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SEDGEWICK, Edward (1617-63), of Chipping Ongar, Essex.

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bap. 6 Apr. 1617,St Peter Wisbech, Cambs. par. reg. transcription. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of James Sedgewick of King’s Lynn, Norf. and Elizabeth, da. of John May of King’s Lynn.Vis. Essex (Harl. xiv), ii. 600. educ. Barnard’s Inn, 22 Oct. 1634; G. Inn, 27 Feb. 1640.Barnard’s Inn Admiss.; G. Inn Admiss. 225. m. 30 Apr. 1640, Susanna, da. of Tobias Pallavicini of Chipping Ongar, Essex, at least 2s. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Essex, i. 600 ; St Stephen Walbrook, St Augustine, Watling Street, par. regs. d. Apr. 1663.PROB11/311/45.
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Legal: called, G. Inn 16 June 1645; ancient, 21 Nov. 1662.PBG Inn, i. 354, 444. Counsel to commrs for fraudulent debentures, 1 Apr. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 246.

Local: judge, v.-admlty. ct. Hants and I.o.W. 10 Nov. 1657.CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 158.

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SEDGEWICK, Edward (1617-63), of Chipping Ongar, Essex.
: Essex.
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SEDGEWICK, Edward (1617-63), of Chipping Ongar, Essex.

Will
8 Apr. 1663, pr. 22 Apr. 1663.PROB11/311/45.
Estates
lands at Chipping Ongar, Essex; jt. owner of manor of Cressing Temple, bailiwick of half hundred of Witham and tithes and rectory of White Notley, Essex, Nov. 1657;H.F. Waters, Genealogical Gleanings in England (Boston, 1885-9), i. 261; Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. vii. 54; Leics. RO, DE728/594-5; LPL, COMM/2/715. purchased house at St Andrew’s, Holborn, Mdx. c.1662.PROB11/311/45.
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POPHAM, Alexander (c.1605-69), of Hunstrete, Som.; Littlecote, Wilts. and Stoke Newington, Mdx.

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b. c. 1605, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Francis Popham*;Burke Commoners, ii. 198-9. bro. of John Popham† and Edward Popham*. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 16 July 1621;Al. Ox. M. Temple 15 Nov. 1622;M. Temple Admiss. i. 114. travelled abroad (Spain) 1630-1.CSP Dom. 1629-31, p. 250; 1631-3, p. 11. m. (1) 29 Oct. 1635 (with £4,000), Dorothy (d. 2 Apr. 1643), da. and h. of Richard Cole of Nailsea, Som. 1s. d.v.p. ;Nailsea Holy Trinity par. reg.; Som. RO, DD/GL/22. (2) c.1644, Letitia (bur. 27 Apr. 1660), da. of William Kerr of Linton, Roxburgh, groom of the bedchamber to James I, 5s. (2 ) 3da.Burke Commoners, ii. 199-200; ‘Kerr of Fernihirst’, The Gen. ii. 290-1; CCSP v. 2. suc. fa. 1644. bur. 8 Dec. 1669 8 Dec. 1669.Chilton Foliat par. reg.
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Local: commr. sewers, Som. 1625, July 1641–d.C181/3, f. 186v; C181/5, ff. 205, 268; C181/6, pp. 74, 394; C181/7, pp. 24, 26. Dep. lt. 1642–d.PJ iii. 282; Som. RO, DD/BR/bn/37. Commr. loans on Propositions, 20 July 1642;LJ v. 226a. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643;A. and O. assessment, Som. 27 Jan. 1643, 24 Feb. 1643, 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; Wilts. 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; Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Westminster 1 June 1660, 1661; Bristol 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Som. 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Bristol 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; commr. for Bristol, 28 Oct. 1645.A. and O. J.p. Kesteven June 1646-bef. Jan. 1650;C231/6, p. 47. Som., Wilts. by Feb. 1650 – d.; Westminster Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 60; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 76. Commr. militia, Som., Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Bristol, Westminster 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Custos rot. Som. 15 Feb. 1650-July 1660.C231/6, p. 174; C231/7, p. 17 Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660, Jan. 1665–d.;C181/6, pp. 9, 377; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 114; C181/7, pp. 313, 495. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som., Wilts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, Westminster, Som., Wilts. 1660; subsidy, Som., Wilts. 1663.SR.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) by Dec. 1642–3, 1644 – 45; capt. of horse by Apr. 1643.T. Richardson and G. Rimer, Littlecote: The Civil War Armory (Leeds, 2012), p. x; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Col militia horse, Som. c.May 1650, Apr. 1660;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 144; Mercurius Publicus no. 17 (19–26 Apr. 1660), 268 (E.183.3). col. militia ft. 29 Aug. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 532, 533.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. for governing army, 26 Dec. 1659.CJ vii. 797a.

Religious: elder, Bath and Wrington classis, Som. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 415.

Mercantile: dep. gov. Soc. of Mines Royal, 1654 – 57; asst. 1658 – 61; gov. 1661 – 63.

Parlimentarian
POPHAM, Alexander (c.1605-69), of Houndstreet, Som. and Littlecote, Wilts.
: Som.; Littlecote, Wilts. and Mdx., Stoke Newington.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1650;Royal Armouries. oil on panel, A. Shaphorst, c.1660-5.Yale Center for British Art.

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POPHAM, Alexander (c.1605-69), of Hunstrete, Som.; Littlecote, Wilts. and Stoke Newington, Mdx.

Will
7 Oct. 1669, pr. 20 Dec. 1670.PROB11/334/554.
Estates
inherited extensive estates in Som. and Wilts. 1644; bought manor of Timsbury, Som. for £1,570, 1658.Som. RO, DD/POT/29; DD/POT/3.
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JENNYNS (JENNINGS), Richard (c.1619-68), of Holywell House, St Albans, Herts. and Churchill, Som.

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b. c. 1619, 1st s. of Sir John Jennyns*.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 760; Add. 61452; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 400; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 216, 217. educ. St Albans g.s.;F. Willcox, ‘Accounts of St Albans g.s.’, Mdx. and Herts. N. and Q. i. 42. ?Oxf.;The Memoirs of Sir George Courthop 1616-85, ed. S.C. Lomas (Cam. Misc. xi.), 112. I. Temple 30 Apr. 1635;I. Temple admissions database. travelled abroad (Italy) 1637-40;PC Regs. i. p. 178. Padua 1639.H.F. Brown, Inglesi e Scozzesi all’ Università di Padova (Venice, 1922), 151. m. lic. 18 Dec. 1643, Frances, da. and coh. of Sir Gifford Thornhurst, 1st bt. of Agnes Court, Kent, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (2 d.v.p.).London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 760; Misc. Gen. et Her. 5th ser., viii. 89-90; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 216, 217. suc. fa. 1642.Memorials of St Margaret’s, Westminster, ed. A.M. Burke (1914), 601. bur. 8 May 1668.HP Commons 1660-1690, ii. 650.
Offices Held

Local: dep. lt. Herts. Aug. 1642–?CJ ii. 736a. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Herts. 18 Oct. 1644, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; St Albans 18 Oct. 1644, Mar., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR; CJ vii. 858b. sequestration, Herts. 27 Mar. 1643; defence of Herts. 31 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Herts., St Albans 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. J.p. Herts. by July 1644–8, July 1658-bef. Oct. 1660;Herts. County Recs. v. 342; C231/6, pp. 396, 401, 407. St Albans liberty 9 July 1658–d.;C181/6, pp. 312, 396; C181/7, pp. 53, 283. St Albans borough 4 Oct. 1658–d.C181/6, p. 317; C181/7, pp. 52, 282. Commr. New Model ordinance, Herts. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Visitor, St Albans g.s. 1645.VCH Herts. ii. 64. Commr. militia, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty 4 Oct. 1658-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 316, 397. poll tax, Herts., St Albans 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

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JENNINGS, Richard (c.1616-68), of Sandridge, Herts.
: of Holywell House, St Albans, Herts. and Som., Churchill.
JENNINGS
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JENNYNS (JENNINGS), Richard (c.1619-68), of Holywell House, St Albans, Herts. and Churchill, Som.

Will
not found.
Estates
sold manor of Churchill, Som. to John Churchill†, for £5,900, 1652;E. Green, ‘The manor of Churchill’, Procs. Som. Arch. and Natural Hist. Soc. xxxi. 42; HP Commons 1660-1690, ii. 70. his lands at St Albans and Sandridge, inc. his mother’s jointure estates, estimated to be worth £715 p.a. aft. 1660.HMC Verulam, 103.
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PRIESTLEY (PRESTLEY), William (c.1594-1664), of Wild Hill, Hatfield, Herts.

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b. c. 1594, 1st s. of William Priestley, Merchant Taylor of London, and Anne, da. of Ralph Hurte of Bristol.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 129. educ. Sidney Sussex, Camb. 18 Apr. 1610; Gray’s Inn, 4 Aug. 1612.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. i. 130. m. (1) 21 Aug. 1621, Hester, da. of Sir John Gore of Gilston, Herts. 1s. (d.v.p.) 3da. (d.v.p.); (2) 14 Mar. 1645, Frances, da. of Sir Thomas Dacres* of Cheshunt, Herts., and wid. of John Norris and of John Herries of Chepstead, Chevening, Kent, 2s. (1 d.v.p.). d. 10 Mar. 1664.LMA, St John, Hackney par. regs.; Herts. RO, Essendon par. regs.; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 101, 129, 135; Al. Cant.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Herts. 8 Jan. 1630 – 15 July 1642, by July 1642 – bef.Jan. 1650, 17 Sept. 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 64; C231/5, pp. 530–1; Herts. County Recs. v. 342; The Impact of the First Civil War on Herts. ed. A. Thomas (Herts Rec. Soc. xxiii), 227; C231/7, p. 40. Sheriff, 5 Nov. 1634.VCH Herts. Fams. 283. Dep. lt. 3 June 1642–?CJ ii. 602b. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Herts. co. cttee. by May 1644.First Civil War in Herts. ed. Thomas, 78. Commr. militia, Herts., Mdx. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Central: member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Nov. 1647. CJ v. 347b; LJ ix. 506a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

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PRIESTLEY (PRESTLEY), William (c.1594-1664), of Wild Hill, Hatfield, Herts.
: of Wild Hill, Herts., Hatfield.
PRESTLEY
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PRIESTLEY (PRESTLEY), William (c.1594-1664), of Wild Hill, Hatfield, Herts.

Will
15 Jan. pr. 10 May 1664.PROB11/314/36.
Estates
centred on Wild Hill or Camfield Place, Hatfield par. Herts., with bulk of lands in par. of Essendon, Herts.VCH Herts. iii. 459, 461 23 Nov. 1627 purchased manor of Bedwell Lowthes, Essendon.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 129; VCH Herts. iii. 461. 10 Sept. 1637 purchased manor of Eastwicke, Herts.Coventry Docquets, 709. By d. had acquired manor of Royden Hall, Royden and Nasing parishes, Essex; lands in Maplethorpe and Threadlethorpe, Lincs, and par. of Hornsey, Mdx; urban property in par. of St Andrew, Holborn, Mdx, Sothey Street, Bristol and Bread Street, London.PROB11/314/36.
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OXINDEN, Henry (1614-86), of Deane, Wingham, Kent

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b. 28 Apr. 1614, 1st s. of Sir James Oxinden of Deane and Margaret, da. of Thomas Nevinson of Eastry.Add. 54332, f. 20. educ. travelled abroad (Sedan, France), 1633.Add. 27999, f. 173. m. (1) Aug. 1636, Mary (bap. 5 July 1616, bur. 5 Dec. 1638), da. of Robert Baker of St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 14 Apr. 1640, Elizabeth (d. 19 Aug. 1659), da. of Sir William Meredith, 1st bt., of Leeds Abbey, Kent, 7s. (2 d.v.p.), 6da. (1 d.v.p.); (3) 18 Feb. 1661, Elizabeth, da. of Mathew Reade of Folkestone, wid. of Mark Dixwell of Broomhouse, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. 26 Sept. 1657.Add. 54332, ff. 21, 22v, 29v, 53v; PROB11/141/433 (Robert Baker); MI (Sir James Oxenden), St Mary the Virgin, Wingham, Kent. Kntd. 9 June 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 228. cr. bt. 8 May 1678.CTB 1676-9, p. 987. bur. 28 Aug. 1686 28 Aug. 1686.Wingham, Kent, par. reg. transcript.
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Local: commr. sewers, Mersham to Sandwich, Kent 16 July 1639, 1 July 1659-aft. Sept. 1660;C181/5, f. 147; C181/6, p. 366; C181/7, p. 56. E. Kent 13 Nov. 1669;C181/7, p. 510. Suss. 1639, 1646. 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650E. Suss. RO, DAP1/2. Capt. militia, Kent bef. 1642. 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650The Oxinden Letters, 1607–1642 ed. D. Gardiner (1933), 308–9. Commr. defence of Hants. and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643. 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650A. and O. J.p. Kent, 30 Sept. 1653 – 7 Mar. 1657, Mar. – July 1660, 5 Sept. 1660 – bef.Dec. 1662, 1665–d.C231/6, pp. 269, 362; C231/7, pp. 35, 71; C193/13/6, f. 45; A. Everitt, The County Cttee. of Kent (1957); HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236 gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 237. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Dep. lt. 25 Feb. 1645–?, by 1680–d.CJ iv. 62b; SP44/164, f. 179; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. military rule, Kent 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). poll tax, 1660;SR. accts. of Dover harbour, Aug. 1670;SP44/34, f. 47. recusants, Kent 1675.CTB iv. 788.

Military: lt. col. (parlian.) by Nov. 1643.Add. 54332, f. 17.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
OXENDEN, Henry (1614-86), of Deane, Wingham, Kent.
: Wingham, Kent.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, ?C. Johnson;Oxinden Lttrs. ed. Gardiner, opp. 211. line engraving, ?G. Glover, 1647.H. Oxinden, Religionis Funis (1647), frontispiece; NPG.

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OXINDEN, Henry (1614-86), of Deane, Wingham, Kent

Will
23 Apr. 1686, pr. 12 Sept. 1686.PROB11/384/366.
Estates
in Piccadilly, Westminster, including property in the `green mews’.Add. 28001, f. 247. House called Baily Corner, London, 1656-7.Add. 28003, ff. 407, 460. Inheritance from fa. included manor of Deane around Wingham, near Canterbury, Sept. 1657.Hasted, Kent, ix. 89, 224. Purchased reversion of three and a half acres on the east side of Haymarket, for £2,200, 1661.C8/285/13; C54/4142/5; CTB 1660-67, p. 120. Further portions of former Baker family estate bought for £200.C8/285/13; Add. 40713, ff. 42v-45v; Add. 40712, f. 5v; Add. 40700, f. 214; C33/225, f. 424. After the death of his mo.-in-law, agreement with Colonel Panton to divide the estate (Apr. 1668), leading to the development of Oxinden Street. By 1673 Oxinden had released his property in Piccadilly to his son, Sir James Oxinden†.Add. Ch. 66193.
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lodgings ‘over against George Tavern, near New Exchange’, Nov. 1644;Add. 28000, f. 351. at Mr Black’s house, near the Fleece tavern in York Street, Covent Garden, Nov. 1646.Add. 28001, f. 168.
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HATTON, Sir Robert (1582-1653), of Oakington, Cambs. and Long Buckby and Benefield, Northants.

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bap. 9 Apr. 1582, 2nd s. of John Hatton (d.1587) of Long Stanton, Cambs. and Jane, da of Robert Shute†;Soc. Gen. Oakington par. reg.; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570 , 1612 and 1634 ed. Metcalfe, i. 434; Vis. Cheshire 1580 (Harl. Soc. xviii.), 115. bro. of Sir Christopher† and Sir Thomas*. educ. Camb. to 1600;HMC Hatfield, x. 435. G. Inn 1602.G. Inn Admiss. m. by 1600, with £1,000, Mary (d. 5 June 1656), da. of Sir Robert Leigh of Chingford, Essex, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p.Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634, i. 434; PROB11/120, f. 5; Mems. of St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, ed. A.M. Burke (1914), 65, 68, 85; Essex RO, D/P 81/1/1, f. 76; Al. Cant. Kntd. 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. d. 10 Jan. 1653.Wedgwood, Staffs. Parlty. Hist., ii. 45.
Offices Held

Religious: servant to Abp. Bancroft by 1610.S.B. Babbage, Puritanism and Richard Bancroft (1962), 397. Steward to Abp. Abbot by 1612-at least 1626.Letters of John Chamberlain, ed. N.E. McClure (1939), i. 356; LPL, TG1, pp. 1, 24.

Civic: freeman, Camb. 1613 (not sworn), 1640 (sworn); Sandwich 1620, 1624.Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1610–46, p. 310; Kent Hist. and Lib. Centre, Sa/AC7, ff. 85v, 115.

Local: commr. sewers, Surr. 1613;C181/2, f. 191v. Essex 1620;C181/3, f. 19. Kent and Surr. 1624, 1625;C181/2, f. 191v; C181/3, ff. 115, 161v. subsidy, Kent 1624.C212/22/23. ?Kpr. Havering Park, Essex by 1625. 1629 – 42CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 154. J.p. Cambs.; I. of Ely 1631 – 37; Northants. 1637–42.Coventry Docquets, 63, 65, 72. Commr. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 1631–8;Coventry Docquets, 4; C181/4, ff. 102v, 201v; C181/5, ff. 20, 98v. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 1633.C181/4, f. 154. Dep. lt. Northants. by 1640–?CSP Dom. 1640, p. 242. Commr. oyer and terminer, 16 July 1640;C181/5, f. 182v. array (roy.), July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Central: chamberlain of exch. (roy.) 3 Apr. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed Black, 384.

Parlimentarian
HATTON, Sir Robert (1582-1653), of Oakington, Cambs. and Long Buckby and Benefield, Northants.
: of Oakington, Cambs. and Long Buckby and Northants., Benefield.
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Commons 1640-1660
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HATTON, Sir Robert (1582-1653), of Oakington, Cambs. and Long Buckby and Benefield, Northants.

Will
not found.
Estates
he and his bro. Christopher, granted lands at Long Stanton, Cambs. by their stepfa. Henry Holford, 1616;VCH Cambs. ix. 226. inherited manor of Bruce, Oakington, Cambs. from his mo. 1626.VCH Cambs. ix. 197.
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FELTON, Sir Henry, 2nd bt. (1619-90), of Shotley and Playford, Suff.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 27 July 1619, 2nd or 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Henry Felton, 1st bt., of Shotley and Dorothy, wid. of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy† of West Harling, Norf., and da. of Sir Nicholas Bacon†, 1st. bt. of Redgrave.Early Hist. of the Felton Fam. [1931], 22; A. Hervey, ‘Playford and the Feltons’, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. iv. 33, 54; Shotley Par. Recs. ed. S.H.A. H[ervey] (Suff. Green Bks. xvi. 2, 1912), 234; CB, i. 154-5; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613, (Harl. Soc. xxxii.), 126. m. 19 Dec. 1637, Susanna, da. of Sir Lionel Tollemache†, 2nd bt., of Helmingham, Suff., 12s. (7 d.v.p.) 3da.Felton Fam. 22; Hervey, ‘Playford’, 34, 54-5; Shotley Par. Recs. 234, 236-7; F. Haslewood, ‘The ancient fams. of Suff.’, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. viii. 158-9. suc. fa. 1624.C142/421/117. bur. 20 Oct. 1690 20 Oct. 1690.Copinger, Manors of Suff. iii. 90.
Offices Held

Local: commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, Suff. 22 June 1640;C181/5, f. 176. oyer and terminer (roy.), 18, 27 Oct. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 88, 92. Norf. circ. June 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/ 6, p. 379; C181/7, pp. 13, 635. rebels’ estates (roy.), Suff. 27 Oct. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 92. J.p. Suff. 28 Oct. 1643–?, c.Sept. 1656-July 1671, Dec. 1671 – July 1688, 1689–d.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 92; C193/13/6, f. 82; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; C231/6, p. 381; A Perfect List (1660), 50; C231/7, pp. 396, 405. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–d.;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658 – aft.June 1659, 29 Jan. 1670;C181/6, pp. 291, 360; C181/7, p. 525. Suff. 20 Dec. 1658, 9 May 1664;C181/6, p. 341; C181/7, p. 250. River Stour, Essex and Suff. 4 July 1664;C181/7, p. 277. militia, Suff. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. gaol delivery, Ipswich July- 13 Aug. 1660, 27 Feb. 1662 – 16 Feb. 1663, 16 Feb. 1668-aft. Feb. 1671;C181/7, pp. 19, 576. poll tax, Suff. 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Ipswich Oct. 1660–?d.Layton, ‘Notices’, E. Anglian, n.s. vii. 40. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, Suff. 1662;SR. corporations, 1662–3.Suff. RO (Bury), D14/1/1. V.-adm. 1663-bef. 1681.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6/3/4, f. 111; J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush, Vice Admirals of the Coast (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi.), 45. Commr. subsidy, Suff., Ipswich 1663;SR. recusants, Suff. 1675.CTB iv. 791.

Civic: freeman, Ipswich June 1660 – d.; Dunwich 10 Mar. 1672–d.W.E. Layton, ‘Notices from the great court and assembly bks. of the borough of Ipswich’, E. Anglian, n.s. vi. 265, 316, 318; Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6/3/4, f. 111.

Parlimentarian
FELTON, Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (1619-90), of Playford, Suff.
: 2nd bt. (1619-90), of Shotley 1619 – 90 and Suff., Playford.
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FELTON, Sir Henry, 2nd bt. (1619-90), of Shotley and Playford, Suff.

Will
22 Aug. 1689, pr. 10 Nov. 1690.PROB11/402/85.
Estates
worth £1,500 p.a.;Soc. Antiq., MS 667, p. 345; Haslewood, ‘Ancient fams.’, 159; Hervey, ‘Playford’, 46. sold manor of Wortham, Suff. for £1,655, 1651.Add. Ch. 5108; Add. Ch. 5110-11; Copinger, Manors of Suff. iii. 340.
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KIRKBYE, Roger (c.1601-43), of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs.

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b. c. 1601, 1st s. of Roger Kirkby of Kirkby Ireleth, and Jane, da. of Edward Rigby of Burgh, Lancs.H.S. Cowper, ‘The Kirkbys of Kirkby-in-Furness’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. vi. 97; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxv), 169. m. (settlement 1622), Agnes (d. 18 Mar. 1685), da. of Sir John Lowther† of Lowther, Westmld. 5s. 8da. (1 d.v.p.).Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLONS/L/4/1/31; Cowper, ‘Kirkbys of Kirkby-in-Furness’, 97, 111; Vis. Lancs. ed. Raines, 169; Lancs. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. J.H. Stanning (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxxvi), 44. suc. fa. 1627;Vis. Lancs. ed. Raines, 169. d. 2 Nov. 1643.Regs. of Lamplugh ed. F. Haswell (Penrith, 1936), 143.
Offices Held

Local: commr. Forced Loan, Lancs. 1627.C193/12/2, f. 30. J.p. 1628–d.Lancs. RO, QSC/38; D.J. Wilkinson, ‘The commission of peace in Lancs. 1603–42’, in Seventeenth-Century Lancs. ed. J.I. Kermode, C.B. Phillips, Trans. Historic Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, cxxxii. 65. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 29 Sept. 1632;Lancs. RO, DDN/1/64, f. 82. sewers, 16 Feb. 1633.C181/4, f. 130v. Capt. militia horse by 1636–?SP16/337/81i, f. 168. Sheriff, 1637–10 Nov. 1638.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 73. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 11 June 1642.Farington Pprs. ed. S.M. Farington (Chetham Soc. o.s. xxxix), 76.

Civic: freeman, Wigan by Mar. 1640–d.Sinclair, Wigan, i. 216.

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KIRKBYE, Roger (c.1601-43), of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs.
: of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs.
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KIRKBYE, Roger (c.1601-43), of Kirkby Ireleth, Lancs.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1632, assessed at £25 for distraint of knighthood.J.P. Earwaker, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Chas. I’ (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 220. In about 1643, Kirkby manor, hall and demesne lands were valued at £508 p.a.Lancs. RO, DDCA/14/4/1. In 1646, family estate inc. manors of Kirkby Ireleth and Ulverston and rectory of Hawkshead, Lancs., and rents issuing out of manor of Bolton, Cumb. – in all, valued at £386 p.a. minus annuities charged on estate of £106 p.a.Lancs. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. Stanning, 43-4. In 1660, family estate valued at £1,500 p.a.Cowper, ‘Kirkbys of Kirkby-in-Furness’, 117.
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WOOD, Robert II (c.1621-61), of Norbiton Hall, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr.

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b. c. 1621, 1st s. of Roger Wood of Islington, Mdx., and Norbiton Hall, and Katherine Morley.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 124. educ. G. Inn, 9 Feb. 1642.G.I. Admiss. i. 234. m. ?after 27 May 1645, with at least £1,000,PROB11/193/369 (John Towse). Mary, da. of John Towse, alderman and Grocer, of St Mary Colechurch, London, 4s., 3da.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 124; PROB11/312/330 (Sir Robert Wood, 1663). suc. fa. 24 June 1631.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 349. d. 1661.
Offices Held

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 20 May 1642.G. A. Raikes, Ancient Vellum Bk. (1890), 65. Commr. sequestration, Surr. 17 Apr. 1643; assessment, 17 Apr., 21 Aug. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;CJ iii. 49a, 213a; A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Surr. 24 Jan. 1644–?CJ iii. 376a. Commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; New Model ordinance, Surr. 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645; arrears of assessment, Billingsgate ward, London 24 Apr. 1648; militia, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – Mar. 1652A. and O. J.p., Aug. 1660–d.C193/13/3, f. 62v; C220/9/4, f. 85; C231/6, p. 230; C231/7, p. 33. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: col. ?militia by 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 434.

Religious: elder, Kingston classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 434.

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WOOD, Robert II (c.1621-61), of Norbiton Hall, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr.
: of Norbiton Hall, Surr., Kingston-upon-Thames.
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WOOD, Robert II (c.1621-61), of Norbiton Hall, Kingston-upon-Thames, Surr.

Will
admon. to wid. 13 Dec. 1661.PROB6/37/139.
Estates
at majority or on marriage, manor of Norbiton Hall and other lands in Kingston-upon-Thames;Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 349; VCH Surr. iii. 504; Kingston Museum and Heritage Service, KC1/1/191, KC1/1/249, KC3/2/30, KC3/3/17. ?Vale Royal and Charterhouse, Islington; 1650, bought from James Compton*, 3rd earl of Northampton, Great Cutlers, Little Cutlers and Barn close, Islington.VCH Mdx. viii. 60–1; cf. Gater and Hiorns, Survey of London, xx. 3-4.
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BELASYSE, Henry (1604-47), of Oulston and Coxwold, Yorks.

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bap. 20 May 1604, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Belasyse†, 2nd bt. of Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, and Barbara (d. 28 Feb. 1619), da. of Sir Henry Cholmley† of Whitby, Yorks.: bro. of John Belasyse*.Coxwold Par. Regs. ed. R.L.H. Lloyd (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. cxx), 42; Foster, Yorks. Peds.; CP. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1615;Al. Cant. L. Inn 18 Oct. 1619.LI Admiss. m. settlement 24 Sept. 1622, Grace (d. 7 Jan. 1660), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Barton of Smithells, Lancs., 7s. (5 d.v.p.) 7da. (3 d.v.p.).N. Yorks. RO, ZDV, Fauconberg of Newburgh Priory mss, Belasyse fam. wills, settlements and mortgages (mic. 1370), unfol.; Coxwold par. reg.; Foster, Yorks. Peds. suc. fa. 18 Apr. 1653;CP. d. 4 May 1647.SP19/95, f. 328.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 11 July 1628-c.1644;C231/4, f. 250. co. Dur. 28 June 1634–44;C231/5, p. 140. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 17 Dec. Dec. 1641-c.1644;C181/5, f. 216v. liberties of Ripon 17 Dec. 1641-c.1644; gaol delivery, 17 Dec. 1641-c.1644.C181/5, f. 217. Commr. charitable uses, N. Riding 3 July 1629, 19 June 1630, 16 Mar. 1633;C192/1, unfol. sewers, 28 Apr. 1632;C 181/4, f. 114. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral by May 1635;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 71. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 28 Jan. 1638-aft. June 1641;C181/5, ff. 96v, 203. further subsidy, N. Riding 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Custos rot. 30 Jan. 1641-c.1644.C231/5, p. 426. Dep. lt. 5 July 1642–?N. Yorks. RO, ZDV, Fauconberg of Newburgh Priory mss, Personal and official pprs. (mic. 1252). Commr. array (roy.), Yorks. 18 June 1642; co. Dur. c.Aug., 16 Oct. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Central: commr. treaty payments to Scots, 22 June 1641.CJ ii. 182b; SR v. 123.

Military: col. militia ft. (roy.) 15 July 1642–?Harl. 6851, f. 197.

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BELASYSE, Henry (1604-1647), of Oulston, nr. Thirsk, Yorks.
: of Oulston and Yorks., Coxwold.
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BELASYSE, Henry (1604-47), of Oulston and Coxwold, Yorks.

Will
admon. 13 Aug. 1647, 5 Feb. 1652.Borthwick, Bulmer deanery Act Bk. 1641-8, f. 28v; PROB6/27/27.
Estates
in 1647, life interest in manors of Oulston and Yarm; manor, capital messuage and grange of Lund, Kirby Misperton; lease of tithes of corn, hay, wool etc. in Angram, Baxby, Birdforth, Byland, Carlton, Coxwold, Husthwaite, Newburgh, Oulston, Over Silton, Thornton-on-the-Hill, Wildon and Yearsley, Yorks.; in all valued at £538 p.a.SP23/201, pp. 586-7, 655; Yorks. Royalist Composition Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xviii), 168. His fa.’s estate, which consisted of numerous manors in and around Coxwold, manor of Henknowle and several closes in co. Durham and property in Cumb., was valued at about £2,500 p.a.SP23/201, pp. 583-6, 653-4; SP19/95, f. 317. All told, Belasyse estate worth about £4,000 p.a.C3/364/41.
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