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SMYTH, Henry (c.1620-aft. 1667), of Withcote, Leics.

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b. c. 1620, o.s. of Henry Smyth of Withcote, and Frideswide, da. of Thomas Wright of Snelston, Derbys.Nichols, Leics. ii. 184. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 26 Jan. 1638, aged 18, BA St Mary Hall 9 June 1640;Al. Ox. L. Inn 11 Apr. 1640.LI Admiss. m. (1) by Nov. 1648, ?, da. of Cornelius Holland*;J. Lilburne, The Legall Fundamentall Liberties of the People of England (1649), 33 (E.560.14). (2) 28 Jan. 1654, Mary, da. of William Dallison of Halling, Kent, wid. of ?, ?at least 1da.Mems. of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster ed. Burke, 365; CTB iii. 1208; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 44; Add. 5520, f. 128; Wingham, Kent, par reg.; Oxford DNB, ‘Henry Sacheverell’. suc. fa. aft. July 1623.Leics. RO, DE3214/1482. d. aft. Feb. 1668.CSP Dom. 1667-8, p. 229.
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Local: commr. Leics. militia, 10 July 1644; New Model ordinance, Leics. 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. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. 9 Feb. 1646-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 38. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–22 June 1659;C181/6, pp. 15, 311. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Sheriff, Leics. Nov. 1655-Nov. 1656.Nichols, Leics. i. 461. Trustee and gov. Wyggeston’s Hosp. Leicester 9 June 1657.Nichols, Leics. i. 488–9.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 26 July 1644–8 Nov. 1645.CJ vi. 272b. Maj. militia horse, Leics. 5 Mar., 2 Dec. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 505, 513.

Central: commr. for compounding, 18 Dec. 1648;CJ vi. 99a; LJ x. 633a. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. cttee. for the army, 6 Jan. 1649,CJ vi. 113b. 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations, 6 Jan. 1649; cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 201a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

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SMYTH, Henry (c.1620-aft. 1667), of Withcote, Leics.
: of Withcote, Leics.
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SMYTH, Henry (c.1620-aft. 1667), of Withcote, Leics.

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attainted.
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c.1649-53, purchased former church lands, including manor of Clyst Honiton, Devon, for £2,910.LR2/266, f. 5. 1650, purchased, for £1,000, fee farm rents in Leics. worth £110 p.a.SP28/288, ff. 3, 6. 1660, estate inc. manor of Withcote, Leics. and land in Lyefield Forest, Rutland, valued at £610 p.a.LR2/266, f. 2; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 558.
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CARENT, William (1607-66), of Toomer, Henstridge, Som.

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b. c. 1607, 1st s. of Maurice Carent of Toomer and Lady Elizabeth, da. of James Ley, 1st earl of Marlborough.Som. RO, DD/MDL, unfol.: indenture, 20 June 1628. educ. L. Inn 9 Oct. 1627.LI Adm. Regs. m. Sept. 1634, Eleanor, da. of Gifford Long of Steeple Ashton, Wilts. s.p.Som. RO, DD/MDL, unfol.: marriage settlement, 20 Sept. 1634. d. 1666.Signature: Som. RO, DD/MDL, unfol.: 20 June 1628.
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Local: j.p. Som. 13 July 1646–4 Mar. 1657.C231/6, pp. 51, 130, 149, 205, 360. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, c. 1650; Dorset 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 166–7. assessment, Som. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sewers, 22 Sept. 1659.C181/6, p. 394.

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CARENT, William (1607-66), of Toomer, Henstridge, Som.
: of Toomer, Henstridge, Som.
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CARENT, William (1607-66), of Toomer, Henstridge, Som.

Will
27 Sept. 1666, pr. 18 July 1667.PROB11/321/280.
Estates
inherited lands at Toomer, and acquired Wilts. lands on marriage.Som. Protestation Returns, 224, 227; C5/411/61.
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ASHE, Edward (1599-1656), of Candlewick Street, London; later of Fenchurch Street, London and Heytesbury, Wilts.

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b. 1599, 2nd s. of James Ashe (d. 1646), clothier, Westcombe, Som. and Grace, da. of Richard Pitt, merchant, of Weymouth, Dorset;W.M. Barnes, ‘The commonplace bk. of a Dorsetshire man’, Procs. of the Dorset Natural Hist. and Antiquarian Field Club, xvi. 66; Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635 (Harl. Soc. xv, xvvii), i. 26; London Vis. Pedigrees 1664 (Harl. Soc. xcii), 8-9; Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 16. bro. of John Ashe*, Sir Joseph Ashe† and Samuel Ashe*. educ. appr. Drapers’ Co., London 1616.Drapers’ Co. ed. Boyd, 6. m. (1) 25 July 1627, Elizabeth (d. 1638), da. of Christopher Woodward of Lambeth, Surr. 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.;St Mary Lambeth par. reg.; Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635, i. 26; PROB11/259/229; London Vis. Pedigrees 1664, 9; Reg. of the Scholars admitted into Merchant Taylors’ School ed. C.J. Robinson (Lewis, 1882-3), i. 165. (2) 11 Mar. 1643, Elizabeth (d. 1698), da. of William Jolliffe of Leek, Staffs., wid of William Bowyer of Knippersley, Staffs. 2s. 2da.PROB11/259/229; ‘Edward Ashe’, HP Commons 1660-1690. bur. 29 July 1656.All Hallows Staining, London par. reg.
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Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 1627. 24 Feb. 1643Ancient Vellum Bk. 40; The Cardew-Rendle Roll ed. K. Bennett (2013), i. 342. Commr. assessment, Wilts., 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Kent 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; London 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Oxon. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; levying of money, 7 May 1643. Commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644. 7 May 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O. J.p. Kent; Wilts. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 91; C193/13/3, f. 69; C193/13/4, ff. 49v, 109. Commr. militia, Kent, Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–d.C181/6, pp. 9, 167.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 23 June 1643;CJ iii. 141a. cttee. for compounding, 8 Nov. 1643,CJ iii. 305a. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

Civic: alderman, Vintry ward, London 28 June-13 Sept. 1653.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 211.

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ASHE, Edward (1599-1656), of Candlewick Street, London; later of Fenchurch Street, London and Heytesbury, Wilts.
: of Candlewick Street, London; later of Fenchurch Street, London and Wilts., Heytesbury.
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ASHE, Edward (1599-1656), of Candlewick Street, London; later of Fenchurch Street, London and Heytesbury, Wilts.

Will
26 Apr. 1656, pr. 17 Nov. 1656.PROB11/259/229.
Estates
he and John Ashe* bought manor of Beckington, Som. 1633;Coventry Docquets, 647. bought land at Halsted, Kent;Hasted, Kent, iii. 15. bought manor of Heytesbury, Wilts. from Thomas Moore*, 1641;Hoare, Hist. Wilts. i. (Heytesbury), 150; VCH Wilts. v. 136. owned property in Candlewick Street, Fenchurch Street, Billiter Lane and Philpot Lane, London; owned land in Oxon.PROB11/259/229.
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CAREW, Thomas (1624-81), of the Inner Temple and Barley, St Thomas, Exeter, Devon.

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bap. 19 July 1624, 4th but 1st surv. s. of Sir Richard Carew bt.† of Antony, Cornw. and his 2nd wife, Grace, da. of Robert Rolle of Heanton Satchville, Devon; bro. of John Carew*, and half-bro. of Alexander Carew*.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 142. educ. I. Temple, 29 Apr. 1642.I. Temple database. m. lic. 26 Aug. 1661, Elizabeth (d. 23 Nov. 1677), da. of John Cupper, merchant, of Barley, St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da. Kntd. 21 July 1671. d. 25 July 1681.The Gen. n.s. xxv. 155-6.
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Legal: called, I. Temple 4 Feb. 1651; auditor, 15 June 1662, 5 Nov. 1663; bencher, 24 Nov. 1667; steward, 15 June 1673.CITR ii. 296; iii. 10, 15, 49, 91.

Local: j.p. Cornw. Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660; Devon Mar. 1662–d.;C231/7, p. 160. Tiverton Aug. 1680–d.C231/8, p. 34. Commr. militia, Cornw. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Devon 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Exeter 1672, 1677, 1679; poll tax, Devon 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. oyer and terminer, Exeter 1 Aug. 1664;C181/7, p. 285. recusants, Devon 1675.CTB iv. 789. Dep. lt. 1676–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: recorder, Exeter 1676–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

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CAREW, Thomas I (1624-81), of the Inner Temple and Barley, nr. Exeter, Devon.
: of the Inner Temple and Barley, St Thomas, Devon., Exeter.
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CAREW, Thomas (1624-81), of the Inner Temple and Barley, St Thomas, Exeter, Devon.

Will
11 July 1681, pr. 15 Dec. 1682 and 28 Aug. 1688.The Gen. n.s. xxv. 155.
Estates
received mortgage of Bowhill manor, Devon, from John Carew pre-1660 (confirmed c.May 1661);CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 604. received lands of Barley and property in St Thomas’s par., Exeter, Aug. 1661, on marriage.Cornw. RO, CF/2524-2539; CF/4105-7; CF2/597.
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NOELL, Thomas (1620-bef. 1687), of Barbados and Surinam.

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bap. 6 Sept. 1620, 5th s. of Edward Noell of St Mary’s, Stafford, mercer, and Grace, da. of James Noell of Peshale, Staffs.;St Mary’s Stafford Par. Reg. ed. H.R. Thomas (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 1935-6), 188; Vis. Staffs. 1663-4 ed. Armytage and Rylands, 176. bro. of Martin Noell*. m. bef. 1664, Martha, at least 1s. (d.v.p.).St Botolph Bishopsgate, par. reg. d. bef. 1687.PROB11/387/268.
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Colonial: capt. regt. of Lewis Morris (later Edward Doyley) by Sept. 1653;CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 408; Narrative of General Venables ed. C.H. Firth (1900), 121. sjt.-maj. by Mar. 1655.CCSP iii. 26. Principal sec. to gov. and council, Barbados Aug. 1654–1661.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 400; CSP Col. 1661–8, p. 33.

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NOELL, Thomas (1620-bef. 1687), of Barbados and Surinam.
:, .
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NOELL, Thomas (1620-bef. 1687), of Barbados and Surinam.

Will
28 Jan. 1669, pr. 28 May 1687.PROB11/387/268.
Estates
land-holding in Barbados, sold by July 1668;Barbados Recs. i., ed. J.M. Sanders (Missouri, 1979), 76. plantation in Surinam, allegedly costing £5,000, with 100 servants and ‘a park enclosed for deer’, c.1657-at least 1665;Add. 11411, f. 17. ?by 1669 had sold colonial investments.PROB11/387/268.
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LUKE, Sir Samuel (1603-70), of Woodend, Cople, Beds.

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bap. 27 Mar. 1603, 1st s. of Sir Oliver Luke* and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Valentine Knightley† of Fawsley, Northants.Beds. N and Q i. 353; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 180. educ. Eton 1617-19; travelled abroad 1623.APC 1621-3, p. 468. m. 2 Feb. 1624, Elizabeth, da. of William Freeman, Haberdasher, of London, 6s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da.Coll. Top. et Gen. iii. 85, v. 363. Kntd. 20 July 1624;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 185. suc. fa. bef. 29 Nov. 1651.CCAM 437, 767. bur. 30 Aug. 1670 30 Aug. 1670.Beds. Par. Regs. ed. F.G. Emmison (Bedford, 1931-53), x. B40.
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Civic: freeman, Bedford by 1625.‘Bedford burgess rolls’, Beds. N and Q iii. (1893), 94; Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 1, 3, 17.

Local: commr. sewers, Beds. 20 Feb. 1636. 15 Dec. 1640 – bef.Jan. 1650C181/5, f. 37v. J.p., Mar. 1660–6;C231/5, p. 418; A Perfect List (1660); HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Samuel Luke’. Bedford 17 Dec. 1640 – aft.Sept. 1641, 25 Sept. 1660–d.C181/5, ff. 187v, 211; C181/7, pp. 83, 200. Commr. subsidy, Beds. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland; SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661;SR, A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Col. militia ft. Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Samuel Luke’.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 17 Jan. 1642.CJ ii. 385a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.CJ iv. 562b; A. and O. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) 1642.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Col. of dragoons, Jan. 1643.CJ iii. 156b. Scoutmaster-gen. army of 3rd earl of Essex, 1643-May 1645.SP28/15/2, f. 124. Capt. of harquebusiers by 25 May 1644-May 1645.SP28/15/2, f. 211. Gov. Newport Pagnell by Dec. 1643-c.29 June 1645.Luke Jnl. pp. v-vi; CJ iii. 156b.

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LUKE, Sir Samuel (1603-70), of Woodend, Cople, Beds.
: of Woodend, Cople, Beds.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1645;Higgins Art Gallery, Bedford. oil on canvas, G. Soest;Moot Hall Museum, Bedford. oils, unknown.Woburn Abbey.

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LUKE, Sir Samuel (1603-70), of Woodend, Cople, Beds.

Will
not found.
Estates
he and others sold manor of Redborn Priory, Herts. 1638.Coventry Docquets, 722.
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WITTEWRONGE, Sir John (1618-93), of Rothamsted, Wheathamstead, Herts., and Talerddig, Mont.

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bap. 1 Nov. 1618, o. surv. s. of Jacob Wittewronge, brewer, of Grantham Lane, London and West Ham, Essex and 2nd w. Anne, da. and coh. of Gerard Van Acker, merchant, of Antwerp, London and Rotterdam.The Marriage, Baptismal, and Burial Regs….of the Dutch Reformed Church, Austin Friars, ed. W.J.C. Moens (Lymington, 1884), 82; Herts. RO, DE/Lw/Z21/4, p. 5, 8-9; DE/Lw/F18, unfol.; ‘Ped. of Wittewronge of Ghent in Flanders’, Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, 4th ser. ii. 9-10. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1634;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1637.PC2/47, p. 219; Herts. RO, DE/Lw/Z21/26. m. (1) 30 Dec. 1638, Mary (d. 4 Apr. 1640), da. of Sir Thomas Myddelton* of Chirk Castle, Denb., 1s.;Herts. RO, DE/Lw/Z21/4, p. 9; ’Ped. of Wittewronge’, 10-11. (2) 23 June 1641 (with £2,500), Elizabeth (d. 6 Oct. 1649), da. of Timothy Myddelton of Stansted Mountfichet, Essex, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.;Herts. RO, DE/Lw/F11; DE/Lw/Z21/4, pp. 9-10; ‘Ped. of Wittewronge’, 10, 74. (3) 4 July 1650, Catherine (d. 10 Apr. 1659), da. of Maurice Thomson, merchant, of Bishopsgate Street, London, 3da.Herts. RO, DE/Lw/Z21/4, pp. 10-11; ‘Ped. of Wittewronge’, 10. suc. fa. 1622;Herts. RO, DE/Lw/Z21/4, p. 6. Kntd. 16 Feb. 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 208. cr. bt. 2 May 1662.Complete Baronetage, iii. 247. bur. 23 June 1693.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 411.
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Local: commr. loans on Propositions, Herts. 12 July 1642.LJ v. 207b. Dep. lt. Aug. 1642–5.Herts. RO, DE/Lw/Z22/5. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 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, 1677, 1679; Mont. 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, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, Herts. 27 Mar. 1643; defence of Herts. 31 Mar., 18 Dec. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643; association, London and neighbouring cos. 19 Sept. 1643. July 1644 – July 1660A. and O. J.p. Herts.; St Albans liberty 3 Aug. 1644–?, 9 July 1658–18 Sept. 1660; St Albans borough 3 Aug. 1644–?, 4 Oct. 1658–18 Sept. 1660; Mont. 1648-Dec. 1686.C231/6, pp. 5, 396, 407; C181/5, ff. 241r, 241v; C181/6, pp. 312, 317, 396; PC2/71, p. 378; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 143–53. Commr. oyer and terminer, St Albans borough 3 Aug. 1644; St Albans liberty 3 Aug. 1644, 4 Oct. 1658-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/5, ff. 241r, 241v; C181/6, pp. 316, 397. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 9, 372. commr. New Model ordinance, Herts. 17 Feb. 1645; commr. I. of Ely, 12 Aug. 1645.A. and O. Visitor, St Albans g.s. 1645.VCH Herts. ii. 64. Commr. associated cos. of N. Wales, Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Mont. 2 Dec. 1648; N. Wales 26 July 1659; Bucks. 12 Mar. 1660; composition for delinquency and sequestration, N. Wales 10 Aug. 1649; ejecting scandalous ministers, Herts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus, no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). Sheriff, 1658 – 59; Mont. 1664–5.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 64, 263. Commr. poll tax, Herts. 1666.SR.

Military: capt. militia ft. Herts. Aug. 1642–?The Impact of the First Civil War on Herts. ed. A. Thomson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxiii.), 1. Col. Herts. volunteers (parlian.), ?Jan.-Dec. 1643.Herts. RO, D/Z55/01; CJ iii. 54a; Impact of the First Civil War ed. Thomson, 101; SP28/11, ff. 143, 145, 147.

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WITTEWRONGE, Sir John (1618-93), of Rothamsted, Wheathamstead, Herts., and Talerddig, Mont.
: of Rothamsted, Wheathamstead, Herts. and Talerddig, Mont.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, attrib. P. Vanderbank, 1688.“Observations of Weather”: the Weather Diary of Sir John Wittewronge of Rothamsted, 1684-89, ed. M.H. Williams and J. Stevenson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xv.), frontispiece.

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WITTEWRONGE, Sir John (1618-93), of Rothamsted, Wheathamstead, Herts., and Talerddig, Mont.

Will
7 June 1688, pr. 3 July 1693.PROB11/413/436; PROB11/416/30.
Estates
granted manor of Rothamsted, Wheathamstead, Herts. by his mother, bef. 1640;VCH Herts. ii. 303. inherited manor of Talerddig, Mont. from his mother, 1647;PROB11/199/232. bought manor of Kinsbourne alias Harpendenbury, Wheathamstead, for £765 14s 10d and manor of Wheathampstead and Harpenden for £1,014 8s 11d in sale of episcopal lands, Feb. 1650;VCH Herts. ii. 297. bought manor of Stanton, Stantonbury, Bucks. from Sir Peter Temple* for £400, 1653;Herts. RO, DE/Lw/E44; VCH Bucks. iv. 464. allocated lands in barony of Moyashel and Magheradernon, West Meath, 1654.CSP Ire. 1647-60, p. 547; CSP Ire. Adv. 1642-59, p. 348.
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Little Piazza, Covent Garden 1647.Survey of London, xxxvi. 97.
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DIGBY, George, Lord (1612-77), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.

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bap. 5 Nov. 1612,Oxford DNB; cf. Keeler, Long Parliament, 157n. 1st s. of Sir John Digby, 1st earl of Bristol, and Beatrice, da. of Charles Walcot of Walcot, Salop, and wid. of Sir John Dyve of Bromham, Beds.; bro. of John*. educ. Magdalen Oxf. 15 Aug. 1626, MA 31 Aug. 1636;Al. Ox. travelled abroad, bef. 1632.A. Sumner, ‘The Political Career of Lord George Digby’ (Cambridge Univ. PhD thesis, 1985), 22. m. c. 23 June 1632, to Anne, da. of Francis Russell†, 4th earl of Bedford, 3s. 2da.Dorset RO, D/SHC/KG/1279. cr. Baron Digby of Sherborne, 9 June 1641; nom. KG at Paris, Jan. 1653, installed 15 Apr. 1661. suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Bristol, 21 Jan. 1653. d. 20 Mar. 1677.CP.
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Local: j.p. Dorset 19 July 1633-aft. 1638;BRL, 603503/281; C193/3/2, f. 16. Oxon. 30 Dec. 1643–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 118. Commr. sewers, Dorset 29 June 1638;C181/5, ff. 113, 222. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641. 14 Oct. 1643SR. Commr. oyer and terminer (roy.),; Som. 18 Oct. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 90. High steward, Oxf. Univ. 31 Oct. 1643–6, 1660–3.CP; Oxford DNB. Commr. tendering oath of loyalty (roy.), Oxf. 12 Apr. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 267.

Central: amb. to France by 11 Aug. 1641–?HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 410. Member, council of war (roy.) by Mar. 1643.Harl. 6851, f. 132. PC and sec. of state (roy.), 28 Sept. 1643–6, 1 Jan. 1657-Jan. 1659.CP; Oxford DNB. Commr. admlty. (roy.), Dec. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 109.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), c.1642. Gov. Nottingham and lt.-gen. north of Trent, 13 Oct. 1645. Lt.-gen. of French army, 1651–?CP.

Parlimentarian
DIGBY, George, Lord (1612-77), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.
: Lord (1612-77), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset. 1612 – 77.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, double portrait with Lord Russell (William Russell*), A. Van Dyck, 1637-9;Althorp, Northants. oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, c.1638;Dulwich Picture Gallery. oil on canvas, attrib. A. Van Dyck;Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset. oil on canvas, unknown, c.1650;Royal Armouries. ?oil on canvas, unknown, c.1655-60;NT, Benthall Hall. line engraving, P. Stent.NPG.

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Commons 1640-1660
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DIGBY, George, Lord (1612-77), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.

Will
5 Oct. 1675, pr. 10 Apr. 1677.PROB11/353/418.
Estates
lands in Dorset and Som., including Sherborne and 7 other manors, put into trust for sons, John, George and Francis, 23 Feb. 1642, three days before his impeachment (trustees: Sir John Strangways*, Sir George Strode, Richard King* and Vincent Goddard).Sherborne Castle, Digby Pprs. I, f. 324.
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BYSSHE, Edward II (c.1610-79), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Smallfield Place, Burstow, Surr.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1610,London Marr. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 224. 1st s. of Edward Bysshe I* and Mary, da. of John Turner† of Ham, Bletchingley.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 23; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 20-1. educ. L. Inn, 5 June 1627.LI Admiss. i. 203. m. 5 Nov. 1635, Margaret, da. of John Greene, sjt.-at-law of Lincoln’s Inn and Boyshall, Essex, 3s.London Marr. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 224; ‘Diary of John Greene’, EHR xliii. 389. suc. fa. betw. 16 June 1655-2 Feb. 1656.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 20; PROB11/293/120; LI Black Bks. ii. 411. Kntd. 20 Apr. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 234. d. 15 Dec. 1679.‘Sir Edward Bysshe’, Oxford DNB; Manning, Bray, Surr. ii. 318.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 10 June 1634; bencher, 20 May 1658.LI Black Bks. ii. 318, 421.

Local: commr. subsidy, Surr. 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Mar. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679. SR; LJ v. 658b; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Member, Surr. co. cttee. 27 Oct. 1642.CJ ii. 824b. Commr. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645. 27 Mar. 1646 – bef.Jan. 1650A. and O.; ‘Sir Edward Bysshe’, HP Commons 1660–1690. J.p., ? July 1652 – July 1653, Apr. 1659 – aft.Mar. 1660, 31 Aug. 1660–d.C231/6, pp. 239, 261, 429; C231/7, p. 33; C193/13/4, f. 97; C220/9/4, f. 84; Sir Edward Bysshe’, HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; ‘Sir Edward Bysshe’, HP Commons 1660–1690. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 791.

Central: commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646. 23 Nov. 1646 – May 1660A. and O. Garter principal king of arms,; Clarenceux, 1650-c.Sept 1658, 10 Mar. 1661–d.LJ viii. 576a; A. R. Wagner, Heralds of England, 258, 261, 263–4.

Religious: elder, Reigate classis, 6 Mar. 1648.W.A. Shaw, Hist. English Church, ii. 434.

Parlimentarian
BYSSHE, Edward (c.1615-79), of Smallfield Place, Burstow, Surr.
: of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx. and Smallfield Place, Surr., Burstow.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BYSSHE, Edward II (c.1610-79), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Smallfield Place, Burstow, Surr.

Will
pr. 13 May 1680, sentence 3 July.PROB11/363/56; PROB11/364/50.
Estates
Smallfield, in parish of Burstow; manors of Horne (sold to Thomas Turgis*, 1674) and Redinghurst (conveyed to John Hill).VCH Surr. iii, 88, 180; iv. 293.
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CADOGAN, William (1601-61), of Galmoystown, Kells, co. Meath.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 5 Feb. 1601, 1st s. of Henry Cadogan of Llanbedr Felffre, Pembs. and Catherine, da. of Thomas Stradling of St Donats Castle and Merthyr Mawr, Glam. m. (1) Elizabeth Thring (d. 25 Jan. 1641) of Drogheda, co. Louth; (2) Elizabeth Roberts (d. 20 Feb. 1665) of Caernarfon, Caern. 1s.Collins’s Peerage of England (1812), v. 410-1; DIB. d. 14 Mar. 1661.A. Vicars, Prerogative Wills in Ireland, 1536-1810 (Dublin, 1897), 71; Al. Dub. 126.
Offices Held

Military: capt. and provost marshal, cos. Meath and Louth and town of Drogheda bef. 1641.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 3–4. Capt. of ft. regt. of Sir Henry Tichborne, Prot. forces in Ireland, Dec. 1641-Dec. 1642;HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 125, 129; ii. 9, 12; CSP Ire. 1633–47, pp. 782, 788; SP17/H/7, ff. 88, 102v. regt. of Visct. Moore of Drogheda, c.Jan. 1643–49.CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 789; HMC 8th Rep. 592; TCD, MS 844, f. 47. Dep.-gov. Trim garrison, co. Meath by July 1645–49.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 20–1. Provost marshal, cos. Dublin, Westmeath and Louth 2 Nov. 1646–49.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 48. Maj. of horse, regt. of Sir Theophilus Jones*, Sept. 1649-Aug. 1650.Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 195. Capt. militia horse, co. Meath 1659–60.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 247.

Irish: clerk, secretariat of ld. dep. and ld. lt. of Ireland, c.1636–41. by 1641 – ?CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 229; Herbert Corresp. ed. Smith, 103; HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 1–2. MP, Monaghan borough 1640. by 1641 – ?CJI i. 219. J.p. co. Meath; co. Dublin 15 Sept. 1653–?TCD MS 844, f. 139v. Commr. revenue, co. Meath by Oct. 1652;B. McGrath, Biographical Dict. App. letting of government land, co. Louth 10 Jan. 1654;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 394. assessment, co. Meath 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657; co. Louth 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). Sheriff, co. Meath 1658.NAI, Ferguson MS 10, pp. 11, 165. Port reeve, Trim c.1659; Navan 1660.Irish Census, 1659, 623, 641; Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 190. Member for co. Meath, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 188–9. Commr. poll money, co. Meath and Navan 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 622–3, 641.

Parlimentarian
CADOGAN, William (1601-61), of Galmoystown, Kells, co. Meath.
: of Galmoystown, Kells, co. Meath.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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CADOGAN, William (1601-61), of Galmoystown, Kells, co. Meath.

Will
Estates
owned two houses in Wood Quay, Dublin by May 1639;Par. Recs. of St John the Evangelist, Dublin, ed. R. Gillespie (Dublin, 2002), 131; HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 154. held lands at Galmoystown, co. Meath bef. 1641;TCD, MS 816, f. 223; 1641 Depositions website. rented government lands in Baconstown or Jordanstown, co. Meath for three years from 2 Mar. 1653;Eg. 1762, f. 205v. and purchased land allocation worth £400 (411 acres) from adventurers in Navan barony, co. Meath Apr. 1655.CSP Ire. Adv. pp. 228, 344; Bottigheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 200.
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