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HODGES, Luke (1590-1656), of Christchurch parish, Bristol and Westminster.

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bap. 6 Dec. 1590, 6th s. of John Hodges (bur. 25 July 1599) of Shipton Moyne, Glos. and Alice (bur. 26 June 1596).Shipton Moyne par. reg. educ. appr. 28 Feb. 1609 to Roger and Joan Kelly of Bristol, grocers.Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 272. m. (1) by 16 June 1619, Florence, da. of Christopher Perrie of Kenn, Som. 1s. 3da.;Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills, ser. 6, 78; Christchurch, Bristol par. reg. (2) Frances. d. by 2 May 1656.PROB6/32, f. 103.
Offices Held

Civic: burgess, Bristol 8 Nov. 1616–d.Bristol RO, 04359/2, f. 77. Feoffee, Christchurch parish lands by 1626–?d.Bristol RO, P/XCh/F/1; 26166/254. Common cllr. Bristol 15 July 1635-Sept. 1643, 9 Sept. 1645–12 Sept. 1654;Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 61; 04264/4, pp. 33, 69. sheriff, 1638–9;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 168. member, cttee. for defence of city, 15 Aug. 1642-July 1643;Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 123. alderman, 15 Sept. 1646–12 Sept. 1654.Bristol RO, 04264/4, p. 145, 04264/5, p. 69.

Religious: churchwarden, Christchurch, Bristol 1632–3.Bristol RO, P/Xch/chw/1(b), p. 145.

Local: commr. assessment, Bristol 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Bristol, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Bristol militia, 22 June 1648;LJ x. 341b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. preservation of timber, Forest of Dean 26 Mar. 1649;CSP Dom. 1649–50, pp. 54, 67. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. sewers, Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654;C181/6, p. 6. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 4 June 1647, 29 May 1649;SP16/512, f. 65; CJ vi. 290a. cttee. for the army, 23 Sept. 1647, 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652; Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Nov. 1647;CJ v. 347b; LJ ix. 506a. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 19 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 121b. cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649;CJ vi. 137b. cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 2 Apr. 1649;CJ vi. 178a. cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Commr. removing obstructions, sales of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651;A. and O. for excise, 6 Jan. 1652–25 Mar. 1654.CJ vii. 63b; A. and O.

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HODGES, Luke (1590-1656), of Christchurch parish, Bristol and Westminster.
: Bristol and Westminster.
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HODGES, Luke (1590-1656), of Christchurch parish, Bristol and Westminster.

Will
admon. 2 May 1656.PROB6/32, f. 103.
Estates
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BROWNE, Richard II (c.1602-69), of Whitefriars, London.

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b. c. 1602, 2nd s. of John Browne alias Moses of Wokingham, Berks. and London and Anne, da. of John Beard of Wokingham. m. by 1628, Bridget, da. of Robert Bryan, mercer, of Henley, Oxon. 2s. 3 da. (1 d.v.p.).CB; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 115; GL, St Bride, Fleet Street par. reg.; Soc. Gen., Boyd’s Inhabitants 9166. Kntd. 29 May 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 227. cr. bt. 22 July 1660.CB. d. 24 Sept. 1669.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 171.
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Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 16 Apr. 1622; steward 1663.Ancient Vellum Bk., 34, 119. Capt. militia ft. London 1642, Oct. 1660 – d.; col. of horse, Apr. 1660; maj.-gen. 6 July 1660-Jan. 1669.Bodl. Rawl. B.48, f. 12v; CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 59; HP Commons 1660–1690. J.p. Mdx. 1 June 1644-bef. Jan. 1650, May 1662 – d.; Surr. 1662–d.C231/6, p. 3; C231/7, p. 171. Commr. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 1 Aug. 1648.A. and O.; CJ v. 655b. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 20 Jan. 1645, 8 Oct. 1667;C181/5, f. 246v; C181/7, p. 412. London 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 454. assessment, Bucks. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; London 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Mdx. 1661; Essex, Surr. 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, London 13 Aug. 1657, 24 July 1662;C181/6, p. 257; C181/7, p. 164. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 454. poll tax, London 1660.SR. Pres. Bethlem and Bridewell hosps. 1660–d. Dep. lt. London 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662; subsidy, London, Mdx. 1663.SR.

Civic: member, Woodmongers’ Co. bef. 1634;Vis. London, 115; N. and Q. ser. 8, viii. 54. Merchant Taylors’ Co. 10 Dec. 1656–d.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 170–1. Common councilman, London Dec. 1641;Oxford DNB. sheriff, June – Dec. 1648; alderman, 19 June 1648 – Dec. 1649, 4 Sept. 1660–d.;CLRO, Rep. 59, f. 242; Jor. 41, f. 240. ld. mayor, Oct. 1660–1.Beaven, Aldermen of London i. 170–1.

Military: col. of dragoons (parlian.), 17 Nov. 1642;CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 407. maj.-gen. 23 Dec. 1643;CJ iii. 349a; A. and O. cdr. of forces in Oxon, Berks. and Bucks. 7 June 1644–6.CJ iii. 521b-22a. Gov. Abingdon 24 July 1644–6.CSP Dom. 1644, p. 374.

Central: member, council of war, 25 Aug. 1643.CJ iii. 218a. Commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 540a, 545b. Commr. to receive king, 6 Jan. 1647.CJ v. 44a; LJ viii. 648b. Treas. poll tax 1660. Commr. disbanding army, 1660;SR. excise appeals, 13 Oct. 1660–d.CTB i. 75.

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BROWNE, Richard I (d.1669), of Maiden Lane, London and Debden Hall, nr. Saffron Walden, Essex.
: of Whitefriars, London.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, aft. 1648;NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1646;J. Ricraft, A perfect List of all the Victories (1646, 669.f.10.79). line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 70. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 99. line engraving, unknown, 1647.NPG.

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BROWNE, Richard II (c.1602-69), of Whitefriars, London.

Will
admon. 28 Jan. 1671.PROB6/46, f. 11v.
Estates
lease of house in Whitefriars, London, from 10 Oct. 1639, £120 p.a;The Fire Court, ed. P.E. Jones (2 vols. 1966), ii. 114. purchased manor of Debden, Essex, bef. May 1662.Morant, Essex ii. 562.
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HOWARD, Charles, Viscount Andover (c.1615-79), of Charlton, Wilts.

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b. c. 1615, 1st s. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Berkshire, of Charlton and Elizabeth (d. 1672), da. and coh. of William Cecil†, 1st earl of Exeter; bro. of Thomas Howard*, Philip Howard† and Sir Robert Howard†.CP; HoP Commons 1660-1690. educ. travelled abroad aft. 9 Nov. 1633.CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625-49, p. 461. m. 10 Apr. 1637, Dorothy (c. 1621-91), da. of Thomas Savage, Viscount Savage, at least 1s. d.v.p.HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, 100-1; CSP Dom. 1639-40, p. 486. KB, 1 Feb. 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. suc. fa. 16 July 1669, as 2nd earl of Berkshire. d. Apr. 1679.CP.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Glos., Wilts. 20 June 1638–?C231/5, p. 299; Coventry Docquets, 75. High steward, Ampthill manor 1640.CP. Commr. array (roy.), Wilts. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Civic: freeman, Oxf. 3 Mar. 1640.Oxford Council Acts 1626–1665, 90.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), 11 Oct. 1642; brigade maj. July 1643.P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales (New York, 1981), 199; Mems. of Prince Rupert ed. Warburton, ii. 257. Gov. Salisbury 4 Oct. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 79. Col. 1658.Bodl. Eng. hist. e. 309, p. 5.

Court: gent. of bedchamber, 1648, ?1660–68.CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 151; 1664–5, p. 22; CTB ii. 243.

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HOWARD, Charles, Viscount Andover (c.1615-79), of Charlton, Wilts.
: Viscount Andover (c.1615-79), of Charlton, Wilts. 1615 – 79.
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HOWARD, Charles, Viscount Andover (c.1615-79), of Charlton, Wilts.

Will
1 Sep. 1673, pr. 4 June 1679.PROB11/360/57.
Estates
£250 annuity, 1649;CCC 1971. from July 1669, manor of Charlton and other lands in Wilts. (worth £1,500 p.a. in 1649); ?lands in Ewelme, Oxon., Kingsbury, Som. and Newark, Notts.VCH Wilts. xiv. 41; CCC 1971.
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HONYWOOD, Sir Thomas (1587-1666), of Marks Hall, Markshall, Essex.

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b. 15 Jan. 1587, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Honywood of Charing, Kent, and his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Browne† of Betchworth Castle, Surr.Add. 16604, ff. 6, 16v; [J.G. Nichols], ‘The posterity of Mary Honywood, at her death in 1620’, Topographer and Genealogist, i. 399; B.W. Greenfield, ‘Honywood evidences’, Topographer and Genealogist, ii. 170-1; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 424; Morant, Essex, ii. 168. educ. I. Temple, 17 Nov. 1605;I. Temple database. DCL, Oxf. 9 Sept. 1651.Ath. Ox. iv. pt. ii. 168; Al. Ox. m. 13 May 1634,All Hallows, London Wall, par. reg. Hester (d. 1681), wid. of John Manning of Hackney, Mdx. merchant, and da. and coh. of John La Mott of London, alderman, 5s (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Coventry Docquets, 648; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv, xvii), ii. 42; Morant, Essex, ii. 168-9; C.F. Smith, ‘Markshall and the Honywoods’, Essex Review, vii. 164; F.H.S., ‘Markshall and the Honywood fam.’, N. and Q. iv. 235; Josselin, Diary, 634. suc. fa. 1627. Kntd. 22 Nov. 1632.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 200. d. 26 May 1666.Smith, ‘Markshall’, 164.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Essex 24 Feb. 1643, 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;A. and O. care of Landguard Fort, Suff. 12 Apr. 1643;CJ iii. 41b. accts. of assessment, Essex 3 May 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. by Sept. 1643–?1660.SP28/227: Essex dep. lts. to Edward Birkhead, 12 Aug. 1643. Commr. Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Essex 24 Feb. 1644, 28 Aug. 1654;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; A. and O. for timber for navy, Kent and Essex 16 Apr. 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 237v, 254. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 59–372. gaol delivery, Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645;C181/5, ff. 238, 254. Colchester 16 Feb. 1655-aft. Feb. 1659;C181/6, pp. 82, 347. New Model ordinance, Essex 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. J.p. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 24v; A Perfect List (1660), 15; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxvi. Commr. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650;A. and O. sewers, Essex 31 Aug. 1654;C181/6, p. 64. securing peace of commonwealth by 15 Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 320. Custos rot. 10 July 1656–59.C231/6, p. 340; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxvi. Commr. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Military: col. militia ft. (parlian.) Essex by May 1643 – aft.July 1644; eastern division, Essex 31 Jan. 1650-aft. Sept. 1659.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; SP28/7, f. 337; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 499; CJ vii. 749a, 772a. Capt. militia, Essex by July 1655-aft. June 1656.SP25/77, pp. 864, 887.

Religious: elder, Lexden classis, Essex Nov. 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 388.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. ct. martial, Oct. 1651;CSP Dom. 1651, p. 479. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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HONYWOOD, Sir Thomas (1587-1666), of Marks Hall, Markshall, Essex.
: Essex., Markshall.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown.Hollytrees Museum, Colchester, Essex.

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HONYWOOD, Sir Thomas (1587-1666), of Marks Hall, Markshall, Essex.

Will
24 May 1666, pr. 7 Aug. 1666.PROB11/321/384.
Estates
bought land at Markshall, Essex 1631;Coventry Docquets, 621. 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. he and others bought moiety of manor of Havering-atte-Bower, Essex for £770, 1651.I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1969), 297.
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SUTTON, Robert (1594-1668), of Averham, Notts.

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b. 21 Dec. 1594, 4th but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Sutton of Averham, and Susan (d. 3 Dec. 1613), da. of Thomas Cony of Bassingthorpe, Lincs.C142/345/128; Averham par. reg.; CP. educ. Trinity, Camb. Easter 1611;Al. Cant. travelled abroad (Low Countries) 1621.The Loseley Mss ed. A. J. Kempe (1836), 424. m. (1) 14 Apr. 1616, Elizabeth (bur. 10 Dec. 1637), da. of Sir George Manners† of Haddon Hall, Derbys. s.p.; (2) 14 Feb. 1639, Anne (bur. 28 Jan. 1660), da. of Sir Guy Palmes* of Ashwell, Rutland, wid. of Sir Thomas Browne, 2nd bt. of Walcot, Northants. 2da.; (3) 21 Feb. 1661, Mary (d. 4 Sept. 1669), da. of Sir Anthony St Leger, Warden of the Mint 1660-70, 1s. 1da.Averham par. reg.; Ashwell par. reg.; C5/58/92; CP; Thoroton, Notts. iii. 110, 111. suc. fa. 24 Aug. 1611.C142/345/128. cr. Baron Lexinton of Aram 21 Nov. 1645.CP. d. 11 Oct. 1668.S. Holden, Two Sermons Preach’d at the Funerals of the Right Honourable Robert Lord Lexington and the Lady Mary his Wife (1676), 1.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 28 Feb. 1617 – aft.Dec. 1641, 19 Dec. 1664–d.;C181/2, ff. 273, 336; C181/3, ff. 10v, 247; C181/4, ff. 9, 177v; C181/5, ff. 19v, 216; C181/7, p. 302. Notts. 12 July 1617-aft. 1641, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/4, f. 45v. Commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 20 Nov. 1619-aft. Feb. 1642;C181/2, f. 354v; C181/3, f. 229v; C181/4, ff. 40v, 155v; C181/5, f. 224. River Trent, Lincs., Notts. and Yorks. 6 June 1629;C181/4, f. 16v. River Smite, Leics. and Notts. 21 Nov. 1629;C181/4, f. 23v. subsidy, Notts. 1624, 1641;C212/22/23; SR. swans, Lincs., Northants., Notts. and Rutland 28 May 1625;C181/3, f. 165. midland cos. and Welsh borders 27 July 1627;C181/3, f. 227v. Lincs. 26 June 1635;C181/4, f. 14v. Notts. 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. musters, May 1626;APC 1625–6, p. 476. charitable uses, 3 Aug. 1626, 17 July 1629, 3 Dec. 1630;C192/1, unfol.; C93/10/19; C93/13/3. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 44. Dep. lt. by Aug. 1627–42, c.Aug. 1660–d.SP16/73/34, f. 45v; SP29/11/142, f. 221; SP29/60/66, f. 145v. Sheriff, 7 Nov. 1630–1.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 104. Commr. exacted fees, 6 Feb. 1634;C181/4, f. 159. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 23 June 1639 – aft.Jan. 1642, 23 Jan. 1665–d.;C181/5, ff. 141v, 220v; C181/7, p. 314. further subsidy, Notts., Nottingham 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210. disarming recusants, Notts. 30 Aug. 1641.CJ ii. 267b; LJ iv. 385a. Custos rot. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby 17 Dec. 1641–?C181/5, f. 216. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, Notts., Nottingham 1642;SR. array (roy.), Notts. 18 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Dep. justice in eyre, Sherwood Forest 5 Nov. 1662.Notts. RO, DD/4P/75/42. Commr. hearth tax, Notts. 1664.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. W.F. Webster (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xxxvii), 11.

Parlimentarian
SUTTON, Robert (1594-1668), of Averham, Notts.
: of Averham, Notts.
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SUTTON, Robert (1594-1668), of Averham, Notts.

Will
28 Jan. 1667, cod. 7 Oct. 1668, pr. 7 July 1669.PROB11/331, f. 367.
Estates
inherited manors of Averham, Harby, Kelham, North Clifton and Staythorpe, lands in Harby and North Clifton and advowsons of Averham and Kelham, Notts. – in all, worth about £800 p.a.C142/345/128; C9/1/184. In c.1641, purchased farms and cottages in Kelham for £2,000.SP23/201, p. 700. In 1646, estate consisted of manors of Averham, Harby, Kelham, North Clifton, Rolleston and Syerston; farms in Hockerton, Kelham and Staythorpe; lands and tenements in Averham, Kelham and Newark, all in Notts.; and lands in several counties held in right of his second wife, worth in total £1,830 p.a. on which were charged rents and annuities of over £120.SP23/201, pp. 699-702, 707, 715; CJ v. 429b. By 1664, owned a house of 21 hearths in Kellam.Notts. Hearth Tax ed. Webster, 6. At his d. estate estimated to be worth £2,350 p.a.C5/58/82.
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Drury Lane, ‘close by The Fortune tavern’ (1657).Bodl. Don. C.184, f. 161.
Religion
presented Oliver Griffin to rectory of Averham, Notts., 1624; Edward Manesly, 1651; Nicholas Janson to rectory of Kelham, Notts., 1630.IND1/17000, f. 72.
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NORTON, Sir Henry, 2nd bt. (1633-?85), of Richmond, Surr. and Stokenham, Devon.

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Family and Education
bap. 2 Jan. 1633, 2nd but 1st. surv. s. of Sir Gregory Norton* and Martha (d. ?1671), da. of Bradshaw Drew of Densworth, Suss., wid. of John Gunter of Suss. and later w. of Robert Gordon, 4th viscount Kenmure.St Andrew, Holborn par. reg.; Four Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi.), 115; Vis. Suss. 1634, 60. educ. Magdalene, Camb. 7 Dec. 1650;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 10 Mar. 1658.GI Admiss. 285. m. 14 Oct. 1656, Mabell, da. of Sir Richard Norton†, 1st bt. (d. 1645) of Rotherfield, Hants.CB. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. Mar. 1652.PROB11/223/270. d. ?1685.Lysons, Magna Britannia vi (1822), 451-68.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Hants Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660), 49. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660.An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6).

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NORTON, Sir Henry, 2nd bt. (1633-?85), of Richmond, Surr. and Stokenham, Devon.
: 2nd bt. (1633-?85) of Richmond, Surr. 1633 – ?85 and Stokenham, Devon.
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NORTON, Sir Henry, 2nd bt. (1633-?85), of Richmond, Surr. and Stokenham, Devon.

Will
not found.
Estates
Mar. 1652, inherited mortgaged manor of Hampdens, Penn, Bucks.PROB11/223/270; VCH Bucks. iii. 238. Oct. 1656, £2,000 portion from his wife, ?inc. property in Hants.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 298. c.1657, obtained property at Richmond, Surr. after lawsuit with mo. and stepfa.C7/242/26; C3/453/108; LJ xi. 78b. Bef. 1660, in possession of fa.’s land at Stokenham, Devon.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 159. In 1671, inherited from mo. all her lands except an estate in Chichester.PROB11/337/464.
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COKE, Thomas (c.1614-56), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Melbourne, Derbys.

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Family and Education
b. c.1614, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir John Coke† (d. 8 Sept. 1644), sec. of state 1625-40, and 1st w. Mary; bro. of Sir John*.Supra, ‘Sir John Coke’; HP Commons 1604-1629, ‘John Coke’; HMC Cowper, i. 158. educ. privately (Rev. George Coke) 1624-7;Add. 69872, ff. 26. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1628;Trinity Coll. Camb. Admiss. (1913), ii. 320. G. Inn 28 Apr. 1630.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) c.1636, Jane Littleton (d. aft. May 1652), 1s. d.v.p. SP19/109, p. 108; CCC 1848; CCAM 742. (2) c.1653, Mary (bur. 7 Mar. 1657), da. of Richard Pope of Evenall, Salop, bro. of Roger*, and wid. of Thomas Corbet, 1s.R.C. Purton, ‘The Popes of Wolstanton’, Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. l (1950), 46; J.T. Coke, Coke of Trusley (1880), 67, 68. suc. bro. by 12 Aug. 1650.Supra, ‘Sir John Coke’. bur. 23 Aug. 1656 23 Aug. 1656.Coke, Trusley, 67.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1636-aft. Mar. 1638;C181/5, ff. 42, 112. Ancholme Level 16 Mar. 1637;C181/5, f. 66v. Deeping and Gt. Level 30 Mar. 1638-aft. Dec. 1641.C181/5, ff. 102, 215v; SP16/437/13, f. 26. Barmaster, Wirksworth, Derbys. 1637–48.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. Somerville, 177; CCC 1848, 2275. ?Commr. oyer and terminer, Beds. 6 July 1640.C181/5, f. 180v.

Legal: called, G. Inn 27 May 1636; ancient, 24 May 1650.PBG Inn, 327, 377. Solicitor-gen. prince of Wales, 14 Dec. 1643–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 370.

Civic: freeman, Leicester 3 Apr. 1640.Leics. RO, BRII/18/21, f. 591; Freemen of Leicester ed. Hartopp, 126.

Parlimentarian
COKE, Thomas (c.1614-56), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Melbourne, Derbys.
: of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Derbys., Melbourne.
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COKE, Thomas (c.1614-56), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Melbourne, Derbys.

Will
not found.
Estates
In 1648, consisted of the lease of lead mines in Wirksworth, Derbys., and the office of barmaster there, worth £300 p.a.SP23/219, ff. 777-8, 789; CCC 1844; CCAM 742. In 1648, sold lease of Wirksworth lead mines and office of barmaster to John Gell* and another gentleman for £1,000.CCC 1847-8. In 1650, inherited an estate that inc. property in Derbys., Leics. and Northants. and worth about £600 p.a., with mortgaged lands worth another £300 p.a.Supra, ‘Sir John Coke’; SP23/219, pp. 777-81, 787-8; CCC 587; 1845, 1847-9.
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LEVESON, Sir Richard (1598-1661), of Whorne’s Place, Cuxton, Kent; Lilleshall Lodge, Salop, and Trentham, Staffs.; later of Boswell Court, nr. St Clement’s Well, London.

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bap. 25 May 1598, 4th but 1st surv. s. of Sir John Leveson† of Cuxton, and 2nd w. Christian, da. of Sir Walter Mildmay† of Apethorpe, Northants., chan. of exch. 1559-89.Cuxton par. reg.; HP Commons 1604-29, ‘Richard Leveson’. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 30 May 1617;Al. Ox. Padua Univ. 1621;Staffs. RO, D593/P/9/1; Inglesi e Scozzesi all’Università di Padova dall’anno 1618 sino al 1765 ed. H. F. Brown (Venice, 1922), 144. travelled abroad (Italy) 1618-21.Staffs. RO, D593/P/6/7C-F. m. 23 July 1629, Katherine (d. 25 Mar. 1674), da. of Sir Robert Dudley, great chamberlain to the duchess of Tuscany, styled. duke of Northumberland, s.p.Staffs. RO, D593/Addnl./8/27, pp. 147-8; ,‘Sir Robert Dudley’, Oxford DNB. suc. cousin Sir Richard Leveson† 2 Aug. 1605, fa. 7 Nov. 1615;Staffs. RO, D593/P/6/7A; ‘Sir Richard Leveson’, Oxford DNB. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. d. 2 June 1661.MI, Lilleshall.
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Local: commr. sewers, Kent 4 Feb. 1622-aft. Nov. 1628.C181/3, ff. 42, 254v. Bridge warden, Rochester, Kent 1622–36.Traffic and Politics ed. N. Yates, J. M. Gibson (Woodbridge, 1994), 294. Commr. subsidy, Kent 1624.C212/22/23. Collector, privy seal loan, Salop 1625–6.E401/2586, p. 462. J.p. 22 June 1627-aft. 1640;C231/4, f. 228; C66/2527. Staffs. 4 July 1627-aft. 1640.C231/4, f. 230v. Steward, Newcastle-under-Lyme manor 21 Feb. 1631 – aft.Feb. 1639, 8 Aug. 1660–?d.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 168; HMC 5th Rep. 141. Commr. charitable uses, Salop 6 Dec. 1631–23 Nov. 1633; Staffs. 22 June 1637-aft. June 1639.C192/1, unfol.; C93/13/25. Member, council in the marches of Wales, 12 May 1633-c.1641.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 7. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 23 Jan. 1635-aft. Jan. 1642, 10 July 1660–d.;C181/4, f. 194v; C181/5, ff. 6v, 219; C181/7, pp. 11, 90. further subsidy, Salop, Staffs. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. disarming recusants, Staffs. 30 Aug. 1641;CJ ii. 267b; LJ iv. 385a. assessment, Salop 1642;SR. Staffs. 1642, 1 June 1660.SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. Staffs. and Lichfield 28 Apr. 1642–?, 17 Sept. 1660–?d.;Staffs. RO, D593/S/5/1, 4. Salop, Ludlow and Shrewsbury 3 Sept. 1660–?d.Staffs. RO, D593/S/5/3. Commr. array (roy.), 16 June 1642; Salop 18 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Capt. vol. horse, Staffs. 29 Oct. 1660–?d.Staffs. RO, D593/S/5/5; J.C. Tildesley, Hist. of Penkridge (Wolverhampton, 1886), 59.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme 13 Oct. 1640–?d.Pape, Newcastle-under-Lyme, 304.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), ?-Feb. 1645.List of Officers Claiming the Sixty Thousand Pounds (1663), 84; P. R. Newman, Royalist Officers in England and Wales (New York, 1981), 231; J. E. Auden, ‘The war services of some Shropshire officers in the king’s army’, Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. ser. 4, ii. 253–4.

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LEVESON, Richard (1598-1661), of Whorne’s Place, Cuxton, Kent; Lilleshall Lodge, Salop and Trentham, Staffs.; later of Boswell Court, nr. St. Clement’s Well, London.
: of Whorne’s Place, Kent; Lilleshall Lodge, Cuxton, Salop and Staffs.; later of Boswell Court, nr. St Clement’s Well, London., Trentham.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, follower of A. Van Dyck;Whereabouts unknown. fun. monument, attrib. T. Burman, Lilleshall church, Salop.

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LEVESON, Sir Richard (1598-1661), of Whorne’s Place, Cuxton, Kent; Lilleshall Lodge, Salop, and Trentham, Staffs.; later of Boswell Court, nr. St Clement’s Well, London.

Will
3 Nov. 1660, pr. 6 Apr. 1664.PROB11/315, f. 12.
Estates
in 1605, inherited an estate from his distant cousin Admiral Sir Richard Leveson† reputedly worth £4,000 p.a.C78/250/11. His father’s estate was worth £1,600 p.a. in 1609.Staffs. RO, D593/H/14/1/2. In 1626-7, he was assessed at £520 for a privy seal loan.E401/2586, pp. 89, 462. Betw. late 1620s and late 1630s, he sold numerous properties in Kent and Essex.C54/2702/19; E134/13CHAS1/EAST30; Coventry Docquets, 581, 606, 625; Hasted, Kent, iii. 375, 383, 393; iv. 502. Through his wife he acquired an extensive estate in Warws. which he sold in 1633 for £8,250.C54/2995/21. In 1646, his estate consisted of manors of Great Wyrley, Over and Nether Penn, Perton, Rowley, Sheriff Hales and Trentham; a moiety of manor of Stone Heath; rectories of Barlaston, Seisdon, Sheriff Hales, Trentham and Trysull; tithes of Barlaston, Perton, Seisdon, Sheriff Hales, Trentham and Trysull; advowson of Sheriff Hales; property in Bloxwich, Bobbington, Burnhill Green, Bushbury, Oxley, Pelsall and Wobaston, all in Staffs.; manor, rectory and advowson of Lilleshall; manors of Beobridge, Cherrington, Hardwick, Ketley, Kynnersley, Lee, and Sleap and Crudgington; a moiety of manor of Newport; tithes of Longdon upon Tern, Shawbury and Shipley; and property in Brockton, Broughton, Cold Hatton, Longdon upon Tern, Ludstone, Shipley, Tibberton, Wappenshall and Whixall, all in Salop; and salt concessions in Middlewich, Cheshire.SP23/188, pp. 266-8, 292-3, 306, 308, 310; Staffs. RO, D593/P/8/1/28-9; HMC 5th Rep. 145. In all, his estate before the war was valued at £2,123 p.a., out of which he paid several pensions amounting to £800 p.a.SP23/100, p. 451; SP23/188, pp. 273, 275, 286, 298; C8/182/166; Staffs. RO, D593/P/8/1/35. By 1646, estate at Lilleshall inc. ‘coal works’, ‘lime works’ and mills.Staffs. RO, D593/P/8/1/10-11. At his death, estate inc. a part of manor of Wolverhampton, Staffs.PROB11/315, f. 15. In 1666, his house at Trentham was assessed at 33 hearths.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. 1921), 151.
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CHUTE, Chaloner I (1599-1659), of Sutton Court, Chiswick, Mdx. and The Vyne, Hants.

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bap. 2 Feb. 1599,Bearsted, Kent, par. reg. transcript (Tyler Index). 1st s. of Charles Chute (Chewte)† of the M. Temple and Kelvedon, Essex, and Ursula, da. of Thomas Challoner of Fulham, Mdx.C.W. Chute, Hist. of The Vyne (1888), 67-8. educ. Pembroke, Camb. Sept. 1613;Al. Cant. M. Temple 11 Nov. 1613.M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 14 June 1627, Anne, da. and coh. of Sir John Scory of Wormesley, Herefs., wid. of William Place of Dorking, Surr., 2s (1 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 28 Oct. 1650, Dorothy (d. 1698), da. of Dudley, 3rd Baron North, wid. of Richard, 13th Baron Dacre. d. 14 Apr. 1659.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 163; Chute, Hist. of The Vyne, 69, 73.
Offices Held

Central: registrar, land sales, 24 Mar. 1623.CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 537. Commr. export of wool, Nov. 1635;CSP Dom. 1635, p. 514. export of salt, 23 Feb. 1636;Coventry Docquets, 45. gt. seal, nominated 8 Oct. 1646, 14 Jan. 1647, 2 Aug. 1647.Harington’s Diary, 42, 46; CJ v. 265a. Member, cttee. to reform chancery, 18 June 1649.Whitelocke, Mems. iii. 89. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a. Speaker, House of Commons 27 Jan. 1659–d.CJ vii. 594a.

Legal: called, M. Temple 23 May 1623; M. Temple Admiss. associate bencher, 31 Oct. 1645;MT Admiss. treas. 1655–6.MT Mins. of Parl. iii. 1084.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 19 Oct. 1637 – bef.Jan. 1650; Westminster 1640-bef. Jan. 1650.Coventry Docquets, 74; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 323. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 30 June 1638;C181/5, f. 114. subsidy, liberty of duchy of Lancaster 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Mdx. 1642.Northants RO, FH133, unfol.

Parlimentarian
CHUTE, Chaloner I (1599-1659), of Sutton Court, Chiswick, Mdx. and The Vyne, Hants.
: of Sutton Court, Mdx., Chiswick and The Vyne, Hants.
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Likenesses: tomb effigy, The Vyne, Hants.

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CHUTE, Chaloner I (1599-1659), of Sutton Court, Chiswick, Mdx. and The Vyne, Hants.

Will
1654, rev. 1656, 11 July 1657, pr. 11 Feb. 1661.PROB11/303, f. 147.
Estates
purchased lease of Sutton Court, Chiswick, Mdx., bef. 1649;VCH Mdx. vii. 71. The Vyne, Hants., 1649 (conveyance dated 10 June 1653);Chute, Hist. of The Vyne, 72. jt.-purchaser (with s.) of castle and park of Devizes, Wilts., 1656, for £7,200.Waylen, Devizes, 302; HMC 7th Rep., 145, 149.
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SKUTT, George (d. 1670/1), of Poole, Dorset.

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2nd s. of George Skutt of Poole and Jane.PROB11/150/337; PROB11/235/98. m. Margaret, at least 1s. (d.v.p.), 1da. (d.v.p.); bur. 3 Jan. 1671 3 Jan. 1671.Dorset RO, Poole par. reg.
Offices Held

Civic: burgess, Poole ?-17 Oct. 1662;J. Sydenham, Hist. of Town and County of Poole (1839), 197–8. ?collector of town revenues, 1633 – 34, 1638–9;Poole Borough Archives, MSS MA39, MA45, unfol. mayor, c.Oct. 1652.CSP Dom. 1652–3, pp. 53, 507; Hutchins, Dorset, i. 34.

Local: commr sewers, Poole 29 June 1638;C181/5, f. 113r-v. gaol delivery, 31 Mar. 1640, 24 Feb. 1655, 20 May 1659.C181/5, f. 167; C181/6, pp. 95, 357. J.p. Dorset c.Apr. 1646-bef. Jan. 1650.Christie, Shaftesbury, i. appx. i. p. xxxiv. Commr. assessment, Poole 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Dorset 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659;A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 14. ejecting scandalous ministers, Poole and Dorset 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, Poole 1660.SR.

Military: capt. (parlian.) Sept. 1642; maj. c.Sept. 1644-Apr. 1648.Bayley, Dorset, 84, 111, 218; Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, 377. Gov. Poole 15 Apr.-20 May 1651.CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 149, 211, 526. Capt. Brownsea Castle 29 Aug. 1653–60.CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 110–1. Capt. militia ft. Poole July 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, pp. 52, 119.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 10 Aug. 1647.SP16/512, f. 71.

Parlimentarian
SKUTT, George (d. 1670/1), of Poole, Dorset.
: of Poole, Dorset.
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SKUTT, George (d. 1670/1), of Poole, Dorset.

Will
not found.
Estates
houses and other property in Poole, including brewhouse, purchased from William Constantine* Apr. 1640;C54/3234. inherited from fa. (1654) land known as ‘Steert’ and a cellar house in Poole, also share of £3,000 claimed by fa. from cttee. at Worcester House, and of family’s joint commercial stock.PROB11/235/98.
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