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HAMPDEN, William (1633-76), of Great Hampden, Bucks.

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bap. 25 July 1633, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of John Hampden* and Elizabeth, da. of Edmund Symeon of Pyrton, Oxon.;Par. Reg. of Great Hampden ed. E.A. Ebblewhite (1888), 21; Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 71. bro. of Richard*. unm. Lipscombe, Buckingham, ii. 260. bur. 27 Jan. 1676 27 Jan. 1676.Par. Reg. of Great Hampden, 82.
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Local: j.p. Bucks. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660).

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HAMPDEN, William (1633-76), of Great Hampden, Bucks.
: Bucks.
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HAMPDEN, William (1633-76), of Great Hampden, Bucks.

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PEYTO, Edward (1626-58), of Chesterton, Warws.

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bap. 19 Jan. 1626, 1st. s. of Sir Edward Peyto of Chesterton and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Adam Newton of Charlton, Kent.Chesterton par. reg.; Dugdale, Warws. i, 472. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1638, BA 16 May 1641; Al. Ox. M. Temple 23 Nov. 1646.M. Temple Admiss. i. 143. m. 27 Jan. 1648, Elizabeth (bur. 23 Jan. 1664), da. of Sir Greville Verney† of Compton Verney, Warws. 3s. 3da.Chesterton par. reg.; St Bartholomew-the-Less, London par. reg. Dugdale, Warws. i, 472, 482, 568. suc. fa. 21 Sept. 1643. d. 24 Sept. 1658.Dugdale, Warws. i, 472.
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Military: lt. col. and capt. of horse (parlian.), regt. of Basil Feilding, 2nd earl of Denbigh, west midlands assoc. 23 Mar. 1644–2 Apr. 1645.SP28/136/34. Col. Warws. militia, 9 July 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 507.

Local: j.p. Warws. 8 July 1646–d.C231/6, p. 51. Commr. militia, Warws. and Coventry 2 Dec. 1648; assessment, Warws. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Warws. and Coventry 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28) oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–d.C181/6, pp. 15, 311. Sheriff, Warws. 1654–5.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 146.

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PEYTO, Edward (1626-58), of Chesterton, Warws.
: of Chesterton, Warws.
Likenesses

Likenesses: MI in Chesterton church.Dugdale, Warws. i. 482.

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PEYTO, Edward (1626-58), of Chesterton, Warws.

Will
23 Aug. 1658, pr. 19 Apr. 1660.PROB11/298, f. 88; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust RO, DR 98/1121.
Estates
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Kingston nr. Chesterton, Warws., Nov. 1648 Covent Garden, Mdx., Feb. 1650 Compton Verney, Warws. 1653-8.Chesterton par. reg.
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BAYNES, Adam (1622-71), of Knostrop Hall, Leeds, and Holdenby, Northants.

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bap. 22 Dec. 1622, 1st s. of Robert Baynes of Knostrop (bur. 26 Nov. 1626), and Joan, da. of ? Brown of Leeds.Leeds Par. Regs. ed. G.D. Lumb (Thoresby Soc. iii), 111, 232, 305; Thoresby, Ducatus Leodiensis, 101. educ. ?; ?m. settlement 15 July 1650, with £1,000, Martha (d. 14 July 1713), da. of Richard Dawson of Heworth, 16ch. (6 d.v.p.) inc. 7s. 3da.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), Baynes mss, B/13; Thoresby, Ducatis Leodiensis, 101; PROB11/336, f. 158. suc grandfa. July 1632.Leeds Par. Regs. ed. Lumb, 338 d. 5 Jan. 1671.C6/206/50.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) by June 1643-c.Oct. 1643;Add. 21426, f. 19. capt. of horse, c. Oct. 1643 – Aug. 1657, 11 June 1659–13 Jan. 1660.Add. 21417, f. 3; Add. 21425, ff. 193, 194; E113/7, pt. 2, unfol.; CJ vii. 668b, 680b; HMC Portland, i. 695.

Local: commr. assessment, Yorks. (W. Riding) 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650; N. Riding, Northants. 9 June 1657; Westminster 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. militia, Yorks. Aug. 1651,CSP Dom. 1651, p. 335. 26 July 1659;A. and O. W. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Mdx. 26 July 1659; Northants. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Westminster militia, 7 July 1659; A. and O. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655.C181/6, p. 101. J.p. W. Riding by c.Sept. 1656.-8 Aug. 1657;C193/13/6; C231/6, p. 374. Northants. by c.Sept. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/6. Westminster Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660). Commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 8 Oct. 1659–31 Aug. 1660.C181/6, p. 399.

Central: commr. improvement of customs, Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 316, 425; 1654, p. 342; 1655, p. 51. Member, cttee. for the army, 28 Jan. 1654, 20 Aug. 1657.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 76. Commr. appeals and regulating excise, 17 Mar. 1654; prohibiting planting of tobacco, 11 Apr. 1654; arrears of revenue, 26 May 1659; custom/excise, 28 Sept., 27 Dec. 1659.A. and O.

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BAYNES, Adam (1622-71), of Knostrop Hall, Leeds, and Holdenby, Northants.
: of Knostrop Hall, Leeds and Northants., Holdenby.
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Likenesses: ?oil on canvas, attrib. P. Lely.Portraits of Yorks. Worthies ed. E. Hailstone (1869), i. no. xciv.

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BAYNES, Adam (1622-71), of Knostrop Hall, Leeds, and Holdenby, Northants.

Will
5 Sept. 1670, pr. 5 June 1671.PROB11/336, f. 158.
Estates
in 1632, inherited Knostrop Hall and at least 150 acres from his grandfa.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), Baynes mss, B/13. Later inherited 2 messuages in York and £1,500 from his cousin.C6/125/10. In 1650, purchased from trustees for the sale of crown lands manor and park of Holdenby, Northants. for £22,299.E121/4/1/30; Add. 21427, f. 101; I. Gentles, ‘The Debentures Market and Military Purchases of Crown Lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1969), 251. In 1650-1, purchased, for for £1,887, 16 fee farm rents in Yorks. worth £181 p.a.SP28/288, ff. 6, 11, 28, 46; C5/444/70. In 1658, sold lands in Leeds parish worth £1,330.Add. 21424, f. 307. By September 1659, purchased the liberty of St Mary’s, York, ‘which extends to very many manors and towns in the county’.Add. 21425, f. 126. In 1664, purchased manor of Little Barugh, Yorks., for £2,350.W. Yorks. Archives (Leeds), Baynes mss, B/22.
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Chapel Street, Westminster (1650);C6/206/50. Somerset House, The Strand, London (1653, 1656);Add. 21422, f. 34v; Add. 21424, f. 28. Axe Yard near King Street, Westminster (1655);Add. 21423, f. 83v. Tothill Street, Westminster (1659).Add. 21424, f. 285.
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LISTER, Christopher (1620-aft. 1667), of Warcop, Westmld.

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bap. 20 Aug. 1620, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir William Lister* and Mary, da. of Sir Henry Belasyse†;Thornton-in-Craven par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 136. bro. of Martin Lister*. educ. Trinity, Camb. 30 May 1636;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 13 Aug. 1639;G. Inn Admiss. 223. ?Acad. Geneva c.1640.Le Livre du Recteur de l’Académie de Genève (1559-1878) ed. S. Stelling-Michaud (Geneva, 6 vols. 1959-80), i. 181.  m. bef. 1652, Winifred, da. of Sir Richard Fletcher of Hutton-in-the-Forest, Cumb., wid. of George Braithwaite of Warcop and Sir Richard Dacres, 1da.C6/113/80; Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 48, f. 604; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 136; Warcop Par. Regs. ed. J. Abercrombie, 25, 26; Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. J. Foster, 49. d. aft. Oct. 1667.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 48, f. 604.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by July 1648-c.Apr. 1651.CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 202; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (2015–16), i. 164; ii. 56, 72.

Local: registrar, Westmld. by Apr. 1653–?Add. 21421, f. 232; Add. 21422, f. 20. Trustee, St Anne’s Hosp. Appleby, Westmld. 27 Mar. 1654–d.E.A. Heelis, ‘St Anne’s hospital at Appleby’, Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. 2nd ser. ix. 193–4. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb. and Westmld. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 103. securing peace of commonwealth, Mdx. and Westminster by Jan. 1656.TSP iv. 406. J.p. Westmld. 1 Aug. 1656-Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 346. Mdx. 5 Feb. 1657 – 4 Apr. 1659; Westminster, 5 Feb. 1657–1 Apr. 1659.C231/6, pp. 356, 430. Commr. surveying church livings, Westmld. 18 Nov. 1656.Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 1300–2. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. assessment, Westminster, 9, 26 June 1657; Westmld. 9 June 1657.A. and O.

Central: teller of exch. 18 Sept. 1654-bef. 1660.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 367. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1656.CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 10. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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LISTER, Christopher (1620-aft. 1667), of Warcop, Westmld.
: Westmld.
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LISTER, Christopher (1620-aft. 1667), of Warcop, Westmld.

Will
not found.
Estates
through his wife, acquired property in Warcop, Westmld.C6/113/80; Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 49. His salary as a teller of the exchequer was £400 p.a.Add. 32471, f. 20v. In 1667, he was bequeathed an annuity of £50 by his nephew.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 48, f. 604.
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Ripon, Yorks. (1651);Add. 21419, f. 331; C6/113/80. York (29 Mar. 1652-3);Add. 21421, f. 112; Add. 21422, f. 4. Temple Newsam, Yorks. (1653).Add. 21422, f. 20.
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SWYNFEN, John (1613-94), of Swinfen, Weeford, Staffs.

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b. 19 Mar. 1613, 1st s. of Richard Swinfen of Swinfen, and Joan (bur. 21 May 1658), da. of George Curtal alias Harman of Weeford.Add. 29910, f. 126; Shaw, Staffs. ii. 29; Weeford Par. Reg. ed. N.W. Tildesley (Wednesbury, 1956), 42. educ. Pembroke, Camb. Mich. 1628, BA 1632.Al. Cant. m. 26 July 1632, Anne (bur. 29 Apr. 1690), da. of John Brandreth of Weeford, 6s. d.v.p. 4da.Weeford Par. Reg. ed. Tildesley, 38, 54; Shaw, Staffs. ii. 29. suc. fa. May 1659;Weeford Par. Reg. ed. Tildesley, 43. d. 12 Apr. 1694.Add. 29911, f. 64.
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Local: commr. for Staffs. and Lichfield, assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 31 Dec. 1642.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. v. 103. Member, Staffs. co. cttee. 30 May 1643–?;CJ iii. 110a; LJ vi. 70a. sequestration cttee. 7 June 1643–?CJ iii. 119b. Commr. assessment, Staffs. 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1679, 1689–d. 13 Nov. 1645 – bef.Jan. 1650A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p., by c. Sept. 1656 – Mar. 1660, Feb. 1688–?d.C231/6, p. 30; C193/13/6; Duckett, Penal Laws and Test Act (1882), ii. 209. Commr. militia, Staffs. and Lichfield 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Steward and recvr. honor of Leicester 4 Jan.-4 Sept. 1649.PRO30/26/21, pp. 22, 52; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 179. Commr. customs, London 25 Feb. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Staffs. 1660; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 697.

Central: exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 9 Apr. 1647.CJ v. 138a. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O. Commr. Munster, 31 Mar. 1648.CJ v. 522a; LJ x. 167a. Member, Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

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SWINFEN, John (1613-94), of Swinfen, Weeford, Staffs.
: of Swinfen, Staffs., Weeford.
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SWYNFEN, John (1613-94), of Swinfen, Weeford, Staffs.

Will
20 Mar. 1694, cod. 5 Apr. 1694, pr. 16 May 1694.PROB11/420, f. 147v.
Estates
in the early 1630s, his fa. was assessed at £10 for distraint of knighthood.H.S. Grazebrook, ‘Obligatory knighthood temp. Charles I’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 1, ii. pt. 2), 19. Swynfen’s estate inc. lands in Curborough, Lichfield, Nuneaton, Orton, Shenstone, Swinfen, Tamworth and Weeford and was reckoned to be worth £2,000 p.a. in the early 1660s.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 29. In 1666, his house at Swinfen was assessed at 9 hearths.‘The 1666 hearth tax’ (Collns. for a Hist. of Staffs. ser. 3, 1923), 150. In his will, he referred to a farm in Curborough and a tenement in Nuneaton held by lease from 7th Baron Paget; property in Shenstone, Swinfen and Tamworth; and a leasehold tenement and 13 acres in Lichfield.PROB11/420, ff. 147v-148.
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Addresses
The Black Bull in Friday Street, London (c.1644-5);PA, Main Pprs. 3 Jan. 1645, f. 11. St Anne’s Lane, near Westminster (1647-8).Add. 29910, ff. 3v, 5v, 17v; Senate House Lib. GB 0096 AL316.
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DANBY, James (1600-76), of New Building, Kirby Knowle, Yorks.

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b. 1600, 2nd s. of Thomas Danby of Kirby Knowle.J. Raine, ‘A brief memoir of Mr Justice Rokeby’, Miscellanea (Surt. Soc. xxxvii), 7. m. 27 Dec. 1632, Thomasine (d. 4 Oct. 1678), da. of James Richardson of Thorpe Bassett and North Grimston, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da.Thorpe Bassett, Yorks. bishop’s transcript; St Michael le Belfrey Par. Regs. ed. F. Collins (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. i), 177, 214; M. Stephenson, ‘Monumental brasses in the N. Riding’, YAJ, xvii. 290; Anon. ‘Danby v. Sydenham: a Restoration chancery suit’, YAJ xvii. 87. d. 16 Dec. 1676.Stephenson, ‘Monumental brasses’, 290.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, York 24 Nov. 1653.An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28).

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DANBY, James (1600-76), of New Building, Kirby Knowle, Yorks.
: Kirby Knowle, Yorks.
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DANBY, James (1600-76), of New Building, Kirby Knowle, Yorks.

Will
7 May 1675, pr. 3 Feb. 1677.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 57, f. 271v.
Estates
in 1641, borrowed £100.C10/35/8. In 1643, purchased lease of several messuages, inc. New Building, in Kirby Knowle for £100.SP23/79, p. 349; Yorks. Royalist Comp. Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xx), 60. In 1648, he and John Wastell* purchased church lands in Northallerton for £102.Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 8. In 1652, he purchased, for £325, 1 fee farm rent in Yorks. worth £24 p.a.SP28/288, f. 59. In the early 1650s, he and another gentleman purchased a house and lands in Low Worsall, Yorks. from the treason trustees.CCC 3136. In 1654, he purchased manor of Kirby Knowle, inc. capital messuage of New Building, which was ‘altogether out of repair’ and reckoned to be worth about £74 p.a.VCH N. Riding, ii. 46; SP23/58, ff. 58-62. In 1662, estate inc. manor of, and ‘divers messuages in, Kirby Knowle, and the ‘common or moor’ of Kirby Knowle.C5/469/36.
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St Michael le Belfrey, York (by 1632-at least Dec. 1656).Thorpe Bassett, Yorks. bishop’s transcript; Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/DD4/14/182.
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POOLE, Edward (c.1617-73), of Kemble, Wilts.

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b. c. 1617, 1st s. of Sir Neville Poole* of Oaksey and Kemble, Wilts. and 1st w. Frances, da. of Sir Henry Poole† of Sapperton, Glos.Misc. Gen. et Her. ser. 5, iii. 205. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 8 May 1635; L. Inn 11 Feb. 1636.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i. 229. m. settlement 29 May 1638, Dorothy, da. of Sir Robert Pye I* of Faringdon, Berks. 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da. kntd. by 9 July 1660. suc. fa. 1661. d. 1673.Glos. RO, D1332/T6; Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, iii. 1048.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sequestration, Wilts. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar. 1660–d. Lt.-col. militia ft. Apr. 1660; col. militia horse, 1661–d.Mercurius Publicus no. 32 (12–19 Apr. 1660, E.183.8); Add. 32324, f. 102. Dep. lt. 1668–d.CSP Dom. 1667–8, p. 608; 1672–3, p. 101.

Central: commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647.A. and O.

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POOLE, Edward (c.1617-73), of Kemble, Wilts.
: Wilts.
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POOLE, Edward (c.1617-73), of Kemble, Wilts.

Will
2 Apr. 1672, pr. 10 Feb. 1674.PROB11/344/174.
Estates
inherited manors of Kemble, Ewen, Poole Keynes, S. Cerney; advowson of Kemble; property in Kemble and S. Cerney.Glos. RO, D1332/T6.
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SEYMOUR, Charles (1621-65), of Allington and Marlborough, Wilts.

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b. 5 Feb. 1621 o.s. of Sir Francis Seymour*, 1st Baron Seymour of Trowbridge, and Frances, da. and coh. of Sir Gilbert Prynne of Allington.Vis. Wilts., 157; Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 346-7; CP. educ. Magdalen Oxf. 18 Nov. 1636.Al. Ox. m. (1) 4 Aug. 1632, Mary, da. and coh. of Thomas Smith of Soley, Chilton Foliat, Wilts., 1s (d.v.p.), 2 da; (2) by 1654, Elizabeth (d. 1691) da. of William, 1st Baron Allington of Killard [I], 5s (2 d.v.p.), 2 da (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. as 2nd Baron Seymour 12 July 1664. d. 25 Aug. 1665.Col. Top. et Gen. v. 346-7; CP.; Collins Peerage (1812) i. 183.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sequestration (roy.), Wilts. 1642.SP23/191 f. 787. J.p. 31 Oct.1643-c.1646, by Oct. 1660–d.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 94; C220/9/4, f. 95v. Commr. rebels’ estates (roy.), 22 Nov. 1643; contributions (roy.), 19 June 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 103, 222. poll tax, 1660.SR. Col. militia ft. by Nov 1660–d.Add. 32324, f. 66. Commr. assessment, 1661.SR. Dep. lt. 1661–d. Commr. corporations, 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–90, ‘Charles Seymour’. subsidy, 1663.SR. Custos rot. 18 Aug. 1664–d.C231/7, p. 238. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 23 Jan. 1665–d.C181/7, pp. 312, 326.

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SEYMOUR, Hon. Charles (1621-65), of Allington and Marlborough, Wilts.
: Wilts.
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SEYMOUR, Charles (1621-65), of Allington and Marlborough, Wilts.

Will
17 Aug. 1665, pr. 26 Nov. 1683.PROB11/374/448.
Estates
estimated for compounding purposes at £630.SP23/191, ff. 779-95.
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PORTMAN, Sir William, 5th bt. (1608-45), of Orchard Portman, Som.

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b. 1 May 1608, 4th s. of Sir John Portman (d. 1612), 1st bt. of Orchard Portman and Anne, da. of Sir Henry Gifford† of King’s Samborne, Hants;Orchard Portman par. reg.; Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 127; CB i. 90; Sales of Wards in Som. 1603-1641 ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), 137. bro. of Sir Henry, 2nd bt.† and Sir Hugh, 4th bt.†; educ. Wadham, Oxf. 30 June 1626;Al. Ox.; Regs. of Wadham College, Oxford ed. R.B. Gardiner (1889-95), i. 79. M. Temple 1 Mar. 1628.M. Temple Admiss. i. 120. m. by 1632, Anne, da. and coh. of John Colles of Barton, Pitminster, Som. 1s.Som. RO, DD/PM/9/1/5; Brown, Abstracts of Som. Wills, i. 34; Vis. Som. 1623, 127; Collinson, Som. iii. 275, 285; Orchard Portman par. reg. suc. bro. Sir Hugh 1629. d. 20 Aug. 1645.Orchard Portman par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Som. 1630–d.Coventry Docquets, 64; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xx. Treas. hosps. western division 1632–3; maimed soldiers, 1636–7.QS Recs. Som. Charles I, 178, 196, 254. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. May 1635-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 5v, 221. Som. 20 July 1640;C181/5, f. 183. regulation of hard soap, Exeter 1637.Coventry Docquets, 47. Sheriff, Som. Sept. 1637-Nov. 1638.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 125. Commr. navigable rivers, Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 99; Coventry Docquets, 49. sewers, 13 July 1641;C181/5, f. 204v. array (roy.), 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. contributions (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 75.

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PORTMAN, Sir William, 5th bt. (1608-45), of Orchard Portman, Som.
: 5th bt. (1608-45) of Orchard Portman, Som. 1608 – 45.
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PORTMAN, Sir William, 5th bt. (1608-45), of Orchard Portman, Som.

Will
18 July 1643, pr. 17 Oct. 1648.PROB11/205/458.
Estates
owned land at North Petherton, Wayford, Huntworth and Edington, Som.;VCH Som. iv. 71; vi. 288, 293; viii. 56. owned 115 acres at Norton St Philip, Som.;The Manors of Norton St Philip and Hinton Charterhouse 1535-1691 ed. C.J. Brett (Som. Rec. Soc. xciii), 358. bought manor of Bicknell, Som. for £2,500, 1634.Som. RO, DD/PM/5/3/10.
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WHICHCOTE (WHITCHCOTT), Christopher (1603-64), of Windsor Castle, New Windsor, Berks.

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bap. 20 Mar. 1603, 3rd s. of Christopher Whichcote of Stoke, Burford, Salop and Elizabeth, da. of Edward Fox of Greet, Salop.The Reg. of Burford, ed. F.C. Baldwyn Childe [1913], 19; Lincs. Peds. ed. A.R. Maddison (Harl. Soc. lii), iii. 1070-1; Vis. London 1633, 1634 and 1635 (Harl. Soc. xv, xvvii), ii. 334. m. 18 Feb. 1636, Katherine Large of Bitton, Glos. 2s. 2da.The Regs. of Bitton, Co. Glos. ed. P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton (1900), 67; The Regs. of St Helen’s, Bishopgate, London, ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. xxxi), 25-7; Lincs. Peds. iii. 1071. d. 26 Apr. 1664.The Diary and Corresp. of Dr John Worthington, ed. J. Crossley and R.C. Christie (Chetham Soc. xiii, xxxvi, cxiv), ii. 133.
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Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 1637.The Ancient Vellum Book of the Hon. Artillery Co. ed. G.A. Raikes (1890), 53; The Cardew-Rendle Roll, ed. K. Bennett (2013), ii. 1519.. Capt. white regt. London trained bands by Apr. 1642;BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; H.A. Dillon, ‘On a MS list of officers of the London trained bands in 1643’, Archaeologia, lii. 135. col. green auxiliaries by Sept. 1643.Dillon, ‘MS list of officers’, 142. Commr. martial law in London, 3 Apr. 1646.A. and O. J.p. Berks. 1 Oct. 1647 – ?Mar. 1660; Bucks. 1 Oct. 1647 – 12 July 1653, by c.Sept. 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 98, 259; C193/13/6, f. 5v. Commr. assessment, Berks. 14 May 1649, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). militia, 1 Oct. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 366. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654;A. and O.; SP18/182, f. 205. securing peace of commonwealth, Berks. c.Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 285. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Military: lt.-col. (parlian.) by July 1643;SP28/8, f. 52. col. by July 1644.CJ iii. 562b. Maj.-gen. London brigade by Sept. 1644.SP28/18, ff. 67, 370; CSP Dom. 1644, pp. 513, 514–15. Gov. Windsor Castle Apr. 1645-aft. Feb. 1660.LJ vii. 334a-b; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 364. Capt. Windsor coy. of ft. Dec. 1653; regt. of William Michell*, 30 July-aft. Sept. 1659.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 129; CJ vii. 742b; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), ii. 126.

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

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WHICHCOTE (WHITCHCOTT), Christopher (1603-64), of Windsor Castle, New Windsor, Berks.
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WHICHCOTE (WHITCHCOTT), Christopher (1603-64), of Windsor Castle, New Windsor, Berks.

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bought lands at Frogmore, Windsor, from commrs. for sale of royal lands for £2,800, 1650.J. Roberts, Royal Landscape (New Haven and London, 1997), 211.
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