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DEWY, James II (c.1635-aft. 1705), of the Middle Temple, London.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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1st s. of James Dewy of Christchurch and Milford, Hants, and Elizabeth, da. of Christopher Krywill of Dorset.Hants RO, 1M53/1350. educ. Winchester, 1646, age 11; Hart HallT. F. Kirby, Winchester Scholars (1888), 182. and Exeter Coll. Oxf. 20 Nov. 1651;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 2 Dec. 1652.MTR iii. 1042-3. m. 25 Dec. 1656, Elizabeth Frost, ‘wid.’ (d. aft. 13 Nov. 1679), at least 1s. (d.v.p.) 2 da. (d.v.p.)Reg. St Margaret, Westminster (Harl. Soc. Reg. ser. lxiv. 83; lxxxix. 22); Temple Church Reg. (Harl. Soc. Reg. ser. n.s. i), 4; Hants RO, 1M53/492. suc. fa. aft. 3 June 1674.Add. Ch. 6205. d. aft. 31 July 1706.Cal. Treasury Pprs. 1702–1707, 452.
Offices Held

Household: sec. to John Lisle* bef. 22 Nov. 1652.CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 539. ‘Servant’ to Bulstrode Whitelocke* by 16 Mar. 1655-aft. 8 Mar. 1657.Whitelocke, Diary, 402–3, 459.

Legal: called, M. Temple 16 May 1656.MTR iii. 1094. Clerk to commrs. of oyer and terminer, Salisbury and Exeter Mar. 1655;Whitelocke, Diary, 402–3. to commrs. gt. seal bef. 11 May 1658.CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 19.

Central: ?clerk of privy purse for seizures in customs by 28 May 1666-aft. 20 Dec. 1683.CSP Dom. 1666, pp. 4, 416; CTB iv. 459–60; vi. 12, 534; vii. 996. Agent for taxes, 27 Apr. 1695-aft. 12 July 1705.CTB x. 1313; xiv. 176, 397; xviii. 455; xx. 342. ?Manager, duties on houses and on marriages, 24 June 1697.CTB xii. 221. ?Commr. land bank, 14 Feb. 1699.CJ xii. 509a.

Local: commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 28 Jan. 1673.C181/7, p. 633. J.p. Westminster, Mdx. Apr. 1673-aft. Jan. 1703 (?aft. 31 July 1706); Hants Oct. 1689.C231/7, p. 446; C231/8, p. 241; Mdx. Co. Recs. iv; Hants RO, 1M53/1373; Cal. Treasury Pprs 1702–7, 452.

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DEWY, James II (c.1635-aft. 1705), of the Middle Temple, London.
: of the Middle Temple, London.
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DEWY, James II (c.1635-aft. 1705), of the Middle Temple, London.

Will
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salary £50 p.a. as clerk to commrs. great seal, 1658;CSP Dom. 1658-9, p. 19. tenement and coppices in Ripley and Sopley, Hants bought 20 Jan. 1665;Hants RO, 1M53/1172. Holdenhurst wood in Christchurch Twynham, bought from Henry Hastings; site of dissolved priory of Christchurch Twynham, Watergrist Mill and other lands bought from Sir Thomas Tipping; other lands in parish bought from George Stewart and Robert Reekes, bef. 3 June 1674;Add. Ch. 6205. Holdenhurst farm, near Christchurch, bef. Nov. 1677; lease of house in Suffolk Street, Westminster, £50 p.a. by 1684;Hants RO, 1M53/1266, 1373. salary £200 p.a. as agent for taxes, from 27 Apr. 1695; additional £100 p.a. 22 June 1697;CTB x. 1370; xii. 50. salary £100 p.a. as manager of duties, from 24 June 1697.CTB xii. 221.
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HOLMES, Robert (d. c.1670), of Netherton, Dymock, Glos.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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m. 30 Sept. 1633, Elizabeth (bap. 15 Feb. 1613), da. of Francis Kyrle (bur. 26 May 1649) of Much Marcle, Herefs. 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 3 da. (1 d.v.p.). d. bef. 9 Feb. 1670.PROB11/332/205; Much Marcle par. reg.; Fownhope par. reg.; Burke’s Commoners, iii. 617; Duncomb, Collections, iii. 27, 29.
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Local: j.p. Herefs. 15 Aug. 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650; Glos. 23 July 1650–60.Brampton Bryan MS 27/4; C231/6, p. 194. Commr. assessment, Glos. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; militia, 26 July 1659.An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; CJ vii. 355b; Glos. RO, TBR/A/1/1, p. 153.

Civic: j.p. and capital burgess, Tewkesbury by 15 Mar. 1650–?60.Glos. RO, TBR/A/1/1, p. 160.

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HOLMES, Robert (d. c.1670), of Netherton, Dymock, Glos.
: Glos., Dymock.
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HOLMES, Robert (d. c.1670), of Netherton, Dymock, Glos.

Will
5 Sept. 1664, pr. 9 Feb. 1670.PROB11/332/205.
Estates
lands in hamlets of Leadington and Ryland, Dymock, paying poor rates of £2 9s. 10d., 1665.Glos. RO, P125/OV 2/2.
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ST JOHN, Francis (c.1634-1705), of Thorpe Hall, St John the Baptist, Peterborough, Northants.

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b. c. 1634, 1st s. of Oliver St John* and 1st w. Johanna.Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 183. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 21 July 1648, MA 1650;Al. Cant. L. Inn 14 Nov. 1648;LI Admiss. called, 6 Feb. 1656.LI Black Bks. m. (1) by 1661, Mary, da. and h. of Dionysius Wakeringe* of Church Hall, Kelvedon, Essex, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) lic. 14 May 1674, Mary, da. of Dannet Forth, Brewer, of London, 3s. 2da.Vis. Northants. 183-4; PROB11/484, ff. 102, 103v. suc. fa. 31 Jan. 1673;Vis. Northants. 183. d. 29 July 1705.Add. 25277, f. 105.
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Local: commr. charitable uses, Peterborough 26 Jan. 1656. J.p. liberty of Peterborough 31 Jan. 1657–10 Oct. 1660;C181/6, p. 203, 336. Essex Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660; Northants. Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660, c.June 1700–d.PC2/78, p. 65. Commr. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, liberty of Peterborough 31 Jan. 1657-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 203, 368. assessment, Northants. 9 June 1657, 1679, 1690–?d.;A. and O.; SR. militia, Essex 26 July 1659; Northants. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Conservator, Gt. Level 1666–7.S. Wells, Drainage of Bedford Level, i. 458.

Central: member, cttee. for trade, 6 Feb. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 162.

Civic: feoffee for town lands, Peterborough 1658–83.Peterborough Local Admin. (Northants. Rec. Soc. x.), 233, 236, 246.

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ST. JOHN, Francis (c.1634-1705), of Thorpe Hall, nr. Peterborough, Northants.
: of Thorpe Hall, St John the Baptist, Northants., Peterborough.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, C. Jansen.Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery.

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ST JOHN, Francis (c.1634-1705), of Thorpe Hall, St John the Baptist, Peterborough, Northants.

Will
16 May 1702, pr. 7 Sept. 1705.PROB11/484, f. 101v.
Estates
Thorpe Hall assessed at 35 hearths in 1670.E179/157/446. In 1682 estate valued at £1,200 p.a.SP29/421/216, f. 110v. In 1702, estate inc. properties in Essex, Cambs., Hunts., Northants., Staffs., Suff. and Isle of Ely.PROB11/484, f. 102.
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CHADWICKE, James (1598-1674), of Wheeler Gate, Nottingham, Notts.

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bap. 27 Feb. 1598, o.s. of John Chadwick of ?Woodborough, Notts. and Ursula, da. and coh. of Mauritius de Cadurcis of ?N and Q ser. 7, ii. 409; Thoroton, Notts. iii. 34; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. n.s. v), 68; Dugdale’s Notts. and Derbys. Vis. Pprs. (Harl. Soc. n.s. vi), 128, 129. educ. I. Temple 24 Nov. 1621; called, 28 Nov. 1630.I. Temple database; CITR ii. 186. m. (1) by 1628, Petronella (bur. 18 Jan. 1659), da. and coh. of John Allen of Nottingham, 4s. (1 d.v.p.);St. Mary, Nottingham par reg.; Vis. Notts. 68. (2) (settlement 20 Nov. 1659, with £1,500), Elizabeth (bur. 14 May 1670), da. of Thomas Woolhouse of Glapwell, Bolsover, Notts. s.p.Bolsover par. reg.; Derbys. RO, D187/2/85-90, 101; Dugdale’s Notts. and Derbys. Vis. Pprs. 128. suc. fa. by 1605.Dugdale’s Notts. and Derbys. Vis. Pprs. 128-9. d. c. Aug. 1674.Derbys. RO, D187/2/105, 110.
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Civic: freeman, Nottingham 30 Jan. 1624;Nottingham Borough Recs. iv. 385. dep. recorder, 27 Sept. 1652–14 Mar. 1659.Nottingham Borough Recs. v. 278, 302. Recorder, Stafford 25 Sept. 1643–?;N and Q ser. 7, ii. 409. Derby by Nov. 1655–?TSP iv. 211.

Irish: judge of assize, manor ct. earl of Meath’s liberties, Dublin by 1635–? C.j. Munster ?-?N and Q ser. 7, ii. 409, 450; HMC Egmont, i. 81.

Local: steward, honour of Peverel, Derbys. and Notts. by Oct. 1638-aft. 1660.Derbys. RO, D187/4/18–19; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 65. Commr. array (roy.), Nottingham 18 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642.A. and O. Member, Notts. co. cttee. 29 Dec. 1642–?CJ ii. 905a, 940b; SP28/241, unfol. Commr. assessment, Nottingham 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Notts. 21 Feb. 1645, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, Nottingham 27 Mar., 4 Sept. 1643;A. and O.; CJ iii. 225a; LJ vi. 204a. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Notts., Nottingham 20 Feb. 1645;C181/5, ff. 248v, 249. Midland circ. 12 Feb. 1656–22 June 1659;C181/6, pp. 148, 370. gaol delivery, Notts., Nottingham 20 Feb. 1645. 27 Feb. 1645 – bef.Jan. 1650C181/5, ff. 248v, 249. J.p. Notts., 11 Mar. 1656 – Mar. 1660, 16 Feb. 1666–?d.;C231/6, pp. 10, 328; C231/7, p. 275. Derbys. 16 Feb. 1666–?d.C231/7, p. 275. Commr. Northern Assoc. Notts., Nottingham 20 June 1645; northern cos. militia, Notts. 23 May 1648; securing peace of commonwealth, Derbys., Notts. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 156, 212. for public faith, Notts. 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. c.June 1656.B. Carpenter, Some Acct. of the Original Introduction of Presbyterianism in Nottingham, 29. Dep. justice in eyre, Sherwood Forest 5 Nov. 1662–d.Notts. RO, DD/4P/75/42; DD/2P/27/60.

Military: col. of horse and ft. (parlian.) 25 Mar. 1643-aft. June 1645.N and Q ser. 7, ii. 409.

Religious: elder, St Peter, Nottingham 1652.St Peter, Nottingham par. reg.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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CHADWICKE, James (1598-1674), of Wheeler Gate, Nottingham, Notts.
: of Wheeler Gate, Notts., Nottingham.
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CHADWICKE, James (1598-1674), of Wheeler Gate, Nottingham, Notts.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1627, leased three messuages in Wheeler Gate, Nottingham, from the town corporation.Notts. RO, DD/SMT/55. In 1658-9, mortgaged (to his future fa.-in-law), for £2,500, his messuage in Wheeler Gate and the ‘chief tilehouse’ and ‘Cockains lands’, Nottingham; closes in Hanging Hucknall, and prebendal manor of Woodborough, near Nottingham; messuages and other property in Red Lyon Alley, Trinity Minories, Mdx.; and a moiety of manor of Augher and Spur Royal in co. Tyrone, Ireland.Derbys. RO, D187/2/83-4, 87, 90; Notts. RO, DD/1050/1/3-4; DD/SP/7/1.
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WILDMAN, John (1622-93), of Beckett House, Shrivenham, Bucks. and Westminster.

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bap. 24 Jan. 1622, 2nd s. of Jeffrey Wildman (bur. Mar. 1676) of Wymondham, Norf., and 1st w. Margaret Poaker alias Saddler (bur. 24 Jan. 1622) of ?Wymondham.Wymondham par. reg.; Wreningham, Norf. par. reg.; PROB11/527, f. 92. educ. Corpus Christi, Camb. Easter 1637, BA 1641, MA 1644.Al. Cant. m. (1) bef. 1646, ?Dorothy, da. of Michael Whitefoot of Hapton, Norf. 1s. 1ch. (d.v.p.);PROB11/133, f. 511v; PROB11/225, f. 129; PROB11/527, f. 92; Al. Ox. iv. 1632. (2) by Oct. 1653, Lucy (d. 6 Dec. 1692), da. of Anthony Richmond of Idstone, Ashbury, Berks. s.p.Som. RO, DD/GB/150/1; Richmond Fam. Recs. ed. H.I. Richmond (1938), iii. 134-5. Kntd. 29 Oct. 1692.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 267. d. 1 June 1693.MI Shrivenham, Berks.; Wood, Life and Times, iii. 424.
Offices Held

Military: maj. of ? (parlian.) by Dec. 1650–?CJ vi. 505b; M. Ashley, John Wildman: Plotter and Postmaster (1947), 9, 70. Col. militia horse, Berks. by Jan. 1660–?CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 321.

Local: commr. Westminster militia, 28 June 1659; militia, Berks. 26 July 1659; assessment, Westminster 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. Berks. 1679, 1689 – d.; Mdx. 1679; Wilts. 1689; London 1690.SR. J.p. Mdx. 1689–d.‘John Wildman’, HP Commons 1660–90. Dep. lt. 6 Apr. 1689–d.CSP Dom. 1689–90, pp. 53–4.

Central: dep. postmaster-gen. 12 Apr. 1689-Feb. 1691.CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 59; 1690–1, p. 283; CTB ix. 1037.

Civic: freeman, Skinners’ Co. by 1690–d.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 185. Alderman, London 13 Jan. 1690–d.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 185; ii. 117.

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WILDMAN, John I (c.1624-93), of Becket House, Shrivenham, Berks. and St. Giles in the Fields, Mdx.
: Bucks., Shrivenham and Westminster.
Likenesses

Likenesses: ?miniature, J. Hoskins, 1647;V. and A. etching, W. Hollar, 1653.BM.

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WILDMAN, John (1622-93), of Beckett House, Shrivenham, Bucks. and Westminster.

Will
14 Oct. 1670, admon. 30 May 1712.PROB11/527, f. 91.
Estates
in 1652-7, Henry Marten* sold or mortgaged to Wildman manors of Beckett, Nether and Over Inglesham and Shrivenham Salop, Claycourt and Stalpits, Berks. for at least £9,300.C6/141/116; Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 9 (indenture 22 Dec. 1652); box 48 (indenture 13 Dec. 1652); Berks. RO, D/EZ7/59; D/EEl/E35; D. Lysons, S. Lysons, Magna Britannia: Berks. (1813), 366; VCH Berks. iv. 535. In 1653, Marten sold lease of the rectory and advowson of Ashbury, Berks. to Wildman for £1,700.Brotherton Lib. ML mss, box 16 (Billingsley v. Poeton case ppr.). In 1653, Wildman purchased forfeited estates in Distaff Lane, St Augustine, London.SP46/108, f. 362; CCC 1214. In 1656, purchased an estate in Horton, Som. for £1,000.Som RO, DD/GB/148/21. Before the Restoration, estate in Shrivenham and in Hapton and Wreningham, Norf. valued at £1,833.Berks. RO, D/EE1/E35; D/ELS/T2/3. In 1670, estate inc. manors of Beckett, Shrivenham Salop, Claycourt and Stalpits; a capital messuage, tenements and land in Beckett; parsonage of, and closes in, Ashbury; lease of a tenement in Idstone, Berks.; lease (with Sir Robert Clayton†) of parsonages of Preston Candover and Nutley and of a farm and tenement in Nutley, Hants; and property in Florden, Hapton and Wreningham, Norf.PROB11/527, ff. 91-2.
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The Saracen’s Head, Friday Street, London (1648);G. Masterson, The Triumph Stain’d (1648), 13 (E.426.18). St Martin-in-the Fields, Westminster (1654);Brotherton Lib. Marten Loder mss, box 66, unfol.; CCC 2405. The Dolphin, Tower Street, London (1654).TSP iii. 147-8.
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JONES, William II (1613-62), of Sandford, West Felton, Salop.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 5 Oct. 1613, 1st s. of Edward Jones of Sandford, steward of Shrewsbury and Mary (d. 1673), da. of Robert Powell of Whittington Park.Shrewsbury St. Alkmund par. reg.; Vis. Salop 1623, i. (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 282; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, xii., 215. educ. Shrewsbury sch. 22 Apr. 1623; L. Inn 6 May 1629; Emmanuel, Camb. 9 May 1629.Shrewsbury School Regestum, 283; LI Admiss. i. 208; Al. Cant. m. by Mar. 1637, Mary (d. 19 Jan. 1684), da. of Sir Richard Greaves of Moseley, King’s Norton, Worcs. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. 1648. bur. 1 Aug. 1662 1 Aug. 1662.Coventry Docquets, 545; Salop Archives, 6001/1078 p. 818.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Shrewsbury ?1634 – 62; recorder, 5 Mar. 1655–60.Salop Archives, 6001/290 n.p.

Legal: called, L. Inn 17 May 1636; bencher, 29 Nov. 1659, 10 Feb. 1662–d.LI Black Bks. ii. 339, 423; iii. 16. Puisne judge, Anglesey circ. 14 Mar.-20 Aug. 1660.CJ vii. 876a; Williams, Hist. Gt. Sessions in Wales, 103.

Local: commr. sequestration, Westminster 5 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 580a. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 26 June 1645;C181/5, f. 255. assessment, Salop 16 Feb. 1648, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; militia, Salop 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. by Jan. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 11, 375.

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JONES, William II (1613-62), of Sandford, West Felton, Salop.
: West Felton, Salop.
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JONES, William II (1613-62), of Sandford, West Felton, Salop.

Will
1 Aug. 1662, pr. 17 Feb. 1663.PROB11/310/268.
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MOSTYN, John (c.1603-75), of the Inner Temple, London, Llys Maesmynan, Bodfari, Flint. and Tregarnedd, Anglesey.

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b. c.1603, 2nd s. of Sir Roger Mostyn† (d. 13 Aug. 1642), 1st bt. of Mostyn Hall, Holywell, Flint. and Gloddaith, Caern. and Mary, da. of Sir John Wynn†, 1st bt. of Gwydir, Llanrwst, Caern. educ. privately at Gwydir and Mostyn (William Holmes); Queens’, Camb. 1619; L. Inn, 15 Aug. 1622; I. Temple 17 Nov. 1637. unm. d. 26 Dec. 1675.HP Commons 1604-29, ‘John Mostyn’; I. Temple Admissions database; Bodfari par. reg.
Offices Held

Household: sec. to John Williams, bp. of Lincoln, 1621–37.NLW, 9057E/960; State Trials ed. Howell, iii. 798; Gardiner, Hist. Eng. viii. 251–4.

Central: clerk of writs, ct. of wards and liveries, Jan. 1637–25 Apr. 1644;CSP Dom. 1637, pp. 76–7; 1660–1, p. 245. clerk of writs in chancery, Jan. 1661–d.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 498; 1673–5, pp. 329–30.

Local: commr. subsidy, Flint 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; loyal and indigent officers, 1662.SR.

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MOSTYN, John (c.1603-1675), of Westminster Abbey and Buckden, Hunts.; later of the Inner Temple, London, Llys Maesmynan, Bodfari, Denb. and Tregarnedd, Anglesey
: of the Inner Temple, Llys Maesmynan, Flint., Bodfari, London and Anglesey., Tregarnedd.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, attrib. J. Souch.Mostyn Hall; S. Evans, ‘”To Contynue in my Bloud and name”: Reproducing the Mostyn Dynasty, c. 1540-1692 (Aberystwyth Univ. PhD thesis, 2013), 278

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MOSTYN, John (c.1603-75), of the Inner Temple, London, Llys Maesmynan, Bodfari, Flint. and Tregarnedd, Anglesey.

Will
2 Dec. 1674, pr. 12 Apr. 1676.PROB11/350, f. 317v.
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STEELE, William (1610-80), of Hatton Garden, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 19 Aug. 1610, 1st s. of Richard Steele of Sandbach, Cheshire and Finchley, Mdx. and Laetitia, da. of one Shaw.Harl. 2040, f. 240; J.P. Earwaker, Hist. of Sandbach (1890), 17-20. educ. Chester sch.; Caius, Camb. 25 Sept. 1627;Al. Cant. G. Inn 13 June 1631.G. Inn Admiss. i. 193. m. (1) 15 May 1638, Elizabeth (d. aft. 1641), da. of Richard Godfrey† of Wye, Kent, 1s.; (2) aft. Jan. 1643, Mary (d. Feb. 1691), da. of John Mellish, Merchant Taylor, of London, wid. of Michael Harvey, merchant, of London 2s. 2da. (2 d.v.p.).Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. ii. 384-5; ser. 2, iii. 329-31; Regs. of St Helen’s Bishopsgate (Harl. Soc. xxxi), 295; G.A. Aitken, Life of Richard Steele (2 vols., 1889), 350. bur. 8 Oct. 1680 8 Oct. 1680.Add. 18730, f. 76.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 23 June 1637;Pension Bk. of G. Inn, ed. R.J. Fletcher (1901), i. 329. bencher, 19 Nov. 1649.Pension Bk. of G. Inn i. 373. Att.-gen. 10 Jan.-9 Apr. 1649.Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 229; Whitelocke, Mems. iii. 11. Recorder, London 25 Aug. 1649–1 June 1655.Recorders of the City of London, 13. Counsel for the commonwealth, cttee. for compounding, 26 Feb. 1650.CCC 178. Sjt.-at-law, 25 Jan. 1654-June 1660.CJ vii. 700a; Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 413, 489. Assize judge, Home circ. Feb. 1655;C181/6, p. 83. Northern circ. July 1655;C181/6, p. 113 Oxf. circ. Mar. 1656;C181/6, p. 136 Western circ. June 1656.C181/6, p. 162. C. bar. exch. 28 May 1655–26 June 1658. Ld. chan. [I] 20 Aug. 1656-Jan. 1660.Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 407.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Trustee, maintenance of preaching ministers, 8 June 1649, 5 Apr. 1650, 2 Sept. 1654; sale of crown lands, 16 July 1649, 31 Dec. 1652. Asst. corporation propagating gospel in New England, 27 July 1649. Trustee, sale of fee farm rents, 11 Mar. 1650. Commr. high ct. of justice, 20 Mar. 1650, 13 June 1654;A. and O. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 74a. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653. Trustee, sale of forests, 30 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Commr. policies of assurances, 6 Nov. 1654.C181/6, p. 71. Member, cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. sub.-cttee. readmission of Jews, 15 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 23. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100. cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 366.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, London 25 Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–1 Oct. 1658;C181/5, f. 265; C181/6, pp. 2, 266. Mdx. by Jan. 1654–11 Oct. 1658;C181/6, pp. 3, 129. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–12 Feb. 1656;C181/6, pp. 13, 124. Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655, 23 June 1656;C181/6, pp. 98, 166. Northern circ. 4 July 1655;C181/6, p. 122. Oxf. circ. 12 Feb. 1656;C181/6, p. 141. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 25 Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–1 Oct. 1658;C181/5, f. 265; C181/6, pp. 2, 266. Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 28 May 1655;C181/6, p. 104. sewers, London 15 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 266v. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–7 July 1657;C181/6, pp. 68, 174. martial law, London 3 Apr. 1646.A. and O. J.p. Essex 20 Sept. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–57; Kent, Mdx., Surr. 20 Sept. 1649–57; Westminster Dec. 1652–57. Dec. 1652C231/6, pp. 165–6, 248; C193/13/4, f. 35v; C193/13/6, ff. 32, 44, 54v, 85, 113v. Commr. assessment, London 10; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; London militia, 15 Feb. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 43. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). nisi prius, Bristol 30 June 1656; Southampton 4 July 1656.C181/6, pp. 161, 174.

Irish: cllr. of state, 27 Aug. 1654.T.C. Barnard, Cromwellian Ireland (Oxford, 1975), 18. Commr. Ireland, 7 July 1659.CJ vii. 674a.

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STEELE, William (1610-80), of Hatton Garden, Mdx.
: of Hatton Garden, Mdx.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown.Harvard Law School, Camb. Mass.

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STEELE, William (1610-80), of Hatton Garden, Mdx.

Will
18 Sept. 1680, pr. 19 Oct. 1680.PROB11/364/149.
Estates
purchased Burton in Warrall, 22 Mar. 1650 for £534;Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 289. Bidstone manor, Cheshire, 1651 (sold 1661); Weston near Crewe (n.d.);Aitken, Richard Steele ii. 349. Upton manor, Cheshire, 6 June 1654.CCC 1118.
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WHITAKER, William (c.1580-1646), of the Middle Temple, London, and Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1580, 1st s. of Henry Whitaker† of Westbury, Wilts., and Judith, da. of William Hawkins of Plymouth, Devon.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 628. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 29 Feb. 1600, ‘aged 19’; M. Temple, 23 Apr. 1602.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. i. 79. m. 30 Mar. 1619, Honora (d. 1677), da. of Edward Hooper of Boveridge, Cranborne, Dorset, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1589.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 628. d. 3 Oct. 1646.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 50.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M Temple 22 Nov. 1611;M. Temple Admiss. i. 79. autumn reader, 1627; bencher, 1627;MTR ii. 722. treas. Oct. 1635-Oct. 1637.MTR ii. 839, 857–8.

Civic: recorder, Shaftesbury 1627–d.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 17.

Local: j.p. Dorset July 1629–d.Dorset RO, QSM/1/1, p. 301; Dorset QS Order Bk. ed. T. Hearing and S. Bridges (Dorset Rec. Soc. xiv), 445. Commr. sewers, 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644;SR; A. and O. oyer and terminer for piracy, 26 Feb. 1642;C181/5, ff. 226v-7. commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644.A. and O.

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WHITAKER, William (c.1580-1646), of the Middle Temple, London and Shaftesbury, Dorset
: London and Dorset., Shaftesbury.
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WHITAKER, William (c.1580-1646), of the Middle Temple, London, and Shaftesbury, Dorset.

Will
23 Mar. 1641 (altered 10 Sept. 1646), pr. 9 Nov. 1646.PROB11/198/72.
Estates
property in Shaftesbury, and estate at Motcombe, near Gillingham, by 1620s.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 17, 628-9.
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ERISEY, James (1616-92), of Erisey, Grade, Cornw.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1616, 1st s. of Richard Erisey* of Erisey Barton and 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Peter Carew of Bickleigh, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 155. educ. L. Inn 9 May 1635.LI Admiss. i. 226. m. 1 Mar. 1649 Mary (d. 1699), da. of Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh, Devon, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1668. d. 1692.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 155; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 354.
Offices Held

Military: capt. (parlian.) 1644;CJ iii. 680b. militia ft. Devon 15 July 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508, where ‘Prysey’ should read ‘Erysey’.

Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1679, 1689–d.; A. and O.; SR. Devon 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). tendering Engagement, Cornw. 28 Jan. 1650.FSL, X.d.483 (47). J.p. by Feb. 1650–?, 13 Sept. 1653 – ?59; Devon 26 Sept. 1653–4 Mar. 1657.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 229; C193/13/3, f. 10; C193/13/4, f. 13v; C231/6, pp. 266, 267, 360; Devon RO, DQS 28/10; C193/13/6. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon and Exeter 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 99. militia, Cornw. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Devon 26 July 1659;A. and O. subsidy, Cornw. 1663. SR.

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ERISEY, James (1616-92), of Erisey, Grade, Cornw.
: Cornw., Grade.
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ERISEY, James (1616-92), of Erisey, Grade, Cornw.

Will
24 June 1692, pr. 6 Mar. 1693.Cornw. RO, AP/E 468/1-2.
Estates
inherited estate in Cornw. 1668. Family said to be worth £600 p.a. after 1670.Add. 18448 f. 35v.
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