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BLISSETT, Joseph (1618?-73), of Eye, Suff.

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?bap. 13 Feb. 1618, 2nd s. of William Blissett (d. 1642) of Marlborough, Wilts. and his 2nd w. Margaret Walker.St Mary, Marlborough par. reg. m. (1) ?, 1da.; (2) Abigail, prob. da. of William Deye of Moor Hall, Eye, 1s. 5da.PROB11/342/241; Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 257-8. bur. 25 Jan. 1673 25 Jan. 1673.Eye par. reg.
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capt.-lt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Charles Fleetwood* by July 1646; capt. Oct. 1649-aft. Mar. 1657.CJ iv. 622b; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 95; PROB11/265/601.

principal burgess, Eye by Sept. 1653–19 Mar. 1661.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE2/I/1, ff. 13v, 22.

commr. securing peace of commonwealth, Suff. by 20 Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 225; PRO30/11/268, f. 7. ejecting scandalous ministers, 24 Oct. 1657;SP25/78, p. 238. militia, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

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BLISSETT, Joseph (1618?-73), of Eye, Suff.
Suff.
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BLISSETT, Joseph (1618?-73), of Eye, Suff.

Will
9 Jan. 1673, pr. 13 June 1673.PROB11/342/241.
Estates
?inherited properties from his father in Marlborough, Wilts. 1642;PROB11/198/540. bought manor of Great Ashfield and other lands at Eye, Suff., probably during 1650s.PROB11/342/241.
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YONGE, Walter I (1579-1649), of Colyton, Axmouth and Upton Hellions, Devon.

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bap. 16 Apr. 1579, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Yonge of Colyton and Alice, da. of Richard Starre of Seaton; fa. of Sir John Yonge*, gfa. of Walter Yonge II*.Register of Colyton ed. A.J.P. Skinner (Exeter, 1928), 40; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 840. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 19 Apr. 1599; M. Temple 26 Oct. 1600.Al. Ox.; MTR i. 408. m. 6 Feb. 1601 Jane (bur. 17 Apr. 1655), da, of John Periam of Exeter, 2s. 1da. suc. fa. 1612. bur. 26 Nov. 1649 26 Nov. 1649.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 840; Register of Colyton ed. Skinner, 658.
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j.p. Devon 13 July 1622 – ?25, 20 Mar. 1626 – 15 July 1642, by 6 Mar. 1647–d.C231/4, f. 284, C231/5, p. 530; Devon RO, DQS 28/3. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 10v. Sheriff, 1627–8.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 37. Commr. sewers, Devon 6 Mar. 1634.C181/4, f. 164. Quartermaster-gen. Devon militia, 1635.SP16/291/14 (2). Commr. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Devon and Exeter 13 June 1638;C181/5, f. 109v. further subsidy, Devon 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649;SR; A. and O. commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Devon militia, 7 June 1648.LJ x. 311b.

member, Dorchester Co. 1623–7.F. Rose-Troup, John White: The Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 457.

member, cttee of navy and customs, 19 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 728a. Westminster Assembly, 7 June 1643;CJ iii. 119b. cttee. for the revenue, 21 Sept. 1643. Commr. preservation of books, 20 Nov. 1643; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

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YONGE, Walter I (1579-1649), of Colyton, Axmouth and Upton Hellions, Devon.
Axmouth and Upton Hellions, Devon.
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YONGE, Walter I (1579-1649), of Colyton, Axmouth and Upton Hellions, Devon.

Will
14 Apr. 1649, pr. 6 Feb. 1650.PROB11/211/259.
Estates
inherited from fa. an estate at Colyton and Axminster including Colyton barton and lands belonging (Summerleaze, Cotchaine, the Hams, Stoford); manors of Stedcombe, Buckland Trill, Buckland Prior; Bateshorn, Honiton; lands at Whimple; Creedy Hellions manor, Upton Hellions; Priorton manor, Stockleigh.W. Pole, Collns. ... of the County of Devon (1791), 124, 125, 134, 176, 200, 221, 224; Polwhele, Devonshire, ii. 309. Inherited from fa.-in-law the farm of Grendell.PROB11/132/381. Principal dwellings at Stedcombe and Colyton Great House.Polwhele, Devonshire, ii. 309. Bought Seaton parsonage from Dorchester corporation, 1647.D. Underdown, Fire from Heaven (1992), 211, 244.
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RIVERS, Sir Thomas (d.1657), of Chafford, Kent.

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1st s. of James Rivers* of Combe, Hamsey, Suss. and Charity (d. May 1655), da. of Sir John Shirley† of Isfield, Suss.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 230. educ. I. Temple, 12 Nov. 1649.I. Temple database. suc. grandfa. as 2nd bt. bef. 2 Oct. 1651.CB. d. unm. 8 Dec. 1657.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 229-30; Add. 5698, ff. 55-7; Hamsey par. reg.
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j.p. Suss. July 1652–d.;C231/6, p. 239; C193/13/4–6; Stowe 577; CUL, Dd.VIII. 1. Kent 1655–d.Kent Hist. and Lib. Centre, Q/JC/5–8. Commr. assessment, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Suss. 9 June 1657.A. and O.

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RIVERS, Sir Thomas (d.1657), of Chafford, Kent.
of Chafford, Kent.
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Likenesses: miniature, S. Cooper, 1650;Private colln. oil on canvas, P. Lely.Whereabouts unknown.

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RIVERS, Sir Thomas (d.1657), of Chafford, Kent.

Will
1 Sept. 1657, cod. 21 and 21 Oct., pr. 15 Feb. 1658.PROB11/273/293.
Estates
manor of Hadlow, Kent, with Peckham Place and other lands in Hadlow; advowson of Hadlow church; Coleman’s Farm and other lands in Westram; manor of Combe, Suss.PROB11/273/293. Combe sold for £2,400 soon after his death.E. Suss. RO, SAS/SH/581-5.
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KENWRICKE, William (1614-?1683), of Boughton-under-Blean, Kent.

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bap. 27 Nov. 1614, 6th, but 5th surv. s. of Robert Kenwricke (d. 1617) of King’s Sutton, Northants. and Elizabeth, da. of William Hales of Tenterden, Kent. m. (1) Anne, da. of John Wilkinson of Dedham, Essex, 1s.; (2) bef. 1649, Martha, da. of Stephen Hernden or Herendon of Staple Inn, London, and Rochester, Kent, and wid. of Samuel Hales (?d.1640), 1s. 2da.Baker, Northants. i. 694; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 96-7; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. liv), 90; C5/379/111; C9/7/134; PROB11/237/499 (Sir Edward Hales); CB. d. betw. 13 Mar. 1681-14 Aug. 1683.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. PRC32/55, f. 70v.
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corp. or capt. (parlian.) Kent by 2 Nov. 1643;SP28/11, f. 32; CJ iii. 298b. col. by 22 Apr. 1645.A Perfect Declaration (1645), 7 (E.260.23); The Weekly Post-Master no. 3 (22–29 Apr. 1645), 5 (E.260.26). Cdr. of auxiliaries by Jan. 1648.SP28/130/3, f. 25. Col. militia horse, Kent 8 July 1650, 1 Sept. 1659.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 507, 510, 513; CJ vii. 772a.

dep. lt. Kent 2 Nov. 1643–?CJ iii. 298b. Commr. oyer and terminer, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236. Home circ. by Feb. 1654 – 3 Feb. 1657, June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 14, 171, 373. gaol delivery, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 237. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660; Canterbury 7 Apr. 1649;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sewers, Kent and Surr. 18 Mar. 1645;C181/5, f. 249v. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 3 Nov. 1653;C181/6, p. 23. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 13 May 1657, 1 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 226, 365. Kent 1 July 1659;C181/6, p. 367. military rule, 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645; indemnity, 20 Jan., 4 Apr. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. by 6 May 1647 – 7 Mar. 1657A. and O. J.p, Mar-bef. Oct. 1660.CJ v. 163b; Names of the Justices (1650), 29 (E.1238.4); C181/6, p. 362; A Perfect List (1660), 23.

trustee, sale of crown lands, 16 July 1649, 21 Dec. 1652; sale of fee farm rents, 11 Mar. 1650; sale of royal forests, 30 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Commr. ct. martial, Oct. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 479.

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KENWRICKE, William (1614-?1683), of Boughton-under-Blean, Kent.
Kent.
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KENWRICKE, William (1614-?1683), of Boughton-under-Blean, Kent.

Will
13 Mar. 1681, pr. 14 Aug. 1683.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. PRC32/55, f. 70v.
Estates
purchased manor of Boughton, Kent from commrs for sale of bishops’ lands, 20 Mar. 1648, for £3116;Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 9. purchased Hearst Wood, Kent, 20 Apr. 1649, for £194.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 28.
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PURY, Thomas II (1619-93), of Gloucester and The Grove, Taynton, Glos.

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b. 16 July 1619, o.s. of Thomas Pury I* and Mary (bur. 18 Sept. 1668), da. of Edward Alye of Tewkesbury, Glos.Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 140. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 18 Nov. 1635; Gray’s Inn 29 Jan. 1641. m. by 1644, Barbara, da. of James Kyrle of Walford Court, Herefs., 4s. d.v.p. 7da. suc. fa. 13 Aug. 1666. d. 26 Aug. 1693.Al Ox.; GI Admiss. i. 228; Rudder, New Hist. Glos. 725.
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capt. (parlian.) regt. of Henry Stephens, Gloucester by 17 June 1643;SP28/129/5, f. 22v; J. Dorney, A Brief and Exact Relation (1643), 2 (E.67.31). col. by 1652. Col. and capt. militia ft. Glos. 20 July 1659; ft. regt. 11 June-Oct. 1660.HMC 5th Rep. 361.

recvr. former crown rents, Glos., Wilts. 20 Oct. 1643–12 July 1652.E113/8, answer of Thomas Pury II. Clerk of the peace, Glos. 1647–58.E. Stephens, Clerks of the Counties (1961), 91; C. Walker, Complete Hist. of Independency (1661), pt. 1, 81. Commr. assessment, Mon. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Glos., Gloucester 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, ?1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Gloucester 2 Dec. 1648, 1658, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Glos., Mon. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar.1660;A. and O.; Glos. RO, GBR/H2/3, p. 246. securing peace of commonwealth, Glos. by 18 Dec. 1655;HMC 5th Rep. 361; TSP iv. 354. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651;CJ vi. 558a. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

member, cttee. to renovate Gloucester cathedral, 22 Aug. 1656.City of Gloucester. At a Common Council there (1656, 669.f.20.29).

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PURY, Thomas II (1619-93), of Gloucester and The Grove, Taynton, Glos.
of Gloucester and The Grove, Taynton, Glos.
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PURY, Thomas II (1619-93), of Gloucester and The Grove, Taynton, Glos.

Will
none found.
Estates
rented 5 tenements, Watering St., Gloucester, 21 years, 11 May 1647; deanery messuage, house and buildings, 7 years at 40s, 13 July 1648; lands in St Katherine’s parish, Gloucester, 23 Dec. 1667, 21 years, at 25s p.a. (extended to 31 years, 4 Oct. 1668); Madeley’s ground, Sudbrooke, 21 Sept. 1668, 31 years; all properties of Gloucester corporation.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, pp. 410, 460; B3/4, pp. 348, 373; J3/5, pp. 84-7, 165-9. With fa. leased lands adjoining Little Tolsey to corporation, 41 years, 20s, 20 Sept. 1650.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 572. Inherited lands in Taynton from fa. 1666. Bought fee farm rents, which he gave up 25 Mar. 1663.E113/8. Owned Etloeduchy manor, Awre, Glos. 1669.VCH Glos. v. 26.
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BENCE, Squier (1597-1648), of Aldeburgh, Suff.

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b. 15 Apr. 1597, 8th but 4th surv. s. of Alexander Bence (d. 27 Jan. 1613) of Aldeburgh and Mary, da. of Thomas Squier of Aldeburgh;Regs. of the Par. of Thorington ed. T.S. Hill (1884), 101, 105, ped.; Add. 32484, no. 84; Burke’s Irish Family Recs. ed. H. Montgomery-Massingberd (1976), 641. bro. of John† and Alexander*. m. (1) 26 Aug. 1617, Elizabeth Pett, 2 ch. d.v.p.;St Dunstan, Stepney par. reg.; Hill, Thorington, 106. (2) 5 Sept. 1644, Mary Salby (d. 24 Oct. 1678), s.p.St Mary, Stoke Newington par. reg.; Hill, Thorington, 106. d. 27 Nov. 1648.Hill, Thorington, 106.
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?capt. Friendship, Cadiz expedition, 1625.CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 290.

younger bro. Trinity House by 1629–?d.SP16/135, f. 108.

freeman, Aldeburgh 1630 – d.; capital burgess, 1630 – d.; bailiff, 1630 – 31, 1637 – 38, Sept. 1648–d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE1/C1/1, ff. 3v, 5, 6, 7v; CJ vi. 35a.

member, cttee. of navy and customs, 19 Aug. 1642.CJ ii. 728a. Commr. for navy, 15 Sept. 1642. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O.

dep. lt. Aldeburgh 3 Sept. 1642–?CJ ii. 749b; LJ v. 338a. Recvr. loans on Propositions, Woodbridge, Suff. 10 Sept. 1642.LJ v. 346b. Commr. care of Landguard Fort, Suff. 28 Nov. 1642;CJ ii. 867a; iii. 41b. additional ord. for levying of money, Aldeburgh 1 June 1643; New Model ordinance, Suff. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O. gaol delivery, Aldeburgh Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 265v. militia, Suff., Tower Hamlets 2 Dec. 1648 (posth.).A. and O. J.p. Suff. July 1649 (posth.).C231/6, p. 157; Names of the Justices of Peace (1650), 53 (E.1238.4).

elder, fourth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 425. Ruling elder, St Andrew Hubbard, London by 1646-aft. May 1647.Reg.-Bk. of the Fourth Classis in the Province of London (Harl. Soc., lxxxii-lxxxiii), 2, 36.

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BENCE, Squier (1597-1648), of Aldeburgh, Suff.
of Aldeburgh, Suff.
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Likenesses: stylized family group on father’s fun. brass, Aldeburgh church.Add. 32484, no. 84.

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BENCE, Squier (1597-1648), of Aldeburgh, Suff.

Will
31 Mar. 1648, pr. 23 Feb. 1649.PROB11/207/284.
Estates
owned property at Aldeburgh, Sibton and Peasenhall, Suff.
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CLERKE, John II (d. aft. 1661), of Kensington, Mdx.

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?s. of Humphrey Clarke of Edmonton, Mdx. and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Isaac Manning of London.Vis. Mdx. 1663 (1887), 36. ?; educ. G. Inn, 14 Aug. 1635.G. Inn Admiss. 209. m. aft. Feb. 1651, Joan, wid. of Col. Isaac Ewer, da. of Thomas Thurloe, sis. of John Thurloe*.TSP vii. 211; Oxford DNB, ‘Isaac Ewer’. d. aft. Nov. 1661.SP29/44, ff. 256v, 258v.
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lt. of ft. (parlian.) Wareham garrison, Dorset bef. Nov. 1644. Capt. of ft. regt. of Sir Hardress Waller* by May 1645; maj. July 1649; lt-col. Jan. 1650. Nov. 1651 – Aug. 1655Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 56, 66, 77, 86, 98; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 443; SP28/67, ff. 170, 551. Col. of ft. army in Ireland,, 1655–60.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 449–50; TSP iii. 715; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 45n.

member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653, 28 Jan. 1654.A. and O. Commr. admlty. and navy, 3 Dec. 1653, 8 Nov. 1655, 31 May 1659;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 10. for accts. 24 Nov. 1655.C231/6, p. 320; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 14. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Whitelocke, Mems. iv. 336.

j.p. Essex, Mdx., Surr. Mar. 1655–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, pp. 306, 307; C193/13/5, ff. 39, 69v, 102v. Kent Mar. 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 328; C193/13/5, f. 53v. Commr. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Essex and Mdx. 4 Mar. 1657.C181/6, p. 222.

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CLERKE, John II (d. aft. 1661), of Kensington, Mdx.
of Kensington, Mdx.
Volume
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CLERKE, John II (d. aft. 1661), of Kensington, Mdx.

Will
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ASSHETON, Raphe II (1606-51), of Middleton, Lancs.

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b. 31 Mar. 1606, 1st s. of Richard Assheton of Middleton, and Mary (d. 24 Feb. 1645), da. of Thomas Venables of Kinderton, Middlewich, Cheshire.Middleton ed. G. Shaw (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xii) 45, 191; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxiv), 14-15; Lancs. IPM ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xvi), 107. m. 4 May 1623, Elizabeth, da. of John Kay of Woodsome, Almondbury, Yorks. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Almondbury par. reg.; Middleton ed. Shaw, 78, 83, 89, 97; Foster, Lancs. Peds.; Vis. Lancs. ed. Raines, 15. suc. fa. 7 Nov. 1618.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 107. d. 17 Feb. 1651.Whitaker, Whalley, ii. 148.
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j.p. Lancs. 8 Mar. 1627 – 11 July 1642, by Aug. 1646–16 Apr. 1650.Lancs. RO, QSC/6–36, 42–51. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 29 Sept. 1632.Lancs. RO, DDN/1/64, f. 82. Sheriff, 20 Nov. 1632–3.Greater Manchester County RO, E7/15/4/7; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 73. Commr. sewers, 16 Feb. 1633;C181/4, f. 130v. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649.SR; A. and O. Member, Lancs. co. cttee. June 1642–?d.CJ ii. 625b; LJ v. 137a; Gratton, Lancs. 79. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. Custos. rot. 27 Aug. 1647–1 Sept. 1649.Lancs. RO, QSC/46–9; Greater Manchester County RO, E7/15/4/10.

freeman, Liverpool 27 Apr. 1636–d.;Chandler, Liverpool, 203, 329; Liverpool Town Bks. 1649–71 ed. M. Power (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxvi), 2. Preston by Aug. 1642–d.;Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 106. Wigan by Mar. 1640–d.Sinclair, Wigan, i. 215; ii. 7, 53.

member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb., 28 Oct. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b, 825b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

col. of ft. (parlian.) Oct. 1642-c.Apr. 1645, June 1648–?Warr in Lancs. 9; Brereton Lttr. Bks. i. 487; Lancs. Civil War Tracts, 252; CJ v. 608b. Maj.-gen. Sept. 1648-c.Mar. 1649.CJ vi. 32a, 137b; Lancs. Civil War Tracts, 277; Lancs. RO, DP 522/4/1, pp. 19–20.

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ASSHETON, Raphe II (1606-51), of Middleton, Lancs.
of Middleton, Lancs.
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Commons 1640-1660
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ASSHETON, Raphe II (1606-51), of Middleton, Lancs.

Will
24 Jan. 1650, pr. 10 May 1651.PROB11/216, f. 211v.
Estates
in 1618, inherited estate inc. manors and advowsons of Middleton and Radcliffe and property in Ainsworth, Bamford, Birtle, Blackley, Middleton, Pilsworth, Siddal, Thornham and Tonge, Lancs.Lancs. IPM ed. Rylands, 104-7. By 1625, estate valued at £680 p.a.Long, ‘Lancs.’, 49. In 1632, assessed at £25 for distraint of knighthood.J.P. Earwaker, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Chas. I’ (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 223. In 1636, sold hall and demesne of Blackley for over £2,000.VCH Lancs. iv. 255. At d. estate inc. manors of Middleton and Radcliffe and property in Ainsworth, Alkrington, Bamford, Birtle, Castleton, Heape, Hopwood, Pilkington, Pilsworth, Siddal, Thornham, Tonge and Unsworth – all in the hundred of Salford, Lancs.PROB11/216, f. 211v; Greater Manchester Co. RO, E7/5/1/40-1.
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presented William Assheton to rectory of Middleton, 1634; Peter Shaw to rectory of Radcliffe, 1638; Thomas Pyke, c.1644.Add. 33935, f. 314; VCH Lancs. v. 66, 158. Elder, second Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 509.
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NELTHORPE, James (1618-98), of Beverley, Yorks., and later High Street, Windsor, Berks., and Charterhouse Yard, Mdx.

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bap. 15 Mar. 1618, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Edward Nelthorpe (d. 4 Dec. 1623), mercer and draper, of Beverley and 2nd w. Elizabeth (bur. 26 Feb. 1620), da. of Ralph Freeman, yeoman, of Beverley.St Mary, Beverley par. reg.; St John, Beverley par reg.; Hull Hist. Cent. U DDBA/8/5; ‘Paver’s marr. lic.’ ed. C.B. Norcliffe, YAJ xi, 231; G. Poulson, Beverlac (Beverley, 1829), i. 36, 399. educ. appr. mercer, Hull c.1632.Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/3, p. 610. m. 6 June 1639, Mary (d. aft. 1685), da. of Arthur Fish, mercer and grocer, of Beverley, 7s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.).St Mary, Beverley par. reg.; Holy Trinity, Hull par. reg.; PROB11/381, f. 119; PROB11/459, ff. 55v-56; Poulson, Beverlac, i. 399. d. Dec. 1698.St Botolph, Aldersgate par. reg.; St James, Clerkenwell par. reg.
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freeman, Beverley by Mar. 1640; alderman, Sept. 1640 – 31 July 1654; mayor, 1641–2.E. Riding Archives, BC/II/5/1, f. 13; Poulson, Beverlac, i. 399.

j.p. Beverley Sept. 1640–31 July 1654;E. Riding Archives, BC/II/5/1, f. 13. Yorks. (E. Riding) by Feb. 1650 – 6 Oct. 1653, by c.Sept. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 270. Berks. 26 June 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 369. Sub-commr. excise, Hull by Feb. 1645–?The Hull Lttrs. ed. T.T. Wildridge (Hull, 1887), 52 Commr. assessment, E. Riding 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Jan. 1660; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Berks. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; co. Dur. 26 Jan. 1660; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. E. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Berks. 26 July 1659; ejecting scandalous ministers, E. Riding and Hull 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 18, 376. Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 375. sewers, E. Riding 22 June 1654-Sept. 1660;C181/6, pp. 46, 192, 300, 403. gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655.C181/6, p. 102.

member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647;CJ v. 407a. cttee. for excise, 5 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 416b; LJ ix. 639b. Commr. high ct. justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by July 1649.Bodl. Rawl. A.224, f. 88. Treas.-at-war, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

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NELTHORPE, James (1618-98), of Beverley, Yorks., and later High Street, Windsor, Berks., and Charterhouse Yard, Mdx.
of Beverley, Yorks. and Berks., later High Street, Windsor and Mdx., Charterhouse Yard.
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NELTHORPE, James (1618-98), of Beverley, Yorks., and later High Street, Windsor, Berks., and Charterhouse Yard, Mdx.

Will
27 Nov. 1696, pr. 8 Jan. 1701.PROB11/459, f. 55.
Estates
in 1623, inherited two tenements in Beverley, lease of two closes in ‘Brodwell’ and lease of two farms in Wawne, Yorks.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 37B, f. 507v. In 1648, he and another gentleman purchased manor of Stockton-on-Tees, co. Dur., from trustees for the sale of church lands for £6,165.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 7. In 1651-2, he purchased fee farm rents in Yorks. for £2,580 (worth £206 p.a.); for £1,341 (worth £103 p.a.); for £385 (worth £29 p.a.); for £772 (worth £58 p.a.); and for £957 (worth £73 p.a.).SP28/288, ff. 30, 47, 49, 52, 54, 55. By 1651, he was leasing property in E. Riding from sequestration commrs. paying a rent of £60 p.a.CJ vi. 594b, 598a. In 1655, he purchased a fee farm rent in E. Riding worth £47 p.a.Hull Hist. Cent. U DDHO/36/28. In 1657, purchased manor of Seacroft, Yorks., for £5,300.C8/131/102. In 1660, the crown granted him a lease of fee farm rents in Yorkshire worth at least £484 p.a.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 209; CRES6/1, p. 185. In 1662, he purchased a half share of Rutland House in Charterhouse Square, Mdx.Survey of London, xlvi. 257, 279. At his d. in 1698, estate consisted of manor of Seacroft; lands and tenements in Beverley; lands and tenements ‘lately ... purchased’ in Essex; lease of two tenements in St Lawrence Lane, London; moiety of Rutland House in Charterhouse Square; a messuage ‘known by the name or sign of the Golden Hind’ in Fleet Street, London; and moiety of manor of Bole, Notts., worth, in all, £837 p.a. (this was aft. settling property on his John worth £300 p.a.). Personal estate valued at £11,895.PROB11/459, ff. 55v-56v; C38/277, unfol. (report dated 25 Apr. 1702); C33/294, ff. 68-70; C33/300, ff. 68-73.
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BULKELEY, John (1614-62), of Nether Burgate, Fordingbridge, Hants.

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b. 11 Nov. 1614, o.s. of William Bulkeley of Nether Burgate and Margaret (d. aft. 31 Aug. 1652), da. of Francis Culliford of Encombe, Dorset.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 104; Berry, Pedigrees of Hants, 122; Hants RO, 1M53/453, 1185. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 13 Apr. 1632;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 2 Nov. 1633;MTR 813. travelled abroad (France) aft. Aug. 1634.CSP Dom. 1634-5, pp. 192-3. m. (1) lic. 4 Jan. 1638, Anne (d. 8 Feb. 1642), da. of Sir William Dodington† of Breamore, Hants, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.;Hants Marriage Licences, 1607-1640, 126; Hants RO, 1M53/442-5; I.o.W. RO, OG/AA/31, p. 3. (2) settlement June 1646, Elizabeth (d. Mar. 1651), da. of William Sotwell of Greenham, Berks., wid. of Francis Trenchard of Cutteridge, Wilts. s.p.;Hants RO, 1M53/449-50, 1179. (3) settlement 1652, Penelope, da. of Sir Thomas Trenchard* of Wolverton, Dorset, 3s. (1 d.v.p.).Hants RO, 1M53/471, 1591. suc. fa. June 1617.WARD7/56/284; PROB11/129/672. d. Sept. 1662.Fordingbridge par. reg.
Offices Held

commr. subsidy, Hants 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660. 24 Mar. 1641 – 10 Dec. 1644SR. J.p., by Feb. 1650–d.;C231/5 p. 438; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 243; C193/13/3, f. 57; C220/9/4, f. 76v. Wilts. 9 May 1646 – bef.Jan. 1650, 27 Mar. 1655-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, pp. 45, 307; C193/13/5, f. 117; C193/13/6, f. 97; A Perfect List (1660), 59. Commr. contribs towards relief of Ireland, Hants 1642;SR. assessment, I.o.W. 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Hants 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661; Wilts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661; Berks. 16 Feb. 1648. 11 Feb. 1643 – aft.Aug. 1648SR; A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; Ordinance for Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Treas. maimed soldiers, Hants 1642. 11 Feb. 1643 – aft.Aug. 1648Add. 24861, f. 39. Member, cttee. for Hants; I.o.W. 1 July 1644.LJ v. 691b-692a; x. 447b; CJ iii. 537a; I.o.W. RO, OG/BB/484. Commr. sequestration, Hants 27 Mar. 1643; defence of I.o.W. 10 Apr. 1643. Dep. lt. Hants by Apr. 1643–? Commr. levying of money, I.o.W. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Hunts. 3 Aug. 1643; Hants. 10 June 1645; Eastern Assoc. Hunts. 20 Sept. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. Hants. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b. Commr. militia, Hants, Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Hants 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 9 Feb. 1658 – June 1659, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/6 pp. 274, 308; C181/7 pp. 9, 155. preservation of timber, New Forest 1 Mar. 1660.CJ vii. 856b. Kpr. Linwood bailiwick, New Forest 7 July 1660–d.Hants RO, 1M53/466; Cal. New Forest Docs. ed. Stagg, 121, 141.

burgess, Christchurch 31 July 1645–d.,Christchurch Bor. Council, corp. minute bk, pp. 550, 563. Newtown, I.o.W. 3 Nov. 1645.I.o.W. RO, JER/BAR/3/9/8, p. 41. Freeman, Lymington by Feb. 1660–d.;Hants RO, 27M74/DBC2, f. 52v. Winchester by Apr. 1660–d.Hants RO, W/B1/5, f. 137.

elder, third Hants classis, 29 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 262–3.

commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Commr. to present Four Bills to king, 14 Dec. 1647;CJ v. 383b. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648.LJ x. 492b.

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BULKELEY (BUNCKLEY), John (1614-62), of Nether Burgate, Fordingbridge, Hants.
Hants., Fordingbridge.
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BULKELEY, John (1614-62), of Nether Burgate, Fordingbridge, Hants.

Will
11 Sept., pr. 3 Oct. 1662.PROB11/309/167; Hants RO, 1M53/469.
Estates
inherited manors of Burgate and Arneys, and other land in Fordingbridge, Hants, and manors of Milborne Stileham (or Milborne St Andrew) and Milborne Ford, Dorset; house at Nether Burgate and other property subject to his mo.’s life interest.PROB11/129/672; Hants RO, 1M53/426-9, 442-3, 449-50, 835-6, 838, 1179, 1246, 1261. Also owned land in Downton, Lymington, Hants.Hants RO, 1M53/884-6. Shared interest in manor of Rodney Stoke, Glos.Hants RO, 1M53/469, 1640. Acquired the lease of Barton farm, Whippingham, I.o.W. in 1650 from Winchester Coll. and sold it in Mar. 1653 for £2,200 to William Stephens*.Hants RO, 1M53/461-5, 1182. In 1654-6 purchased manors of North Tidworth, Wilts. (for £1,400) and South Tidworth (Hants), and other land in the area worth a total of £4,145; ?mortgaged and sold in Apr. 1662.Hants RO, 1M53/1247-8, 1515-8, 1528-32. Also owned and leased out in Aug. 1655 a cottage and orchard in Ludgershall, Wilts.Hants RO, 1M53/1250.
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