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COOTE, Thomas (d.1671), of Coote Hill, co. Cavan.

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b. aft. 1610, 4th s. of Sir Charles Coote 1st bt. of Castle Coote, co. Roscommon, and Dorothea, da. of Hugh Cuffe of Cuffe’s Wood, co. Cork.Lodge, Peerage, i. 303-4. m. Frances, da. of Moyses Hill of Hillsborough, co. Down, s.p. d. 25 Nov. 1671.Lodge, Peerage, i. 304-5; Juxon Jnl. 4n.
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Military: capt. regt. of Sir Charles Coote*, 1642–6. Gov. Castle Coote [?and Roscommon] 1644–6;CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 466. Coleraine 1649–?53.SP28/67/2, f. 253; Lodge, Peerage, i. 304. Col. of ft. (parlian.) army in Ireland, c. Sept. 1649-Aug. 1653.SP28/62/2, f. 371; Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 640–1; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 620. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of earl of Ossory, 9 Feb. 1661–?.Lodge, Peerage, i. 304.

Irish: MP, Trim borough 20 Mar. 1643; co. Cavan 1661–6.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 185; CJI, i. 589. J.p. Ulster c.1649–?Lodge, Peerage, i. 304. Commr. assessment, co. Antrim 16 Oct. 1654; cos. Cavan, Monaghan 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). Sheriff, cos. Cavan, Fermanagh and Monaghan 1656.NAI, Ferguson MS 10, p. 164. Member for co. Cavan, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 185.

Civic: alderman, Coleraine 6 May 1650–26 Apr. 1659.Acts of Corporation of Coleraine ed. B. McGrath (Dublin, 2017), 212, 266.

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COOTE, Thomas (d.1671), of Coote Hill, co. Cavan.
: of Coote Hill, co. Cavan.
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COOTE, Thomas (d.1671), of Coote Hill, co. Cavan.

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22 Nov. 1671.Lodge, Peerage, i. 304.
Estates
by 1670 held extensive lands in co. Cavan (101 townlands) and co. Monaghan (62 townlands), as well as properties in cos. Meath, Armagh, Tyrone, Cork and King’s Co.Down Survey website.
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SLEIGH, Sir Samuel (1605-79), of Ashe Hall, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys.

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bap. 24 Feb. 1605, 1st s. of Gervase Sleigh of Ashe Hall, and Elizabeth (bur. 22 July 1633), da. of John Cholmondeley of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leics.St Werburgh, Derby par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. (Harl. Soc. n.s. viii), 4. educ. Repton sch.;Repton Sch. Reg. 1557-1910 ed. M. Messiter, 3. Christ’s, Camb. July 1621;Al. Cant. G. Inn 4 Nov. 1622, readm. 20 Oct. 1623.G. Inn Admiss. 168, 171. m. (1) 23 Oct. 1628, Judith (bur. 18 Sept. 1634), da. of Sir Edward Boys* of Betteshanger, Kent, 2s. d.v.p.;Betteshanger par. reg.; Sutton-on-the-Hill par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. 4. (2) 16 Feb. 1636, Margaret (d. 3 May 1647), da. of Sir Robert Darcy of Dartford, Kent, 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (1 );St Ann, Blackfriars, London par. reg.; Sutton-on-the-Hill par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. 4; ‘Facsimile of old letter’, Jnl. of the Derbys. Arch. and Natural Hist. Soc. v. opp. 115. (3) 20 Oct. 1677, Elizabeth (d. 13 Apr. 1738), da. of John Harpur, rector of Morley, Derbys. 1da.Etwall par. reg.; A. F. C. Sleigh, The Sleighs of Derbys. and Beyond [1992], 10. suc. fa. 7 June 1626;Glover, Derbys. ii. 487. Kntd. 8 July 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 209. bur. 15 Apr. 1679 15 Apr. 1679.Sutton-on-the-Hill par. reg.
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Local: commr. charitable uses, Derbys. 3 July 1629, 14 Jan. 1630, 17 Feb. 1632, 30 July 1647, 19 Dec. 1650, 12 July 1661.C192/1, unfol.; C93/12/8; C93/19/29; C93/21/2; C93/26/1. J.p. 10 Aug. 1641–?d.C231/5, p. 467. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1642; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 26 May 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, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. 22 Mar. 1642–?CJ ii. 492b, 828a; HMC Cowper, ii. 310. Member, Derbys. co. cttee. 3 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 260b. Commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, sequestration cttee. 31 Dec. 1644–?CJ iv. 5a; LJ vii. 118b. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Sheriff, 3 Feb.-2 Nov. 1648, 12 Nov. 1665–7 Nov. 1666.CJ v. 361a, 371b-372a; LJ x. 16a, 19b; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 31. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 June 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–?d.;C181/6, pp. 15, 370; C181/7, pp. 16, 642. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Derbys. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 211. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 791.

Civic: freeman, Derby by Nov. 1645–?d.Derbys. RO, D258/9/5/12.

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SLEIGH, Sir Samuel (1605-79), of Ashe Hall, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys.
: of Ashe Hall, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys.
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SLEIGH, Sir Samuel (1605-79), of Ashe Hall, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys.

Will
10 Apr. 1679, pr. 21 Apr. 1679.Staffs. RO, B/C/11, will of Sir Samuel Sleigh, 1679.
Estates
inherited manor, rectory and advowson of Dalbury, manor and grange of Ashe, vicarage and advowson of Sutton-on-the-Hill and lands in Ashe, Dalbury, Derby, Etwall, Hilton and Sutton-on-the-Hill, all in Derbys.C142/528/88. In 1629, he bought Pool Hall, Hartington, Derbys. and property in Sheen, Staffs.J. T. Brighton, Royalists and Roundheads in Derbys. 46. In the early 1630s, he paid £10 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 33v. In 1640, Sleigh, Gervase Bennett* and another gentleman purchased Ollerbrook Booth, in Edale, Derbys.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, no. 387; S.C. Newton, ‘The gentry of Derbys. in the seventeenth century’, Derbys. Arch. Jnl. lxxxvi. 13. In 1646-8, Sleigh purchased manors of Etwall (for £8,910) and Hardwick.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, no. 4073; S. Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Eng. (7th edn.), ii. 189; G. Turbutt, Hist. of Derbys. (1999), iii. 1105. By 1662, had acquired vicarage and advowson of Etwall.IND1/17005, f. 40v; CCC 1061. By 1664, owned a house of 12 hearths in Ashe and a house of 18 hearths in Etwall.Derbys. Hearth Tax Assessments 1662-70 ed. D.G. Edwards (Derbys. Rec. Soc. vii), 12, 19. By 1671, estate inc. capital messuage of Ashe Hall, manors of Etwall, Ashe and Hardwick and lands in Ashe, Egginton, Etwall, Hardwick and Hilton, Derbys.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, nos. 4076, 5882. In 1672, he purchased manor of Burnaston, Derbys.Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Eng. i. 440. At his d. estate inc. manors of Ashe, Dalbury, Etwall, Burnaston and Hardwick and tithes and rents in Sutton and Thurvaston, Derbys.Staffs. RO, B/C/11, Will of Sir Samuel Sleigh, 1679.
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presented Ralph Bull to rectory of Dalbury, Derbys. 1662; Edward Ainsworth, 1673; John Tatham to vicarage of Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbys. 1662; John Jackson to vicarage of Etwall, Derbys. 1662.IND1/17005, ff. 40, 40v, 54.
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HOWARD, Sir Robert (c. 1590-1653), of Audley End, Essex and Clun Castle, Salop.

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b. c.1590, 5th s. of Thomas Howard, 1st earl of Suffolk (d. 28 May 1626) and 2nd w. Katherine (d. 1638), da. of Sir Henry Knyvet† of Charlton, Wilts.; bro. of Edward Howard*, Lord Howard of Escrick. m. 1648, Katherine, da. of Henry, 1st Baron Bergavenny (Sir Henry Neville†) 3s. 1da.; 1s. Robert Danvers alias Villiers*, illegit. with Frances, da. of Sir Edward Coke†, w. of John Villiers, 1st Visct. Purbeck.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, x. 44-5. KB, 3 Nov. 1616.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 159. suc. bro. Sir Charles Howard 1622.C142/475/130. d. 22 Apr. 1653.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, x. 45.
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Mercantile: patentee, k.b. fines, 1617–26.C66/2092/8.

Local: j.p. Salop 1622 – ?25, 3 Dec. 1629–42.C231/4, f. 147; C231/5, p. 20. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642, assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 18 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. impressment (roy.), 12 Mar. 1644; accts. (roy.) 1 June 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 164, 219.

Civic: burgess, Bishop’s Castle 8 Mar. 1628.Bishop’s Castle Town Hall, corporation order bk. f. 157v.

Military: col. of dragoons (roy.), Salop by 22 Aug. 1642–6. Gov. (roy.) Bridgnorth 1645–6.W. Phillips, ‘Ottley Pprs.’, Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 2, vi. 35–6; Royalist Ordnance Pprs. ed. Roy, ii. 271; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 422.

Court: master of the jewel house (in reversion), 13 Jan. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 347, 352.

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HOWARD, Sir Robert (c.1598-1653), of Audley End, Essex and Clun Castle, Salop
: Essex and Clun Castle, Salop.
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HOWARD, Sir Robert (c. 1590-1653), of Audley End, Essex and Clun Castle, Salop.

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chap. Richard Awnsham, 1642.Phillips, ‘Ottley Pprs.’, 35-6.
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BERRY, James (c. 1610-91), of Lincoln.

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b. c. 1610; educ. ?Stourbridge, Worcs. m. Mary (d. 9 Dec. 1681), at least 1s. 1da. d. 9 May 1691.W. Orme, Life of Dr John Owen (1826), 280; J. Berry, S.G. Lee, A Cromwellian Major General (Oxford, 1938), 272.
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Military: capt.-lt. (parlian.) regt. of Oliver Cromwell* by 29 July 1643;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 244. capt. Aug. 1644.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 6. Capt. of horse, regt. of Sir Thomas Fairfax*, New Model army, 18 Mar. 1645;Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 62. maj. of horse, regt. of Philip Twistleton, c.June 1647;M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 94. col. of horse, 16 June 1651. Maj.-gen. militia, N. and S. Wales, Herefs. and Salop 9 Aug. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 275. Salop, Worcs., Herefs., N. Wales 11 Oct. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 378. S. Wales and Mon. 8 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 102. Col. of horse, 10 June – 12 Oct. 1659, 29 Oct. 1659–7 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 796, 805, 807; TSP vii. 771. Member, gen. council of officers, 5 Oct. 1659.TSP vii. 755.

Central: sub-commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 28 June 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 447. Member, cttee. of safety, 9 May, 26 Oct. 1659.CJ vii. 646b; A True Narrative of the Procs. in Parl. (1659), 21, 41 (E.1010.24). Commr. for nominating army officers, 13 May 1659.CJ vii. 651a. Cllr. of state, 13 May 1659.CJ vii. 652b; D. Masson, Life of John Milton (7 vols. 1871–80), v. 624–5.

Scottish: regulator, assessment, 11 July 1653.Scot. and Commonwealth ed. Firth, 159–60.

Local: commr. examining suspects, Mdx. 9 June 1654;CSP Dom. 1654, p. 205. ejecting scandalous ministers, Lincs. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. J.p. Salop by 8 Jan. 1656-bef. Mar. 1660.Cromwellian Major General, 155. Commr. assessment, Herefs., Lincs., Mon., Mont., Worcs. and Worcester 9 June 1657; militia, Lincs., Mon. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Lincoln 7 July 1656.Lincs. RO, L1/1/1/6 f.57v.

Household: servt. of Richard Foley of Stourbridge, Worcs. c. 1637.Reliquiae Baxterianae (1696), i. 13.

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BERRY, James (c. 1610-91), of Lincoln.
: of Lincoln.
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BERRY, James (c. 1610-91), of Lincoln.

Will
not found.
Estates
Bishop’s palace, Lincoln, c. 1652;Cromwellian Major General, 107. with five others, Spalding manor, Lincs., 29 June 1655 for £5,400 5s 4d;C54/3872/5 with William Evanson, lands in Bewdley manor, Worcs. 19 Sept. 1655 for £440;C54/3843/21. with his tp. manor of Barton-on-Humber and lands of Cheyles, Lincs, 1650;E121/3/3, Lincs 1-12. Pell Mell House, Mdx. 27 May 1659.Cromwellian Major General, 258-9.
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FARNEFOLD, Sir Thomas (1599-1644), of Gatewick, Steyning, Suss. and Little Almery, Westminster

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b. 28 Jan. 1599, 2nd s. of Richard Farnefold (d. 1609) of Gatewick, and Dorothy, da. of Thomas Parson, yeoman, of Steyning. m. (1) 10 June 1616, Dorothy (bur. 17 Nov. 1636), da. of Bartholomew Rogers of Westminster, usher of the court of wards, 9s. (3 d.v.p.), 1da.; (2) 28 Oct. 1637, Elizabeth (d. 1661), da. of John Cudmore, of Kelvedon, Essex, s.p. W. Powell Breach, ‘Farnefold of Steyning’, Suss. Arch. Coll. lix. 84; A. M. Burke, Mems. of St Margaret's Westminster (1914), 324. suc. bro. Apr. 1611.St Dunstan in the West, London, par. reg. Kntd. 22 Dec. 1621.Shaw, Knights of Eng, ii. 178. bur. 15 Mar. 1644 15 Mar. 1644.Add. 5698, f. 248v; W. Suss. RO, PAR183/2/5, f. 49.
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Central: usher, ct. of wards, 1627-c.1637.WARD9/421/159.

Court: gent. pensioner, 1628-aft. Jan. 1639.E407/1/43, 47–9; PC2/50, f. 37.

Civic: feoffee, Steyning g.s. 31 Aug. 1630.W. Powell Breach, ‘William Holland, Alderman of Chichester’, Suss. Arch. Coll. xliii. 80.

Local: j.p. Suss. 13 Aug. 1633–8 July 1637.C231/5, pp. 113, 253; C193/13/2; SP16/405, ff. 66–67v. Commr. sewers, 26 May 1637.C181/5, f. 69v.

Military: ?soldier, royal army, 1639.PROB11/192/153.

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FARNEFOLD, Sir Thomas (1599-1644), of Gatewick, Steyning, Suss. and Little Almery, Westminster
: of Gatewick, Suss., Steyning and Little Almery, Westminster.
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FARNEFOLD, Sir Thomas (1599-1644), of Gatewick, Steyning, Suss. and Little Almery, Westminster

Will
1 June 1639, pr. 17 Dec. 1644.PROB11/192/153.
Estates
inherited from fa. Reynsley manor, Herts.PROB11/114/141. Inherited from bro., manors of Gatewick and Garvis, Suss.; assessed for lay subsidy at £10, 1626, 1628; Garvis was sold Feb. 1643.E179/191/377a, 384; Breach, ‘Farnefold’, 88; C54/2514/11; C54/3295/8; Suss. Manors, i. 202; W. Suss. RO, Wiston MS 6771. Mortgage of Gatewicke for £4,000 to Sir David Watkins and sale of portions of his estate in Steyning, and parcels of land in Surr., late 1620s.Breach, ‘Farnefold’, 102; W. Suss. RO, Wiston MSS 2485, 6381, 6774; Suss. Manors, i. 179; C54/3100/21; C54/3130/31.. Assessed for poor rate, Little Almery, Westminster, 4d. per week 1628-9, 6d per week 1634, 3d per week 1638, 1640-1.WPL, E152, E153, E154, E155. Wickham farm, Steyning, also Suss., mentioned in his will, June 1639; he then had debts of £600, but was owed more than £1000.PROB11/192/153. Owned Bidlington manor, Bramber, in 1644.Add. 39488, f. 256.
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HAY, John (1626-97), 2nd earl of Tweeddale [S], of Yester, Peeblesshire.

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b. 1626, 1st s. of John, 8th Lord Hay (from 1646, 1st earl of Tweeddale [S]) and his 1st w. Jean, da. of Alexander Seton, 1st earl of Dunfermline [S]. educ. Edinburgh Univ. bef. 1640. m. 24 Sept. 1644, Jean (d. 1688), da. of Walter Scott, 1st earl of Buccleuch [S], 6s. 2da. suc. fa. 1654. cr. 1st marquess of Tweeddale [S], 17 Dec. 1694. d. 11 Aug. 1697.Scots Peerage, viii. 451-6.
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Military: ?lt.-col. of Haddingtonshire ft. Scottish army, c.Oct. 1645;Govt. of Scot. under the Covenanters ed. D. Stevenson, 10, 36. col. 4 May 1648 – ?; Forfar ft. 13 Dec. 1650-c.Sept. 1651.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. part 2, pp. 55, 625.

Local: hereditary sheriff, Peeblesshire 1654–86. 31 Dec. 1655Scots Peerage, viii. 454. Commr. assessment, Edinburgh Shire, Haddingtonshire, Peeblesshire, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, pp. 839–41; A. and O. J.p. Edinburgh Shire, Haddingtonshire Jan. 1656–?Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 312–3; NRS, JP3/2/1, p. 2. Col. militia, Haddingtonshire 29 Apr. 1668.Scots Peerage, viii. 452.

Scottish: commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. PC, 13 July 1661–74, 11 May 1682–1688, 18 May 1689–d. Member, high commn. Jan. 1664–74. Extraordinary ld. of session, 2 June 1664–74.Scots Peerage, viii. 452–3. Commr. for union, 14 Sept. 1670;Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 189n, 194, 202, 204, 205. treasury, c. 1679; coinage, 1682–?88. Ld. of treasury, Dec. 1689–96. Ld. high chan. 5 June 1692–96. High commr. to Scottish Parl. 9 May 1695–96.Scots Peerage, viii. 452–3.

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HAY, John (1626-97), 2nd earl of Tweeddale [S], of Yester, Peeblesshire.
: 2nd earl of Tweeddale [S], of Yester, Peeblesshire.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, c.1660-5;Scottish NPG. oil on canvas, G. Kneller, 1678;Floors Castle, Roxburghshire. oil on canvas, G. Kneller, 1695;Tate. oil on canvas, family group, attrib. J.B. de Medina, c. 1695;Scottish NPG. mezzotint, J. Smith aft. G. Kneller, 1690;BM; NPG. mezzotint, J. Smith aft. G. Kneller, 1695.BM; NPG.

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HAY, John (1626-97), 2nd earl of Tweeddale [S], of Yester, Peeblesshire.

Will
12 Dec. 1684.NRS, CC8/8/77.
Estates
charter of barony of Lyne and sheriffdom of Peebles, 2 Jan. 1647;Scots Peerage, viii. 454. resignation by 1st earl on favour of his s. of lands of barony of Yester, College of Bathans, Maynes and Belton, Haddingtonshire, Lochquharriott and other Peeblesshire lands, barony of Snaid, Dumfriesshire, and barony of Polgavie, Perthshire, Dec. 1649;NLS, MS 14476, f. 39; MS 14482, ff. 1-2. charter of Yester and Tweeddale lands, 27 May 1650.Scots Peerage, viii. 454. Charter of earldom of Dunfermline (as security for debts), including lands in Morayshire, Aberdeenshire, Fife and Edinburgh Shire, 17 Jan. 1653.NRS, GD28/1656; Reg. Gt. Seal Scot. 1652-9, pp. 40-3. Charter of lands in Wester Maynes or Horsburgh, Peebleshire, 11 Aug. 1656.NRS, GD28/1735; Reg. Gt. Seal. Scot. 1652-9, pp. 233-4. Sold Peeblesshire estates to cover debts, 1686.Scots Peerage, viii. 454.
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BELLINGHAM, James (1623-50), of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.

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bap. 8 Sept. 1623, o.s. of Sir Henry Bellingham*.Heversham par. reg. educ. G. Inn 7 May 1640.G. Inn Admiss. 226. m. Katherine, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Willoughby, 1st bt. of Risley, Derbys, s.p.Nicolson and Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. i. 205; Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 9. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. Oct. 1650; d. 26 Oct. 1650.SP23/253, f. 100; CCC 1137.
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Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 1 May 1644–12 June 1645. Col. of ft. 7 Sept. 1644–12 June 1645.SP28/267, f. 305. Lt.-col. of ? by Sept.-aft. Nov. 1645.J. Musgrave, A Word to the Wise (1646), 6, 11 (E.318.5).

Local: j.p. Westmld. c.Oct. 1644–8 July 1649.C231/6, p. 162; HMC Portland, i. 186; CJ iii. 678a. Commr. assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 3 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ viii. 411a; LJ ix. 500a.

Religious: elder, Asby, Heversham parishes, Westmld classis, 1646.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 370, 371.

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BELLINGHAM, James (1623-50), of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.
: of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.
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BELLINGHAM, James (1623-50), of Over Levens, Heversham, Westmld.

Will
nuncupative will Oct. 1650, pr. 24 May 1651.PROB11/216, f. 197.
Estates
his fa. settled on him lease of land near Beaumont Hill, co. Dur. worth £80 p.a.SP23/211, p. 99; SP28/249, unfol. Family estate worth about £1,170 p.a.Supra, ‘Sir Henry Bellingham’.
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BELASYSE, John (1615-89), of Worlaby, Lincs.

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b. 24 June 1615, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Belasyse†, 2nd bt. (d. 18 Apr. 1653), of Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, and Barbara (d. 28 Feb. 1619), da. of Sir Henry Cholmley† of Whitby, Yorks.: bro. of Henry Belasyse*.HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 376; Foster, Yorks. Peds.; CP. educ. privately; ?Cambridge Univ. c.1627; acad. of ‘Signior Arnolfen’, Paris, France;HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 376, 377. G. Inn 16 Mar. 1641.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 8 Mar. 1637, Jane, da. and h. of Sir Robert Boteler of Watton Woodhall, Watton-at-Stone, Herts., 3s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 11 July 1659, Anne (d. 11 Aug. 1662), da. and coh. of Sir Robert Crane*, 1st. bt., of Chilton, Suff., wid. of Sir William Armyne*, 2nd bt., of Osgodby, Lincs., s.p.; (3) by 18 June 1666, Anne (bur. 11 Sept. 1694), da. of John Powlett†, 5th marquess of Winchester, 3s. d.v.p. 9da. (5 d.v.p.).Coxwold par. reg.; St Vedast Par. Regs. ed. W. A. Littledale (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxx), 23; Gent. Mag. lxxxvii. 113-15; Foster, Yorks. Peds.; CP; Pepys Diary, vii. 171. cr. Baron Belasyse of Worlaby 27 Jan. 1645; d. 10 Sept. 1689.CP.
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Military: vol. horse, royal army by June 1639–?SP16/427/38, ff. 71, 73. Capt. of horse by Aug. 1640–?;Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iii. 1241. capt. of horse (roy.) c.May-July 1642; col. of ft. c.July 1642–44,HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 379; Clarendon, Hist. ii. 335. July – Oct. 1660, Jan.-c.Apr. 1673.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 416–7; CSP Dom. 1672–3, p. 455; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 287; Dalton, Eng. Army Lists, i. 134. Lt. gen. Yorks. Jan.-Apr. 1644;Newcastle Mems. ed. C. H. Firth (1886), 89. Notts., Lincs. and Rutland Oct. 1645-May 1646.LJ viii. 310a. Gov. York Jan.-Apr. 1644;Sloane 1519, f. 24; Newcastle Mems. ed. Firth, 33, 35–6. Newark Oct. 1645-May 1646;Clarendon, Hist. iv. 124; LJ viii. 310a. Hull by 1 Aug. 1660–73.Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/4 (Hull Bench Bk. 1650–64), p. 313; C BRB/5 (Hull Bench Bk. 1664–82), p. 332; CSP Dom. 1673, pp. 194, 479–80. Capt. gen. king’s lifeguard of horse, Sept. 1645–6.HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 387–8. Gen. and c.-in-c. Tangier 24 Dec. 1664-c.Apr. 1667.CSP Dom. 1660–85, p. 119; Pepys Diary, viii. 154–5, 159; J. Davis, Hist. of Second Queen’s Royal Regt. 82; C.H. Firth, ‘The Dict. of National Biog.’, BIHR iv. 49.

Central: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, by 1641–?LC3/1, f. 25v. Member, council of war (roy.) by 5 Nov. 1642-aft. July 1645.Harl. 6851, f. 219; Harl. 6852, f. 146. Capt. gent. pensioners, Mar. 1667–72.Pepys Diary, viii. 154; CSP Dom. 1666–7, p. 597; CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 190. PC, 17 July 1686-Feb. 1689.CP. First ld. treasury, 4 Jan. 1687-c.Dec. 1688.CSP Dom. Jan. 1686-May 1687, pp. 330, 345; CTB viii. 1141; HMC Hastings, ii. 202. Chan. (in common), duchy of Lancaster, 1687-c.Dec. 1688.CSP Dom. Jan. 1686-May 1687, p. 386; HMC Hastings, ii. 202.

Local: commr. subsidy, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642, 14 Aug. 1660, 26 Feb., 16 June 1664;C181/5, f. 223v; C181/7, pp. 75, 239, 259. Yorks. (E. Riding) 30 June 1664, 1 July 1667;C181/7, pp. 256, 406. Norf., Suff. and Wisbech Hundred 1 Aug. 1664, 20 Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 285, 522. Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 298. Hull 14 Jan. 1668;C181/7, p. 420. array (roy.) Yorks. 18 June 1642, Lincs. 4 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Ld. lt. E. Riding July 1660–73.SO3/13, unfol.; HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 398. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 10 July 1660–?73;C181/7, pp. 15, 641. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 220. Northern circ. 10 June 1664–?73.C181/7, pp. 274, 640. J.p. Lindsey by Oct. 1660–?73;C220/9/4. E. Riding 19 Dec. 1660–?73;C231/7, p. 62. Mdx. 1687-c.Dec. 1688.CSP Dom. Jan. 1686-May 1687, p. 345. Commr. corporations, Yorks. 19 Feb. 1662;HMC 8th Rep. i. 275. swans, Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 298.

Civic: high steward, Hull 20 Dec. 1670–3.Hull Hist. Cent. C BRB/5, pp. 238–9, 332; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 480.

Parlimentarian
BELASYSE, John (1615-89), of Worlaby, Lincs.
: of Worlaby, Lincs.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, G. Jackson, 1636;NPG. minature, S. Cooper, 1646;Buccleuch colln. minature, (?aft. ) S. Cooper, 1646;Fitzwilliam Museum, Camb. line engraving, R. White aft. A. Van Dyck.BM; NPG.

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BELASYSE, John (1615-89), of Worlaby, Lincs.

Will
22 Apr. 1689, cod. 22 Apr. 1689, pr. 7 May 1690.PROB11/401, f. 255.
Estates
in 1637, fa. settled on him manor, manor house and rectory of Worlaby, Lincs. C54/3094/1. His first w.’s estate consisted of manors of Higham Gobion, Beds. and of Boxbury-cum-Chells, Sacombe and Temple Chelsin and rectory of Higham Gobion, Herts., and was reckoned in 1637 to be worth £430 p.a. in possession and £370 p.a. in reversion.C54/3184/15; CSP Dom. 1637-8, p. 78. In 1639, he sold manor of Higham Gobion for £7,900; and purchased manor of Little Busby, Yorks. for £5,000.C54/3184/5; C54/3238/24; C54/3239/25; C54/3247/36; N. Yorks. RO, ZDU 2, Marwood estate title deeds (mic. 1306), unfol. In 1639, borrowed £5,000, which he repaid in 1641; in 1641, borrowed £800. LC4/202, ff. 160, 221. In 1646, estate consisted of manors of Boxbury-cum-Chells, Little Busby, Sacombe, Temple Chelsin and Worlaby and was reckoned to be worth £1,036 p.a. His debts were variously reported as £2,600 and £5,000.SP23/187, pp. 65-7; Bodl. Nalson XIV/II, ff. 359. In 1646, sold manor of Boxbury-cum-Chells for £2,560.Add. 33575, ff. 27-8. In 1648, borrowed £1,500; in 1651, borrowed £750.LC4/203, .f. 44, 183v. In 1650, sold manors of Little Busby and Sacombe for £7,500.Herts. RO, DE/AS/2092-4; N. Yorks. RO, ZDU 2. In 1652, settled Worlaby and manors of Holme and North Muskham, Notts., on trustees in order to raise portions for two of his daughters of £2,500 apiece.SP23/231, ff. 241, 242; CCC, 1338-9. In 1652-3, sold manor of Temple Chelsin for £3,500.Herts. RO, DE/AS/210-14. After the Restoration, estate in Lincs. valued at about £800 p.a. and estate in Yorks. at about £1,500 p.a.‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’ ed. J.G Nichols, Herald and Genealogist, ii. 118. At d. estate inc. manors of Bathley, Holme and North Muskham, Notts.; manor of Worlaby; lands in ‘Broughton’ and Raskelf and lease of tithes and glebe lands in Raskelf, Yorks.; rents in Yorks. and co. Dur. worth £440 p.a.; a tenement and adjoining lands in Isleworth and Twickenham, Mdx.; and numerous houses in some of the most fashionable quarters of London and Westminster.PROB11/401, ff. 255-60; Notts. RO, DDT 72/5-7, 42-3.
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house of Mr Burridge, St Martin’s Lane, over against the Fleet Tavern, St Martin-in-the-Fields (1656, 1657);Add. 34014, f. 19; Add. 34015, f. 58; Add. 34016, f. 1. Lincoln’s Inn Fields (1665).Pepys’s Diary, vi. 9.
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BEDINGFIELD, Sir Thomas (1593-1661), of Darsham, Suff. and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 13 Sept. 1593, 2nd s. of Thomas Bedingfield† (d. 1636), of Bedingfield, Suff. and L. Inn and Dorothy, da. of John Southwell of Barham, Suff.;Bedingfield par. reg. p. 29; Vis. Norf. 1664, 19. bro. of Philip* and Anthony*. educ. Southwold, Suff. (Mr. Clayton); adm. Caius, Camb. 1608; G. Inn 1608.J. Venn, Biog. Hist. of Gonville and Caius College (Cambridge, 1897-1901), i. 198; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. 16 Jan. 1627, Elizabeth (d. 19 July 1669), da. of Charles Hoskins, Mercer, of London and Oxted, Surr. 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (1 d.v.p.).St Mildred Poultry, London par. reg.; Suckling, Suff. ii. 226-7; Vis. Surr. 1530, 1572 and 1623, 58-9. Kntd. 1638.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 206. d. 24 Mar. 1661.Suckling, Suff. ii. 226.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 31 Jan. 1616; ancient, 1627; reader, Staple Inn 1630; Lent reader, G. Inn 1636; treas. Nov. 1638-Nov. 1641. PBG Inn, 220, 277, 293, 325, 332, 336, 340, 344; W. Dugdale, Origines Juridiciales (1666), 297, 299. Sjt.-at-law, 21 Nov. 1648–1660.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 188, 189, 192, 398, 441.

Civic: recorder, Dunwich by 1627–?1630.C181/3, f. 236; HMC Var. vii. 96.

Local: commr. piracy, Suff. 1627;C181/3, f. 232v. gaol delivery, Dunwich 1627;C181/3, f. 236. Southwold, Suff. by May 1654-aft. Dec. 1658;C181/6, pp. 35, 341. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, London 1638-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 120, 265. subsidy, liberty of duchy of Lancaster 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642, assessment, 1642;SR. Norf. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Suff. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659;C181/6, pp. 291, 360. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 13, 89. militia, Suff. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar. 1660–d.Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 51. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Central: att.-gen. duchy of Lancaster, 13 July 1638–12 Oct. 1648.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 22. J.c.p. 22 Nov. 1648–8 Feb. 1649.C231/6, pp. 126–7; A. and O; Whitelocke, Diary, 224; Sainty, Judges, 76; CJ vi. 134b.

Parlimentarian
BEDINGFIELD, Thomas (1593-1661), of Gray’s Inn, London; later of Darsham, Suff.
: of Darsham, Suff. and Mdx., Gray’s Inn.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BEDINGFIELD, Sir Thomas (1593-1661), of Darsham, Suff. and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
10 Nov. 1659, pr. 30 May 1661.PROB11/304/369.
Estates
bought manor of Amer Hall, Great Belstead, Suff. 1636;Norf. RO, WLS VIII/7/1-9. bought manor of Darsham, Suff. from his bro. Philip, 1655.Copinger, Manors of Suff. ii. 56.
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VERNEY, Sir Edmund (1590-1642), of Middle Claydon, Bucks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1 Jan. 1590, 2nd s. of Sir Edmund Verney (d. 1600) of Pendley in Tring, Herts. and his 3rd w. Mary, da. of John Blackneys of Sparrowham, Norf. and wid. of Geoffrey Turville.Vis. Bucks. 1634 (Harl. Soc. lviii), 123. educ. St Alban Hall, Oxf. 9 Mar. 1604;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (Low Countries, France, Italy).D. Lloyd, Memoires of the Lives … of those Noble, Reverend, and Excellent Personages (1668), 351; Mems. of the Verney Fam. i. 70. m. (with £2,300) 14 Dec. 1612, Margaret (d. 5 Apr. 1641), da. of Sir Thomas Denton† of Hillesden, Bucks. 4s. 6da.Vis. Bucks. 1634, 38, 123; Lttrs. and Pprs. of the Verney Family ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lvi), 104-5; L. Stone, ‘The Verney tomb at Middle Claydon’, Recs. of Bucks. xvi. 81. Kntd. 7 Jan. 1611.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 150. suc. half-bro. Sir Francis Verney 1615. d. 23 Oct. 1642.Verney MSS, Sir E. Sidenham to Sir R. Verney, 27 Oct. 1642 (M636/4).
Offices Held

Court: sewer to Prince Henry, 1610–12.Mems. of the Verney Fam. i. 70. Gent. of privy chamber to prince of Wales, 1613–25; to Charles I 1633–d.Autobiography and corresp. of Sir Simonds D’Ewes ed. J.O. Halliwell (1845), ii. 415; LC2/6, f. 69v; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 159; N. Carlisle, An Inquiry into…Gent. of His Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Chamber (1829), 135. Knt. marshal of the household, 1626–d.CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 281, 561; Lttrs. and Pprs. of the Verney Family, 122–3. Judge, palace ct. 1630–d.PALA9/6/1.

Diplomatic: attendant, Lord Digby’s embassy to Spain, 1617–18.Lloyd, Memoires, 351.

Local: lt. Whaddon Chase, Bucks. 1622.Lttrs. and Pprs. of the Verney Family, 105. Dep. lt. Bucks. by 1626-at least 1640.SP16/24/25; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 537; Lttrs. and Pprs. of the Verney Family, 128. Commr. Forced Loan, Bucks., Buckingham 1627;Rymer, Feodera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 3v, 82v. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1626-aft. Nov. 1639;C181/3, ff. 198v, 219v; C181/4, ff. 5v, 175v; C181/5, ff. 89v, 154v. Mdx. 1627;C181/3, f. 219. Norf. circ. 1635-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, f. 196v; C181/5, ff. 3v, 218. Bucks. 23 June 1640.C181/5, f. 176v. J.p. Bucks., Mdx., Westminster 1627-at least 1641.C231/4, ff. 197v. 200; C66/2859; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 134. Commr. martial law, Mdx. and Westm. 1627;Coventry Docquets, 30. swans, midland cos. and Welsh borders 1627;C181/3, f. 227. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 1634;C181/4, f. 191. subsidy, Bucks., Westminster 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Bucks. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Civic: freeman, New Romney, Kent 1625.E. Kent Archives, NR/AC/2, p. 41.

Religious: vestryman, St Paul’s Covent Garden 1638–?d.CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 134.

Central: commr. to investigate exch. fines, 1640.CSP Dom. 1640, p. 135.

Military: standard bearer, royal army, Aug. 1642–d.Clarendon, Hist. ii. 290.

Parlimentarian
VERNEY, Sir Edmund (1590-1642), of Drury Lane, Westminster and Hillesden, Bucks.; later of Middle Claydon, Bucks. and the Piazza, Covent Garden, Westminster.
: Bucks.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, c.1640;NPG. oil on canvas, studio of A. Van Dyck, c.1640;Claydon Hall Trust. oil on canvas, aft. A. Van Dyck;Chequers Court, Bucks. miniature, aft. A. Van Dyck, c.1640;NT, Anglesey Abbey. watercolour, J. Bulfinch;NPG. fun. monument, E. Marshall, Middle Claydon church, Bucks.

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Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

VERNEY, Sir Edmund (1590-1642), of Middle Claydon, Bucks.

Will
26 Mar. 1639, pr. 23 Dec. 1642.PROB11/190/481.
Estates
alienated manor of Middle Claydon, Bucks. 1635.Coventry Docquets, 679.
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