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WYNN, Sir Richard, 2nd bt. (c.1588-1649), of Brentford House, Isleworth, Mdx.; Church Lane, The Strand, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Gwydir, Caern.

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b. c.1588, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Wynn†, of Gwydir and Sidney (d. 8 June 1632), da. of Sir William Gerard† of Ince, Lancs., ld. chan. [I] 1576-81; bro. of Henry Wynn* and William Wynn†.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 281; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, ii. 159; D. Barrington, Miscellanies (1781), 345; CB. educ. L. Inn 20 Mar. 1606.LI Admiss. m. 8 Dec. 1618 (with £3,000), Anne (bur. 22 May 1668), da. and coh. of Sir Francis Darcy† of Isleworth, s.p.All Saints, Isleworth par. reg.; NLW, 9056E/814; Dwnn, Vis. Wales, ii. 159; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 394. Kntd. 16 June 1616;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 158. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1 Mar. 1627;C142/562/82. d. 19 July 1649.Aubrey, Nat. Hist. Surr. i. 107.
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Court: gent. of privy chamber to prince of Wales, c.Apr. 1617–25;Cal. Wynn Pprs. 127. to Charles I, May 1625–42.SP16/2/118, f. 233; LC2/6, f. 69v; N. Carlisle, Gentlemen of His Majesty’s Privy Chamber, 142. Recvr.-gen. and treas. to Henrietta Maria, 28 Mar. 1629–d.LR5/57, ff. 30v-31; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 126; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 258. Trustee, lands to increase queen’s jointure, 1629, 4 Apr. 1639.CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 513; Coventry Docquets, 234. Commr. queen’s ct. of adjudication, 15 June 1634, 26 Nov. 1638.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 76; ix. pt. 2, p. 187. Member, duchy of Cornw. council by June 1637.CSP Dom. 1637, p. 489.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Wales and marches 18 Nov. 1617-aft. July 1640;C181/2, f. 299; C181/3, ff. 26, 191v; C181/4, f. 162v; C181/5, f. 184v. London 25 Nov. 1622-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/3, ff. 75, 243; C181/4, ff. 16, 188; C181/5, ff. 2, 265. Mdx. 28 Nov. 1622–12 Jan. 1644;C181/3, ff. 77v, 244; C181/4, ff. 24v, 189; C181/5, ff. 57v, 213. the Verge 21 July 1626.C181/3, f. 198v. J.p. Mdx. 7 Feb. 1622–d.;C231/4, f. 134. Westminster 28 Oct. 1626-aft. 1640;E163/18/12. Caern. 5 Mar. 1627 – d.; Denb. by Oct. 1648–31 Mar. 1649.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 28–30, 76. Commr. gaol delivery, London 25 Nov. 1622-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/3, ff. 75, 243; C181/4, ff. 34, 188; C181/5, ff. 2, 265. subsidy, Mdx. 1 June 1624; Caern. 1 June 1624, 1641;C212/22/23; SR. Westminster 1641;SR. sewers, River Colne, Herts., Bucks. and Mdx. 24 June 1625, 14 Dec. 1638, 30 May 1639;C181/3, f. 184; C181/5, ff. 122, 136. Deeping and Gt. Level 11 June 1635–d.;C181/5, ff. 9v, 214v; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/5. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 3 Aug. 1639–10 Feb. 1642;C181/5, f. 149. Kent 2 Apr., 25 June 1640;C181/5, ff. 168, 177v. subsidy arrears, Caern. May, July 1626.E179/224/598. Custos. rot. 5 Mar. 1627–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 28–30. Dep. lt. ?by 1627–?d.;J.G. Jones, The Wynn Fam. of Gwydir: Origins, Growth and Development c.1490–1674 (Aberystwyth, 1995), 202. Denb. 2 July 1646–?d.CJ iv. 598b; LJ viii. 406a. Commr. inquiry, Mdx. 20 Mar. 1630;C181/4, f. 44v. new buildings, London 24 July 1630;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 114. knighthood fines, Caern. July 1630;Cal. Wynn Pprs. 245. Mdx. 18 Sept. 1630.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 342. Collector, knighthood fines, 24 Nov. 1630–36.E178/7163, m. 5; E198/4/32, f. 5; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 483. Commr. exacted fees, Anglesey, Caern. and Merion. 21 Sept. 1632.Coventry Docquets, 37. Member, council in the marches of Wales, 13 May 1633–41.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 6. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 31 Aug. 1635.GL, Ms 25475/1, f. 61; LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 52. Farmer, greenwax fines, Cheshire and Flint 20 May 1638.Coventry Docquets, 358. Commr. alehouses, Covent Garden 3 May 1639;CSP Dom. 1639, p. 110. surveying bailiwick of St James, Mdx. by c.Oct. 1640.CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. Col. militia, Merion. by Oct. 1640–?Cal. Wynn Pprs. 270. Commr. further subsidy, Caern. 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Mdx. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. Westminster 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; New Model ordinance, Mdx. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. for reducing cos. of N. Wales, 28 Mar. 1646;CJ iv. 493b. associated cos. of N. Wales, Caern. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Mdx., Surr., Caern. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: Commr. preservation of bullion, 25 Feb. 1628; audit of piracy benevolence, 25 Feb. 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 567, 569; Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, pp. 231, 233, 256. Commr. poor laws, 31 May 1632;PC2/42, f. 22v. Commr. exacted fees by 1638;CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 77. abuses of crown recvrs. 27 Mar. 1639;CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 617. queen’s jointure lands, 25 Aug. 1639; audit of royal fisheries co. 18 Nov. 1639.Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, pp. 226, 232.

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WYNN, Sir Richard, 2nd bt. (c.1588-1649), of Brentford House, Isleworth, Mdx.; Church Lane, The Strand, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Gwydir, Caern.
: 2nd bt. (c.1588-1649), of Brentford House, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx.; Church Lane, Isleworth, Westminster 1588 – 1649 and Caern., Gwydir.
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WYNN, Sir Richard, 2nd bt. (c.1588-1649), of Brentford House, Isleworth, Mdx.; Church Lane, The Strand, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and Gwydir, Caern.

Will
29 Mar. 1648, pr. 2 Nov. 1649.PROB11/210, f. 36.
Estates
in 1627, inherited an estate in north Wales worth £3,000 p.a.PROB11/152, f. 495v. At some point after 1638, he purchased Wyke manor, Mdx.VCH Mdx. iii. 111. In 1639, purchased lands and tenements, parcel of dissolved hospital or chapel of All Angels, Brentford, for £750.LMA, CLA/044/01/180, ff. 18, 19, 20, 21v; CLA/044/05/051, f. 11v; VCH Mdx. iii. 112; PROB11/210, f. 37. In 1642, his estate inc. a lease of parsonage of Llandudno, Caern., and a lease of parsonage of Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denb.Cal. Wynn Pprs. 277. At his d. in 1649, estate inc. lands and tenements in Anglesey, Caern., Denb. and Merion.; the family house in Gwydir; property in township sof Dolwyddelan and Gwydir; escheat lands of Llysfaen; lands and tenements in Llechwedd Issa, Caern.; manor of Wyke, Mdx.; lands and tenements, parcel of dissolved hospital or chapel of All Angels, Brentford; reversion of Brentford House, Mdx.; a lease from dean and chapter of Westminster of a house on The Strand, Westminster; a lease from the queen of lands and tenements in Crowland, Moulton, Pinchbeck and Spalding, Lincs.; and a lease of rectory of Llanddulas, Caern.PROB11/210, ff. 36-7; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 277; Jones, Wynn Fam. 100, 102.
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LOWRY, John (d. 1669), of Cambridge, Cambs.

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m. 2 Aug. 1612, Alice Lanne (d. 1627), 5s (3 d.v.p.), 3da.Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge par. reg. ff. 4v, 5v, 6, 7v, 8-10 and unfol. bur. 18 July 1669.Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge par. reg.; F. Blomefield, Collectanea Cantabrigiensia (Norwich, 1750), 80.
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Civic: elector, Camb. 1624; supervisor, 1624 – 25; common councilman, May 1625 – May 1641; coroner, 1628 – 29; cllr. 1638 – 40, 1660 – 61; alderman, May 1641 – 18 July 1662; mayor, 1644–5.Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1610–46, ff. 130, 133, 139v, 174, pp. 248v, 299, 332, 402; common day bk. 1647–81, f. 129v; J.M. Gray, Biographical Notes on the Mayors of Cambridge (Cambridge, 1922), 37–8.

Local: collector, Ship Money, Camb. 1637.CUL, University Archives, CUR 36.1, no. 27. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. gaol delivery, 10 Sept. 1641, 26 May 1654–18 Sept. 1660;C181/5, f. 212; C181/6, pp. 35, 388. assessment, Cambs. 1642, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Camb. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 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); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Cambs. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 256v. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/5, f. 270; C181/6, pp. 28, 382. militia, Cambs. and I. of Ely 2 Dec. 1648; Cambs. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 16. J.p.; Camb. by May 1654-July 1660.C231/6, pp. 217, 299; C181/6, pp. 34, 387. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 16, 379. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Cambs. 21 Sept. 1655.Bodl. Rawl. C.948, p. 24.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a.

Military: col. militia ft. Cambs. 15 July 1650-aft. Apr. 1651.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508; SP28/223: Cambs. militia commrs. to R. Pettit, 4 Apr. 1651; E134/16ChasII/Mich22.

Mercantile: jt. comptroller inward customs, London June 1654-aft. Sept. 1659;Bodl. Rawl. A.328, p. 81; CJ vii. 786b.

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LOWRY, John (d. 1669), of Cambridge, Cambs.
: of Cambridge, Cambs.
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LOWRY, John (d. 1669), of Cambridge, Cambs.

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Estates
various properties leased to him by the Cambridge corporation;Downing Coll. Cambridge, Bowtell MSS 5-6; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, MS 618/364, pp. 78, 81. leased property in King’s Street (now Hobson Street), Cambridge, 1617;CUL, EDC 2/4/2, f. 8v. owned properties in St Benedict’s and St Andrew’s parishes, Cambridge;CUL, Univ. Archives, CUR 37.3, nos. 109, 128. leased property from Trinity Coll. Cambridge.Trinity Coll. Cambridge, senior bursar’s audit bk. 1637-59, ff. 37v, 100v.
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PERCIVALLE, Sir Philip (1603-47), of Burton and Liscarroll, Co. Cork.

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bap. 14 Apr. 1603, 2nd s. of Richard† (d. 1620) of Sydenham, Som., and Alice, da. of John Sherman of Ottery St Mary, Devon.St Mary Abbots, Kensington, Mdx. par. reg.; J. Anderson, Hist. of the House of Yvery (1742), ii. 138. educ. King’s Inns, Dublin, 1 Feb. 1636.King’s Inns Adm. Pprs. ed. E. Keane, P.B. Phair and T.U. Sadleir (Dublin, 1982), 398. m. 16 Oct. 1626, Katherine, da. of Arthur Ussher of Dublin, 5s. 4da.HMC Egmont, i. 123-5. suc. bro. 1624. Kntd. 2 June 1636.HMC Egmont, i. 86n. d. 10 Nov. 1647.HMC Egmont, i. p. xxvii.
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Irish: clerk and registrar, commission of wards, 1622–?HMC Egmont, i. 61. Feodary and escheator, co. Limerick 1624.HMC Egmont, i. p. viii. Clerk and kpr. of recs. ct. of c.p. by Feb. 1629.HMC Egmont, i. 63. Clerk of ct. of wards and feodary of Munster, c.1633–41.HMC Egmont, i. p. viii. Commr. Galway plantation, 1638.HMC Egmont, i. p. xi. Clerk, House of Lords, 1640–?1647.M. Perceval-Maxwell, Outbreak of the Irish Rebellion of 1641 (1994), 69.

Military: capt. of firelocks, regt. of 12th earl of Ormond, royal army in Ireland, 1641–d.SP17/H/7, f. 103; HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 137, 149,198; HMC Egmont, i. 425. Commry.-gen. victuals, 24 Mar. 1642–?1644.HMC Egmont, i. 201.

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PERCIVALLE, Sir Philip (1603-47), of Burton and Liscarroll, Co. Cork.
: Co. Cork.
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PERCIVALLE, Sir Philip (1603-47), of Burton and Liscarroll, Co. Cork.

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in 1641 owned extensive estates in co. Cork, ‘stretching in an arc from Kanturk through Liscarroll to Churchtown’,M. MacCarthy-Morrogh, The Munster Plantation (Oxford, 1986), 164. inc. manors of Liscarroll and Burton, valued at £2,587 p.a;HMC Egmont, i. 177. also owned Piltown and four manors in co. Waterford, and Clonerosse and nine manors in co. Tipperary.HMC Egmont, i. 114. In 1636 purchased Burton, Som.HMC Egmont, i. 84-5.
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ROBERTS, Sir William (1604-62), of Neasden, Willesden, Mdx.

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b. 21 Apr. 1604, 1st surv. s. of Barne Roberts (d.1610) of Willesden and Anne, da. of Sir William Glover, Dyer and alderman, of Farringdon, London.K.J. Valentine, ‘The Roberts Family of Willesden’, Trans. London and Mdx Arch. Soc. xxxvi. 185-6; F. Grigson, ‘Pedigree of Roberts of Willesden, co. Mdx’, The Gen. v. 300-7. educ. Queens’, Camb. 7 May 1622, Emmanuel, Camb. 12 Oct. 1622; G. Inn 7 Aug. 1622.Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. i. 167. m. 22 Feb. 1624, Eleanor (d. Nov. 1678), da. and h. of Robert Aty of Kilburn Priory, Mdx., 9s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.).The Gen. v. 300-7. Kntd. 18 May 1624.Shaw, Knights of Eng ii. 184. suc. gdfa. 1631.The Gen. v. 300-7; PROB11/160/635. d. 19 Sept. 1662.Lysons, Environs iii. 623.
Offices Held

Central: commr. execution of archery act, 5 May 1637;CSP Dom. 1637, p. 66. for maintenance of army, 26 Mar. 1644. Contractor, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Nov. 1646; sale of dean and chapter lands, 30 Apr. 1649, 4 May 1654; sale of crown lands, 16 July 1649; sale of royal forests, 30 Aug. 1654. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 13 June 1654. Trustee, fee farm rents, 11 Mar. 1650; sale of crown lands, 31 Dec. 1652.A. and O. Commr. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 74a. removing obstructions, sale of confiscated lands, 1 Apr. 1652. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653. Commr. to inspect treasuries, 28 July, 31 Dec. 1653.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 317. Cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344a. Commr. arrears of excise, 29 Dec. 1653;A. and O. improvement of customs, Dec. 1653;CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 316, 425; 1654, p. 342; 1655, p. 51. appeals and regulating excise, 17 Mar. 1654; prohibiting planting of tobacco, 11 Apr. 1654.A. and O. Jt. auditor of the receipt, 31 Aug. 1654; auditor, 1655-c.June 1660.Officers of the Exchequer, ed. Sainty (L. and I. xviii, 1983), 207; E403/2523. Commr. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654;A. and O. for accts. 24 Nov. 1655.C231/6, p. 320; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 14. Auditor, wine licences, Nov. 1655.Aylmer, State’s Servants, 252. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 18 Mar. 1641-at least Mar. 1643, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 437; C193/13/3, f. 41v; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 23. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). oyer and terminer, Mdx. 30 Nov. 1641 – aft.Jan. 1645, by Jan. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/5, ff. 213v, 246v; C181/6, pp. 3, 327. London by Jan. 1654–19 May 1659.C181/6, pp. 2, 352. Dep. lt. Mdx. by 20 Dec. 1642–?CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 417. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644;A. and O. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 2 Aug. 1648;A. and O.; LJ x. 412a. New Model ordinance, Mdx. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, 15 Oct. 1645, 31 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/5, f. 262; C181/6, pp. 4, 200. Mdx. and Westminster 7 July 1657-aft. Oct. 1658;C181/6, pp. 244, 319. militia, Mdx. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–19 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 2, 352. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mdx. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Mdx. and Westminster by Jan. 1656.TSP iv. 406.

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ROBERTS, Sir William (1604-62), of Neasden, Willesden, Mdx.
: of Neasden, Mdx., Willesden.
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ROBERTS, Sir William (1604-62), of Neasden, Willesden, Mdx.

Will
2 Aug. 1662, pr. 27 Nov. 1662.PROB11/309/474.
Estates
inherited estate in and around Willesden, Mdx; owned lands in Acton by 1646;VCH Mdx vii. 18. purchased manor of Neasden (crown lands), c.1649;Lysons, Environs iii. 613. prebends of Neasden, Oxgate, Harlesden and Chambers (Westminster Abbey), c.1651;VCH Mdx vii. 211, 216-17; Stowe 862, f. 38. manor of Witherington, Northants (bishop of Peterborough), for £1,077 on 23 Mar. 1649;Bodl. MS Rawl. B.239, p. 27. also manor of Combe in Newington, Surr.; purchased Hayes Park Hall, Mdx, 1658;VCH Mdx iv. 27. official salaries in 1658 estimated as £900 p.a.A Narrative of the Late Parliament (Feb. 1658), 16 (E.935.5).
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DISBROWE, Samuel (1619-90), of Elsworth, Cambs.

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b. Nov. 1619, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of James Disbrowe of Eltisley, Cambs. and Elizabeth Hatley of Over, Cambs.H.F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings (Boston, 1885-9), i. 250; Oxford DNB. m. (1) Dorothy (d. 1654) da. of Henry Whitfield of Ockley, Surr. and Guilford, New Haven, 1s. 1da.; (2) 10 Apr. 1655, Rose (bap. 24 Mar. 1616), da. of William Hobson, Haberdasher, of Hackney, Midx. wid. of (1) Richard Lassall and (2) Samuel Pennoyer, merchant of London.Genealogical Gleanings, i. 506-7; St Martin, Ludgate (bap. 1616; mar. 1634), St Katherine by the Tower (mar. 1646) and All Hallows, Barking (mar. 1655) par. regs.; Oxford DNB. d. 10 Dec. 1690.Genealogical Gleanings, i. 251.
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Colonial: freeman, gen. ct. New Haven 6 July 1643. Dep. Guilford, New Haven bef. Oct. 1643. Magistrate, 27 Oct. 1646–50.Recs. of New Haven, 1638–49 ed. C.J. Hoadly (Hartford, Connecticut, 1857), 96, 112, 275; Officials of Connecticut and New Haven Colonies ed. D.L. Jacobus (New Haven, Connecticut, 1935), 16.

Scottish: commr. for commonwealth lands, June 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 237. Sheriff, Peeblesshire c.1652.Hist. of Peeblesshire ed. J.W. Buchan (3 vols. Glasgow, 1925), ii. 478; iii. 582. Judge of admlty. 1 Mar. 1652.HMC Portland, i. 629. Commr. for sequestrations, c.Apr. 1652.Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 164. Visitor, univs. c.June 1652.Scot. and Commonwealth ed. Firth, 44–5. Commr. claims, ordinance of pardon and grace, 12 Apr. 1654.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 4 May 1655.TSP iii. 423; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 152. Commr. assessment, Edinburgh Shire, Peeblesshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657; Selkirkshire 26 June 1657.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, pp. 839, 841; A. and O. J.p. Edinburgh Shire, Selkirkshire 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 311, 315. Judge of exch. and ld. of session, 16 May 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 326. Kpr. gt. seal, nom. 3 Jan. 1656, appointed 16 May 1656, confirmed 16 Sept. 1657.Add. 57309, f. 19; Eg. 2519, ff. 15, 17v-18. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Constant pres. high ct. of justice, 1658–9.Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 385.

Local: commr. assessment, Cambs. 9 June 1657;Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, pp. 839, 841; A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 16 Dec. 1657.SP25/78, p. 334.

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DISBROWE, Samuel (1619-90), of Elsworth, Cambs.
: Cambs.
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Likenesses: miniature, J. Oliver.Whereabouts unknown.

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DISBROWE, Samuel (1619-90), of Elsworth, Cambs.

Will
20 Sept. 1680, pr. 16 Apr. 1691.PROB11/404/236; Genealogical Gleanings, i. 245-6.
Estates
income from office: as commr. for sequestrations, £500 p.a. in 1653-5;Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLIV, pp. 5, 12 and unpag. salary as member of Scottish Council, £600 p.a. in 1656;TSP iv. 526. salary and profits of great seal of Scotland valued at £1,000 in 1656-7.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LI, f. 30v; TSP iv. 528. Property in Guilford, New Haven, from c.1641; on marriage to Rose Hobson acquired her life-interest in manor of Tharfield, Herts., lands in Acton, Midx. and ‘right title and interest’ to 31-year lease from Drapers’ Co. of 1,500 acres of Navan Barony, co. Meath, Ireland; purchased manor and rectory of Elsworth, Cambs. in 1656.Oxford DNB; Genealogical Gleanings, i. 245-6, 503, 506.
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RIDGE, Jonathan (1621-1701), of Watergate Street, St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

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bap. 2 Apr. 1621, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Ridge, draper, of Salford, Manchester, Lancs., and Ellen (bur. 25 Aug. 1638), da. of ?Ralph Shepley of Macclesfield, Cheshire.St Michael, Macclesfield par. reg.; Regs. of the Cathedral Church of Manchester ed. E. Axon (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xxxi), 201, 476; ed. H. Brierley (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lv), 30, 44; ed. Brierley (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lvi), 352. educ. appr. draper, Chester 2 Oct. 1637.Cheshire RO, ZMAB/1, f. 116v. m. by Apr. 1655, Jane (d. aft. 1700), da. of ?, at least 2s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).St Peter, Chester par. reg.; Harl. 2070, f. 153; Cheshire RO, ZAF/38a/10; WS 1701, Will of Jonathan Ridge; Holy Trinity Chester Par. Reg. ed. L. M. Farrell (Chester, 1914), 112, 114, 120; Regs. of the Cathedral Church of Manchester ed. J. Flitcroft, E. Bosdin (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lxxxix), 43, 139. bur. 16 Jan. 1701 16 Jan. 1701.St Mary, Stockport par. reg.
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Mercantile: member, Chester Merchants Co. 9 Mar. 1646; warden, 25 Sept. 1646-c.Sept. 1648; master, 1651–3.Chester History and Heritage Centre, 942.714/338.632MER, Merchant Drapers and Hosiers Co. Bks. unpag.

Civic: freeman, Chester 1646–?d.;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J. H. E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 127. common cllr. 8 Sept. 1648;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 85. sheriff, 1648–9;Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 215. alderman, 2 Feb. 1655–11 May 1660;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 106v, 127. auditor, 1657.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 116.

Local: recvr. sequestrations, Chester 1646–?SP28/225, f. 134. Commr. militia, 1 Oct. 1650, 26 July 1659; Cheshire 26 July 1659;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 366; A. and O. assessment, Chester 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660; Cheshire 26 Jan. 1660.An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O. Cheque of customs, Chester by Mar. 1656-bef. July 1660.E351/657–9. Commr. dividing parishes, Cheshire and Chester 10 Mar. 1656.Mins. of the Cttee. of Plundered Ministers rel. to Lancs. and Cheshire ed. W. A. Shaw (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 115.

Military: capt. militia ft. 22 Aug. 1650-bef. Apr. 1655.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 510; TSP iii. 217, 300. Ensign, c.Mar. 1655–6.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 110v.

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RIDGE, Jonathan (1621-1701), of Watergate Street, St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.
: St Peter, Cheshire., of Watergate Street, Chester.
Volume
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Web Title

RIDGE, Jonathan (1621-1701), of Watergate Street, St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Will
9 Mar. 1700, pr. 23 May 1701.Cheshire RO, WS 1701.
Estates
in 1650, purchased, for £190, a fee farm rent in Cheshire worth £22 p.a.SP28/288, f.23. In 1651, purchased, for £368, fee farm rents of Chester.Cheshire RO, ZCX/25. By 1655, owned a rent charge on property in Runcorn and elsewhere in Cheshire worth £28 7s p.a.Harl. 2070, f. 153. By 1663, owned a house and shop on Watergate Street, Chester.Cheshire RO, ZAF/39a/9. His house in Chester was assessed at 6 hearths in 1664-5.Chester Hearth Tax Returns ed. F.C. Beazley (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lii), 45. At his d. estate inc. a house on Northgate Street, Chester.Cheshire RO, WS 1701, will of Jonathan Ridge.
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READE, Thomas (1612-62), of Wickford, Essex.

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bap. 15 Aug. 1612, 7th but 3rd surv. s. of Edmund Reade of Wickford and Elizabeth, wid. of Thomas Cooke of Pebmarsh, Essex.Firth and Davis, Regimental Hist. ii. 563-4. m. 17 Aug. 1643, Priscilla, da. of John Banks of Maidstone, Kent, 3s. 1da.Regs. St Matthew, Friday Street, 1538-1812 (Harl. Soc. 1933), 53. suc. fa. 1623. d. betw. 25 July-6 Nov. 1662.Genealogical Gleanings ed. H.F. Waters (2 vols. Boston, 1901), ii. 1305.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of James Holborne (later William Davies), army of 3rd earl of Essex by Oct. 1642-Apr. 1645.SP28/3A, ff. 52, 212; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Maj. of ft. regt. of Walter Lloyd (later Robert Overton, George Fenwick*), New Model army, Apr. 1645–47; lt.-col. 1647-June 1651. Col. of ft. army in Scotland, June 1651–12 Oct. 1660.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, ii. 422n; Firth and Davis, Regimental Hist. i. 384–5, 389; ii. 563, 568. Gov. Stirling Aug. 1651–?Oct. 1660.Scot. and Commonwealth ed. Firth, 5.

Scottish: sheriff, Stirlingshire Apr. 1652.Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 164. Regulator, assessment, Clackmannanshire and Stirlingshire c.1653–4.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS XLIII, ff. 12v, 26. Commr. assessment, 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. part 2, 838, 841; A. and O. J.p. Clackmannanshire, ?Stirlingshire 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 311. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1657.A. and O.

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READE, Thomas (1612-62), of Wickford, Essex.
: Essex.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

READE, Thomas (1612-62), of Wickford, Essex.

Will
25 July 1662, pr. 6 Nov. 1662.Genealogical Gleanings ed. Waters, ii. 1305.
Estates
at d. owned Soppers Farm, Wickford, Essex, and Wickford Farm, near Salem, New England. Left money bequests to wife and children worth over £5,500.Genealogical Gleanings ed. Waters, ii. 1305.
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BREWSTER, Francis I (c.1600-57), of Wrentham, Suff.

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b. c. 1600, 2nd. s. of Francis Brewster (d. 1644) of Wrentham and Elizabeth, da. of Robert Snelling of Ipswich;Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 252-3; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612, 118. bro. of Robert Brewster* and John Brewster*. educ. adm. Pembroke, Camb. 1617 (aged 17), matric. 1618, BA 1620, MA 1624.Al. Cant. m. 11 Apr. 1626, Susanna (d. 1681), da. of John Bunning, 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).E. Ang. Misc. (1908), 62, 65; Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 253; PROB11/275/267. bur. 11 Nov. 1657 11 Nov. 1657.Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 253.
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Local: commr. loans on Propositions, Suff. 28 July 1642.LJ v. 245b. Member, Suff. co. cttee. 1642–d.Suff. ed. Everitt, 131. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. 11 May 1643–?CJ iii. 80a; LJ vi. 42a. Commr. additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mar. 1644-aft. Jan 1645, 28 Aug. 1654. by Sept. 1644 – July 1656Suff. ed. Everitt, 63; Suff. Cttees. for Scandalous Ministers ed. Holmes, 25; A. and O. J.p., Sept. 1656–d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 64; TSP, v. 230; C193/13/6, f. 83; C193/13/5, f. 99v. Commr. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 14v. gaol delivery, Southwold, Suff. 26 May 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 35, 187. securing peace of commonwealth, Suff. by 20 Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 225. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Religious: elder, fifth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 425.

Military: capt. defence of coast, Suff. 6 July 1650–? Maj. militia ft. 9 Nov. 1650–?SP25/119, pp. 65–6; CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 507, 512.

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BREWSTER, Francis I (c.1600-57), of Wrentham, Suff.
: of Wrentham, Suff.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BREWSTER, Francis I (c.1600-57), of Wrentham, Suff.

Will
24 May 1652, pr. 18 Feb. 1658.PROB11/275/267.
Estates
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WROTH, Sir Peter (1586-1644), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent

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bap. 31 May 1586, 2nd s. of Thomas Wroth (d. 1610), counsellor at law, of the I. Temple and Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent and Joanna, da. and coh. of Thomas Bulmer of London;St Stephen Coleman Street, London par. reg.; Vis. Kent 1619-21 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 214; Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635 (Harl. Soc. xv, xvii), ii. 374; Vis. Kent 1663-8 (Harl. Soc. liv), 185; Collinson, Som. iii. 69. bro. of Sir Thomas Wroth*. educ. I. Temple 8 Feb. 1607.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 28. m. 28 Feb. 1625, Margaret, da. of Sir Anthony Dering† of Surrenden Dering, Pluckley, Kent, 9s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da.J. Philipott, ‘The vis. of the co. of Kent’, Arch. Cant. x. 332; Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635, ii. 374; Vis. Kent 1663-8, 185; Bexley par. reg.; Berry. Pedigrees of Kent, 398; Collinson, Som. iii. 69. Kntd. 27 Apr. 1619.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 171. d. 18 Apr. 1644.C142/745/57.
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Local: commr. sewers, Kent 12 Sept. 1639–d.;C181/5, ff. 302, 335. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642.SR. Dep. lt. Aug. 1642–d.CJ ii. 724a; ‘Papers relating to proceedings in Kent, 1642–46’, 18. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643, 16 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644.A. and O.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b.

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WROTH, Sir Peter (1586-1644), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent
: Bexley, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WROTH, Sir Peter (1586-1644), of Blenden Hall, Bexley, Kent

Will
undated, pr. 20 June 1645.PROB11/193/331.
Estates
owned land at Bexley and Romney Marsh, Kent; owned house in Coleman Street, London.PROB11/193/331.
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PRIDEAUX, Edmund I (1601-59), of Ottery St Mary and Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon, and the Inner Temple, London.

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bap. 27 Sept. 1601, 2nd surv. s. of Edmund Prideaux (cr. 1st bt. 1622, d. 28 Mar. 1629) of Netherton, Farway, Devon and 2nd w. Catherine, da. of Piers (Peter) Edgcumbe† of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw.CB i. 200; Bodl. Top. Devon c.9, f. 126; HP Commons 1558-1603, ‘Peter Edgecombe’. educ. I. Temple 12 May 1616, called 23 Nov. 1623.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 141. m. (1) 23 Aug. 1627, Jane (bur. 16 Nov. 1629) da. of Henry Collins of Salston, Ottery St Mary, Devon, 1 da. (?d.v.p.); (2) 19 Dec. 1630, Margaret (d. 25 Apr. 1683), wid. of William Doble of Ashbrittle, Som., da. and coh. of William Every of Cothay, Kittisford, Som., 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 4da. (2 d.v.p.).Vivian, Vis. Devon, 621; Coventry Docquets, 611; PROB11/154, f. 359; Som. RO, D/D/RR 237. cr. bt. 26 June 1658. d. 19 Aug. 1659.CB iii. 6; C231/6, p. 401; Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 358.
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Local: J.p. Devon 30 Nov. 1631 – 15 July 1642, ?1646–d.;C231/5, pp. 70, 530. var. cos. 14 Apr. 1649–d. Commr. further subsidy, Devon, 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Dorset 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Exeter 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). Som., Bristol 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; sequestration, Devon 27 Mar. 1643; oyer and terminer, London 12 Jan. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 230v, 265. Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234, 261. Kent, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 236, 239. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 237v, 254. Lincs. 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 252. all circs. and oyer and terminer commissions by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 1, 377. commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644; gaol delivery, Norf. 3 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 234v. Kent, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 236v, 239v. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238, 254. Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 244, 265. Norf. 11 Sept. 1645;C181/5, f. 261. sewers, Som. 15 Nov. 1645 – aft.Jan. 1646, 21 Nov. 1654–d.;C181/5, ff. 263, 268; C181/6, pp. 73, 394. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657.C181/6, p. 263. Custos rot. Devon 6 Feb. 1646-bef. Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 37. Commr. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. Exeter militia, 10 July 1648;LJ x. 374a. militia, Devon 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Som. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Legal: auditor, I. Temple 1634, 1637, 1639; bencher, 1 May 1642; treas. 1648–d.CITR ii. 216, 236, 251, 265, 284, 330, 331. Retained counsel, Exeter 3 Nov. 1642; recorder, 2 May – 4 Nov. 1643, 12 May 1646–18 Mar. 1654;Devon RO, Exeter City Archive, act bk. viii, ff. 143, 146v, 175v; x, f. 44v. Bristol 6 Jan. 1646 (sworn 12 Sept. 1646)-11 Nov. 1651;Bristol RO, 04264/4, pp. 131, 145, 04264/5, pp. 28–9. Lyme Regis by Oct. 1647–d.Dorset RO, DC/LR/B1/9, DC/LR/D2/1. Solicitor-gen. 25 Nov. 1648 – 14 Apr. 1649; att.-gen. 14 Apr. 1649–d.Sainty, List of Eng. Law Officers, 46, 62.

Central: member, cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642.CJ ii. 866a; CCAM 1. Postmaster-gen. by 29 Nov. 1642, 7 Sept. 1644–?53.HMC Portland, i. 74; CJ iii. 619b. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 24 Dec. 1642;CJ ii. 901b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 31 Dec. 1642;CJ ii. 909a. Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643.A. and O. Commr. gt. seal, 10 Nov. 1643;A. and O.; LJ viii. 223a, x. 118a. preservation of books, 20 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. for sequestrations, 9 Dec. 1643;CJ iii. 335a. cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for examinations, 16 Oct. 1644.CJ iii. 666b. Commr. Uxbridge Propositions, 28 Jan. 1645. Member, cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647, 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646. Member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. Commr. removing obstructions, sales of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.A. and O.; CJ vii. 220b. Member, cttee. removing obstructions, sales of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Religious: trier of elders, classis of Serjeants’ Inns, 14 Oct. 1645.A. and O.

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PRIDEAUX, Edmund I (1601-59), of Ottery St Mary and Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon, and the Inner Temple, London.
: Thorncombe, Devon and London., the Inner Temple.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PRIDEAUX, Edmund I (1601-59), of Ottery St Mary and Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon, and the Inner Temple, London.

Will
1 Apr. 1659, pr. 7 Dec. 1659.PROB11/296, f. 315.
Estates
Purchased Forde Abbey, Thorncombe, Devon (since Dorset), 1649; bought fee farm rent of Ottery St Mary, Sept. 1650, payable by lord of manor and worth £133 p.a.;E315/140, f. 120. bought crown property of Sidmouth mills, 1650, for £429.E121/2/2; E317/10/13.
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took lease of house in Kew, Surr. by grant of Cttee. for Advance of Money, 1647;CCAM 164. house in Whitefriars, London by 1656.Burton’s Diary, i. 213.
Religion
Recommended Nathaniel Terry for living of Paignton, 1650, Humphrey Bradford to Offwell, 1651; John Gaudy to Bridford, 1652, Samuel Hall to Stokeinteignhead, 1652, Thomas Bridgman to Inwardleigh, 1653, all Devon livings.Add. 36792, ff. 5, 30, 48v, 55v, 64. John Tillotson his chaplain as att.-gen. c. 1656.T. Birch, Life of the Most Reverend Dr John Tillotson (1753), 14, 16, 17.
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