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BATHURST, John (d. 1659), of St Anne Blackfriars, London, and Clints, Marske, Yorks.

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2nd s. of John Bathurst of Goudhurst, Kent, and Dorothy, da. of Edward Maplesden of Marden.Thoresby, Ducatus Leodiensis, 16. educ. Pembroke Coll. Camb. Mich. 1614, BA 1617-18, MA 1621, ?incorp. MA Oxf. 1643.Al. Cant. m. 27 Jan. 1636, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Brian Willance of Clints, 8s. (2 d.v p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Thoresby, Ducatus Leodiensis, 16; PROB11/301, ff. 215-221. d. 26 Apr. 1659.Musgrave’s Obituary ed. G. J. Armitage (Harl. Soc. xliv), 124.
Offices Held

Local: schoolmaster, Richmond g.s. 28 Aug. 1620–20 May 1629.Clarkson, Richmond, 194. Commr. assessment, London 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Medical: MD (Oxf.) 22 Dec. 1637. Fell. Royal Coll. of Physicians of London, 22 Dec. 1637; censor, 1641 – 42, 1650 – 51; elect (sen. fell.), 7 Aug. 1657–d.Royal Coll. of Physicians of London [RCP], Annals, vol. 3, ff. 187v, 211v; vol. 4, ff. 30, 69; Roll of the Royal Coll. of Physicians of London ed. W. Munk, i. 222. Priv. physician to Oliver Cromwell* by 1651–8.Mems. of Anne, Lady Halkett, and Ann, Lady Fanshawe ed. J. Loftus, 135.

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BATHURST, John (d. 1659), of St Anne Blackfriars, London, and Clints, Marske, Yorks.
: of St Anne Blackfriars, London and Clints, Yorks., Marske.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, C. Johnson, 1637.Royal Coll. of Physicians, London.

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BATHURST, John (d. 1659), of St Anne Blackfriars, London, and Clints, Marske, Yorks.

Will
23 Apr. 1659, pr. 1 Sept. 1659.PROB11/301, f. 214v.
Estates
in 1655, obtained lease of lead and coal mines in Arkengarthdale, Yorks.VCH N. Riding, i. 36. In 1656, purchased manors of Arkengarthdale, Braworth, Great Langton, Middleham and Richmond.VCH N. Riding, i. 38; C. Raine, ‘Marske in Swaledale’, YAJ vi. 269. At d. estate inc. his main residence in Blackfriars and three adjoining tenements; a house on The Strand, outside Temple Bar, formerly called The Mermaid ‘and now known by the sign of the George’; a shop in the Royal Exchange; land and tenements in Rotherhithe and Cuckold’s Haven, Barking, Essex; the manors of Arkengarthdale, Braworth, Marton-in-Cleveland, New Forest, Skutterskelfe and Thoralby, Yorks.; the ‘manor, tenement or farm of Clints’; lands in the parishes of Kirby Hill and Great Langton, Yorks.; lead mines and smelting mills in Arkengarthdale, New Forest and Clints; messuages and lands in the town and town fields of Richmond; and several leases and tithes in co. Dur.PROB11/301, ff. 215-220v; E134/34CHAS2/MICH37; C7/50/72; The Case of Theodore Bathurst (1689), 2. At his death, his landed estate was reckoned to be worth £2,000 a year and his personal estate was valued at £8,000.C5/457/55; W. Turner, Compleat Hist. of the Most Remarkable Providences (1697), ch. 76, p. 96.
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Cambridge (1637);RCP, Annals, vol. 3, f. 187v. The Old Bailey, London (by Nov. 1643).SP19/63, f. 95.
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WALLER, Thomas (1605-82), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

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Family and Education
bap. 5 May 1605, 3rd s. of Thomas Waller of Gregories, Beaconsfield, Bucks. and Dorothy, da. of William Gerard of Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.Beaconsfield par. reg.; Vis. Bucks 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 124. educ. Eton 1614-20;Add. 36076, ff. 295v-6. Oxf. Univ. 1620-2;Add. 36076, f. 296. G. Inn 7 Aug. 1622.G. Inn Admiss. i. 167. m. bef. 1645, Elizabeth, sister of Thomas Townshend of Norf., at least 1s. 1da.PROB11/370/384. d. 13 June 1682.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 542.
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Legal: called, G. Inn 21 Nov. 1631; bencher, 17 Nov. 1654.PBG Inn, 308, 409. Steward and judge of ct. of pleas, I. of Ely 24 Nov. 1648.CJ vi. 84a, 86b. Sjt.-at-law, 23 Jan. 1659–d.C231/6, p. 415; E. Chamberlayne, Present State of England (1682), 198. C.j. Chester 14 Mar.-?May 1660, 1680–2.CJ vii. 875b; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 542. Assize judge, Home circ. July 1660;C181/7, p. 6. Oxf. circ. Jan. 1664;C181/7, p. 231. Northern circ. June 1669.C181/7, p. 492. Treas. Serjeants’ Inn, Apr. 1668-May 1673.PRO30/23/2/1, ff. 114v, 126v.

Local: commr. assessment, Norwich 21 Feb. 1645; Norf. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Mdx. 1664;SR. militia, Mdx. 12 Mar. 1660;A.and O. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660;C181/7, p. 7. Norf. circ. 23 Jan. 1664-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 232, 635. Oxf. circ. 23 Jan. 1664;C181/7, p. 238. Northern circ. 11 June 1669;C181/7, p. 501. gaol delivery, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 7 Dec. 1660;C181/7, p. 49. sewers, Norwich 15 July 1672.C181/7, p. 624.

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WALLER, Thomas (1605-82), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.
: of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.
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Commons 1640-1660
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WALLER, Thomas (1605-82), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
20 Apr. 1680, pr. 21 July 1682.PROB11/370/384.
Estates
property in Kidlington, Oxon., Norwich and London (by 1680); partner in property speculation concerning Leics. land, 1670.CSP Dom. 1670, p. 352.
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ELLISON, Robert (1614-78), of St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

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bap. 2 Feb. 1614, 2nd s. of Cuthbert Ellison, merchant (bur. 5 Jan. 1627), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Jane (bur. 23 Mar. 1619), da. of Christopher Ile, merchant, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne par reg.; R.E. Carr, C.E. Carr, Hist. of the Fam. of Carr, i. 118. educ. Newcastle-upon-Tyne g.s.;Reg. of the Royal Grammar Sch. Newcastle upon Tyne ed. B.D. Stevens, 18. appr. mercer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, c.1628.Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 18. m. (1) 29 Mar. 1635, Elizabeth (bur. 3 July 1665), da. of Cuthbert Grey, merchant, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 7s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 27 July 1672, Agnes (bur. 3 Apr. 1674), da. of ?, wid. of James Briggs, merchant, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, s.p.St Nicholas par reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 78; Carr, Carr, Hist. Fam. Carr, i. 118. d. 12 Jan. 1678.Brand, Newcastle, i. 298.
Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1634–d.;Extracts from the Recs. of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F.W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. ci), ii. 253. auditor, 1642–3;Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, Order Bk. of Newcastle Merchant Adventurers’ Co., f. 14. asst. 15 May 1645 – 6 Oct. 1648, 9 Oct. 1649–20 Dec. 1676;Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, ff. 21, 46, 428; GU.MA/2/1, Order Bk. of Newcastle Merchant Adventurers Co., pp. 1, 9. gov. 20 Dec. 1676–d.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/2/1, pp. 9, 31. Member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 5 Mar. 1645–d.;Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 269. Eastland Co. 25 Feb. 1663–d.Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. Dendy, ii. 253.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1635- 2 Oct. 1643, 5 Dec. 1644–d.;Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/1, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk. for Sealing Docs., pp. 110, 113; Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. Dodds, 18; Extracts from the Newcastle upon Tyne Council Min. Bk. 1639–56 ed. M. H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. i), 28; CJ iii. 714b. sheriff, 5 Dec. 1644-c.Oct. 1645;CJ iii. 715a. common cllr. Oct. 1645 – Oct. 1646, Oct. 1647-Oct. 1648.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/1, pp. 166, 249.

Local: commr. sequestration, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 5 Dec. 1644;CJ iii. 714b. assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1677; co. Dur. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Northern Assoc. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 20 June 1645; taking accts. in northern cos. 29 July 1645; militia, co. Dur., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Trustee, Nether Heworth sch. co. Dur. 3 Mar. 1654-aft. Dec. 1655.LPL, COMM VIII/I, p. 430. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. J.p. co. Dur. 16 July 1657-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 372. Sheriff, 1658-c.June 1660.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 42a; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 50. C.-in-c. militia, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Jan. 1660–?CCSP iv. 526. Commr. poll tax, co. Dur., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1660.SR.

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ELLISON, Robert (1614-78), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Hebburn, co. Dur.
: of St Nicholas, Northumb., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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ELLISON, Robert (1614-78), of St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

Will
11 Jan. 1678, pr. 1678.Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1677/E5/1-2.
Estates
in 1635, leased lands in Nether Heworth, co. Dur. from Durham dean and chapter; lands which he purchased in 1651.C54/3634/15. In about 1650, acquired an estate at Hebburn, co. Dur.Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 76. In 1653, Ellison and Alderman Thomas Bonner purchased manor of Jarrow, co. Dur. for £7,000, which they divided in 1664.Tyne and Wear Archives, DF.COT, CG/1/11; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 74. By 1657, Ellison owned salt pans at Jarrow.Tyne and Wear Archives, DF.HUG/91/2; DF.HUG/93. He was owner or part-owner of at least two merchant ships.Tyne and Wear Archives, BC.RV/1/2, River Ct. Bk. Newcastle, f. 83; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 80.
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WRAY, John (1619-64), of Glentworth, Lincs.

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bap. 21 Sept. 1619, 1st s. of Sir John Wray, 2nd bt.*C. Dalton, Hist. of the Wrays of Glentworth, ii. app. p. 13. educ. Magdalene, Camb. Easter 1635, MA 1636.Al. Cant. m. (1) 23 Jan. 1653, Elizabeth (bur. 3 Nov. 1655), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Willoughby, 1st bt., of Risley, Derbys., wid. of Sir Simonds D’Ewes* of Stow Hall, Stowlangtoft, Suff., 1s. (d.v.p.); (2) 25 Aug. 1661, Sarah (d. 1717), da. of Sir John Evelyn* of West Dean, Wilts., 1s. (d.v.p.) 1da.Derbys. Par. Regs. Marriages ed. L. L. Simpson, xiii. 10; H. Evelyn, Hist. of the Evelyn Fam. 506; Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 11-12, 15, app. pp. 15-16. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. Dec. 1655; bur. 29 Oct. 1664 29 Oct. 1664.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. app. p. 15.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 9 Dec. 1642-c.July 1644;E113/9, unfol.; SP28/33, ff. 410–11. col. 12 Aug. 1659–?CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 564.

Local: commr. assessment, Lincs. 24 Feb. 1643, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6).; Lincs. (Lindsey) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Derbys. 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, Lindsey 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643; New Model ordinance, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Dep. lt. 11 Sept. 1645–?CJ iv. 270b; LJ vii. 575b. Commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646–14 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 38, 389; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. Hatfield Chase Level 27 Jan. 1657–11 Aug. 1660;C181/6, p. 197. Deeping and Gt. Level 21 July 1659.C181/6, p. 381. J.p. Lindsey 17 Mar. 1647-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 51. Holland, Kesteven 11 Mar. 1656-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 328. Commr. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Derbys., Yorks. 26 July 1659;A. and O. Norf. 1 Aug. 1659;CJ vii. 744b. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 12 Feb. 1656–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 147, 370.

Civic: freeman, Gt. Grimsby 21 Oct. 1645–d.N. East Lincs. Archives, Great Grimsby, Mayor’s Ct. Bks., 1/102/8, f. 163v.

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WRAY, John (1619-64), of Glentworth, Lincs.
: of Glentworth, Lincs.
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Commons 1640-1660
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WRAY, John (1619-64), of Glentworth, Lincs.

Will
admon. 8 Oct. 1664.Lincs. RO, LCC Admon. 1664/143.
Estates
at marriage in 1653, had an estate in Lincs. settled on him worth £2,500 p.a. and manor of Woodhall, Norf.;C33/208, f. 3v. his wife came with lands worth at least £1,000 p.a.C7/424/11. In 1655, he inherited a large estate in Lincs.Infra, ‘Sir John Wray’. By 1661, he either owned or rented a house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.Evelyn, Evelyn Fam. 504. His estate was worth an estimated £3,500 p.a.‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’ ed. C. H., Her. and Gen. ii. 126.
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St Swithin’s, Lincoln (1642).SP28/193, f. 43.
Religion
presented Oswald Rumney to rectory of Glentworth, Lincs. 1663.Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1663/81.
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BISCOE, John (1613-aft. 1666), of Little Missenden, Bucks. and West Drayton, Mdx.

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Family and Education
bap. 28 Aug. 1613, 1st s. of Richard Biscoe of Little Missenden and his 1st w. Martha, da. of John Turner of Ashley Green, Chesham.J.C.C. Smith, Ped. of the Fam. of Biscoe (1887), 15; A Transcript of the First Vol. 1538-1636, of the Par. Reg. of Chesham ed. J.W. Garrett-Pegge (1904), 115. m. by 1638, Ann, da. of William Nicoll, tanner, of Uxbridge, Mdx. 2s. 6da. (3 d.v.p.).Smith, ‘Biscoe’, 16; Garrett-Pegge, Par. Reg. of Chesham, 169; The People of Chesham (Buckingham, 1984), 6, 8, 117. suc. fa. 1652.Smith, ‘Biscoe’, 15. d. aft. 1666.Ludlow, Mems. ii. 391.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Thomas Tyrrell* by Apr. 1644;SP28/14, f. 259; BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database. regt. of Edward Montagu II* by Apr. 1645-Dec. 1647;M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 48; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 398. maj. of ft. regt. of John Barkstead*, Dec. 1647 – bef.Oct. 1651; lt.-col. by Oct. 1651-bef. Aug. 1653;J. Sprigg, Anglia Rediviva (Oxford, 1854), 329; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 338; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, i. 87, ii. 62; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 478. regt. of Sir William Constable* by Aug. 1653-June 1655.CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 433; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 65. Col. of ft. June 1655–1 Feb. 1660.Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, ii. 86, 135; CJ vii. 685a, 829b.

Local: commr. assessment, Mdx. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Bucks. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Essex 9 June 1657.A and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. Bucks. 12 July 1653-bef. c.Sept. 1656;C231/6, p. 259. Mdx. by Oct. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C193/13/4, f. 64v; Mdx. Par. Regs. Marr. ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and T. Gurney (1910), ii. 17 Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, Mdx. and Westminster by Jan. 1656; Bucks. by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 406, 583. London 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. militia, Bucks., Mdx., Suff. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. Knight marshal of the household by Sept. 1658.Burton’s Diary, ii. 518. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

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BISCOE, John (1613-aft. 1666), of Little Missenden, Bucks. and West Drayton, Mdx.
: Bucks. and Mdx., West Drayton.
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BISCOE, John (1613-aft. 1666), of Little Missenden, Bucks. and West Drayton, Mdx.

Will
not found.
Estates
jt. purchaser of Sayes Court, Kent for £12,583 5s 3¾d, 1650;I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’, (London PhD thesis, 1969), 254. bought properties at Ryton, Salop. formerly belonging to William Craven, 1st Baron Craven, bef. Mar. 1653;CCC 1625. bought manor of Drayton, West Drayton, Mdx. bef. 1660.VCH Mdx. iii. 194.
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STEPHENS, William (d. 1658), of Barton, Whippingham, I.o.W. and the Middle Temple, London.

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b. 2nd s. of Richard Stephens of Barton, and ?Elizabeth, da. of Robert Doleman of Whippingham.MT Admiss. i. 132; T. Stephens, The Castle Builders (1759), 2. educ. New Inn; M. Temple, 18 May 1636;MT Admiss. i. 132. DCL, Oxf. 9 May 1651.Al. Ox. m. bef. 1641, Anne, da. of Thomas Redman, ?(d.1628), attorney of Newport, wid. of Edward Harbert or Herbert (?d. 1635), yeoman, of Birchmore, Arreton, I.o.W. 5s. 3da.Stephens, Castle Builders, 3-4; PROB11/156/7 (Thomas Redman); I.o.W. RO, OG/EE/2, 40; Oglander Memoirs, 21; VCH Hants, v. 139-51. d. 12 Oct. 1658.Portsmouth RO, CE 1/7, p. 105.
Offices Held

Civic: recorder, Newport, I.o.W. 13 May 1641–d.;I.o.W. RO, NBC 45/16a, p. 414. Portsmouth c.Oct. 1644–d.;Portsmouth RO, CE 1/5, p. 85; CE 1/7, p. 105; Portsmouth Sessions Pprs. 1653–1688 ed. Hoad, 1, 3, 6, 161. Salisbury by 11 May 1646–15 Sept. 1656.Wilts. RO, G23/1/4, ff. 19v, 92; Hoare, Hist. Wilts. iv. (Old and New Sarum), 711; A. and O.

Legal: called, M. Temple 4 June 1641; associate bencher, 26 June 1652; bencher, 8 Feb. 1655.MT Admiss. i. 132; MTR iii. 1038, 1090.

Local: steward and bailiff, I.o.W. 1642. Woodward and verderer, New Forest 1644. Dep. steward, Winchester bpric. 1646; steward to dean and canons of Windsor, 1647. 2 Mar. 1647 – d.Stephens, Castle Builders, 5. J.p. Hants; Wilts. by 11 Jan. 1648-bef. Oct 1653, by c. Sept. 1656 – d.; Mdx. Dec. 1650-bef. Oct. 1652.C231/6, pp. 76, 203; C193/13/3, f. 69; C193/13/4, ff. 61v, 108v; C193/13/5, f. 115v; C193/13/6, f. 96; Wilts. RO, A1/160/1, ff. 102, 128; The Names of the Justices (1650), 50, 61 (E.1238.4). Commr. assessment, Hants 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; I.o.W. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Wilts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–d.C181/6, pp. 9, 308.

Household: ?servant of Philip Herbert*, 4th earl of Pembroke, bef. Nov. 1643;CJ v. 44a. estate steward by Mar. 1646–?50.Sheffield Archives, EM1355/1, 1356.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 7 Feb. 1646.CJ iv. 431a. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649; removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649.A. and O. Judge, ct. of admlty. 16 Aug. 1649–d.CJ vi. 279b; vii. 44b, 221b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for excise by 15 Nov. 1649-aft. May 1652.Bodl. Rawl. C.386.

Mercantile: member, Mineral and Battery Works Co. 28 June 1651 – d.; dep. gov. 2 Dec. 1652–d.Loan 16/2, ff. 105v-6, 108–24.

Parlimentarian
STEPHENS, William (d. 1658), of Barton, Whippingham, I.o.W. and the Middle Temple, London.
: Whippingham, I.o.W. and London., the Middle Temple.
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Web Title

STEPHENS, William (d. 1658), of Barton, Whippingham, I.o.W. and the Middle Temple, London.

Will
admon. 20 Nov. 1658.PROB6/34, f. 275.
Estates
paid £33 6s p.a. as steward to earl of Pembroke, c. 1648.Sheffield Archives, EM1356. Reported to have purchased property worth £3,000 in Bristol; manor of Chipping Ongar, Essex; manse of deanery of Salisbury, Wilts.; land worth £3,000 in Maids Morton, Bucks.; rectory and parsonage of Hackney; manor of Woodperry, Oxon.; manor of Barton (for £2,000) and manor of Bowcombe (for £8,000), I.o.W.; a moiety of the thirtieth part of the privilege of the Co. of Mineral and Battery Works, and a moiety of the twenty-fourth of the Mines Royal.Stephens, Castle Builders, 7-8. He paid £2,000 for rectory, parsonage and advowson of Hackney and manor of Grumbolds in 1651-2, but seems to have been acting for others and to have sold it on.LMA, M79/G/008/01, 02; VCH Mdx. x. 79-80. He certainly bought sequestrated manor of Bowcombe from Thomas Knollys* for £8,000 in 1652, having previously paid at least £2,353 to redeem a mortgage on the property.I.o.W. RO, JER/SEL/50/1, 12-16.
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THURBARNE, James (d.1688), of Sandwich, Kent.

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Family and Education
b. 2nd s. of James Thurbarne† (d. 1627) of New Romney, Kent and G. Inn, and Mary, da. of Sir Giles Estcourt† of Salisbury, Wilts., wid. of William Sudall, Haberdasher of London.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 287; Reg. of St Mary Aldermanbury (Harl. Soc. lxi), 67; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 56. educ. King’s School, Canterbury, 1622-3.Scholars of King’s School, Canterbury ed. W. Urry, 71. m. (1) 12 May 1635, Ellen (d. 4 Mar. 1657), wid. of John Jacob of Sandwich, 2s. 1da.; (2) 18 Nov. 1658, Bennet Forster, wid. s.p.Boys, Sandwich, i. 350; Canterbury Mar. Licences 1619-60, 983. bur. 23 May 1688.St Peter’s Sandwich par. reg.; Boys, Sandwich, i. 350.
Offices Held

Civic: dep. to Cinque Ports brotherhood, Sandwich July 1639-July 1683.Cal. White and Black Bks. Cinque Ports, 472–573. Common cllr. 1640–59;E. Kent RO, Sa/AC7, f. 379v. town clerk, May 1643 – 27 Nov. 1660, 27 Nov. 1660 – Dec. 1662, Oct. 1667-Mar. 1684;E. Kent RO, Sa/AC8, ff. 16, 148r-v, 150, 161v, 181, 185v, 240; Boys, Sandwich, i. 351; D. Gardiner, Historic Haven: the Story of Sandwich (1954), 289–90. jurat (or baron), 5 Dec. 1659 – 27 Nov. 1660, 27 Nov. 1660 – Dec. 1662, Dec. 1669-Mar. 1684;E. Kent RO, Sa/AC8, ff. 144v, 148r-v, 191v, 240; Gardiner, Sandwich, 289. mayor, Dec. 1665–6.E. Kent RO, Sa/AC8, f. 174; Gardiner, Sandwich, 290.

Military: capt. militia, Kent bef. Sept. 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 95, 183.

Local: commr. assessment, Kent 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;Ordinance for Assessment (1660), 30 (E.1075.6); SR. Sandwich 1661, 1677, 1679; poll tax, Kent, Sandwich 1660, 1666.SR.

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Will
16 Jan. 1685, pr. 8 July 1690.PROB11/400/180.
Estates
resident in St Peter’s, Sandwich, by 1646.Gardiner, Sandwich, 274. Purchased manor of Wingham Barton in 1651.Hasted, Kent, ix. 207; J. Philipot, Villare Cantiarum (1659), 52.
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SEABORNE, Richard (c.1590-c.1657), of Hereford, Herefs.

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b. c. 1590, 2nd. but 1st surv. s. of Edward Seaborne of Felton, Herefs. and Margaret, da. of John Wellington of Clehonger.Vis. Herefs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xv)), 109-10 educ. M. Temple 25 Feb. 1611.M. Temple Admiss. i. 96. m. (1) Jane, da. of Sir Edward Pytt of Kyre, Worcs., 1da.; (2) Anne, da. of James Rodd of Hereford, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.Vis. Herefs. 1634, 109-10; Robinson, Mansions and Manors, 264; Hereford St John’s par. reg. d. c. 1657.PROB6/33, f. 18.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 19 June 1618; Lent reader, 1642; asst. autumn reader, 1642.MTR ii. 629, 912, 920, 926.

Local: j.p. Herefs. July 1629–?C231/5, p. 15. Clerk of the peace, 1631–?42.Notts. RO, DD/P/6/1/22/4; E. Stephens, Clerks of the Counties (1961), 99. Dep. steward of manors, Hereford dean and chapter by Oct. 1632–?40.Hereford Cath. Lib. R820. Commr. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Hereford and 4 hundreds of Herefs. 1633.I. Atherton, Ambition and Failure in Early Stuart England: the career of John, 1st Viscount Scudamore (Manchester, 1999), 114. Commr. further subsidy, Hereford 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR.

Civic: j.p. and dep. steward, Hereford by Sept. 1632–?Apr. 1642.Herefs. RO, BG11/17/iv/83; BG11/5/32; BG11/5/35.

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admon. to son Richard, 3 Feb. 1657.PROB6/33, f. 18.
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GODFREY, Thomas (1586-1664), of Halling, and Hoddisford, Sellindge, Kent.

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b. 3 Jan. 1586, 1st s. of Thomas Godfrey (d. 1624) of Lydd, Kent, and 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Michael Pix of Ashford; half-bro. of Richard Godfrey II†.Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 450, 460; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 132; Arch. Cant. vi. 260; C142/408/132. educ. Challock (John Lancaster), 1594; St John’s, Camb. 1599; M. Temple, 4 Feb. 1603;Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 451; MT Admiss. i. 80. travelled abroad (Spanish Netherlands) 1616, July-Aug. 1618.Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 451, 455. m. (1) 5 May 1608, Margaret (d. 29 June 1611), da. of William Lambarde† of Westcombe, 2s. inc. Lambarde Godfrey* (1 d.v.p.);Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 451, 454; St Katherine by the Tower, London, par. reg. (2) 28 May 1612, Sarah, da. of William Iles of Hammersmith, Mdx. 13s. (5 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). d. 10 Oct. 1664.Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 454-5; Sellindge par. reg.
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Household: gent. in ordinary to Henry Howard, 1st earl of Northampton, 1607–9.Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 451.

Civic: freeman, Winchelsea 30 Apr. 1609; jurat, 9 May 1609;E. Suss. RO, WIN55, ff. 150v, 162v; Cal. White and Black Bks. Cinque Ports, 392; Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 452. dep. to the Guestling of the Cinque Ports, 1610.Top. and Gen. ii. 453; Cal. White and Black Bks. 392. Freeman, New Romney 1628.E. Kent RO, NR/Rta1/3.

Local: lt. militia horse, Kent 1617;Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 457. scoutmaster, 18 May 1632.Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 462. Commr. sewers, Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 1625;C181/3, f. 166. Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst, Kent 1628;C181/3, f. 253. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1629, 1630, 1639;C181/4, ff. 19, 38v; C181/5, f. 145. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1632, 21 Aug. 1645;C181/4, f. 106v; C181/5, f. 259. Denge Marsh, Kent 1636, 21 Aug. 1645;C181/5, f. 41; C181/5, f. 260. Kent 1639, 1 July 1659.C181/5, f. 147; C181/6, p. 367. J.p. 13 Dec. 1630-bef. Jan. 1650.C231/5, p. 45. Commr. repair of highways, 1631;C181/4, f. 88v. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641.SR.

Court: sewer, extraordinary, 19 Feb. 1618–25.Coll. Top. and Gen. ii. 457.

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GODFREY, Thomas (1586-1664), of Halling, and Hoddisford, Sellindge, Kent.
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GODFREY, Thomas (1586-1664), of Halling, and Hoddisford, Sellindge, Kent.

Will
8 Apr. 1657, pr. 5 Nov. 1664.Canterbury Cathedral Lib. PRC17/72, f. 49.
Estates
bought manor of Hodiford from James Cobbe. In 1640 briefly acquired manor of Hengham, Kent. Owned advowson of Kenardington in 1663.Hasted, Kent, vii. 234, 249; viii. 303-14.
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ALFORD, John (c.1590-1649), of Offington, Broadwater, Suss. and Whitefriars, London.

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b. c. 1590, 1st s. of Edward Alford† of Hamsey and Whitefriars, and Judith (d. 1637), da. of Edmund Downing of Suff.; bro. of Sir Edward Alford*.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 205-6. educ. St John’s, Oxf., 13 Feb. 1607.Al. Ox. m. (settlement 2 May 1620), Frances (d. 23 Oct. 1659), da. of Sir Thomas Bishopp† of Parham, Suss., 2da.Add. 39478, f. 9; J. G. Alford, Alford Family Notes (1908), 37. suc. fa. 7 Nov. 1631.Add. 39478, f. 9. d. 5 Jan. 1649.Add. 5698, f. 187; F. Lambarde, ‘Coats of arms in Sussex churches’, Suss. Arch. Collns. lxxii. 234.
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Local: commr. swans, England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 270v. sewers, Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 16 Dec. 1629, 31 Mar. 1640, 13 May 1645;C181/4, f. 32v; C181/5, ff. 167v, 253. Suss. 26 May 1637, 20 July 1641;C181/5, ff. 69v, 206; E. Suss. RO, DAP1/1, 1/2. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 10 July 1639. 26 Feb. 1632 – 8 July 1637C181/5, f. 145. Feoffee, Steyning g.s. 1630. 26 Feb. 1632 – 8 July 1637W.P. Breach, ‘William Holland, alderman of Chichester’, Suss. Arch. Collns. xliii. 80. J.p. Suss., 1638–?, 21 Feb. 1646–48.C231/5, pp. 77, 253; C231/6, p. 40; C193/13/2; SP16/405. Commr. oyer for terminer and piracy, 23 May 1637;C181/5, f. 69. subsidy, 1641; further subisdy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 14 Apr. 1643;SR; CJ iii. 45a. array, 6 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. sequestration, 14 Apr. 1643;CJ iii. 45a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

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ALFORD, John (c.1590-1649), of Offington, Broadwater, Suss. and Whitefriars, London.

Will
7 July 1643, pr. 2 May 1649.PROB11/208/34.
Estates
Wittersham manor, Kent, 1620-d.Hasted, Kent, viii. 488. 14 messuages in All Hallows Steyning, London, 1620-d., inc. The Rose and Star tavern, Fenchurch Street.Notes IPMs Suss. 3; C54/3318/17. Hamsey manor, Suss. 1631–d.VCH Suss. vii. 85. Purchased lands in Pockthorpe and Nafferton, Yorks. from Sir John Caryll of Harting, Suss. 1632;C54/2925/28. Greatham manor, Suss. 1634;Suss. Manors, i. 187; CCC 1071. property in Goswell Street, Whitefriars, London.PROB11/208/34. Assessed at £1,000, 28 July 1644; respited 30 Sept. 1644.CCAM 420. Assessed at £400 for his twentieth part, 12 Aug. 1644.CJ iii. 588a.
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