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BIRKHENED, Henry (1599-1660), of Backford, Cheshire.

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bap. 2 Sept. 1599, 1st s. of Henry Birkhened of Backford, and Alice (d. 10 Nov. 1632), da. of John Singleton of Staining, Hardhorn, Lancs.Ormerod, Cheshire, ii. pt. 2, p. 368; Cheshire and Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. J. P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 17. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 21 Nov. 1617.Al. Ox. m. by 1633 (with £860) Margaret (bur. 25 July 1661), da. of Sir Randle Mainwaring of Over Peover, Cheshire, 3s. d.v.p. 3da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 7 Mar. 1646; bur. 15 July 1660.Ormerod, Cheshire, ii. pt. 2, p. 368; Cheshire and Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. Rylands, 17.
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jt.-prothonotary and clerk of the crown, Cheshire and Flint Jan. 1627–?d.CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 148; Ormerod, Cheshire, i. pt. 1, p. 83; TSP v. 491. Member, Cheshire co. cttee. by Jan. 1645-aft. May 1647.SP28/224, f. 258; SP28/225, f. 17. Sub-commr. sequestration, Chester c.Feb. 1646–?SP28/225, f. 134. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Cheshire by Feb. 1647–?SP28/332, f. 712; SP28/224, f. 274. Commr. assessment, 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; Chester 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. Cheshire 3 July 1647–d.C231/6, p. 93. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Chester 26 July 1659;SP25/76A, f. 15v; A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Cheshire by Nov. 1655;Cheshire RO, DLT/B38, p. 10; DSS/1/7/66/70; TSP iv. 251. dividing parishes, Cheshire and Chester 10 Mar. 1656;Mins. of the Cttee. of Plundered Ministers rel. to Lancs. and Cheshire ed. W.A. Shaw (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 115. for public faith, Cheshire 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). sewers, 12 Feb. 1658.C181/6, p. 271.

capt. of ft. (parlian.) by Apr. 1645-aft. Jan. 1646.Brereton Lttr. Bks. i. 324; ii. 112, 516. Lt.-col. militia ft. Cheshire 22 Aug. 1650–?CSP Dom. 1650, p. 509.

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BIRKHENED, Henry (1599-1660), of Backford, Cheshire.
of Backford, Cheshire.
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BIRKHENED, Henry (1599-1660), of Backford, Cheshire.

Will
20 May 1657, cod. 23 Sept. 1657, pr. 28 July 1660.PROB11/298, f. 363.
Estates
in the early 1630s, his fa. was assessed at £14 for distraint of knighthood.‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ ed. J.P. Earwaker (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. xii), 208. His house in Chester was assessed at 10 hearths in 1664-5.Chester Hearth Tax Returns ed. F.C. Beazley (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lii), 17.
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presented John Masterson to rectory of Fulbourn St Vigor, Cambs. 1653; Ralph Boat to rectory of Berrington, Salop, 1653.Add. 36792, ff. 75, 80.
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TRENCHARD, Thomas (1616-58), of Wolveton House, Charminster, Dorset.

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bap. 2 Feb. 1616,Charminster par. reg. 1st s. and h. of Sir Thomas Trenchard* of Wolveton and Elizabeth, da. of Christopher Morgan of Mapperton, wid. of John Molford of South Moulton, Devon.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 326-7; Vis. Dorset, 94. m. bef. 1640, Hannah, da. of Sir Robert Henley, of Bramfield, Hants;Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 326-7. at least 5s. suc. fa. 1652. bur. 25 Feb. 1658 25 Feb. 1658.Charminster par. reg.
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kpr. Chittered Walk, Cranborne Chase, Dorset Mar. 1646.Alnwick, Northumberland MS 547, f. 28v. J.p. Dorset 22 July 1652–d.C231/6, p. 241. Commr. gaol delivery, Poole 24 Feb. 1655.C181/6, p. 95.

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TRENCHARD, Sir Thomas (1582-c.1652), of Wolveton, Charminster, Dorset
of Wolveton House, Dorset., Charminster.
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TRENCHARD, Thomas (1616-58), of Wolveton House, Charminster, Dorset.

Will
15 Jan. 1657, pr. 26 May 1658.PROB11/276/696.
Estates
inherited estate in Dorset, including Wolveton, Charminster, and Lychett Matravers.PROB11/276/696.
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HARRISON, Thomas I (1616-60), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. and Highgate, Mdx.

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bap. 16 July 1616, o.s. of Richard Harrison, alderman of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Mary.Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 155, 173, 175. educ. MA (hon.), Oxf. 19 May 1649.Al. Ox. m. 1646, Catherine (d. bef. 7 May 1700), da. of Ralph Harrison of Watling St., London, 3s. d.v.p. suc. fa. Mar. 1653.Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 155, 173, 175. exec. 13 Oct. 1660.A Compleat Collection of the Lives, Speeches ... of those Persons lately Executed (1660).
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trooper (parlian.), lifeguard of 3rd earl of Essex, c.Aug. 1642.Ludlow, Mems. i. 39. Capt. of horse, regt. Charles Fleetwood*, Eastern Assoc. army, c.1643–4; maj. c.May 1644–5;G. Davies, ‘Army of the Eastern Assoc.’, EHR xlvi. 90. Fleetwood’s regt. New Model army, Apr. 1645–7; col. July 1647-Jan. 1654.Temple, ‘Original Officer List’, 64; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 91. C.-in-c. Herefs., Glos., S. Wales 21 Aug. 1649–50;A Perfect Diurnall no. 312 (16–23 July 1649), 9 (E.531.27); Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 185. England and Wales 21 June 1650.CJ vi. 428a. Lt. of ordnance, Tower of London, 5 July 1650–23 Apr. 1652.CJ vi. 436b; vii. 126b. Cdr. garrison at St James’s Palace, London 1650. Ludlow, Voyce, 199; Kelsey, Inventing a Republic, 41–2, 44.

member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647, 29 May 1649. 29 May 1649A. and O.; CJ vi. 219b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. 29 May 1649A. and O. Member cttee. of navy and customs,; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649;CJ vi. 219b. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 388b. cttee. for the army, 10 Sept. 1650.CJ vi. 465a. Cllr. of state, 10 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652, 29 Apr., 9 July, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vi. 532b; vii. 221a, 283a; Clarke Pprs. iii. 4.

j.p. Carm. 12 Nov. 1649 – bef.Aug. 1654; Brec. by 12 Nov. 1649 – ?54; Mon. 5 Mar. 1650 – ?54; Pemb., Glam., Rad. 9 Mar. 1650 – ?54; Card. 25 July 1650 – ?54; Staffs. 1 May 1651 – ?54; Mdx. c.Mar. 1652-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Som. 5 Mar. 1653-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Westminster 4 Oct. 1653-bef. c.Sept. 1656. Custos rot. Carm. 12 Nov. 1649; Brec. 9 Mar. 1650; Staffs. 30 Sept. 1653.C231/6, pp. 254, 269; Stowe 577, f. 35; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 170–1, 197, 219, 272, 302, 334, 360; Staffs. Hist. Collections (1912), 335, 336. Commr. assessment, Herefs., Wales 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; S. Wales 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Mdx. 15 June 1652;CJ vii. 142b. propagation of the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650.A. and O.; T. Richards, Puritan Movement in Wales, 270–1. V.-adm. S. Wales 18 Apr. 1650–?53.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 113. Commr. high ct. of justice, 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591a.

high steward, Hereford c.Dec. 1649.Add. 70006, f. 124; R. Johnson, Ancient Customs of the City of Hereford (1882), 229. Freeman, Bristol 4 Feb. 1651.Bristol RO, 04264/5, p. 17.

member, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 17 Feb. 1651.Bristol RO, society of merchant venturers mss, merchants’ hall bk. of proceedings, 1639–70, p. 189.

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HARRISON, Thomas I (1616-60), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. and Highgate, Mdx.
Staffs. and Mdx., Highgate.
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Commons 1640-1660
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HARRISON, Thomas I (1616-60), of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. and Highgate, Mdx.

Will
none, attainted.
Estates
Bought fee farm rent of Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1 May 1650 for £49 17s 4d;SP26/1, p. 28. fee farm rent of New Carmarthen on behalf of Rowland Dawkins*, 15 June 1650;E308/7/2, f. 327. fee farm rent of Newcastle-under-Lyme mills, 29 Aug. 1650 for £122;SP26/1, p. 123. lands and tenements in former crown estate of Tottenham manor, 19 Sept. 1650, for £1,563 12s 9d; the manor of Tottenham, 24 Sept. 1650, for £4,633 4s 10d;I. J. Gentles, ‘The Debentures Market and Military Purchases of Crown Lands, 1649-1660’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1969), 292. granted delinquents’ estates valued at £500, 23 Apr. 1652;CJ vii. 126b. bought manor of Newcastle-under-Lyme, former duchy of Lancaster estate, 6 Dec. 1653, for £1,538 4s 7d.Gentles, ‘Debentures Market’, 292; Keele University, Sneyd deeds 767. Named as an assignee, sale of manors of Dinefwr, Newton, Iscoed, Carms. Brec. Card.E121/5/6. Was owed over £3,065 in fees as lt. of ordnance, Apr. 1652.CJ vii. 126b. Property assessed at c. £17,000 before attainder.Oxford DNB. All property forfeit by act of attainder, 1660.SR.
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recommended Christopher Blackwood for Marden vicarage, Kent, 1 Mar. 1652; Robert Bragg for All Hallows the Great, London, 10 July 1652; Nathaniel Charlton for Woodborough rectory, Wilts. 24 Aug. 1652.Add. 36792, ff. 39, 47v, 51v.
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WELD, Thomas (d. 1664), of Wymondham, Norf.

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b. 1st s. of Thomas Weld of Wymondham and 1st w.Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 237; G.H. Holley, Observations and Comments on Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. xxvii.), 75. educ. Corpus Christi, Camb. 1615;Al. Cant. L. Inn 1618.LI Admiss. m. (1) bef. 1630, Margaret, da. of Edmund Skipwith of Fordham, Norf. 1s.; (2) by 1634, Mary, da. of Sir Augustine Palgrave of Barningham Norwood, Norf. 2s.Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 237-8; Holley, Observations, 75. bur. 21 June 1664.Wymondham par. reg.
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called, L. Inn 1625; bencher, 1641; kpr. Black Bk. 1651; treas. 1653–4.LI Black Bks. ii. 258, 359, 389, 401, iii. 439. Counsel, high ct. of justice, Norwich 11 Dec. 1650–10 Jan. 1651.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 466.

commr. assessment, Norf. 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, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Norf. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659.A. and O. J.p. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 46; Norf. QSOB, 19. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. sewers, 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 339. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, p. 379.

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WELD, Thomas (d. 1664), of Wymondham, Norf.
of Wymondham, Norf.
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WELD, Thomas (d. 1664), of Wymondham, Norf.

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ARUNDELL, Thomas (1577-1648), of Trevedarte, Duloe, Cornw.

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bap. 12 Nov. 1577, 2nd s. of John Arundell (d. 1580) of Trerice and Gertrude, da. of Robert Dennys of Holcombe. m. (1) 14 May 1619, Mary, da. of Sir Gamaliel Capel, 2s., 1da.; (2) 21 June 1624, Julian, da. of George Cary of Clovelly, Devon. bur. 7 Nov. 1648.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 12, 14; Morwenstow, Cornw. and St Stephen, Coleman Street, London, par. regs.
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soldier, Low Countries bef. 1602.Carew, Survey, 148. Gov. (parlian.) Plymouth Fort by July 1643-Aug.1644.The Misdemeanours of a Traitor, and Treasurer, Discovered (1645), sig. A2 (E.258.10); CJ iii. 592a.

j.p. Cornw. ?1622–d.Western Circ. Assize Orders, 16, 240; Keeler, Long Parliament, 88; C193/13, unfol. Commr. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644;A. and O. Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648 (post mortem).A. and O.

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

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ARUNDELL, Thomas (1577-1648), of Trevedarte, Duloe, Cornw.
Cornw., Duloe.
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ARUNDELL, Thomas (1577-1648), of Trevedarte, Duloe, Cornw.

Will
3 Nov. 1648, pr. 17 Nov. 1648.PROB11/206/146.
Estates
free tenant of duchy of Cornwall, holding messauges in borough of ‘Portpigham’ (East Looe) before civil wars;Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. 109. freeholder of property from West Looe corporation bef. 1641;Cornw. RO, B/WLO/63/1, f. 1. at d. owned manor and barton of ‘Treviedarte’, Duloe parish, and property in East and West Looe; also barton and demesne of Stunbury in Moore Winstow parish.PROB11/206/146. The royalists calculated Arundell’s lands were worth £180 p.a. in Oct. 1644.Cornw. RO, B 35/231.
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PRISE, Herbert (c.1605-78), of The Priory, Brecon.

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b. c. 1605, 2nd s. of Thomas Price of The Priory and Anne, da. of William Rudhall of Rudhall, Herefs.; bro. of John Prise†. educ. M. Temple 12 Oct. 1622;L. Inn Admiss. i. 113. travelled abroad (?Low Countries)CSP Dom. 1627-8, p. 287; Life and Letters of Sir Henry Wotton, ed. L. Pearsall Smith (2 vols. Oxford 1907) ii. 342-3. m. 12 Nov. 1638, Goditha, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Arden of Park Hall, Aston, Warws., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. cr. bt. c.Oct. 1657.T. Jones, Hist. Brec. ii. 139; Duncumb, Collections, iii. 165. d. 14 Jan. 1678.HP Commons 1660-90, ‘Sir Herbert Price’.
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?capt. of ft. royal army, 1627;CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 287. maj. of horse, 1639;CSP Dom. 1639, pp. 207–8. ?lt.-col. 1640.CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 303. Col. of ft. and capt. of horse (roy.), c.Oct. 1642–6.List of the Officers Claiming the Sixty Thousand Pounds (1663), 108–9. Acting-gov. Hereford Apr. 1643; gov. Brecon May 1644-Aug. 1645.Newman, Royalist Officers, 305; R. Hutton, Royalist War Effort (2nd edn., 1999), 57, 140, 185.

sewer to Henrietta Maria, 1632 – 44, May 1660–1. Master of the household, 6 July 1660–65, 1666–d.Bodl. Carte 59, f. 6v; CSP Dom. 1666–7, pp. 254, 277.

j.p. Brec. 30 Mar. 1641 – bef.Aug. 1647, by 10 Sept. July 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 270–1, 275–80. Commr. defence of Brec. (roy.) 16 June 1643; defence of Rad. (roy.) 22 Nov. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 48, 102. impressment (roy.), Brec. 12 Dec. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 113. poll tax, 1660; assessment, Brec., Warws. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677.SR. Dep. lt. Brec. ?1661–d.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Sir Herbert Price’. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster, Warws., Brec. 1662;SR. oyer and terminer, the Verge 10 Apr. 1662-aft. Nov. 1668;C181/7, pp. 141, 457. subsidy, Brec. 1663.SR.

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PRICE, Sir Herbert, 1st Bt. (c.1605-78), of The Priory, Brecon and Whitehall.
of The Priory, Brecon.
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Commons 1640-1660
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PRISE, Herbert (c.1605-78), of The Priory, Brecon.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited lands in ‘Llanvihangel’, Brec.; on m. acquired lordship of Pedmore, Worcs., and manor of Park Hall and other lands in Aston par., Warws. on m.CCC, 2042-3; Birmingham Reference Lib. 917/1789.
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LYTTON, Rowland (c.1615-74), of Knebworth, Herts.

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b. c. 1615, o.s. of Sir William Lytton* of Knebworth.Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii.), 73, 115; J. Le Neve, Peds. of the Knights ed. G.W. Marshall (Harl. Soc. viii.), 82; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 95; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 376, 377. educ. Hertford g.s.; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1632;Al. Cant. I. Temple 23 Jan. 1634;I. Temple Admissions database. travelled abroad (Italy) 1635-6.PC2/44, p. 390. m. (1) 1638, Judith (d. 13 May 1659), da. and coh. of Thomas Edwards, Mercer, of London and Wadhurst, Suss., 2s. 2da.;Coventry Docquets, 729; Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635 (Harl. Soc. xv.), 249; The Gen. n.s. xxxiv. 4-5; Dorset RO, D124 (Mary Gresley to Lady Strangways, 4 Aug. 1650); Chauncy, Herts. ii. 103; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 377, 378. (2) settlement 12 June 1661, Rebecca (d. 23 Mar. 1686), da. and coh. of Thomas Chapman, scrivener, of Soper Lane, London and Wormley, Herts., wid. of Thomas Playters of Sotterley, Suff. and Richard Lucy of Westminster, 1da.Le Neve, Peds. of the Knights, 82; Chauncy, Herts. ii. 95; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 377. Kntd. 1660;Le Neve, Peds. of the Knights, 82; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 229. suc. fa. 1660. d. 1 Nov. 1674.Chauncy, Herts. ii. 103.
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commr. assessment, Herts. 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); A. and O. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Feoffee, Hellard’s almshouses, Stevenage, Herts. by 1649.The Hellard Almshouses and other Stevenage Charities 1482–2005 ed. M. Ashby (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxi.), 11–14, 25. J.p. Herts. 10 July 1656-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 340; C193/13/5, f. 50; C193/13/6, f. 41v. St Albans borough and liberty 15 July 1656–18 Sept. 1660.C181/6, pp. 179, 181, 396. Commr. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 178, 397. militia, Herts. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. 1660–d.SP29/11, f. 203. Sheriff, 1662–3.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix.), 64. Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR.

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LYTTON, Rowland (c.1615-74), of Knebworth, Herts.
of Knebworth, Herts.
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LYTTON, Rowland (c.1615-74), of Knebworth, Herts.

Will
5 Sept. 1674, pr. 12 Nov. 1674.PROB11/346/281.
Estates
transferred manors of Stotford Brayes and Stotford Newnham, Beds. to Sir John Barrington* and Robert Wallop* to the use of his fa. prior to his own marriage to Judith Edwards, 1638;Coventry Docquets, 729. bought manor of Anstey, Herts. 1666.Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 342; VCH Herts. iv. 13.
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STEPNEY, Sir John (c.1608-76), of Prendergast, Pemb.

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b. c.1608, 2nd s. of Sir John Stepney, 1st bt. (d. Aug. 1624), of Prendergast and Jane, da. of Sir Francis Mansel of Mwdwlscwm, Carm. m. (settlement 1640) Magdalen, da. of Sir Henry Jones of Abermarlais, Carm., 1da.C142/441/17; NLW Rolls/box 3/30; CB, i. 178-9. suc. elder bro. Alban as 3rd bt. 23 July 1628.St Andrew Holborn par. reg. d. 1676.
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j.p. Pemb. 13 Nov. 1634 – ?42, by Oct. 1660 – d.; Haverfordwest 13 Nov. 1634 – 15 Mar. 1655, 11 Sept. 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 70; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 217–8, 222, 226, 239–41, 243. Commr. exacted fees and ‘innovated’ offices, Card., Carm., Pemb. 27 June 1635.Coventry Docquets, 43. Sheriff, Pemb. 1636–7.Coventry Docquets, 368. Dep. lt. by 1637–42, 23 Jan. 1674–?d.; Haverfordwest by 1642–?44.HEHL, EL 7443; CSP Dom. 1673–5, p. 115. Commr. subsidy, 1641, 1663; Pemb. 1663; further subsidy, Pemb., Haverfordwest 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Haverfordwest 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Pemb. 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 18 Aug. 1642;LJ v. 304a. loyal and indigent officers, 1662.SR.

col. of ft. (roy.) 1643–?44.A List of Officers Claiming to the Sixty Thousand Pounds (1663), 123. Gov. Haverfordwest Oct. 1643-Feb. 1644.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 13.

common cllr. Haverfordwest by ? 1649; mayor, 1662.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 88; J. Brown, J. W. Phillips. F. J. Warren, Hist. Haverfordwest with some Pemb. Parishes (Haverfordwest, 1914), 250.

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STEPNEY, Sir John (c.1608-76), of Prendergast, Pemb.
of Prendergast, Pemb.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

STEPNEY, Sir John (c.1608-76), of Prendergast, Pemb.

Will
Inventory, 13 Sept. 1676.NLW, SD/1676/154.
Estates
In 1635 thought to be worth £300 p.a.HEHL, ELL 7218. In 1638, much of his wealth was in impropriations of church lands: Mounton, Little Newcastle, Llanycefn, Clarbeston, St Martin Haverfordwest, Pemb.; Llanddarog, Egremont, Carm.BHO, Court of Chivalry website, 625. In 1639 inherited estates of his bro. in Dale and Hedberth, Pemb.NLW, Pontfaen Estate, 98. By Oct. 1650, also held impropriations of Monkton, Pembroke St Mary, Roch, Rosemarket, Pemb.LPL, Comm. XIIa/14/82-183.
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KER, Sir Andrew (d. 1665), of Greenhead, Roxburghshire.

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1st s. of Sir Andrew Ker of Greenhead and Alison, da. of Gilbert Wauchope of Niddrie, Edinburgh Shire.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 392. m. (1) 18 Apr. 1634, Elizabeth (d. c.June 1663),Greyfriars Interments ed. H. Paton (Edinburgh, 1902), 357. da. of Sir William Scott of Harden, Roxburghshire, 3s.; (2) 16 Aug. 1664, Catharine (d. 24 Feb. 1668),CB. da. of John Wemyss, 1st earl of Wemyss, wid. of David Carnegie of Craig, s.p. suc. fa. 18 Dec. 1615. cr. bt. 31 July 1637. d. May 1665.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 392; Herald and Genealogist, vi. 233-5.
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j.p. Roxburghshire 1637, 1656. Commr. signing covenant, 1638. Member, cttee. of war, 1643, 1646, 1648–9. Commr. revaluation, 1649;Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 392. approbation of ministers, Lothian province 8 Aug. 1654;J. Nicoll, Diary of Public Transactions (Edinburgh, 1836), 166. assessment, Roxburghshire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 841; A. and O. Sheriff, c.Mar. 1656–7.Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 316.

commr. preserving peace on borders, 1641.Herald and Genealogist, vi. 235. Member, cttee. of estates, 1649.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 392. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

col. of ft. and horse, Roxburghshire 1649.Government of Scot. under the Covenanters ed. D. Stevenson (Edinburgh, 1982), 96; Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 392.

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of Greenhead, Roxburghshire.
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KER, Sir Andrew (d. 1665), of Greenhead, Roxburghshire.

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main estate at Greenhead, near Jedburgh. Served heir to Hietoun, Softlaw, Wooden and Maxwellhaugh, Roxburghshire, 1615; received crown charter of Thirlestane, sold in 1661; granted charter of lands, barony and regality of Greenhead, Nova Scotia, 31 July 1637.Herald and Genealogist, vi. 234-5; CB.
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BOWYER, Sir Thomas (1586-1650), of Leythorne, North Mundham, Suss.

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b. 28 Nov. 1586, only surv. s. of Thomas Bowyer†, counsellor at law, of Leythorne and M. Temple, and 2nd w. Jane (d. ?1637), da. of John Birch of St Giles in the Fields, Mdx., baron of the exchequer.CB; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 61-2; Notes IPMs Suss. 35; North Mundham par. reg. educ. M. Temple, 2 Nov. 1605.MT Admiss. i. 85. m. (1) 23 Apr. 1606, Anne (bur. 18 June 1623), da. of Adrian Stoughton† of West Stoke, Suss., at least 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 4da. (d.v.p.); (2) 21 June 1624, Jane (bur. 10 Apr. 1640), da. of Emery Cranley, yeoman, of Dunsfold, Surr., wid. of Samuel Austen of Shalford, Surr. and Sir George Stoughton† of Stoughton, Surr., s.p.; (3) bef. 1645, Anne (bap. 11 Nov. 1613, bur. 11 May 1683), da. of William Ryder (d. 1617) of Charing Cross, Westminster, stepda. of James Maxwell of Innerwick (1st earl of Dirleton [S]), 2s., 1da. (d.v.p.).CB; Vis. Suss. 61-2; North Mundham par. reg.; IGI; All Saints, Kingston-upon-Thames, par. reg.; ‘Jane Whorwood’, Oxford DNB; PROB11/374/494. suc. fa. 7 Mar. 1595.Notes IPMs Suss. 35. cr. bt. 23 July 1627.Coventry Docquets, 25. bur. 28 Feb. 1650 28 Feb. 1650.North Mundham par. reg.
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commr. sewers, Suss. 1610-aft. July 1641. by June 1611 – 20 Feb. 1635C181/2, ff. 134v, 292v; C181/4, ff. 46v, 74; C181/5, ff. 69, 206. J.p., 16 Aug. 1641–?ASSI35/53/8; C193/13/1; Harl. 1622, f. 79; E163/18/12; SP16/212, f. 62v; C193/13/2; C231/5, pp. 157, 475. Steward, Chichester dioc. 1619–42.Acts Dean and Chapter Chichester, 1545–1642, 221. Commr. brewhouse survey, Suss. 1620;APC 1619–21, p. 203. subsidy, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641.SP14/122/89; C212/22/21, 23; SR. Collector, billet money, Chichester rape 1 Sept. 1626.Cunliffe, ‘Booke dep. leiuetennantshipp’, 22. Sheriff, Surr., Suss. 6 Nov. 1626.Coventry Docquets, 360. Commr. Forced Loan, Suss. 1627;C193/12/2, f. 59v. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 Jan. 1632 – 17 June 1636, 24 Jan. 1642;C181/4, ff. 109, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222. further subsidy, Suss. 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642.SR.

commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 24 Feb. 1642;CJ ii. 452b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 393a.

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BOWYER, Thomas (1586-1650), of Leythorne, North Mundham, Suss.
of Leythorne, North Mundham, Suss.
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BOWYER, Sir Thomas (1586-1650), of Leythorne, North Mundham, Suss.

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20 Jan. 1649, pr. 9 Apr. 1652.PROB11/221/351.
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inherited manors of North Mundham and Runcton;Notes IPMs Suss. 35. leased Leythorne manor from dean and chapter of Chichester, 20 Jan. 1626;Acts Dean and Chapter Chichester, 1545-1642, 231. purchased moiety of manor of Bredon, Worcs. 1631.C54/2877/26. Assessed at £20 in lands, Aug. 1621.SP14/122, f. 142.
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