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SPENCE, William (1621-71), of Neyling, Balcombe, Suss.

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bap. 21 Jan. 1621, 1st s. of Robert Spence of Neyling and Jane or Joan, da. of William Wignall of Tandridge, Surr.SS Peter and Paul, Lingfield, Surr. par. reg.; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 99-101; (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 103; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 276-8; Balcombe par. reg. (IGI). educ. Bow sch. Mdx. (Mr Gibbs), Balcombe sch. Suss. (John Browne); Sidney Sussex, Camb. 29 Apr. 1635, BA 1637;Al. Cant. adm. L. Inn, 14 Feb. 1637, called 1 July 1644.LIL, Admiss. Bk. 6, f. 122; LI Black Bks. ii. 363. m. ?1648, Mary, da. of Samuel Short of Tenterden, Kent, s.p. suc. fa. Jan. 1657; d. 16 July 1671.Add. 39483, f. 376; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 103.
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Military: ?capt. (parlian.) Suss. by 3 June 1643-aft. 8 Oct. 1644.SP28/144, ff. 28, 30, 35, 38, 55; SP28/135, ff. 78–9.

Local: commr. New Model ordinance, Suss. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 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., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664. 2 Mar. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p., 1664–d.C231/6, p. 76; C231/7, p. 321; Suss. QSOB, 1642–1649, 127; C231/6, p. 76; C193/13/3–6; Stowe 577; CUL, Dd. VIII. 1. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 3 Nov. 1653;C181/6, p. 23. Suss. 6 July 1659, 21 Sept. 1660, 28 Feb. 1670;C181/6, p. 367; C181/7, pp. 55, 539. charitable uses, Rye 2 June 1657;E. Suss. RO, Rye MS 112/5. oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 373. subsidy, Suss. 1663;SR. act for enclosing Ashdown Forest and Broyle Park, Ringmer 1663.E. Suss. RO, Glynde MS 3162. Sheriff, Suss. 1664–5.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 141.

Central: ?commr. high ct. of justice, Feb. 1649.[L. Robinson], A list of the names of the judges (1649, 669.f.13.83).

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SPENCE, William (1621-71), of Neyling, Balcombe, Suss.
: Balcombe, Suss.
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SPENCE, William (1621-71), of Neyling, Balcombe, Suss.

Will
26 Oct. 1676, pr. 7 Aug. 1677.PROB11/354/445; Add. 39483, f. 377.
Estates
£100 at age 21 from grandmother, Audry Spence.PROB11/132/243. Settlement by fa. of manor of Moor Hall, Herts., 1648.VCH Herts. iii. 197. Bought a fifth part of Preston manor, Wingham, Kent, for nearly £2,000, Dec. 1648; inherited another fifth from bro. Robert, betw. 10 May 1658-7 Oct. 1659.C54/3397/4; C54/3400/12; PROB11/295/675; J. Philipot, Villare Cantianum (1659), 273. Inherited from fa. bef. 27 Nov. 1656, manor of Neyland in Balcombe, part of manor of Houndean, near Lewes, and other property.PROB11/264/193; VCH Suss. iii. 35. Inherited from bro. Robert land at Ardingley, stocks of coal and iron, and other property, 1657-8.PROB11/295/675. Bought additional land in 1650s.C54/3805/3; Add. 39483, f. 320; E. Suss. RO, SAS/CO/c/67. Post-Restoration purchases inc. in 1671, an eighth part of the barony, castle, and borough of Lewes.Suss. Manors, i. 272; F. W. T. Attree, `Wivelsfield’, Suss. Arch. Coll. xxxv. 17; E. Suss. RO, Hil 6/15/1; C54/4054/1.
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lodgings in Whitehall, June 1653.CSP Dom. 1652-3, p. 452.
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GODDARD, Vincent (1612-55), of Howbery, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxon.

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bap. 10 May 1612, 1st s. of Richard Goddard (d. aft. 1654), of St Mary’s, Reading, Berks.St Mary, Reading par. reg. m. Mary (b. 1624), da. of Jeffrey Farmer of Cholsey, Berks. 1 da.Cumnor par. reg.; N. Hidden, ‘Jethro Tull I, II, and III’, Agricultural Hist. Review, xxxvii. 27-8. d. c. Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 285.
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Military: capt. militia ft. Berks. Aug. 1650; maj. Oct. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 510, 512.

Local: commr. assessment, Berks. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. Berks., Oxon. 26 Sept. 1653–?d.C231/6, p. 268; C193/13/4, ff. 5, 79. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, Berks. c.Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 285.

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GODDARD, Vincent (1612-55), of Howbery, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxon.
: of Howbery, Oxon., Crowmarsh Gifford.
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GODDARD, Vincent (1612-55), of Howbery, Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxon.

Will
14 June 1654, pr. 11 Dec. 1657.PROB11/271/362.
Estates
owned land at Crowmarsh Gifford, Oxon. and Woolhampton, Berks.PROB11/271/362.
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HOGHTON, Richard (c.1616-78), of Hoghton Tower, Leyland, and Walton-le-Dale, Lancs.

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b. c. 1616, 1st s. of Sir Gilbert Hoghton*.Foster, Lancs. Peds. m. settlement May 1633 (with £5,000), Sarah (bur. 21 May 1698), da. of Philip Stanhope, 1st earl of Chesterfield, 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 5da.Cal. Hoghton Deeds and Pprs. ed. J.H. Lumby (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxxviii), 249; Foster, Lancs. Peds.; Vis. Lancs. 1664-5 ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxxv), 154. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. May 1646.Preston, Lancs. par. reg. d. 3 Feb. 1678.Baines, Lancs. iv. 184.
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Civic: freeman, Preston by Aug. 1642–?;Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 112. Liverpool by Jan. 1645-bef. Oct. 1649;Chandler, Liverpool, 329; Liverpool Town Bks. 1649–71 ed. M. Power (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxvi), 2. Wigan by Oct. 1649–?Sinclair, Wigan, ii. 53.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) 10 May 1643–27 Mar. 1644.SP28/267, ff. 631, 640; CJ iii. 621a; CJ v. 525a. Gov. Burton-upon-Trent, May-July 1643.SP28/267, ff. 635–6.

Local: dep. lt. Lancs. 7 Sept. 1644–?, 9 Oct. 1660-aft. Aug. 1662; Cheshire 9 Oct. 1660-c.1662.CJ iii. 621a; LJ vi. 698b; SP29/11/166, f. 206; Manchester Central Lib. L1/48/6/1; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 524; Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 258. Steward, master forester and master of the game, Bowland and Quernmore, Lancs. 16 Sept. 1644–? Master forester, Myerscough, Amounderness and Bleasdale 16 Sept. 1644–? Kpr. Myerscough Park 16 Sept. 1644–?Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 143; Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 257. Commr. assessment, Lancs. 21 Feb. 1645, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645. by 9 Apr. 1646 – 16 Apr. 1650A. and O. J.p., 4 Mar. 1653–13 Aug. 1670.Lancs. RO, QSO/2/19; QSC/42–51, 54–69. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Sheriff, 23 Dec. 1658–9.Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 257. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR. Col. militia horse, 19 Apr. 1660;Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 17 (16–23 Apr. 1660), 270 (E.183.5). capt.-lt. militia horse, 8 Oct. 1660–?Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 258.

Religious: elder, sixth Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 511.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, May 1661–?Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 258.

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HOGHTON, Richard (c.1616-78), of Hoghton Tower, Leyland, and Walton-le-Dale, Lancs.
: of Hoghton Tower, Leyland and Lancs., Walton-le-Dale.
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HOGHTON, Richard (c.1616-78), of Hoghton Tower, Leyland, and Walton-le-Dale, Lancs.

Will
admon. 1678.Index to the Wills and Inventories in the Ct. of Probate at Chester 1660-80 ed. J.P. Earwaker (Manchester, 1887), 142.
Estates
in 1632, the Hoghtons’ estate was reckoned to be worth £2,390 p.a.Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 18; B.G. Blackwood, ‘The economic state of the Lancs. gentry on the eve of the civil war’, NH xii. 56. In 1664, Hoghton estimated his estate to be worth £2,214 p.a.Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 22. In 1665, estate was reckoned to be worth £2,500 p.a.Bodl. Carte 75, f. 415. In 1674, he mortgaged Walton Hall, park and desmesne for £3,000.Hoghton Deeds ed. Lumby, 192.
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Presented Seth Bushell to vicarage of Preston, Lancs. 1663.Clergy of the C of E database.
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DIGBY, John (1618-64), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.

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b. 1618, 2nd s. of Sir John Digby, 1st earl of Bristol, and Beatrice, da. of Charles Walcot of Walcot, Salop, and wid. of Sir John Dyve of Bromham, Beds.; bro. of George*.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 473. educ. Magdalen Coll. Oxf. matric. 12 May 1634, ‘aged 16’.Al. Ox. d. unm. 17 Mar. 1664.Catholic Rec. Soc. vi. 50, 56-7.
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Military: capt. of horse, regt. of Sir John Conyers, royal army, Sept. 1640.E352/293, unfol. Capt. of horse (roy.), regt. of Visct. Grandison, army of Sir Ralph Hopton*, July 1642-Sept. 1643.Bellum Civile, ed. Healey (Som. Rec. Soc. xix), 3. Col. of horse, army of Prince Maurice, Sept. 1643-Apr. 1644; gen. of horse, 23 Apr. 1644-Aug. 1646.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 192–3; Mems. of Prince Rupert, ii. 411–2.

Religious: ordained secular priest, Roman Catholic Church, c. Oct. 1660.

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DIGBY, John (1618-64), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.
: Dorset.
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DIGBY, John (1618-64), of Sherborne Castle, Dorset.

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SKEFFINGTON, Sir Richard (?bef. 1594-1647), of Fisherwick, Staffs.; later of Hawksyard, Armitage, Staffs., and Earl Street ward, Coventry, Warws.

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b. ?bef. 1594,E44/321. 2nd s. of Sir William Skeffington, 1st bt. (bur. 16 Sept. 1635) of Fisherwick, Staffs., and Elizabeth (bur. 16 Feb. 1635), da. of Sir Richard Dering of Pluckley, Kent; bro. of Sir John†.CB, ‘Sir William Skeffington’; Shaw, Staffs. i. 341. educ. Magdalene, Camb. Mich. 1615.Al. Cant. m. 27 July 1626 (?with £1,600), Anne (d. 21 May 1637), da. of Sir John Newdigate of Arbury, Warws. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) inc. Sir John*, 3da. (1 d.v.p.).PROB11/214, ff. 27-8; Shaw, Staffs. i. 366; Lodge, Irish Peerage, iii. 61-2; V. Larminie, Wealth, Kinship and Culture: the Seventeenth Century Newdigates (Woodbridge, 1995), 74. Kntd. 20 Aug. 1624;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 186. d. 2 June 1647.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 67.
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Local: capt. militia ft. Lichfield, Staffs. early 1620s.Larminie, Seventeenth Century Newdigates, 75. Commr. disarming recusants, Warws. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. association of Staffs. and Warws., Warws. and Coventry 2 Feb. 1643;CJ ii. 952b. assessment, Staffs. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644; Warws. and Coventry 21 Feb. 1645; sequestration, Staffs. 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. Warws. and Coventry 17 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 279a. levying of money, Staffs. 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, Warws. and Coventry 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. gaol delivery, Warws., Coventry 15 Apr. 1645.C181/5, f. 251.

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SKEFFINGTON, Sir Richard (by 1593-1647), of Fisherwick, Staffs.; later of Hawksyard, Armitage, Staffs. and Earl Street ward, Coventry, Warws.
: of Fisherwick, Staffs.; later of Hawksyard, Staffs., Armitage and Warws., Earl Street ward, Coventry.
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SKEFFINGTON, Sir Richard (?bef. 1594-1647), of Fisherwick, Staffs.; later of Hawksyard, Armitage, Staffs., and Earl Street ward, Coventry, Warws.

Will
27 Apr. 1647, pr. 7 Oct. 1650.PROB11/214, f. 27.
Estates
in 1632, Skeffington and his brother-in-law Richard Newdigate† borrowed £2,000 – probably to help finance their purchase that year of three-quarters of manor, rectory and advowson of Thedingworth, Leics.LC4/201, f. 132v; Coventry Docquets, 627. In 1634, Skeffington purchased manor of Hawksyard, Staffs. (valued at £210 p.a.), for £4,000.C2/ChasI/S36/68; C2/ChasI/S117/52; C78/480/7. In 1638, he and Cicely Mitton purchased a wardship for £2,000.WARD9/163, f. 89. Estate at his death inc. lands in Coventry, Staffs., Suff. and Warws. and notably manor of Syerscote, nr. Tamworth, Warws., a rent charge of £25 p.a. in Earls Hall, Suff. and a house in Coventry.PROB11/214, ff. 27, 28; Coventry RO, BA/H/C/17/1, f. 135. In 1662-3, his heir’s estate was valued at £700 a year in Staffs. and £300 a year ‘elsewhere’.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R. M. Kidson (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 28. In 1666, his heir’s house at Fisherwick was assessed at 30 hearths.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 3, 1923), 194.
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TATE, Zouche (1606-51), of Delapré Abbey, Hardingstone, Northants., and Great Piazza, Covent Garden, London.

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bap. 6 Apr. 1606, 1st s. of Sir William Tate† of Delapré Abbey and Elizabeth (d. 24 Apr. 1617), da. and coh. of Edward, 11th Lord Zouche of Harringworth.Hardingstone par. reg.; Vis. Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 199. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 26 Oct. 1621;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France) 1623-4;CSP Dom. 1623-5, p. 105; SP14/153/110, f. 144; SP14/161/40, f. 60; SP14/164/77, f. 127. M. Temple 6 May 1625.M. Temple Admiss. m. 1631, Catherine (d.1700), da. of Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath, Cambs., 3s. 2da.Boyd’s marriage index, 1538-1850; Burke, Landed Gentry (1846), ii. 1352. suc. fa. 14 Oct. 1617;C142/365/149. bur. 8 Jan. 1651 8 Jan. 1651.Hardingstone par. reg.
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Local: commr. gaol delivery, Northampton 16 Feb. 1637-aft. Feb. 1645;C181/5, ff. 65v, 198v, 248v. charitable uses, Northants. 16 Feb. 1637-aft. July 1641.C192/1, unfol. J.p. 10 Aug. 1641–d.C231/5, p. 469; C193/13/3, f. 48. Commr. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. assessment, 1642, 12, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. by June 1642–?CJ ii. 614a; HMC Buccleuch, i. 304. Commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. defence of Northants. 19 July 1643;LJ vi. 137b, 496b. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645. Gov. Covent Garden precinct, 7 Jan. 1646. Commr. militia, Northants. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. of safety, 12 Dec. 1643;CJ iii. 339a; LJ vi. 338b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644;CJ iii. 699b. Westminster Assembly, 19 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 593a; LJ vi. 677a. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646;A. and O. Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 Apr. 1647.CJ v. 135b; LJ ix. 127b. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O.

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TATE, Zouche (1606-51), of Delapré Abbey, Hardingstone, Northants., and Great Piazza, Covent Garden, London.
: of Delapré Abbey, Northants., Hardingstone and Great Piazza, London., Covent Garden.
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TATE, Zouche (1606-51), of Delapré Abbey, Hardingstone, Northants., and Great Piazza, Covent Garden, London.

Will
23 Dec. 1650, pr. 15 Feb. 1651.PROB11/215, f. 312v.
Estates
in 1617 inherited two manors in Northants., one in Warws., a house in Whitley, near Coventry, and a legacy of £1,500. His father charged his estate with legacies totalling approximately £10,000 (£1,500 to his three sons; portions of no more than £2,000 to his three daughters).C142/365/149; PROB11/130, f. 480r-v, 482. In 1625, Tate became coheir to three manors in Hants and other property of his grandfather Lord Zouche.C142/447/28. From c.1647 he either owned or leased house number 2, Great Piazza, Covent Garden, where his widow resided until 1665.Survey of London, xxxvi, 96. In 1660, the estate of Tate’s heir was reckoned to be worth about £1,500 p.a.Burke, Commoners, i. 691. In 1682, it was again valued at £1,500 p.a.SP29/421/216, f. 110.
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King Street, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (by Mar. 1644).SP28/162, pt. 1, unfol.
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HOOKE, John (c.1605-85), of Bramshott, Hants

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b. c. 1605, 1st s. of Henry Hooke of Bramshott and Margaret, da. of Cuthbert Lynde of Westminster.Vis. Hants, (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 84; Al. Oxon. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 28 Feb. 1623, ‘aged 17’;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 7 Aug. 1623-June 1631.MTR ii. 685, 782. m. 8 Dec. 1631, Grissel (d. 4 Mar. 1687), da. of Sir Francis Clerke of Hitcham, Bucks., 4s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Bucks. Par. Reg. v. 115; Mdx. Par. Reg. i. 10; PROB11/382/266. suc. fa. 1640.PROB11/184/131. d. 14 May 1685.W.W. Capes, Rural Life in Hants (1901), 217; HP Commons 1660-1690.
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Local: j.p. Hants. 1636–d.C231/5, p. 320; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 270; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘John Hooke’. Member, cttee. for Hants, 23 July 1642.LJ v. 233b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Hants, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. assessment, Hants 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). levying of money, 10 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Sheriff, 30 Jan.-Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 126a. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 3 June 1658;CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 42. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, 25 July 1671;C181/7, p. 584. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Civic: freeman, Winchester Mar. 1660.HP Commons 1660–1690 (Winchester Corp. assembly bk. 4, f. 137).

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HOOKE, John (c.1605-85), of Bramshott, Hants.
: of Bramshott, Hants.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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HOOKE, John (c.1605-85), of Bramshott, Hants

Will
14 Feb. 1683, pr. 26 Feb. 1686.PROB11/382/266.
Estates
manors of Bramshott (with rectory) and Ashurst or Fridinghurst (sold 1685); Chiltley farm, Place Moore and 48 acres called ‘Selves’, Surr.; manor of Iping, Suss. (sold 1668).PROB11/382/266; VCH Surr. iii. 12; VCH Suss. iv. 64; Capes, Rural Life in Hants, 324.
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THYNNE, John (1608-81), of Church Stretton, Salop.

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b. 23 July 1608, 1st s. of John Thynne of Church Stretton and Susanne, da. of Robert Rawson of Shrewsbury.Vis. Salop, 1623, 461. educ. L. Inn, 28 Apr. 1630.LI Admiss. i. 211. m. 8 Aug. 1639, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Mainwaring† of Ightfield, Salop, and Sayes Court, Chertsey, Surr. 5s. 3da (at least 1 d.v.p.).St Martin in the Fields par. reg. (IGI); HP Commons 1660-1690; PROB11/371/465; Salop Archives, 6001/2792, p. 503. bur. 6 Apr. 1681 6 Apr. 1681.St John, Egham, Surr. par. reg.
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Local: j.p. Salop Feb. 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650; Rad. 16 Mar. 1649 – 14 May 1651; Surr. Mar. 1679–d.C231/6, pp. 74, 215; C231/8, p. 4; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 334. Commr. assessment, Rad. 16 Feb. 1648; Surr. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, 18 Oct. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Salop 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Surr. 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

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THYNNE, John (1608-81), of Church Stretton, Salop.
: Salop.
Volume
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THYNNE, John (1608-81), of Church Stretton, Salop.

Will
23 Mar. 1681, pr. 1 Dec. 1682.PROB11/371/465.
Estates
inherited lands at Church Stretton, Salop; bef. Aug. 1648 acquired Inworth, Egham, Surr., from John Denham†;CCAM 872, CCC 1790. leased royal manor of Egham, c.1660-d.;VCH Surr. iii. 421. in his will (1681), named messuages called ‘the Angel’ and ‘the Roebuck’ in Strand, Westminster, and lands at Little Stretton and Acton upon the Hill, Salop.PROB11/371/465.
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HOBART, Sir John, 2nd bt. (1593-1647), of Blickling and Chapel Field, Norwich, Norf.

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b. 19 Apr. 1593, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Henry Hobart† of Blickling, Norf. and Dorothy, da. of Sir Robert Bell† of Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf.;Vis. Norf. 1563, ed. G.H. Dashwood and E.E.G. Bulwer (Norwich, 1878-95), ii. 77; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl Soc. xxxii.), 166; Vis. Norf. 1664, 101; CB. bro. of Nathaniel†. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1608;Al. Cant. travelled abroad (Spanish Netherlands) 1609-11;SO3/4, unf. L. Inn 1613.LI Admiss. i. 161. m. (1) June 1614 (with £4,000), Philippa (d. 24 Sep. 1620), da. of Robert Sidney†, 1st earl of Leicester, 1s. d.v.p., 3da. (2 d.v.p.)HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, i. 21; Letters and Memorials of State, ed. A. Collins (1746), ii. 353; Vis. Norf. 1563, ii. 77-8; Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613, 166; E.A. Webb, Recs. of St. Bartholomew’s Priory (Oxford, 1921), ii. 273. (2) Feb. 1621, Frances (d. 27 Nov. 1664), da. of John Egerton†, 1st earl of Bridgewater, 5s. d.v.p. 3da. (2 d.v.p.).HEHL, EL6698; Letters of John Chamberlain, ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), ii. 424. Kntd. 1611.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 151. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1625. d. 20 Apr. 1647.CB.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman and alderman, Camb. 1621.Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 140.

Legal: comptroller, new sjt.-at-laws’ feast, Serjeants’ Inn 1623.Letters of John Chamberlain, ii. 506.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 1624 – 29; Norf. 1625 – d.; Suff. 2 Mar. 1647–d.C231/4, f. 173; C231/6, p. 76; SP16/14/45; SP16/405, f. 49. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1625-aft. 1642;C181/3, ff. 138, 257; C181/4, ff. 9v, 196v; C181/5, ff. 3v, 218. Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234, 260v. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 1625–31;C181/3, ff. 168v, 228v; C181/4, ff. 39v, 83. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 1 Aug. 1633–11 Mar. 1638;C181/4, f. 149; C181/5, f. 42. Deeping and Gt. Level 1635, 7 July 1640–d.;C181/5, ff. 9v, 269. sea breaches, Norf. 1625;C181/3, f. 189v. Norf. and Suff. 1638.C181/5, f. 103. Dep. lt. Norf. 1626 – d.; Norwich Aug. 1642–d.Rye, State Pprs. 6; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 309; CJ ii. 699a; LJ v. 250b. Commr. repair of highways, Mdx. 1626;C181/3, f. 204. Forced Loan, Norf. 1626 – 27; Thetford 1627;Rye, State Pprs. 48; C193/12/2, ff. 40v, 88. piracy, Norf. 1627;C181/3, f. 236v. admlty. causes, 1627;HCA1/32/1, f. 4. subsidy, 1628;Rye, State Pprs. 136. worsted yarn, Norwich 1629.CSP Dom. 1629–31, pp. 113, 119. Sheriff, Norf. 1632–3.Coventry Docquets, 365; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 89; HMC Gawdy, 141. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, Norf. and Norwich 3 May 1643; levying of money, Norf. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234v, 260v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
HOBART, Sir John II (1593-1647), of Blickling and Chapel Field, Norwich, Norf.
: 2nd bt. (1593-1647), of Blickling 1593 – 1647 and Chapel Field, Norwich, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HOBART, Sir John, 2nd bt. (1593-1647), of Blickling and Chapel Field, Norwich, Norf.

Will
17 Jan. 1646, codicil 8 Apr. 1647, pr. 14 Oct. 1647.PROB11/202/65.
Estates
worth £3,432 p.a. 1643;Bodl. Tanner 98, f. 68. d. owing £10,366 0s 8d; value of total property (real and personal) at death, £26,184 12s 5d.Bodl. Tanner 97, f. 83.
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BEDFORD, Samuel (1622-1705), of Henlow, Beds.

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bap. 24 Feb. 1622, 2nd s. of Isaac Bedford (d. 1661), schoolmaster, of Sutton, Beds., later rector of Clifton, Beds. and his w. Ellen.Beds. Par. Regs. ed. F.G. Emmison (Bedford, 1931-53), ii. A10; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 137, 392; DWL, MS 24.119, p. 1. educ. Barnard’s Inn 1646; G. Inn 4 Nov. 1646.Adm. Regs. of Barnard’s Inn 1620-1869 ed. C.W. Brooks (Selden Soc. xii), 94; GI Admiss. i. 242. m. 28 Dec. 1644, Frances (d. 1675), da. of Ralph Pemberton of St Peter’s, St Albans, Herts. 2s. (3 d.v.p.) 1da. (1 d.v.p.), 2 other children d.v.p.G.A. Moriarty, ‘Pemberton of St Albans’, Rhode Island History, iii. 30; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 137-8, 392. d. 8 Dec. 1705.Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 392.
Offices Held

Military: dep. scoutmaster-gen. (parlian.) army of 3rd earl of Essex by Feb. 1643-May 1645;SP28/5, f. 167. scoutmaster-gen. cttee. of both kingdoms, June 1645-Dec. 1646.CSP Dom. 1644–5, pp. 583–4; 1645–7, p. 493–4.

Local: commr. militia, Beds. Dec. 1650, 12 Mar. 1660. Feb. 1651 – bef.Oct. 1660CSP Dom. 1650, p. 455; A. and O. J.p., Feb. 1667-Dec. 1686.C231/6, p. 209; C231/7, p. 302; PC2/71, p. 363; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Dec. 1651, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.CJ vii. 54b; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. sequestration, Beds., Bucks. Mar. 1654-aft. 1656. Recvr.-gen. Beds., Berks., Bucks., Herts. and Oxon. by June 1655–60.CCC 673, 739, 767; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 321; Museum Eng. Rural Life, MS 145/EN 1/2/13. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Beds. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Dep. lt. by 1702–d.CSP Dom. 1700–2, p. 226; 1702–3, p. 395.

Academic: auditor, Christ Church, Oxf. by 1660–67.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 386.

Parlimentarian
BEDFORD, Samuel (1622-1705), of Henlow, Beds.
: Beds.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BEDFORD, Samuel (1622-1705), of Henlow, Beds.

Will
23 May 1703, pr. 18 Dec. 1705.PROB11/485/402.
Estates
owned property at Henlow and Clifton, Beds. and at Coton, Cambs.PROB11/485/402
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