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MOORE, Thomas (1618-95), of Heytesbury, Wilts., Spargrove, Som. and Hawkchurch, Dorset.

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b. 14 Apr. 1618, 1st s. of Thomas Moore of Taunton Priory, Som. and Heytesbury Wilts., and Rachel (d. 1662), da. of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, Som.Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 137; Vis. Wilts. 1623, ed. G.W. Marshall (1882), 9-10; PROB11/307/262 (Rachell Moore). educ. Wadham, Oxf. 1634;Wadham Coll. Reg. i. 119. L. Inn 28 Apr. 1635.LI Admiss. i. 226. m. (1) c.1651, Bridget (d. 1653), da. of Sir Thomas Trenchard* of Wolveton, Dorset, s.p.; (2) bef. 1658, Elizabeth (d. 18 Aug. 1696), da. of Sir John Bampfylde* of Poltimore, Devon, 3s. d.v.p. 7da.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 47; Vis. Devon, ed. Vivian, 40. suc. fa. bef. 18 Oct. 1626.Heytesbury par. reg.; PROB11/151/683. d. 6 Aug. 1695.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 47; Wadham Coll. Reg. i. 119.
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Local: commr. further subsidy, Wilts. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Dorset 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661;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; commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644;LJ vi. 637b. sewers, Som. 15 Nov. 1645-aft. Jan. 1646.C181/5, ff. 263, 268. J.p. Som. 13 July 1646 – bef.Jan. 1650, 1688 – 89; Dorset 6 Mar. 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650, by 1657 – 74, 1688–9.C231/6, pp. 51, 78; C193/13/5, f. 22; C220/9/4, 19v; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Sheriff, 1671–2.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 39. Dep. lt. Dorset, Som. May-Oct. 1688.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: freeman, Lyme Regis 1679.Dorset RO, Lyme Regis MS B 1/10, f. 236.

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MOORE, Thomas (1618-95), of Hawkchurch, Dorset and Spargrove, Som.
: Wilts., Som., Spargrove and Dorset., Hawkchurch.
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MOORE, Thomas (1618-95), of Heytesbury, Wilts., Spargrove, Som. and Hawkchurch, Dorset.

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LEE, Sir Henry (Harry), 3rd bt. (1637-59), of Ditchley, Oxon. and Quarrendon, Bucks.

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b. 21 Nov. 1637 Spelsbury, Oxon. par. reg. 1st s. of Sir Francis Henry Lee, 2nd bt. of Quarrendon, Bucks. and Ditchley, Oxon. and Anne (1614-96), da. of Sir John St John†, 1st bt. of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts.Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv and cvi), 169; Vis. Oxon. 1669 and 1675 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xii), 94; CB. educ. travelled abroad, 1653.CSP Dom. 1653-4, p. 438. m. /1 June 1655, Anne (1636-59), da. and coh. of Sir John Danvers* of Chelsea, Mdx. and of Wilts. 2da. (1 posth.).CB; All Saints, West Lavington par.reg. suc. fa. 23 July 1639.CB. d. 20 or 27 Mar. 1659.Bodl. Rawl. D.912, f. 632v; CCSP iv. 177; CB.
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LEE, Sir Henry (Harry), 3rd bt. (1637-59), of Ditchley, Oxon. and Quarrendon, Bucks.
: 3rd bt. (1637-59), of Ditchley, Oxon. 1637 – 59 and Bucks., Quarrendon.
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LEE, Sir Henry (Harry), 3rd bt. (1637-59), of Ditchley, Oxon. and Quarrendon, Bucks.

Will
18 Mar., pr. 16 Apr. 1659.PROB11/290/199.
Estates
extensive estates in Oxon. and Bucks. centred on Ditchley and Quarrendon, when he came of age, but encumbered by debt and income substantially reduced by payments to mo. and grandmo.; through w. estates of Sir John Danvers esp. at Lavington, Wilts.Mems of the Verney Fam. i. 245-7.
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WINDEBANKE, Sir Francis (1582-1646), of Drury Lane, London, and Haines Hill, Hurst, Berks.

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bap. 21 Aug. 1582,Reg. of St Martin in the Fields ed. T Mason (Harl. Soc. xxv), 15. o. s. of Sir Thomas Windebanke of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Mdx. and Frances, da. of Sir Edward Dymock (d. 1566) of Scrivelsby, Lincs.Mdx. Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. lxv), 123; Lincs. Pedigrees iv (Harl. Soc. lv), 1205; ‘Sir Francis Windebanke’, Oxford DNB. educ. St John’s, Oxf. 18 May 1599, ‘aged 13’; BA 26 Jan. 1602;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 4 Feb. 1603;M. Temple Admiss. i. 80. travelled abroad (France, Germany, Italy), 1605-8.CSP Dom. 1603-10, pp. 284, 285, 289, 366, 390, 403. suc. fa. 24 Oct. or Nov. 1607.Mdx. Pedigrees (Harl. Soc. lxv), 123; Reg. of St Martin-in-the-Fields, 158. m. lic. 30 June 1608, Edith Jackson of Essex, 5s. inc. Thomas* (2 d.v.p.), 6da.Vis. Surr. 1662-8 (Harl. Soc. lx), 122; ‘Sir Francis Windebanke’, Oxford DNB. Kntd. 18 June 1632.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 200. d. 1 Sept. 1646.Al. Ox.
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Central: clerk of the signet, ?5 Sept. 1610.BHO, J. C. Sainty, draft list of clerks of the signet; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 198. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 10 Apr. 1631.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 7. Sec. of state and PC, 15 June 1632–3 Dec. 1640/Aug. 1641.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 354; 1641–3, p. 185; Nicholas Pprs. i. 1–2. Commr. admlty. 20 Nov. 1632, 1 Oct 1634.CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 440; 1634–5, p. 222. Member, high commn. Canterbury prov. Dec. 1633.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 326. Commr. to review Merchant Adventurers, 5 May 1634; to examine accts. of Ld. Valentia, 7 May 1634; inquiry into soap patents, 17 Sept. 1634;C181/4, f. 186. to investigate prisoners escaped from Fleet prison, 16 Jan. 1635; to survey the ordnance, Feb. 1635; treasury, 15 Mar. 1635;CSP Dom. 1634–5, pp. 9, 11, 465, 583. complaints against Fishery Co. 8 May 1635;CSP Dom. 1635, p. 62. govt. of colonies, 10 Apr. 1636.CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 363. Master of the posts by 27 July 1637.CSP Dom. 1637, p. 331. Commr. in cause betw. Ld. Lambert and Ld. Roberts, ?17 Sept. 1637;CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p. 564. inquiry into brickmakers and bricklayers, 12 Nov. 1638.C181/5, ff. 118v, 119. Member, council of war, 30 Dec. 1639, 14 Feb. 1640.CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 188; C231/5, p. 367. Commr. investigating disclosure of privy council procs. 27 May 1640.CSP Dom. 1640, p. 222.

Local: j.p. ?Westminster by 23 Dec. 1618–?d.; Berks. by May 1627–?d.C181/2, f. 331v; C181/3, f. 16; CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 167. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1 June 1632–5 June 1640;C181/4, ff. 117, 194; C181/5, ff. 6v, 161. the Verge 27 Jan. 1634-aft. Nov. 1639;C181/4, ff. 157v, 175v; C181/5, ff. 89v, 154v. Hants and I.o.W. 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, f. 58. Suss. 23 May 1637;C181/5, f. 68v. Surr. 12 May 1640;C181/5, f. 169. piracy, London 28 May 1633, 1 Dec. 1635;C181/4, f. 138v; C181/5, f. 26v. Hants and I.o.W. 26 Sept. 1635, 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, ff. 24, 58. Suss. 23 May 1637;C181/5, f. 68v. Cornw., Devon 4 Aug. 1637;C181/5, ff. 83, 84. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 16 July 1633;C181/4, f. 147v. Mdx. and Westminster 13 Dec. 1634, 21 July 1637-aft. July 1638;C181/4, f. 190v; C181/5, ff. 81, 114v. gaol delivery, Surr. 12 May 1640.C181/5, f. 169.

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WINDEBANKE, Sir Francis (1582-1646), of Drury Lane, London, and Haines Hill, Hurst, Berks.
: London and Berks., Haines Hill.
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Likenesses: line engraving, G. Glover, 1641;BM. pencil drawing, G.P. Harding, nineteenth century.NPG.

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WINDEBANKE, Sir Francis (1582-1646), of Drury Lane, London, and Haines Hill, Hurst, Berks.

Will
admon. 1650.PCC Admons. 1649-54 (BRS lxviii), 406.
Estates
Haines Hill and manors of Mordells and Odes, in parish Hurst, Berks. from 1607, with other lands and leases totalling about £500 p.a.;VCH Berks. iii. 248, 253, 255; Nalson, Impartial Colln. i. 562. house in Drury Lane;e.g. CSP Dom. 1611-18, p. 54; Add. 4187, ff. 50-51v) Banisters and Odes Grove, 5 acres in Hurst, 1626.VCH Berks. iii. 248.
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WYLDE, Edmund (1618-95), of Droitwich and Kempsey, Worcs., Glazeley, Salop, The Grove, Houghton Conquest, Beds., Inner Temple and Bloomsbury, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

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b. 10 Oct. 1618, 1st s. of Sir Edmund Wylde of Kempsey, Worcs. and Glazeley, Salop, and Dorothy, da. of Sir Francis Clarke of Houghton Conquest, Beds.Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 105; Nash, Collections ii. 330; J. Aubrey, Brief Lives, ii. 316; Beds. Notes and Queries, i. 95, 97. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 29 Nov. 1633; I. Temple 28 Oct. 1634, called 13 Nov. 1644.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database; CITR 271. unm. suc. fa. 3 Apr. 1620. d. 15 Dec. 1695.Nash, Collections, ii. 330; Register of Deuxhill and Glazeley ed. T.R. Horton (1906), 3.
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Civic: common burgess, Droitwich by 1634–?d.Worcs. Archives, 261.4/BA 1006/33/640.

Local: commr. assessment, Worcs. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 14 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Beds., Westminster, Salop 26 Jan.1660; militia, Worcs. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Beds., Salop 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Essex 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Worcs. by Feb. 1650-c.Apr. 1653, by Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3, f. 67v; C193/13/4, f. 106v; C193/13/5, f. 113v; CUL, MS Dd.VIII.1; A Perfect List (1660). Salop 9 Mar. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 179; C193/13/4, f. 81v. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 10, 374. Westminster militia, 28 June 1659.A. and O. Sheriff, Beds. 5 Nov. 1660.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 4.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O.

Academic: FRS, 16 Jan. 1661.M. Hunter, The Royal Society and its Fellows 1660–1700 (Chalfont St Giles, 1982), 168.

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WYLDE, Edmund (1618-95), of Droitwich and Kempsey, Worcs., Glazeley, Salop, The Grove, Houghton Conquest, Beds., Inner Temple and Bloomsbury, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.
: of Droitwich and Worcs., The Grove, Beds., Kempsey, Salop and Mdx., Bloomsbury.
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MI: slate floor slab, Glazeley.J.W. Turner, 'A Talent for Friendship. Edmund Wylde of Houghton Conquest', Beds. Magazine, iii. 108.

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WYLDE, Edmund (1618-95), of Droitwich and Kempsey, Worcs., Glazeley, Salop, The Grove, Houghton Conquest, Beds., Inner Temple and Bloomsbury, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

Will
22 Oct. 1691, pr. 2 Jan. 1696.PROB11/435, f. 149.
Estates
at d., Great Totham, Cibreaux manors, Essex; lands at Fulwell Hatch, Barking, Ilford, Woodford, Waltham Forest, Essex; Glazeley manor, Endon Burnell manor, Chetton, Salop; Beltons and Hunwell manors, Houghton Conquest, Beds.; lands in Gressenhall, Langham and Starning, Norf.; at least 10 salt bullaries, Droitwich, Worcs.PROB11/435, f. 149.
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Bloomsbury, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. at d.PROB11/435, f. 149.
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JAMES, William (1605-61), of Ightham Court, Ightham, Kent.

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b. 18 Apr. 1605, 1st s. of William James of Ightham, Kent, and Jane (bur. 13 Aug. 1659), da. of Henry Kule of London.Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 1; Vis. Kent 1663-8 (Harl. Soc. liv), 87; G.C.R. Morrish, ‘Demaistres as the origin of the name Demetrius in the James fam.’, Arch. Cant. civ. 117-18. educ. M. Temple, 31 May 1620.M. Temple Admiss. 110; MTR i. 650. m. 7 Feb. 1627, Jane, da. of Nicholas Miller of Horsenells, Wrotham, Kent, 9s. (6 d.v.p.), 3da.Vis. Kent 1619, 1; Vis. Kent 1663-8, 87; E. Bowra, ‘The Dutch James fam. of Ightham Court’, Arch. Cant. lxxxiii. 115. suc. fa. Apr. 1627.Morrish, ‘James fam. of Ightham’, 118. bur. 18 Apr. 1661 18 Apr. 1661.Ightham par. reg.
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Local: commr. subsidy, Kent 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 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.SR; LJ v. 658a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Dep. lt. by Oct. 1642–?‘Papers relating to proceedings in Kent, 1642–46’, 2–3. Commr. sequestration, Rochester 27 Mar. 1643; Kent 24 Aug. 1643;A. and O.; CJ iii. 216b. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 13, 373. gaol delivery, Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 237 sewers, 13 Sept. 1644, 14 Apr. 1656, 11 Sept. 1660;C181/5, f. 242; C181/6, p. 157; C181/7, p. 46. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; military rule, 23 Apr. 1645; rising in Kent, 7 June 1645.A. and O. J.p. Kent by Apr. 1647–7 Mar. 1657.Cent. Kent Stud. Q/SO/W1, f. 169; C231/6, p. 362. Commr. indemnity, 20 Jan., 4 Apr. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O.

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JAMES, William (1605-61), of Ightham Court, Ightham, Kent.
: of Ightham Court, Ightham, Kent.
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JAMES, William (1605-61), of Ightham Court, Ightham, Kent.

Will
10 Nov. 1660, pr. 21 Mar. 1662.PROB11/307/467.
Estates
acquired Wrotham manor, 1659.Cent. Kent Stud. U830/T5; Bowra, ‘Dutch James fam.’, 114.
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PEARD, George (1594-c.1644), of Barnstaple and the Middle Temple.

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bap. 28 July 1594, 1st s. of John Peard of Barnstaple and Julian (d. 1642), da. of Roger Beaple, merchant of Barnstaple.Barnstaple Par. Reg. ed. T. Wainwright (Exeter, 1903), 37; ‘George Peard’, Oxford DNB. educ. M. Temple 23 June 1613, called 30 June 1620.MTR ii. 567, 653. suc. fa. Dec. 1631.Barnstaple Par. Reg. ed. Wainwright, 52; PROB11/161/51. unm. d. c. July 1644.PROB11/196/67; Chanter, Lit. Hist. Barnstaple, 24-5.
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Civic: retained counsel, Barnstaple 1627–?38;N. Devon RO, B1/46/222. dep. recorder by Jan. 1638–d.N. Devon RO, B1/3975, 3976. Commr. tendering oaths of supremacy and allegiance, 3 Feb. 1641.Barnstaple Records ed. Chanter, Wainwight, i. 228.

Local: commr. sequestration, Devon 11 Apr. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
PEARD, George (1594-c.1644), of Barnstaple and the Middle Temple.
:, .
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Likenesses: fun. monument, Barnstaple church, Devon.

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PEARD, George (1594-c.1644), of Barnstaple and the Middle Temple.

Will
18 Mar. 1644, cod. 9 June 1644, pr. 2 May 1646.PROB11/196/67.
Estates
tenements of Horswill and Little Hilland, Barnstaple.PROB11/196/67.
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MELLER (MILLER), Sir John (1588-1650), of Little Bredy, Dorset.

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b. c. 1588, 1st s. of Sir Robert Meller† of Winterbourne Came, Dorset and Dorothy, da. of Henry Basley of I.o.W.Vis. Dorset 1623 (Harl. Soc. xx), 70. educ. Dorchester School and privately, c.1600;Som. and Dorset N. and Q. i. 107. Gonville and Caius, Cambridge, 13 Mar. 1603; M. Temple 15 May 1606.Al. Cant; M. Temple Admiss. m. 10 June 1611, Mary, da. of Sir John Swinnerton, lord mayor of London, 2s. 5da.Vis. Dorset 1677 (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 44; St Mary Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxi), 87, 89, 91, 104-5, 111; C2/CHASI/M45/57. suc. fa. 1624. Kntd. 6 May 1625;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 188. d. bef. Nov. 1650.PROB11/214/341.
Offices Held

Local: capt. militia horse, Dorset ?-6 Oct. 1628.Whiteway Diary, 99. Treas. W. Dorset 1629–30.Dorset QS Recs. 1625–38 ed. T. Hearing and S. Bridges (Dorset Rec. Soc. xiv), 90. Sheriff, Dorset Oct. 1630–1; Oxon. Sept. 1633–4.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 39, 109; Whiteway Diary, 113, 134; SO3/10, unfol. Commr. to enquire into Sir Walter Raleigh’s† lands, Som. and Dorset 15 Apr. 1633;C181/4, f. 136. to enquire into Henry Cuttance’s lands, 4 Aug. 1635;C181/5, f. 22v. sewers, Dorset 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113v. oyer and terminer for piracy, 26 Sept. 1639;C181/5, ff. 152v. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. contributions (roy.), 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 73. J.p. Feb. 1643–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 10.

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MELLER (MILLER), Sir John (c.1588-1649/50), of Little Bredy, Dorset and Aldermanbury, London; later of King Street, Covent Garden, Westminster
: of Little Bredy, Dorset.
MILLER
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MELLER (MILLER), Sir John (1588-1650), of Little Bredy, Dorset.

Will
3 Apr. 1649, pr. 19 Nov. 1650.PROB11/214/341.
Estates
inherited lands in Little Bredy, Winterbourne Came, Winterbourne Faringdon and Upcerne, Dorset;Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 186; Add. 8845, f. 28. on m. (1611) acquired Phyllis Court and Henley Park, Oxon., worth c.£400 p.a. (sold 1637);Longleat, Whitelocke pprs. VII, ff. 249-52. purchased lands in Winterbourne Dillett, Cripton and Stafford, Dorset, for £2,000 in July 1641.C54/3278/16.
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house in Bedford St, Covent Garden, ‘over against the Fox’, July 1641.CSP Dom. 1641-3, p. 60.
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WALKER, Robert (1597-1673), of Exeter, Devon.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 5 Feb. 1597, 3rd s. of Thomas Walker (d. 23 Feb. 1629), merchant and mayor of Exeter and Margery (d. 1622), da. of John Baker of Thorncombe, Devon.St Mary Arches, Exeter par. reg.; B.F. Cresswell, Exeter Churches (Exeter, 1908), 96. educ. appr. to Thomas Amye, merchant of Exeter, c. 1615.Exeter Freemen, 122. m. (1) 1622, Margaret (d. 10 Dec. 1629), da. of John Parkins, merchant, of Dorchester, Dorset s.p.; (2) 19 May 1630, Mary (d. 3 Sept. 1685), da. of William Cotton, precentor of Exeter Cathedral, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). d. 23 Aug. 1673.Cresswell, Exeter Churches, 103, 106; St Mary Arches, Exeter par. regs.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Exeter 3 June 1622; bailiff, 1626 – 27; common councilman, 1628 – 16 June 1646, June 1660 – d.; recvr. 1633 – 34; sheriff, 1634 – 35; mayor, 1639 – 40; alderman and j.p. 4 Jan. 1642–?3, 21 Nov. 1643 – 16 June 1646, June 1660–d.Exeter Freemen, 122; R. Izacke, Remarkable Antiquities of the City of Exeter (1734), 54, 151, 155; Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, Act Bk. viii. ff. 128v, 154, 176v.

Local: treas. French Co. of Exeter merchants, 1630 – 31; gov. 1635–6.W.B. Stephens, ‘The Officials of the French Company of Exeter in the Early Seventeenth Century’, Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xxvii. 112–13. Dep. lt. Exeter 26 Apr. 1638–?, 9 Dec. 1663–?, 1670–d.Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, XCXX, CIX. Commr. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Devon and Exeter 13 June 1638;C181/5, f. 109v. tendering oaths of supremacy and allegiance, 7 Feb. 1641;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CIII. oyer and terminer, 8 July 1641;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CII. subsidy (roy.), 30 Mar. 1644;Devon RO, Exeter City Archives, charters and letters patent, CVI. surrender of Exeter (roy.), 1 Apr. 1646;The Agreement (1646), 3 (E.333.7). poll tax, Exeter 1660; assessment, 1661, 1664, 1672; Devon 1661; subsidy, Exeter 1663.SR.

Religious: feoffee, St Mary Arches parish, Exeter 14 June 1637–d.Devon RO, 332A/PF 49A.

Parlimentarian
WALKER, Robert (c.1597-1673), of Exeter, Devon.
: of Exeter, Devon.
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WALKER, Robert (1597-1673), of Exeter, Devon.

Will
10 Feb. 1663, cods. 1 Oct. 1664, 20 Dec. 1664, 23 Aug. 1673, pr. 24 Nov. 1673.PROB11/343/351.
Estates
at death held lands in Bridford (inc. Laylode Barton and 22 acres of woodland) and Topsham, Christow, Devon; St Mary More, St Paul, St Olave and St Sidwell parishes, Exeter; Treveglos Barton, St Merryn, and lease of Egloshayle rectory, Cornw.PROB11/343/351.
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BROWNE, John II (1608-aft.1675), of Milford, Little Ness, Baschurch, Salop.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
?bap. 7 Feb. 1608, s. of John Browne of Little Ness. m. Mary, at least 7 ch. inc. at least 1s. 1da.Little Ness par. reg.; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. 2nd ser. vii. 267-8; BDBR i. 103, ii. 281. d. aft. 1675.Palmer, Older Nonconformity of Wrexham, 49.
Offices Held

Military: ?maj. of ft. (parlian.) brigade of Sir William Brereton*, c.1643–5.Brereton Letter Bks. i. 186, 187n.

Religious: elder, Salop 1st classis, 29 Apr. 1647.Severall Divisions and Persons for Classicall Presbyteries (1647), 4.

Local: commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650; militia, Salop 26 July 1659; assessment, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
BROWNE, John II (1608-aft.1675), of Milford, Little Ness, Baschurch, Salop.
: of Milford, Little Ness, Baschurch, Salop.
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BROWNE, John II (1608-aft.1675), of Milford, Little Ness, Baschurch, Salop.

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none found.
Estates
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CAVENDISH, Charles, Visct. Mansfield (c.1626-59), of Welbeck Abbey, Notts.

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b. 1626, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of William Cavendish†, 1st earl of Newcastle (d. 25 Dec. 1676), and 1st w. Elizabeth (d. 17 Apr. 1643), da. and h. of William Bassett of Blore, Staffs.Nottingham Univ. Lib. Pw 1/644; CP; CJ vii. 311b. educ. privately (Mark Anthony Benoist);The Life of William Cavendish. ed. C. H. Firth (1906), 46. G. Inn 18 Mar. 1641.G. Inn Admiss. 230. m. by Apr. 1654, Elizabeth (d. 21 Apr. 1661), da. of Richard Rogers of Bryanston, Dorset, 1da. d.v.p.Notts. RO, DD/P/6/1/19/29; CP; Life of Cavendish, ed. Firth, 116. d. 31 May 1659.The Corresp. of Bishop Brian Duppa and Sir Justinian Isham ed. G. Isham (Northants. Rec. Soc. xvii), 170.
Offices Held

Local: kpr. Roomwood and Osland walks, Sherwood Forest June 1641–?SO3/13, f. 156. Constable (jt.), Pontefract Castle 13 July 1640–11 July 1643; high steward (jt.), honour of Pontefract 13 July 1640–11 July 1643.St. 1058, f. 78v; Notts. RO, DD/4P/68/82; CP.

Military: col. of horse and ft. (roy.) 1642 – 44; gen. of ordnance, 1642–4.Life of Cavendish, ed. Firth, 88; P. R. Newman, Royalist Officers (1981), 65.

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CAVENDISH, Charles, Visct. Mansfield (c.1626-59), of Welbeck Abbey, Notts.
: Visct. Mansfield (c.1626-59), of Welbeck Abbey, Notts. 1626 – 59.
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CAVENDISH, Charles, Visct. Mansfield (c.1626-59), of Welbeck Abbey, Notts.

Will
4 Apr. 1654,Notts. RO, DD/P/6/1/19/29. admon. 11 July 1661.PROB6/37, f. 73.
Estates
by 1656, estate inc. lands and a house at Otterden, Kent, and lands in Bryanston, Dorset, worth at least £500 p.a..Nottingham Univ. Lib. Pw 1/189. By 1658, his estate inc. manors of Blore and Blore Park, Staffs.; a moiety of manors of Slingsby, Fryton and Hovingham, Yorks.; a house and lands in Wellingore, Lincs.; barony of Ogle, Northumb.; granges of Gleadthorpe, Hurst, Hardwick and Normanton, Notts.; and advowsons of Blore and Grindon, Staffs. of Bolsover, Chesterfield, Kirk Langley and Langley Meynell, Derbys. and of Clipston, Edwinstowe, Kirkby, Mansfield, Norton and Southam, Notts.Notts. RO, DD/P/6/1/12/3. Estate in reversion of lands in Derbys. Glos. Northumb. Notts., Som. and Staffs.SP23/101, p. 903; Nottingham Univ. Lib. Pw 1/629.
Oxford 1644
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Religion
presented Robert Seddon to rectory of Kirk Langley, Derbys. 1656.Add. 70499, f. 333; Nottingham Univ. Lib. Pw 1/10, 96; Calamy Revised, 431.
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