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PELHAM, Peregrine (1601-50), of High Street, Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

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b. 27 Sept. 1601, 1st s. of Peregrine Pelham of Cadney, Lincs., and Mary, da. of one Pearse of Bosham, Suss.Bosham, Suss. par. reg.; Cadney par. reg.; Lincs. RO, YARB/11/1/11. educ. appr. merchant, Hull ?-1626.Hull Hist. Centre, C BRG/1, f. 179. m. (1) 20 June 1626, Jane (bur. 16 July 1644), da of Richard Bowes of Hagthorpe, Hemingborough, Yorks. 1s. 8da. (4 d.v.p.) 1 other ch. d.v.p.;St Mary, Lowgate, Hull par. reg.; Holy Trinity, Hull par. reg.; T. Burton, Hist. and Antiq. of Hemingborough ed. J. Raine (York, 1888), 193. (2) 10 July 1645, Katherine (d. c.1663), da. of one de la Tour, wid. of Sir Peter Vanlore, 1st bt. of Tilehurst, Berks. s.p.St Mary, Islington par. reg. (marr. entry 9 June 1642); PROB11/310, f. 104; St Peter upon Cornhill Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. par reg. section i), 257; CB. suc. fa. July 1616.Cadney par. reg. d. 1650.Bodl. Nalson VIII, f. 67v; CJ vi. 516a.
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Civic: freeman, Hull 30 Aug. 1626;Hull Hist. Centre, C BRG/1, f. 179. chamberlain, 1630 – 31; sheriff, 1636 – 37; alderman, 30 Sept. 1641 – d.; mayor, 30 Sept. 1649–d.Hull Hist. Centre, C BRB/3, ff. 234, 422, 542, 821; C BRB/4, f. 18.

Local: commr. further subsidy, Hull 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650.SR; A. and O. Member, cttee. at Hull 24 May 1642.CJ ii. 577b; LJ v. 82b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650.Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11).

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 23 Sept. 1647;CJ v. 314a. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649;CJ vi. 266b. cttee. for the army, 17 Apr. 1649.A. and O.

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PELHAM, Peregrine (1601-50), of High Street, Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
: Holy Trinity, Yorks., of High Street, Kingston-upon-Hull.
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PELHAM, Peregrine (1601-50), of High Street, Holy Trinity, Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

Will
admon. 23 Dec. 1651.PROB6/26, f. 184v.
Estates
in 1587, grandfa. bequeathed to his fa. estate in north east Lincs. worth £40 p.a.PROB11/72, f. 95v; A. Pelham, D. MacLean, Some Early Pelhams (Hove, 1931), 181-2. By mid-1640s, estate inc. a house on High Street, Hull, and a house (or more probably lease on a house) in Axe Yard, Westminster.B.N. Reckitt, Charles the First and Hull (1952), 16; Scott, ‘Hull lttrs.’, 321. In 1650, purchased, for £490 13s, a fee farm rent in Yorks. worth £54 10s p.a.SP28/288, f. 9.
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Woolstable Market, Westminster (1643);Certaine Letters Sent from Sir Iohn Hotham (1643), 11. Fish Yard, Westminster (1645) Axe Yard, Westminster (1646).Scott, ‘Hull lttrs.’, 321.
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FOWELL, John (1623-77), of Washbourne, Harberton, Devon.

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bap. 14 Aug. 1623, 1st s. of Sir Edmund Fowell*, 1st bt. of Fowelscombe, Ugborough and Margaret, da. of Sir Anthony Powlett of Hinton St George, Som. educ. travelled abroad (Geneva), aft. Aug. 1643.CJ iii. 222b. m. by 1665, Elizabeth (bur. 31 Oct. 1677), da. of Sir John Chichester of Hall, Devon, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. Oct. 1674. d. 8 Jan. 1677.Vivian, Vis. Devon. 370; PROB11/355/40.
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Military: col. (parlian.) Devon regt. Jan. 1646–7.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vi.

Local: j.p. Devon 29 July 1652–3, 26 July 1657–59, 11 Sept. 1660–d.C231/6, pp. 243, 372; C231/7, p. 38. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Cornw. 1664, 1672; Exeter 1672;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Devon 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Gov. Dartmouth 1661–d. Commr. corporations, Devon 1662–3;HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘John Fowell’. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663.SR. V.-adm. 1666–d.Vice Admirals of the Coast (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 13. Commr. pressing seamen, 1672;HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘John Fowell’. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695. V.-warden of the stannaries, ?-d.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘John Fowell’. Dep. lt. Devon 1676–d.CSP Dom. 1675–6, p. 506.

Central: commr. inquiry Newfoundland government, 1667.APC Col. i. 433.

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FOWELL, John (1623-77), of Washbourne, Harberton, Devon.
: Devon., Harberton.
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FOWELL, John (1623-77), of Washbourne, Harberton, Devon.

Will
2 June 1676, pr. 5 May 1677.PROB11/355/40.
Estates
inherited the patrimony of his fa.: farms of Fowelscombe, Boulterscombe, Witchcomb and manors of Harburnsford and Ludbrook; bequeathed additional lands of Washbourne in Ashprington and Harberton, manor of Langford Leyster and other lands in Ugborough and South Brent, Devon; manor of ‘Boswine’, Devon; manor of Trevage, Cornw.PROB11/355/40.
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EVELYN, Sir John (1601-85), of West Dean, Wilts.

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b. 11 Aug. 1601, 1st s. of George Evelyn of West Dean and Elizabeth, da. and h. of John Rivers of Chafford, Kent.Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv), 226-7; Reg. Merchant Taylors’ School ed. C.J. Robinson (Lewes, 1882-3), i. 74. educ. Merchant Taylors’, 1613;Reg. Merchant Taylors’ School, i. 74. Emmanuel, Camb. 4 July 1615, BA 1619;Al. Cant. M. Temple 14 Feb. 1618.M. Temple Admiss. i. 107. m. 2 Apr. 1622, Elizabeth (bur. 10 May 1658), da. and coh. of Robert Coxe, Grocer, of London, 1s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 d.v.p.).Vis. Wilts. 1623, 227; St Bride, Fleet Street, London, par. reg.; Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 2, iv. 329-3. Kntd. 8 Aug. 1623;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. suc. fa. 19 Jan. 1636.Vis. Wilts. 1623, 227; H. Evelyn, The Hist. of the Evelyn Family (1915), 489. d. 26 June 1685.Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 2, iv. 329-31.
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Local: commr. sewers, River Avon, Hants and Wilts. 25 June 1629, 8 May 1630;C181/4, ff. 17v, 49v. oyer and terminer, Wilts. 23 May, 5 July 1631;C181/4, ff. 88v, 101. Western circ. 23 Jan. 1638 – aft.Jan. 1642, 3 Apr. 1655.C181/5, ff. 94, 221; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 114. J.p. Wilts. bef. 1635, 13 July 1636 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, by 1658 – d.; Hants 17 Mar. 1646-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/2, f. 68v, 73v; C193/13/3, ff. 56v, 68v; C193/13/4, ff. 86v, 108; C193/13/6, f. 78; C193/13/5, ff. 93v, 115; C231/5, pp. 213, 529; C231/6, p. 41; A Perfect List (1660), 49, 59. Commr. further subsidy, Wilts. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660, 1 June 1660, 1661 – 68, 1673 – 80; Hants 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Wilts. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643, 10 June 1645. ?Gov. Covent Garden precinct, 7 Jan. 1646. Commr. militia, Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Hants, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Wilts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, Hants 1675.CTB iv. 698.

Central: ?member, cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan. 1642.CJ ii. 375b. Commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.CJ ii. 536b; LJ v. 15b. Member, cttee. of safety, 28 Oct. 1642;CJ ii. 825b. Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643; cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646.A. and O. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 May 1646, 2 Nov. 1647.CJ iv. 532a; v. 347b; LJ viii. 305a; ix. 506a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Sept. 1647;CJ v. 287b; LJ ix. 414b. Derby House cttee. 15 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 416a; LJ ix. 662b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

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EVELYN, Sir John (1601-1685), of West Dean, Wilts.
: of West Dean, Wilts.
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EVELYN, Sir John (1601-85), of West Dean, Wilts.

Will
13, 15 May 1676, cods. 2, 5 Mar. 1685, pr. 24 Nov. 1685.PROB11/381/445.
Estates
settlement of estates at Caterham and elsewhere in Surr. on marriage, 2 Apr. 1622 (manors of Caterham, Windlesham, and Stanyers and Fords with other lands sold for £5,300, 26 Oct 1636);VCH Surr. iv. 266; Manning, Bray, Surr. ii. 435. manors of West Dean and Everleigh (?leasehold; sold 1649), Wilts. and Marden and Tillingdon, Surr. with other lands in both counties from 19 Jan. 1636,VCH Wilts. xi. 137-8; VCH Surr. iv. 324. said to be worth about £2,000 p.a. but burdened with at least £7,000 in debts;Hist. Evelyn Fam. 492. manor of Bishop’s Sutton, Hants, bought for £2,737 13s 9d, 22 Mar. 1648 (worth £147 19s p.a.); Sutton park, mill and other premises, bought for £1,717 7s 6d, 1649;Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 9; VCH Hants, iii. 43. Broughton manor, bought aft. 1651;VCH Hants, iv. 494. lord of manor of Ashton Keynes, Wilts. 1650s;Recs. Wilts. 350. lease of St Nicholas hospital, Salisbury and other lands from bishop of Winchester, Aug. 1672 and June 1682.Eg. 3526, ff. 9, 10.
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TEMPLE, Sir Richard (1634-97), of Stowe, Bucks. and Burton Dassett, Warws.

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b. 28 Mar. 1634, 1st. s. of Sir Peter Temple*, 2nd bt. of Stowe and 2nd w. Christian (d. 1655), da. and coh. of Sir John Leveson† of Whorne’s Place, Cuxton, Kent and Trentham, Staffs.CJ vii. 345a; Reg. of St Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. lxvi), 103; Nichols, Leics. iv. (pt. 2), 960. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 23 Dec. 1648; G. Inn 6 Nov. 1648.Al. Cant..; G. Inn Admiss. i. 249. m. 25 Aug. 1675 (with £4,000) Mary (bur. 15 May 1726), da.and coh. of Henry Knapp of Woodcote, South Stoke, Oxon. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.); suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 12 Sept. 1653; KB 23 Apr. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 164. d. 8 May 1697.HP Commons, 1690-1715, ‘Sir Richard Temple, 3rd bt.’
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Local: j.p. Bucks. 18 Apr. 1652 – 12 July 1653, 1656 – 18 Aug. 1663, 1680 – Feb. 1688, Sept. 1688 -?d.; Warws. 30 Sept. 1653 – 18 Aug. 1663, 1680 – 90, 1692 – 96; Buckingham 11 Mar. 1654 – 19 Aug. 1663, 1689–d. Custos rot. 1658–?, 7 Nov. 1660–18 Aug. 1663, 1689–d.C181/6, pp. 22, 329; C181/7, p. 69; C231/6, pp. 235, 259, 268; C231/7, pp. 52, 213; HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Sir Richard temple’. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 22 June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 370. Norf. circ. June 1659–23 Jan. 1664;C181/6, p. 379; C181/7, pp. 13, 204. militia, Bucks. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Warws. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, Bucks. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Warws. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Oxon. 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – 94; Buckingham 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Westminster 1679, 1689 – d.; London 1689–94.A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Col. militia ft. Bucks. Apr. 1660.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir Richard Temple’. Commr. poll tax, Bucks., Warws. 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Bucks. c.Aug. 1660–3, 1680 – Feb. 1688, Nov. 1689–d.HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir Richard Temple’. Commr. subsidy, Buckingham, Bucks., Warws. 1663.SR.

Household: carver or server to protector aft. Mar. 1655–9.Mems. of the Verney Fam. (2 vols. 1925), ii. 8; G.E. Aylmer, ‘Checklist of Central Officeholders’ (IHR Lib.).

Central: commr. for trade with Scotland, 7 Jan.1668;Bulstrode Papers (1897), 17. plantations, 30 May 1671–2;G. Davies, ‘The Political Career of Sir Richard Temple (1634–1697) and Buckingham Politics’, HLQ iv. 58–9. customs, 23 Mar. 1672.CTB iii. 1054.

Civic: steward, Buckingham 1684 – Feb. 1688, Nov. 1689–d.Bucks. RO, Buckingham corp. recs. 30, ff. 22, 28.

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TEMPLE, Sir Richard, 3rd Bt. (1634-97), of Stowe, Bucks. and Burton Dassett, Warws.
: of Stowe, Bucks. and Warws., Burton Dassett.
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TEMPLE, Sir Richard (1634-97), of Stowe, Bucks. and Burton Dassett, Warws.

Will
22 Aug. 1683 (with later codicils), pr. 9 Nov. 1697.PROB11/441, f. 314v.
Estates
Patrimonial estate of Stowe and Burton Dassett, inc. 400a. of woodland at Westbury, near Stowe; inherited debts of his father’s, estimated at £24,000.E.F. Gay, ‘The Temples of Stowe and their Debts: Sir Thomas Temple and Sir Peter Temple, 1603-1653’, HLQ ii. 436. Settled with creditors for payment of £7,000; bought off £19,468 of principal debts to 104 creditors. Borrowed £9,659 on mortgages, 1656-July 1660; further borrowing of £4,500 on bonds, 1653-6.E.F. Gay, ‘Sir Richard Temple: the Debt Settlement and Estate Litigation, 1653-1675’, HLQ vi. 267, 270-3, 273.
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lodgings in Whitehall, Oct.1654.HEHL, Temple mss, Parliament, Box 1, letters to Temple, Oct. 1654.
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CROFT, John (d. 1674), of Lower Swell and Gotherington, Bishop’s Cleeve, Glos.

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m. by 1 Apr. 1652 Ann, da. of Sir William Leigh of Longborough, Glos., wid. of Robert Waterworth, s.p.Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, DR18/8/21; Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 113-4. bur. 18 July 1674.Bishop’s Cleeve bishops’ transcripts.
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Military: capt. militia, Glos. by 1653–60.SP25/77, pp. 869, 892; Original Letters ed. Nickolls, 125–6; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 504.

Local: j.p. Glos. 5 Mar. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 253; Original Letters ed. Nickolls, 125–6. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan.1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); CJ vii. 355b. securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 354. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 375. militia, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Civic: common cllr. Tewkesbury c.1655-Aug. 1662.J. Bennett, Hist. Tewkesbury (Tewkesbury, 1830), 421n.

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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CROFT, John (d. 1674), of Lower Swell and Gotherington, Bishop’s Cleeve, Glos.
: Bishop’s Cleeve, Glos.
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CROFT, John (d. 1674), of Lower Swell and Gotherington, Bishop’s Cleeve, Glos.

Will
8 July 1674, pr. 21 Jan. 1675.PROB11/347/67.
Estates
at d. held freehold lands in Lower Swell, and lease from William Craven, 1st earl of Craven of Gotherington manor house and 317 acres, on an annual rent of £150.Oxon. RO, Chap/IX/ii/1; Glos. RO, D/184/T62.
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MOYLE, Walter (1627-1701), of Bake, St Germans, Cornw.

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bap. 9 Mar. 1627, 5th but 1st surv. s. of John Moyle II* of Bake and Admonition, da. of Sir Edmund Prideaux, 1st bt. of Netherton, Devon;Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 335. bro. of John Moyle I*. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 12 Nov. 1650;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 26 Oct. 1654, called 26 May 1661.I. Temple database. m. 1663, Thomasine (d. 1683), da. of Sir William Morice* of Werington, Devon, 7s. (at least 2 d.v.p.), 5da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1661.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 335; Cornw. RO, St Germans par. regs.; Sheffield City Archives, CD/455-6. Kntd. 4 Feb. 1664.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 239. bur. 23 Sept. 1701 23 Sept. 1701.Cornw. RO, St Germans par. regs.
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Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 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; CTB xiv. 135. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. Mar. 1660 – aft.Apr. 1664A. and O. J.p., June 1688–d. Sub-commr. of prizes, storekpr. and customs farmer, Plymouth Sept. 1666–7.CTB ii. 84; HP Commons 1660–90. Recvr. of taxes, Cornw. 26 Nov. 1667–9.CTB ii. 206. Sheriff, 4 Nov. 1670–1.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695. Dep. lt. June 1688–?d.HP Commons 1660–90.

Civic: freeman, East Looe 1678.A.L. Browne, Corporation Chronicles… of East and West Looe (Plymouth, 1904), 190.

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MOYLE, Walter (1627-1701), of Bake, St. Germans, Cornw.
: St Germans, Cornw.
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Commons 1640-1660
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MOYLE, Walter (1627-1701), of Bake, St Germans, Cornw.

Will
19 Sept. 1701, pr. 3 Feb. 1703.PROB11/468/234.
Estates
on d. of fa. inherited patrimonial estate centred on Bake, St Germans par. Cornw.
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WINGATE, Edward (1606-85), of Cannons, Shenley, Herts.

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b. 12 July 1606, o.s. of Edward Wingate of Lockleys, Welwyn, Herts. and Margaret, da. of Peter Taverner of Hexton, Herts.A Descriptive, Analytical and Critical Cat. of the MSS Bequeathed…by Elias Ashmole, ed. W.H. Black (Oxford, 1845), 204; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 127, 386; Vis. Beds. 1566, 1582 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xix.), 151, 202; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii.), 105; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 496; C.E.L. Wingate, Hist. of the Wingate Fam. (Exeter, New Hampshire, 1886), 20-1. educ. Trinity, Camb. 1623;Al. Cant. G. Inn 1626.GI Adm. i. 179. m. by 1630, Mary, da. and coh. of Ralph Allway of Cannons, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 7da. (2 d.v.p.).‘Raphe Alwey’s settlement’, Beds. N. and Q. iii. 232-6; Vis. Beds. 1566, 1582 and 1634, 151, 203; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634, 105; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 30, 31; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 496; Wingate, Hist. 20-2. suc. fa. 1654.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 496. d. 8 Aug. 1685.Chauncy, Herts. ii. 31.
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Local: commr. subsidy, Herts. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; St Albans 18 Oct. 1644;SR; A. and O. loans on Propositions, Herts. 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. sequestration, June 1643;CJ iii. 141b; LJ vi. 106a. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; St Albans 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. Herts. and St Albans 20 Sept. 1643. by July 1644 – bef.Jan. 1650A. and O. J.p. Herts., Mar. 1660 – May 1682; St Albans borough 3 Aug. 1644–?, Mar. 1660–?C181/5, f. 241v; Herts. Co. Recs. v. 342, vi. 526; CSP Dom. 1682, p. 218. Commr. oyer and terminer, Herts. 4 July 1644, 24 Dec. 1664;C181/5, f. 240; C181/7, p. 304. St Albans borough 3 Aug. 1644;C181/5, f. 241v. gaol delivery, Herts. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 240. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Mdx. and Essex 14 Dec. 1663.C181/7, p. 224.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b. Commr. customs, port of London 25 Feb.-June 1660;CJ vii. 853a; A. and O.; CTB vii. 1630. excise, Oct. 1660 – June 1668, Sept. 1674-May 1683;SR; CTB, i. 79, 663, iv. 579, 587, 787, v. 122–3, 734–5, 759, 1055, 1249, vi. 45–6, 78–9, vii. 45; CSP Dom. 1683 Jan.-June, p. 155. wine duties, 1670–4.CTB iii. 407, 414, 561; CSP Dom. 1670, p. 217.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), July 1642–?Apr. 1643.CJ ii. 667a, 671b; SP28/1a, f. 243; SP28/7, f. 165.

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WINGATE, Edward (1606-85), of Cannons, Shenley, Herts.
: of Cannons, Herts., Shenley.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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WINGATE, Edward (1606-85), of Cannons, Shenley, Herts.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited manor of Lockleys, Welwyn, from his father, 1654;Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 496. sold manor of Cannons, Shenley for £3,200, 1656.Herts. RO, 27442-3.
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DAVIES, Matthew (1595-1678), of Shaftesbury, Dorset, Chicksgrave, Tisbury, Wilts. and the Middle Temple.

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bap. 2 Apr. 1595,Wilts. RO, 812/5, f. 17. 1st s. of Edward Davies, tanner, of Chicksgrave, and Joan, da. of Robert Cave of Bagley, Dorset.The Gen. v. 27. educ. M. Temple, 4 Apr. 1614; called 23 May 1623.M. Temple Admiss. i. 102; MTR ii. 682. m. bef. 1627, Anne (bur. 9 Nov. 1657),Wilts. RO, 812/6, unfol.; Aubrey, Wilts. Top. Collections ed. Jackson, 363; The Gen. v. 27. da. of Edmund Mervyn, of Fonthill Gifford, Wilts.W.R. Drake, Fasciculus Mervinensis (1873), 29, 44; The Gen. v. 27. 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 d.v.p.); suc. fa. bef. 12 Feb. 1625.Hoare, Hist. Wilts. iii (Dunworth), 36; PROB11/145/240; Tisbury par. reg. bur. 13 Feb. 1676. d. betw. 31 July-26 Nov. 1678.PROB11/358/368; Tisbury par. reg.; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 8.
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Local: j.p. Dorset 7 July 1640 – aft.11 May 1643, 1663–74.C231/5, p. 394; LJ vi. 42a, 48b; Dorset Hearth Tax, 116–17. Commr. oyer and terminer for piracy, 23 Feb. 1642;C181/5, f. 226v. poll tax, 1660; assessment, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677;SR. corporations, 1662;Dorset RO, DC/LR/D2/1, unfol.; Hutchins, Dorset, i. 22. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: commr. tendering oaths to muster masters (roy.), 13 Feb. 1644. Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 145–6.

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DAVIES, Matthew (1595-1678), of Chicksgrove, Tisbury, Wilts.; Shaftesbury, Dorset and the Middle Temple, London
: Chicksgrave, Wilts., Tisbury, Dorset and the Middle Temple.
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DAVIES, Matthew (1595-1678), of Shaftesbury, Dorset, Chicksgrave, Tisbury, Wilts. and the Middle Temple.

Will
7 June 1676, cod. 28 July 1677, pr. 26 Nov. 1678.PROB11/358/368.
Estates
income largely from professional practice as a lawyer, based in Shaftesbury and London.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 8; SP23/175, f. 69. Nonetheless, compounded at £300 in 1646.CCC 959; SP23/79, p. 702; SP23/175, p. 54-7.
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MARSHALL, William (1603-72), of St Peter at Arches, Lincoln, Lincs.

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bap. 9 Mar. 1603, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Robert Marshall, mercer, of St Benedict, Lincoln, and Ellen, da. of ?; bro. of Robert*.St Benedict, Lincoln bishop’s transcript; G. W. Marshall, Misc. Marescalliana. i. 136-7. educ. appr. mercer, Lincoln c.1617-24.Lincs. RO, L1/1/1/4 (Lincoln council min. bk. 1599-1638), f. 211. m. (1) 24 Feb. 1628, Margaret (d. by Sept. 1653), da. of Edward Tillson, draper, of Boston, Lincs., 6s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 d.v.p.);PROB11/235, ff. 289, 290v; St Peter at Arches, Lincoln par. reg.; Boston Par. Regs. ed. C. W. Foster (Lincoln Rec. Soc. par. reg. section iii), 44, 131; Marshall, Misc. Marescalliana. i. 137, 139, 140. (2) by Sept. 1653, ? (d. by June 1672).PROB11/235, f. 290v; Lincs. RO, LCC wills, W1672/i/65. d. June 1672.Marshall, Misc. Marescalliana. i. 137.
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Civic: freeman, Lincoln 8 Nov. 1624 – d.; chamberlain, south ward 1627 – 28; common councilman by Oct. 1628 – bef.Oct. 1642; homager, 1630 – 31; sheriff, 1632 – 33; chief constable, west ward 1634 – 35; alderman by Feb. 1642 – 23 Aug. 1662; mayor, 1642–3.Lincs. RO, L1/1/1/4, ff. 211, 223v, 230v, 239, 250v, 263; L1/1/1/6 (Lincoln council min. bk. 1656–1710), p. 111; Lincoln City Officials, f. 16; Protestation Returns for Lincs. 1641–2 ed. A. Cole, W. Atkin (CD, Lincs. Fam. Hist. Soc. 1996), returns for Lincoln. J.p. 1643–23 Aug. 1662.Supra, ‘Lincoln’.

Local: commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Lincoln 1633;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/001, p. 31. Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Lincs. c.Mar. 1644.‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J. W. F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 37–8. Recvr. sequestration revenue, Lincoln 19 Aug. 1644–1 Nov. 1649.E113/9, unfol. Commr. New Model ordinance, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. assessment, 21 Feb. 1645; Lincoln 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). sequestration, 23 Sept. 1645;CJ iv. 281b; LJ vii. 592b. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646–14 Aug. 1660;Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11; C181/6, pp. 41, 390. Lincoln militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648; Lincs. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

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MARSHALL, William (1603-72), of St Peter at Arches, Lincoln, Lincs.
: Lincs., Lincoln.
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MARSHALL, William (1603-72), of St Peter at Arches, Lincoln, Lincs.

Will
18 June 1672, pr. 2 July 1672.Lincs. RO, LCC wills, W1672/i/65.
Estates
by the mid-1660s, Marshall owned a messuage, tenements and closes in St Peter at Arches and Newland, Lincoln, a house of five hearths in Newland, and closes in Cold Hanworth, Lincs.Lincs. RO, BROG 1/1 (Lincoln QS order bk. 1656-63), p. 120; FL/Deeds/87, 144, 150, 164; 2 SIB/1/4; MISC DON 238/60; Herts. RO, DE/X914/T19.
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THORPE, Francis (1594-1665), of Beverley and Bardsey Grange, Bardsey, Yorks.

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bap. 1 Oct. 1594, 1st s. of Roger Thorpe of Birdsall, Yorks., and Elizabeth, da. of William Danyell of Beswick, sjt.-at-law and j.c.p.Leconfield, Yorks. par. reg.; H. Philipps [sic], A Treatise Illuminating the Most Illustrious Fams. of Eng. (1686), 137-8; G. Poulson, Beverlac, i. 393. educ. St John’s, Camb. 6 July 1610, BA 1614;St John’s Coll Archives, Admiss. reg.; Al. Cant. G. Inn 12 Feb. 1611.G. Inn Admiss. m. Elizabeth (d. 1 Aug. 1666), da. of William Oglethorpe of Rawdon, wid. of Thomas Wise and Francis Denton, s.p.C10/108/144; Whitaker, Loidis and Elmete, 161. suc. fa. c.1626.Roger Thorpe disappears from all commns. after 1625. d. 3 June 1665.M. I. Bardsey church.
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Civic: recorder, Beverley 18 Mar. 1624–49;Beverley Borough Recs. ed. J. Dennett (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxxxiv), 102, 103. Hull c.Mar. 1639-Sept. 1649;Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/3 (Hull Bench Bk. 1609–50), pp. 503, 820. Scarborough by ?Mar. 1646-bef. May 1650.Scarborough Recs. 1641–60 ed. M. Y. Ashcroft (N. Yorks. RO publications xlix), 61, 162.

Local: j.p. Beverley, 22 Feb. 1625 – ?49, 16 Jan. 1657–?Mar. 1660;C231/4, f. 176; C181/3, ff. 141, 245; C181/4, f. 68v; C181/5, f. 144; C181/6, p. 196. Yorks. (E. Riding) 16 Feb. 1627-c.1630, by 1648-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/4, f. 216v; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. viii. 141; Add. 29674, f. 149. Cumb. 7 July 1649-bef. c.Sept. 1656, Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660; Northumb. 18 July 1649-bef. c.Sept. 1656, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 162; A Perfect List [of JPs] (1660). Mdx., N., W. Riding by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; co. Dur., Westmld. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3; A Perfect List [of JPs] (1660). Derbys., Leics., Northants., Notts., Rutland May 1652-bef. c.Sept. 1656;C193/13/4. Warws. 22 July 1652-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, pp. 242, 252. Lincs. (Holland, Kesteven) 5 Mar. – bef.Oct. 1653; Lindsey ?-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, p. 253; CUL, Ms Dd.VIII.1. Cornw., Dorset, Hants, Wilts. 18 July 1654-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Devon, Som. 24 July 1654-bef. c.Sept. 1656;C231/6, p. 294. Berks., Glos., Mon., Oxon. 24 Feb. 1655-bef. c.Sept. 1656;C231/6, p. 304. Staffs., Worcs. 10 Mar. 1655-bef. c.Sept. 1656.C231/6, p. 305. Commr. sewers, E. Riding 7 July 1625–41, 22 June 1654-Sept. 1660;C181/3, f. 187v; C181/4, f. 190; C181/5, ff. 41v, 198v; C181/6, pp. 46, 403. Hatfield Chase Level 2 July 1655–11 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 108, 197, 358. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 270v. Yorks. 29 June 1632;C181/4, f. 121v. charitable uses, E. Riding 1633;C192/1, unfol. W. Riding 21 Feb. 1648, 21 May 1650, 11 Oct. 1658;C93/19/33; C93/20/30; C93/25/2. Yorks. 19 Sept. 1650, 22 Apr. 1651;C93/20/27; C93/21/1. Skipton g.s. 23 Nov. 1654;C93/23/2; W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), SpSt/4/11/109/1/3. subsidy, E. Riding 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Hull 7 Apr. 1649; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). W. Riding 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. sequestration, E. Riding 17 Feb. 1644.CJ iii. 369a; LJ vi. 431a. Steward, sequestered estates of 1st Visct. Dunbar [S], Francis Ld. Villiers, and bp. of Durham, Yorks. Sept. 1644 – bef.May 1650; 2nd duke of Buckingham, Yorks. 6 Sept. 1648-bef. May 1650.E113/7, pt. 2, unfol.; CCC 227, 615; CCAM 529. Commr. Northern Assoc. E., W. Riding, Hull 20 June 1645;A. and O. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Hull 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, London by Jan. 1654–13 July 1655;C181/6, pp. 1, 76. Mdx. by Jan. 1654–10 Nov. 1655;C181/6, pp. 3, 63. Midland circ. by Feb.-13 June 1654;C181/6, p. 14. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 17, 375. Western circ. 13 June 1654–29 June 1655;C181/6, pp. 49, 98. Oxf. circ. 13 Feb.-4 July 1655;C181/6, p. 91. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–13 July 1655;C181/6, pp. 1, 76. Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 98. Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 101. Hull 27 May 1657.C181/6, p. 227.

Legal: called, G. Inn 11 May 1621; ancient, 4 May 1632; bencher, 1640; reader, 12 July 1641; Staple Inn, reader, 18 May 1631.PBG Inn, i. 242, 300, 310, 343; W. R. Douthwaite, G. Inn, 72. Sjt.-at-law, Oct. 1648-May 1660.CJ vi. 50b; LJ x. 551a; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 188. Assize judge, Northern circ. Feb. 1649, July 1659;CJ vi. 148a; C181/7, p. 369. Midland circ. Feb. 1654;C181/6, p. 7. Western circ. June 1654;C181/6, p. 48. Oxf. circ. Feb. 1655.C181/6, p. 84. Bar. exch. June 1649 – 3 May 1655, June 1659-May 1660.CJ vi. 222a; vii. 814b; Mercurius Politicus no. 256 (3–10 May 1655), 5323; Clarke Pprs. iv. 284; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 540.

Central: member, cttee. for the revenue, 18 Dec. 1648.CJ vi. 99a; LJ x. 632b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 2 Apr. 1650.A. and O.; CJ vi. 410a.

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THORPE, Francis (1594-1665), of Beverley and Bardsey Grange, Bardsey, Yorks.
: of Beverley and Bardsey Grange, Bardsey, Yorks.
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THORPE, Francis (1594-1665), of Beverley and Bardsey Grange, Bardsey, Yorks.

Will
died intestate.C10/108/144.
Estates
in 1641, property ‘within North Bar’, in Beverley, was assessed at £3 by the subsidy commrs., which suggests an estate in the town of about £150 p.a.E179/205/465. In 1653, he acquired the lease of 3 fifths of a capital messuage in Naburn and lands in Naburn, Deighton and Eskrick, Yorks. (This property was sold after the Restoration to John Hewley*).Supra, ‘John Hewley’; Hull Hist. Cent. U DDBH/12/127, 132, 134, 137.
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presented John Thompson to rectory of Birdbrook, Essex, 1651; Matthias Moore to rectory of Richmond, Yorks. 1653.Add. 36792, ff. 33v, 62v.
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