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NICCOLLS (NICHOLLS), Thomas (1596-1662), of Boycott, Pontesbury, Salop; Garth, Guilsford, Mont. and Bushey, Herts.

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b. 11 Jan. 1596, 1st s. of John Niccolls, draper, of Shrewsbury, Salop and Anne, da. of David Heylyn of Shrewsbury.J.B. Blakeway, Sheriffs of Salop (Shrewsbury, 1831), 120. educ. Shrewsbury 1608;Shrewsbury School Regestum, 213. Queens’, Camb. 1616;Venn, Al. Cant. G. Inn 1619.GI Adm. m. 6 Dec. 1626, Mary, da. and coh. of John Kynaston of Marton Hall, Kinnerley, Salop, 3s. 4da.Blakeway, Sheriffs of Salop, 120; Salop Par. Regs. Hereford Diocese, xii. (Salop Par. Reg. Soc. 1898), 123, 134, 136; PROB11/310/379. suc. fa. 1635.C142/528/94. d. 16 Apr. 1662.Salop County Records, i. pt. 2, p. vi.
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Civic: jt. bailiff, Shrewsbury 1636 – 37; alderman, 1638 – 17 Oct. 1642, 2 June 1645–?d.; mayor, 1645 – 46; steward, 1648–d.Owen, Blakeway, Hist. Shrewsbury, i. 408, 431, 458–9, 534, 539.

Local: j.p. Salop Feb. 1638–6 Oct. 1653;Coventry Docquets, 74; C231/5, p. 281; C231/6, p. 271; C193/13/4, f. 82. Mont. by 13 Mar. 1648–?Mar. 1660;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 143–5. Herts. 23 July 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 192. St Albans liberty Mar. 1651 – 18 Sept. 1660; St Albans borough July 1656–18 Sept. 1660.C231/6, p. 212; C181/6, pp. 180, 182, 317, 396. Sheriff, Salop 1640–1; Mont. 1641–2.List of Sheriffs (L.and I. ix), 120, 263. Commr. subsidy, Salop 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Herts. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Mont. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Salop 27 Mar. 1643; commr. west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; levying of money, Salop 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Herts. co. cttee. 5 Oct. 1643.CJ iii. 265a; The Impact of the First Civil War on Herts. ed. A. Thomson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 182. Commr. defence of Herts. 18 Dec. 1643; commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644.A. and O. Solicitor in London, Eastern Assoc. cttee. at Camb. Jan. 1645.SP28/27, f. 163. Commr. associated cos. of N. Wales, Mont. 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Salop 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Mont. 2 Dec. 1648; N. Wales 26 July 1659; Herts. 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. N. Wales 24 Oct. 1657;SP25/78, p. 239. oyer and terminer, St Albans borough 15 July 1656 – 6 Oct. 1658; St Albans liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Oct. 1659.C181/6, p. 179, 181, 291, 398.

Religious: elder, Shrewsbury classis, Salop 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 407.

Military: lt. militia horse, N. Wales 13 Aug. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 508.

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NICCOLLS (NICHOLLS), Thomas (1596-1662), of Boycott, Pontesbury, Salop; Garth, Guilsford, Mont. and Bushey, Herts.
: of Boycott, Pontesbury, Salop; Garth, Guilsford, Mont. and Herts., Bushey.
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NICCOLLS (NICHOLLS), Thomas (1596-1662), of Boycott, Pontesbury, Salop; Garth, Guilsford, Mont. and Bushey, Herts.

Will
22 June 1661, pr. 9 Mar. 1663.PROB11/310/379.
Estates
bought Boycott Hall Farm, Pontesbury, 1621;VCH Salop, viii. 260. bought land at Malehurst, Pontesbury, 1655;VCH Salop, viii. 268. bought land at Asterley, Pontesbury, 1658.VCH Salop, viii. 267.
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SANDYS, Samuel (1615-85), of Ombersley, Worcs.

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bap. 2 July 1615, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Edwin Sandys† of Ombersley and Penelope, da. of Sir Richard Bulkeley† of Beaumaris, Anglesey.Ombersley par. reg.; Nash, Collections ii. 223. m. (1) 12 July 1636, Mary (d. 1651) da. and h. of Hugh Barker DCL of Chichester, Suss., chan. Oxford dioc. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.; (2) Elizabeth (d. 1698) da. of Sir John Pakington†, 1st bt. of Westwood Park, Dodderhill, Worcs., wid. of Henry Washington of Packington, Leics. s.p. suc. fa. 1623;Mdx. Par. Regs. ix. 33; Nash, Collections ii. 221. d. 5 Apr. 1685.Ombersley par. reg.
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Local: j.p. Worcs. 11 Mar. 1641 – ?July 1646, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/5 p. 434; C193/12/3; C220/9/4. Commr. array (roy.), 18 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. excise (roy.), Worcs. and Worcester 15 Dec. 1645–?July 1646.Bodl. Dugdale 19, f.114; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 281. Dep. lt. Worcs. 1660–d.SP29/42. Commr. poll tax, 1660; Worcester 1666.SR. Dep. lt. Worcs. c.Aug. 1660–d.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Samuel Sandys I’. Commr. assessment, Worcester Dec. 1660; Worcs. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Notts. 1672, 1677, 1679;SR. oyer and terminer, Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7 p. 119. loyal and indigent officers, Oxon., Worcs. 1662; subsidy, Worcs. 1663. Bailiff, Bedford Level 1663 – 65, 1666 – 67; conservator, 1665 – 66, 1668–73.S. Wells, History of the Drainage of the Great Level of the Fens (2 vols, 1830), i, 456, 458, 460. Commr. recusants, Worcs. 1675.SR.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), Worcs. 21 June 1642-aft. June 1645;Diary and Pprs. of Henry Townshend ed. Porter, Roberts, Roy, 87; I. Roy, ‘The Royalist Army in the First Civil War’ (Oxford DPhil thesis, 1963), 123, 156.. col. of ft. 20 Nov. 1642.Worcs. Archives, b970/5/56: BA 11167/iii; Add. 18980, f. 20. Gov. Evesham 20 Jan. 1643, 8 Apr. 1644.Worcs. Archives, b970/5/56: BA 11167/i; Harl. 6802, f. 75. Lt.-gov. Worcester 21 Jan. 1645; gov. 6 Nov. 1645-Feb. 1646.Worcs. Archives, b970/5/56: BA 11167/v, viii, ix, xi.

Civic: freeman, Worcester 27 June 1643–d.;Worcester Chamber Order Bk. 367. Bewdley by 1673.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Samuel Sandys I’.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, June 1660; in ordinary, 1668–d.N. Carlisle, An Inquiry into the Place and Quality of the Gentlemen of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Chamber (1829), 182; LC 3/2.

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SANDYS, Samuel I (1615-85), of Ombersley, Worcs.
: Worcs.
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Likenesses: MI, Ombersley church.Nash, Collections ii, 218.

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SANDYS, Samuel (1615-85), of Ombersley, Worcs.

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Ombersley manor; salt bullaries, Droitwich, Worcs.; Bedford level; lands in Notts.CCC 1296-7.
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presented Edward Pilkington to Ombersley vicarage, 11 May 1644.Worcs. Archives, RO, 732.4: BA 2337/23.
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PIGOTT, Sir Richard (d.1685), of Doddershall, Quainton, Bucks.

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1st s. of Richard Pigott of Doddershall, Bucks. and Jane, da. and coh. of Thomas Kebble of Newbottle, Northants.Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 101; Lipscomb, Buckingham, i. 406. m. bef. 1633, Anne, da. of Sir Edward Harrington, 2nd bt. of Ridlington, Rutland, 1s d.v.p. 4da.Vis. Bucks. 1634, 101; Lipscomb, Buckingham, i. 406, 430. suc. fa. 1636.VCH Bucks. iv. 96. Kntd. 9 July 1630.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 198. d. bef. 1 Apr. 1685.Mems. of the Verney Fam. iv. 327.
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Local: j.p. Bucks. 1633 – 12 July 1653, 4 Oct. 1653 – bef.Oct. 1660, May 1661–?d.C231/5, p. 101; C231/6, pp. 259, 270; C231/7, p. 110; Bucks. RO, D/X/1007/55/1; A Perfect List (1660); T. Langley, The Hist. and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough (1797), 17. Commr. oyer and terminer, 23 June 1640;C181/5, f. 176v. Norf. circ. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–10 July July 1660;C181/5, ff. 190v, 218; C181/6, pp. 16, 379. array (roy.), Bucks. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. Member, Bucks. standing cttee. June 1642.G. Nugent-Grenville, Lord Nugent, Some Mems. of John Hampden (1832), ii. 458. Dep. lt. 5 July 1642–?G. Eland, Pprs. From an Iron Chest at Doddershall, Bucks. (Aylesbury, 1937), 61–2. Commr. loans on Propositions, 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. assessment, Bucks. 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, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; SR; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Bucks. 25 June 1644.A. and O. Sheriff, ?1644–5.Eland, Pprs. 63–4. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, May 1650, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 145, 288. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, 6 June 1664.C181/7, p. 255.

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PIGOTT, Sir Richard (d.1685), of Doddershall, Quainton, Bucks.
: of Doddershall, Bucks., Quainton.
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PIGOTT, Sir Richard (d.1685), of Doddershall, Quainton, Bucks.

Will
not found.
Estates
worth about £1,500 p.a.Ship Money Pprs. and Richard Grenville’s Note-bk. ed. C.G. Bonsey and J.G. Jenkins (Bucks. Rec. Soc. xiii), 64.
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COPLESTON, Sir John (1624-86), of Pynes, Upton Pyne, Devon.

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bap. 11 Jan. 1624, 1st s. of John Copleston of Nash, Marshwood, Dorset and Grace, da. of Anthony Copleston of Pynes.Marshwood par. reg.; PROB11/220/396; Vis. Devon 1620 (Harl. Soc. vi), 71-2; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 228. educ. ?Exeter Coll. Oxf. 15 May 1640, ‘aged 16’.Al. Ox. m. (lic. 28 Oct. 1644), Mercy (bur. 15 Nov. 1678), da. of one Hole, 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Vivian, Vis. Devon, 228; Reg. St James Clerkenwell, burials 1666-1719 (Harl. Soc. Regs. xix), 66. suc. fa. c.1648.CCC 2948. Kntd. 1 June 1655.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 223. bur. 16 May 1686.Reg. St James Clerkenwell, burials 1666-1719, 116.
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Local: j.p. Devon 18 Mar. 1653 – ?Mar. 1660; Som. 29 July 1658–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 254, 402; CUL, Dd.VIII.1; Devon RO, Devon QS order bk. 1/9. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Devon and Exeter 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. assessment, Devon 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Som. 26 June 1657, 1672, 1677; Westminster 1672, 1677;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, Devon and Exeter 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. Som. 17 Jan. 1659.PRO31/17/33, p. 415. Sheriff, Devon 1654–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 37. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, 1655;R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 174, 482. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). oyer and terminer, Western circ. 28 July 1658–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 307, 377. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 28 Jan. 1673.C181/7, p. 633.

Military: lt.-col. militia ft. Devon ?-June 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 209. capt. militia horse by July 1655–13 July 1659. 5 Aug. 1659 – 21 Jan. 1660SP25/77, pp. 867, 890; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 24. Capt. of horse, regt. of Matthew Alured*,; regt. of Edward Montagu II*, Apr. 1660–12 Nov. 1660.CJ vii. 749b, 809b; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 195.

Civic: recorder, Barnstaple 27 Feb. 1656–60.Barnstaple Records ed. Chanter, Wainwright, i. 101; J.F. Chanter, The Life and Times of Martin Blake (1910), 140–1.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

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COPLESTON, Sir John (1624-86), of Pynes, Upton Pyne, Devon.
: Devon., Upton Pyne.
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COPLESTON, Sir John (1624-86), of Pynes, Upton Pyne, Devon.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited manor of Upton Pyne and mansion house of Pynes, Devon.PROB11/220, f. 24. Was said in 1658 to have gained £300-400 per year from the shrievalty of Devon.Narrative of the Late Parliament (1658), 14 (E.935.5). Sold or lost his Devon estates after 1660.
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WASTELL, John (c.1593-1659), of Scorton, Bolton-on-Swale, Yorks.

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b. c. 1593, 1st s. of Leonard Wastell of Scorton, and Anne, da. of Edward Danby of Kirby Knowle, Yorks.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 254-5. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 11 Feb. 1611;Al. Cant. G. Inn 13 May 1613.G. Inn Admiss. m. (settlement 2 Feb. 1627), Anne (d. 1 Apr. 1665), da. of John Robinson of Hackforth, Hornby, Yorks., 2s. (1 d.v p.) 3da.N. Yorks. RO, ZBL I/1/1/117; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 255; MI, Bolton-on-Swale. suc. fa. 25 Sept 1630.N. Yorks. RO, ZBL I/1/1/245. d. 4 Dec. 1659.MI, Bolton-on-Swale.
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Local: steward, Northallerton by 1625–?J.L. Saywell, Hist. and Annals of Northallerton (Northallerton, 1885), app. xxxi. Commr. charitable uses, Northumb. 22 Dec. 1630;C192/1, unfol. Yorks. 22 Apr. 1651;C93/21/13. Ripon 5 May 1653;C93/22/14. Yorks. (N. Riding) 13 Nov. 1658.C93/25/1. J.p. N. Riding 23 Jan. 1632–d.;C231/5, p. 78. liberties of Ripon by Oct. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 66, 283. co. Dur. 20 Mar. 1655–d.C231/6, p. 306. Commr. sewers, N. Riding 23 Apr. 1632;C181/4, f. 114. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral by Dec. 1634;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 72. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. E. Riding 10 Apr. 1644;LJ vi. 510b. levying of money, N. Riding 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644–?;C 181/5, f. 246. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 57, 309. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Riding 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 101. liberties of Ripon 24 Mar. 1658.C181/6, p. 283. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536.

Civic: recorder, Ripon, 1626–d.;N. Yorks. RO, DC/RIC II 1/1/2, p. 220. Richmond c.Aug. 1627–14 Sept. 1659.N. Yorks. RO, DC/RMB III/1/1/1, unfol. (mic. 2208); DC/RMB II/1/1, unfol. (mic. 620).

Legal: master in chancery extraordinary, 1 Apr. 1642–d.C231/5, p. 516.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) by late 1644-aft. July 1645.A Diary, or an Exact Journall no. 33 (26 Dec. 1644–2 Jan. 1645), sig. Gg4v (E.23.12); The Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer no. 109 (15–23 July 1645), 872 (E.293.21). Col. militia ft. N. Riding 1 June 1648-May 1649.Packets of Letters no. 12 (6–12 June 1648), 6 (E.446.3); SP18/71/55xi, f. 147; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 135.

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WASTELL, John (c.1593-1659), of Scorton, Bolton-on-Swale, Yorks.
: Bolton-on-Swale, Yorks.
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WASTELL, John (c.1593-1659), of Scorton, Bolton-on-Swale, Yorks.

Will
8 July 1659, pr. 10 Aug. 1660.Abstracts of Yorks. Wills ed. Clay, 166.
Estates
in 1630, inherited estate comprising manor of Scorton and mansion house, cottages and a watermill there.N. Yorks. RO, ZBL I/1/1/117; ZBL I/1/1/245. In 1630-1, he and two other gent. purchased lands in Burneston, Exelby and Theakston, Yorks. for £2,976.C54/2837/5, 8; C54/2880/31. In 1648, he and James Danby* purchased church lands in Northallerton for £102.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 8. By 1649, reportedly owned lead mines at Marrick, Yorks. worth £1,500 p.a.The Countrey Committees Laid Open (1649), 4 (E.558.11). In 1651, he and Henry Darley* purchased borough of Northallerton for £237 from trustees for sale of church lands.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 291. At his d. estate inc. property at Saltholme, Yorks.Abstracts of Yorks. Wills ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. ix), 166.
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RUSSELL, John (c.1620-87), of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, Mdx. and Shingay Hall, Cambs.

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b. c.1620, 3rd s. of of Francis Russell†, 4th earl of Bedford, and Catharine (d. 30 Jan. 1657), da. of Giles Brydges†, 3rd Baron Chandos; bro. of William Russell*. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 8 July 1634, ‘aged 14’;Al. Ox. ?travelled abroad bef. 1640.Letter Bks. of Sir Samuel Luke, 397. unm. bur. 25 Nov. 1687 25 Nov. 1687.Lipscomb, Buckingham, iii. 249.
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Military: lt.-col. of horse (roy.), regt. of Sir Francis Wortley by Nov. 1642. Lt. col. of dragoons, regt. of Thomas Ld. Wentworth, ?1642-July 1643. Lt. col. of ft. regt. of Prince Rupert, July 1643–46.A Copy of a List of all the Cavalliers (1642, 669.f.6.91); Royalist Ordnance Pprs. ed. Roy, i. 68, ii. 433; A Particular Relation of the Action before Cyrencester (1643), 9. Col. and capt. king’s regt. of ft. gds. 23 Nov. 1660–81.Dalton, Army Lists, i. 7.

Local: commr. sewers, Bedford Gt. Level 1662.C181/7, p. 148.

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RUSSELL, John (c.1620-87), of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, Mdx. and Shingay Hall, Cambs.
: Mdx., Covent Garden and Shingay Hall, Cambs.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, W. Dobson;Althorp, Northants. oils, W. Dobson;Ashmolean Museum, Oxf. oil on canvas, J. Hayls, c.1645;Warwick Castle, Warws. oils, J. Hayls;Woburn Abbey, Beds. oil on canvas, group portrait with Prince Rupert and ?William Legge†, W. Dobson, c.1645-6;Private colln. oil on canvas, group portrait with Prince Rupert and ?William Legge, W. Dobson;NT, Ashdown House. oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, 1659.NT, Ham House.

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RUSSELL, John (c.1620-87), of St. Paul’s, Covent Garden, Mdx. and Shingay Hall, Cambs.

Will
7 Apr. 1683.Worcs. RO, 705:56, BA 3910/17.
Estates
lived in a house in Covent Garden; acquired property at Shingay, consisting of Shingay Hall and surrounding farmland of at least 1,450 acres, by settlement on the death of his fa.VCH Cambs. viii. 124-7.
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HORNER, Sir John (1576-1659), of Mells, Som.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1576, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Horner of Cloford, Som. being 1st s. with 2nd w. Jane, da. of Sir John Popham, c.j.k.b. 1592-1607, of Wellington, Som.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 57; ‘Family of Horner, co. Som.’, Mis. Gen. et Her. n.s. iv. 162. educ. M. Temple 23 Jan. 1594.MT Admiss. i. 65. m. by 1603, Anne (d. 1666), da. of Sir George Speke of White Lackington, Som. 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.).Vis. Som. 1623, 57, 103; Collinson, Som. ii. 464; ‘Family of Horner’, 162-4. suc. fa. 1612;Cloford par. reg. p. 67. Kntd. 7 July 1614.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 154. d. 25 Oct. 1659.Collinson, Som. ii. 464.
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Local: j.p. Som. 1614–d.C66/1988, dorse; Q. Sess. Recs. ed. E. Bates-Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxviii), pp. xxi. 4. Sheriff, 1614–15, 1644–5.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1641.C212/22/20–3. Collector, privy seal loan, 1625–6.E401/2586, p. 264; APC 1626, p. 168. Commr. Forced Loan, Som., Bath 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 49v, 89v. disafforestation, Selwood Forest, Som. amd Wilts. 1627;Coventry Docquets, 57. enclosure, Sedgemoor, Som. 1628.CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 327. Jt. clerk, castle, town and lordship of Taunton, Som. ?-1628.Collinson, Som. iii. 228. Commr. swans, Hants and western cos. 1629;C181/4, f. 2v. depopulations, Som. 1632, 1635, 1636;C181/5, ff. 1, 22; Coventry Docquets, 57. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 27 Jan., 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. 1642–5.D. Underdown, Som. in the Civil War and Interregnum (Newton Abbot, 1973), 29; A. and O. i. 139. Commr. loans on Propositions, 20 July 1642;LJ v. 226a. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644;A. and O. sewers, 15 Nov. 1645-aft. Jan. 1646;C181/5, ff. 263, 268. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Wells and Bruton classis, 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 417.

Parlimentarian
HORNER, Sir John (1576-1659), of Mells, Som.
: of Mells, Som.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, follower of R. Walker, 1640-59.Mells Manor, Som.

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Will
undated, pr. 2 May 1660.PROB11/298/521.
Estates
owned extensive estates in and around Mells; said to have been worth £1,000 p.a.Symonds, Diary, 32.
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GRIFFITH, John III (?1623-67), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

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bap. ?17 Apr. 1623, s. of Edward Griffith of ?Christleton, Cheshire, and ?Mary, da. of one Hanmer of Overton, Flint.Christleton bishop’s transcript; Cheshire RO, ZMAI/1/27; ZG 16/6582/2, p. 474; Archdeaconry of Chester Mar. Lics. ed. M.F. Irvine (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lvi), 102-3. educ. appr. apothecary, Chester c.1637.Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 129; Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, p. 474. m. 18 June 1655, Elizabeth (bur. 21 Apr. 1669), da. of one Griffith of Oswestry, Salop, at least 3s. 1da.St Peter, Chester par. reg.; Shropshire Par. Regs.: St Asaph Diocese [Oswestry] ed. W.G.D. Fletcher (Shropshire Par. Reg. Soc. 1909), iv. 561, 568, 603, 656, 676. suc. fa?; bur. 19 Apr. 1667 19 Apr. 1667.Shropshire Par. Regs. [Oswestry] ed. Fletcher, iv. 652.
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Military: ensign (parlian.) by May 1643 – ?; lt. of ft. by July 1644–? Capt. of horse by Nov. 1645-aft. Nov. 1651.SP28/196, ff. 492, 503, 508; Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 225, 226; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 500; 1651–2, p. 32. Cornet militia horse, Cheshire 22 Aug. 1650–?;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 510. lt. June 1655–?SP25/77, p. 876; TSP iii. 523.

Civic: freeman, Chester 7 June 1647;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. Bennett, 129. common cllr. 29 July 1653–54;Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 101v. sheriff, 1654–5;Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 215. alderman, 9 Sept. 1658–26 Aug. 1662.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, ff. 122v, 135.

Mercantile: member, Chester Mercers, Ironmongers, Grocers and Apothecaries Co. 12 July 1648-c.1663.Cheshire RO, ZG 16/6582/2, pp. 386, 474.

Local: commr. militia, Chester 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 15v. securing peace of commonwealth, Cheshire by Nov. 1655;Cheshire RO, DSS/1/7/66/70; TSP iv. 251. assessment, Chester 9 June 1657.A. and O. Collector, excise bef. 1660–?;SP28/225, f. 134. Cheshire by Oct. 1663-aft. May 1664.CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 407; Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, p. 156.

Religious: churchwarden, Oswestry ?-d. Shropshire Par. Regs. [Oswestry] ed. Fletcher, iv. 652.

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GRIFFITH, John III (?1623-67), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.
: of St Peter, Cheshire., Chester.
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Commons 1640-1660
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GRIFFITH, John III (?1623-67), of St Peter, Chester, Cheshire.

Will
14 Apr. 1667, pr. 10 June 1667.PROB11/324, f. 223.
Estates
in 1654-5, he was granted a lease by Chester corporation of lands and tenements in Handbridge, near Chester, at a rent of £20 p.a.Cheshire RO, ZAF/34/14. In 1658, he was granted a lease of lands in Picton, Cheshire, paying £100 and a rent of 28s p.a.Cheshire RO, ZCR 466/158. By 1660, estate inc. a house on Bridge Street, Chester.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 126. At his death, estate inc. property in Chester, Christleton and Picton, Cheshire and in Dudleston, St Martin’s and Oswestry, Salop.PROB11/324, f. 223.
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EDWARDS, Richard (1604-57), of Henlow and Arlesey, Beds.

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bap. 29 July 1604,IGI. 1st s. of Richard Edwards of Henlow, and Eleanor (d. 1667), da. of Thomas Manfield of Spaldwick, Hunts.Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 101-2; Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 290-1. educ. St John’s College, Cambridge, Easter 1620;Al. Cant. I. Temple, 13 Jan. 1620, called 15 June 1628.I. Temple database; CITR, ii. 168. m. 27 June 1626,St Benet, Paul’s Wharf, London, par. reg. Katherine (d. 1672), da. of Sir Henry Whithed† of Normans Court, Hants, 5s. (2 d.v.p.), 2da.Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 101-2; Coll. Top. et Gen. vi. 290-1; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 6. suc. fa. 2 Oct. 1638.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 339 bur. 3 Sept. 1657 3 Sept. 1657.Al. Cant.; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 7.
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Legal: sealer in chancery bef. 1627;E215/448. dep. registrar by 13 Nov. 1627-bef. 1652.E215/405/3; E215/410; SP18/23, f. 144; T.D. Hardy, A Catalogue of the Lords Chancellors (1843), 120.

Local: commr. loans on Propositions, Beds. 17 Sept. 1642;LJ v. 361a. additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643;A. and O. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 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), 269 (E.1062.28). militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. J.p. Apr. 1649–d.C231/6, pp. 146, 385. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by 16 Nov. 1655.TSP, iv. 208.

Civic: freeman, Lymington 1645;King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 61, 189. Christchurch 31 July 1645.Christchurch Bor. Council, Min. Bk. p. 566.

Military: col. (parlian.) bef. Nov. 1645.Christchurch Bor. Council, Old Letters, no. 41.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

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EDWARDS, Richard (1604-57), of Henlow and Arlesey, Beds.
: Beds.
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Commons 1640-1660
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EDWARDS, Richard (1604-57), of Henlow and Arlesey, Beds.

Will
not found.
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following d. of fa. in Oct. 1638, reversion of manor of Arlesley aft. d. of mo. (who outlived him); in the meantime, certain leases associated with the manor and with Fullers’ farm, and also to share ‘housekeeping’ at Arlesley with his mo.PROB11/178/328.
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HAMPDEN, Richard (1631-95), of Great Hampden, Bucks.

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bap. 13 Oct. 1631, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Hampden* and Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Symeon of Pyrton, Oxon.;Par. Reg. of Great Hampden, ed. E.A. Ebblewhite (1888), 20; Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 71. bro. of William*. educ. travelled abroad (France) 1648.LJ ix. 580a. m. 11 Mar. 1652, Letitia, da. of William, 6th Baron Paget, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.Lipscombe, Buckingham, ii. 261. suc. fa. 24 June 1643. d. 12 Dec. 1695.N. Luttrell, Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs (Oxford, 1857), iii. 563.
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Local: j.p. Bucks. 4 Oct. 1653 – bef.Oct. 1660, Feb. 1688–?d.; Oxon. by c.Sept. 1656-bef. 1658, ?1659–?62.C231/6, p. 270; C193/13/5, f. 84v; C193/13/6, f. 70v; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Bucks. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 379. militia, Bucks., Oxon. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Capt. militia horse, Bucks. Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 788. Dep. lt. Feb. 1688–?d. Commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1695.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Central: PC, 1689–94. Chairman, cttees. of supply and ways and means, 1689–90.HP Commons, 1690–1715. Ld. of treasury, 1689–94. Chan. exch. 1690–4.Treasury Officials 1660–1870 ed. J. C. Sainty (1972), 18, 27, 131. Commr. appeals for prizes, 1694–d.CSP Dom. 1694–5, p. 204.

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HAMPDEN, Richard (1596-1659/60), of Great Hampden, Bucks. and Emmington, Oxon.
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Commons 1640-1660
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HAMPDEN, Richard (1631-95), of Great Hampden, Bucks.

Will
19 June 1695, pr. 2 Mar. 1696, sentence 11 Mar. 1696.PROB11/435/5; PROB11/433/272.
Estates
inherited land at Great Hampden, Bucks.;VCH Bucks. ii. 289. with Sir Robert Pye II*, Charles Fleetwood*, Sir John Temple*, John Trevor* and Richard Knightley*, bought Reading Abbey, Reading, Berks. and manor of Chertsey Beamond, Surr. from Robert Hammond*, 1651.I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’ (Univ. London PhD thesis, 1969), 291.
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