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GRIMSTON, Harbottle (1603-85), of Bradfield Hall, Essex, and later of Gorhambury, Herts.

Family and Education
b. 27 Jan. 1603, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Harbottle Grimston*, 1st bt. and Elizabeth, da. of Ralph Copinger of Allhallows, Hoo, Kent.Add. 19090, f. 161; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 207; J.E. Cussans, Hist. of Herts. – Hundred of Cashio (1881), 247. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1619, matric. 1620; L. Inn, 1 Nov. 1621.Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. i. 188. m. (1) 16 Apr. 1629 (with £3,000), Mary (d. 1649), da. of Sir George Croke† of Waterstock, Oxon. and coh. to her brother Thomas, 6s (5 d.v.p.) 2da;Herts. RO, IX.A.11; A. Croke, The Geneal. Hist. of the Croke Fam. (Oxford, 1823), i. 606. (2) settlement 10 Apr. 1651, Anne (d. 1680), da. and h. of Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Culford, Suff., wid. of (Sir) Thomas Meautys*, 1da.Herts. RO, IX.A.23-4. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 19 Feb. 1648.Essex RO, microfiche D/P 173/1/1; N. King, The Grimstons of Gorhambury (Chichester, 1983), 10. d. 2 Jan. 1685.“Observations of Weather”: weather diary of Sir John Witteronge of Rothamsted 1684-89, ed. M.H. Williams and J. Stevenson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xv), 14; N. Luttrell, A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs (Oxford, 1857), i. 324; HMC 1st Rep. 56.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 20 Nov. 1628; bencher, Nov. 1648 – d.; kpr. Black Bk. 1653; treas. 1657–8.LI Black Bks. ii. 282, 379, 397, 420, iii. 439.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 21 Mar. 1633 – aft.June 1638, by Oct. 1660–d.;Coventry Docquets, 68, C231/5, p. 128; CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 507. Essex 20 Dec. 1638 – bef.Jan. 1650, by Oct. 1660–d.;Coventry Docquets, 76; C231/5, p. 319; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 508–10; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxvi. Herts. Mar. 1660 – d.; Cambs. Mar. 1660;A Perfect List (1660). St Albans borough and liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Mar. 1672.C181/6, pp. 179, 396; C181/7, pp. 52, 621; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 27 July 1636-aft. Nov. 1641, 5 July 1660-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/5, ff. 57v, 213v; C181/7, pp. 3, 589. Essex 25 July 1640-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 183v, 254. St Albans bor. 15 July 1656;C181/6, p. 178. St Albans liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 180, 397. Home circ. c.June 1659-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, p. 372; C181/7, pp. 7, 638. London 13 Nov. 1660, 25 Nov. 1671-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 68, 601, 630. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 303. gaol delivery, Colchester c. Aug. 1637 – aft.Sept. 1641, 10 Sept. 1662-aft. Nov. 1671;C181/5, ff. 85v, 212; C181/7, pp. 169, 603. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238, 254. Newgate gaol 14 May 1661-aft. Dec. 1670;C181/7, pp. 99, 564. London 24 Sept. 1670-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, p. 560, 630. sewers, Essex 15 Jan. 1641, 22 Mar. 1666;C181/5, f. 187; C181/7, p. 353. Mdx. 24 July 1662;C181/7, p. 164. subsidy, Essex 1641, 1663; Herts., St Albans, Mdx. 1663; Colchester, Harwich 1641; further subsidy, Essex, Colchester, Harwich 1641; poll tax, Essex 1641, 1660; Harwich 1641; Colchester 1641, 1666; Herts., St Albans, Mdx. 1660;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641.C181/5, f. 208v. Dep. lt. Essex 1642–?, Sept. 1660-aft. 1662; Herts. 1660–?1666.HMC 7th Rep. 550; Herts. RO, IX.A.43a; IX.A.46; SP29/11, ff. 203, 271; SP29/42, f. 114v; SP29/60, f. 141v. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex, Colchester, Harwich 1642;SR. assessment, Essex 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Colchester 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1672, 1677, 1679; Herts. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Westminster 1 June 1660; Mdx. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; St Albans 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR, A. and O.; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Essex, Colchester 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Essex 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, Colchester 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. Essex, Colchester 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Essex 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Herts. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. recusants, Essex 1675.CTB iv. 750.

Civic: recorder, Harwich 1634 – bef.53, 1660 – 84; Colchester Aug. 1638–16 July 1649.Harwich bor. recs. 98/3, f. 58; 2/1: summary of Harwich by-laws, 1604–62; 98/15, p. 91; C181/5, f. 120; Essex RO, D/Y 2/8, p. 69; D/B5 Gb4, f. 31. High steward, Colchester Aug. 1663-aft. 1678; St Albans by Aug. 1664–d.The Charters and Lttrs. Patent granted to the bor. ed. W.G. Benham (Colchester, 1903), 116; SR; The Corp. Recs. of St Albans (St Albans, 1890), 7, 81, 85, 296.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR. Member, cttee. for examinations, 27 Jan. 1642;CJ ii. 398b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 402b. cttee. of safety, 8 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 758b; LJ v. 343a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ ix. 295b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 29 Aug. 1648;A. and O. treaty with king at Newport, 6 Sept. 1648;LJ x. 492b. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Speaker, House of Commons, 25 Apr.-29 Dec. 1660.HP Commons, 1660–1690. Master of the rolls, 3 Nov. 1660–d.Herts. RO, IX.A.41. Commr. chancery causes, 1670–2.Herts. RO, IX.A.51; XIII.35.

Religious: vestryman, St Bartholomew Exchange, London by May 1644-aft. Mar. 1647.The Vestry Min. Bks. of the Par. of St Bartholomew Exchange, ed. E. Freshfield (1890), pt. ii. 8–21. Elder, Essex classis, 1646–8.H. Smith, ‘Presbyterian organisation of Essex’, Essex Review, xxviii. 16.

: Essex and later of Gorhambury, Herts.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown;Gorhambury, Herts. oil on canvas, unknown, aft. 1660;NPG. oil on canvas, attrib. J. Riley, aft. 1660;Parliamentary Art Colln. oil on canvas, unknown, aft. 1660;Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service. oil on canvas, unknown, aft. 1660;Colchester Town Hall, Essex. oils, M. Beale, 1687.Gorhambury, Herts.

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GRIMSTON, Harbottle (1603-85), of Bradfield Hall, Essex, and later of Gorhambury, Herts.

Will
23 May 1684, pr. 26 Jan. 1685 and 1 Nov. 1708.PROB11/379/81.
Estates
said to have been worth £2,000 p.a.;Gent. Mag. lxvi. pt. i. 467. he and Robert Brerewood* bought land in Salop 1636;Coventry Docquets, 694. bought Crouched Friars, St Mary’s, Colchester, 1637;P. Morant, The Hist. and Antiquities of the most ancient Town and Borough of Colchester (1748), bk. ii. 5; Coventry Docquets, 703. feoffee to 2nd earl of Warwick (Sir Robert Rich†) and later to 3rd earl of Warwick (Robert Rich*), honour of Rayleigh, Essex, by 1645-aft. 1659;Bodl. Rawl. B.310. bought manors of Gorhambury, Westwick and Pray, Herts. for £10,000, 1652;Herts. RO, I.A.42. bought manor of Kingsbury, Herts. for £5,700, 1658.Herts. RO, III.B.14.
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THOMLINSON, Matthew (1617-81), of Ampthill Gt. Park, Ampthill, Beds.

Family and Education
bap. 24 Sept. 1617, 2nd s. of John Thomlinson (d. 1617), of St Michael-le-Belfrey, York, and Eleanor, da. of Matthew Dodsworth, chancellor of the diocese of York and registrar of York Minster.The Par. Regs. of Holy Trinity Church, Goodramgate, York ed. R.B. Cook (York, 1911), 14; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 202. m. by 1653, Pembroke (d. 1683), da. and coh. of Sir William Brooke†, of Cooling Park, Kent, 1s. 2da.Regs. of St Paul’s Church, Covent Garden, London ed. W.H. Hunt (Harl. Soc. xxxiii), 1; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 203. Kntd. 24 Nov. 1657.Shaw, Knights. of Eng. ii. 224. d. 5 Nov. 1681.C.H.D. Ward, The Fam. of Twysden and Twisden (1939), 354.
Offices Held

Military: vol. (parlian.) lifeguard of 3rd earl of Essex, c.Sept. 1642.Ludlow, Mems. i. 39. Capt. of horse, regt. of 2nd earl of Manchester, Eastern Assoc. army by Feb. 1644;SP28/12, f. 281; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. maj. of horse, regt. of Sir Robert Pye II*, New Model army by June 1645; col. Aug. 1647-Aug. 1654.M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 63, 83, 95; ii. 96; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 130, 133–4.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652.CJ vii. 74a; M. Cotterell, ‘Interregnum law reform: the Hale commission of 1652’, EHR lxxxiii. 691. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653.A. and O. Cllr. of state by 19 May, 9 July 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, pp. xxxiv, 339; CJ vii. 283a.

Local: j.p. Beds. 13 Sept. 1653-bef. Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 267. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653.An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28).

Irish: cllr. of state, 17 Aug. 1654, Nov. 1657.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 437–8, 672. Commr. public money, 23 Oct. 1656;C.H. Firth, ‘Acct. of money spent in the Cromwellian reconquest’, EHR xiv. 106. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656; commr. Ireland, 7 July 1659.A. and O.

: of Ampthill Gt. Park, Beds., Ampthill.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown, c.1650.R.G. Hatton and C.H. Hatton, ‘Notes on the fam. of Twysden and Twisden’, Arch. Cant. lviii. plate x.

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THOMLINSON, Matthew (1617-81), of Ampthill Gt. Park, Ampthill, Beds.

Will
not found.
Estates
bought Ampthill Great Park, Beds. for £6,139 16s, 1653; bought land at Dyndathway, Anglesey for £2,754 3s 5d, 1654;I.J. Gentles, ‘The debentures market and military purchases of crown lands’, (Univ. London PhD thesis, 1969), 344. probably inherited some of the estates of Sir John Brooke*, 1659; owned house in St Peter’s Street, Westminster, 1663.WCA, E1621, p. 31.
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FIENNES, James (c.1603-74), of Broughton, Oxon.

Family and Education
b. c. 1603, 1st s. of William Fiennes, 8th Baron (later 1st Viscount) Saye and Sele, and Elizabeth (d. 1648), da. of John Temple of Burton Dassett, Warws. and Stowe, Bucks; bro. of Nathaniel Fiennes I* and John Fiennes*.CP. educ. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1618; Emmanuel, 12 Oct. 1622;Al. Cant. travelled abroad, aft. 4 Dec. 1624-1625;PC2/32, f. 267. L. Inn, 11 Mar. 1628.LI Admiss. i. 205. m. with £3,000, settlement 20 Apr. 1629, Frances (d. July 1684), da. and coh. of Edward Cecil†, 1st Viscount Wimbledon, 3s. d.v.p. 2da.Bodl. Rawl. D.892, ff. 270-5; PROB11/376/515; CP. suc. fa. as 2nd Viscount Saye and Sele, 14 Apr. 1662. d. 15 Mar. 1674.CP.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Oxon. 17 Feb. 1632 – 7 Oct. 1636, 26 Feb. 1641 – 10 June 1642, Mar. 1660–d.C231/5, pp. 75, 219, 431, 528; Coventry Docquets, 66; A Perfect List (1660); HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. sewers, Oxon. and Berks. 18 July 1634;C181/4, f. 179. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 5 June 1640-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 179, 218v. perambulation, Wychwood, Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 209v. disarming recusants, Oxon. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. commr. for Oxon. 25 June 1644;A. and O. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 14 Oct. 1644;CJ iii. 661a; LJ vii. 24a. assessment, Oxon. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661; Glos. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Glos., Oxon. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Oxon. c.July 1660–68. Ld. lt. 22 Feb. 1668–d.SP29/11, f. 223; SP29/42, f. 115v; HP Commons 1660–1690.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O.

Civic: freeman and bailiff, Oxf. 12 Oct. 1668.Oxford Council Acts 1665–1701, 27.

: of Broughton, Oxon.
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FIENNES, James (c.1603-74), of Broughton, Oxon.

Will
admon. 15 Apr. 1674.PROB6/49, f. 33.
Estates
maintenance charged on manors of Newton, Bloxham, Shutford and Broughton, Oxon. Apr. 1629;Bodl. Rawl. D.892, ff. 270-5. third? share in sale price (£16,789) of Wimbledon manor, 11 Dec 1639;CSP Dom. 1639-40, p. 157. lands in Oxon. (inc. Broughton Castle) and Norton, Glos. 14 Apr. 1662.Bodl. Rawl. D.892, f. 200; Oxon. RO, SL170/D/1.
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SAVILE, Sir William (1612-44), of Thornhill, Yorks, and Rufford, Notts.

Family and Education
b. 1612, 2nd s. of Sir George Savile†, 1st bt. (bur. 24 Aug. 1614), of Barrowby, Lincs., and 2nd w. Anne (bur. 31 July 1633), da. of Sir William Wentworth, 1st bt., of Wentworth Woodhouse, Yorks.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 66-7. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 8 Dec. 1626, ‘aged 14’;Al. Ox. G. Inn 1 Nov. 1628.G. Inn Admiss. 186. m. 29 Dec. 1629, Anne (bur. 31 July 1662), da. of Sir Thomas Coventry†, 1st Baron Coventry of Aylesborough, ld. kpr. 1625-40, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Thornhill Par. Reg. ed. C. Charlesworth (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xxx), 80; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 66-7; HP Commons 1660-90, ‘Thomas Chicheley’; J.W. Clay, ‘The Savile fam.’ YAJ xxv. 24-6. suc. bro. as 3rd bt. 19 Dec. 1626;CB. d. 24 Jan. 1644.Hunter, Hallamshire, 140.
Offices Held

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 21 June 1633-aft. June 1641;C181/4, ff. 142v, 197v; C181/5, ff. 7v, 203. Midland circ. 23 Jan. 1635-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, f. 195v; C 181/5, ff. 4v, 220. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 17 May 1634-aft. Dec. 1637.C181/4, f. 174; C 181/5, ff. 16v, 87. Dep. lt. Yorks. (W. Riding) c.Sept. 1633–?d.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P13/52. Col. militia ft. c.Sept. 1633–42.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P13/52; Add. 28082, f. 80. Commr. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, c.1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 70. J.p. Lincs. (Kesteven) July 1634–d.;C193/13/2. W. Riding 1 Aug. 1634–d.;C231/5, p. 145. Derbys. 2 Dec. 1635–d.C231/5, p. 186. Forester, Sherwood Forest 20 July 1635–d.Notts. RO, DD/SR/1/D/9/2. Member, council of the north, July 1636-Aug. 1641.R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. Kpr. Rufford Walk, Sherwood Forest ?by Feb. 1637–d.Notts. RO, DD/SR/1/D/9/2; Coventry Docquets, 286. Commr. charitable uses, W. Riding 20 Feb. 1637-aft. Mar. 1640;C192/1, unfol. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210. assessment, W. Riding 1642;SR. array (roy.), Notts., Yorks. 18 June 1642; Lincs. 4 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Central: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, by July 1639–?d.SP16/427/38v, f. 74; LC3/1, f. 25v. Master in chancery, extraordinary, Jan. 1644–d.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 120.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) by 21 July 1642–d.Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 124. Gov. Raby Castle, co. Dur. 1643–?;Newman, Roy. Officers, 332. Sheffield Castle, Yorks. 9 May 1643–d.;Hunter, Hallamshire, 136. York Nov. 1643–d.Newman, Roy. Officers, 332.

: of Thornhill, Yorks. and Notts., Rufford.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown.Portraits of Yorks. Worthies ed. E. Hailstone (1869), i. no. lxvi.

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SAVILE, Sir William (1612-44), of Thornhill, Yorks, and Rufford, Notts.

Will
18 July 1642, cod. 1 Jan. 1644, pr. 27 Jan. 1644.Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Prerogative wills, Jan. 1644; Prerogative Act Bk. 1 (entry for 27 Jan. 1644).
Estates
inherited an estate that comprised at least 27 manors in Yorks. as well as property in Derbys., Lincs., Notts., Oxon., Salop, Staffs. and Wilts.C142/774/17; C142/424/190; C142/380/128; Notts. RO, DD/SR/73; Coventry Docquets, 680; Clay, ‘Savile fam.’, 4. Purchased wardship of John Jackson of Wormesley, Yorks. for £1,000 in 1637 with Lady Jackson and Sir William Waller*.WARD9/163, f. 86v. In October 1642, the king granted Savile the manor of Brierley, Yorks.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 340-1. In 1642, estate was worth about £6,300 p.a.;Notts. RO, DD/SR/211/125/1/68. by early 1650s worth at least £6,400 p.a.;Notts. RO, DD/SR/A5/1/1-4. in 1655 valued at £7,354 p.a.;Notts. RO, DD/SR/A5/1/8-9. early 1660s reckoned to be worth more than £8,000 p.a.H.C. Foxcroft, Life and Letters of Sir George Savile, i. 57-8.
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presented Timothy Broadley to vicarage of Penistone, Yorks., 1642.IND1/17000, f. 12v.
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MALORY (MALLORIE, MALLORYE), William (1577-1646), of Studley Royal, Ripon, Yorks.

Family and Education
bap. 2 Dec. 1577, 1st s. of Sir John Mallory† of Hutton Park and Studley, and Anne, da. of William 2nd Lord Eure of Witton Castle, co. Dur.Ingleby Greenhow, Yorks. par. reg.; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 157; Memorials Fountains Abbey ed. J. R. Walbran (Surt. Soc. lxvii), 326. educ. privately (Miles Dugdale); Thirsk g.s. (Mr Atkinson); Caius, Camb. 23 May 1594.STAC8/227/1, f. 87; Al. Cant.; HP Commons 1604-29, ‘William Mallory’. m. 1599, Alice (bur. 25 May 1611), da. of Sir James Bellingham of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.).Ripon par. reg.; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 157; ‘Paver’s marr. lics.’ ed. C.B. Norcliffe, YAJ x. 169; Memorials Fountains Abbey ed. Walbran, 329-31. suc. fa. 14 Aug. 1620.C142/708/102. d. 13 Mar. 1646.SP23/193, p. 624.
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Local: j.p. liberties of Ripon 21 Feb. 1621-aft. Dec. 1641;C181/3, ff. 25, 265; C181/4, ff. 7v, 177v; C181/5, ff. 19, 217. Yorks. (W. Riding) 26 Feb. 1621–5, 22 May 1626-c.1644;C231/4, ff. 120, 202v. N. Riding 1621 – 25, 22 May 1626-c.1644.C231/4, ff. 120v, 202v. Commr. gaol delivery, liberties of Ripon 21 Feb. 1621-aft. Dec. 1641.C181/3, ff. 25v, 265v; C181/4, ff. 8, 178; C181/5, ff. 20, 217. Treas. lame soldiers, W. Riding 1622.Harl. 4630, f. 202v. Commr. subsidy, N. Riding 1622, 1624, 1629.C212/22/21, 23; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. 210. Gov. Ripon g.s. by 1623–d.A.F. Leach, Early Yorks. Schools (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xxvii), 229; C. C. Swinton Bland, Ripon Grammar School (Ripon, 1897), 16. Commr. privy seal loan, Yorks. 1625;SP16/44/4, f. 7. Forced Loan, N., W. Riding 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 15v, 17. charitable uses, W. Riding 27 June 1629; N. Riding 3 July 1629.C192/1, unfol. Col. militia ft. W. Riding by c.1635-c.1644.Add. 28082, f. 80; E351/293; HMC Cowper, ii. 208. Commr. array, 31 Aug. 1640;Add. 28088, f. 94; C231/5, p. 404. (roy.) Yorks. 18 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Custos rot. liberties of Ripon 17 Dec. 1641–?C181/5, f. 217. Commr. further subsidy, W. Riding 1641; assessment, 1642.SR.

Central: commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641.SR.

: of Studley Royal, Yorks., Ripon.
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MALORY (MALLORIE, MALLORYE), William (1577-1646), of Studley Royal, Ripon, Yorks.

Will
9 Jan. 1646, pr. 1666.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 48, f. 161.
Estates
in 1624, estate inc. manors of Hutton Conyers, Nunwick and Studley, Studley Park, prebend of Nunwick and tithes there, messuages and lands in Copt Hewick, Galphay, Grantley, Howgrave, Hutton Conyers, Nunwick, Ripon and Studley and burgage tenement in Ripon, Yorks.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL150 (former Vyner ms 5902); Yorks. Stuart Fines ed. W. Brigg (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lviii), 223. 1630-2, fined £50 for distraint of knighthood.‘Compositions for not taking knighthood at the coronation of Charles I’ ed. W.P. Baildon, in Misc. 1 (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxi), 98. In 1630, purchased lease of tithes in Mackershaw, par. of Ripon, paying rent of £26 p.a.Eg. 925, f. 31. In 1638, settled on John Mallory* manors of Hutton Conyers, Nunwick and Studley Royal, prebend of Nunwick, townships of Copt Hewick, Grantley, Holme and Howgrave and burgage tenement in Ripon.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL150 (former Vyner mss, parcel 455). At his d. his estate inc. manor of Studley, manor and prebend of Nunwick, lands and tithes in manor of Hutton Conyers, Newhall in Hutton Park, a burgage tenement in Ripon, tithes at Copt Hewick and messuage in manor of Nunwick which had been mortgaged to Brian Stapylton* for £600 in 1641.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL150 (former Vyner mss 5909, Add. Z/2938/1). c.1655, Sir John Mallory’s estate reckoned to be worth c.£1,200 p.a. in possession and c.£350 p.a. in reversion.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), WYL150 (former Vyner ms 5633).
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GLYNNE, Thomas (c.1596-1647), of Glynllifon, Llandwrog, Caern.

Family and Education
b. c.1596,Assuming age 18 on entry to L. Inn. 1st s. of Sir William Glynne† of Glynllifon, and Llanfwrog, Anglesey and 1st w. Jane; bro. of John Glynne*.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 172. educ. ?Oxf. Univ. 1613;Al. Ox. L. Inn 30 Oct. 1614.LI Admiss. m. settlement 13 May 1636 (with £500), Ellen, da. and coh. of Owen ap Robert Owen of Bodafon, Llanfwrog, 1s. 1da.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 172; C2/Chas.I/G12/1; C2/Chas.I/G36/7. suc. fa. 1620.G. Roberts, ‘Glynnes and Wynnes of Glynllifon’, Trans. Caern. Hist. Soc. ix. 28, 40. d. betw. 25 Nov. and 30 Dec. 1647.PROB11/206, f. 4v; LJ ix. 622b.
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Local: dep. lt. Caern. 1620–42;NLW, Clenennau 401; NLW, MS 9060E/1313; HEHL, EL7443. Anglesey 10 Sept. 1646–d.CJ iv. 644a; LJ viii. 486a. Commr. subsidy, Caern. 1621, 1624, 1628–9,NLW, Brogyntyn 3329; C212/22/23; E179/220/154–6. 1641; further subsidy, 1641. 26 Feb. 1621 – d.SR. J.p.; Anglesey 25 May 1638–d.Coventry Docquets, 75; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 11, 26. Sheriff, Caern. 6 Nov. 1621–7 Nov. 1622;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 248. Anglesey 10 Nov. 1629–30.Coventry Docquets, 362; T. Nicholas, Annals and Antiq. of Wales, i. 32. Commr. subsidy arrears, Caern. 1626;E179/224/598, ff. 2, 5. Forced Loan, 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, f. 68. charitable uses, Anglesey and Caern. 25 Feb., 29 Nov. 1630;C192/1, unfol. knighthood fines, Caern. c.July 1630;NLW, MS 9062E/1545. piracy, N. Wales 2 Sept. 1631;C181/4, f. 95v. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Caern. by June 1635;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 33. poll tax, Caern. 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642,SR. 23 June 1647;A. and O. Anglesey 1642;SR. accts. (roy.) Caern. 1 June 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 218. ?array (roy.), by Jan. 1645.Cal. Wynn Pprs. 287; NLW, MS 9063E/1749; Clenennau letters and pprs. 594.

Military: col. militia ft. (roy.) Caern. c.Mar. 1644-bef. June 1646.Cal. Lttrs. relating to N. Wales, 61; A.H. Dodd, ‘Caern. in the civil war’, Caern. Hist. Soc. Trans. xiv. 10. Col. and gov. (parlian.) Caernarfon 20 June 1646–d.CJ iv. 572a; LJ viii. 386b; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 445, 563. V.-adm. N. Wales 30 June 1646–d.CJ iv. 593b; LJ viii. 398b; ix. 622b.

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GLYNNE, Thomas (c.1596-1647), of Glynllifon, Llandwrog, Caern.

Will
25 Nov. 1647, pr. 23 Nov. 1648.PROB11/206, f. 4v.
Estates
he valued his estate in 1630s at £500 p.a.HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘Thomas Glynne’. At his d. in 1647, estate inc. lands, messuages and tenements in Caern. and Anglesey.PROB11/206, f. 4v.
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SEYS, Evan (c.1604-85), of Boverton, Llantwit Major, Glam.

Family and Education
b. c. 1604, 4th s. but h. of Richard Seys, barrister, of Lincoln's Inn, Boverton and Swansea, Glam. and Mary, da. of Leyson Evans of The Gnoll, Neath, Glam.Limbus Patrum, 219. educ. Cowbridge g.s. by 1618; Christ Church, Oxf. 1621, ‘aged 17’; L. Inn 1624.Arch. Cambr. new ser. v, 182; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i, 194. m. settlement July 1638, Margaret (d. 14 Jan. 1652), da. of Robert Bridges of Woodchester, Glos., 1s. 2da.Glam. Archives, D/DF D/2816; Limbus Patrum, 219; Chancellor Parsons’s Notes, 214, 329. suc. fa. 1639. d. 19 Feb. 1685.Morrice, Entring Bk. ii. 513.
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Legal: called, L. Inn 3 Feb. 1631; bencher, 16 Nov. 1648.LI Black Bks. ii. 299, 379. Att.-gen. Glam. 20 Jan. 1635–68.Coventry Docs, 191; Williams, Hist. Gt. Sessions in Wales, 154. Second justice, N. Wales circ. ?Apr. 1656–9; c.j. 14 Mar.-June 1660.Williams, Hist. Gt. Sessions in Wales, 100; CJ vii. 876a. Sjt.-at-law, Nov. 1656, confirmed 21 June 1660–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 191, 192.

Local: commr. encroachments on River Thames, 1636;T. Rymer, Foedera (1704–35), xx, 47. levying of money, Glos. 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 17 Nov. 1645;CJ iv. 347a. assessment, Glam. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 14 Mar., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Glos. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Gloucester 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); SR; CJ vii. 876b. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648.A. and O. J.p. Glam. by 10 Oct. 1649–?, by 20 Mar. 1656–20 Apr. 1680; Glos. 1656-aft. Mar. 1660. June 1659 – 10 July 1660Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 301–7. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ., 23 Jan. 1661-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 374; C181/7, pp. 91, 638. militia, Glam. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Glos., Gloucester 26 July 1659;A. and O. sewers, Glam. 7 Oct. 1664;C181/7, p. 290. recusants, Glos. 1675.CTB 1672–5, p. 789.

Civic: retained counsel, Gloucester by 1649; recorder, 23 Nov. 1660 – 1 Feb. 1662; freeman, 14 Jan. 1661.Glos. RO, GBR F4/5, f. 390, B3/3, p. 162, B3/4, pp. 168, 218.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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SEYS, Evan (c.1604-85), of Boverton, Llantwit Major, Glam.

Will
12 Aug. 1684, pr. 23 Feb. 1685.PROB11/379, f. 220.
Estates
estate at Boverton consisted of 111 acres worth £72 p.a.;Glam. Archives, D/DF E/8. lands owned or leased in 16 parishes in south and mid Glam.Glam. Archives, D/DF E/34. Was left mansion house and lands at Woodchester and King’s Stanley, Glos. by fa.-in-law, 1648;PROB11/205, f. 2v. was paid £30 for 6 years as attorney-general, Glam. to 29 Sept. 1657;Add. 4196 fo. 194. held manor of Dymock, Glos. in 1659;Glos. RO, D2957/116/35. bought Barry manor, Glam. July 1660 for £720;Glam. Archives, D/DF E/67. Estate estimated to be worth £900 p.a. in 1677.SP29/398, pp. 283-4.
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SHAFTO, Mark (1602-60), of St John, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Whitworth, co. Dur.

Family and Education
bap. 25 Mar. 1602, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Shafto (bur. 12 Sept. 1623), merchant and alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Jane, da. of Robert Eden of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.St. Nicholas, Newcastle par. reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. iii. 294. educ. St John’s, Camb. Easter 1616, BA 1620;Al. Cant. G. Inn 3 Aug. 1619.G. Inn Admiss. 155. m. 7 Feb. 1631 (with £1,400), Mary, da. of Thomas Ledgard, merchant of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).St. Nicholas, Newcastle par. reg.; C8/52/218; Surtees, Co. Dur. iii. 294-5. d. 25 Feb. 1660.St. Andrew, Holborn par. reg.
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Legal: called, G. Inn 23 Apr. 1627; bencher, 24 Nov. 1645.PGB Inn, i. 275, 354.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1635–d.;Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M. H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 18. Berwick-upon-Tweed by Sept. 1649–d.Berwick RO, B1/10, f. 139v. Recorder, Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Oct. 1647–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, 574/94, p. 269; 543/29, unfol. (entry for Oct. 1647). Visitor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne free sch. 4 Nov. 1646.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/2/1, p. 71. Steward, manor of Whickham, co. Dur. 29 Aug. 1659.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/3, f. 27.

Local: commr. inquiry, Goswick, co. Dur. 13 Nov. 1637;C181/5, f. 86. sewers, co. Dur. 16 June 1638;C181/5, f. 110. River Tyne 21 May 1659;C181/6, p. 359. oyer and terminer, Berwick-upon-Tweed 9 Mar. 1640–?;C181/5, f. 165v. Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644–?;C181/5, f. 246. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 18, 309. charitable uses, co. Dur. 29 Nov. 1641,C192/1, unfol. 27 June 1649;C93/20/12. gaol delivery, Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644.C181/5, f. 246. J.p. co. Dur. 26 Jan. 1646–d.C231/6, p. 36. Commr. assessment, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, co. Dur., Northumb. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O.

Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Jan. 1643–d.; Extracts from the Recs. of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. xciii), i. 135. asst. 9 Oct. 1647–9 Oct. 1648.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, f. 43.

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SHAFTO, Mark (1602-60), of St John, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Whitworth, co. Dur.

Will
admon. 1660.Durham UL, index to Durham probate registry.
Estates
in 1652, Shafto purchased the capital messuage and ‘chief portion’ of the manor of Whitworth, co. Dur. worth at least £70 a year before the civil war.Surtees, Co. Dur. iii. 292; Recs. of the Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. R. Welford (Surt. Soc. cxi), 115.
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BULLER, George (c.1607-46), of the Middle Temple, London.

Family and Education
b. c. 1607, 2nd s. of Sir Richard Buller* of Shillingham, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Cornw., and Alice, da. of Sir Rowland Hayward, alderman of London;Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 57; Keeler, Long Parliament, 121n. bro. of Francis Buller I* and Anthony Buller*. educ. M. Temple, 21 Apr. 1627; called 19 May 1637.M. Temple Admiss. i. 119. m. 4 Apr. 1643, Mary (bap. 18 Jan. 1629), da. of George Hanger of St Dunstan-in-the-East, merchant, 1 da.St Andrew, Enfield, and St Dunstan-in-the-East par. regs.; PROB11/196/156; Antony House, Carew-Pole BA/20/4. d. c. Apr. 1646.MTR ii. 939.
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Local: commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644.A. and O.

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BULLER, George (c.1607-46), of the Middle Temple, London.

Will
29 Mar. 1646, pr. 13 May 1646.PROB11/196/156.
Estates
no known landed estate; sufficient capital to put £600 into the Irish adventurers’ scheme, 19 Apr. and 16 July 1642, and, in his will (1646), to provide £1,000 for his daughter’s portion, with a further £1,000 for ‘such child as my dear wife shall be now going with’.CSP Ire. Adventurers, 12; PROB11/196/156.
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POLE, German (1626-83), of Radbourne, Derbys.

Family and Education
b. 6 Oct. 1626, 1st s. of Sir German Pole of Radbourne, and Millicent (d. 1 Nov. 1662), da. of Francis Mundy of Markeaton, Derbys.Radbourne par. reg.; MI of Sir German Pole, Radbourne; Vis. Derbys. (Harl. Soc. n.s. viii), 4-5. educ. St John’s, Camb. 4 Oct. 1644;Al. Cant. G. Inn 17 Feb. 1647.G. Inn Admiss. 243. m. (1) lic. 21 Jan. 1641, Ellinor, da. of Sir John Curzon* of Kedleston, ?s.p.;Derbys. RO, D258/17/40. (2) 17 Dec. 1650 (with £3,000), Anne (d. 14 Nov. 1710), da. of Richard Newdigate† of Arbury, Warws. and Gray’s Inn, Mdx. 1s. d.v.p.Radbourne par. reg.; St Botolph, Bishopsgate, London par. reg. (bap. 26 July 1655); St Andrew, Holborn, Mdx. par. reg. (bur. 22 Aug. 1665); Add. 6672, f. 102; Add. 6688, f. 57. suc. fa. 4 Mar. 1635;C142/530/163. d. 28 Mar. 1683.Radbourne par. reg.; MI, Radbourne.
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Local: commr. assessment, Derbys. 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1672, 1679. 28 Feb. 1653 – aft.Mar. 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p., 9 Sept. 1660–?d.C231/6, p. 252; C231/7, p. 37. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 212. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660;SR. charitable uses, 12 July 1661;C93/26/1. swans, 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 792. Sheriff, 14–23 Nov. 1678.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 31.

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POLE, German (1626-83), of Radbourne, Derbys.

Will
26 Oct. 1682, pr. 21 May 1683.Staffs. RO, B/C/11.
Estates
inherited an estate consisting of manor of Radbourne, advowson of Egginton and property in Ashbourne, Duffield, Etwall, Spondon, Tansley, Derbys.; property in Combridge, Newborough and Rocester, Staffs.; and property in Coniston and Sapcote, Leics.C142/530/163. In 1656, acquired advowson of the rectory of Mugginton, Derbys.J. C. Cox, Churches of Derbys. iii. 214-15. In 1664, Radbourne Hall was taxed at 20 hearths.Derbys. Hearth Tax Assessments 1662-70 ed. D. G. Edwards (Derbys. Rec. Soc. vii), 20. In 1682-3, estate consisted of manors of Radbourne and Mercaston; capital messuage of Radbourne Hall; advowsons of Egginton, Mugginton and Radbourne; a moiety of tithes of Mercaston; a moiety of manor of Heynor, par. Mickleover; a third part of manor of Egginton; lands in Ashbourne, Belper, Dalbury, Derby, Duffield, Egginton, Etwall, Littleover, Mackworth, Mickleover, Radbourne, Tansley, Derbys.; manors and advowsons of Coniston and Sapcote and property in Broughton Astley and Sutton in the Elms, Leics.; and manor of Newborough, Staffs.Add. 6688, ff. 42-4, 58; Derbys. RO, D5557/12/6.
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Gray’s Inn, Mdx. (1647);Derbys. RO, D5557/2/4. Richard Newdigate’s house, Leaden Porch Court, Holborn, Mdx. (1652, 1656, 1657);Derbys. RO, D5557/2/18/32, 47; D5557/2/43/8; D5557/2/44/2; D5557/2/45. Gilbert Walbank’s house next to Gray’s Inn gate, Holborn (1656, 1657).Derbys. RO, D5557/2/18/15, 16; D5557/2/19/4, 5; D5557/2/43/7.
Religion
presented Peter Yates to rectory of Egginton, Derbys. 1642;Add. 6688, f. 57. Richard Pole to rectory of Mugginton, Derbys. 1674.IND1/17005, f. 48.
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