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SAUNDERS, Edmund (Edward) (c.1601-1661/2), of Sanders Place, Charlwood, Surr.

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b. c. 1601, o.s. of Thomas Saunders of Charlwood and Elizabeth, da. of Lancelot Bathurst, Grocer, of London.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 18. educ. G. Inn, 2 Feb. 1619.GI Admiss. i. 153. m. ?25 Aug. 1631, Elizabeth LampoeSt Botolph Bishopsgate par. reg. (m. bef. 10 Mar. 1636Coventry Docquets, 171.). suc. fa. 1623.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 190. d. betw. 27 June 1661 and 27 Feb. 1662.PROB11/307/368.
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Local: j.p. Surr. by July 1636–?SP16/356, f. 122; SP16/405, f. 65v. Member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 18 Aug. 1640.G.A. Raikes, The Ancient Vellum Book (1890), 58. Commr. subsidy, Surr. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Mar. 1643;SR; LJ v. 658b. array (roy.), 8 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O.

Legal: ancient, G. Inn 20 May 1650.GI Pension Book i. 376.

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SAUNDERS, Edmund (Edward) (c.1601-1661/2), of Sanders Place, Charlwood, Surr.
: of Sanders Place, Surr., Charlwood.
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SAUNDERS, Edmund (Edward) (c.1601-1661/2), of Sanders Place, Charlwood, Surr.

Will
27 June 1661, pr. 27 Feb. 1662.PROB11/307/368.
Estates
1623, Charlwood Place and other lands in Charlwood and Horsley, Surr.;VCH Surr. iii. 185; LMA, E/BER/S/T/A/DD/002; Coventry Docquets, 601. 19 May 1629, advowson of Charlwood.Coventry Docquets, 536.
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PRESTON, John (1587-aft. 1668), of Cricket St Thomas, Som.

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bap. 7 Dec. 1587, o.s. of Christopher Preston of Cricket St Thomas and Katherine, da. of Henry Uvedale of Moor Crichel, Dorset.Cricket St Thomas par. reg.; Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 88. m. settlement 18 Mar. 1607, Margaret, da. of John Stocker of Chilcompton, Som. 1da.Som. RO, DD/HI/B/411: indenture, 18 Mar. 1607; Vis. Som. 1623, 88. suc. fa. 1623.Cricket St Thomas par. reg. d. aft. Nov. 1669.Som. RO, DD/HI/A/296: J. Preston to R. Hippisley, 17 Nov. 1669.
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Local: capt. militia ft. Som. by 1617; sjt.-maj. by 1627 – aft.31; lt. col. by 1636. July 1639 – July 1640Som. RO, DD/HI/B/464. J.p., ?- Feb. 1643, by 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650, Feb. 1651-Mar. 1652.Coventry Docquets, 77; C231/5, pp. 349, 397; C231/6, p. 205; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 10; Som. RO, DD/HI/B/467: F. Swanton to J. Preston, 27 Mar. 1652. Treas. hosps. western division May 1640-May 1641.Som. RO, DD/HI/B/462: accts. of J. Preston as treas. of hospitals, 1640–1. Commr. subsidy, Som. 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. Som. contributions, 27 Jan. 1643;A. and O. assessment, 27 Jan., 24 Feb. 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, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644;A. and O. sewers, 15 Nov. 1645-aft. Jan. 1646.C181/5, ff. 263, 268. Treas. maimed soldiers, Apr. 1647-Apr. 1648.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, 37; Som. RO, DD/HI/B/462: accts. of J. Preston as treas. for maimed soldiers, 1647–8. Sheriff, Nov. 1647-Nov. 1648;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125; Som. RO, DD/X/HT/3. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

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PRESTON, John (1587-aft. 1668), of Cricket St Thomas, Som.
: of Cricket St Thomas, Som.
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PRESTON, John (1587-aft. 1668), of Cricket St Thomas, Som.

Will
none traced.
Estates
granted lands at Cricket St Thomas by his fa. 1613.Som. RO, DD/HI/B/411: indenture, 31 Mar. 1613.
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GREY, Thomas, Ld. Grey of Groby (c.1623-57), of Bradgate, Groby, Leics.

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b. c. 1623, 1st s. of Henry Grey, 1st earl of Stamford*.London Mar. Lics. ed Foster, 277; CP. educ. G. Inn 16 Mar. 1641.G. Inn Admiss. m. lic. 4 June 1646, Dorothy, da. and coh. of Edward Bourchier, 4th earl of Bath, 1s. 2da.London Mar. Lics. ed Foster, 277; CP; J. Richards, Aristocrat and Regicide: The Life and Times of Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby (2000), 439. d. betw. 4 Apr. and 8 May 1657.PROB11/263, ff. 377v-378.
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Civic: freeman, Leicester 23 Oct. 1640–d.Freemen of Leicester ed. Hartopp, 126.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b. cttee. for sequestrations, by May 1645;SP20/1, f. 377. cttee. for the army, 15 Dec. 1648,CJ vi. 96b; LJ x. 630b. 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;A. and O. cttee. for the revenue, 18 Dec. 1648;CJ vi. 99a; LJ x. 632b. cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649. Commr. for compounding, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 19 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 121b. cttee. of navy and customs by 8 Feb. 1649;Bodl. Rawl. A.224, f. 13. cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 137b. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.A. and O.; CJ vii. 220b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 22 May 1651.CJ vi. 577b.

Local: commr. disarming recusants, Leics. 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385b. Dep. lt. Rutland 5 July 1642–?CJ ii. 652b; LJ v. 183. Commr. for associating midland cos. Leics. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. Leics. militia, 16 Jan. 1643, 10 July 1644;An Examination Examined (1645), 15 (E.303.13); A. and O. assessment, Leics. 24 Feb. 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;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Rutland 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Northants. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; sequestration, Leics. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, Leics., Rutland 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Kpr. Olney Park, Bucks. by Apr. 1645–?;Luke Letter Bks. 513. Holdenby House, Northants. by Mar. 1646 – aft.Sept. 1648; Whittlewood Forest, Northants. and Bucks. by Mar 1646-aft. Oct. 1649;Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 218; [C. Walker*], Hist. of Independency (1648), 172 (E.463.19); CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 367. Hyde Park c.Mar. 1650–7 Feb. 1653.CJ vi. 384b; SP18/38/72, f. 144. Commr. defence of Rutland, 21 June 1645.A. and O. J.p. Rutland 15 Jan. 1647-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, p. 74; C193/13/4, f. 79v. Leics. 18 May 1649–d.;C231/6, p. 151. Bucks. by Feb. 1650 – 12 July 1653, 4 Oct. 1653–d.;C193/13/3; C231/6, pp. 259, 270. Northants. 2 Mar. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 176; C193/13/4, f. 71. Commr. militia, Leics., Rutland 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Beds., Northants., Notts. 24 Aug. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 303. Custos. rot. Leics. 18 May 1649–d.;C231/6, p. 151. Rutland 10 Dec. 1649-c.1653.C231/6, p. 170 Steward, Honor of Leicester 4 Sept. 1649–d.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. Somerville, 179. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 14, 214. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 12 June 1654.C181/6, p. 37.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 15 July 1642–?SP28/170, pt. 3, unfol. Serg.-maj.-gen. E. Midlands Assoc. 24 Dec. 1642-c.Apr. 1645.CJ ii. 901b. Col. militia horse, Leics. 5 June 1648,Desiderata Curiosa ed. F. Peck (1735), pp. ii, lib. ix, 45; HMC Portland, i. 468; CJ v. 620b. 5 Mar. 1650;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505. c.-in-c. Leics., Northants. and Rutland 12 Aug. 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, p. 516. Gov. Ashby-de-la-Zouch 29 Aug. 1648–?CJ v. 692a.

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GREY, Thomas, Ld. Grey of Groby (c.1623-57), of Bradgate, Groby, Leics.
: Ld. Grey of Groby (c.1623-57), of Bradgate, Leics., Groby 1623 – 57.
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Likenesses: oils, attrib. R. Walker;Private colln. oils, unknown;Newnham Paddox, Warws. oil on canvas, unknown, eighteenth century.NT, Dunham Massey.

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GREY, Thomas, Ld. Grey of Groby (c.1623-57), of Bradgate, Groby, Leics.

Will
4 Apr. 1657, pr. 8 May 1657.PROB11/263, f. 377v.
Estates
in 1650, purchased for £1,930 fee farm rents in Leics. and Rutland worth £226 p.a. – some, or all, of which he had sold by late 1653.SP28/288, f. 5; SP46/109, f. 73; Stowe 185, f. 38. In 1651, mortgaged lands in Aunby, Careby and Essendine, Lincs. for £800.Lincs. RO, Holywell 54/16, 18-19, 23. In 1653, Grey and three other gent. purchased Combe Abbey, Warws. from treason trustees for £42,000; Grey reportedly selling land worth £800 p.a. to help finance this purchase.C54/3705/7; CCC 1624; Clarke Pprs.v. 86. In 1654, Grey, Thomas Beaumont*, Thomas Pochin* and another gent. sold manor and advowson of Whepstead, Suff. for £5,840.C54/3820/13-14. At his d. estate inc. manor of Broughton Astley and lands in Primethorpe and Sutton-in-Elms, Leics.PROB11/263, f. 377v.
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Exeter House, St John’s, Clerkenwell, Mdx. (1644-5).Luke Letter Bks. 343, 513.
Religion
presented Charles Asfordby to rectory of Hartest cum Boxted, Suff., 1650; Henry Coleman to rectory of Little Laver, Essex, 1653.Add. 36792, ff. 5v, 86v.
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KNIGHT, Ralph (c.1619-91), of Langold, Firbeck, Yorks.

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b. c. 1619, o.s. of William Knight of Newbury, Berks. and Alice Worthington. m. (1) 23 June 1646, Faith (d. 1671), da. of William Dickinson of Rotherham, Yorks. 8s. (3 d.v.p.) 7da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) lic. 17 May 1687, Elizabeth, wid. of John Rolleston of Sookholme, Notts. s.p. Kntd. c. May 1660. d. 21 Apr. 1691.Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 298-9.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of 2nd earl of Manchester, Eastern Assoc. army bef. Oct. 1643.M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (2015–16), i. 53; cf. Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 298. Capt. reformado tp. c.Mar. 1644-Apr. 1645.SP28/14, f. 161; Holmes, Eastern Assoc. 240. Capt. regt. of Sir Robert Pye I*, New Model army, Apr. 1645-c.Aug. 1647.Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 66; Firth and Davis, Regimental Hist. i. 131; Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 53, 83. Maj. of horse, regt. of Matthew Thomlinson*, c.Aug. 1647-June 1655; regt. of George Monck*, June 1655-Dec. 1659.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXII, unfol.: 30 June 1655, 31 July 1655. Col. of horse, Dec. 1659–23 July 1660, Sept.-Dec. 1660. Capt. of horse, June 1667. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of 2nd duke of Buckingham, 12 May 1673–87.Firth and Davis, Regimental Hist. i. 139, 290.

Local: j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1653 – 87; Notts. Mar. 1660–87; Westminster July 1660–87.C231/6, p. 272; PC2/71, ff. 366–76. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 102. militia, Notts. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, W. Riding 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–90;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Notts. 1661, 1664, 1677, 1679; poll tax, Northumb., Notts., W. Riding 1660; subsidy, W. Riding 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 740. Dep. lt. Notts. 1676 – Feb. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; W. Riding 1677–87.HP Commons,1660–1690, ‘Ralph Knight’.

Scottish: commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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KNIGHT, Ralph (c.1619-91), of Langold, Yorks. and Langwith, Notts.
: Firbeck, Yorks.
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KNIGHT, Ralph (c.1619-91), of Langold, Firbeck, Yorks.

Will
not found.
Estates
purchased manor of Glentham and Normanby, formerly owned by dean and chapter of Lincoln, and fee-farm rents of Ecclesfield, Yorks. and Winterton, Lincs. 1649-51;Derbs. RO, D239M/F16111-6. manor of Langold, Yorks., 1650;Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 297. former royal manor of Tanshelf cum Carleton, Yorks. bef. June 1652.Sheffield City Archives, BFM/612. Also held lease of rents and dues of Higham Ferrars, Northants, 6 Apr. 1650-c.May 1653.Stowe 185, ff. 1-2. Purchased Letwell Manor, Yorks. 1662, and manor and advowson of Warsop, Notts. 1675.Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 298.
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LENTHALL, John (1625-81), of Burford Priory, Burford, Oxon. and Besselsleigh, Berks.

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bap. 4 Mar. 1625, 1st. s. of William Lenthall* and Elizabeth, da. of Ambrose Evans of Loddington, Northants.Bletchingdon, Oxon. par. reg.; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 318. educ. L. Inn 4 June 1640; Corpus Christi, Oxf. 12 Sept. 1640.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i. 243. m. (1) Mary, da. and coh. of Sir William Ashcombe of Alvescot, Oxon, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) Mary, da. of John Blewett of Holcombe Rogus, Devon, wid. of Sir James Stonehouse, 2nd bt. of Amerden Hall, Debden, Essex, 1s. 1da.;Vis. Oxon. 1669, 1675 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xii), 95; Vis. Berks. 1532, 1566, 1623, 1665-6, (Harl. Soc. lvi), 169. (3) Catherine (d. 1692), da. of Eusebius Andrews of Edmonton, Mdx. s.p.PROB11/408/106; CB iii. 8. Kntd. 9 Mar. 1658 (voided 1660), 13 Mar. 1678.Newsbooks: Mercurius Politicus, xvii. 84; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 224, 252. suc. fa. 3 Sept. 1662. d. 9 Nov. 1681.Ath. Ox. iii. 609.
Offices Held

Central: clerk in chancery, 18 Dec. 1643–22 Oct. 1654.T.D. Hardy, Principal Officers in Chancery (1843), 109–11. Commr. appeals, Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 1 Oct. 1651.CJ vii. 23a. Member, cttee. for the army, 17 Dec. 1652; admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Local: member, cttee. for Mdx. 26 July 1645. 7 Jan. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1653CJ iv. 220a, b. J.p. Berks.; Oxon. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653; Mdx. 28 Feb. – bef.Oct. 1653; Westminster ?-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, pp. 73, 252; C193/13/3, ff. 2v, 51v; C193/13/4, ff. 3v, 60v, 78, 129. Burford 25 May 1659–?;C181/6, p. 360; R.H. Gretton, The Burford Records (Oxford, 1920), 306. Surr. 9 Sept. 1659-bef. Oct. 1660.CJ vii. 776b. Commr. assessment, Berks. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Glos., Gloucester 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Oxon. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1677, 1679; Mdx. 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; CJ vii. 821a; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Oxon. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Berks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Gloucester 2 Dec. 1648; Surr. 26 July 1659;A. and O.; CJ vii. 727b. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). sewers, London 13 Aug. 1657.C181/6, p. 257. Feoffee, charity lands, Burford 30 Sept. 1657–?d.Gretton, Burford Records, 352. Sheriff, Oxon. 11 Nov. 1672.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 110.

Civic: burgess, Gloucester 17 Nov. 1645; dep. recorder, 20 Nov. 1645.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 358; GBR/H2/3, p. 47. Freeman, Abingdon 28 Dec. 1658.Berks. RO, TF41, f. 185.

Legal: called, L. Inn 18 Nov. 1647; associate bencher, 10 Feb. 1651.LI Black Bks. ii. 375, 390.

Military: gov. Windsor Castle 18 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 814a. Col. regt. formerly of William Sydenham* 1 Feb.-20 June 1660.CJ vii. 829b; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 383–4.

Parlimentarian
LENTHALL, John (c.1625-81), of Burford Priory, Oxon. and Besselsleigh, Berks.
: Oxon., Burford and Berks., Besselsleigh.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely.Whereabouts unknown.

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LENTHALL, John (1625-81), of Burford Priory, Burford, Oxon. and Besselsleigh, Berks.

Will
d. intestate, admon. 3 Mar. 1682.PROB6/37, f. 35v; Gretton, Burford Records, 93.
Estates
patrimony of Burford and Besselsleigh manors. Assessed for taxation at £500 for his Oxon. estate, £20 lands in Berks. 1664.CSP Dom. 1670 (Add. 1660-70), p. 692.
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MAYNARD, Christopher (c.1602-69), of Totnes, Devon.

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b. c.1602, ?1st s. of Christopher Maynard merchant of Totnes (bur. 16 Apr. 1635) and 1st w. Welthin (d. bef. Nov. 1616) da. of one Lacye. m. (1) Eleanor (bur. 4 Mar. 1644), 1s. 1da.; (2) 20 Aug. 1649 Ann, wid. of one Andrewes of Plympton St Mary, s.p. d. 29 Mar. 1669.Totnes par. reg.; PROB11/132/38; PROB11/168/151; PROB11/330/133; PROB11/291/188; E. Windeatt, ‘Totnes: its Mayors and Mayoralties 1627-76’, Trans. Devonshire Assoc. xxxii. 114.
Offices Held

Civic: burgess, Totnes by 1629;Devon RO, 1579A/9/70. recvr. 1637;Devon RO, 1579A/5/47. mayor, 1648, 1658, 1665.Devon RO, 1579A/5/45, 47; Windeatt, ‘Totnes: its Mayors’, 114. Warden, St Mary Magdalen Hosp. 1639.Devon RO, 1579A/7/1/46. Overseer of poor, 1663.Devon RO, 1579A/24/60.

Religious: churchwarden, Totnes 1640.Devon RO, 1579A/24/60.

Local: ?commr. militia, Devon Aug. 1648; assessment, 9 June 1657.Add. 44058, ff. 26v-27; A. and O.

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MAYNARD, Christopher (c.1602-69), of Totnes, Devon.
: Devon.
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MAYNARD, Christopher (c.1602-69), of Totnes, Devon.

Will
21 Dec. 1667, pr. 5 June 1669.PROB11/330/133.
Estates
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BYSSE, John (1602-80), of Castle Street, St Werburgh’s Parish, Dublin.

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Family and Education
b. 1602, 1st s. of Christopher Bysse of Dublin and Margaret, daughter of Alderman John Forster of Dublin.The Judges in Ire. ed. F. Elrington Ball (2 vols., New York, 1927), i. 344. educ. Dublin Univ. c.1623;Al. Dub. L. Inn, 6 Oct. 1624;L. Inn Admiss. King’s Inns, Dublin, 6 Nov. 1632.King’s Inns Adm. Pprs. 1607-1867 ed. Keane et al (Dublin, 1982), 70. m. Margaret, da. of Francis Edgeworth, clerk of crown in chancery [I], wid. of John King, clerk of hanaper [I], 21 children (20 d.v.p., surv. by 1da). suc. fa. 1615.McGrath, Biographical Dict. d. 28 Jan. 1680.HMC Ormonde, n.s. v. 266; DIB; Judges in Ire. ed. Elrington Ball, i. 344
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Dublin Oct. 1634 – d.; recorder, Oct. 1634–10 Jan. 1661.Cal. Anc. Recs. Dublin III ed. J.T. Gilbert (Dublin, 1892), 295–6, 301; Cal. Anc. Recs. Dublin IV ed. J. T. Gilbert (Dublin, 1894), 197. Freeman, Waterford 1662.McGrath, Biographical Dict.

Irish: MP, Charlemont, co. Armagh 1634; Dublin 1640. Justice, Munster assizes, 1636; Ulster 1655; Leinster bef. 1679;Judges in Ire. i. 344. high ct. of justice, 17 Nov. 1652.Eg. 1762, f. 52. Trustee, Erasmus Smith’s schs. 1657, reappointed 1669.McGrath, Biographical Dict. Member for Dublin, gen. convention, 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 199–200. C. bar. exch. July 1660.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 9. PC, 1 Jan. 1661.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 142; DIB. Commr. settlement, 19 Feb. 1661;CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 306. to pay king’s debts, 10 Oct. 1671;NAI, Lodge’s MSS 1.A.53.55, f. 142. accts. treasury, 21 Mar. 1677–d.CSP Dom. 1677–8, p. 45; CSP Dom. 1678, p. 355.

Local: j.p. Leinster 4 Nov. 1651;TCD, MS 644, f. 110. Dublin 23 Jan. 1652.Cal. Anc. Recs. Dublin IV, 22. Commr. assessment, co. and city of Dublin 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; King’s County 12 Jan. 1655;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). poll money, Dublin 24 Apr. 1660; co. Dublin 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 620, 621, 639.

Parlimentarian
BYSSE, John (1602-80), of Castle Street, St Werburgh’s Parish, Dublin.
: St Werburgh’s Parish, Dublin.
Likenesses

Likenesses: Portrait dated 1678, in the collection of the Molesworth Trust.B. McGrath, Biographical Dict. App.

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BYSSE, John (1602-80), of Castle Street, St Werburgh’s Parish, Dublin.

Will
Estates
inherited lands in Dublin, co. Meath and King’s County.NAI, Lodge’s MSS 1.A.53.55, f. 130; CSP Ire. 1606-8, pp. 57, 62-3; 1611-14, pp. 233-4. From Dublin corporation: 99 year lease on house in St Catherine’s parish and Damasgate and Buttevant’s Tower, Dublin, from June 1639; 61-year lease on house in Oxmantown, co. Dublin, from Apr. 1643.Cal. Anc. Recs. Dublin III, 359-60, 403. Acquired lands at Brackenstown, co. Dublin, by 1640.Judges in Ire. 344. Grant of castle and lands worth £100 p.a. at Philipstown, King’s Co., 29 Mar. 1667.CSP Ire. 1666-9, p. 336. In 1670 also held lands in Nethercross and Balrudery baronies, co. Dublin, and Idrone barony, co. Carlow.Down Survey website.
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WIGHTWICK, Samuel (c.1592-1662), of Marlston, Bucklebury, Berks. and the Inner Temple, London.

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Family and Education
b. c.1592, 3rd s. of Francis Wightwick (bur. 5 Mar. 1616) of Wightwick, Tettenhall, Staffs., and Margaret, da. of Matthew Moreton of Ingleton.A L. Humphreys, Bucklebury, a Berks. Par. 351; Vis. Staffs. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. pt. 2, v), 313; D. Macleane, Hist. of Pembroke Coll. Oxf. 178; Tettenhall Par. Reg. ed. H. R. Thomas, 197. educ. Clifford’s Inn; I. Temple 15 Feb. 1629.I. Temple Admiss. Database. m. (1) 22 Apr. 1622, da. of one Wright of Brookset, Essex, 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.);St John, Egham par. reg.; Pembroke Coll. Oxf., PMB/P/4/1/1; Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook, 313; Macleane, Pembroke Coll. 178; PROB11/309, ff. 35v-36; CITR ii. 362; Cal. Ct. Mins. E. I. Co. 1650-4 ed. E.B. Sainsbury, 35, 127. (2) aft. 1636, Mary, da. of ?, wid. of ?, s.p.PROB11/309, ff. 35v, 36. d. 24 Aug. 1662.Humphreys, Bucklebury, 194, 351.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 28 Nov. 1630; associate bencher, 14 Nov. 1638.CITR ii. 187, 245. Jt. (dep.) chief clerk for enrolling pleas, KB 7 Dec. 1629–56, 1660 – d.; chief clerk, Feb. 1656–60.Coventry Docquets, 177; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 345; Oxford DNB, ‘Robert Henley’; HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Sir Robert Henley’.

Local: commr. for Berks. by Aug. 1645.SP28/251, pt. 1, unfol. (Order dated 11 Aug. 1645). J.p. 7 Jan. 1647-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 73. Westminster 13 Apr. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 256. Commr. assessment, Berks. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb., 17 Apr. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Westminster 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; LJ x. 206a; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sewers, Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/6, pp. 6, 201. Berks. 7 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 255. River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 13 Oct. 1657;C181/6, p. 262. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 11, 303. ejecting scandalous ministers, Berks. 28 Aug. 1654; militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

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WIGHTWICK, Samuel (c.1592-1662), of Marlston, Bucklebury, Berks. and the Inner Temple, London.
: of Marlston, Berks., Bucklebury and London., the Inner Temple.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1652.Pembroke Coll. Oxf.

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Commons 1640-1660
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WIGHTWICK, Samuel (c.1592-1662), of Marlston, Bucklebury, Berks. and the Inner Temple, London.

Will
20 July 1661, pr. 3 Sept. 1662.PROB11/309, f. 35v.
Estates
in 1625 and 1628, kinsman Richard Wightwick conveyed to him his estates in Bowdown, Bucklebury, Marlston and Thatcham, Berks.Pembroke Coll. Oxf., PMB/G/4/1/1/2, 4-5; Macleane, Pembroke Coll. 193. In 1654, he purchased manor of Sutton Courtenay, Berks. from the treason trustees.CCC, 1626. In about 1660, his eldest son John’s estate in Berks. was reckoned to be worth approximately £800 p.a.Burke, Commoners, i. 688. At his d. estate inc. manor of Bramley, Yorks., which he had purchased from Thomas Savile, 1st earl of Sussex; and lands and tenements in Shadwell, Mdx.PROB11/309, f. 35v.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Long Ditch, St Margaret, Westminster (1651-2).WCA, SMW/E/47/1593-7 (St Margaret, Westminster army assessment bks. 1651-2).
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KING, Thomas (d.1688), of Harwich, Essex, and London

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Family and Education
m. (1) 18 Jan. 1647, Mary, da. of Charles Gooch, merchant, of Great Yarmouth, Norf. 1s.; (2) Alice, 2s.Moneys received and paid for Secret Services ed. J.Y. Akerman (Cam. Soc. lii), 207 d. betw. July and Oct. 1688.Secret Services ed. Akerman, 207.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Gt. Yarmouth 1647.Cal. of the Freemen of Gt. Yarmouth 1429–1800 (Norwich, 1910), 78.

Military: navy victualler, Gt. Yarmouth and Harwich by 1650-aft. 1651.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 79; 1651–2, p. 517

Local: commr. poll tax, Essex 1660; assessment, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Harwich, 1664, 1672, 1677;SR. corporations, Essex 1662–3;HP Commons, 1660–90. subsidy, Harwich 1663.SR. Dep. collector, hearth tax, Suff. 1666–7.CTB ii. 62, 66, 80, 346; iii. 291, 1201. Commr. recusants, Essex 1675.CTB iv. 696, 750.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1671–85.N. Carlisle, An Inquiry into the place and quality of the Gent. of His Majesty’s Most Hon. Privy Chamber (1829), 188.

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KING, Thomas (d.1688), of London.
: of Harwich, Essex and London.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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KING, Thomas (d.1688), of Harwich, Essex, and London

Will
not found.
Estates
owned property in Harwich.CTB i. 368-9; VCH Essex, ii. 286-7; E367/2827.
Oxford 1644
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BORLASE, William (1620-65), of Gt. Marlow, Bucks.

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Family and Education
b. 15 Oct. 1620, 2nd s. of Sir William Borlase† (d.1630) of Bockmer and Little Marlow, Bucks. and Amy, da. of Sir Francis Popham* of Littlecote, Wilts.;Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 20; W.C. Borlase, ‘Hist. of the fam. of Taillefer, alias Borlase’, The Gen. n.s. ii. 284. bro. of John Borlase*. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 30 Apr. 1635; I. Temple 27 Jan. 1637.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. bef. 1650, Joan (d. bef. 1689), da. of Sir John Bankes†, c.j.c.p. of Corfe Castle, Dorset, 1s. 4da.Borlase, ‘Hist.’, 285; PROB11/392/157. bur. 1 Nov. 1665 1 Nov. 1665.Little Marlow par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Bucks. 1646 – Apr. 1652, Mar. 1660–d.C231/6, p. 235; C193/13/4, f. 7. Commr. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, 6 June 1664.C181/7, p. 255.

Parlimentarian
BORLASE, William (1620-65), of Great Marlow, Bucks.
: Bucks.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BORLASE, William (1620-65), of Gt. Marlow, Bucks.

Will
admon. bef. 14 Dec. 1666.Borlase, ‘Hist.’, 284.
Estates
worth £500 p.a.; I.F.W. Beckett, Wanton Troopers (Barnsley, 2015), 6. leased land at Little Marlow, 1660.Bucks. RO, D/LE/3/59.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
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