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HANMER, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (1612-1678), of Bettisfield Park, Hanmer, Flint.

Family and Education
b. 4 May 1612, 1st s. of Sir John Hanmer, 1st bt.†, of Hanmer and Dorothy (d. 12 Nov. 1656), da. and coh. of Sir Richard Trevor† of Trefalyn, Denb.Hanmer, Par. and Fam. of Hanmer, 63, 89; HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘Sir John Hanmer’. educ. King’s, Camb. Easter 1627;Al. Cant. travelled abroad 1638-by 1641.CSP Dom. 1638-9, p. 39. m. (1) 22 Dec. 1631, Elizabeth (d. 13 July 1645), da. of Sir Thomas Baker of Whittingham Hall, Fressingfield, Suff., h. to her bro. Thomas, maid of honour to Queen Henrietta Maria, 1s. 1da.;C115/106/8387; NLW, Bettisfield Ms 1682, 1683; Copinger, Manors of Suff. iv. 36; J. Robinson, ‘New light on Sir Thomas Hanmer’, Garden Hist. xvi., 5. (2) 22 Nov. 1646, Susan (bur. 7 Mar. 1702), da. of Sir William Hervey† of Ickworth, Suff., 2s.Hanmer, Par. and Fam. of Hanmer, 75, 113. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 28/9 June 1624;Hanmer, Par. and Fam. of Hanmer, 58; HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘Sir John Hanmer’. d. 6 Oct. 1678.Hanmer, Par. and Fam. of Hanmer, 111-12.
Offices Held

Court: page of honour, c.1625–?;Hanmer, Par. and Fam. of Hanmer, 63. sewer, extraordinary, July 1638–?;LC5/134, p. 266. cupbearer by Sept. 1642–?CCC 943.

Local: j.p. Flint 5 May 1632 – aft.Jan. 1644, 16 Aug. 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 108, 111, 114. Commr. exacted fees, Chester, Cheshire and Flint 3 Jan. 1635;C181/4, f. 192v. charitable uses, Flint 12 July 1637, 19 Apr. 1642;C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660, 1666; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1666, 1672, 1677;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 3 Aug. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Custos rot. 5 Aug. 1642 – aft.Jan. 1644, 16 Aug. 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 110, 114. Commr. impressment (roy.), 6 Jan. 1644; accts. (roy.) 11 July 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 124, 223. Dep. lt. by c.Sept. 1661–d.SP29/42/63, f. 123. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662.SR.

Military: capt. of dragoons (roy.), 7 Sept.-?Nov. 1642.NLW, Bettisfield Ms 111; Hanmer, Par. and Fam. of Hanmer, 65; CCC 943. Gov. (roy.) Chirk Castle c.Jan.-?Mar. 1643.N. Tucker, ‘Richard Griffith at the siege of Chester’, NLWJ xiii. 57; ‘The Ottley pprs. rel. to the civil war’ ed. W. Phillips (Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. ser. 2, vii), 275.

: 2nd bt. (1612-1678), of Bettisfield Park, Flint., Hanmer 1612 – 78.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, C. Johnson, 1631;National Museum Wales, Cardiff. oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, c.1638;Weston Park, Staffs. miniature, S. Cooper.D. Foskett, Samuel Cooper (1974), 123.

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HANMER, Sir Thomas, 2nd bt. (1612-1678), of Bettisfield Park, Hanmer, Flint.

Will
13 May 1677.NLW, Chester Probate Recs. 1521-1858, will of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 1678.
Estates
in 1643, inc. manor of Hanmer and lands in Bettisfield, Bronington, Halghton, Halkyn, Hanmer, Hendrefigillt, Holywell, Overton, Penley, Tybroughton, Willington and Worthenbury, Flint and Salop.NLW, Bettisfield Ms 282, 563, 1037, 1756. In 1645, he claimed that estate worth £322 p.a. in possession and £340 p.a. in reversion; that it was charged with debts amounting to more than £2,000 and rents of £29 p.a.; and that house and goods had been plundered or destroyed during the war to the tune of £1,000.SP23/227, pp. 552, 554, 561. In 1655, he declared to commrs. for levying decimation tax that estate in and around Hanmer worth a mere £496 and encumbered with charges of £75 p.a. and interest payments of £1,500 upon debts contracted before the war.TSP iv. 319. In 1660 estate of Hanmer’s heir Sir John Hanmer† valued (presumably in expectancy) at about £3,000 p.a.P. Jenkins, ‘Wales and the Order of the Royal Oak’, NLWJ xxiv. 345. At his d. in 1678, estate inc. lands and tenements in Bangor-on-Dee, Erbistock, Halghton, Halkyn, Hendrefigillt, Overton, Penley, Tybroughton, Willington and Worthenbury; advowson of vicarage of Hanmer, Flint.NLW, Chester Probate Recs. 1521-1858, will of Sir Thomas Hanmer, 1678.
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presented Thomas Porter to vicarage of Hanmer, 1625.Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry ed. M.H. Lee, 34, 201.
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THOROWGOOD (THOROUGHGOOD), Sir John (1594-1675), of Kensington, Mdx. and Chivers Hall, High Ongar, Essex.

Family and Education
b. 1 May 1594, 2nd s. of William Thorowgood (d.1625), commissary of Norf. and rector of Grimston, Norf. and 1st w. Ann, da. of Henry Edwards of Norwich.J. Thorowgood, The King of Terrors Silenced (1665), 160; Vis. Mdx. 1663 (1820), 34-5; Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 219. m. 6 May 1630, Frances, da. of Thomas Meautys of St Julian’s Hosp., St Albans, Herts., s.p.St Clement Danes par. reg.; Vis. Mdx. 1663, 34; Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 219; Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 247. Kntd. 1633.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 201. d. betw. 12 Nov. and 4 Dec. 1675.PROB11/349/301.
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Court: gent. pensioner, 1631-aft. Aug. 1642;Badminton, Beaufort archives, Fm H2/4/1, f. 17; E407/1/47–49. gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1634, by 1663–?d.LC5/134, p. 10; Vis. Mdx. 1663, 34.

Local: commr. assessment, Mdx. 1642, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Norf. 9 June 1657.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Feoffee, Viscountess Campden’s charity, Kensington 1643.T. Faulkner, Hist. and Antiquities of Kensington, 322–3. Commr. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 2 Aug. 1648. 15 Oct. 1645 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Mdx.; Westminster by Feb. 1650 – ?Mar. 1660; Norf. July 1651–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 26, 219. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648; Mdx. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). oyer and terminer, Mdx. by Jan. 1654–5 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 3, 328. Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 379. sewers, Mdx. 31 Mar. 1654–17 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 5, 200. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 68, 319. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 338. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, King’s Lynn 1645.King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/10, f. 173; Cal. of the Freemen of Lynn (Norwich, 1913), 158.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, Feb. 1649, 26 Mar. 1650, 21 Nov. 1653, 13 June 1654.CJ vi. 132a; A. and O. Trustee, maintenance of preaching ministers, 8 June 1649, 2 Sept. 1654; augmentations for preaching ministers, 5 Apr. 1650. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

: of Kensington, Mdx. and Chivers Hall, High Ongar, Essex.
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THOROWGOOD (THOROUGHGOOD), Sir John (1594-1675), of Kensington, Mdx. and Chivers Hall, High Ongar, Essex.

Will
12 Nov. 1675, pr. 4 Dec. 1675.PROB11/349/301.
Estates
leased house at Kensington, 1635;Survey of London, xlii. 5. bought manor of Chivers Hall alias Passfield Chivers, High Ongar, Essex, 1650;VCH Essex, iv. 178. bought freehold of his lands at Kensington for £800, 1655;Survey of London, xlii. 5. owned 14 acres at Kensington, 1675;Faulkner, Kensington, 602. sold Chivers Hall to William Stane*, 1675.VCH Essex, iv. 178.
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WILLUGHBY, Thomas (1591-1661), of the Brick House, Sutton Coldfield, Warws.

Family and Education
bap. 26 Oct. 1591, s. of Edward Willughby of Bore Place, Kent and Sutton Coldfield Warws. and Winifred (bur. 14 Oct. 1628), da. of Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, Notts.Sutton Coldfield par. reg.; Thoroton, Notts. (3 vols. 1790) ii. 209, 212; ‘Vis. of Kent’, Arch. Cant. iv. 256; Vis. Notts. 1569, 1614 (Harl. Soc. iv), 185. m. Elizabeth, at least 3s.Sutton Coldfield par. reg.; Al. Cant. suc. fa. after 1634.Charters of the Royal Town and Bor. of Sutton Coldfield (Sutton Coldfield, 1935), 65. bur. 16 Aug. 1661 16 Aug. 1661.Sutton Coldfield par. reg.
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Military: capt. militia ft. (parlian.) Warws. 13 June 1642–?45;SP16/539/92. col. militia ft. Coventry ?1645–1 Apr. 1647;SP28/248. col. militia horse and ft. Warws. by 26 Sept. 1648–?July 1650.SP28/124/274–7, 280–2, 284–7, 288–91, 295–7.

Local: commr assessment, Warws. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct, 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660; Warws. and Coventry 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, Warws. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Warws. and Coventry 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. Warws. by 24 Dec. 1645-bef. Oct. 1660.E372/490; Warwick County Records, ii. 114. Commr. militia, Warws. and Coventry 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Warws. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 13 Feb. 1655–22 June 1659.C181/6, pp. 88, 311. Sheriff, Warws. 1655–6.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 147.

Central: gent. usher of the black rod, Other House, 20 Jan.-4 Feb. 1658.Stowe 185, f. 123.

: of the Brick House, Warws., Sutton Coldfield.
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WILLUGHBY, Thomas (1591-1661), of the Brick House, Sutton Coldfield, Warws.

Will
not found.
Estates
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SQUIBB, Arthur (d. c.1680), of Westminster and Chertsey, Surr.

Family and Education
4th s. of John Squibb of Winterborne Whitchurch, Dorset and Anne, da. of John Seymer of Hanford, Dorset.Hutchins, Dorset i. 198; H.S. London and G.D. Squibb, ‘A Dorset King of Arms: Arthur Squibb, Clarenceux, 1646-1650’, Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc. lxviii (1946), 59. m. Martha, da. of John Ireland of Hutt and Hale, Lancs., 1s. 3da.Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxv), 165. d. betw. 30 Nov. 1679 and 21 Apr. 1680.PROB11/362, f. 398.
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Local: commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 25 Jan. 1627 – aft.June 1645, 10 Jan. 1655–7 July 1657;C181/3, f. 213v; C181/4, f. 191; C181/5, ff. 81v, 115, 255; C181/6, pp. 68, 175. Mdx. 22 June 1639 – aft.Oct. 1645, 31 Jan. 1654;C181/5, ff. 143, 262v; C181/6, p. 6. Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645.C181/5, f. 264. J.p. Surr. 3 Mar. 1640–?, July 1652-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Mdx. 3 Apr. 1649-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Westminster 15 Feb. 1650–?Mar. 1660.C231/5, p. 373; C231/6, pp. 148, 174; C193/13/4, f. 98v. Commr. subsidy, Surr. 1641, further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Windsor Forest, Surr. 14 Sept. 1641;C181/5, f. 211v. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Surr. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657; Westminster 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;SR; A. and O. oyer and terminer, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. defence of Surr. 1 July 1645.A. and O. Collector, sequestered revenue, abpric. lands, Kent by Feb. 1646.SP28/269, f. 165. Jt. recvr. rents of dean and chapter of Westminster, 5 May 1646.HMC 4th Rep., 172. Commr. Westminster militia, 9 Sept. 1647, 7 June 1650, 19 Mar. 1649;A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). sequestration, Surr. 18 Oct. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: teller, exch. (in reversion) 29 Jan. 1640–21 Feb. 1654.BDBR; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 151; 1654, p. 272 Commr. for compounding, advance of money, 15 Apr. 1650; indemnity, 23 June 1652; to inspect treasuries, 28 July 1653; sequestrations, 2, 27 Aug. 1659.A. and O.

: of Westminster and Surr., Chertsey.
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SQUIBB, Arthur (d. c.1680), of Westminster and Chertsey, Surr.

Will
30 Nov. 1679, pr. 21 Apr. 1680.PROB11/362, f. 398.
Estates
on d. owned house at Chertsey, Surr., lands in Walton, Essex, and Moghergallen barony, Co. Meath, Ireland.PROB11/362, ff. 398r-v.
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MARTEN, Sir Henry (1562-1641), of Aldersgate, London, and Longworth, Berks.

Family and Education
bap. 2 Aug. 1562,St Michael Bassishaw Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. lxxii), 72. 2nd s. of John Marten (d. 1563), baker of London and his w. Rose;St Michael Bassishaw, Par. Reg. 144; GL, MS 9051/3, f. 58. fa. of Henry Marten*. educ. Winchester Coll. Hants 1574;T.F. Kirby, Winchester Scholars (1888), 146. New Coll. Oxf. 24 Nov. 1581, BCL 15 June 1587, DCL 5 June 1592;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 21 May 1623;LI Admiss. i. 193. m. 1597, Elizabeth (d. 1618), sis. of John Harding, pres. of Magdalen Coll. Oxf. 2s. 3da.PROB11/118/1; Ashmole, Antiquities, i. 160-2. Kntd. 21 Dec. 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 160. d. 26 Sept. 1641.Lansd. 985, f. 14; CSP Dom. 1641-3, p. 126.
Offices Held

Academic: fell. New Coll. Oxf. 1582 – 97.

Legal: official, archdeaconry of Berks. c.1593–1630.Wood, Ath. Ox. iii. 17. Member, Doctors’ Commons, 16 Oct. 1596–1612, 1615 – d.; treas. 1617–20.G.D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons (Oxford, 1977), 48, 166; B. Levack, Civil Lawyers (Oxford, 1973), 252. Adv.-gen. 3 Mar. 1609–20.C66/1762; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 496; Add. 1580–1625, p. 621. Judge of admlty. 1617–d.HCA49/106, packet A, no. 13; HCA30/1035, pt. 1, f. 4. Chan. London dioc. 1619–27.Chamberlain Letters ed. McClure, ii. 205; Levack, Civil Lawyers, 252. Member, high commn. Canterbury prov. 1620–d.R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission (Oxford, 1913), 354; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326. Judge, prerogative ct. of Canterbury, 1624–d.Chamberlain Letters, ii. 579; Levack, Civil Lawyers, 252. Dean, ct. of arches, 1624–33.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 252; Squibb, Doctors’ Commons, 166. Surrogate, ct. of chivalry by 1632.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 251.

Local: j.p. Berks. 1601–d.C231/1, f. 115v; C66/2858. Commr. recusants, Berks. 1602;C181/1, f. 34. piracy, Mdx., Kent, Surr. 1617; Southampton, Hants 1618 – 19, 1636; home cos. 1619 – 25; Devon 1619 – 30; Dorset 1622 – 31; Pemb., Carm. and Card. 1623; Norf. 1624 – 27; Suff. 1627, 1640; London 1630 – 39; Cumb. 1631; Cornw. 1634 – d.; Hants and I.o.W. 1635; Hull, Yorks. 1637; Suss. 1637; Exeter, Devon 1639;C181/2, ff. 299v, 309, 339, 340, 348; C181/3, ff. 1v, 72v, 79v, 97v, 113, 115v, 130, 176, 195v, 230v, 232, C181/4, ff. 37, 52v, 81, 95v, 104, 138v; C181/5, ff. 24, 26, 43v, 58, 68v, 80, 130v, 132v, 176, 187v. policies of assurances, London 1618–40;C181/2, f. 306v; C181/4, f. 129v; C181/5, f. 175. sewers, Suff. 1620; Deeping and Gt. Level 1621 – 38; Mdx. 1629 – 39; Oxon. and Berks. 1634; River Thames, Wilts. to Berks. 1635;C181/3, ff. 13, 35v, 214v; C181/4, ff. 93v, 23, 63v, 179; C181/5, ff. 10, 21v, 142v. subsidy, Berks. 1624;C212/22/23. admlty. causes, London, Mdx., Essex, Kent and Surr. 1625;HCA1/31/11, f. 13. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1633–d.C181/4, ff. 144, 185v, 194v; C181/5, ff. 6v, 200v.

Central: commr. jointure of Princess Elizabeth, 1613;Chamberlain Letters, i. 433. negotiations with Dutch E. I. Co. 1619.Chamberlain Letters, ii. 197, 254. Gov. Charterhouse Hosp. 1624–d.G.S. Davies, Charterhouse in London (1921), 352; Strafforde Letters, i. 469; LMA, ACC71876/G/02/02, f. 32. Commr. trade, 1625;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt i, p. 59. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 1631.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 6. Commr. Oxf. Univ. statutes, June 1636.HMC Cowper, ii. 121.

: London and Berks., Longworth.
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Likenesses: oil on panel, unknown, c.1630.Trinity Hall, Camb.

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MARTEN, Sir Henry (1562-1641), of Aldersgate, London, and Longworth, Berks.

Will
23 Aug. 1641, pr. 15 Oct. 1641.PROB11/187/218.
Estates
purchased Berks. manors of Barcote (Buckload) 1618, Smewyns (White Waltham) 1622, Eaton Hastings 1628, Beckett and Stalpits 1633, Bouton 1635, Shrivenham 1635 and Canon Hill (Bray) by 1637; also Anville (Kintbury) 1641, Petwick (Latcombe) 1641; granted manor of Hinton Waldrist, Berks. by Charles I in 1627.Levack, Civil Lawyers, 252-3; Coventry Docquets, 631. Income at death said to be £3,000 p.a.C.H. Williams, ‘The Anatomy of a Radical Gentleman: Henry Marten’, in Puritans and Revolutionaries ed. D. Pennington and K. Thomas (Oxford, 1978), 119.
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BACON, Nathaniel (1593-1660), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Ipswich, Suff.

Family and Education
b. 12 Dec. 1593, 3rd s. of Sir Edward Bacon† (d. 1618) of Shrubland, Barham, Suff. and Helen, da. and h. of Thomas Little† of Bray, Berks.;Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612 ed. W.C. Metcalfe (Exeter, 1882), 109-10; W.C. Pearson, ‘The Bacons of Shrubland Hall’, E. Anglian, n.s. iv. 34; Gent. Mag. xcv. 20-4; W.E. Layton, ‘Bacon and Bures’, Misc. Gen. et Her. 3rd ser. iv. 164; Copinger, Manors of Suff. ii. 23, 244; Bacon, Annalls, memoir, pp. i-vi. bro. of Francis*. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1606, BA 1611;Al. Cant. G. Inn 16 Aug. 1611.GI Admiss. 128. m. (1) after 1623, Elizabeth (d. 1628), da. of Robert Maidston of Boxted, Essex, wid. of Edward Glascock of Great Horkesley, Essex, s.p.;Bacon, Annalls, memoir, p. v; RCHME Essex, iii. 10. (2) c.1630, Susanna, da. of William Holloway, clothier, of East Bergholt, Suff., wid. of Matthew Alefounder, clothier, of Dedham, Essex, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da.Bacon, Annalls, memoir, p. v; Muskett, Suff. Manorial Fams. i. 226. d. 28 Aug. 1660.Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 42.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 1617; ancient, 1632; Lent reader, 1641; bencher, 1641. Reader, Barnard’s Inn 1631.PBG Inn, 226, 310, 340, 345; W. Dugdale, Origines Juridiciales (1666), 297; Baker, Readers and Readings, 58, 195, 540. Judge, ct. of admlty. Nov. 1649–53.CJ vii. 221b, 223a.

Central: clerk in chancery for licences and pardons of alienations, 1631-aft. 1650. 5 June 1646Coventry Docquets, 182. Commr. exclusion from sacrament,, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b; Add. 15669, f. 1v. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Judge, causes of poor prisoners, 9 June 1654.A. and O. Master of requests by Aug. 1655-aft. Jan. 1659.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 291; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/4, f. 81; C219/48: Ipswich election indenture, 18 Jan. 1659. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a.

Local: commr. sewers, River Stour, Essex and Suff. 1634;C181/4, f. 173v. Suff. 1635, 1637, 20 Dec. 1658;C181/5, ff. 24v, 82; C181/6, p. 341. Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656–8 Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 175, 319. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658–d.;C181/6, pp. 292, 361. oyer and terminer, Essex 25 July 1640-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 183v, 254v. Suff. 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 232v, 257. Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 379. subsidy, Essex 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; Ipswich, 1660;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208v. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. Suff. 21 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Ipswich 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;LJ v. 658a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, Tendring hundred, Essex 11 July 1642; Suff. 28 July 1642.LJ v. 203b, 245b. J.p. Essex ?-15 July 1642, by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Suff. by Apr. 1648–d.Rymer, Feodera, viii. pt. 3, p. 253; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 110; C231/5, p. 530; C231/6, p. 405; C193/13/3, ff. 24v, 60v; C193/13/4, f. 35v; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxiii; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. sequestration, Essex, Suff. 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. care of Landguard Fort, Suff. 12 Apr. 1643.CJ iii. 41b. Dep. lt. Suff. May 1643–?CJ iii. 80a; LJ vi. 42a. Commr. additional ord. for levying of money, Essex, Suff., Ipswich 1 June 1643;A. and O. levying of money, Essex, Suff. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. Suff. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643; Essex 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, Ipswich 7 Feb. 1644 – July 1660, 13 Aug. 1660–d.;C181/5, ff. 231v, 244v; C181/6, pp. 72, 330; C181/7, p. 54. Bury St Edmunds liberty and borough 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, ff. 233v, 234. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238v, 254v. Suff. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257. liberty of St Etheldreda, I. of Ely 23 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 267v. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 12 Mar. 1644, 28 Aug. 1654; Cambs. by Jan. 1645;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; A. and O.; The Cambs. Cttee. for Scandalous Minsters, ed. G. Hart (Cambs. Rec. Soc. xxiv), 96. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; commr. I. of Ely, 12 Aug. 1645;A. and O. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660; Ipswich 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 15v. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Suff. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655.Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15).

Civic: freeman, Ipswich 1642 – d.; recorder, 1642 – d.; bailiff, 1644 – 45; town clerk, 1651 – d.; clerk of the peace, 1651 – d.; claviger, 1651–d.Bacon, Annalls, 531; E. Anglian, n.s. ii. 37. Recorder, Bury St Edmunds by late 1650s-?d.Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 8; Add. 15520, f. 6; Bacon, Annalls, memoir, p. ii.

Religious: elder, second Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 424.

: of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Suff., Ipswich.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oils, unknown, 1659.Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service.

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BACON, Nathaniel (1593-1660), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Ipswich, Suff.

Will
26 Aug. 1660, codicil 26 Aug. 1660, pr. 8 July 1661.PROB11/305/77; Bacon, Annalls, memoir, pp. v-vi n.
Estates
inherited lands at Crowfield, Suff. from his fa. 1618;PROB11/132/569. owned a house in St Margaret’s par. Ipswich c.1655.Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 8.
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OWEN, Hugh (1604-by 1671), of Orielton, Castlemartin and Landshipping, Martletwy, Pemb.

Family and Education
b. 4 May 1604,WARD7/49/211. 1st s. of John Owen (d.1612) of Orielton and Dorothy (d. 1654), da. of Rowland Laugharne of St Brides, Pemb.; bro. of Arthur*. educ. L. Inn 1622. m. (1) Frances (d. aft. 1635), da. of Sir John Philipps†, 1st bt. of Picton Castle, Pemb., 2s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) by 1645, Catherine, da. of Evan Lloyd of Yale, Denb., wid. of John Lewis of Prysaeddfed, Bodedern, Anglesey, 2s. 1da.Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 247; Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern.Fams. 58;Phillips, Mems. Owen of Orielton, 34; LI Admiss. 191;HEHL, EL7206. suc. grandfa. 1614; Kntd. 10 Aug. 1641; cr. bt. 11 Aug. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210; CB. d. by 9 June 1671.PROB11/336, f. 207.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Pemb. 3 July 1629 – 1 Apr. 1643, by 22 July – 6 Sept. 1652, by 22 July 1656–59, 1660 – d.; Anglesey 1 Dec. 1637 – 26 Aug. 1643, by 18 July 1649–53, 1656 – 59, 1660 – d.; Haverfordwest 22 July 1656–d.Coventry Docquets, 63, 74; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 11–15, 216–25, 242–6; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 23, 66; E. Breeze, Kalendars of Gwynedd (1873), 23. Commr. knighthood fines, Pemb. 1630;E178/7154, f. 140c. wreck inquiry, 1631.SP16/182/82. Sheriff, 1633 – 34, 1653 – 54, 1663–4.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 266. Commr. exacted fees, Pemb., Carm., Card. 1635;C181/5, f. 31v. i.p.m. Sir John Wogan of Boulston, Pemb. 1637.F. Green, ‘Wogans of Boulston’, Y Cymmrodor, xv. 126. Dep. lt. Pemb. by 1637 – at least42, 1661–?HEHL, EL7443; SP29/42/70. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Haverfordwest 1660;SR. disarming recusants, Pemb. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 386a. assessment, 1642, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Anglesey 26 Nov. 1650, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Haverfordwest 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664. 19 Mar. 1642 – 26 Aug. 1643SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Custos rot. Anglesey, by 25 July 1650–27 July 1653.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 12, 13. Commr. militia, Pemb. and Haverfordwest 18 Aug. 1642, 12 Mar. 1660;LJ, v. 304; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79; A. and O. S. Wales 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; taking accts. of money for propagation of the gospel in Wales, 30 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 583. subsidy, Anglesey, Pemb., Haverfordwest 1663.SR.

Civic: mayor, Pembroke 1632 – 34, 1639–40.‘Mayors of Pembroke’, West Wales Recs. v. 121. Common councilman, Haverfordwest by 1651-bef. May 1660;Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 96, 134, 171. mayor, 1656–7.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 131, 151.

: of Orielton, Castlemartin and Landshipping, Martletwy, Pemb.
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OWEN, Hugh (1604-by 1671), of Orielton, Castlemartin and Landshipping, Martletwy, Pemb.

Will
4 Sept. 1670, pr. 9 June 1671.PROB11/336, f. 207.
Estates
Inheritance of over 6,800 acres in south Pembrokeshire: manors of Weston Castle, Williamston, Castle Kenlas, Bunston, with lands at Orielton, Yerbeston, Cappaston, Fleete, Crachmaile, Whilley, Weston, Landshipping, Femiston, Boniston, Algaston, Carne, Royalton, Thomas Chapel, Holleway, Willamson, Bunston Parva, Hasguard, Dale, Newton-in-Rhos, bangerston, Cosheston, Kerrigwatheren, Netheston, Uppertoun-in-Haskard, Monkton, Minwear, Payerston, Pascaston, Rhoscrowther, Nash, Martletwy, Carew, Liveston, Reynoldston, Begelly, St Issells, Mathry, Bletherston, Dale, Camrose; lands in Pembroke. Phillips, Mems. Owen of Orielton, 31-2; Keeler, Long Parl. 291. Advowson of Cosheston, Stackpole, Stackpole Elidor.Phillips, Mems. Owen of Orielton, 31-2; Keeler, Long Parl. 291.
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READE, Robert (?1609-aft. 1668), of Drury Lane, Westminster, and Paris.

Family and Education
bap. ?20 July 1609, 3rd s. of Robert Reade of Linkenholt, Hants (d. aft. 9 Dec. 1626), and Mildred, da. of Sir Thomas Windebanke.IGI; Wilts. Vis. Pedigrees, 160-1. d. ?aft. 7 Mar. 1669.PROB11/330/139.
Offices Held

Central: sec. to Sir Francis Windebanke*, secretary of state, by 22 Aug. 1631–46.SP16/198, f. 71; CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 161. Teller of exch. (in reversion) Dec. 1637–40.C66/2773; SO3/11, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 151; C66/2842. Clerk of the signet (in reversion), Nov. 1638–?SO3/12, f. 2v.

: of Drury Lane, Westminster and Paris.
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READE, Robert (?1609-aft. 1668), of Drury Lane, Westminster, and Paris.

Will
not found.
Estates
£100 inheritance from fa.SP16/41, ff. 102, 105-6; Hants RO, 1627A/48/1, 2; VCH Hants, iv. 324.
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WESTON, Henry (1612-66), of Ockham, Surr.

Family and Education
bap. 19 Aug. 1612,Speldhurst par. reg. 1st s. of Edward Weston, rector of Speldhurst, Kent, and Elizabeth, da. of John Tilde of Kent, wid. of George Elliott.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 218. educ. St John’s, Oxf., 9 Dec. 1631, ‘aged 18’; BA, Hart Hall, 14 June 1634; MA, 24 Apr. 1637;Al. Oxon. G. Inn, 23 Dec. 1637.G.I. Admiss. i. 215. m. lic. 26 May 1639, Katherine (bur. 1 May 1678), da. of Sir William Ford of Harting, Suss. at least 8s. (3 d.v.p.), 6da. (2 d.v.p.).Ockham par. reg.; Suss. N. and Q. xi. 18; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 41. suc. fa. betw. 21 Jan.-13 May 1641.PROB11/186/63 (Edward Weston). bur. 23 Oct. 1666 23 Oct. 1666.Ockham par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy Surr. 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660.SR. J.p. Surr. 20 Aug. 1641–?, 27 Mar. 1646-bef. Jan. 1650, Mar. 1652 – bef.Oct. 1653, by Feb. 1655–?d.C231/5, pp. 479, 499; C231/6, pp. 41, 230; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 37; C193/13/3, f. 98; C193/13/5, f. 103; C220/9/4, f. 84v. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; A. and O; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; New Model ordinance, Surr. 17 Feb. 1645; defence of Surr. 1 July 1645;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 25 Nov. 1645;C181/5, f. 264. Hants and Surr. 3 Feb. 1662;C181/7, pp. 127, 138. militia, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Surr. 21 Mar. 1659;C181/6, p. 349. Home circ. 10 July 1660–d.C181/7, pp. 8, 384. Sheriff, 1660–1.VCH Surr. iii. 361.

Religious: elder, Guildford classis, 16 Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 433.

: Surr.
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WESTON, Henry (1612-66), of Ockham, Surr.

Will
12 Oct. 1666, pr. 29 Nov.PROB11/322/409.
Estates
1641, manors of Ockham, with tithes and land of at least 54 acres, and Papworth;VCH Surr. iii. 361, 368; Manning and Bray, Surr. iii. 109, 123. advowson of Speldhurst.Hasted, Kent, iii. 300.
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HOWARD, Thomas (1619-1706), of Charlton, Wilts.

Family and Education
bap. 14 Nov. 1619, 2nd s. of Thomas Howard† (d. 1669), 1st earl of Berkshire, and Elizabeth, da. of William Cecil†, 2nd earl of Exeter;Reg. of St Martin-in-the-Fields London 1619-1636 ed. J.V. Kitto (Harl. Soc. lxvi), 1. bro. of Charles Howard*, Visct. Andover, Philip Howard† and Sir Robert Howard†. educ. travelled abroad 1638.CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 454. m. (1) by June 1641, Frances (d. 8 May 1658), da. of Sir Richard Harrison*, 2da. (?1 d.v.p.);CSP Dom. 1641-3, p. 27. (2) Mary (1637-bef. 1706), da. of Sir Thomas Parker*, ?1da. suc. bro. as 3rd earl of Berkshire by 16 Apr. 1679. d. 12 Apr. 1706.HP Lords 1660-1715.
Offices Held

Local: commr. array (roy.), Berks. 4 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Military: ?col. of horse (roy.), 1643–5.P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in Eng. and Wales (New York and London, 1981), 201; HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Thomas Howard’.

: Wilts.
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HOWARD, Thomas (1619-1706), of Charlton, Wilts.

Will
24 Sept. 1705, pr. 21 June 1706.PROB11/488/413.
Estates
the Howards owned substantial estates in Wilts. centred on Charlton.
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