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BARKER, Anthony (c.1604-67), of Sonning, Berks. and the Middle Temple, London.

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b. c. 1604, 5th but 4th surv. s. of (Sir) Anthony Barker† (d. 1630) of Sonning, Berks. and his 1st w. Jane, da. of Edward Elrington of Birch Hall, Theydon Bois, Essex.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii), i. 163-4, ii. 64; Ashmole, Antiquities, ii. 388. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 5 Dec. 1623 ‘aged 19’, BA 6 Feb. 1626;Al. Ox. M. Temple 9 Feb. 1626.M. Temple Admiss. i. 117. m. by 1640, Frances, da. of Richard Knight of Chawton, Hants, 1s 2da.Vis. Berks. i. 164; Keeler, Long Parl. 95. d. 21 Jan. 1667.Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/2, f. 37v.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 22 Nov. 1633; bencher, 24 Nov. 1654, autumn reader, 1662; treas. 1666–d.MTR iii. 1069, 1174, 1175, 1210; A.R. Ingpen, The M. Temple Bench Bk. (1912), 202.

Local: commr. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants. 1638, 14 June 1654 – aft.Oct. 1657, 6 June 1664;C181/5, f. 198; C181/6, pp. 44, 262; C181/7, p. 258. River Thames, Wilts. to Surr. 18 June 1662.C181/7, p. 152. J.p. Berks. 25 June 1649–d.C231/6, p. 159; Sheffield Archives, EM1480. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Civic: recorder and steward, Wallingford 1639 – 48, ?1660–d.Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/1, ff. 130, 136v; W/AC1/1/2, f. 37v; C231/6, p. 413; CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 255.

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BARKER, Anthony (c.1604-67), of Sonning, Berks. and the Middle Temple, London.
: Berks. and London., the Middle Temple.
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BARKER, Anthony (c.1604-67), of Sonning, Berks. and the Middle Temple, London.

Will
none traced.
Estates
presumably owned some property in Berks. but location uncertain.
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THURLOE, John (1616-68), of Wisbech, Isle of Ely; and later of Great Milton, Oxon. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 12 June 1616, o.s. of Thomas Thurloe of Abbess Roding, Essex, and his 2nd w., Sarah, wid. of one Ewer.TSP i. p. xi; P. Aubrey, Mr Secretary Thurloe (1990), 8. educ. Furnival’s Inn, London; L. Inn 2 July 1646.LI Admiss. i. 253. m. (1) one Peyton, 2s. (d.v.p.); (2) c.1647, Anne (d. by 1690), da. of Sir John Lytcott of East Molesey, Surr. 4s. 2da.TSP i. pp. xix-xx; PROB11/402/380. suc. fa. Nov. 1633. d. 21 Feb. 1668.C.H. Firth, ‘Secretary Thurloe’, N. and Q. 8th ser. xi, 83; Smyth’s Obit. 77; TSP i. p. xix.
Offices Held

Legal: clerk to Oliver St John* by 1639. Nov. 1653Aubrey, Thurloe, 10. Called, L. Inn by; bencher, 10 Feb. 1654.LI Black Bks. ii. 399–401. Recvr. cursitors’ fines, Mar. 1648–?Whitelocke, Diary, 216, 218, 226.

Central: sec. to parlty. commrs. for treaty at Uxbridge, Jan.-Feb. 1645;TSP i. pp. xi, 59. to council of state, 30 Mar. 1652-Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1651–2, pp. 198, 199. Sec. of state, Dec. 1653 – 7 May 1659, 27 Feb. 1660-May 1660.CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 309. Commr. visitation Camb. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Postmaster-gen. Aug. 1655-Dec. 1659.Aubrey, Thurloe, 76; TSP vii. 807. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 July 1657.CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 26. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a.

Mercantile: jt. treas. Bedford Level corp. Feb. 1651 – Apr. 1654; dep. gov. Sept. 1656–1660.Cambs. RO, R.59.31.9.4, f. 93; TSP v. 475.

Diplomatic: sec. to embassy to Utd. Provinces, Mar.-June 1651;Aubrey, Thurloe, 19–23.

Local: j.p. I. of Ely, Dec. 1651 – May 1662; Wallingford 3 Mar. 1656, 13 Nov. 1658; Beds., Bucks., Derbys., Devon, Essex, Hants, Herts., Kent, Leics., Lincs. (Holland, Kesteven), Norf., Northants., Notts., Rutland, Salop, Som., Staffs., Surr., Suss., Warws., Worcs. Sept. 1656 – bef.Oct. 1660; Mdx. and Cambs. Sept. 1656 – May 1662; Lincs. (Lindsey) Sept. 1656 – Mar. 1657; Dorset, Herefs. Mar. 1657-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 227; C181/6, pp. 135, 329; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, I. of Ely 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 271 (E.1062.28). gaol delivery, Mar. 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 20, 385. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 26, 381. Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657;C181/6, p. 263. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, I. of Ely 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660.CSP Dom. 1655, 78; A. and O. Custos rot. Sept. 1656-May 1660.A. and O.; A Perfect List. Gov. Charterhouse, London Nov. 1657-Nov. 1661.TSP i. p. xvii; Alumni Carthusiani, ed. B. Marsh and F.A. Crisp (1913), 27–8. Chan. Glasgow Univ. Feb. 1658-Oct. 1660.TSP i. p. xvii; vi. 777; Baillie Lttrs. and Jnls. iii. 386, 397–8, 399. Commr. oyer and terminer, Surr. 21 Mar. 1659.C181/6, p. 348.

Civic: capital burgess, Wisbech Nov. 1657-Nov. 1659.Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Wisbech corp. recs. 1616–91, ff. 135, 137.

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THURLOE, John (1616-68), of Wisbech, Isle of Ely; and later of Great Milton, Oxon. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.
: Isle of Ely and later of Great Milton, Oxon. and Mdx., Lincoln’s Inn.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. W. Dobson;Chequers Court, Bucks. oil on canvas, circle of W. Dobson;Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. oil on canvas, unknown, ?eighteenth century;NPG. oil on canvas, T. Ross, eighteenth century;Government Art Colln. oil on canvas, attrib. G. Browning;Wisbech and Fenland Museum, Cambs. oil on panel, view of Wisbech Castle with figure said to be Thurloe;NT, Peckover House. miniature, S. Cooper;Buccleuch colln. medal, A. Simon and T. Simon, 1653.BM.

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THURLOE, John (1616-68), of Wisbech, Isle of Ely; and later of Great Milton, Oxon. and Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
28 Sept. 1667, pr. 26 Mar. 1668.PROB11/326/382.
Estates
salary as sec. to council of state, £600;CSP Dom. 1651-2, p. 203. later increased to £800;CSP Dom. 1652-3, p. 1. bought episcopal lands at Whitstable, Kent for £30, 1647;Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 1; ‘Account of the sale of bishops’ land’, Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 3. acquired drained fenland in the Great Level, Cambs. 1649-50;Cambs. RO, R.59.31.9.2, unf.; R.59.31.9.3, first foliation, ff. 1-3v, 6; R.59.31.9.4, f. 66. bought manor of Wisbech Barton, Wisbech aft. 1649.VCH Cambs. iv. 243. He and Thomas Mathews bought episcopal fishing rights in the Isle of Ely, 1650;Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 50. bought land at Turnford, Herts. for £753 13s, 1650;I.J. Gentles, ‘The debenture market and military purchasers of crown lands, 1649-60’ (Univ. London PhD thesis, 1969), 345. leased Gt. Milton Priory, Gt. Milton, Oxon. 1660s.VCH Oxon. vii. 119.
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BAGSHAWE, Edward (1589-1662), of the Middle Temple, London. and Moreton Pinkney, Northants.

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bap. 14 Dec. 1589, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Edward Bagshaw (bur. 16 June 1597), citizen and Vintner of St Michael, Crooked Lane, London, and Mary, da. of William Heming of Waddesmill, Herts. and London.St Michael, Crooked Lane, London par. reg; PROB11/90/300; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 373. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 22 Feb. 1605, BA 7 July 1608;Al. Ox. M. Temple 25 Nov. 1608.MTR ii. 499. m. 24 Apr. 1617, Prudence (d. 1 Mar. 1673) da. of Anthony Morgan (d. 1608) of Llanvihangel Crucorney, Mon. and Bridget, Lady Morgan, of Heyford, Northants., at least 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.Broughton, Northants. par. reg.; Al. Ox.; R.M. Serjeantson, Hist. St Peter, Northampton (1904), 198-9. bur. 16 Oct. 1662 16 Oct. 1662.Serjeantson, Hist. St Peter, Northampton, 198-9.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 27 Jan. 1616;MTR ii. 601. bencher, 1639; Lent reader, 1640; treas. 1660–1.MT Bench Bk. 75, 79; MTR ii. 886, 889; iii. 1152.

Civic: recorder, Banbury 20 Jan. 1635–?43.Banbury Corporation Recs. (Banbury Hist. Soc. xv), 160.

Local: commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec.1642;A. and O. assessment, Surr. 21 Mar. 1643;LJ v. 658b. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O.

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BAGSHAWE, Edward (1589-1662), of the Middle Temple, London. and Moreton Pinkney, Northants.
: London. and Moreton Pinkney, Northants.
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BAGSHAWE, Edward (1589-1662), of the Middle Temple, London. and Moreton Pinkney, Northants.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited an equal share with his two siblings in half the estate of his fa. 1597;PROB11/90/300. residence in Broughton, Northants., bef. 1626-aft. 1634;Broughton par. reg.; Al. Ox. (s.v. Francis Bagshawe). property at Moreton Pinkney, bef. 1636.Al. Ox. (s.v. John Bagshawe); HMC Buccleuch iii. 374.
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PRATT, John (c.1599-1657), of Lutterworth, Leics.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1599, 3rd s. of John Pratt of Lutterworth and Joanna, da. of Thomas Gore of Lutterworth.Nichols, Leics. iv. 152. m. 3 Feb. 1627, Helena, da. of Robert Aston, schoolmaster, of Leicester, 6s. 6da.St Mary Leicester Par. Reg. ed. Hartopp, i. 125; Nichols, Leics. iv. 152; Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 85; Leicester Bor. Recs. iv. 170; PROB11/270, f. 92v. suc. bro. c.1644;Nichols, Leics. iv. 152. d. 16 May 1657.Nichols, Leics. iv. 258.
Offices Held

Local: member, Leics. co. cttee. 17 Mar. 1645.CJ iv. 78a; LJ vii. 276a; [P. Temple], An Examination Examined (1645), 15 (E.303.13). Commr. assessment, Leics. 14 May, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. by Feb. 1650–d. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, Leics. 14 Mar. 1655.SP25/76A, f. 16v.

Military: lt.-col. militia horse, Leics. 5 Mar. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505.

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PRATT, John (c.1599-1657), of Lutterworth, Leics.
: of Lutterworth, Leics.
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PRATT, John (c.1599-1657), of Lutterworth, Leics.

Will
1 May 1657, pr. 2 Nov. 1657.PROB11/270, f. 92v.
Estates
1654, acquired lands in Ireland worth at least £300.CSP Ire. Adv. 249. In 1657, estate inc. lease of house and lands in Lutterworth; lands in Ireland; fee farm rents in Warwick worth £60 p.a.PROB11/270, f. 92v.
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PLUMSTED, Edward (aft. 1601-by 1690), of Raydon and Old Newton, Suff.

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b. aft. 1601, 2nd s. of Thomas Plumsted (d. 1620) of Edmonton, Mdx. and Frances Gardiner of Walsoken, Norf.Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613 (Harl Soc. xxxii), 223-4; PROB11/135/382. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1628.Al. Cant. m. Jane (d. 1676), da. and h. of Henry Gonby of Raydon, Suff., at least 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Norf. 1563, 1589 and 1613, 224; Old Newton par. reg. d. betw. 20 May 1689 and 20 Sept. 1690.Suff. RO (Bury), IC500/1/144/129.
Offices Held

Local: ?commr. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644; assessment, Suff. 9 June 1657.A. and O.

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PLUMSTED, Edward (aft. 1601-by 1690), of Raydon and Old Newton, Suff.
: Suff.
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PLUMSTED, Edward (aft. 1601-by 1690), of Raydon and Old Newton, Suff.

Will
20 May 1689, pr. 20 Sept. 1690.Suff. RO (Bury), IC500/1/144/129; IC500/2/71, ff. 426v-427.
Estates
owned land at Old Newton, Suff. at his death.Suff. RO (Bury), IC500/1/144/129.
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BENSON, Henry (1579-1643), of High Street, Knaresborough, Yorks.

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bap. 4 Jan. 1579, 1st s. of Peter Benson, yeoman, of Knaresborough and Jane Denison (bur. 16 Sept. 1620). m. lic. 2 Apr. 1633, Elizabeth (bur. 4 Feb. 1650), da. of Thomas Bullocke of South Holme, wid. of John Dearlove of Pannal, s.p.Knaresborough par. reg.; Geneal. Hist. of the Fam. of the Late Bishop William Stubbs ed. F. Collins (Yorks Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lv), pp. x-ix; Vis. Yorks. ed. J. Foster, 498. suc. fa. Jan. 1641;Knaresborough par. reg.; C10/72/45. d. Sept. 1643.C10/72/45.
Offices Held

Local: bailiff, borough of Knaresborough ?-1630.Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, ii. 261; CJ ii. 488b.

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BENSON, Henry (1578/9-1643), of High Street, Knaresborough, Yorks.
: Yorks., of High Street, Knaresborough.
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BENSON, Henry (1579-1643), of High Street, Knaresborough, Yorks.

Will
8 Mar. 1643, pr. 7 Oct. 1643.Borthwick, Prerogative Court, bundle Oct. 1643.
Estates
rectory and parsonage of Farnham and ‘divers messuages, houses, burgage lands, tithes, tenememts [and] hereditaments’ in Knaresborough and also several copyhold properties in Knaresborough, Bilton and Harrogate, Yorks.C10/72/45; Yorks. Stuart Fines ed. W. Brigg (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. liii), 216. In 1626, assessed at £10 for the Forced Loan.APC, 1625-6, p. 429. In 1634, Peter and Henry Benson sold rectory and parsonage of Farnham, with all tithes, glebelands and appurtenannce belonging in Arkendale, Farnham, Ferrensby, Loftus and Scotton, to Thomas Stockdale*. It was later disputed whether they had also merely surrendered – by way of security in case of encumbrances on this property – copyhold lands and 12 burgage tenements in Knaresborough to Stockdale for 7 years, while continuing to enjoy these properties for their own use, or had sold them to him outright.C33//221, f. 748; C10/72/45. This disputed property aside, Benson’s estate, at his d. consisted of a house in Knaresborough and property in and around the town and at nearby Ferrensby and Scriven.Borthwick, Prerogative Court, bundle Oct. 1643.
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CHOLMLEY, Thomas (1599-1654), of Carlisle and Little Salkeld, Cumb.

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bap. 23 May 1599, ?3rd s. of Richard Cholmley (d. aft. 1623) of Tunstall, Catterick, Yorks. and 1st w. Isabel, da. of Henry Lawson of Neasham, co. Dur.Darlington, co. Dur. par. reg.; Drapers’ Co. Archives, Drapers’ Hall, London, Boyd’s reg. of apprentices and freemen, unfol.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 445; Yorks. Stuart Fines ed. W. Brigg (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lviii), 218. educ. appr. Draper, London 6 Sept. 1615-15 Jan. 1623.Drapers’ Co. Archives, Boyd’s reg. of apprentices and freemen. m. by 1628, Katherine, da. of ?William Conyers of Brancepeth, co. Dur. at least 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.Brancepeth, co. Dur. par. reg.; PROB11/235, f. 246; CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 211; Penrith Par. Regs. 1605-60 ed. F. Haswell (Penrith, 1939), 57; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 671-2. d. 1654.PROB11/235, f. 246; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/392.
Offices Held

Mercantile: freeman, Drapers’ Co. 15 Jan. 1623–?Drapers’ Co. Archives, Boyd’s reg. of apprentices and freemen.

Local: collector of customs, Carlisle c.1632–?d.;C6/2/23; E351/648–53; SC6/CHASI/1665, m. 6; SP28/259, f. 391; CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 211; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 672. searcher of customs, 26 Sept. 1633–2 Oct. 1636.PC2/45, f. 209v; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLONS/W/1/31, p. 39. Bailiff of queen’s liberties, Cumb. 6 Feb. 1636–?Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/390, 399. J.p. c.Oct. 1644–d.HMC Portland, i. 186; CJ iii. 678a. Commr. assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, 2 June 1647;C93/19/24. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649;SP18/1/23, f. 32. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15). sequestration, Cumb. 20 Sept. 1650;CCC 312. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–d.C181/6, p. 19.

Military: muster master, royal army, Carlisle garrison May 1640-aft. July 1641.Add. 33223, ff. 7v, 27; Belvoir, PZ.4, f. 28. Col. and capt. of ft. (parlian.) 1 Oct. 1644–15 Oct. 1645.SP18/131/53, f. 124; SP28/140, f. 362; I. Tullie, Siege of Carlisle ed. S. Jefferson (Whitehaven, 1988), 10.

Civic: freeman, Carlisle 19 Feb. 1647–d.;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/27. alderman, 14 Oct. 1648–d.;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/1. mayor, Oct. 1653–d.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DMH/10/5/17, p. 310.

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CHOLMLEY, Thomas (1599-1654), of Carlisle and Little Salkeld, Cumb.
: of Carlisle and Little Salkeld, Cumb.
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CHOLMLEY, Thomas (1599-1654), of Carlisle and Little Salkeld, Cumb.

Will
1 July 1654, pr. 18 Nov. 1654.PROB11/235, f. 246.
Estates
at d. inc. capital messuage of Little Salkeld and an adjoining water corn mill, a tenement in Fishergate, Carlisle, lease of land at Wery Holme, Cumb., and a moiety of the toll [at Carlisle?] on ‘Scots goods’.PROB11/235, f. 246.
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TEMPLE, Peter (1599-1663), of Temple Hall, Sibson, Leics.

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bap. 14 Oct. 1599, 3rd s. of Edmund Temple (d. 24 Mar. 1616) of Temple Hall, and Elizabeth, da. of Robert Burgoyne of Wroxall, Warws.St Botolph, Sibson par. reg.; St Botolph, Sibson BTs; C142/577/1; Nichols, Leics. iv. 959. educ. ?appr.PROB11/127, f. 530; Leics. RO, Probate 1618/77; Probate 1620/59; W. Winstanley, The Loyall Martyrology (1665) 141. m. 3 Feb. 1624, Phoebe, da. of John Gearing (Gayring), grocer, of St Margaret Moses, Friday Street, London, 3s. 1da.St Margaret Moses (Harl. Reg. xlii), 16, 51; St Botolph, Sibson par. reg. suc. nephew Edmund Temple 18 Jan. 1621.C142/685/72; G.F. Farnham, Leics. Medieval Village Notes, iv. 92; Leics. RO, Probate 1620/59. d. 20 Dec. 1663.CSP Dom. 1663-4, p. 383.
Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Leics. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 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. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. Leics. militia, 16 Jan. 1643, 10 July 1644;An Examination Examined (1645), 15 (E.303.13); A. and O. sequestration, Leics. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Sheriff, 19 Jan. 1644–13 Feb. 1645.CJ iii. 354b; LJ vi. 384a. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. J.p. 19 May 1645-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 11. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–22 June 1659;C181/6, pp. 15, 311. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by ?Dec. 1643-aft. July 1645.Nichols, Leics. iii. app. iv. 32; Whitelocke, Mems. i. 383; An Examination of a Printed Pamphlet (1645), 5 (E.261.3). Gov. Coleorton ?-c.June 1645.Nichols, Leics. iii. app. iv. 45, 50. Col. militia, Leics. June 1648.HMC Portland, i. 468; CJ v. 620b.

Civic: freeman, Leicester 17 Nov. 1645.Freemen of Leicester ed. Hartopp, 130.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. 6 Jan. 1649A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers,, 4 July 1650;CJ vi. 112b, 437a. cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Commr. for compounding, 13 June 1649.CJ vi. 231a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 22 May 1651;CJ vi. 577b. cttee. for the army, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.A. and O.

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TEMPLE, Peter (1599-1663), of Temple Hall, Sibson, Leics.
: of Temple Hall, Sibson, Leics.
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Web Title

TEMPLE, Peter (1599-1663), of Temple Hall, Sibson, Leics.

Will
attainted.
Estates
in 1621, inherited estate in Leics. that inc. Temple Hall and lands in Sibson, Barton in the Beans, Bilston, Carlton and Nailstone, reportedly worth £400 p.a.PROB11/127, ff. 529-32; Leics. RO, Probate 1618/77; Probate 1620/59; C142/677/1; C142/685/72; Farnham, Leics. Medieval Village Notes, iv. 91-3; Winstanley, Loyall Martyrology, 141. In 1660, estate of Temple and his bro. John in Leics. valued at £210 p.a.: ‘This whole estate is totally carried away by encumbrances upon it’.LR2/266, f. 2.
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DITTON, Humphrey (d. aft.1667), of St Thomas, Salisbury, Wilts.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
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b. 2nd s. of Humphrey Ditton (bur. 30 Dec. 1632) of Wilton and St Thomas, Salisbury, and Mary Ward.Wilts. RO, P2/9Reg/26, 27; P2/D/172; St Thomas, Salisbury and Wilton par. regs. m. 28 Nov. 1616, Jane Williams, at least 3s. 5da.St Thomas, Salisbury and Wilton par. regs.; Wilts. RO, 212B/5900; Churchwardens’ Accounts Sarum ed. Swayne, 319 d. aft. 2 Aug. 1668.St Thomas, Salisbury, par. reg.; Wilts. RO, P1/D/123.
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Civic: one of the forty-eight, Salisbury 1629;Wilts. RO, G23/1/3, f. 341v. one of the twenty-four, 1638;Wilts. RO, G23/1/3, f. 405v. mayor, 1647–8;Wilts, RO, G23/1/4, ff. 23v, 27. alderman, 1656–18 July 62.Wilts, RO, G23/1/4, f. 91; Hoare, Hist. Wilts. vi. 449.

Religious: churchwarden, St Thomas, Salisbury 25 Mar. 1632–3.St Thomas, Salisbury, par. reg.; Churchwardens’ Accounts Sarum ed. Swayne, 316.

Local: commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644, 15 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 28 Feb. 1654, 9 June 1657, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 425; CJ vii. 545b. Treas. Wilts. c.1647-c.Dec. 1648.Add. 5508, ff. 161v-2, 163v, 165, 167–8, 169–70. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Recvr. elector palatine’s revenues bef. Oct. 1650.CCC 318. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

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FOULKE, Francis (d. aft. 1688), of Camphire House, Co. Waterford.

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s. of Walter Foulke (or Fowke) of Gunston, Staffs. and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Littleton of Holbeach, Staffs. m. Eleanor, da. of Philip Tallent of Derbys., at least 1s.NLI, GO 169, p. 421. Kntd. 19 Mar. 1661.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 233. d. aft. 1688.Cal. Orrery Papers, 223, 303, 358.
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Military: capt. of ft. Prot. forces in Ireland, 6 July 1642;A. and O. maj. regt. of Richard Townsend, parlian. army in Ireland, 17 Sept. 1646-Nov. 1649;CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 515. maj. regt. of Thomas Sadleir* by Sept. 1650-c.Feb. 1651;SP28/70, f. 673. lt.-col. c.Feb. 1651-Aug. 1653.SP28/74, f. 551; SP28/94, f. 451. Gov. Dungarvan, co. Waterford c.Feb. 1653;Chatsworth, CM/29, unfol.: 28 Feb. 1653. Clonmel, co. Tipperary bef. Nov. 1660.W.P. Bourke, Hist. of Clonmel (Waterford, 1907), 96. Col. of ft. [I] c.1661.CSP Ire. 1633–5, p. 474.

Civic: freeman, Youghal 18 Feb. 1652.Council Bk. of the Corp. of Youghal ed. R. Caulfield (Guildford, 1878), 292.

Irish: commr. assessment, co. Cork 16 Oct. 1654; co. Waterford 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655, 24 June 1657;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O. J.p. co. Waterford c.Apr. 1658–?Chatsworth, CM/29, unfol.: 13 Apr. 1658. Member for co. Cork, gen. convention, Mar. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 217. Commr. poll money, 24 Apr. 1660; co. Cork 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 623–4, 642. MP, Clonmel, co. Tipperary 1661.CJI i. 593. Trustee, 1649 officers, 2 Mar. 1661.NAI, Lodge’s MSS 1.A.53.55, vol. ‘articles with Irish chiefs, etc.’, f. 130.

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FOULKE, Francis (d. aft. 1688), of Camphire House, Co. Waterford.

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leases in cos. Waterford and Limerick worth £800 p.a. in 1659;TSP vii. 597. in 1670 held 13 townlands in Orrery and Kilmore barony, co. Cork.Down Survey website.
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