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JONES, Charles (c.1595-1640), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Plas Du, Llanarmon, Caern.

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b. c. 1595, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir William Jones† of Castell March, Caern. and 1st w. Margaret, da. of Griffith ap John Griffith of Cefnamwlch, Tudweiliog, Caern.; bro. of Robert† and William Jones I*.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams., 191; Dwnn, Vis. Wales ii. 118. educ. St John’s, Camb. Easter 1611;Al. Cant. L. Inn 10 Jan. 1613, called 21 Oct. 1619.LI Admiss. i. 161. m. 13 July 1626 (with £300 p.a.) Margery (d. by 1637), da. of William Stone, Haberdasher of Broad Street ward, London, s.p.St Mary Bothaw, London par. reg.; Denb. RO, Wynnstay 7137; PROB11/184/471; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 35, 62. d. ?3 June, certainly by 3 Sept. 1640.HEHL, EL 521; CLRO, City Cash Acct. 1/3, f. 132; Rep. 51, f. 78.
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Local: jt. prothonotary and clerk of the crown (in reversion with bro. William), Denb. and Mont. 14 July 1606-Nov. 1636.CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 325; 1636–7, p. 215. Commr. buildings, London 1630;Rymer, Foedera viii. Pt. 3, p. 115. oyer and terminer, 17 Nov. 1632–d.;C181/4, ff. 128, 188v, C181/5, ff. 2v, 157v. sewers, 28 Nov. 1632;C181/4, f. 129. piracy, 28 May 1633-aft. Mar. 1639;C181/4, f. 139; C181/5, ff. 27, 131. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 2 May 1635–d.;C181/5, ff. 2v, 157v. charitable uses, 5 June 1637.C192/1, unfol.

Legal: called, L. Inn 21 Oct. 1619;LI Black Bks. ii. 213. reader, Furnival’s Inn 22 June 1629; bencher, L. Inn 9 Feb. 1636; Lent reader, 1640.LI Black Bks. ii. 286, 339, 353. Clerk (jt.) inquiry commn. [I] 1622.Exeter Coll. Oxf. Ms 95, ff. 5, 71.

Civic: recorder, Beaumaris by 1625-at least 1628.C219/39/253;C219/41B/3. Dep. recorder, London 26 June 1632–d.CLRO, Rep. 46, ff. 268v-9; Letter Bk. LL. f. 225v.

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JONES, Charles (c.1595-1640), of Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Plas Du, Llanarmon, Caern.
: of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx. and Plas Du, Caern., Llanarmon.
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Commons 1640-1660
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JONES, Charles (c.1595-1640), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Plas Du, Llanarmon, Caern.

Will
17 Jan. 1637, pr. 30 Nov. 1640.PROB11/184/471.
Estates
purchased Plas Du and Pentyrch, Caern., for £4,000 in 1631; also other lands in Caern. c.June 1633.NLW, Wynnstay RA 34. By d. held lands in Glaswryn, Pencoed, Pennarth, Redenock and Elarmon, Pentitch town, Velyn and Guest, Caern.PROB11/184/471.
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MONCK, George (1608-70), of Potheridge, Devon.

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b. 6 Dec. 1608, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Thomas Monck† of Potheridge, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir George Smyth† of Madworthy, Devon; bro. of Nicholas Monck, bishop of Exeter.M. Ashley, General Monck (1977), 2. m. 23 Jan. 1653, Anne (d. 29 Jan. 1670), da. of John Clarges of Drury Lane, Westminster, wid. of Thomas Radford of New Exchange, Strand, Westminster, 2s. (1 d.v.p.).Ashley, Monck, 54, 268. suc. nephew, Mar. 1649.Bodl. Carte 24, f. 153; C5/19/81. KG 26 May 1660. cr. duke of Albemarle, 6 July 1660.HP Lords 1660-1714. d. 3 Jan. 1670.Westminster Abbey Regs. ed. Chester, 172.
Offices Held

Military: ?vol. ft. regt. of Sir John Burrough (later Sir Richard Grenville), Cadiz 1625, Ile de Ré 1627–8. Ensign of ft. regt. of Lord Vere (later George Goring*), Netherlands 1631–2; capt. by Aug. 1632; capt.-lt. 1634–8.Ashley, Monck, 5–6, 9–11, 13–19; SP84/144, f. 229. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of earl of Newport, royal army, Aug. 1640.Add. 28082, ff. 11–12; E351/293. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of 2nd earl of Leicester, royal army in Ireland, c.Jan. 1641-Nov. 1643.Ashley, Monck, 29, 43; Bodl. Carte 7, f. 409. Gov. Dublin 28 June-c.9 July 1642;HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 157–8, 167. Carrickfergus 4 Oct. 1648.LJ x. 528b. Adj.-gen. forces of Philip Sidney, Viscount Lisle*, Ireland Dec. 1646.CSP Ire. 1647–60, p. 802. Col. Munster ft. regt. Apr.-?July 1647.HMC Egmont, i. 389, 428. C.-in-c. parlian. forces in Ulster, 16 July 1648-June 1649.CJ v. 246b. Col. of ft. Ulster c.Feb. 1648-July 1649.CJ v. 464b. Col. of ft. army in Ireland, c.July-Nov. 1650;SP63/281; SP28/69, f. 488; SP28/72, ff. 214, 236–7. army in Scotland, 13 Aug. 1650–d.;CJ vi. 454a; Firth and Davis, Regimental Hist. ii. 535. c.-in-c. 8 Apr. 1654-Jan. 1660. 1652 – ?Apr. 1654TSP ii. 222. Lt.-gen. ordnance, 6 May 1651. 1652 – ?Apr. 1654Ashley, Monck, 83. Gen.-at-sea, 3 Dec.; 2 Mar. 1660–?, 1666.CJ vii. 222a, 361a, 860a. Col. of horse, c.Aug. 1654-Jan. 1661.Firth and Davis, Regimental Hist. i. 133–4, 141. Ld. gen. of British forces, Nov. 1659; capt.-gen. 21 Feb. 1660, Aug. 1660–d.CJ vii. 847a. Dep. ld. high adm. 1665.HP Lords 1660–1714.

Scottish: gov. Edinburgh Castle Dec. 1650;Ashley, Monck, 82–3. Edinburgh Castle and Leith Aug. 1656–29 Apr. 1660.Clarke Pprs. ed. Firth, iii. 71; NLS, Acc. 10583/11/3. Cllr. of state, May 1655.TSP iii. 423. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656; assessment, all shires 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O.

Local: commr. assessment, Devon 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Cambs., Som., Worcs. 1 June 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. Essex, Mdx., Surr. Mar. 1655–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, pp. 306, 307. Devon, Westminster Mar. 1660–?d.;A Perfect List (1660); C193/12/3, ff. 20, 129v. Coventry Mar. 1660–?;A Perfect List (1660). Cambs. July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 49, 514. Haverfordwest c.Sept. 1660 – 17 July 1662, 18 July-aft. Dec. 1666;C181/7, pp. 50, 367, 372. Saffron Walden 11 Sept. 1660;C181/7, p. 47. St Albans borough and liberty 18 Sept. 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 52, 457. all cos. by Oct. 1660–?;C220/9/4, passim. Poole 8 June 1661–d.;C181/7, pp. 101, 373. York and Ainsty 6 July 1661;C181/7, p. 113. Buckingham 19 Aug. 1663;C181/7, p. 212. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 297. Southwell and Scrooby, Notts. 29 June 1669.C181/7, p. 502. Commr. militia, Devon 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx., Westminster 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Custos rot. Devon 26 Jan. 1660–d.CJ vii. 823b; C231/7, p. 10. Ld. lt. 1660–d.; Mdx. 1662–d.Ashley, Monck, 211. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 5 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 2, 508. Home, Midland, Norf., Northern, Oxf., Western circs. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 6, 500. London 13 Nov. 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 67, 512. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 220. Som. and Bristol 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 298. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 303. the Verge 26 Nov. 1668.C181/7, p. 456. Bailiff, Teddington, Byfleet and Ashtead Aug. 1660–d.HP Lords 1660–1714. Commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660, 17 Oct. 1667;C181/7, pp. 37, 412. Norf. and I. of Ely 7 Sept. 1660;C181/7, p. 40. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 14 Aug. 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 75, 543. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 147. Essex, Herts., Mdx. 14 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 223. Yorks. (E. Riding) 1 July 1667;C181/7, p. 406. Kingston-upon-Hull 14 Jan. 1668.C181/7, p. 420. Warden, Finkley Forest, Hants by Dec. 1660–d.HP Lords 1660–1714. Commr. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 14 May 1661–d.;C181/7, p. 99, 512. piracy, Devon 3 Mar. 1662.C181/7, p. 139.

Central: commr. to Scotland, 23 Oct. 1651;CJ vii. 30b. admlty. and navy, 28 July 1653, 8 Nov. 1655, 12 Feb. 1660;CJ vii. 362a, 825b; A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 10. for governing army, 12 Oct. 1659, 11 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 796a, 841a. Cllr. of state, 2 Jan., 25 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 801a, 847b; A and O. Kpr. St James’s Park 1 Feb. 1660,CJ vii. 828b. chief kpr. 25 Mar. 1663–d.Ashley, Monck, 212. Steward, Hampton Ct. 16 Mar. 1660, Aug. 1660–d.CJ vii. 879b. Master of horse, May 1660–8. PC, 27 May 1660–d. Ld. of treasury, June-Sept. 1660; first ld. 1667–d. Master, Trinity House, June 1660–1. Commr. trade, Nov. 1660 – d.; coronation claims, Dec. 1660–1; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; Tangier, 1662 – d.; sale of Dunkirk, 1662. Ld. proprietor, Carolina 1663; palatine 1669–d. Asst. Royal Adventurers into Africa, 1664–d. Commr. prize appeals, 1665–7; assessment of peers, 1663; public accts. 1668.HP Lords 1660–1714.

Irish: ld. lt. 21 Aug. 1660–61.Ashley, Monck, 211.

Court: gent. of bedchamber, Nov. 1660–d.Ashley, Monck, 211.

Civic: freeman, Portsmouth 1653. 1661 – d.HP Lords 1660–1714. High steward, Kingston-upon-Hull; Exeter 1662 – d.; Barnstaple 1664–d.HP Commons 1660–90.

Academic: FRS, 1665.HP Commons 1660–90.

Parlimentarian
MONCK, George (1608-70), of Potheridge, Merton, Devon.
: Devon.
Likenesses

Likenesses: miniature, S. Cooper, c. 1660;Buccleuch colln. miniature, S. Cooper, c.1660;Royal Colln. oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1660;Chatsworth, Derbys. oil on canvas, P. Lely, aft. 1660;Scottish NPG. oil on canvas, P. Lely, aft. 1660;Exeter Guildhall, Exeter, Devon. oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1665-6;NMM. oil on canvas, unknown, c.1665;National Army Museum, London. oil on canvas, studio of P. Lely;NPG. miniature, attrib. N. Dixon, aft. 1665;NT, Ham House. oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, 1668;Whereabouts unknown. oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, aft. 1668;Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.. oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, aft. 1668;Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence. oil on canvas, aft. S. Cooper;Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. oil on canvas, aft. S. Cooper;NPG. graphite on vellum, D. Loggan;BM. line engraving, D. Gaywood aft. F. Barlow, 1659;BM. line engraving, R. Gaywood aft. W. Hollar, bef. 1660;BM. line engraving, aft. F. Barlow, 1660;Poem Gratulatory [1660]. line engraving, unknown, 1660;BM. etching, D. Gaywood, c.1660;BM; NPG. line engraving, A. Melaer, c.1660;NPG. line engraving, R. Walton, c.1660;NPG. line engraving, unknown, c.1660;NPG. line engraving, unknown, aft. 1660;NPG. line engraving, D. Loggan, 1661;NPG line engraving, J. Gammon;NPG. etching, aft. D. Loggan, 1671; line engraving, R. White, aft. 1675;BM; NPG. line engraving, E. Davis, 1679;NPG. line engraving, W. Sherwin;BM. medals, unknown, 1660;BM. medal, T. Simon, 1660;BM. fun. monument, W. Kent and P. Scheemakers, Westminster Abbey.

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MONCK, George (1608-70), of Potheridge, Devon.

Will
8 June 1665, pr. 3 Jan. 1670.PROB11/332/2.
Estates
inherited lands in Devon worth £2,000 in 1649;Ashley, Monck, 254. granted £500 p.a. donative from confiscated Scottish lands (Kinneil barony), 9 Sept. 1651, sold for £5,500 in July 1654;CJ vii. 14a.; C107/25, unfol.; C107/26, unfol. granted royal estate at Hare Warren, Hampton, Mdx. worth £130 p.a. 18 Nov. 1652;CJ vii. 217b. granted £1,000 p.a. in land, 16 Jan. 1660;CJ vii. 813a-b. granted £20,000 cash, 16 Mar. 1660.CJ vii. 880b. Granted in 1660 pension of £7,000, inc. rentals of Theobalds and Cheshunt, Herts., Blackburn and other lands in Lancs. and estates in Mdx. Yorks. Berks. and Derbys. In Ireland, 1660s, owned lands in cos. Galway, Roscommon and Mayo, as well as 19,542 acres (inc. those allocated in lieu of military arrears) in co. Wexford. Also interests in Bahamas and Royal Africa Co. Purchased New Hall, Essex, 1662. In 1670 estimated income of £15-20,000 p.a. with £60,000 in property.Ashley, Monck, 212, 253-4.
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DERING, Sir Edward (1599-1644), of Surrenden, Pluckley, Kent

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b. 28 Jan. 1599, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Dering† and 2nd w. Frances (d. 1657), da. of Sir Robert Bell bt.† of Beaupre Hall, Outwell, Norf.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 140; FSL, V.b.296, p. 203. educ. Westminster; Magdalene, Camb. Easter 1615;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 23 Oct. 1617;M. Temple Admiss. i. 107. travelled abroad (France), Aug. 1620.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/E4, unfol. m. (1) 25 Nov. 1619 (with £3,000), Elizabeth (d. 24 Jan. 1622), da. of Sir Nicholas Tufton, 2nd bt. of Hothfield, Kent, 1s. (d.v.p.); (2) 1 Jan. 1625 (with £1,000), Anne (d. 13 Apr. 1628), da. of Sir John Ashburnham of Ashburnham, Suss. 1s. 1da.; (3) 16 July 1629, with £2,000, Unton (bur. 10 Nov. 1676), da. of Sir Ralph Gibbes, of Honnington, Warws. 2s. 2da.Cent. Kent Stud. U275/F1; U1107/C3; U1107/E57-60; U350/F5; Vis. Kent, 207-8; F. Haslewood, Parish of Pluckley (1899), 11; FSL, V.b.206, p. 207; C2/Chas.1/D31/40; C2/Chas.1/D15/66. Kntd. 22 Jan. 1619.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/E4, unfol. cr. bt. 1 Feb. 1627; suc. fa. 1636. d. 22 June 1644.Cent. Kent Stud. U275/F8; CB.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Mersham and Sandwich, Kent 1620, 1621, 1625, 1631;C181/3, ff. 4, 40v, 157v; C181/4, f. 75. Walland Marsh, Kent and Suss. 1623, 1625, 1632;C181/3, ff. 94, 188v; C181/4, f. 106v. Denge Marsh, Kent 1624, 1625, 1636;C181/3, ff. 134v, 185v; C181/5, f. 40v. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1629, 1630, 1639;C181/4, ff. 18v, 37v; C181/5, f. 144. Kent 1631, 1639.C181/4, f. 101; C181/5, f. 146v. J.p. 28 Sept. 1626–42.C231/4, f. 209v. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626, 1627.FSL, X.d.531/6. Custos brevium, Cinque Ports 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 153. Lt. Dover Castle 26 Mar. 1629-c.Dec. 1634.Add. 49977, ff. 51–2v; E. Kent Archives Centre, CPw/CS2, f. 205v. Commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1629, 1630;C181/3, f. 247; C181/4, f. 48; Add. 52798B, f. 2. repair of highways, Kent 1631;C181/4, f. 88. knighthood fines, 1632;Stowe 743, f. 85. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.

Civic: freeman, Hythe 21 Apr. 1625.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/E4.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1627–9.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/E4, f. 60.

Military: col. of horse and ft. (roy.) 3 July 1643-Nov. 1643.C231/3, p. 25; A Declaration Wherein is Full Satisfaction Given Concerning Sir Edward Deering (1644), sig. A2.

Parlimentarian
DERING, Sir Edward (1598-1644), of Surrenden Dering, Pluckley, Kent
: Pluckley, Kent.
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Likenesses: oils, 1625;Whereabouts unknown. oils, G. Cottington, 1626;Destroyed; photograph, NPG. oils, C. Johnson, 1630-9;Parham Park, W. Suss. oil on canvas, W. Dobson, c.1642;Regimental Museum of the Royal Welsh, Brecon. line engraving, G. Glover, 1640;BM; NPG. line engraving, W. Hollar;BM; NPG. line engraving, B. Moncornet.BM; NPG.

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DERING, Sir Edward (1599-1644), of Surrenden, Pluckley, Kent

Will
admon. 19 Oct. 1648.PROB6/23, f. 109.
Estates
estate valued at £800 p.a. for the purposes of composition, 1644;CCC 832. personal estate valued at less than £2,000 at death.C5/395/78.
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living at Sir Henry Gibbes’ house in St Martin’s Lane, 1640-1;Add. 26785, f. 25; Cent. Kent Stud. U350/C2/89. at the Golden Sheeres, King Street, July 1641.Cent. Kent Stud. U350/C2/93.
Religion
promoted Mr Craige as minister of Pluckley in 1637; and John Jefferay as candidate for the living at Pluckley in 1639.CSP Dom. 1636-7, p. 447; Cent. Kent Stud. U350/Q1/1.
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CORBETT, Miles (c.1595-1662), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Great Yarmouth, Norf.

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b. c.1595, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Corbett of Sprowston, Norf. and Anne, da. of Edward Barrett of Belhouse Hall, Aveley, Essex;Vis. Norf. 1563 and 1613 (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 84-5; Norf. Pedigrees, pt. iii, ed. P. Palgrave-Moore (Norf. Geneal. xiii), 39. bro. of Sir John, 1st bt.†; educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1612;J. Peile, Biographical Reg. of Christ’s College 1505-1905 (Cambridge, 1910-13), i. 286; Al. Cant. Thavies Inn;Peile, Biographical Reg. i. 286. L. Inn 9 Oct. 1615, called 4 Feb. 1623.LI Admiss. i. 171; LI Black Bks. ii. 238. m. 3 Feb. 1630, Mary (d. aft. 1662), da. of John Eldred, alderman, of London and Great Saxham, Suff. at least 1s.St Ann Blackfriars, London par. reg.; J. Gage, Hist. and Antiquities of Suff. (1838), 106. exec. 19 Apr. 1662.Misc. (Norf. Rec. Soc. xxii), 31.
Offices Held

Civic: recorder, Gt. Yarmouth Sept. 1625–1655, King’s Lynn 1644–51. Dec. 1625Norf. RO, Y/C 19/5, f. 336; King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/10, ff. 130, 303; Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists, 170, 200. Freeman, Gt. Yarmouth, King’s Lynn 1644.Norf. RO, Y/C19/6, f. 7; Cal. Lynn Freemen, 157. Clerk of the ct. sessions, Gt. Yarmouth 1631–3.Le Strange, Norf. Official Lists, 171.

Local: j.p. Norf. 1628 – bef.Oct. 1660; Suff. 7 Mar. 1647 – bef.Mar. 1660; Thetford 13 Nov. 1649–?C231/6, pp. 76, 168; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. charitable uses, Gt. Yarmouth 1633; Norf. and Norwich 1638;C192/1, unfol. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1638;C181/5, f. 103. additional ord. for levying of money, Norf. 1 June 1643; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; King’s Lynn and Gt. Yarmouth 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Norf. 3 July 1644 – aft.July 1645; Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, ff. 16, 304. gaol delivery, Norf. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 234, 261. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648; sewers, 1658.C181/6, f. 339.

Religious: feoffee, impropriations, Norf. by 1631.SP16/531, f. 196. Elder, St Margaret’s Lothbury, London 1646.Liu, Puritan London, 82. Member, Gt. Yarmouth Congregational church, 1649.C.J. Palmer, Hist. of Gt. Yarmouth (Gt. Yarmouth, 1856), 49.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb., 28 Oct. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b, 825b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Jan. 1643;Add. 15669, f. 1v. cttee. for advance of money, 11 Feb. 1643;CJ ii. 963a. cttee. for sequestrations by 27 Oct. 1643;SP20/1, f. 67. cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Collector, herring excise, 24 Aug. 1644. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. of navy and customs by 14 Sept. 1647;SP16/512, f. 83. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Mar. 1648.CJ v. 476b; LJ x. 88b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648, 20 June 1649; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649;A. and O. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 318a.

Legal: clerk of the crown, k.b. Nov. 1643–?CJ iii. 319b. Jt. clerk, ct. of wards, May 1644-June 1645.CJ iii. 484b, 485b; iv. 169b. Jt.-registrar, chancery, Mar. 1648-Mar. 1660.CJ v. 477a; vii. 877b. Steward, honor of Eye, Suff. by 1650.E320/Q16. Sjt.-at-law, July 1659.CJ vii. 700a.

Irish: commr. Ireland, 27 Nov. 1650, 24 Aug. 1652, 7 July 1659.CJ vi. 501b; vii. 167a; A. and O. Cllr. of state, 17 Aug. 1654, Nov. 1657.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 437–8, 672. C. bar. exch. June 1655–9.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 207; TSP iii. 549. Commr. gt. seal, 14 June 1655–26 Aug. 1656.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 520–1; J.R. O’Flanagan, The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of Ireland (1870), i. 345, 351, 355.

Parlimentarian
CORBET, Miles (1595-1662), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and Great Yarmouth, Norf.
: Mdx. and Great Yarmouth, Norf.
Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, unknown, aft. 1662.NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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CORBETT, Miles (c.1595-1662), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., and Great Yarmouth, Norf.

Will
none.
Estates
granted Malahide Castle, Co. Dublin by 1659.Irish Census, 1659, 388.
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AYSCOUGHE, William (1620-95), of Osgoodby Grange, Thirkleby, Yorks.

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bap. 15 Aug. 1620,Not 1614, as in HP Commons 1660-90, ‘Sir William Ayscough’. 1st s. of William Ayscough of Osgoodby Grange, and 1st w. Isabell (d. bef. 1635), da. of William Cholmley† of Highgate, Mdx.Thirkleby par. reg.; C142/531/177; Borthwick, Bulmer Deanery Act Bk. 1624-53, f. 75v; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 140; Ct. Rolls of the Manor of Hornsey ed. W. M. Marcham, F. Marcham (1929), 63. . educ. St Catharine’s, Camb. Easter 1637.Al. Cant. m. (1) 9 Mar. 1641, Judith (d. 21 July 1688), da. of Sir John Burgoyne*, 1st bt. of Sutton, Beds., 3s. d.v.p. 2da. d.v.p.;Thirkleby par. reg.; W. Grainge, The Vale of Mowbray (1859), 195-6. (2) 25 Dec. 1688 (with £1,000), Frances Robinson (bur. 21 Jan. 1715), of Throxenby, Scalby, Yorks. s.p.Thirkleby par. reg.; St. Helen’s Stonegate, York, par. reg.; C33/293, f. 515. suc. fa. 31 May 1635;WARD9/208, f. 168. Kntd. 1 Dec. 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 232. d. 9 Oct. 1695.C33/299, f. 423v. bur. 12 Oct. 1695 Thirkleby 12 Oct. 1695.Thirkleby par. reg. Sig.SP18/130/82i, f. 111.
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Local: commr. Northern Assoc. Yorks. (N. Riding) 20 June 1645. by Oct. 1645 – bef.Jan. 1650A. and O. J.p., by Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660;N. Riding QS Recs. ed. J.C. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. iv), 244; C193/13/4. liberties of Ripon by Oct. 1654–10 May 1662;C181/6, pp. 66, 283. E. Riding by Apr. 1657-Mar. 1660.C193/13/6. Commr. assessment, N. Riding 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1689 – d.; Yorks. 1 June 1660;A. and O.; SR; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Riding 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. charitable uses, 13 Nov. 1658;C93/25/1. militia, Yorks. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

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AYSCOUGH (ASKWITH), Sir William (1614-95), of Osgoodby Grange, Thirkleby, Yorks.
: of Osgoodby Grange, Yorks., Thirkleby.
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AYSCOUGHE, William (1620-95), of Osgoodby Grange, Thirkleby, Yorks.

Will
c.Feb. 1691.C33/293, f. 515v.
Estates
1630-2, fa. fined £30 for distraint of knighthood.‘Compositions for not taking knighthood at the coronation of Charles I’ ed. W.P. Baildon, in Misc. 1 (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxi), 102. In 1635, inherited estate that inc. manors of Sowber and Cold Kirby; lands in Kirkby Wiske, Newby Wiske, Old Byland, Terrington, Thirsk and Welburn, Yorks. and lease of rectory and ‘mansion house’ of Thirsk, paying rent of £20 p.a.WARD5/50, pt. 1, bdle. A-B; C142/531/177; Eg. 925, f. 58; VCH N. Riding, i. 180; ii. 44; Yorks. Stuart Fines ed. W. Brigg (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lviii), 121, 208; Grainge, Mowbray, 137; T.S. Willan, ‘Parlty. surveys of the N. Riding’, YAJ xxxi. 275-6. In 1650, purchased Osgoodby Grainge, for £608, from trustees for sale of church lands.C54/3446/14; C54/3449/9; I. Gentles, W. Sheils, Confiscation and Restoration: the Archbishopric Estates and the Civil War (Borthwick Pprs. lix), 7. At his d. estate inc. lands in Sowerby, nr. Thirsk and reckoned to be worth betw. £780 and £900 p.a. Left personal estate worth c.£3,000.C33/293, f. 515v; C33/299, ff. 423v-4; C38/275, unfol. (29 Aug. 1702).
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STAPYLTON, Henry (c.1617-79), of Myton Hall, Myton-on-Swale, Yorks.

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b. c. 1617, 1st s. of Brian Stapylton* of Myton Hall; bro. of Robert Stapylton*.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 177-8. educ. St Alban Hall, Oxf. 13 June 1635, aged 19;Al. Ox. I. Temple 8 June 1637.I. Temple Admiss. Database. m. 18 Oct. 1650, Elizabeth, da. of Conyers Darcy of Hornby Castle, Yorks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (?3 d.v.p.).Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 177-8; Foster, Yorks. Peds.; Manning, Bray, Surr. i. 260; PROB11/359, f. 495. suc. fa. June 1658;Myton upon Swale Par. Reg. ed. H.I. Robinson (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. cxxi), 36. cr. bt. 22 June 1660.CB. d. 26 Mar. 1679.Manning, Bray, Surr. i. 260.
Offices Held

Local: commr. Northern Assoc. Yorks. (N. Riding) 20 June 1645; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. N. Riding by Feb. 1660–d.Add. 29674, f. 153. Commr. assessment, Yorks. 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). N. Riding 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; poll tax, 1660.SR. Recvr. crown revenues, honors of Pontefract, Knaresborough, Tickhill, Pickering, manors of Wakefield, Ripon by Sept. 1660–2.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. Somerville, 148, 151, 154. Col. militia ft. N. Riding by Sept. 1661–?d.SP29/42/67, ff. 133v-134. Commr. subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, 9 May 1664;C181/7, p. 248. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 750.

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STAPLETON, Henry (c.1617-79), of Myton-upon-Swale, Yorks.
: of Myton Hall, Myton-on-Swale, Yorks.
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Likenesses: ?oil on canvas, unknown, c.1675.York Art Gallery.

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STAPYLTON, Henry (c.1617-79), of Myton Hall, Myton-on-Swale, Yorks.

Will
5 Aug. 1678, pr. 9 May 1679.PROB11/359, f. 495.
Estates
estate at his d. inc. manor of Myton and tithes, cottages and other property in Myton; part of manor of Eston; messuages and property in Branton and Dunsforth in par. of Aldborough and in Eston, Great Ouseburn and Pickering; rents in Ackworth, Crofton and manor of Halifax, Yorks.; and rents in Broomielaw and Stainton, co. Dur.PROB11/359, ff. 495-6. Personal estate inventoried at £631.PROB4/11442.
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FOX, Thomas (1623-66), of the Moat House, Tamworth and the Inner Temple

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b. 4 Mar. 1623, 3rd s. of Edward Fox, mercer (d. 18 June 1640) of Birmingham, Warws. and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Hugh Grasbrook (Greysbroke) of Hints, Staffs.Glover, Derbys. ii. 582; Birmingham St Martin par. reg. educ. I. Temple 8 June 1648, called 11 June 1656.I Temple Admissions database; CITR ii. 320. m. (1) Mary, da. of Richard Mason of Newton, Salop, s.p. (2) 28 Sept. 1654, Judith, da. of Sir Henry Boothby, 1st bt. of Bradlow Ash, Derbys. s.p. d. 1666.Add. 28176, f. 224; Glover, Derbys. ii. 582.
Offices Held

Military: capt. (parlian.) ?Tamworth garrison, ?-1646;‘Active Parliamentarians’ ed. R. M. Kidson (Staffs. Rec. Soc. 4th ser. ii.), 61. Shrewsbury garrison, ?1648–?55.TSP iv. 289.

Local: agent for sequestrations, Salop aft. 27 Sept. 1650–5.CCC 281, 725. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Staffs. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. assessment, Warws. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Staffs. 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660). Commr. poll tax, Staffs., Warws. 1660.SR.

Civic: town clerk, Tamworth c.1656–23 Jan.1663.CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 23.

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FOX, Thomas (1622-66), of the Moat House, Tamworth, Staffs. and Whitefriars, London.
: Tamworth and the Inner Temple.
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FOX, Thomas (1623-66), of the Moat House, Tamworth and the Inner Temple

Will
1 June 1665, pr. 15 Feb. 1668.PROB11/326, f. 140v.
Estates
at d. lease of house in Whitefriars, London, lease of property in Birmingham.PROB11/326, f. 140v.
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The Sun Inn, Fleet St., London, Jan. 1658.Stowe 185, f.123.
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LANGHAM, James (c.1621-99), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Cottesbrooke, Northants.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1621, 1st s. of John Langham*, and bro. of Sir William†. educ. Emmanuel Camb. Easter 1638;Al. Cant. L. Inn 3 Dec. 1640.LI Admiss. m. (1) lic. 8 Dec. 1647, aged 26, Mary (bur. 3 Sept. 1660), da. and coh. of Sir Edward Alston, FRCP, of Great St Helen’s, London, 3s. d.v.p. 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 20 Nov. 1662 (with £10,000), Lady Elizabeth Hastings (d. 28 Mar. 1664), da. of Ferdinando Hastings†, 6th earl of Huntingdon, s.p.; (3) lic. 13 Apr. 1667, Lady Penelope Holles (bur. 7 Aug. 1684), da. of John Holles†, 2nd earl of Clare, s.p.; (4) Dorothy, da. of John Pomeroy of Devon, s.p.Northants. RO, M 198, Acc 1973/198, pp. 91-3, 98; Cottesbrooke par. reg.; St Helen, Bishopgate par reg.; St Martin, Ludgate par. reg.; VCH Northants. Fams. 216-17; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 116; CB. Kntd. May 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 226. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 13 May 1671.CB. d. 22 Aug. 1699.Vis. Northants. 116.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Northants. 29 June 1657 – 30 Dec. 1681, 30 Sept. 1689–d.C231/6, p. 369; Northants. RO, FH1902, FH2226. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689, 1690, 1691, 1696, 1698;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 24 July 1660–?d.Ancient Vellum Bk. 82. Sheriff, Northants. 1664–12 Nov. 1665.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 94. Commr. poll tax, 1660; subsidy, 1663.SR.

Central: commr. public accts. 19 Dec. 1667–70.SR.

Religious: vestryman, St Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. 1674–?d.J. Parton, Hosp. and Par. of St Giles-in-the-Fields, 379.

Academic: FRS, 17 Jan. 1678.T. Thompson, Hist. of the Royal Soc. app. iv, p. xxvii.

Parlimentarian
LANGHAM, Sir James (c.1621-99), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Cottesbrooke, Northants.
: of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Northants., Cottesbrooke.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, style of G. van Honthorst, c.1650.NT, Dunham Massey.

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LANGHAM, James (c.1621-99), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Cottesbrooke, Northants.

Will
12 July 1699, pr. 15 Sept. 1699.PROB11/452, f. 148v.
Estates
In 1682, estate valued at £3,000 p.a.SP29/421/216, f. 110v. In 1696 leased out manors and lordships of Great Newton and Little Newton; rectory and parsonage impropriate of Newton; manor of Geddington; rectory and and parsonage impropriate of Geddington, Northants.Northants. RO, L(C) 1657. In 1699, estate inc. house in Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.PROB11/452, f. 148v.
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EVERARD, Sir Richard, 1st bt. (d.1679), of Langleys, Great Waltham, Essex.

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1st s. of Hugh Everard of Langleys, Gt. Waltham, and Mary, da. of Thomas Bond, of Gt. Hormead, Herts.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 395; Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 34; Morant, Essex, ii. 87; CB. educ. Jesus, Camb. Easter 1617; L. Inn, 10 June 1619.Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. 182. m. (1) 1 Nov. 1621, Joan, da. of Sir Francis Barrington†, 1st bt. of Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, 5s. 4da.;Vis. Essex, i. 395; Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 34; Morant, Essex, ii. 87. (2) 11 Sept. 1653, Frances (bur. 2 Dec. 1676), da. of Sir Robert Lee of Billesley, Warws. and widow of Sir Gervase Elwes of Woodford, Essex, s.p.Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 34; Morant, Essex, ii. 87. cr. bt. 29 Jan. 1629;CB. suc. fa. 24 Aug. 1637.Morant, Essex, ii. 87; RCHME Essex, ii. 106. bur. 17 Oct. 1679 17 Oct. 1679.Gt Waltham par. reg.
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Local: commr. sewers, Essex 1633 – aft.Mar. 1645, 31 Aug. 1654;C181/4, ff. 137v, 191v; C181/5, ff. 116v, 249; C181/6, p. 64. Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/6, pp. 4, 200. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 28. subsidy, Essex 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Essex 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., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677. 23 Apr. – 15 July 1642SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p., by Feb. 1650-aft. 1661, Apr. 1665-July 1670.C231/5, pp. 519, 530; C231/7, pp. 257, 373; C193/13/3, f. 24v; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxv. Commr. sequestration, 17 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. bef. May 1643.Suff. ed. Everitt, 52. Commr. Eastern Assoc. 21 Apr., 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643;Suff. ed. Everitt, 52; A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Essex 24 Feb. 1644;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120. oyer and terminer, 4 July 1644–3 June 1645;C181/5, f. 237v. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 12, 372. gaol delivery, Essex 4 July 1644–3 June 1645.C181/5, f. 238. Sheriff, 2 Dec. 1644–?Nov. 1645.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 46. Commr. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 78. securing peace of commonwealth by 15 Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 317. Custos rot. 1656–7.Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxv. Commr. poll tax, 1660.SR.

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EVERARD, Sir Richard, 1st bt. (d.1679), of Langleys, Great Waltham, Essex.
: 1st bt. (d.1679) of Langleys, Essex., Great Waltham 1679.
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EVERARD, Sir Richard, 1st bt. (d.1679), of Langleys, Great Waltham, Essex.

Will
21 Oct. 1678, pr. 1 Oct. 1680.Essex RO, D/AER 23, ff. 352-355.
Estates
owned manor of Marescalls or Langleys in Much Waltham, Little Waltham and Pleshey, Essex, with a watermill, 1644.Suff. RO, HA517/C33. Interest in land in the barony of Slane, East Meath, Ireland, in the 1650s.Eg. 2651, ff. 218, 221-229, 234v; Eg. 2648, ff. 251-2, 268-9; CSP Dom. 1655-6, pp. 177, 353; CSP Ire. 1647-1660, pp. 596-7, 834.
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MANWOOD, Sir John (1593-1653), of Hackington, Kent.

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b. 13 Oct. 1593, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Peter Manwood† of Hackington, and St Stephen’s, Canterbury, and Frances, da. of Sir George Hart of Lullingstone;Berry, Pedigrees of Kent, 356; Vis. Kent 1619 (Harl. Soc. xlii), 144; Hackington par. reg. bro. of Roger Manwood†. educ. I. Temple, 29 Apr. 1610;I. Temple database. travelled abroad, aft. Oct. 1612-?1615; Univ. of Padua, ?1619.Add. 29759, f. 24; Studio di Padova, 143. m. (1) 11 Dec. 1627, Lavinia (d. 19 Feb. 1642), da. of Sir John Ogle of Pinchbeck, Lincs., gov. of Utrecht; (2) Cornelia ?Mesniam (d. 1651);St Bartholomew the Great, London, par. reg.; Berry, Pedigrees of Kent, 356; Oxinden Letters, ed. Gardiner, 147. (3) Dorothy (d. aft. 1675).PROB11/230/38; C6/221/50; C8/264/31. Kntd. 3 Apr. 1618.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. suc. fa. 31 July 1625.C142/451/108. bur. 2 Apr. 1653 2 Apr. 1653.Hackington par. reg.
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Household: servant of Sir Dudley Carleton†, Utd. Provinces ?1617 – 19, ?1622 – 23; of Elizabeth of Bohemia by 19 June 1624 – ?25, ?-Nov. 1636.SP14/93, ff. 1, 261; SP84/94, f. 185; SP84/105, f. 171; SP16/336, ff. 9, 54; Add. 37818, f. 138v; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 278.

Military: capt. regt. of Lord Vere, Netherlands later 1620s.Add. 70002.

Local: commr. Upper Levels, Kent and Suss. 20 Feb. 1638, 29 June 1638;C181/5, ff. 98, 113. oyer and terminer for piracy, Cinque Ports 15 Mar. 1639;C181/5, f. 131. sewers, Kent 16 July 1639.C181/5, f. 146v; CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 251.

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MANWOOD, Sir John (1593-1653), of Hackington, Kent.
: Kent.
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MANWOOD, Sir John (1593-1653), of Hackington, Kent.

Will
3 Dec. 1652, pr. 30 Apr. 1653.PROB11/230/38.
Estates
owned property in Sandwich bef. 1642.E. Kent RO, Sa/FAt39, p. 58. As his executrix, his widow was in the year of his d. involved in litigation over property in Woolwich.C8/99/21.
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