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CLAVERING, James (1620-1702), of Axwell Houses, Whickham, co. Dur.

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bap. 3 Feb. 1620, 1st s. of John Clavering, merchant, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb., and Axwell Houses, and Ann (d. 18 Nov. 1673), da. of Robert Shafto, merchant, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, wid. of Robert Tempest.St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne par. reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 248; Hedly, Northumb. Fams. i. 172. educ. Magdalene, Camb. Easter 1635; BA 1638;Al. Cant. G. Inn 30 Apr. 1638.G. Inn Admiss. m. 23 Apr. 1640, Jane (bur. 1 July 1688), da. of Charles Maddison of Saltwellside, Gateshead, co. Dur., 9s. (7 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).St Mary, Whickham par. reg.; Regs. of St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. H.W. Wood (Dur. and Northumb. Par. Reg. Soc. xxviii), 32; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 248; Hedly, Northumb. Fams. i. 172. suc. fa. 4 May 1648.Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 248. cr. bt. 5 June 1661.CB. bur. 24 Mar. 1702 24 Mar. 1702.St Mary, Whickham par. reg.
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Local: dep. lt. co. Dur. 19 Aug. 1644–?, May 1668–?d.;CJ iii. 593a; LJ vi. 677; CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 394. Northumb., Newcastle-upon-Tyne Nov. 1665–?d.CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 64. Commr. assessment, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 21 Feb. 1645, 1677, 1679, 1689; co. Dur. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – d.; Northumb. 1689;A. and O; SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Northern Assoc. co. Dur. 20 June 1645.A. and O. J.p. 27 Jan. 1646–?d.C231/6, p. 36. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649;SP18/1/23, f. 32. charitable uses, co. Dur. 27 June 1649, 1 Dec. 1662;C93/20/12; C93/27/13. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15). assizes, co. Dur. 18 July 1656 – 12 Aug. 1660, 22 July 1661-aft. July 1672;C181/6, pp. 182, 299; C181/7, pp. 115, 631. poll tax, 1660;SR. gaol delivery, 22 July 1661-aft. July 1671.C181/7, pp. 115, 583. Recvr. assessment, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mar. 1662.CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 313; CTB i. 380. Commr. oyer and terminer, northern marches 2 Mar. 1663-aft. Mar. 1667;C181/7, pp. 195, 392. subsidy, co. Dur., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1663.SR. Sheriff, co. Dur. 1673–4.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 42a. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 740.

Religious: elder, Chester classis, co. Dur. Dec. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 368.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 22 Sept. 1649–d.;Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M. H. Dodds (Publications of the Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 40, 63. common cllr. and alderman by May 1662–4 Oct. 1669;Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/3, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk. for Sealing Docs. ff. 44, 46, 46v, 117v; Howell, Newcastle, 186. mayor, 1663–4.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/3, f. 74.

Mercantile: member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 3 Apr. 1651–?d.; gov. 1664–5.Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F.W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 263, 268. Member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 10 Oct. 1651–d.?; asst. 1663–4.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, Order Bk. of Newcastle Merchant Adventurers’ Co. f. 76, p. 232a. Member, Eastland Co. 20 Jan. 1665–d.Extracts from the Recs. of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. ci), 273.

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CLAVERING, James (1620-1702), of Axwell Houses, Whickham, co. Dur.
: of Axwell Houses, Whickham, co. Dur.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. J. Richardson.Cardiff Castle.

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CLAVERING, James (1620-1702), of Axwell Houses, Whickham, co. Dur.

Will
6 Dec. 1697, cod. 18 Mar. 1702, pr. 14 May 1751.Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1702/C8/1-6; Durham RO, D/CG 7/600.
Estates
in the early 1630s, fa. fined £35 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 143v. During 1640s and 1650s, Clavering leased property in Axwell, Swalwell and Saltwellside, co. Dur. from Newcastle corporation.Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/2/1, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk., pp. 297, 380, 384; MD.NC/2/2, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk., pp. 35, 410. In 1661, purchased 8 farmholds and a close in Ryton for £3,126.Durham UL, CLV 399. In 1663, settled manor of Axwell and Swalwell, worth at least £800 p.a. on his eldest son and then in 1688 upon his second son, along with extensive property in Whickham and Ryton, co. Dur.Durham RO, D/CG 7/588, 591, 640. In 1666, Clavering’s house in Whickham was assessed at 10 hearths.Durham Hearth Tax 1666 ed. E. Parkinson, 69. In 1670, purchased manor of Greencroft, co. Dur., for £1,600.Durham RO, D/CG 7/672, 684. By 1690s, estate inc. manor of Axwell and Swalwell; capital messuage and park of Whitehouse; coalmines and over 5,000 acres of land in Axwell, Ryton, Swalwell, Tanfield, Whickham and Winlanton, co. Dur; and lands in Bywell St. Andrew, Hexham, Shotley and Stamfordham, Northumb.Durham RO, D/CG 7/593, 645, 648; Durham UL, CLV 373/31-33; 376/1-2. Will referred to property in Northumb., inc. coalmines, coalpits and coal seams at West Denton and houses and lands in Newcastle.Durham UL, DPR/I/1/1702/C8/1-2 (Will and cod. of Sir James Clavering bt.).
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EDWARDES, Humphrey (aft. 1592-1658), of the College, Shrewsbury; Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Richmond, Surr.

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b. aft. 1592, 1st ?surv. s. of Thomas Edwardes of Shrewsbury and Ann, da. of Humphrey Baskerville, alderman of London, wid. of Stephen Duckett of Pinhills, Wilts.Calne, Wilts. par. reg.; Vis. Salop 1623, i. (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 173, 174; PROB11/77/365. educ. Shrewsbury sch. 30 July 1615; G. Inn 21 Mar. 1633.Shrewsbury School Regestum, 246; G. Inn Admiss. i. 199. m. bef. 1623 Hester, da. of Roger Pope (d. 1628), ald. of Shrewsbury, s.p. suc. fa. Mar. 1635. bur. 2 Aug. 1658 2 Aug. 1658.Vis. Salop 1623, ii. (Harl. Soc. xxix), 405; Oxford DNB; Salop Par. Regs. Diocese of Lichfield xv. St Chad’s, Shrewsbury, i. 102.
Offices Held

Court: gent. pensioner, 17 Feb. 1637.Badminton House, Beaufort Fm H2/4/1, f. 17v.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 15 Feb. 1640 – bef.Oct. 1653; Westminster 1 June 1640-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/5, pp. 367, 387; C193/13/4, ff. 61, 128. Salop 7 Oct. 1645 – 6 Oct. 1653; Hants 22 Sept. 1648 – bef.Jan. 1650; Surr. Sept. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1653; Northants. June 1651 – bef.Oct. 1653; Oxon. July 1651 – bef.Oct. 1653; Berks. 3 Nov. 1651-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, pp. 25, 122, 166, 218, 220, 271; C193/13/3, f. 82; C193/13/4, ff. 4, 71v, 78, 97v, 128; Sheffield Archives, EM1480; CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 47. Commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644; for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644; sequestration, Mdx. 5 Aug. 1644;A. and O.; CJ iii. 580a. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 20 Jan. 1645;C181/5, f. 246v. New Model ordinance, Mdx., Suss. 17 Feb.1645; assessment, Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Suss. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Salop 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Hants 17 Mar. 1648; Berks., Essex, Surr. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 26 June 1645, 10 Jan. 1655–d.;C181/5, f. 255; C181/6, pp. 68, 245. Westminster and Mdx. militia, 9 Sept. 1647; militia, Salop 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650;A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. oyer and terminer, London by Jan. 1654 – 12 Jan. 1657; gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–12 Jan. 1675.C181/6, pp. 2, 160.

Central: member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646;A. and O. cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O.; CJ vi. 109a, 113b. cttee. for the revenue, 18 Dec. 1648.CJ vi. 98a; LJ x. 632b. Commr. for compounding, 18 Dec. 1648;CJ vi. 99b; LJ x. 632b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. cttee. for the army, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 1652;CJ vi. 113b; A. and O. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649; cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649; cttee. for sequestrations, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a, 113b. cttee. of navy and customs, 8 Feb. 1649;CJ vi. 134b. cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649;CJ vi. 187a, 200b. cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 24 May 1649.CJ vi. 216a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O.

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EDWARDES, Humphrey (aft. 1592-1658), of the College, Shrewsbury; Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Richmond, Surr.
: Shrewsbury; Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Surr., Richmond.
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EDWARDES, Humphrey (aft. 1592-1658), of the College, Shrewsbury; Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Richmond, Surr.

Will
intestate, admon. granted to sis. 26 Oct. 1658.PROB6/34, f. 270.
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recommended Robert Ogdon to Broseley rectory and Linley chapel, Salop 4 Dec. 1652.Add. 36792, f. 57v.
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NICHOLAS, Robert (1595-1667), of the Middle Temple, London; Devizes, and Roundway, Wilts.

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b. 15 Sept. 1595, 1st s. of John Nicholas of Roundway and Mary, da. of Thomas Cook of Bishop’s Cannings.Wilts. RO, 134/1. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 11 May 1610; BA 17 May 1613;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 11 Nov. 1613.MTR ii. 572. m. (1) 23 Apr. 1622, Margaret (d. 11 Dec. 1636), da. of George Worth of Bulkington, s.p.; (2) 30 May 1639 (with £500), Ann (bur. 18 Feb. 1684), da. of Sir Humfrey Lynde of Cobham, Surr. at least 3s. ?d.v.p. 4da. (?2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 13 Sept. 1633; uncle, Mar. 1635.Wilts. RO, 134/1; Southbroom par. reg. d. 20 Dec. 1667.Southbroom par. reg.; MIs Wilts. 1822, pp. liii. 368; Wilts. N and Q iii. 544.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 23 Nov. 1621;MTR ii. 669. associate bencher, 31 Oct. 1645. by 13 June 1649 – Oct. 1658MTR ii. 935. Counsel for prosecution, trial of Abp. Laud, 1641–4. by 13 June 1649 – Oct. 1658Wilts. N and Q iii. 541; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 517–53; HMC Lords n.s. xi. 419; LJ vi. 580. Sjt.-at-law, 31 Oct. 1648. by 13 June 1649 – Oct. 1658C202/31/4; LJ x. 572a; CJ vi. 66a. Judge, Upper Bench, 17 Jan.-May 1660.Wilts. RO, 765/8; Wilts. N and Q iii. 541–3; Clarke Pprs. iii. 164–5. Bar. exch. Hilary 1654, Sept. 1658–1660.Wilts. N and Q iii. 543; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 528. Assize judge, var. circs. by Feb. 1654-July 1658.C181/6, pp. 7, 298.

Civic: freeman and councillor, Devizes, 23 Oct. 1629; town clerk, 4 Oct. 1630;Wilts RO, G20/1/17, ff. 67v, 74v. recorder, 5 June 1639–13 June 1649.Wilts RO, G20/1/17, ff. 133v-4; 765/8; Wilts. N and Q iii. 540; VCH Wilts. x. 271.

Religious: vestryman, St Mary, Devizes by 1634/5-aft. 1641; Seend, Wilts. by 20 Apr. 1663–d.Wilts. RO, 189/2, ff. 6, 10v, 14v, 35; Wilts. N and Q iii. 543–4.

Local: commr. further subsidy, Wilts. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). raising forces and money, 3 Feb. 1643; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. J.p. Devizes ?-13 June 1649;Wilts. RO, 765/8. Wilts. by 27 Apr. 1647-bef. Oct. 1660;Wilts. RO, A1/160/1, f. 80; C193/13/4, f. 108; C193/13/6, f. 95v; C193/13/6, f. 115; A Perfect List (1660), 59. var. commissions of peace as judge and bar. exch. from c.June 1649-May 1659. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western and other circs. and commissions from c.June 1649-May 1659.C181/6, pp. 1, 356.

Central: member, cttee. for sequestrations, 4 Apr. 1644;CJ iii. 448a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Nov. 1644;CJ iii. 699b. cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 24 Jan. 1648;CJ v. 421a; LJ ix. 675b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649, 1 Apr. 1650.A. and O.; CJ vi. 391b, 392a.

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NICHOLAS, Robert (1595-1667), of the Middle Temple, London; Devizes, and Roundway, Wilts.
: London; Devizes and Roundway, Wilts.
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NICHOLAS, Robert (1595-1667), of the Middle Temple, London; Devizes, and Roundway, Wilts.

Will
6 May 1667, pr. 2 Feb. 1668.PROB11/329/131.
Estates
in May 1639, messuage in Devizes, in his occupation; farm at Roundway; toft and yardland ‘Baldnams’; ‘Pricketts’ close and Holcroft grounds in Bishops Cannings;Wilts. N and Q v. 387-8. by 1655, nearly 250 a. at Roundway farm, Baldnams, the Prickets, Holcrofts, Bedborough and other land in Bishop’s Cannings;Wilts. RO, 134/1. by 1663, house at Seend; inventory (incomplete), 31 Dec. 1667, inc. £300 in money and apparel, £216 in books and manuscripts.Add. Roll 37593.
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BROXOLME, John (1583-1647), of Broxolme Place, St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln, and Barrow upon Humber, Lincs.

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b. 20 May 1583, 1st s. of William Broxholme of St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln, and Gt. Grimsby, and 2nd w. Anne, da. of William Marbury of Girsby, Burgh on Bain, Lincs.St Peter at Gowts Par. Regs. ed. R.C. Dudding (Lincoln Rec. Soc. par. reg. section viii), 7; Vis. Lincs 1592. ed. W.C. Metcalfe, 16. m. lic. 23 Sept. 1619, Troth (d. 17 Aug. 1657), da. of Richard Gedney of Bag Enderby, Lincs., wid. of Sir Henry Fowkes of Bulwick, Northants., 2s. 1da. d.v.p. Lincoln Marr. Licences ed. A. Gibbons (1888), 87; Vis. Lincs. 1592. ed. Metcalfe, 16; A. Gibbons, Notes on the Vis. of Lincs. 1634 (Lincoln, 1898), 10; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 397. suc fa. Apr. 1619.St James, Grimsby par. reg. bur. 5 Mar. 1647 5 Mar. 1647.Westminster Abbey Regs. (Harl. Soc. x), 141.
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Local: commr. charitable uses, Lincs. 16 Feb. 1619 – 9 Feb. 1630; Caistor, Lincs. 25 Nov. 1634;C93/8/8; C93/9/2, 18; C93/11/9; C192/1, unfol. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 20 Nov. 1619–d.;C181/2, f. 354; C181/3, ff. 170, 229v; C181/4, ff. 40v, 155v; C181/5, ff. 150v, 224v; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7. Ancholme Level 6 May, 14 Dec. 1637;C181/5, ff. 67, 88v. swans, Lincs. 26 June 1635.C181/5, f. 15. J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) 18 Mar. 1641–d.C231/5, p. 436. Commr. subsidy, Lindsey, Lincoln 1641; further subsidy, 1641, poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, Lincs. 28 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Lindsey, Lincoln 1642;SR. assessment, Lindsey 1642, 24 Feb. 1643; Lincoln 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644; Lincs. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645.SR; A. and O. Member, cttee. at Hull 24 May 1642;CJ ii. 577b, 585b; LJ v. 82b. co. cttee. Lincs. 24 May 1642–?d.CJ ii. 585b; LJ v. 82b. Commr. maintenance of army in Lincs. 22 Feb. 1643;Northants. RO, FH133; LJ v. 611a. sequestration, Lindsey, Lincoln 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643; Lincs. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. Lincs., Lincoln 20 Sept. 1643; ejecting scandalous ministers, Lincs. c.Mar. 1644;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J. W. F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 37–8, 105. New Model army, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 26 Apr. 1645–?d.C181/5, f. 252. Dep. lt. 11 Sept. 1645–d.CJ iv. 270b; LJ vii. 575b. Steward, manor of Barrow and Barton-upon-Humber, Lincs. by Mar. 1646–d.Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 215; LJ ix. 103b.

Central: commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646.A. and O.

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BROXOLME, John (1583-1647), of Broxolme Place, St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln, and Barrow upon Humber, Lincs.
: of Broxolme Place, St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln and Barrow upon Humber, Lincs.
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BROXOLME, John (1583-1647), of Broxolme Place, St Peter at Gowts, Lincoln, and Barrow upon Humber, Lincs.

Will
10 Apr. 1645, pr. 20 Nov. 1647.PROB11/202, f. 212.
Estates
inherited estate in Lincs. comprising manors of Boultham and Hartsholme; two manors in Tealby; messuages and lands in Boultham, North Hykeham, Tealby and Torksey; a messuage in Great Grimsby; a cap. messuage (probably Broxolme Place) and The Boar’s Head Inn in Lincoln; rectory of Cuxwold; leasehold lands in Great Grimsby and Lincoln; and manor of Bardney, which was leased from Francis Willoughby, 5th Baron Willoughby of Parham.C142/379/65; WARD5/25, pt. 1, unfol. 1630-2, fined £17 10s for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 118. At some point purchased manor of Barrow upon Humber and property in nearby Barton-upon-Humber, Lincs.PROB11/202, f. 212v; Lincs. RO, CRAGG/5/1/7. Family estate reportedly worth £1,000 p.a. in 1660.Burke, Commoners, i. 690.
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MYDDELTON, Thomas (1624-63), of Chirk Castle, Denb.

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Family and Education
b. 2 Nov. 1624, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Myddelton*, being 1st s. with 2nd w. Mary, da. of Sir Robert Napier, 1st bt., of Luton Hoo, Beds.Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 3) ii. 227-8. educ. at home; matric. Oriel, Oxf. 20 Mar. 1640.Al. Ox. m. (1) by 1650, Mary (d. 20 Dec. 1658), da. of Thomas Cholmondeley of Vale Royal, Cheshire, 4s. 1da.; (2) by 1662, Jane, da. of John Trevor of Brynkinallt, Denb., 1s. (posth.). cr. bt. 4 July 1660.CB iii. 75. d. 13 July 1663.Chirk Castle Accts. 1605-66, 162.
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Local: commr. disarming recusants, Denb. 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 386a. J.p. Salop 7 Oct. 1645–?49;C231/6, p. 25. Flint by 27 Mar. 1648 – bef.11 June 1649; Denb. by 9 Oct. 1648 – 31 Mar. 1649, by c.July- 5 Oct. 1659, 4 Sept. 1660 – d.; Merion. ?- 28 July 1653, by Oct. 1660 – d.; Mont. 12 Sept. 1660–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 50, 51, 76, 78, 111, 146. Dep. lt. Denb. 2 July 1646–?, c.Aug. 1660–d.; Mont. c.Aug. 1660–d.CJ iv. 598b. Commr. assessment, Denb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661; Merion. 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. associated cos. of N. Wales, Denb., Flint 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Denb., Flint, Merion. 2 Dec. 1648; N. Wales 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Denb., Flint., Mont. 1660;SR. oyer and terminer, Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7, p. 120. loyal and indigent officers, Merion. 1662; subsidy, Denb. 1663.SR.

Military: gov. (parlian.) Chirk Castle 9 Mar. 1646-Aug. 1659.CJ iv. 468b.

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MYDDELTON (MIDDLETON), Thomas (1624-63), of Chirk, Denb.
: of Chirk Castle, Denb.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1670.NT, Chirk Castle.

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MYDDELTON, Thomas (1624-63), of Chirk Castle, Denb.

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STEPHENS, James (d. 1683), of Gloucester

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m. 14 June 1626, Anne Coughey of Gloucester, 1s. 1da. bur. 9 Nov. 1683 9 Nov. 1683.St Nicholas, Gloucester par. reg.; Vis. Glos 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 92.
Offices Held

Civic: common cllr. Gloucester 23 Aug. 1631;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/1, f. 553. sheriff, 1639 – 40, 1643–4;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 185; J. Dorney, Certain Speeches (1653), 84. alderman, 12 Nov. 1647-May 1672;Glos. RO, GBR/B2/1, f. 64v; B3/3, p. 498. mayor, 1649–50;T.D. Fosbrooke, Original Hist. of the City of Gloucester (1819), 209. coroner, 1650–1.Dorney, Certain Speeches, 84. Almoner, Gloucester hosps. 7 Nov. 1642;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 233. surveyor, 22 June 1647, 4 Nov. 1661;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, p. 384; B3/3, p. 211. pres. 3 Nov. 1656;Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 10. treas. 7 Nov. 1664.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 296.

Local: grand juror, Gloucester 18 July 1646.Glos. RO, GBR/H2/3, p. 215. Commr. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648;A. and O. militia, Gloucester 2 Dec. 1648, by 1 July 1651, by 29 Mar. 1658, 26 July 1659; Glos. and Gloucester 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; Glos. RO, GBR/H2/3, pp. 63, 246. assessment, Gloucester 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Glos. 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. Capt. militia, Gloucester 1 Apr. 1660.Glos. RO, GBR/G3/SO2, ff. 85v, 87. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

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STEPHENS, James (d.1683), of Gloucester.
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STEPHENS, James (d. 1683), of Gloucester

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Estates
leases from Gloucester corporation of Oxlease meadow, 21 years, £20 p.a. as gift for service in Parliament, 19 Sept. 1660, renewed 20 July 1663; land between bridges, Westgate Street, 41 years at 40s p.a. 19 Nov. 1660; hospital land, 41 years, 31s p.a., 23 Dec. 1667. Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, pp. 148, 160, 261, 349.
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POCHIN, Thomas (1619-93), of Barkby Hall, Leics.

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bap. 7 Mar. 1619, 1st s. of George Pochin of Barkby Hall, and 1st w. Elizabeth (d. 7 Aug. 1652), da. of Thomas Dove, DD (d. 1630), bp. of Peterborough 1601-; d. Nichols, Leics. iii. 49, 51-2; Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 106. educ. G. Inn 4 May 1638.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) by 1645, Bethia (d. 20 May 1658), da. and coh. of John Wincope of Morton, Lincs., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2) aft. 1657, Barbara (d. 5 Sept. 1667), da. of Sir Wolstan Dixie† of Market Bosworth, Leics. and wid. of Richard Pyot (d. 1657) of Streethay, Staffs. s.p.Al. Ox. 1173; Nichols, Leics. iii. 49, 51-2; Staffs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 192. suc. fa. 31 Oct. 1669.Nichols, Leics. iii. 49. d. 26 Nov. 1693.W.G.D. Fletcher, Leics. Peds. and Royal Descents (Leicester, 1887), 37.
Offices Held

Local: commr. New Model ordinance, Leics. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. by Sept. 1646–?SP28/266, pt. 1, f. 190. Commr. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660, 6 Mar. 1671–7 May 1680.C231/6, p. 308; C231/7, p. 387; HMC Lords, i. 182. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 13 Feb. 1655–22 June 1659;C181/6, pp. 88, 119, 149, 169, 216, 240, 283, 312. militia, Leics. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;SP25/76A, f. 16v; A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Nov. 1655.TSP iv. 248. Trustee and gov. Wyggeston’s Hosp. Leicester 9 June 1657.Nichols, Leics. i. 488–9. Commr. for public faith, Leics. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). Sheriff, 11 Nov. 1669–4 Nov. 1670.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 75.

Military: capt. militia horse, Leics. 11 Aug.-aft. 5 Nov. 1659.Bodl. Walker c.11, ff. 144, 146.

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POCHIN, Thomas (1619-93), of Barkby Hall, Leics.
: of Barkby Hall, Leics.
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POCHIN, Thomas (1619-93), of Barkby Hall, Leics.

Will
20 Aug. 1692, pr. 4 Dec. 1693.Leics. RO, DG27, Box 4911.
Estates
fam. estate inc. manor, rectory and advowson of Barkby; lands in Scraptoft; tithes in Thurmaston, Leics.Fletcher, Leics. Peds. 37; Nichols, Leics. iii. 48; VCH Leics. v. 290; Coventry Docquets, 595, 641, 656. In 1654, Pochin, Thomas Lord Grey of Groby*, Thomas Beaumont* and another gent. sold the manor and advowson of Whepstead, Suff. for £5,840.C54/3820/13-14. In 1660, the Pochins’ estate reckoned to be worth c. £1,000 p.a.Burke, Commoners, i. 690.
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WARNER, Francis (1614-84), of London and Wickhambrook, Suff.

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bap. 25 Aug. 1614, 2nd s. of Robert Warner (bur. 3 Aug. 1641) of Cratfield, Suff. and Elizabeth, da. of Alexander Courthope of Cranbrook, Kent.Cratfield par. reg.; Copinger, Suff. Manors, v. 301-2; Churchwardens’ Accts. of Cratfield ed. A.L. Botelho (Suff. Records Soc. xlii), 143. educ. appr. 13 Apr. 1631 to Thomas Andrewes (bur. 20 Aug. 1659) of St Margaret, New Fish Street, London, Leatherseller.Leathersellers’ Hall, MEM/7/1, unfol.; ‘Thomas Andrewes’, Oxford DNB. m. c.1639 Eleanor, da. of Thomas Andrewes, 1s. d. 17 Feb. 1684.Copinger, Suff. Manors, v. 301-2.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Leathersellers’ Co. 15 Jan. 1639; liveryman, 13 Oct. 1647; auditor, 1650, 1661 – 64, 1665 – 68, 1670; steward, 13 Oct. 1657; asst. 6 July 1658; master, 1658–9.Leathersellers’ Hall, MEM/5/1, p. 16; GOV/1/3, unfol.; GOV/1/4, unfol.; ACC/1/3, fos. 131, 152 et seq. unfol. Common cllr. Bridge ward, London 1653–4; alderman, 25 Feb. 1658–12 Jan. 1664. Sheriff, London 1659–60. 1658 – ?68Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 60, 300; ii. 88; Woodhead, Rulers of London, 171. Gov. St Thomas’s Hosp.; pres. 2 Sept. 1659–7 Dec. 1660.LMA, HO1/ST/A/001/005.

Religious: vestryman, St Margaret New Fish Street, London 1650 – 59; auditor, 1655, 1657.GL, 1176/1.

Local: commr assessment, London 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1677, 1679; Suff. 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; SR. oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. 13 Nov. 1660;C181/7 p. 69. London 14 May 1661–17 Nov. 1664;C181/7 pp. 100, 267. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 14 May 1661–17 Nov. 1664;C181/7 pp. 100, 267. sewers, London 24 July 1662.C181/7 pp. 69, 100, 164, 173, 267; SR.

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WARNER, Francis (1614-84), of London and Wickhambrook, Suff.
: Suff.
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WARNER, Francis (1614-84), of London and Wickhambrook, Suff.

Will
25 June 1677, cod. 15 Dec. 1680, pr. 7 Mar. 1685.PROB11/379/356.
Estates
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STANHOPE, William (c.1591-aft. 1680), of Nottingham and Linby, Notts.

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b. c.1591, 3rd s. of Sir John Stanhope (d. 31 Jan. 1610) of Shelford, Notts. and 2nd w. Katherine, da. of Thomas Trentham† of Rocester, Staffs.: bro. of Sir John Stanhope II†.Add. 6674, f. 186; Thoroton, Notts. i. 288; Vis. Derbys. 1569, 1611 (The Gen. n.s. vii, viii), 80. educ. I. Temple 28 Nov. 1612.I. Temple database. m. 10 July 1622 (with £200), Anne (bur. 10 Jan. 1649), da. of Sir Bassingbourne Gawdy† of West Harling, Norf. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da.Arnold par. reg.; St Mary’s Nottingham par. reg.; Add. 6674, f. 186; C3/352/4; West Stow and Wordwell Par. Regs. ed. S. H. A. Hervey (Suff. Green Bks. vii), 100; Hutchinson Mems. ed. Sutherland, 61. d. aft. Nov. 1680.Catalogue of the Names of ... Justices of the Peace (1681), 15.
Offices Held

Local: commr. charitable uses, Nottingham 6 July 1637;C91/4/8. Notts. 20 Feb. 1671;Notts. RO, DD/625/1. further subsidy, Notts. Nottingham 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 210v. assessment, Notts. 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1672, 1677, 1679; Nottingham 1642;SR; An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1674.C181/7, pp. 16, 642. Dep. lt. Notts. c.Aug. 1660–?d.SP29/11/142, f. 222; SP29/60/66, f. 145v. J.p. by Oct. 1660–?d.;Notts. Co. Recs. 10. liberties of Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 29 June 1669–?d.C231/7, p. 346. Farmer (jt.), excise, Notts. Sept. 1662-aft. July 1680.CTB i. 433; v. 135; v. 609. Dep. justice in eyre, Sherwood Forest 5 Nov. 1662–?d.Notts. RO, DD/4P/75/42. Commr. subsidy, Notts. 1663;SR. swans, 30 May 1663;C181/7, p. 210. sewers, 22 May 1669.C181/7, p. 488.

Civic: freeman, Nottingham 12 Oct. 1640–?d.Notts. RO, CA 3415, f. 91.

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STANHOPE, William (c.1591-aft. 1680), of Nottingham and Linby, Notts.
: of Nottingham and Notts., Linby.
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STANHOPE, William (c.1591-aft. 1680), of Nottingham and Linby, Notts.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1609, fa. settled on him lands in ‘Dale’, Derbys.Add. 6670, f. 355v. By 1620, he owned lands in Heage, Derbys. and in 1629 he purchased manor of Heage.Add. 6670, ff. 356v, 359; C2/JasI/S37/13. In 1624, he sold land in Barton in the Beans, Derbys. for £650.Derbys. RO, D518M/T557B. In the early 1630s, he was assessed at £10 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 139v. By 1639, he had a country estate at Linby.Notts. RO, CA 3413, f. 20; CA 3424, p. 15. In 1656, he mortgaged Morley Park in Barton in the Beans, Leics. for £1,000.Add. 6670, f. 357v. By 1657, he owned lands and property in Heage, Belper and Duffield, Derbys.Add. 6670, f. 357v. His house in Linby was assessed at 17 hearths in 1674.Notts. Hearth Tax 1664, 1674 ed. W. F. Webster (Thoroton Soc. rec. ser. xxxvii), 73. By 1677, he owned demesne in Arnold, Notts.Thoroton, Notts. ii. 234.
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ERLE, Thomas (1621-50), of Charborough Park, Dorset, and Bindon House, Axmouth, Devon.

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b. 5 Mar. 1621, 1st s. of Sir Walter Erle* of Charborough and Anne, da. of Francis Dymock of Warws.Morden, Dorset par. reg.; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 502. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 18 Feb. 1636;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 24 Jan. 1638, called 5 Feb. 1647.MTR ii. 864, 947. m. c. 31 May 1639, Susanna, da. of William Fiennes, Visc. Saye and Sele, 2s. 2da.Dorset RO, D/BLX/F2. d. 1650.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 502.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Dorset 6 Aug.1641–15 July 1642, by Mar. 1647-bef. Jan. 1650.C231/5, pp. 475, 530; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 251. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644;A. and O.; Bayley, Dorset, p. xii. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O. Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, Dorset and Poole 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 1 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 189b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b.

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ERLE, Thomas (1621-50), of Charborough Park, Dorset, and Bindon House, Axmouth, Devon.
: Dorset and Bindon House, Devon., Axmouth.
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ERLE, Thomas (1621-50), of Charborough Park, Dorset, and Bindon House, Axmouth, Devon.

Will
not found.
Estates
on marriage (1639) granted lands in Charborough, Morden, Sturminster Marshall, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster, Almer and Wareham, Dorset, and Bindon in Axworth, Devon; also impropriate rectories of Morden and Bindon.Dorset RO, D/BLX/F2.
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