stemmata Chicheleana (1765-75), pt. i. 5, 13; MIs Cambs. 201. educ. I. Temple, 26 Nov. 1632; MA, Camb. 1636.I. Temple database; Al. Cant. m. (1) 13 Aug. 1635, with £3,000, Sarah (bur. 19 Jan. 1655), da. of Sir William Russell†, 1st bt. of Chippenham, Cambs. 3s. d.v.p. 2da.;MIs Cambs. 201; Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, ii. 386; E. Legh, Baroness Newton, Lyme Lttrs. 1660-1760 (1925), 5; Cambs. RO, R.52.12.12.13; Wimpole par. reg. p. 85. (2) 15 Apr. 1656, Anne (bur. 31 July 1662), da. of Sir Thomas Coventry†, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, wid. of Sir William Savile*, 3rd bt. of Thornhill, Yorks. 2s. (1 d.v.p.)St Giles-in-the-Fields, London, and Wimpole par. reg. pp. 42, 86. suc. fa. 1616.MIs Cambs. 201. Kntd. 2 June 1670.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 244. d. 1 Feb. 1699.Wimpole par. reg. p. 91.
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Local: commr. pontage, Camb. 2 May 1635, 1663, 1673.C181/5, f. 1v; Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 513, 557. Sheriff, Cambs. 1637–8.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 14. Dep. lt. by Feb. 1639-aft. Aug. 1640.Harl. 4014, ff. 31v-55v. J.p. Cambs. Feb. 20 Feb. 1639-aft. July 1642, 16 July 1660–87; I. of Ely July 1660–87; Camb. 1679 – ?87, 1689–?d.; Westminster by 1687-Feb. 1688.Coventry Docquets, 76; C231/5, p. 541; C231/7, p. 14; HP Commons, 1660–1690. Commr. oyer and terminer, Cambs. 23 June-aft. July 1640;C181/5, ff. 177, 184. Norf. circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 13, 634. disarming recusants, Cambs. 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385a. Custos rot. 19 July 1642–?, July 1660–87; I. of Ely July 1660–87.C231/5, p. 541; HP Commons, 1660–1690. Commr. assessment, Cambs. 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.; I. of Ely 1677, 1679; Camb. Univ. and town 1689–?d.SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Custos rot. Cambs. 16 July 1660–87.C231/7, p. 14; C231/8, p. 117; J.C. Sainty Custodes Rotulorum1660–1828 (2002). Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, Norf., Suff. and Cambs. 7 Sept. 1660-aft. Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 41, 523. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 148. loyal and indigent officers, Cambs. 1662;SR. corporations, 1662–3.HP Commons, 1660–1690. Bailiff, Bedford Level 1663 – 65, 1666 – 67, 1670–93. Commr. subsidy, Cambs. 1663;SR. repair of highways, sewers and streets, all cos. 3 July 1666;C181/7, p. 375. gaol delivery, Camb. 30 Mar. 1671-aft. Apr. 1672.C181/7, pp. 577, 623.

Civic: freeman, Camb. 1661; Portsmouth 1668; Liverpool 1686. Jan. 1671 – May 1688Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1647–81, f. 139v; Downing College, Cambridge, Bowtell MS 6, unfol.: Camb. borough treasurers’ acc. 1660–1; Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 359. High steward, Camb., 1689–d.Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 546, 639–40, iv. 41; Diary of Samuel Newton ed. J. E. Foster (Camb. Antiq. Soc. xxxiii), 59.

Central: commr. ordnance, Oct. 1664 – June 1670; master-gen. June 1670-June 1679.CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 49; 1670, p. 224; H.C. Tomlinson, Guns and Government (1979), 223. Commr. dedimus potestatam, Parl. 31 Oct. 1666.C181/7, p. 378. Treas. seamen’s prize-money, 1665–7. PC, June 1670-Mar. 1687. Commr. inquiry into land settlement, Ireland 1671; Tangier 1673–80.CSP Dom. 1671, p. 358; HP Commons, 1660–1690. Master, ordnance, Ireland 1674–9.CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 185; 1679–80, p. 288. Member, Royal Fishery Co. 1677.HP Commons, 1660–1690. Commr. admlty. Sept. 1677-May 1679.Admiralty Officials ed. J.C. Sainty (1975), 115. Chan. duchy of Lancaster, Nov. 1682-Mar. 1687.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 3.

Military: lt. duke of Richmond’s horse, 2 July 1666–7. Capt. of ft. Portsmouth 28 May 1669–71; Tower of London 1677–9. Capt. Life Gds. Ireland by 1677–80. Capt. of ft. Virg. 29 Mar. 1679.Dalton, Army Lists, i. 59, 102, 259; CSP Dom. 1677–8, p. 437; 1679–80, pp. 229, 372.

Mercantile: master, Grocers’ Co. London 1686 – 87; jt. warden, Aug. 1686-July 1687.J.B. Heath, Some Acct. of the Worshipful Co. of Grocers (1869), 212; W.W. Grantham, List of the Wardens of the Grocers’ Co. (1907), 33.

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CHICHELEY, Thomas (1614-99), of Wimpole, Cambs. and Great Queen Street, St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.
: of Wimpole, Cambs.
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Likenesses: family group on father’s tomb, Wimpole church, Cambs.; oil on canvas, W. Dobson, 1642-6;Whereabouts unknown; M. Rogers, William Dobson 1611-46 (1983), 46-8; A. Haldane, Portraits of the English Civil Wars (2017), 42-3, 145. watercolour, unknown, 1831-70.Royal Armouries.

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CHICHELEY, Thomas (1614-99), of Wimpole, Cambs.

Will
28 Dec. 1693, pr. 8 June 1708.PROB11/501/377.
Estates
valued at £19,855 for purpose of compounding, 1646;CCC 1437. mostly mortgaged from 1650s onwards; worth £2,000 p.a. 1660;Burke Commoners, i. 688. bought drained fenlands, particularly at Soham and Fordham, Cambs. 1654-5;Jonas Moore’s Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns ed. F. Willmoth and E. Stazicker (Cambs. Recs. Soc. xxiii), 47-8. sold all his lands, said to be worth £5,000 p.a. to Sir John Cutler in 1686 for £51,220.Cambs. RO, R.15.12.12.26; R.52.12.11.29; HMC Ancaster, 433.
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PARKER, John II (d. 1681), of Cuckstool Row nr. Hen Cross, St Peter, Nottingham.

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b. ?; educ. ?appr. mercer.Notts. RO, CA 4649, f. 15v. m. (1) 14 May 1638, Anne (bur. 5 Oct. 1642), da. of one Halton of ?Sulby, Northants. at least 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) Elizabeth (bur. 15 May 1651), da. of ?, s.p.;Welford, Northants. par. reg.; St Peter, Nottingham par. reg. (3) 6 Sept. 1652, Susanna (bur. 14 May 1689), da. of Robert Browne of Kibworth Beauchamp, Leics. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Kibworth Beauchamp par. reg.; St Peter, Nottingham par. reg.; Notts. RO, DD/AC/2/1/10; PR/NW, will of John Parker, 1681. suc. fa. ?; bur. 17 May 1681.St Peter, Nottingham par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, Nottingham 1635;Notts. RO, CA 4649, f. 15v. common cllr. 7 Nov. 1643;Nottingham Borough Recs. v. 220. chamberlain, 1644–5;Notts. RO, CA 3419, p. 1. sheriff, 1646–7;Notts. RO, CA 3421, p. 3. alderman by Oct. 1653-c.Aug. 1662, 18 Jan. 1664–d.;Notts. RO, CA 3427, p. 1; CA 3434, ff. 31–3; CA 3435, f. 19v. mayor, 1654 – 55, 1661 – 62, 1668 – 69, 1675.P.A. Lloyd, ‘Politics, Religion and the Personnel of Politics in Nottingham, 1642–88’ (Nottingham Univ. MPhil thesis, 1983), 214, 377.

Local: commr. assessment, Nottingham 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

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PARKER, John II (d. 1681), of Cuckstool Row nr. Hen Cross, St Peter, Nottingham.
: of Cuckstool Row nr. Hen Cross, St Peter, Nottingham.
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PARKER, John II (d. 1681), of Cuckstool Row nr. Hen Cross, St Peter, Nottingham.

Will
25 Apr. 1681, pr. 14 June 1681.Notts. RO, PR/NW, will of John Parker, 1681.
Estates
in 1645, purchased moiety of a messuage in Nottingham.Notts. RO, CA 3419, p. 59. In 1651, purchased messuages and lands in Nottingham, inc. at Cuckstool Row, for £500.Notts. RO, DD/AC/2/1/7; Lincs. RO, REEVE/3/5/A/3. In 1653, sold a messuage and lands in Nottingham for £630 in part payment of a debt of £1,260.Notts. RO, DD/AC/2/1/10; Lincs. RO, REEVE 3/5/A/4. His house in Nottingham was assessed at seven hearths in 1674.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. Webster, 140. His estate at his death inc. a messuage on Cuckstool Row near Hen Cross, Nottingham.Notts. RO, PR/NW, will of John Parker, 1681.
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HALL, Joseph (1609-69), of Mylor, Cornw.

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bap. 12 Mar. 1609, 2nd s. of Dr Joseph Hall (d. 1656) and Elizabeth, da. of George Winniff of Brettenham, Suff.Waltham Abbey par. regs.; ‘Joseph Hall’, Oxford DNB. unm. d. 1669.G. Oliver, Lives of the Bishops of Exeter (Exeter, 1861), 147n.
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Local: bailiff of bishop’s lands and kpr. of bishop’s prison, Exeter 29 May 1629–?1641;Exeter Cathedral Archives, MS 3601 (register bk. 1612–92), pp. 123–4. registrar of Exeter Cathedral 29 May 1641–?Exeter Cathedral Archives, MS 3557 (register bk. 1635–43), p. 252.

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HALL, Joseph (1609-69), of Mylor, Cornw.
: Cornw.
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HALL, Joseph (1609-69), of Mylor, Cornw.

Will
not found.
Estates
21 year lease, manor of Petershayes, Yarcombe, Devon, from bishop of Exeter, 3 Nov. 1632 (renewed 19 Sept. 1640);Exeter Cathedral Archives, MS 3557, pp. 156-8; MS 3601, pp. 215-7. lease of glebe lands and tithes of St Breock, Cornw. bef. June 1640-1649;C10/7/57. ?vicarage of Mylor, Cornw. by 1641-49;Coate, Cornw. 370; CCC 1858. owned a tenement in Cathedral Close, Exeter, 1651, 1660;CCC 1859; Exeter in the Seventeenth Century, 16. inherited copyhold manor of Sewardston and leasehold tenement, Waltham Cross, and freehold land in Much Bentley, Essex, 1656.PROB11/258/175.
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COLE, Thomas (1622-81), of Liss, Hants

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bap. 15 Jan. 1622, 1st s. of Thomas Cole of Liss and Mary (bur. 20 Jan. 1672), da. of Thomas Waller of Beaconsfield, Bucks.Liss par. reg.; J. Edwin-Cole, Gen. of the Family of Cole (1867), 23, 29-30. educ. G. Inn, 2 Feb. 1641.GI Admiss. 229. m. (1) 10 Dec. 1651, Elizabeth (bur. 5 Nov. 1659), da. of Sir Stephen Harvey, KB, of Colchester End, Hardingstone, Northants., s.p.;St Andrew, Holborn, London and Liss par. regs.; Cole, Fam. of Cole, 30-31. (2) lic. 23 Apr. 1662, Judith, da. of Abraham Cullen, merchant, of Great St Helens, London, wid. of Peter Tryon of Bulwick, Northants., 1s. 1da.London Marr. Lics. ed. Foster, 307; Hants RO, 3M49/29; Vis. Hants. (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 143. suc. fa. 13 July 1641. bur. 4 Mar. 1681 4 Mar. 1681.Liss par. reg.; Cole, Fam. of Cole, 29-31.
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Local: commr. levying of money, Hants 10 June 1645; assessment, 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, 1672, 1677, 1679; Northants. 1672. by Mar. 1648 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28); Ordinance for Assessment (1660), 50 (E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Hants, 1662–d.;C193/13/3, f. 57v; The Names of the Justices (1650), 50 (E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660), 49; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 270; HP Commons 1660–1690. Northants. July 1670–d.C231/7, p. 374. Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 363. poll tax, 1660.SR. Capt. militia ft. Nov. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. subsidy, Hants, Northants. 1663.SR. Sheriff, Hants 1663–4.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 56. Dep. lt. 1667–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. sewers, 25 July 1671;C181/7, p. 584. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 791.

Religious: elder, third Hants classis, 29 Dec. 1645.King, Par. and Bor. Lymington, 262.

Civic: burgess, Portsmouth 4 Apr. 1660; Winchester by Apr. 1660.Portsmouth RO, CE1/7, p. 136; Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 356.

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COLE, Thomas (1622-81), of Liss, Hants.
: Hants.
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COLE, Thomas (1622-81), of Liss, Hants

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited two manors and other land at Liss; land in par. of Arundel, Suss.PROB11/187/53; H. D. Cavanagh, Colonial Chesapeake Families i (2014), n.p.
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JONES, Dr Gilbert (1592-1669), of Bristol, Glos.

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?bap. 18 Nov. 1592, s. of Walter Jones of St Helen, Worcester, Worcs.The Par. Bk. of St Helen’s Church in Worcester ed. J. B. Wilson (1900), i. 29; B.P. Levack, The Civil Lawyers in England (Oxford, 1973), 244. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 4 Dec. 1612, BA 30 June 1614, MA 23 June 1617;Registrum Orielense ed. C.L. Shadwell (1893), 139. All Souls, Oxf. BCL 10 Mar. 1623, DCL 14 Jan. 1628.Al. Ox. m. ?, 1s. d. 1669.Diocese of Bristol ed. E. Boswell (Sherborne, 1826), 9.
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Legal: chan. Bristol dioc. 1625–42;Diocese of Bristol ed. Boswell, 9. vicar-gen. 1660–d.LPL, Court of Arches Act Bks. A2–5.

Local: commr. piracy, Dorchester and Weymouth 10 Feb. 1632; Dorset 26 Sept. 1639, 26 Feb. 1642.C181/4, f. 104; C181/5, ff. 152v, 226v. Judge, v.-adm. ct. Som. and Bristol Apr. 1636–42.CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 374. Commr. charitable uses, Dorset 1638–9.C192/1, unfol.; Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 52.

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JONES, Dr Gilbert (1592-1669), of Bristol, Glos.
: of Bristol, Glos.
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JONES, Dr Gilbert (1592-1669), of Bristol, Glos.

Will
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CRANFIELD, James, Lord Cranfield (1621-51), of Copthall, Essex.

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bap. 27 Dec. 1621, 1st s. of Lionel Cranfield†, 1st earl of Middlesex, and 2nd w. Anne (d. 3 Feb. 1670), da. of James Brett of Hoby, Leics. m. 3 Mar. 1646, Anne (bur. 9 Sept. 1662), da. and coh. of Edward Bourchier, 4th earl of Bath, 2da.CP. Styled Lord Cranfield; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Middlesex 5 Aug. 1645.‘Lionel Cranfield, 1st earl of Middlesex’, Oxford DNB. bur. 13 Sept. 1651 13 Sept. 1651.CP.
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Central: member, cttee. for excise, 28 Apr. 1646. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for the sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. for compounding, 8 Feb. 1647.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 9 Apr. 1647.LJ ix. 127b, 131b. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O. Commr. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648.LJ x. 492b.

Parlimentarian
CRANFIELD, James, Lord Cranfield (1621-51), of Copthall, Essex.
: Lord Cranfield (1621-51), of Copthall, Essex. 1621 – 51.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. J. Weesop, 1641-1651.NT, Knole.

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CRANFIELD, James, Lord Cranfield (1621-51), of Copthall, Essex.

Will
7 Sept. 1651, pr. 16 Sept. 1651.PROB11/218, f. 113.
Estates
in 1645, inherited mansion house and park of Copthall, Essex; manor of Cranfield, Beds.; manors of Forthampton and Sezincote and property in Siston, Glos.; manor of Milcote, Warws.; the manor of Caldecott, Worcs.; and houses in St Sepulchre, London, and St John, Clerkenwell, Mdx. – in all, worth about £4,600 a year.PROB11/194, f. 126v-128v; M. Prestwich, Cranfield: Politics and Profits under the Early Stuarts (Oxford, 1966), 587-8.
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FAIRFAX, Sir Ferdinando (1584-1648), of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yorks.

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b. 29 Mar. 1584, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Fairfax† of Denton, and Ellen (d. 23 Aug. 1620), da. of Robert Aske of Aughton, Yorks.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 188. educ. privately (Edward Fairfax);The Epistolatory Corresp. of Francis Atterbury (1784), iii. 263, 264. G. Inn 3 May 1602;G. Inn Admiss. 103. vol. Dutch army, 1602.HMC Hatfield, xii. 208, 320. m. (1) 1607, Mary (d. 2 June 1619), da. of Edmund, 3rd Baron Sheffield, 3s. inc. Thomas* (2 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 16 Oct. 1646, Rhoda (d. 11 Oct. 1686), da. and coh. of Thomas Chapman, draper, of Soper Lane, London and Wormley, Herts. wid. of Thomas Hussey I* of Gonerby, Lincs., 1da.Bodl. Fairfax 30, f. 25; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 188-90. Kntd. 30 Jan. 1608;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 144. suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron [S] 1 May 1640.C142/600/124. d. 13 Mar. 1648.Bodl. Fairfax 30, f. 26.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) by Apr. 1611-c.June 1642, Aug. 1644–d.;C231/6, pp. 5–6; Add. 29674, f. 148; Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 48; Some Speciall Passages from Westminster, London, Yorke and Other Parts no. 6 (28 June-5 July 1642), unpag.; W. Riding QS Recs. ed. J. Lister (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. liv), 1. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 23 Feb. 1613–?d.;C181/2, ff. 183, 288; C181/3, ff. 11, 266; C181/4, ff. 8v, 176v; C181/5, ff. 18, 203. liberties of Ripon 23 Feb. 1613–?d.;C181/2, ff. 183v, 288v; C181/3, ff. 11, 265; C181/4, ff. 7v, 177; C181/5, ff. 19, 217. E., N. Riding Aug. 1644–d.C231/6, pp. 5–6; Add. 29674, ff. 148v, 149; Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 48. Commr. sewers, W. Riding 8 June 1611–?d.;C181/2, f. 145v; C181/3, ff. 86, 249; C181/4, f. 82. Ainsty 19 July 1633;C181/4, f. 148v. Hatfield Chase Level 28 June 1636-aft. Dec. 1637.C181/5, ff. 53, 87. Gov. Otley g.s. Oct. 1611–d.Chronicles of the Free Grammar School of Prince Henry at Otley ed. L. Padgett (Otley, 1923), 80, 81. Commr. gaol delivery, liberties of Ripon 23 Feb. 1613–?d.;C181/2, ff. 184, 289; C181/3, ff. 12, 265v; C181/4, ff. 8, 178; C181/5, ff. 19v, 217. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 23 Jan. 1617–23 Jan. 38, 25 May 1638-aft. June 1641;C181/2, ff. 266v, 333v; C181/3, ff. 8, 262; C181/4, ff. 14, 197; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203. charitable uses, W. Riding 5 July 1619 – 29 July 1630, 5 July 1632 – aft.Mar. 1640, 21 Feb. 1648;C93/8/12; C93/9/9; C93/12/1, 5; C93/19/33; C192/1, unfol. Northumb. 22 Dec. 1630–11 Oct. 1638;C192/1. subsidy, W. Riding 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/20–23. privy seal loan, Yorks. 1625;SP16/44/4, f. 7. composition for feudal tenures, northern cos. 1626;C66/2384/2 (dorse). Forced Loan, W. Riding 1626–7;Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str. P12/4; APC 1626–7, p. 244. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, p. 44. Col. militia ft. 10 Mar. 1639-May 1642.Bodl. Fairfax 31, f. 134; HMC 9th Rep. ii. 432; Some Speciall Passages from London..and Other Parts no. 1 (24 May-2 June 1642), unpag. Dep. lt. Apr. 1639–?Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str. P10a/324–5. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. embezzlement inquiry, York 9 Aug. 1641;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 3, p. 65. disarming recusants, W. Riding 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; E., N. Riding, York 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. sequestration, E., N., W. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, W. Riding 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. Custos rot. E., N., W. Riding Aug. 1644–d.C231/6, pp. 5–6; Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 48; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 314; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 1030. Member, 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.A. and O. Constable, Pontefract Castle 11 July 1643–d. High steward, honor of Pontefract 11 July 1643–d.Stowe 1058, f. 78v. Steward, Ripon, Otley, Cawood and Wistow 4 Sept. 1646-Feb. 1647.SP20/2, f. 249; Belvoir, PZ.2, f. 18.

Central: commr. to attend king at York, 2 May 1642;CJ ii. 553a conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 7 July 1645;CJ iv. 199a. cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646.A. and O.

Military: c.-in-c. (parlian.) northern cos. 24 Sept. 1642–25 June 1645.SP16/511, f. 94; SP28/3A, f. 195; CJ ii. 785a. Gov. Hull 22 July 1643–20 May 1645;CJ iii. 161b; HMC 5th Rep. 96; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 51–2; SP16/511, f. 94. York c.25 July 1644-Apr. 1645.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 641.

Parlimentarian
FAIRFAX, Sir Ferdinando (1584-1648), of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yorks.
: of Denton and Yorks., Nun Appleton.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, E. Bower, 1646;York Art Gallery. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 28. line engraving, unknown, 1647.J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 35.

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FAIRFAX, Sir Ferdinando (1584-1648), of Denton and Nun Appleton, Yorks.

Will
12 Mar. 1648, pr. 11 Oct. 1649.PROB11/209, f. 204v.
Estates
in 1640, inherited manors of Askwith, Bilborough, Bolton Percy, Davyhall in York, Denton, Newsome, North Ferriby, Nun Appleton, Rigton and Thwaites, Yorks.; St Andrew’s Priory and Clementhorpe Priory, York; a house in Bishophill, York; and half the tithes of Denton.C142/600/124; Add. Ch. 1797. In 1647-8, purchased, for £2,728, manor of Otley and its demesne lands and manors of Kilburn, Marton, Ripon and Sutton, Yorks. from the trustees for the sale of bishops’ lands.Col. Top. et Gen. i. 3, 4, 6. In 1648, estate inc. manor of Hartlington and lands in Oulston, Yorks.Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. pp. lxxxix-xciv.
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Addresses
The Sacaren’s Head, King Street, Westminster (1640-1) the Palace Yard, Westminster (1641) Queen Street, Westminster (1645-6).Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. pp. xxxiii, 28, 32, 57, 61, 160, 309, 403; ii. 99, 105, 181, 200, 215; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Bell, i. 235, 268; Add. 15858, f. 78v.
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