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CORNWALLIS, Sir Frederick, 1st bt. (1611-62), of Brome Hall, Suff.

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b. 14 Mar. 1611, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Sir William Cornwallis† of Brome Hall, Suff. being o.s. of 2nd w. Jane, da. of Hercules Meautys of West Ham, Essex.Regs. of St Botolph, Bishopgate ed. A.W.C. Hallen (1889-95), i. 179. educ. privately. m. (1) prob. 2 Dec. 1630, Elizabeth (d. c.1644), da. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, Suss., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.;Cornwallis Corresp. 208; Collins, Peerage, ii. 549-51. (2) 1646, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Crofts† of Little Saxham, Suff., 1da.CCAM 696; Collins, Peerage, ii. 550-1; Suff. RO (Bury), HA514/2. suc. fa. 1611;C142/329/185. cr. bt. 4 May 1627;CSP Dom. 1627-8, pp. 156, 163; Cent. Kent. Stud. U24/F1; CB ii. 13. Kntd. 2 Dec. 1630;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 198. suc. half-bro. Nicholas Bacon 1660;Copinger, Manors of Suff. i. 284-5. cr. Baron Cornwallis of Eye 20 Apr. 1661.C66/3000, mm. 29-30; Cent. Kent. Stud. U24/F2. d. 7 Jan. 1662.D. Lloyd, Memoires (1668), 663.
Offices Held

Court: ?equerry to king by 1631.Cornwallis Corresp. 214. Gent. of privy chamber, May 1633–?.LC5/132, p. 335. Gent. usher of privy chamber, extraordinary, July 1638; in ordinary by 1640-aft. 1643.LC5/134, pp. 269, 414; Ceremonies of Charles I ed. A.J. Loomie (New York, 1987), 285; LC3/1, f. 1v; Northants. RO, FH3775. Treas. of household to Charles II, ?1649–d.S.E. Hoskins, Charles the Second in the Channel Islands (1854), ii. 315. PC, 6 July 1660–d.PC2/54, f. 57.

Local: commr. navigation, River Lark, Suff. 1635.Coventry Docquets, 306. Steward, honor of Eye 1639-bef. 1650, June 1660–d.Cornwallis Corresp. 258; E320/Q16; LJ xi. 78b. Commr. assessment, Suff. 1 June 1660, 1661. July 1660 – d.An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p.; Mdx. Aug. 1660–d.C231/7, p. 32. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 13, 105. Mdx. 18 Oct. 1661;C181/7, p. 122. gaol delivery, Ipswich c.July 1660;C181/7, p. 19. poll tax, Suff. 1660;SR. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660.C181/7, p. 37. Dep. lt. Suff. c.Aug. 1660–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Frederick Cornwallis’.

Military: lt. of horse, regt. of Philip Herbert*, 4th earl of Pembroke, royal army, 1639.CSP Dom. 1639, pp. 37, 162; CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p. 607.

Civic: freeman, Ipswich June 1660–d.E. Anglian n.s. vi. 265, 316, 317–18.

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CORNWALLIS, Sir Frederick, 1st Bt. (1611-62), of Culford, Suff.
: 1st bt. (1611-62), of Brome Hall, Suff. 1611 – 62.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on panel, unknown, 1639;NT, Castle Ashby. oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, 1661.English Heritage, Audley End.

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CORNWALLIS, Sir Frederick, 1st bt. (1611-62), of Brome Hall, Suff.

Will
d. intestate, probate inventory compiled on 3 Feb. 1662 at Whitehall and Westminster, and on 21 Apr. 1662 at Brome, Suff.CP iii. 453; PROB4/7012.
Estates
personal estate valued at £100 p.a. 1655.TSP iv. 428.
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BAMPFYLDE, Thomas (c.1623-93), of the Middle Temple, London, and Exeter, Devon.

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b. c. 1623, 8th s. of John Bampfylde† of Poltimore, Devon and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Drake of Buckland Monachorum; bro. of John Bampfylde*.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 40. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 15 May 1640 ‘aged 17’; M. Temple 28 Oct. 1642.Al. Ox.; MTR ii. 928. Unm. d. 8 Oct. 1693, s.p.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 40.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 8 June 1649;MTR ii. 979. associate bencher, 29 Apr. 1659.MTR iii. 1134.

Civic: dep. recorder, Exeter 2 Nov. 1652; retained counsel, 19 Apr. 1653; recorder, 18 Mar. 1654-Oct. 1660.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. x. ff. 12, 22, 44, 139.

Local: commr. assessment, Devon 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Exeter 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Devon, Exeter 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Devon 26 Sept. 1653–65, June 1688–9.C231/6, p. 267; Devon RO, DQS 28/10. Commr. charitable uses, Exeter 13 Dec. 1653;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CVIII. ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon and Exeter 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655, June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6 pp. 99, 378. poll tax, Devon 1660;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695. Dep. lt. Mar.-Oct. 1688. Commr. inquiry into recusancy fines, Cornw. Devon, Exeter and Dorset Mar. 1688.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Thomas Bampfield’.

Central: temporary Speaker, House of Commons, 16 Mar. – 15 Apr. 1659; Speaker, 15–22 Apr. 1659.CJ vii. 613b, 640a.

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BAMPFIELD, Thomas (c.1623-93), of Exeter, Devon.
: London and Devon., Exeter.
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BAMPFYLDE, Thomas (c.1623-93), of the Middle Temple, London, and Exeter, Devon.

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PIERREPONT, Francis (d. 1658), of Holbeck Woodhouse, Cuckney, and Bottle Lane, Nottingham, Notts.

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b. aft. 1607, 3rd s. of Robert Pierrepont†, 1st earl of Kingston-upon-Hull (d. 30 July 1643), and Gertrude (d. 1649), da. and coh. of Henry Talbot† of Orton Longueville, Hunts. and Burton Abbey, Yorks.;Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. v), 56; CP. bro. of William*. m. (1) 4 Feb. 1636, Elizabeth (d. by 1651), da. and coh. of Thomas Braye of Eyam, Derbys. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.);Sneinton, Notts. and St Mary, Nottingham par regs.; Vis. Notts. 32; CCC 769. (2) by Jan. 1651, Alissimon, da. of ?, 1da.St. Paul, Covent Garden, Westminster par. reg.; Notts. RO, DD/4P/44/3; J. Whitlock, The Benefit of Afflictions to the People of God (1661), frontispiece and epistle dedicatory. d. 30 Jan. 1658.Elegies on the Much Lamented Death of … Francis Pierepont (1659), frontispiece.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Ancholme Level 5 Dec. 1635;C181/5, f. 27. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646–d.;C181/6, pp. 37, 203; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–10. subsidy, Notts., Nottingham 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Notts., Nottingham 1642;SR. assessment, Notts. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, Feb. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Nottingham 1642, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. Notts. c.Mar. 1642–?;LJ v. 173b, 275b. Lincs. 11 Sept. 1645–?CJ iv. 270b; LJ vii. 576b. Commr. for associating midland cos. Notts. 15 Dec. 1642.A. and O. Member, Notts. co. cttee. 29 Dec. 1642–?CJ ii. 905a, 940b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. Lincs. 3 July 1644;CJ iii. 548b; LJ vi. 613b. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. J.p. 21 Mar. 1644–d.;C231/6, p. 2. Kesteven, Lindsey by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/3. Custos rot. Notts. 21 Mar. 1644-bef. c.Sept. 1656.C231/6, p. 2. Commr. oyer and terminer, 20 Feb. 1645;C181/5, f. 248v. Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 14, 282. gaol delivery, Notts. 20 Feb. 1645.C181/5, f. 248v. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. Notts. 20 June 1645. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Yorks. by Jan. 1646–?SP28/256, unfol. Commr. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, Lincs., Notts., Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. charitable uses, Notts. 18 July 1649, 12 July 1653;C93/20/1; C93/22/12. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. c.June 1656.B. Carpenter, Some Acct. of the Original Introduction of Presbyterianism in Nottingham (1862), 29.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) July 1642-aft. July 1644.LJ v. 173b-174a; Hutchinson Mems. ed. Sutherland, 72–3; CJ iii. 563b.

Central: commr. to reside with Scottish army, 19 July 1644.CJ iii. 563b; LJ vi. 642a. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649;CJ vi. 219b. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b.

Civic: freeman, Nottingham by c.Dec. 1645–d.Hutchinson Mems. ed. Sutherland, 160.

Religious: elder, St Mary, Nottingham 1652.St. Mary, Nottingham par. reg. Presented Benjamin Denham to vicarage of Sunbury, Mdx. 1652 Thomas Barker to vicarage of Wakefield, Yorks. 1653.Add. 36792, ff. 43, 70.

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PIERREPONT, Francis (d. 1658), of Holbeck Woodhouse, Cuckney, and Bottle Lane, Nottingham, Notts.
: of Holbeck Woodhouse, Cuckney and Notts., Bottle Lane, Nottingham.
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PIERREPONT, Francis (d. 1658), of Holbeck Woodhouse, Cuckney, and Bottle Lane, Nottingham, Notts.

Will
2 Feb. 1652, cod. 17 Nov. 1652, pr. 5 July 1658.PROB11/279, f. 41v.
Estates
inherited manor of Great Corringham and lands in Aisby, Great Corringham, Little Corringham, Dunstall, Heapham, Springthorpe and Yawthorpe, Lincs.;Notts. RO, DD/P/4P/44/2. and an estate in Richmond, Yorks. worth £120 p.a.CCC 2518. In 1650, he claimed a lease of the manor and lordship of Masham, Yorks. made by Sir Thomas Danbie* to his late father as security for a debt of £5,000.C7/277/44; CCC 1014, 1473. By 1651, his estate inc. manors of Brant Broughton, Burgh-le-Marsh, Gonerby, Great Corringham, Hatcliffe, Hemingby and Stainsby and lands in North Willingham, Lincs.; lands in Granby, Hayton and Rolleston, Notts.; and lands in Hose, Leics.Notts. RO, DD/P/4P/44/3. He built a ‘fair house’ in Nottingham.Thoroton, Notts. ii. 42. At his death, his estate was reckoned to be worth £5,000 p.a.Clarke Pprs. iv. 43.
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FREEMAN, Edward (1607-84), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.; Presteigne, Rad. and Norton, Bromyard, Herefs.

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bap. 19 July 1607, 2nd. s. of William Freeman of Blockley, Worcs. and ?Mary, da. of William Greenwich of ‘Tedstone’, Herefs.Vis. Worcs 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 35; Blockley par. reg. educ. G. Inn, 22 Jan. 1635.GI Admiss. i. 207. m. (1) ?Elizabeth, da. of John Syms of Poundisford, Mells, Som. 1s. ?2da;Vis. Worcs. 1634, 35; Vis. Som. 1672 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xi), 124; Blockley par. reg.; GI Admiss. i. 255; Worcs. RO, 705:24/BA 1061; Familiae Minorum Gentium, iii. (Harl. Soc. xxxix), 1141. (2) Anne (d. 1686), wid. of one Millichamp, s.p. bur. 9 Aug. 1684.Herefs. RO, admon. 86/2/34; will 94/1/21; CSP Dom. 1684-5, p. 232; Presteigne par. reg.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 23 June 1640; ancient, 21 May 1658; reader, Barnard’s Inn 2 Nov. 1660. 27 July 1649 – 18 June 1653PBG Inn, 339, 423, 435. Att.-gen. Brec., Card., Carm., Pemb., Rad., Sept. 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 170; CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 423; 1660–1, p. 281; 1684–5, p. 232. Master in chancery, extraordinary, 4 June 1658.C202/42/1.

Military: capt. of dragoons (parlian.), regt. of Henry Grey*, 1st earl of Stamford, army of 3rd earl of Essex by Nov. 1642-June 1643;LJ v. 426a; SP28/5/296; SP28/7/465. lt.-col. army of Sir William Waller* by Oct. 1643;PA, Main Pprs. 18 Oct. 1643. col. Herefs. regt. by Jan. 1646.CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 323. Gov. Tenby, Pemb. 10 June 1660.Mercurius Publicus no. 25 (14–21 June 1660), 400 (E.186.6).

Civic: member, Leathersellers’ Co. 21 Jan. 1646. 1650 – d.Gent. Mag. 1833, ii. 304. Dep. steward, Hereford 15 Feb. 1647. 1650 – d.Add. 70109, misc. 63; HMC Portland, iii. 161. Recorder, Leominster; New Radnor by Aug 1682–d.G.F. Townsend, Town and Borough of Leominster (Leominster, n.d.), 292; J. Price, Historical and Topographical Acct. of Leominster, (Ludlow, 1795), 66; NLW, E. Williams collection, 92.

Local: commr. assessment, Herefs. 17 Mar. 1648, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; ?Glos. 10 Dec. 1652; Rad. 1677, 1679. 27 July 1649 – 18 June 1653A. and O.; SR. J.p. Brec., Carm.; Card., Glam., Pemb. 27 Ju1y 1649 – 18 June 1653, 7 July 1662 – d.; Rad. 27 July 1649 – 18 June 1653, 1674–d.;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 170, 172, 197, 199, 201, 202, 219, 222, 229, 272–3, 302, 304, 334, 339. Herefs. by Oct. 1660–d. Steward, sequestered estates, Herefs., Worcs. 27 June 1651–?53.CCC 454. Commr. militia, Glam., Herefs. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; SR. poll tax, Pemb. 1660.SR.

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FREEMAN, Edward (1607-84), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.; Presteigne, Rad. and Norton, Bromyard, Herefs.
: Mdx.; Presteigne, Rad. and Herefs., Norton.
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FREEMAN, Edward (1607-84), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.; Presteigne, Rad. and Norton, Bromyard, Herefs.

Will
admon. 9 Sept. 1684.Herefs. RO, 86/2/34.
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CECIL, Charles, Visct. Cranborne (1619-59), of Hatfield, Herts.

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b. bef. 14 June 1619, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury;Hatfield House, CP 129/151; VCH Herts. Fams. 115. bro. of Robert*. educ. St John's, Camb. 1634-5;Al. Cant.; Hatfield House, CFEP Box H/1. travelled abroad (France) 1636-8;Hatfield House, CFEF Box I/4, ff. 19-21. Acad. Geneva 12 Aug. 1637.Le Livre du Recteur de l’Acad. de Genève ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 1959-1980), i. 187. m. 2 Apr. 1639 (with £18,000), Diana (d.1675), da. and coh. of James Maxwell of Innerwick, Haddington, later 1st earl of Dirletoun, 7s. 5da. (3 d.v.p.).VCH Herts. Fams. 117-18. Styled Visct. Cranborne at birth; KB 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 160. d. 4 Sept. 1659.Hatfield House, CP 200/26.
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Local: kpr. Theobalds House, 1628–49.CJ vi. 405a-406a. J.p. St Albans liberty 11 Jan. 1640-aft. Oct. 1641;Coventry Docquets, 77; C181/5, ff. 156v, 212v. Herts. 11 Jan. 1640 – 15 July 1642, ?-10 July 1656;Coventry Docquets, 77; C231/5, p. 530; C231/6, p. 340. Dorset 6 Mar. 1647–?, 3 July 1649-bef. 1657.C231/6, pp. 78, 157, 340. Commr. oyer and terminer, Herts. 18 June 1640-aft. July 1644.C181/5, ff. 175v, 240. Ld. lt. (jt.) May 1640-July 1642, (sole) July 1642–9; Dorset July 1642–?C231/5, p. 378; Hatfield House, CP 131/108; CJ ii. 660b; LJ v. 193a-b. Commr. subsidy, Herts. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 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;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Wilts. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Dorset 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O. Dep. lt. Herts. Mar. 1642.CJ ii. 483b. Commr. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; defence of Herts. 31 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Herts. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; St Albans 7 May 1643; Eastern Assoc. Herts. 20 Sept. 1643; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; New Model ordinance, Herts. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, Dorset, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 4 Mar. 1657.C181/6, p. 221.

Military: col. of volunteers (parlian.), Herts. Sept. 1643.A. and O.

Central: commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 579a; LJ x. 295b.

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CECIL, Charles, Visct. Cranborne (1619-59), of Hatfield, Herts.
: Visct. Cranborne (1619-59), of Hatfield, Herts. 1619 – 59.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, aft. 1644;Hatfield House, Herts. ?miniature, S. Cooper, 1646.Hatfield House, Herts.

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CECIL, Charles, Visct. Cranborne (1619-59), of Hatfield, Herts.

Will
not found.
Estates
allowance of £800 p.a. from his father, 1639; d. leaving debts of £15,200.L. Stone, Family and Fortune (Oxford, 1973), 153.
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DANVERS, Henry (1608-43/4), of Baynton, Wilts.

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b. c.12 May 1608, 1st s. of Charles Danvers† of Baynton and West Coulston, Wilts. and the Middle Temple, and his w. Mary.PROB11/152/12; Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 49-51; Aubrey, Wilts. Top. Collections ed. Jackson, 217. educ. M. Temple, 21 Oct. 1623;M. Temple Admiss. i. 114. Christ Church, Oxf. 15 Oct. 1624, ‘aged 15’.Al. Ox. m. 29 Mar. 1629 (with £1,200)PROB11/195/314 (William Bower)., Elizabeth (bap. 7 Apr. 1609, d. aft. 1657), da. and coh. of William Bower (d. 1645) of West Lavington, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.)West Lavington par. reg.; Vis. Wilts. 1623, 24-5, and later w. of William Yorke*. suc. fa. 21 Oct. 1626. d. bef. 14 Sept. 1644.PROB11/195/314.
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Local: inferior burgess, Devizes 13 Dec. 1639; capital burgess and cllr. 18 June 1641.Wilts. RO, G20/1/17, ff. 138, 145. J.p. Wilts. 22 June 1641-aft. Aug. 1642.C231/5, p. 454; SP16/491, ff. 349v, 351v; Harl. 3990, f. 16.

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DANVERS, Henry (1608-43/4), of Baynton, Wilts.
: Wilts.
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DANVERS, Henry (1608-43/4), of Baynton, Wilts.

Will
not found.
Estates
manors of Baynton and West Coulston; other lands in Baynton, Coulston, Edington, Stoke and Tynhead.Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 49-51. Part of the West Coulston property apparently sold in 1634.Coventry Docquets, 658.
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LAUNCE, James (c.1621-aft. ?1682), of Penair, St Clement, Cornw.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1621, s. of John Launce of Penair and Isabell, da. of Thomas Darcy, 3rd Baron Darcy of Chiche.Isleworth, Mdx. par. reg. index; Oxford DNB. m. 20 Nov. 1644, Rebecca, da. of John Blakiston* of Newton, Co. Durham, 3s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da.St Andrew Undershaft, London, par. reg.; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 280. d. ?aft. 1682.C6/74/8.
Offices Held

Central: north auditor, duchy of Lancaster c. 1646 – 62; ?south auditor, c.1658. Auditor, exch. 1650–1;R. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster (1972), 68, 71n; CCC 507. sale of fee-farm rents by Apr.-aft. Sept. 1650.E315/139, ff. 2, 90, 171v; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 121. commr. policies of assurances, 6 Nov. 1654.C181/6, p. 71.

Local: j.p. Cornw. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by 1655-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 10; C193/13/4, f. 13v; Cornw. Par. Regs. ed. W. Phillimore, xxvi. 9. Treas. and commr. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Jan. 1656-June 1657.SP46/98, ff. 1–133. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 13 Sept. 1656;SP25/77, p. 322. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Maj. militia ft. Apr. 1660.Mercurius Politicus no. 615 (5–12 Apr. 1660), 1243 (E.182.28).

Parlimentarian
LAUNCE, James (c.1621-aft. ?1682), of Penair, St Clement, Cornw.
: of Penair, St Clement, Cornw.
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LAUNCE, James (c.1621-aft. ?1682), of Penair, St Clement, Cornw.

Will
Estates
centred on Penair House (which had five hearths in 1660s),Cornw. Hearth Tax, 70. St Clement par., inc. cornmills and other lands leased in duchy of Cornwall manor of Moresk (bef. 1650),Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. 92, 96. and ‘Launce’s Downs’ in Lower Penair, and enclosures on Keggen Downs (by 1655).Cornw. RO, EN/280; E134/14&15Chas2/Hil9; E134/14 Chas2/Mich28. On Blakiston’s death (1649), his wife received £200, and two children £100 each, ‘to be paid unto James Launce … their father’.PROB11/215/753.
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DACRES, Sir Thomas (1587-1668), of Cheshunt, Herts.

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Family and Education
b. 19 Oct. 1587, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Dacres of Cheshunt and his 2nd w. Dorothy, da. of Thomas Pigot of Doddershall, Quainton, Bucks.C142/359/119; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii.), 47; Chauncy, Herts. i. 585, 586; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 101. educ. St John's, Camb. 1603.Al. Cant. m. c.1609 (with £2,000), Martha (bur. 19 June 1662), da. of Thomas Elmes of Lilford, Northants., 9s. (6 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).C142/359/119; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634, 47; Chauncy, Herts. i. 585, 586; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 101. suc. fa. 1615;PROB11/126/75. Kntd. 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. bur. 26 Dec. 1668 26 Dec. 1668.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 101.
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Local: sheriff, Herts. Aug.-Nov. 1615. 1616 – 15 July 1642Lttrs. of John Chamberlain, ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 612; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 64. J.p., by July 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650, by c. Sept. 1656 – d.; Mdx. 1623 – 25, 18 Mar. 1641–4 July 1642.C231/4, ff. 18, 156; C231/5, pp. 437, 530, 533; Herts. County Recs. v. 342; vi. 521. Commr. sewers, Ver river, Herts. 1617; River Lea, Essex, Herts. and Mdx. 1623 – 31, 1635 – aft.May 1645, 4 Mar. 1657, 14 Dec. 1663; Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642;C181/2, f. 297v; C181/3, ff. 91v, 184v; C181/5, ff. 20v, 223, 252v; C181/6, p. 221; C181/7, p. 223. swans, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 1619; Herts. 1634;C181/2, f. 340v; C181/4, f. 178v. brewhouse survey, Herts. 1620;APC, 1619–21, p. 203. subsidy, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, 1663;C212/22/20; C212/22/21; C212/22/23; SR. highways, 1622;C181/3, f. 69v. inquiry, Cheshunt commons 1624.C181/3, f. 128v. Dep. lt. Herts. 1625–45.SP16/7, f. 14; HMC Hatfield, xxii. 300, 311, 341, xxiv. 268. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 23v. aqueduct from Hoddesden, Herts. to London 1631;C181/4, f. 93. oyer and terminer, Herts. 18 June 1640 – aft.July 1644, 24 Dec. 1664; Home circ. 24 Jan. 1642, June 1659; London 12 Jan. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 175v, 222, 230, 240, 265; C181/6, p. 372; C181/7, p. 304. further subsidy, Herts. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Northants. 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Herts. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Hunts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O.; SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, Herts. 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; defence of Herts. 31 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644; Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 240v, 244, 265. New Model ordinance, Herts. 17 Feb. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645; militia, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Hunts. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for sequestrations by 5 Apr. 1644;SP20/1, ff. 130v, 132. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644, 15 May 1646.CJ iii. 699b; iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647; determining differences, adventurers in Ireland, 1 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

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DACRES, Sir Thomas (1587-1668), of Cheshunt, Herts.
: of Cheshunt, Herts.
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DACRES, Sir Thomas (1587-1668), of Cheshunt, Herts.

Will
14 Nov. 1668, pr. 18 Mar. 1669.PROB11/329/361.
Estates
sold lands in Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Essex, London and Huntingdonshire, 1634;Coventry Docquets, 669. sold manor of Maldon, Beds. 1635;Coventry Docquets, 678. bought land at Codicote, Herts. 1637;Coventry Docquets, 705. bought land in Huntingdonshire, 1637;Coventry Docquets, 706. bought land at Kingsnorth, Kent, 1638.Coventry Docquets, 727.
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PARSONS, Lawrence (d. 1673), of Newton Hall, Nidd, and Ulleskelf, Yorks.; and Ballinamore, co. Leitrim.

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Family and Education
?1st s. of Fenton Parsons of Ballinamore, co. Leitrim and 1st w. ?, da. of one Savage.J. Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland (1754), ii. 60-1. educ. appr. clerk, Dublin 1632.HMC Egmont i. 69. m. by 1644, Frances, da. of Piers Legh of Lyme, Cheshire, wid. of Mauger Vavasour (d. 1634) of Weston, Yorks., ?s.p.C5/24/118; C5/400/144; Abstracts of Yorks. Wills ed. J. W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. ix), 81; Cheshire Vis. Peds. ed. A. Adams (Harl. Soc. xciii), 66; W.P. Baildon, Baildon and the Baildons, i. 545. suc. fa. c.1638;Anon., Notes on Fams. and Individuals of the name of “Parsons”, i. 160. bur. 8 Nov. 1673 8 Nov. 1673.Manchester Collegiate Church reg.
Offices Held

Military: cornet of horse (parlian.), by 12 July – Sept. 1642; lt. 29 Sept. 1642–26 Mar. 1643;SP28/1, f. 481; SP28/140, ff. 347, 349; SP28/253B, pt. 2, f. 83. capt. 26 Mar. 1643 – 26 Apr. 1644; col. 26 Apr. 1644–23 June 1645. Q.m.g. Northern Assoc. army, 13 Aug. 1645–30 Apr. 1646.SP28/140, ff. 347, 349, 354, 357v.

Local: commr. assessment, Yorks. (W. Riding) 17 Mar. 1648.A and O. J.p. 23 July 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 194; C193/13/4, f. 32.

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PARSONS, Lawrence (d. 1673), of Newton Hall, Nidd, and Ulleskelf, Yorks.; and Ballinamore, co. Leitrim.
: of Newton Hall, Nidd and Ulleskelf, Yorks. and Ballinamore, co. Leitrim.
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PARSONS, Lawrence (d. 1673), of Newton Hall, Nidd, and Ulleskelf, Yorks.; and Ballinamore, co. Leitrim.

Will
admon. 1 Dec. 1673.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), R D/AP1/71/19; Anon., Fams. and Individuals of the name of “Parsons”, i. 64.
Estates
estate at Newton Hall was worth £100 p.a.Yorks. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xviii), 31. By late 1647, lease of a sequestered estate in Walton cum Bretton, Yorks. paying rent of at least £90 p.a.SC6/CHAS1/1190, p. 29. In 1653, purchased manor of Newton and South Cayton, in parishes of Nidd, Ripley and South Stainley, Yorks.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL230/1117. In 1653, purchased the interest of his siblings in the manor of Ballinamore, co. Leitrim, for £300.Lodge, The Peerage of Ireland, ii. 61. By 1656, owned the manor and prebend of Ulleskelf.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL639/218. At d. his personal estate was inventoried at £27.Anon., Fams. and Individuals of the name of “Parsons”, i. 64.
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RICH, Charles (1616-73), of Leighs Priory, Essex and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.

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Family and Education
b. 1616, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Robert, 2nd earl of Warwick (Sir Robert Rich†) and Frances, da. of Sir William Hatton alias Newport† of Holdenby, Northants;Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 278. bro. of Robert, Lord Rich*. educ. Univ. Basel 1633; Acad. Geneva 10 Jan. 1634.Die Matrikel der Universität Basel (Basel, 1962), iii. 350-1; Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève (1559-1878) ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 6 vols. 1959-80),i. 183. m. 21 July 1641 (with £7,000), Mary (d.1678), da. of Richard Boyle, 1st earl of Cork, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. d.v.p.C54/3267; Autobiog. of Mary Countess of Warwick, ed. T.C. Croker (1848), 17, 45; F. Chancellor, ‘Essex churches XIX – Holy Cross, Felsted’, Essex Review, vi. 42. suc. bro. as 4th earl of Warwick 29 May 1659. d. 24 Aug. 1673.Chancellor, ‘Holy Cross, Felsted’, 42; Warwick, Autobiog. 33.
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Local: commr. militia, Essex 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656;C181/6, p. 177. Essex 21 Mar. 1672;C181/7, p. 620. oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659–d.;C181/6, p. 372; C181/7, pp. 7, 638. Mdx. 5 July 1660–d.C181/7, pp. 3, 588. J.p. Essex 1659–d. Custos rot. 24 Nov. 1660–d.Essex QSOB ed. Allen, pp. xxix, 170, 192, 201; C231/7, p. 55. Gov. Landguard Fort, Suff. 1660–2.HP Lords 1660–1715. Commr. gaol delivery, Colchester 10 Sept. 1662–d.C181/7, pp. 169, 603.

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RICH, Charles (1616-73), of Leighs Priory, Essex and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.
: Essex and Mdx., Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

RICH, Charles (1616-73), of Leighs Priory, Essex and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.

Will
sentence 13 May 1674.PROB11/346/20.
Estates
he and his fa. sold manor of Duston, Northants. to Arthur Wilson and William Jessop*, 1638;Coventry Docquets, 716. lived Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London, 1659;Warwick, Autobiog. 28. inherited extensive Rich estates in Essex and elsewhere on the death of his bro. 1659.
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