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POPHAM, Sir Francis (1573-1644), of Wellington, Som., Littlecote, Wilts. and Stoke Newington, Mdx.

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b. c.1573, o.s. of Sir John Popham†, c.j. 1592-1607, of Wellington, Som. and Amy, da. and h. of Hugh Adams of Castleton, Glam.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 125; Burke Commoners, ii. 198. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 17 May 1588;Al. Ox. M. Temple 1 Dec. 1589;M. Temple Admiss. i. 60. earl of Hertford’s embassy, Brussels, 1605.HMC Bath, iv. 200; NLW, Carreglwyd (1), 643. m. 1590, Anne (d. 1647), da. and h. of John Dudley† of Stoke Newington, 5s. inc. Alexander*, Edward* and John† (3 d.v.p.) 8da.Vis. Som. 1623, 125; Burke Commoners, ii. 198-9; Marksbury par. reg. Kntd. 27 June 1596.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 92. suc. fa. 1607. d. 25 July 1644.Marksbury par. reg.
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Local: j.p. Wilts. 1597 – 10 June 1642; Som. 1602–27 Feb. 1643.C231/1, ff. 37v, 56v, 129; C231/5, p. 529; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 10–11. Col. militia ft. Wilts. by 1597–1605.Longleat, Thynne pprs. VII, f. 102; Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 93. Dep. lt. Som. 1597-at least 1633; Wilts. 1598–d.C231/1, f. 56v; APC 1597–8, pp. 91–2. Constable, Taunton Castle 1601–d.Som. RO, DD/X/VNL/1, pp. 70–1. Bailiff, Glastonbury manor, Som. by 1603.E315/310, f. 14v. Commr. sewers, Som. 1603–d.;C181/1, ff. 70, 129; C181/2, ff. 129v, 245v; C181/3, f. 186; C181/4, ff. 21, 245v; C181/5, f. 205. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1604–d.C181/1, ff. 76–131v; C181/2, ff. 7v-335v; C181/3, ff. 6–259v; C181/4, ff. 50–193; C181/5, ff. 5v-221. Gov. Sir John Popham’s Hosp. for orphans, Wellington 1604–d.PROB11/112/80. Commr. Thames navigation, Wilts. 1607;C181/2, f. 34. subsidy, 1608, 1622, 1624, 1628, 1629; Som. 1608, 1621.C212/22/20–3; Add. 34566, f. 132. Collector, aid, Som. 1609; loan, 1612.E403/2732, f. 15v. Sheriff, Wilts. 1612.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 154. Commr. to investigate Wilts. cloth trade, 1616;APC 1616–17, p. 21. Forced Loan, Som., Wilts. 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 49v, 64. disafforestation, Roche Forest, Som. 1627;CSP Dom. 1627–8, 290. swans, Hants and western cos. 1629;C181/4, f. 2. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Som. 1633;GL, 25475/1, f. 13v. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643; assessment, Som. 27 Jan. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644.A. and O.

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POPHAM, Sir Francis (c.1573-1644), of Wellington, Som. and Littlecote, Wilts.; later of Houndstreet, Som. and Stoke Newington, Mdx.
: of Wellington, Som., Wilts., Littlecote and Mdx., Stoke Newington.
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POPHAM, Sir Francis (1573-1644), of Wellington, Som., Littlecote, Wilts. and Stoke Newington, Mdx.

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owned extensive estates in Som. and Wilts.; worth £10,000 p.a.Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 159.
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BEDINGFIELD, Anthony (160252), of Gislingham, Suff. and Cheapside, London.

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bap. 9 Sept. 1602, 5th. surv. s. of Thomas Bedingfield† of Bedingfield, Suff. and Lincoln's Inn and Dorothy (d. 1646), da. of John Southwell of Barham, Suff.;Bedingfield par. reg. p. 34; Vis. Norf. 1664, 19. bro. of Philip* and Sir Thomas*. educ. appr. mercer, London.Mercers’ Co, London, Acts of Ct. 1625-31, f. 182. unm. bur. 2 Aug. 1652 2 Aug. 1652.Gislingham par. reg.
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Mercantile: freeman, Mercers’ Co. 1628; liveryman, 1640 – d.; master, 2 Sept. 1651–d.Mercers’ Co., Acts of Ct. 1625–31, f. 182; Acts of Ct. 1637–41, f. 177v; Acts of Ct. 1645–51, ff. 258–259.

Civic: freeman, Dunwich 23 Mar. 1640–d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6/3/3, f. 115v. Alderman, London 16 July-1 Oct. 1650.Aldermen of London, i. 170.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. of navy and customs, 19 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 728a. cttee. for foreign affairs, 21 Sept. 1644;CJ iii. 635b; LJ vi. 712a. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645.LJ vii. 468a.

Local: j.p. Suff. 4 July 1649–d.C231/6, p. 157; Names of the Justices of Peace (1650), 53 (E.1238.4). Gov. St Bartholomew’s Hosp. London 19 Dec. 1651–d.St Bartholomew’s Hosp. London, HA1/5, f. 75.

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BEDINGFIELD, Anthony (160252), of Gislingham, Suff. and Cheapside, London.
: of Gislingham, Suff. and London., Cheapside.
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Likenesses: fun. monument, Gislingham church, Suff.

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BEDINGFIELD, Anthony (160252), of Gislingham, Suff. and Cheapside, London.

Will
20 Sept. 1650, pr. 9 Aug. 1652 and 29 May 1655.PROB11/224/385.
Estates
leased stables, Coleman Street, London from Mercers’ Co. 1644-d.;Mercers’ Co. Acts of Ct. 1641-5, ff. 44v, 127v, 131, 151, 152v-153; Acts of Ct. 1651-7, f. 5. bought manor of Bilton, Bilton, E. Riding, Yorks. 1649;VCH E. Riding, Yorks. vii. 125. bought East Hall and West Hall, Cockley Cley, Norf. sequestered from Sir Henry Bedingfield, by 1652.CCC 2623.
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ALSOP, Timothy (d. 1664), of Plymouth.

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s. of John Alsop (d. by Aug. 1627) schoolmaster and Elizabeth.Cumbria RO, Kendal, WD U/Box 1/1/11; Al. Cant.; PROB11/314/477. educ. appr. Plymouth. m. (1) 26 May 1642, Alice (bap. 25 Apr. 1614, ?bur. 13 Apr. 1655), da. of John Waddon*, ?4s (?2 d.v.p.), 2da.;Plymouth, St Andrew par. reg.; PROB11/314/477; PROB11/322/65. (2) 15 Nov. 1659 Martha Sedgwick of St Mary Somerset, London, 1s. (d.v.p.), 1da. (d.v.p.).Reg. of St Peter Cornhill (Harl. Soc. Regs. i), 262; Reg. of St Mary Somerset (Harl. Soc. Registers, lx), 101, 103, 104; PROB11/314/477; PROB11/322/65. bur. 5 Aug. 1664.Reg. of St Mary Somerset (Harl. Soc. Regs. lx), 104.
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Civic: freeman, Plymouth 1642;Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/46, f. 317. common councilman by Sept. 1642;Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/48, f. 99. mayor, 1648–9.Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/46 f. 14.

Local: treas. Plymouth garrison, Oct. 1643-Feb. 1645.E112/566/735. Commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. Dep. v.-adm. by 19 Jan. 1647-aft. 4 July 1648.ADM7/673 p. 126; HCA14/49, no. 124. Commr. militia, Devon 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Plymouth 6 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; CJ vii. 865b.

Religious: churchwarden, Charles Church, Plymouth 1658–9.Plymouth and W. Devon RO, 1/133, f. 4v.

Mercantile: member, Brewers’ Co. 21 Jan. 1663–d.GL, MS 5445/19, p. 238; CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 371.

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ALSOP, Timothy (d. 1664), of Plymouth.
: of Plymouth.
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ALSOP, Timothy (d. 1664), of Plymouth.

Will
25 July 1664, pr. 19 Aug. 1664.PROB11/314/477.
Estates
bought Stratton rectory, crown lands, 1653; messuage in Exeter, confiscated from the dean and chapter of Exeter, 1656.E112/566/735.
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MASHAM, Sir William, 1st bt. (1591-1656), of Otes, High Laver, Essex.

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b. c. 13 Oct. 1591,WARD7/33/100. o. s. of William Masham of St Botolph without Aldgate, London, and Alice Calton.CB. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 13 Feb. 1607; I. Temple, 2 May 1610.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. 26 June 1613, Elizabeth (d. bef. 18 Mar. 1656), wid. of Sir James Altham (d. 1610) of Mark Hall, Latton, Essex, da. of Sir Francis Barrington† of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, 3s. (at least 1 d.v.p.) 1da. (d.v.p.)Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 244, 444-5; Index to the administrations in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, ed. M. Fitch (1986), iv. 86; PROB11/256/670; Essex RO, D/P 111/1/1. suc. fa. Dec. 1605;WARD7/33/100. cr. bt. 20 Dec. 1621.CB. d. bef. 1 July 1656.PROB11/256/670.
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Local: j.p. Essex 1618 – 26, 1628 – 36, 6 Apr. – 15 July 1642, by Feb. 1650 – d.; Mdx. 1629–?C231/4, ff. 59, 260; C231/5, pp. 18, 517, 530; C193/13/3, f. 24v; J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts, ‘Additional docquets of commissions of the peace’, Parl. Hist. xxxii, 235; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 507–10; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxvii. Commr. bankruptcy of William Steward, Essex 1618–19;C54/2397/25. sewers, Essex 1618-aft. Mar. 1645;C181/2, f. 319; C181/3, f. 164; C181/4, ff. 137v, 191v; C181/5, ff. 116v, 249. River Stort, Essex and Herts. 1628, 1638;C181/3, ff. 251, 272; C181/5, f. 112v. Mdx. 1629 – 30, 1639, 15 Oct. 1645, 31 Jan. 1654;C181/4, ff. 23, 63v; C181/5, ff. 142v, 262; C181/6, p. 4. subsidy, Essex 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641;C212/22/20–1; SR. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1623 – 37, 24 Jan. 1642–?, by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/3, ff. 90, 261; C181/4, ff. 13v, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 50v, 222, C181/6, pp. 12, 145. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 237v, 254. Forced Loan, 1626;Bodl. Firth c.4, p. 257. gaol delivery, Colchester 1629 – aft.Sept. 1641, 15 Feb. 1655–d.;C181/4, ff. 6v, 79, 202; C181/5, ff. 56v, 212; C181/6, pp. 82, 149. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238, 254. Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 28 May 1655–d.;C181/6, p. 104. charitable uses, Essex 1629-aft. 1635;C192/1, unfol. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 28. further subsidy, Essex 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex 1642; 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; Mdx., Westminster 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. Essex bef. 1643.Eg. 2643, ff. 19, 20v. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644; New Model ordinance, Essex 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Essex and Colchester 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Custos rot. Essex 1654–d.Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxvii. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Maldon 1624–d.Essex RO, D/B/3/3/392/53.

Central: member, cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 750b. Westminster Assembly, 6 Dec. 1644;CJ iii. 642a; LJ vii. 89b. cttee. for sequestrations, 31 Jan. 1645;CJ iv. 38a. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645, 29 May 1649;A. and O.; CJ vi. 219b. cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Nov. 1647;CJ v. 347b; LJ ix. 506a. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Mar. 1648;CJ v. 476b; LJ x. 88b. Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 8 Feb., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vi. 133b; A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42a, 220a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 201a; A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.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. treasury, 2 Aug.-20 Oct. 1654.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 393; CJ vii. 378a.

Religious: elder, Ongar classis, Essex 1646.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 380.

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MASHAM, Sir William, 1st Bt. (1591-1656), of Otes, High Laver, Essex
: 1st bt. (1591-1656) of Otes, Essex., High Laver 1591 – 1656.
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MASHAM, Sir William, 1st bt. (1591-1656), of Otes, High Laver, Essex.

Will
admon. 1 July 1656.PROB11/256/670.
Estates
inherited lands at High Laver, Essex, and Cretingham, Suff.WARD7/33/100; I. Temple database.
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THOMSON, William (1614-81), of St Stephen Walbrook, London.

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b. 10 Apr. 1614, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Robert Thomson of Watton-at-Stone, Herts. and Elizabeth, da. of John Harsnett (Halfhead, Harfett) of Watton-at-Stone; bro. of George Thomson* and Robert Thomson*.Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. vii), 45; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 282; signature: PA, Main Pprs. 24 Dec. 1641, petition of London merchants. educ. travelled abroad (Virginia), 1623-?;J.C. Hotten, The Original Lists of Persons…who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600–1700 (1874), 244. ?appr. Salters’ Co. m. 1 Jan. 1638, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Samuel Warner*, alderman and Grocer of London, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2 da.; 4 other ch. d.v.p.Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Inhabitants 3943; St Stephen Walbrook Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlix), 27-101. Kntd. 16 May 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 225. d. bef. Apr. 1681.PROB11/366/138.
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Mercantile: freeman, Salters’ Co. 11 Mar. 1639; master, 26 June 1671–2.GL, Q2/3/1, unfol.; Salters’ Co. Mins. 1627–84, pp. 205, 378–9. Member, cttee. E.I. Co. 10 Dec. 1657–64, 14 Apr.1666–8, 22 Apr. 1670–7, 25 Apr. 1678 – d.; gov. 21 Apr. 1664–6, 14 Apr. 1668–70, 21 Apr. 1676–8, 3 Sept. 1679–d.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1655–9, pp. 197, 268, 333; 1660–3, pp. 23, 306; 1664–7, pp. 30, 140, 218, 316; 1668–70, pp. 55, 187, 322; 1671–3, pp. 30, 225; 1674–6, pp. 46, 301; 1677–9, pp. 40, 176, 268, 290; Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 82.

Military: 3rd capt. (parlian.) militia ft. London 1642; 1st capt. 1643; lt.-col. bef. Oct. 1643.Archaeologia lii. 134; L.C. Nagel, ‘The Militia of London, 1641–9’ (London Univ. Ph.D thesis, 1982), 131.

Central: commr. sea adventure to Ireland, 17 June 1642.A. and O. Member, cttee. for compounding, 22 Nov. 1643,CJ iii. 317a. 8 Feb. 1647.A. and O. Member, sub.-cttee. readmission of Jews, 15 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 23. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a. Member, council of trade, Nov. 1660–72;The Diurnal of Thomas Rugg ed. W.L. Sachse (Camden Soc. ser. 3, xci), 129. corporation for propagating the gospel in New England, 1661.HP Common, 1660–1690. Commr. customs, 27 Sept. 1671–75.CTB iii. 935, 1120; iv. 71, 696.

Religious: churchwarden, St Stephen Walbrook 1651.St Stephen Walbrook Par. Reg. 25.

Civic: alderman, London 18 June 1653–5 Sept. 1661;CLRO, Rep. 62, ff. 305, 316; 67, f. 297. sheriff, 1655–6.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 184.

Local: commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, London 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. oyer and terminer, 12 Jan. 1657–13 Nov. 1660;C181/6, pp. 190–356; C181/7, pp. 2, 69. London militia, 16 Mar. 1658;CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 330. assessment, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Mdx. 1677;A. and O.; SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 696.

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THOMPSON, Sir William (1614-81), of Lime Street, London and Osterley Park, Mdx.
: of St Stephen Walbrook, London.
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THOMSON, William (1614-81), of St Stephen Walbrook, London.

Will
17 Dec. 1680, cod. 10 Feb. 1681, pr. 19 Apr. 1681.PROB11/366/138.
Estates
purchased Osterley manor, Mdx, 1674.VCH Mdx. iii. 109. At d. owned Osterley and Hesten manors, Mdx. and house in Lime Street, London.PROB11/366/138.
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MORTON, William (1605-72), of Winchcombe, Glos. and Hampden manor, Kidlington, Oxon.

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bap. 5 Sept. 1605, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of James Morton of Clifton, Severn Stoke, Worcs. and Jane, da. of William Cookes of Shiltwood, Tardebigge.Severn Stoke par. reg.; Vis.Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 72. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 30 June 1618, BA 1622, MA 1625;Al. Cant. Trinity Oxf. 26 Oct. 1621, MA 1625;Al. Ox. I Temple 24 Oct. 1622.I Temple Admiss. database. m. 8 Feb. 1630 Anne, da. of John Smith of Oxford, 4s. (3 d.v.p.), 5da. suc. fa. 1625.Wood, City of Oxford, iii. 202. Kntd. 8 Sept. 1643.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii, 216. d. 23 Sept. 1672.Temple Church MI; Register of Burials, Temple Church 1628-1853 (1905), 21.
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Legal: called, I Temple 1630; auditor, 1637, 1656; bencher, 1659. Justice gt. sessions, Pembs. 1630.CITR 187, 231, 321, 333; Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 64. C.j. S. Wales circ. Aug. 1660–65. Sjt.-at-law, Mich. 1660 (Chancery Lane 1660–64, 1668–d.; Fleet Street 1664–68); king’s sjt. 1663–65.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 527. Assize judge, Norf. circ. June 1665-June 1668;C181/7, pp. 322, 422. Midland circ. June 1668;C181/7, p. 442. Home circ. Jan. 1669–d.C181/7, pp. 477, 610. J.k.b. 23 Nov. 1665–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 527.

Local: steward and j.p. liberty of Slaughter, Glos. 4 July 1633, 15 June 1637.C181/4, ff. 147, 160v; C181/5, f. 71; C231/5, p. 109. Commr. gaol delivery, 20 Feb. 1636, 15 June 1637;C181/5, ff. 40v, 71v. Worcester 9 Mar. 1638.C181/5, f. 100. J.p. Glos. 4 July 1637–?June 1644;C231/5, p. 272. Woodstock 20 Aug. 1660;C181/7, p. 30. Carm. 6 Sept 1660–27 Aug. 1666;C 231/ 7, p.36; NLW, WALES 4/720/6; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 172–3. Haverfordwest 11 Sept. 1660–18 July 1666;C231/7, p. 39; C181/7, pp. 50, 163; NLW, WALES 4/792/5; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 243–4. Oxon. by Oct. 1660–d.;C220/9/4. Card. by Oct. 1660–5 May 1666;C231/7, p. 282; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 198–9. Pemb. by Oct. 1660–20 Aug. 1666;C231/7, p. 289; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 221–3. Carmarthen by 8 Aug. 1662-bef. 27 Aug. 1666;NLW, WALES 4/720/4, 4/720/6; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 182. Mon. 27 July 1663–?66;C66/3022/20; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 363. Mdx. 1666–d.C231/7, p. 275. Sheriff, Glos. 1643–4.Harl. 6802 f. 84. Commr. impressment (roy.), 22 Nov., 30 Dec. 1643, 9 Jan., 25 Mar., 29 May 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 102, 117, 127, 172, 215. rebels’ estates (roy.), 3 Jan. 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 119. oyer and terminer. Oxf. circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 11, 613. Wales 8 Nov. 1661–d.;C181/7, p. 120. London 28 Nov. 1663–d.;C181/7, pp. 217, 602. Mdx. 17 Nov. 1664–d.;C181/7, pp. 293, 589. Norf. circ. 26 May 1665–22 May 1668;C181/7, pp. 323, 432. Midland circ. 22 May 1668;C181/7, p. 450. the Verge 26 Nov. 1668;C181/7, p. 456. Home circ. 23 Jan. 1669–d.;C181/7, pp. 478, 615. poll tax, Oxon. 1660; assessment, Oxon., Worcester 1661, 1664; Glos., Gloucester, Oxf. Univ., Carm., Pemb., Haverfordwest 1664; loyal and indigent officers, Glos., Oxon., Worcester 1662.SR. Counsel to Worcester dean and chapter, by 1663–?d.Worcester Cathedral Dean and Chapter Treasurer’s Register, 1611–69 ed. D. Morrison (Worcs. Hist. Soc. n.s. xxviii), 178, 216, 244, 308. Commr. subsidy, Glos., Gloucester, Oxon., Worcester, Carm., Haverfordwest 1663;SR. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 28 Nov. 1663–d.C181/7, pp. 217, 602.

Central: commr. officers deserting ct. of wards and liveries (roy.), 2 Feb. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 2.

Military: lt.-col. of horse (roy.), 1643–4. Gov. Sudeley Castle, Glos. 1643-June 1644.Corbet, ‘Historicall Relation’, 104; Clarendon, Hist. iii. 357.

Civic: recorder, Worcester Sept. 1660 – d.; Gloucester 1662–d. Freeman, Haverfordwest 1661.Old DNB; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir William Morton’.

Parlimentarian
MORTON, William (1605-72), of Winchcombe, Glos. and Hampden manor, Kidlington, Oxon.
: Glos. and Hampden manor, Oxon., Kidlington.
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Likenesses: oils, attrib. G. Soest;I. Temple, London. oils, unknown.E. Dent, Annals of Winchcombe and Sudeley (1877), 271.

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MORTON, William (1605-72), of Winchcombe, Glos. and Hampden manor, Kidlington, Oxon.

Will
26 Mar. 1672, pr. 3 March 1673.PROB11/342, f. 366.
Estates
Winchcombe Abbey site, 1644, possibly as tenant;W. Dugdale, Monasticon Anglicanum (8 vols. 1846), ii. 299n, 301. Madgehills farm, Severn Stoke, Worcs. bef. Sept. 1649 (when sold);Worcs. Archives, 705:550/ BA 4600/903/ii. at death Hampden manor, Kidlington, Oxon.; messuages in St Aldate’s, St Martin’s, St Ebbe’s parishes, Oxford; impropriate rectory of Yarnton, Oxon.; lands in Winchcombe and Sudeley, Glos., and in and near Worcester.PROB11/342, f. 366.
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MORGAN, Anthony (1621-68), of Abbey Street, Dublin.

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Family and Education
b. 1621, s. of Anthony Morgan DD, rector of Cottesbrooke, Northants. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 4 Nov. 1636, demy 1640, BA 6 July 1641.Al. Ox. M.Temple, adm. 29 Jan. 1658, called 2 Nov. 1660.M. Temple Admiss. m. Elizabeth, bef. 1645. kntd (1) 26 July 1658, (2) 19 Nov. 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 223-4, 232. d. 1668.PROB11/328/357.
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Military: capt. (roy.) Wales bef. Mar. 1645. by July 1646 – June 1649CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 356. Capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Henry Ireton* (later Charles Fleetwood*); maj. June 1649-July 1659.SP28/61, ff. 416, 430; Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 74–5; ii. 191, 220, 235, 244.

Irish: commr. high ct. of justice, Dublin 30 Dec. 1652.TCD, MS 844, f. 136. Member, cttee. on tillage, 4 Jan. 1653.Eg. 1762, f. 58v. Dep. sheriff, co. Kildare 26 Jan. 1653.Eg. 1762, f. 60. Member, cttee. on preaching gospel, Jan. 1653.St. J.D. Seymour, Puritans in Ire. (Oxford, 1921), 61. Commr. settling Ulster, Apr.-June 1653.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 339–40, 346. J.p. co. Dublin 15 Sept. 1653.TCD, MS 844, f. 139v. Member, cttee. for appeals against transplantation, cos. Cork, Kerry and Limerick 19 May 1654.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 428. Commr. transplantation, 19 Mar. 1655–?59.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 490, 499. Member, cttee. for Down Survey, 10 Mar. 1656–59.W. Petty, History of the Down Survey, ed. Larcom (Dublin, 1851), 107–9. Trustee, army arrears, 14 May 1656.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 600. Commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Auditor of land settlement, Dec. 1658–1659.Petty, Down Survey, 267, 273–4. MP, Taghmon, co. Wexford 1661–6.CJI i. 595.

Academic: DMed. 8 May 1647. 1663 – d.Al. Ox. FRS,; legal adviser, c. 1663; cllr. 1663, 1666–7.The Royal Society and its Fellows 1660–1700, ed. M. Hunter (Brit. Soc. for Hist. Science, monograph 4: 2nd edn., Oxford, 1994), 136–7.

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: Dublin.
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MORGAN, Anthony (1621-68), of Abbey Street, Dublin.

Will
3 Sept. 1668, pr. 24 Nov. 1668.PROB11/328/357.
Estates
lands in south Wales, bef. 1645 (sequestration removed 3 Nov. 1646);CJ iv. 713b. granted ‘island’ of Allen, co. Kildare, mid-1650s (held until 1660);CSP Ire. 1660-2, p. 46. granted 350 acres near Drogheda, co. Louth, bef. 1658.Henry Cromwell Corresp. 408.
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‘Sir Arthur Morgan’ [sic] listed as resident in Abbey Street, Dublin, 1659.Irish Census, 1659, 373.
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CLARGES, Thomas (1618-95), of The Strand, Westminster.

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Family and Education
bap. 19 Dec. 1618,St Mary le Strand, Westminster, par. reg. o.s. of John Clarges of Drury Lane, Westminster, and Anne Leaver.King’s College: Officers and Graduates ed. P.J. Anderson (Aberdeen, 1893), 120; Aberdeen Council Letters III ed. L.B. Taylor (Oxford, 1952), 340. educ. appr. apothecary, Oxford ?c.1633-40;Wood, Life and Times, ii. 216. Aberdeen Univ. MD (h.c.) 1655.King’s College: Officers and Graduates, 120; Aberdeen Council Letters III, 340. m. 29 Sept. 1646, Mary, da. of George Procter of Norwell Woodhouse, Notts. 1s. suc. fa. 1648. kntd. 8 May 1660. d. 4 Oct. 1695.‘The Dictionary of National Biography’ BIHR vi. 189-90; Oxford DNB.
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Professional: apothecary, c.1642-bef. 1646.Harl. 6804, ff. 202–4; Harl. 6852, ff. 41, 86, 90. Master, Apothecaries’ Co. London 1646–56.London Livery Co. Apprenticeship Regs. xxxii. 7, 14, 34, 37, 45.

Local: commr. assessment, Westminster 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Bucks. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Berks. 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Surr. 1672, 1677, 1679, 1692 – d.; Mdx., London 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Oxf. Univ. 1689 – d.; Lincs. 1690–2;SR. militia, Westminster 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, Mdx. 17 Aug. 1660, 19 Aug. 1667;C181/7, pp. 28, 409. Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660-aft. Jan. 1673.C181/7, pp. 37, 632. J.p. Mdx. Apr. 1662-Aug. 1671, 1689 – d.; Bucks., Westminster Apr. 1662 – Aug. 1671; Surr. Nov. 1667-Aug. 1671.C231/7, pp. 165, 315, 399. Commr. subsidy, Bucks., Mdx. 1663;SR. recusants, Mdx., Surr. 1675.CTB iv. 790–1. Bailiff, Oxf. 1687–8.HP Commons 1660–90.

Scottish: commr. assessment, Aberdeen 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. Agent, council of state and army, c.June 1658-Apr. 1659.TSP vii. 169, 283, 492, 563.

Irish: agent, council of state, c.June 1658-Apr. 1659.TSP vii. 169, 283, 492, 563. PC, 1663.CSP Ire. 1663–5, p. 49.

Central: commry.-gen. of musters, England and Scotland 7 Feb. 1660–1671.CJ vii. 835b. Clerk of the hanaper, 13 Mar.-June 1660.CJ vii. 873a. Commr. maimed soldiers, 1660–1.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 432. Dep. kpr. Hampton Ct. Aug. 1660–70. Commr. public accts. 1691–d.HP Commons 1660–90.

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CLARGES, Thomas (c.1618-95), of Westminster and Stoke Poges, Bucks.
: Westminster.
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CLARGES, Thomas (1618-95), of The Strand, Westminster.

Will
1 Oct. 1694, pr. 27 Nov. 1695.PROB11/428/384.
Estates
at d. owned lands and rectory at Stoke Poges, Bucks., land at Bitchfield, Lincs., property in St Michael Bassingshaw, London, and Stonebridge Field, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, houses in Piccadilly, Duke Street, Portugal Street and St James’s Square, Westminster; leased lands of Reading Abbey from queen dowager, and was mortgagor of Som. and Dorset lands of John Lord Stawell.PROB11/428/384. He also held lands in co. Galway.Add. 21424, f. 260; Bodl. Carte 32, f. 394; Oxford DNB. Total income in later life estimated at £6,000 p.a.Oxford DNB.
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CLAPHAM, Christopher (1607-86), of Uffington, Lincs.

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b. c. July 1607, 1st s. of George Clapham of Beamsley, Skipton, Yorks. and Martha (bur. 1 Nov. 1632), da. of Reginald Heber of Marton, Yorks.C142/529/143; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 475. m. (1) by 1627, Mary (d. 1 Aug. 1637), da. of John Lowden of Red Hall, Wrenthorpe, Wakefield, Yorks. 2s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 14 May 1639, Margaret (d. 28 Jan. 1674), da. of Anthony Oldfield, attorney, of Spalding, Lincs., wid. of Robert Moyle, protonotary of c.p. of Twyford, Mdx. 4s. (2 ) 4da.; (3) 6 May 1678, Mary (d. 28 Nov. 1702), da. of Robert Needham†, 2nd Visct. Kilmorey [I], of Shavington, Salop, s.p.PROB11/385, f. 206; St Bartholomew the Less, London par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 475-6; Hunter’s Peds. ed. J. Walker (Harl. Soc. lxxxviii), 37-8. suc. fa. 14 Oct. 1629;C142/529/143. Kntd. 8 June 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 228. bur. 16 Aug. 1686 16 Aug. 1686.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 475.
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Local: sub-commr. excise on beer, Yorks. (W. Riding) 25 Dec. 1650-aft. Mar. 1659.C7/435/36; Add. 21425, f. 37. Commr. assessment, Lincs., W. Riding 1 June 1660,An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR. Westmld. 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). poll tax, Lincs. (Kesteven), W. Riding, Westmld. 1660.SR. Capt. vol. horse, Lincs. 1660–?SP29/26/73, f. 107. J.p. W. Riding by Oct. 1660–11 July 1670, 5 July 1672–d.;C220/9/4; C231/7, pp. 373, 418. Kesteven by Oct. 1660–d.C220/9/4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Lincoln 10 Oct. 1661;C181/7, p. 121. swans, River Trent, Yorks. 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 299. subsidy, W. Riding 1663;SR. sewers, River Welland 18 July 1664;C181/7, p. 281. recusants, W. Riding 1675.CTB iv. 740. Dep. lt. Lincs. 1681–d.CSP Dom. 1680–1, p. 515. Sheriff, 13 Nov. 1682–12 Nov. 1683.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 81.

Civic: freeman, Stamford 16 Nov. 1658–?d.Stamford Town Hall, Hall Bk. 2, f. 3v.

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: of Uffington, Lincs.
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CLAPHAM, Christopher (1607-86), of Uffington, Lincs.

Will
5 May 1686, pr. 6 Dec. 1686.PROB11/385, f. 206.
Estates
in 1638, acquired manor of Barugh, Yorks.C54/3158/1. In 1639, acquired manor of West Twyford. Mdx. by marriage.C54/3211/2. In 1656, purchased, for £795, a moiety of lease of rectory of Aysgarth, Yorks. and, for £470, a messuage and lands in Stamford Baron and Pilsgate, Northants.E134/21CHAS2/EAST26; E134/23CHAS2/EAST 25; E134/23CHAS2/MICH12; Lincs. RO, PSJ/2/86; Lowther Fam. Estate Bks. ed. C.B. Phillips (Surt. Soc. cxci), 73-4, 243. In 1657, purchased a messuage in Appleby and, in 1657-8, property in Raygill, Bentham, Yorks.C54/3931/4; C54/3965/6; C54/4003/25. In 1658, his bro. and fa.-in-law purchased on his behalf, for £3,500, former royal manor of Wakefield from Sir Gervase Clifton*, which purchase the crown confirmed in 1661.C54/3975/30; H.J. Morehouse, Hist. and Topography of the Par. of Kirkburton (Huddersfield, 1861), 46-7; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 417; 1661-2, p. 38. By 1660, had acquired advowson of rectory of Dufton.IND1/17005, f. 4; CCC 2478. By 1675, leasing rectory of Tallington and manor house of Uffington, Lincs.Lincs. RO, PSJ/3/2/1/16. At his d. estate inc. manors of Clapham and Beamsley, Yorks. and 775 acres in Deeping Level, Lincs. (in all, worth £552 p.a.), and houses and lands in Stamford.C38/248/2 Mar. 1695 (duke of Rutland v. Chr. Clapham); PROB11/385, ff. 206v-207.
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presented Edward Preston to rectory of Dufton, Westmld. 1660; Simon Webster, 1661; James Buchanan, 1676; John Lindsey, 1680.IND1/17005, f. 4; Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 1155.
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BULLER, Francis I (c.1603-77), of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.

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b. c. 1603, 1st s. of Sir Richard Buller* of Shillingham and Alice, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward, alderman of London; bro. of George* and Anthony*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57; Al. Cant. educ. Shillingham sch.; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 5 June 1620, ‘aged 17’;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 23 Nov. 1622.M. Temple Admiss. i. 114. m. 21 Nov. 1625,Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57. Thomasin (d. c.Jan. 1678),PROB11/356/66. da. of Sir Thomas Honeywood of Elmstead, Kent, 12s. (10 d.v.p.) inc. Francis II* and John*, 3da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1642.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57. d. 17 Nov. 1677.IGI; PROB11/355/279.
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Local: capt. militia ft. Cornw. 5 Aug. 1633-at least 1637.The Buller Pprs. 15, 17. Under-steward, duchy of Cornwall, and kpr. Trematon Castle, Cornw. 1634-aft. Nov. 1642.Antony House, Carew-Pole BO/21/2–3. J.p. Cornw. 3 Mar. 1640–15 July 1642;C231/5, pp. 373, 529. Mont. by Mar. 1648–30 Mar. 1649.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 143. Commr. further subsidy, Cornw. 1641; poll tax, 1641; Mont. 1660;SR. assessment, Cornw. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Mont. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664.SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. Cornw. 17 Mar. 1642–?CJ ii. 483b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, Cornw., Mont. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. subsidy, Mont. 1663.SR.

Civic: recorder, East Looe 29 June 1640–?Antony House, Carew-Pole BO/21/16. Burgess, West Looe bef. Nov. 1643.Cornw. RO, B/WLO/63/1, f. 10v.

Military: maj.-gen. and col. of ft. (parlian.) forces of William Ruthen, W. Country Oct. 1642–19 Jan. 1643.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database.

Central: ?member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644.CJ iii. 699b.

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BULLER, Francis I (c.1603-77), of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw.

Will
7 Dec. 1672, cod. 12 June 1677, pr. 22 Nov. 1677.PROB11/355/279.
Estates
marr. settlement 1626 inc. manors of Shillingham, Trehan and Pelynt, but these passed to him only in April 1646;Cornw. RO, BU/586; Antony House, Carew-Pole BS/14/4. inherited land in Mont. 1644;PROB11/355/279. lands held from duchy of Cornwall (by 1649) inc. property in Lostwithiel borough, Kerrybullock Park in Stoke Climsland manor, and castle and lands of Trematon and Ford.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 90; ii. 152, 197-8, 201-2.
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