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LEIGH, Edward (1603-71), of Rushall Hall, Rushall, Staffs.

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b. 24 Mar. 1603, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Henry Leigh of Rushall Hall, and Sutton Coldfield, Warws. and 1st w. Anne (d. 1611), da. of Anthony Lisle of Wootton, I.o.W.F.W. Willmore, Recs. of Rushall (Walsall, 1892), 46, 47, 83; ‘Edward Leigh’, Oxford DNB. educ. Walsall g.s.;Ath. Ox. iii. 926. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 24 Oct. 1617, BA 17 Oct. 1620, MA 18 June 1623, incorp. Cambridge 1634;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 30 Oct. 1624;M. Temple Admiss. i. 116. travelled abroad (France) 1625.Willmore, Rushall, 47. m. 10 Feb. 1629, Elizabeth (d. 1707), da. of Thomas Talbot of Worfield, Salop, 3s. 1da.Shaw, Staffs. ii. 69; Willmore, Rushall, 47, 83. suc. fa. c.1639;PROB11/180, f. 90v. d. 2 June 1671.‘Edward Leigh’, Oxford DNB.
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Local: j.p. Staffs. 12 Aug. 1641 – 6 Aug. 1642, by Oct. 1645 – bef.June 1649, Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, pp. 471, 536; Staffs. RO, Q/SO/5, pp. 86, 159; A Perfect List (1660); J.C. Wedgwood, ‘Keepers and justices of the peace for Staffs.’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. 1912), 332, 334, 335. Commr. for Staffs. and Lichfield, assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 31 Dec. 1642;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 103. assessment, Staffs. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, Staffs. co. cttee. 30 May 1643.CJ iii. 110a; LJ vi. 70a. Commr. oyer and terminer, 12 Aug. 1645;C181/5, f. 258. militia, Staffs. and Lichfield 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Custos rot. Staffs. Mar.-July 1660.A Perfect List; C231/7, p. 21.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by Apr. 1643–?Honour Advanced (1643), 6 (E.99.28); E121/5/5/19. Col. of ft. by Aug. 1643–?J. Vicars, God in the Mount (1643), 411–12 (E.73.4); Staffs. Co. Cttee. 73.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 26 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O.

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LEIGH, Edward (1603-71), of Rushall Hall, Rushall, Staffs.
: of Rushall Hall, Staffs., Rushall.
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Likenesses: line engraving, T. Cross, 1650;BM; NPG. line engraving, J. Chantry, 1662.BM; NPG.

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LEIGH, Edward (1603-71), of Rushall Hall, Rushall, Staffs.

Will
19 Oct. 1668, pr. 11 Nov. 1678.PROB11/358, f. 187.
Estates
in 1596, Leigh’s fa.’s estate inc. manor of Rushall; lands and messuages in Aldridge, Bentley, Caldmore, Darlaston, Goscott, Great Barr, Little Wyrley, Rushall, Shelfield and Walsall; rectory and parsonage of Walsall; advowson of vicarage of Rushall, Staffs.; manor, manor house and advowson of Shawell, Leics.; and manor of Lilborne and other lands in Northants.Willmore, Rushall, 44-5. In 1662, his estate was estimated to be worth £800 p.a.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 36. In 1666, his house at Rushall was assessed at 13 hearths.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. 1923), 138.
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Bowling Alley, St Margaret, Westminster (1646).WCA, SMW/E/47/1580, unfol.
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presented Isaac Barton to vicarage of Rushall, Staffs. 1662.CCEd Record ID: 136421, The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835 www.theclergydatabase.org.uk, accessed 4 Mar. 2019.
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BUTTON, John I (c.1596-1665), of Buckland, nr. Lymington, Hants.

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b. c. 1596, 1st s. of John Button of Upavon, Wilts. and Helen (d. 1624), da. of Sir Bernard Drake of Mount Drake, Devon.Berry, Pedigrees of Hants, 33; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 212. educ. Exeter Coll., Oxf. 7 June 1611, ‘aged 15’;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 8 June 1613.MTR ii. 565. m. (1) lic. 18 Sept. 1622, Eleanor, da. of Thomas South of Northleigh, Hants, 1s. (d.v.p.), 1da.;Hants Marriage Licences, 1607-1640, 29; PROB11/144/96; PROB11/324/184. (2) settlement 21 May 1632, Amy (d. 1666), da. of Sir William Oglander of Nunwell, I.o.W., wid. of Dr William Thorne, dean of Chichester, s.p.I. o. W. RO, OG/Z/12. suc. fa. 1601; uncle, Henry Button, bef. 24 Apr. 1624.PROB6/6, f. 78v; PROB11/143/392. bur. 7 Mar. 1665 7 Mar. 1665.Berry, Pedigrees of Hants, 33.
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Local: j.p. Hants 1625 – 26, 1628 – 10 June 1642, by Feb.- 16 July 1650, Mar-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/4, ff. 176, 249v; C231/5, p. 528; C231/6, p. 190; C193/13/3, f. 56v; A Perfect List (1660), 49. Commr. disarming recusants, 1625.Add. 21922, f. 38. Capt. militia, New Forest 1625; lt. col. 1639.Add. 21922, ff. 5, 62, 110, 151v, 166v; 26781, ff. 17v, 66; Hants RO, 44M69/G5/32/17; 44M69/G5/33/22; 44M69/G5/42/5. Commr. subsidy, Hants 1628;Hants RO, 44M69/G4/1/99. sewers, River Avon, Hants and Wilts. 25 June 1629-aft. May 1630;C181/4, ff. 17v, 49v. Hants and Suss. 10 July 1638.C181/5, f. 115v. Sheriff, Hants 1636–7.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 56. Dep. lt. 1640–5.Add. 21922, f. 220; LJ v. 156b. Commr. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660), 50 (E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643, 10 June 1645; 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. Member, cttee. for Southampton, 19 Aug. 1648.LJ x. 447b; CJ v. 667a. Commr. militia, Hants 2 Dec. 1648, ?12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. ?preservation of timber, New Forest 1 Mar. 1660;CJ vii. 856b. ?poll tax, Hants 1660.SR.

Civic: freeman, Lymington 1627;Hants RO, 27M74/DBC2, ff. 11, 20. Yarmouth I.o.W. 1631.Add. 5669, f. 88. Burgess and surveyor of the dock, Portsmouth 1637.Portsmouth Recs. ed. East, 352. Burgess, Christchurch by May 1647.Christchurch Bor. Council, Min. Bk, p. 563.

Military: capt. and dep. gov. (parlian.) Hurst Castle, Hants Aug. 1642-aft. 4 May 1643;CJ ii. 720a-b; A. and O. col. by 27 Sept. 1643.HMC Portland, i. 131–2.

Central: member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 24 July 1645.CJ iv. 217b; A. and O.

Religious: elder, third Hants classis, 29 Dec. 1645.King, Bor. and Par. Lymington, 263.

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BUTTON, John (c.1596-1665), of Buckland, nr. Lymington, Hants.
: Hants., nr. Lymington.
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BUTTON, John I (c.1596-1665), of Buckland, nr. Lymington, Hants.

Will
3 May 1663, pr. 30 June 1666.Hants RO, A1666/016.
Estates
?inherited from fa. in 1601 reversionary interest aft. d. of his mo. Helen in land at Upavon;PROB6/6, f. 78v; VCH Wilts. x. 165. £10 p.a. during his minority and £100 thereafter from Sir Ambrose Button, 1613;PROB11/122/619. inherited Hants lands of uncle Henry Button by prior settlement and by will proved Apr. 1624;PROB11/143/392. assessed for the 1625 loan at £15;SP16/521, f. 308. with John Button, gent. acquired from Sir George Wroughton, aft. 1 Apr. 1627, manors of Sway Romsey and Sway Quarr;Coventry Docquets, 556. in 1630 compounded for knighthood at £25;Add 21922, f. 176v; Cornwall RO, ME 2886. in 1632 gained property in Suss. through his second marriage.I.o.W. RO, OG/Z/11-13.
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SWINTON, John (d. 1679), of Swinton, Berwickshire.

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1st s. of Sir Alexander Swinton of Swinton and Margaret, da. of James Home of Framepath and St Bathans, Berwickshire.A.C. Swinton, The Swintons of that Ilk (Edinburgh, 1883), 57, 64. m. (1) Jan. 1645,NRS, GD12/200. Margaret Stewart (d. 1662), da. of William, 2nd Lord Blantyre, 3s. 1da.; (2) 3 Aug. 1671, Frances White, wid. of Newington Butts, London, sister of John Hancock of Wallieford, East Lothian, s.p.Westminster Quaker meeting reg.; Swintons of that Ilk, 64, 73. suc. fa. 1652.Commisariot Rec. of Lauder, 1561-1800 ed. F.J. Grant (Edinburgh, 1903), 48. d. July 1679.Swintons of that Ilk, 74; NRS, CC15/5/7.
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Military: lt.-col. and capt. of horse, Berwickshire regt. Covenanter army, ?-Jan. 1651.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, 659.

Scottish: member, cttee. of war, 1646 – 49; cttee. of estates, 1649.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 690. Commr. Berwickshire, Scottish Parl. 1649–50. Dep. Berwickshire, tender of union, 1652. Commr. admin. justice, Apr. 1652–59;Wariston Diary, ii. 161; Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 174–5, 183; NLS, MS 7032, ff. 106v, 114; NRS, GD12/214. claims, ordinance of pardon and grace, 12 Apr. 1654. Cllr. of state, Mar. 1655–59.CSP Dom. 1655, pp. 108, 152. Judge of exch. and ld. of session, 16 May 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 326. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Commr. and bar. of exch. 13 Aug. 1657.NLS, MS 7032, f. 100v.

Local: commr. witchcraft, Eyemouth, Berwickshire 5 July 1649;Regs. PC Scot. 1644–60, p. 195. assessment, Berwickshire, Edinburgh, Haddingtonshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, pp. 838–40; A. and O. J.p. Berwickshire, Haddingtonshire 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate, ed. Firth, 310, 313.

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SWINTON, John (d. 1679), of Swinton, Berwickshire.
: Berwickshire.
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SWINTON, John (d. 1679), of Swinton, Berwickshire.

Will
died under forfeiture. Testament recorded 8 June 1680.NRS, CC15/5/7; Commisariot Recs. of Lauder, 48.
Estates
ancestral lands at Swinton (erected into barony in 1633) and Cranshaws, Berwickshire.Swintons of that Ilk, 57, 65. £400 p.a. (in reality £800 p.a.) from Musselburgh, Haddington Abbey and other lands of earl of Lauderdale, 1652-60.Reg. Gt. Seal Scot. 1652-9, p. 14; Add. 23113, f. 78; Nicoll Diary, 239. Salary of £300 p.a. as commr. for admin. justice, 1652-9 and £300 p.a. as Scottish councillor 1655-9.CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 239.
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WAUTON (WALTON), Valentine (1600-70), of Great Staughton, Hunts.

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bap. 18 May 1600, s. of Nicholas Wauton of St Katherine by the Tower, London.Regs. of St Katherine by the Tower London 1584-1625, ed. A.W.H. Clarke (Harl. Soc. lxxv), 19, 20; C142/337/112. m. (1) 20 June 1617, Margaret, da. of Robert Cromwell† of Huntingdon, Hunts., 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 1da.;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 30; Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell (3rd edn. 1797), ii. 227-8. (2) bef. 1646, Frideswide (d. 14 Nov. 1662), da. of John Pym of Brill, Bucks. and wid. of George Austin (d. 1643) of Coleman Street, London, at least 1s. (d.v.p).St Andrew Holborn, London, par. reg.; Wood, Life and Times, i. 462; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii.), 102; VCH Oxon, vi. 106. suc. fa. bef. 1606.C142/337/112. d. 1670.Bodl. Eng. hist. c. 487, p. 1250.
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Local: capt. militia ft. Hunts. bef. 1631.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 159. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Norf. 18 Oct. 1644, 17 Mar. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Bucks. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653; Lincs., Westminster 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). loans on Propositions, Hunts. 30 July 1642.LJ v. 250a. Dep. lt. Norf. Oct. 1643–?CJ iii. 287a. Commr. New Model ordinance, Hunts. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Lincs. 26 July 1659. 27 July 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 17. J.p. I. of Ely; Hunts. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Norf. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 163; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650; Westminster militia, 28 June 1659.A. and O. Custos rot. Hunts. by Mar.-Aug. 1660.A Perfect List (1660); C231/7, p. 24.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), Aug. 1642–?Sept. 1643.SP28/1a, f. 211; Peacock, Army Lists, 56; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. Gov. King’s Lynn Sept. 1643-Apr. 1645, Aug. 1647-aft. May 1648.A briefe and true Relation of the Seige and Surrendering of Kings Lyn [1643], 7 (E.67.28); Perfect Occurrences no. 33 (13–20 Aug. 1647), 221 (E.518.20); CJ iv. 136b; v. 309a; LJ ix. 451b; CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 60. Col. of ft. by Dec. 1643-Apr. 1645, by Jan.-?Oct. 1651.CJ iii. 314b; vii. 24b; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 95. Col. militia horse, Hunts. July-Aug. 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 24, 51, 565. Col. of horse, 12 Jan.-25 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 812a; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. 208–9; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), ii. 146.

Civic: freeman, King’s Lynn Nov. 1644.HMC 11th Rep. III, 182; Cal. Lynn Freemen, 157. Burgess, Hanau, Hanau-Münzenberg, Germany ?1662.Ludlow, Voyce, 297.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645, 10 Feb. 1649.A. and O.; CJ vi. 137b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O.; CJ vi. 109a, 113b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. of navy and customs by 15 Jan. 1649;Bodl. Rawl. A.224, f. 1; CJ vi. 119b, 137b. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 19 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 121b. cttee. for the army by 26 Feb. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vi. 152a; A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb. 1651, 19 May 1659. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 388b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Commr. admlty. and navy, 31 May 1659, 2 Feb. 1660;A. and O. for governing army, 12 Oct., 31 Dec. 1659, 11 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 796a, 801a, 841a.

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WAUTON (WALTON), Valentine (1600-70), of Great Staughton, Hunts.
: of Great Staughton, Hunts.
WALTON
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WAUTON (WALTON), Valentine (1600-70), of Great Staughton, Hunts.

Will
none.
Estates
owned drained fenland in the Great Level, 1650-60; bought 800 acres in the Great Level from Alexander Blake*, 1653.Jonas Moore’s Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns, ed. F. Willmoth and E. Stazicker (Cambs. Recs. Soc. xxiii), 44, 113.
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ASHE, John (1597-1659), of Freshford, Som.

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bap. 27 Oct. 1597, 1st s. of James Ashe, clothier, of Westcombe, Batcombe, Som. and Grace, da. of Richard Pitt, merchant, of Weymouth, Dorset;Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635 (Harl. Soc. xv, xvvii), i. 26; London Vis. Pedigrees 1664 (Harl. Soc. xcii), 8-9; Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 16. bro. of Edward Ashe*, Sir Joseph Ashe† and Samuel Ashe*. m. Elizabeth, da. of Henry Davidson, clothier, of Freshford, Som. 6s. (inc. James Ashe*) 5da.PROB11/293/341/228. suc. fa. by 1646.PROB11/196/50. d. by 12 Feb. 1659.CJ vii. 603a.
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Local: commr. loans on Propositions, Som. 20 July 1642.LJ v. 226a. Jt. treas. and commr. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643.A. and O. Commr. assessment, Som. 27 Jan., 21 Mar. 1643, 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;A. and O.; LJ v. 658a; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, Som., Wilts. 27 Mar. 1642; additional ord. for levying of money, Som. 1 June 1643; levying of money, Som., Wilts. 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; for Bristol 28 Oct. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Som. 15 Nov. 1645–d.C181/5, ff. 263, 268; C181/6, pp. 74, 337. J.p. by 1647 – d.; Wilts. by Mar. 1652–d.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 10. Commr. militia, Som., Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–d.C181/6, pp. 9, 307. Visitor, Heytesbury Hosp. Wilts. 1 Aug. 1656.C231/6, p. 346. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 16 Dec. 1657.SP25/78, p. 334.

Central: member, cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645; cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646; cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O. Member, cttee. for foreign affairs, 10 Nov. 1647.LJ ix. 517b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Commr. regulating trade, 1 Aug. 1650.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Bath Dec. 1645.Bath and NE Som. RO, Bath council bk. 1631–49, p. 226.

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ASHE, John (1597-1659), of Freshford, Som.
: of Freshford, Som.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. P. Lely, c.1650-2.Corsham Court, Wilts.; ex. info. D. Dethloff and C. MacLeod.

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ASHE, John (1597-1659), of Freshford, Som.

Will
15 Mar. 1657, pr. 20 June 1659.PROB11/293/280.
Estates
immensely wealthy clothier; claimed to have an annual income of £3,000;Burton’s Diary, i. 127. owned land in Som. and Wilts.; he and Edward Ashe* bought manor of Beckington, Som. 1633.Coventry Docquets, 647.
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STRODE, William II (1589-1666), of Barrington, Som.

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b. 1589, 3rd s. of William Strode (d. 1592) of Shepton Mallet, Som. and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Jeffrey Upton of Warminster, Wilts.Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 108-9; Collinson, Som. ii. 210; F.A. Crisp, Fragmenta Genealogica (1889-1910), viii. 137, 143, 144, 148. m. c.1621, Joan, da. of Edward Barnard of Downside, Som. 12s. (6 d.v.p.), 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Som. 1623, 6, 109; Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills, ii 51; Collinson, Som. ii. 210, iii. 464; Crisp, Fragmenta Genealogica, viii. 144, 148-50. bur. 20 Dec. 1666 20 Dec. 1666.Crisp, Fragmenta Genealogica, viii. 144, 148.
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Local: treas. hosps. western division, Som. 1637–8.QS Recs. Som. Charles I, 271. Commr. further subsidy, Som. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. sewers, July 1641-aft. Jan. 1646.C181/5, ff. 205v, 268. Dep. lt. by 1642–?Wells Convocation Acts Bks. 844. Commr. assessment, 1642, 27 Jan. 1643, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644.A. and O. J.p. by Oct. 1647–9.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 45; Som. Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 19. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Military: col. of horse (parlian.), 1642–5.CCSP i. 240; Bellum Civile, 86; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Wells and Bruton classis, Som. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 417.

Civic: freeman, Girdlers’ Co. London bef. 1661.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 211. Alderman, London 7 Feb.-14 Mar. 1661.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 211, 234; Woodhead, Rulers of London, 158.

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STRODE, William II (1589-1666), of Barrington, Som.
: Som.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, G. Soest, 1635.Whereabouts unknown.

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STRODE, William II (1589-1666), of Barrington, Som.

Will
10 June 1665, codicil 1 Nov. 1666, pr. 22 Jan. 1667.PROB11/323/96.
Estates
bought Barrington Court, Barrington, Som. c.1623;Coventry Docquets, 534; J. Batten, ‘Additional notes on Barrington and the Strodes’, Procs. Som. Arch. and Natural Hist. Soc. xxxvii. pt. ii. 41. bought manor of Shurton, Storgursey, Som. 1626;VCH Som. vi. 144. bought one-seventh share in manor of Glastonbury, Som. in 1634 and subsequent purchases meant that he eventually owned about half of this manor;VCH Som. ix. 44, 45. with his bro. George and Sir Henry Compton*, bought manor of Martock, Som. from 14th Baron Morley and Monteagle, 1637;Collinson, Som. iii. 5; VCH Som. iv. 85. bought land at Charlton Adam, Som. 1637;VCH Som. iii. 87. awarded 2,166 acres in barony of Tinnahinch, Queen’s County, Ireland.CSP Ire. Adv. 1642-59, p. 348; Bottingheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 210.
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RAINBOROWE, Thomas (d.1648), of Wapping, Mdx.

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b. ?1619 – 21, 1st s. of Capt. William Rainborowe* and da. of Capt. Rowland Coytemore of Wapping (d. ?by 1623).St Mary, Whitechapel, St John, Wapping par. regs.; PROB11/150, f. 127v, will of Rowland Coytemore. m. Margaret, at least 1s.A and O ii. 541; R.W. Stent, ‘Thomas Rainsborough and the Army Levellers’ (London MPhil thesis, 1975), 198. d. 29 Oct. 1648.E. Peacock, ‘Notes on the Life of Thomas Rainborowe’, Archaeologia, xlvi. 52.
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Military: v.-adm. privateer expedition to Ireland, Apr. 1642.A True Relation of the Passages (1642), 4 (E.242.15). Capt. (parlian.) Swallow, summer guard, 1643.G. Penn, Memorials of Sir William Penn (1833), i. 66. V.-adm. capt. Lion, June 1643.CJ iii. 137a. Col. of ft. Eastern Assoc. army by Dec. 1644;J. Vicars, The Burning Bush Not Consumed (1646), 76 (E.348.1). New Model army, 10 Mar. 1645.Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 58. Gov. Worcester 23 July 1646-c.26 Apr. 1647.Diary and Pprs. of Henry Townshend ed. Porter, Roberts, Roy, 248; Kingdom’s Weekly Intelligencer no. 206 (20–27 Apr. 1647), 507 (E.385.6). Member, gen. cttee. of officers, 29 Aug. 1647.Clarke Pprs. i. 223–4. V.-adm. winter guard, capt. Happy Entrance, 2 Oct. 1647.CJ v. 318a, 324b. C.-in-c. fleet, 8 Oct. 1647, 1 January 1648.CJ v. 328b; Whitelocke, Memorials, 286. Capt. Reformation, 17 Mar. 1648.CJ v. 503b.

Central: commr. sea adventure to Ireland, 17 June 1642. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 9 Sept. 1647;CJ v. 297b; LJ ix. 430b. cttee. of navy and customs, 9 Sept. 1647.CJ v. 297b.

Parlimentarian
RAINBOROWE, Thomas (d.1648), of Wapping, Mdx.
: of Wapping, Mdx.
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Likenesses: woodcut, unknown, 1648;Colonell Rainsborowes Ghost (1648, 669.f.13.46). line engraving, unknown.Stapleton Colln., Bridgeman Images.

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RAINBOROWE, Thomas (d.1648), of Wapping, Mdx.

Will
admon. to wid. 24 Nov. 1648.PROB6/23, p. 135.
Estates
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employed John Pendarves, vicar of St Helen’s, Abingdon, Oxon. as chap. Abingdon garrison, 1646.Laurence, Parliamentary Army Chaplains, 162.
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SPRINGETT, Harbert (c.1614-62), of Broyle Place, Ringmer, Suss.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1614, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Springett of Broyle Place and Mary, da. of John Bellingham of Erringham.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 279-81. educ. Hawkhurst School (Mr Godwin) bef. July 1628; Christ’s, Camb. 3 July 1628, ‘aged 15’;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 8 Nov. 1630;MT Admiss. travelled abroad (France), 2 Oct. 1635-bef. Sept. 1637.CSP Dom. 1635-6, p. 353; Goudhurst, Kent, par. reg. m. 10 July 1634, Barbara (d. 1697), da. of Sir William Campion of Combwell, Kent; 1s. (d.v.p.), 4da.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 279-81; Add. 39466, f. 79; MI, St Mary the Virgin, Ringmer. suc. fa. 17 Sept. 1639, aged 24.Notes IPMs Suss., 213. cr. bt. 8 Jan. 1661.SO3/13, unfol. d. 5 Jan. 1662.CB; Add. 39483, f. 386.
Offices Held

Local: dep. lt. Suss. 1 Dec. 1642–?CJ ii. 870a; iii. 156a. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suss. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 235v. J.p. by 18 Sept. 1644 – bef.13 Mar. 1648, by Oct. 1660–d.;ASSI35/85/1; ASSI35/89/9; ASSI35/102/7; C220/9/4. Kent 15 July 1656-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 343; C193/13/5, f. 54. Commr. New Model ordinance, Suss. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, 30 Apr. 1646, 12 Jan. 1657, 6 July 1659, 21 Sept. 1660;C181/6, pp. 194, 367; C181/7, p. 55; E. Suss. RO, DAP1/2. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Kent 23 Mar. 1658;SP25/78, p. 500. poll tax, Suss. 1660.SR.

Parlimentarian
SPRINGET, Herbert (c.1613-62), of Broyle Place, Ringmer, Suss.
: of Broyle Place, Suss., Ringmer.
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SPRINGETT, Harbert (c.1614-62), of Broyle Place, Ringmer, Suss.

Will
2 Jan., pr. 20 Oct. 1662.PROB11/309/244.
Estates
June 1634, manor of Southease, Suss., settled on Springett and his wife at marriage;E. Suss. RO, Danny MS 11; VCH Suss. vii. 74. Sept. 1639, ‘a large inheritance’ from fa., comprising land in Suss. and Kent; manor of Ringmer subsequently devised to him by mo.;PROB 11/181/390. manor of Plumpton, sold to his bro. Thomas (for £615), 1640;E.F. Salmon, ‘Plumpton and the Springett family’, Suss. Arch. Coll. lvi; E. Suss. RO, SAS/PG/132; SAS/A/156. 1648, share with bro. Thomas of estate of their uncle Simon Stone;PROB11/206/88. 1653, sold land in Laughton to Sir Thomas Pelham* and John Pelham*;Add. Ch. 30548–50 1654, inherited the bulk of Thomas’s lands, but sold Plumpton to bro. Anthony;Add. 39483, f. 395; PROB11/234/129; E. Suss. RO, SAS/A/171; SAS/PG/134. moiety of manor of Kingston Bowsey bought from bro. Anthony for £3,000 and sold Apr. 1655 for £2,600 to John Stapley*;E. Suss. RO, Glynde MSS 1552-3, 1561-3; VCH Suss. vi. part I, 134. bef. 1662, land in Cambridge.PROB11/309/244. Inventory, 20 Aug. 1662, valued his personal estate at £670, not including outstanding debts of £500 owed to him.PROB4/15259.
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BROWNE, Samuel (1597 or 1598-1668), of Arlesey, Beds.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. bef. 6 Jan. 1598, 1st s. of Nicholas Browne, BD, vicar of Polebrooke, Northants. and preb. of Peterborough, and Frances, da. of Thomas St John of Toddington, Beds.F.A. Page-Turner, ‘The Browne fam. of Arlesey’, Beds. Hist. Recs. Soc. ii. 137, 140; PROB11/112/29. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1614;Al. Cant. L. Inn 28 Oct. 1616.LI Admiss. i. 174. m. 30 Apr. 1629, Elizabeth (bur. 5 May 1665), da. of John Meade of Nortofts, Finchingfield, Essex, 6s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).St Ann Blackfriars, London par. reg.; PROB11/327/76; Page-Turner, ‘Browne fam.’, 143-4; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 6-7; ‘Gleanings from par. regs.’, Beds. N and Q iii. 106, 108. suc. fa. 1608.PROB11/112/29. Kntd. 4 Dec. 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 232. d. 11 Apr. 1668.HP Commons 1660-1690.
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Legal: called, L. Inn 18 Nov. 1623; reader, Furnival’s Inn 1633;Baker, Readers and Readings, 206. bencher, L. Inn 28 Jan. 1641; pensioner, 1641; autumn reader, 1642; treas. 1646–7.LI Black Bks. ii. 247, 356, 359, 371; iii. 437–8; Baker, Readers and Readings, 141. Sjt. at law, Oct. 1648–d.CJ vi. 50b, 75a; LJ x. 566b, 587a-b; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 188, 192. J.k.b. 22 Nov. 1648–8 Feb. 1649.LJ x. 570a-b; A. and O.; Sainty, Judges, 32. J.c.p. 3 Nov. 1660–d.Sainty, Judges, 77.

Civic: recorder, Bedford ?1641-Dec. 1661;Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 156–7. burgess, Sept. 1641–d.Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 147.

Local: commr. further subsidy, Beds. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660. 14 Aug. 1641 – bef.Jan. 1650SR. J.p., Mar. 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 477; A Perfect List (1660). Bedford 7 Sept. 1641–?, May 1658–d.; Surr., Suss. Feb. 1661–?, June 1668; Essex, Kent Mar. 1661 – ?; Herts. Mar. 1661–?, June 1668–?; Berks., Glos., Oxon. Feb. 1668 – ?; Derbys., Leics., Lincs., Northants., Notts., Rutland, Warws. Mar. 1669 – ?; Mont. Apr. 1669–?C231/5, p. 483; C231/7, pp. 85, 88, 90, 320, 330, 331, 342, 343; C181/6, p. 289; C181/7, pp. 123, 127, 542. Commr. assessment, Beds. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Bedford 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O.; SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). loans on Propositions, Beds. 17 Sept. 1642;LJ v. 361a. associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643, 19 Nov. 1644.CJ iii. 283b, 699a. Commr. gt. seal, 10 Nov. 1643;A. and O.; Handbook of British Chronology (3rd edn.), 89. preservation of books, 20 Nov. 1643. Member, cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations, 4 Apr. 1644.CJ iii. 448a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O. Member, Derby House cttee. 15 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 416a; LJ ix. 662b. Commr. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648.LJ x. 492b.

Religious: trier, Serjeants’ Inn classis, London 14 Oct. 1645.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
BROWNE, Samuel I (1598-1668), of Arlesey, Beds.
: of Arlesey, Beds.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, c.1670.L. Inn, London.

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BROWNE, Samuel (1597 or 1598-1668), of Arlesey, Beds.

Will
6 Jan. 1668, pr. 6 May 1668.PROB11/327/76.
Estates
he and Oliver St John* bought Chambery Hall, North Walsham, Norf. 1628; sold it 1633;Coventry Docquets, 577, 646. Browne, St John and Miles Corbett* bought land and advowson at Arlesey, Beds. 1634.Coventry Docquets, 656.
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RUDYERD, Sir Benjamin (1572-1658), of West Woodhay, Berks. and St James’s Park, London.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 26 Dec. 1572, 3rd s. of James Rudyerd (d. 1611) of Hartley, Hants and Margaret, da. and h. of Lawrence Kidwelly of Winchfield, Hants. educ. Winchester;Memoirs of Sir Benjamin Rudyerd (1841) ed. J.A. Manning, 2, 4. St John’s, Oxf. 15 Jan. 1588;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 18 Apr. 1590;M. Temple Admiss. i. 60. travelled abroad (Scotland) 1601, (Italy, Germany) 1610-13, 1614-17.HP Commons 1604-1629. m. 3 May 1621, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Henry Harington of Bagworth, Leics. and Baltinglass, Co. Wicklow, 1s. 2 da.Holy Trinity Minories, London par. reg.; Vis. Hants 1530, 1573, 1622 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 142; Vis. Berks. 1532, 1566, 1623, 1665-6 (Harl. Soc. lvi), 274-5. Kntd. 1970.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 126. d. 31 May 1658.Mems. of Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, 255-6.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 24 Oct. 1600; associate bencher, 1619.M. Temple Admiss. i. 60; HP Commons 1604–1629.

Court: gent. of privy chamber ?by Jan. 1610–42.SO3/4; SP16/58/71.

Central: surveyor, ct. of wards and liveries, 17 Apr. 1618–24 Feb. 1646.IHR, J.C. Sainty, ‘List of Officeholders’; H.E. Bell, An Introduction to the Hist. and Recs. of the Ct. of Wards and Liveries (1953), 21, 159. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643; cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations by 5 Apr. 1644;SP20/1, ff. 130v, 132. cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644;CJ iii. 699b. cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Portsmouth 1621.HP Commons 1604–1629.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 1625- 4 July 1642; Surr. 1625–19 July 1642.C231/4, ff. 192–3; C231/5, pp. 532–3. Commr. new buildings, London 1625, 1630;Rymer, Feodera, viii. pt. 1, p. 70; pt. 3, p. 144. Forced Loan, Surr. 1627;C193/12/2, f. 57v. sewers, I.o.W. 1631;C181/4, f. 89. oyer and terminer, London 12 Jan. – aft.Nov. 1645, 3 Dec. 1655;C181/5, ff. 230, 265; C181/6, p. 134. Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 238v. commr. for Berks. 25 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, 3 Dec. 1655;C181/5, ff. 244, 265; C181/6, p. 134. assessment, Berks. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Colonial: member, Adventurers of London for trade in America, 2 Apr. 1635.Coventry Docquets, 266.

Parlimentarian
RUDYARD (RUDYERD), Sir Benjamin (1572-1658), of Whitehall; later of West Woodhay, Berks.
: of West Woodhay, Berks. and St James’s Park, London.
Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, J. Payne aft. D. Mytens, 1632;BM; NPG. etching, W. Hollar.BM; NPG.

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RUDYERD, Sir Benjamin (1572-1658), of West Woodhay, Berks. and St James’s Park, London.

Will
17 May 1658, pr. 19 Nov. 1658.PROB11/284/232.
Estates
manor of West Woodhay, Berks. from 1634;VCH Berks. iv. 244. lease (?) on house in St James’s Park, London.CSP Dom. 1659-60, p. 173; Rudyerd Memoirs, 251.
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