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BETHELL, Hugh (1615-79), of Rise, Yorks.

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b. 2 Oct. 1615, 1st s. of Hugh Bethell of Rise, and Helen (bur. 26 Sept. 1648), da. of Thomas Johnston of Bishop Burton. m. 14 Jan. 1641, Mary (bur. 3 June 1687), da. and coh. of Thomas Mitchelbourne of Carleton, 1s. (d.v.p.), 1da.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 471; Foster, Yorks. Peds. Kntd. 29 Dec. 1658;Mercurius Politicus no. 547 (23-30 Dec. 1658), 128. suc. fa. Mar. 1659.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 471. d. 3 Oct. 1679.Foster, Yorks. Peds.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) by Nov. 1642–?;SP28/138, pt. 4, f. 51v; Hotham Pprs. 271. capt.-lt. of horse; capt. June-c. Dec. 1643; major, c.Dec. 1643-Apr. 1644;E121/5/7/26; Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer no. 60 (18–25 June 1644), 486 (E.52.14); Hotham Pprs. 271; Jones, ‘War in north’, 370. col. Apr. 1644-c.Jan. 1649, 13 Jan.-Nov. 1660.Add. 21425, f. 194; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 1393; HMC Portland, i. 695; CJ vii. 839a; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 262–3; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2016), ii. 148, 172; Jones, ‘War in north’, 370. Gov. Scarborough Castle, Dec. 1648-June 1651.Col. Bethel’s Letter to...the Lord Fairfax (1648), 3–4 (E.477.29); CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 238, 287.

Local: commr. Northern Assoc. Yorks. (E. Riding) 20 June 1645.A. and O. J.p. N. Riding 13 Jan. 1647-c.1653, 6 Oct. 1653 – Mar. 1660, by Oct. 1660-bef. Mar. 1664;C231/6, pp. 73, 270; C220/9/4. E. Riding by Feb. 1650–?d.;C193/13/3. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657–?C181/6, p. 196. Commr. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. E. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. charitable uses, 19 Sept. 1650, 22 Apr. 1651.C93/20/27; C93/21/1. Sheriff, 12 Nov. 1652–10 Nov. 1653.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 164. Commr. sewers, E. Riding by June 1654–?d.;C181/6, pp. 46, 404; C181/7, pp. 44, 407. N. Riding 9 May 1664;C181/7, p. 248. Hull 14 Jan. 1668;C181/7, p. 420. ejecting scandalous ministers, E. Riding and Hull 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Hull 27 May 1657;C181/6, p. 228. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 376. poll tax, E. Riding 1660;SR. corporations, Yorks. 19 Feb. 1662;HMC 8th Rep. i. 275. subsidy, E. Riding 1663.SR. Dep. lt. by Mar. 1670–?d.SP44/35A, f. 5v. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

Central: master in chancery, extraordinary, Jan. 1656–?C202/39/5.

Civic: freeman, Hedon 18 Mar. 1660–d.E. Riding RO, DDHE/26 (Hedon Ct. Bk. 1504–1668), unfol.

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BETHELL, Hugh (1615-79), of Rise, Yorks.
: of Rise, Yorks.
Volume
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BETHELL, Hugh (1615-79), of Rise, Yorks.

Will
30 May 1679, pr. 3 July 1682.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 59, f. 321.
Estates
in 1650, purchased from trustees for sale of crown lands, with debentures of £1,657, the manor of Hempholme, Yorks. worth £124 p.a.E121/5/7/26; LR2/266, f. 68; I. Gentles, ‘The Debentures Market and Military Purchases of Crown Lands, 1649-60’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1969), 253. In 1651, purchased fee farm rents in Yorks. worth £178 p.a.CRES6/1, p. 76; LR2/266, f. 68. By 1653, purchased property in parishes of Leven and Catwick, Yorks. from the treason trustees.CCC 1979. In 1662, estate in E. Riding reportedly worth £350 p.a.Poulson, Holderness, i. 415. At his d. estate consisted of manor and ‘mansion house’ of Rise, numerous lands and tenements in surrounding townships and parishes, messuages and lands in Beverley and nearby Bishop Burton, tithes in Aldborough and several other Holderness parishes, lease of lands in Hempholme and numerous fee farm rents in E. Riding.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 59, f. 321.
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SADLER, John (1615-74), of Warmwell, Dorset

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b. 18 Aug. 1615, o.s. of John Sadler, vicar of Patcham, Suss. and w. Mary, wid. of Edward Fenner of Suss.Berry, Suss. Pedigrees, 64-5; London Marr. Licences (Harl. Soc. xxv), ii. 21. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 13 Nov. 1630, BA 1634, MA 1638;Al. Cant. L. Inn, 3 July 1644.LI Admiss. i. 250. m. 1645, Jane (b. 1625), da. of John Trenchard* of Warmwell, Dorset, 5s. 2da.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 430. suc. fa. bef. 4 Oct. 1640.Ringmer, Suss. par. reg.; Add. 39466, f. 79. d. bef. 12 June 1674.PROB6/49, f. 68v.
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Academic: fell. Emmanuel, Camb. 17 Jan. 1639-aft. Oct. 1643.Diary and Corr. of Dr John Worthington ed. J. Crossley (Chetham Soc. xiii), i. 7; Add. 5851, f. 5; Emmanuel Coll. Archives, COL.14.1, pp. 55–7. Master, Magdalene, Camb. 31 Aug. 1650-c.June 1660.HMC 5th Rep. 482; W. Kennett, A Register and Chronicle (1728), 222; P. Cunich, Hist. of Magdalene College Cambridge (1994), 133–4.

Household: servant to Robert Greville, 2nd Baron Brooke, ?Sept. 1640–2 Mar. 1643.Sheffield Univ. Lib. Hartlib 46/9/27.

Religious: ordained, ?deacon by 1642.CJ ii. 557b.

Local: commr. loans on Propositions, Beds. 17 Sept. 1642;LJ v. 361a. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654–21 July 1659;C181/5, f. 269v; C181/6, pp. 27, 333. London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 257. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650; assessment, Cambridge 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657;A. and O. oyer and terminer, London by Jan. 1654–13 July 1655;C181/6, pp. 2, 77. Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 98. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–13 July 1655;C181/6, pp. 2, 77. Ely 4 Mar. 1654–29 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 20, 284. ejecting scandalous ministers, London, Salop 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655.Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15).

Military: commry-gen. Staffs. and Warws. 2 Feb.-2 Mar. 1643.SP28/253B/ii, p. 63.

Legal: master in chancery, 1 June 1644, 10 Apr. 1649.C216/2/15; CJ vi. 183a; Whitelocke, Diary, 406; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 704; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 148. Associate bencher, L. Inn 4 July 1644; bencher, 10 Feb. 1654.LI Black Bks. ii. 364, 401. Asst. to House of Lords, 15 Jan. 1647.LJ viii. 675b. Judge, ct. of admlty. 28 Nov. 1651.CJ vii. 44b; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 36.

Central: special sec. to House of Commons, 26 June 1645-Apr. 1653.CJ iv. 187a. Commr. hearing causes in chancery, 31 Oct. 1646; Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649; indemnity, 18 June 1649;A. and O. high ct. of justice, 26 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 385a, 586a; A. and O. regulating trade, 19 June 1650;CJ vi. 426a. law reform, 17 Jan. 1652;CJ vii. 67b, 73b-74a; Whitelocke, Mems. iii. 385. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652.A. and O. Judge, probate of wills, 8 Apr. 1653.A. and O.; CJ vii. 658b; PROB16/3, ff. 91–2; Whitelocke, Diary, 547. Cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344b. Master of requests, 20 Jan. 1654.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii.167; Severall Proceedings of State Affairs no. 226 (19–26 Jan. 1654), 3569 (E.223.25). Commr. approbation of public preachers, 20 Mar. 1654; visitation Camb. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O.

Civic: town clerk, London 3 July 1649 – 14 Aug. 1660, 6–18 Sept. 1660.CLRO, Jor. 41x, ff. 1v, 2v, 240v-41v.

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SADLER, John (1615-74), of Warmwell, Dorset
: of Warmwell, Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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SADLER, John (1615-74), of Warmwell, Dorset

Will
admon. 12 June 1674.PROB6/49, f. 68v.
Estates
purchased lands in the Bedford level, in association with 4th and 5th earls of Bedford bef. 1641, and later mentioned 300 acres of land in Whitmore.C6/178/61. Probably had a chamber in Brooke House, Holborn, c.1640-aft. July 1645.SP28/252i, f. 137v. In Dec. 1649 purchased a house in Cathedral Close, Salisbury, for £145.C54/3461/24. Acquired a house in Salisbury Court, London, bef. July 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 371 (9-16 July 1657), 7924 (E.505.5); C54/3980/24.
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BALDWIN, George (1582-1656), of Amersham, Bucks.

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bap. 29 Mar. 1582, 2nd s. of Thomas Baldwin (d. 1620) of Aston Clinton, Bucks. and his 1st w. Rebecca.Aston Clinton par. reg.; J.L. Chester, Investigations concerning the Fam. of Baldwin of Aston Clinton, Bucks. (Boston, Mass. 1884), 27. m. bef. Dec. 1652, Ruth, 3s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.).Wendover par. reg.; Amersham par. reg. f. 42; PROB11/258/251. d. betw. 13 Feb.-25 Sept. 1656.PROB11/258/251.
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Local: commr. assessment, Bucks. 8 Sept. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;CJ iii. 233a; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, 5 Oct. 1643.CJ iii. 265a. J.p. by Feb. 1650–?d.C193/13/3, f. 5v; C193/13/4, f. 7. Commr. tendering Engagement, Oct. 1650;National Art Lib. V. and A. Forster MS 58, no. 32. securing peace of commonwealth by Mar. 1656.TSP iv. 583.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Thomas Tyrrell* by Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 265a. regt. of Sir Thomas Fairfax* by Aug.1647-bef. July 1648.M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 85, 97. ?Capt. militia ft. Bucks. 7 Feb. 1650; lt.-col. bef. Aug. 1653.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 521; 1653–4, p. 3.

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BALDWIN, George (1582-1656), of Amersham, Bucks.
: Bucks.
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BALDWIN, George (1582-1656), of Amersham, Bucks.

Will
13 Feb. 1656, pr. 25 Sept. 1656.PROB11/258/251.
Estates
owned land at Amersham and Wendover.PROB11/258/251
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ELLIS, Andrew (c.1624-72), of Mold, Flint

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b. c. 1624, 1st s. of Roger Ellis of Althrey, Bangor-on-Dee, Flint, and Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Hanmer† of Hanmer. m. c. 1655, Frances (bur. 1 Feb. 1687), da. of James Fiennes*, aft. 2nd Visct. Saye and Sele, 1da. suc. fa. c.1653.NLW, Bettisfield 187; Plymouth MSS 1736-7, 1742-3; Vis. Wales (Harl. Soc. n.s. xiv), 110; Arch. Cambr. 5th ser. vii. 106-7; Par. Reg. of Wimbledon, Co. Surrey (1924), 147. d. July 1672.CSP Dom. 1672, p. 387.
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Local: commr. associated cos. of N. Wales, Flint 21 Aug. 1648; composition for delinquency and sequestration, N. Wales 10 Aug. 1649; propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650; militia, N. Wales 22 Mar. 1651, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. 27 July 1653 – Mar. 1660A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 102. J.p. Denb.; Flint 28 July 1653-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, pp. 264, 265; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 77–8, 112–14. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664.An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Dec. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Wales 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Custos rot. Flint 24 Mar. 1656-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 113. Juror, ecclesiastical benefices, Bangor-on-Dee 19 Apr. 1658.Diaries and Letters of Philip Henry ed. M.H. Lee (1882), 25. Commr. poll tax, Flint 1660.SR.

Military: capt. militia horse and gov. (parlian.) Hawarden Aug. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 270, 508.

Central: dep. postmaster-gen. 24 June 1667–d.CSP Dom. 1667, p. 228.

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ELLIS, Andrew (c.1624-72), of Mold, Flint
: of Mold, Flint.
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ELLIS, Andrew (c.1624-72), of Mold, Flint

Will
not found.
Estates
purchased manor of Mold, Flint c.1650.LJ xi. 91b.
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DELL, William (1603-48), of St Paul’s Churchyard, London, and Downe, Kent.

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b. 1603, probably grands. of William Dell of Reading, Berks.Al. Ox.; Biog. Reg. St John’s College, Oxf. ed. A. Hegarty (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xliii), 253-4. educ. St John’s, Oxf. 12 Nov. 1619, BA 22 Feb. 1623, MA 6 July 1626;Al. Ox. MA, Camb. (ad eundem gradum) 1628.Al. Cant. m. Anne, sister of Sir Andrew Jenour, bt. and wid. of Philip Glascock of Hatfield, s.p. d. 1648.PROB11/204/213; Biog. Reg. St John’s College, Oxf. 253-4.
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Household: sec. to Abp. William Laud by Jan. 1631–10 Jan. 1645.CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 477.

Civic: freeman, Canterbury 3 Mar. 1640.Canterbury Cathedral Archives, A/C4, f. 151v.

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DELL, William (1603-48), of St Paul’s Churchyard, London, and Downe, Kent.
: London and Kent., Downe.
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DELL, William (1603-48), of St Paul’s Churchyard, London, and Downe, Kent.

Will
30 Apr. 1647, pr. 9 May 1648.PROB11/204/213.
Estates
house in St Paul’s Churchyard, London, and lands in parishes of Downe, Keston and Coudham, Kent, by d.PROB11/204/213.
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MEYRICK, Sir John (d. 1655), of Monkton, Pemb.

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Family and Education
b. 5th s. of Sir Francis Meyrick (d. 29 July 1603) of Fleet, Monkton, and Anne, da. of Francis Laugharne of St Brides, Pemb.Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 137; M. McGarvie, The Meyricks of Bush (Glastonbury, 1988), 25. educ. Christ’s, Camb. Apr. 1615.Al. Cant. m. (1) 23 Apr. 1630, Alice, da. of Sir Edward Fitton of Gawsworth, Cheshire, 1s. 2da.;Gawsworth par. reg.; Archdeaconry of Chester Mar. Lics. ed. M. F. Irvine (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lvii), 181; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 566. (2) 1 May 1647, Jane (d.1660), da. of William Meredith† of Stansty, Wrexham, Denb., wid. of Sir Peter Wyche (d.1643), comptroller of the Household, s.p.St Mary, Putney, Surr. par reg.; PROB11/303, f. 58; ‘Sir Peter Wyche’, Oxford DNB. Kntd. c. 1639;E351/292-3. d. Aug. 1655.C7/515/95.
Offices Held

Military: lt. of ft. English forces, Palatinate 1620. by Nov. 1624 – Mar. 1627SP14/174/49, f. 68; A. Wilson, The History of Great Britain being the Life and Reign of King James the First (1653), 135–6. Capt. English forces, Dutch army; Danish army, Mar. 1627–9.SP84/121, f. 277; Add. 46188, f. 105. Lt.-col. of ft. royal army by Apr. 1639–?;E351/292. col. c.May 1640-c.July 1641.E351/293; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. iii. 1242; CSP Dom. 1640–1, pp. 513, 554, 570; Procs. LP v. 366. Col. of ft. (parlian.) 30 July 1642-c.Apr. 1645;SP28/1A, f. 256. sgt.-maj.-gen. 30 July-18 Nov. 1642.Infra, ‘Philip Skippon’; SP28/1A, f. 256; SP28/3B, ff. 423–4. Pres. council of war, 3rd earl of Essex, 30 July 1642–?SP28/1A, f. 256. Gen. of ordnance, c.18 Nov. 1642-Oct. 1644.SP28/3B, f. 424; Luke Lttr. Bks. 40, 365.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-under-Lyme 25 Mar. 1640–?d.Pape, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 303.

Central: commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.CJ ii. 536b; LJ v. 15b. Member, cttee. of safety, 4 July 1642;CJ ii. 651b; LJ v. 178b. Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 9 Apr. 1647.CJ v. 138a.

Local: commr. for assoc. of Pemb., Carm. and Card. 10 June 1644; assessment, Pemb., Staffs. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O.

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MEYRICK, Sir John (d. 1655), of Monkton, Pemb.
: of Monkton, Pemb.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown.Scolton Manor Museum, Haverfordwest, Pemb.

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MEYRICK, Sir John (d. 1655), of Monkton, Pemb.

Will
2 Nov. 1653, pr. 14 June 1659.PROB11/292, f. 80v.
Estates
bequeathed £100 in his father’s will.McGarvie, Meyricks of Bush, 25. In 1646, earl of Essex renewed his lease (for 21 years) of ‘town, manor, lordship [and] priory’ of Monkton, rectory and parsonage impropriate of Monkton and lands belonging, at a rent of £60 p.a.C8/105/164; McGarvie, Meyricks of Bush, 30. At d. estate inc. lease of rectory of Llanwnda and property in parishes of Monkton, St Mary and St Michael (Pembroke) and in St David and Steynton, Pemb.PROB11/292, f. 80v; T. Richards, Hist. of the Puritan Movement in Wales (Neath, 1918), 237. His lands valued by his heir at £96 p.a. and his personal estate at £120.C7/515/95.
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Essex House, the Strand, London (by 1644-6).Luke Lttr. Bks. 396; Add. 46189, f. 160.
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HARRISON, Thomas II (1627-87), of Allerthorpe, Burneston, Yorks.

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bap. 31 July 1627, 1st s. of (Sir) Thomas Harrison of York, and Margaret (bur. 24 Sept. 1668), da. of Sir Conyers Darcy of Hornby Castle, Yorks.Burneston par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 270; Whitaker, Richmondshire, ii. 129. educ. G. Inn 16 Mar. 1641.G. Inn Admiss. m. 27 June 1649, Mary (d. 25 June 1679), da. of Sir William Roberts* of Willesden, Mdx. 5s. 8da. (3 d.v.p.).St Mary, Willesden par reg.; Burneston par. reg.; York City Lib., Skaife mss, SKA/2, f. 344; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 270-1; H.B. McCall, Richmondshire Churches, 11; Whitaker, Richmondshire, ii. 129. suc. fa. Apr. 1664;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 270. d. 29 Dec. 1687.Whitaker, Richmondshire, ii. 129.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (N. Riding) 6 Oct. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 270. E. Riding 6 Oct. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 270. Commr. charitable uses, Ripon 5 May 1653;C93/22/14. ejecting scandalous ministers, N. Riding 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Yorks. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655.C181/6, p. 101. Recvr. subscriptions, Durham Univ. 12 Apr. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 262. visitor, 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 537. Sheriff, Yorks. 1656–8.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 164. Commr. assessment, N. Riding 25 Mar. 1657;A. and O. Yorks. 1 June 1660.An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6).

Military: capt. militia ft. Yorks. by Oct. 1654-aft. Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 374b; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 262; Bodl. Rawl. A.57, f. 5; SP25/77, pp. 861, 884.

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HARRISON, Thomas II (1627-87), of Allerthorpe, Burneston, Yorks.
: of Allerthorpe, Burneston, Yorks.
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Web Title

HARRISON, Thomas II (1627-87), of Allerthorpe, Burneston, Yorks.

Will
not found.
Estates
in the early 1630s, fa. was fined £25 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), 99. Fa.’s estate at Allerthorpe reckoned to be worth about £400 p.a.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P16/260.
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JENNER, Robert (c.1584-1651), of Widhill, Wilts.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1584. educ. appr. goldsmith, London, c. 1605-6. m. 19 Sept. 1614, Elizabeth (d. 22 Apr. 1658), da. of Thomas Longstone, Grocer of London, 1 da.?d.v.p.C54/2648/18; St Mary at Lambeth par. reg.; London Marr. Licences (Harl. Soc. xxv), ii. 206; CB. d. 7 Dec. 1651.J. Sadler, ‘Widhill chapel and manor’, Wilts. Arch. Mag. xlii. 14-15; Materials for the History of Cricklade, ed. T.R. Thomson (Cricklade Hist. Soc. 1958-61), 146-7.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Goldsmiths’ Co. 15 July 1613;Goldsmiths’ Co. Court Bk. P, f. 60v. renter warden, 27 Nov. 1629–10 Nov. 1630;Goldsmiths’ Co. Court Bk. Q, f. 148v; Court Bk. R, f. 16v. asst. 26 Apr. 1634–?d.;Goldsmiths’ Co. Court Bk. R, f. 223v. prime warden, May 1642 – May 1643, May 1646-May 1647.Goldsmiths’ Co. Court Bk. W, f. 1; Court Bk. X, f. 74. Freeman and asst. Gold and Silver Wire-Drawers’ Co. 16 June 1623–10 July 1624.Stuart Royal Procs. i. 578–81, 593–4. Common councilman, Aldersgate Within, London Dec. 1622-Nov. 1634.GL, MS 2050/1, ff. 32v-38.

Local: j.p. Wilts. 1632 – 10 June 1642, by Aug. 1646–?, 27 June 1649–d.C231/5, pp. 75, 160, 529; C231/6, p. 160; Western Circ. Assize Orders, 236; Names of JPs (1650), 61 (E.1238.4). Commr. sewers, River Thames, Wilts. to Berks. 16 July 1635;C181/5, f. 21v. to settle disafforested land, Braydon, Wilts. 26 Oct. 1635;E125/22, ff. 124v-5. further subsidy, Wilts. 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Wilts. 1 July 1644; defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for compounding, 31 Jan. 1645,CJ iv. 38b; SP23/5, f. 65. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

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JENNER, Robert (c.1584-1651), of Widhill, Wilts.
: of Widhill, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

JENNER, Robert (c.1584-1651), of Widhill, Wilts.

Will
7 Nov. 1651, pr. 17 Dec. 1651.PROB11/219/736.
Estates
purchased manor of Widhill, Wilts. 1619; E115/225/129. acquired tenement and Swan Inn, Dartford, Dec. 1625; C54/2648/18. purchased manor and advowson of Marston Meysey, Glos. for £1,092, Feb. 1648; Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 8. owned house in Foster Lane, London.PROB11/219/736.
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BROOKE, Sir John (1575-1660), of Heckington, Lincs.

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b. 15 Aug. 1575, 2nd s. of Sir Henry Brooke alias Cobham† (d. c.Jan. 1592) of Sutton at Hone, Kent, and Anne (d. Jan. 1612), da. of Sir Henry Sutton of Averham, Notts.C142/235/89; CP iii. 338-9; Vis. Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 143-4. educ. travelled ‘the best parts of Christendom’;G. Holles, Mems. of the Holles Fam. ed. A.C. Wood (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, lv), 111-12. embassy, Brussels 1605;HMC Portland, ix. 95, 98. L. Inn 6 Aug. 1614.LI Admiss. i. 167. m. (1) bef. 21 Jan. 1609, Anne (bur. 23 Feb. 1625), da. of one Milner, wid. of Thomas Redman, proctor, of Knightrider Street, London, 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 16 May 1628, Frances (d. 13 Dec. 1676), da. of Sir William Bamfield† of Drury Lane, Westminster, 2s. d.v.p. PROB11/145, f. 117; Kensington Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. par. reg. section xvi), 107; St Martin-in-the-Fields Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. par. reg. section lxvi), 263; J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum (1803), ii. 217; T. Allen, Hist. of the County of Lincoln (1834), i. 347; CP. Kntd. c. May 1597;CSP Dom. 1595-7, p. 525; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 94. suc. bro. Oct. 1611;Chamberlain Lttrs. ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), i. 306. cr. Baron Cobham 3 Jan. 1645.CP. bur. 20 May 1660.‘Wakerley par. regs.’, Northants. N and Q, iii. 211.
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Military: capt. of ft. by 1595;HMC Hatfield, v. 406. capt. of horse, 1599;HMC Hatfield, ix. 146. col. Mdx levies, 1601.APC 1600–1, p. 156. Lt. Dover Castle 1614–15.S.P.H. Statham, Hist. of the Castle, Town, and Port of Dover (1899), 409, 411; Lttrs. from George Lord Carew to Sir Thomas Roe (Cam. Soc. lxxvi), 12; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 295. Standard-bearer, royal army by Apr. 1639–?CSP Dom. 1639, p. 99. Capt. Holy Is. 4 Jan. 1642–?CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 237.

Central: esq. of the body by 1599-c.1603;LC2/4/4, f. 47v; Chamberlain Lttrs. ed. McClure, i. 65–6. gent. of privy chamber by July 1605-bef. 1612.HMC Hatfield, xvii. 335; xxiv. 63. Member, council for New England, 1620.T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire (Cambridge, MA, 1967), 254; A. Brown, Genesis of the United States (Cambridge, MA, 1890), 834. Commr. aliens, 1622;Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 239. trade, 1622, 1625.Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 11; viii. pt. 1, p. 59. Member, council of war, 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 563. Commr. crown lands compositions, 1630;BRL, 602204/218; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 186. plantation of Virg. 1631;Rymer, Feodera, viii. pt. 3, p. 192. regulation of starch manufacture, 1631;Rymer, Feodera, viii. pt. 3, p. 217. reform of drapery abuses, 1639.CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 355.

Mercantile: member, Virg. Co. cttee. 1609–24.Recs. Virginia Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury (Washington, 1906), ii. 136.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 1614-bef. Nov. 1621;C66/1988. Yorks. (N. Riding) 24 Feb. 1617-bef. 1626;C231/4, f. 35; C193/13/1, f. 35v. Lincs. (Kesteven, Holland) 26 June 1630–?44.C231/5, p. 36. Commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 26 Nov. 1629-aft. Feb. 1642;C181/4, ff. 39v, 154v; C181/5, ff. 149, 223. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 26 Mar. 1630-aft. Mar. 1638;C181/4, ff. 46, 149; C181/5, ff. 42, 111v. Hatfield Chase Level 30 June 1635-aft. Dec. 1637;C181/5, ff. 16v, 87. Holland Fen 16 Mar. 1637;C181/5, f. 66. Deeping and Gt. Level 30 Mar. 1638-aft. Dec. 1641;C181/5, ff. 101v, 181v, 215. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Lincs. 1 June 1633;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/005/MS25475/001, f. 14v. swans, 26 June 1635;C181/5, f. 14. further subsidy, Kesteven 1641; poll tax, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Lincs. 4 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Legal: associate bencher, L. Inn 22 May 1626.LI Black Bks. ii. 261.

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BROOKE, Sir John (1575-1660), of Dean’s Yard, Westminster and Heckington, Lincs.
: of Heckington, Lincs.
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BROOKE, Sir John (1575-1660), of Heckington, Lincs.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited a third share of his fa.’s estate in Kent, inc. manors of Boughton, Repton Magna and Repton Parva and Sutton at Hone.C142/235/89. In 1646, estate consisted of manor and parsonage of Heckington, Lincs. worth £850 p.a. (which he had mortgaged in 1638 for £7,000, paying rent of £560 p.a.); manor and park of Cooling, Kent, worth £794 p.a.; messuages and lands in Cliffe, East and West Chalk and Frindsbury, Kent, worth £594 12s p.a.; and a lease for the term of 7 years yet to come of a house in Covent Garden at rent of £65 p.a. which he had sub-let for £20 p.a.SP23/193, pp. 503-4, 509-17; CJ v. 194a. In 1648, sold to James, duke of Richmond and Lennox for £12,700 (or £17,419), all his freehold lands in Kent (nine manors and lordships, two farms, plus other lands) and Essex (two manors) – in all, worth betw. £1,200 and £1,400 p.a.C6/106/139; C9/41/70; SP19/155, ff. 208, 210; CCAM 1389; Hasted, Kent, iii. 461; W. A. S. Robertson, ‘Six wills relating to Cobham Hall’, Arch. Cantiana, xi. 206-7.
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40-1 King Street, Covent Garden, St Martin-in-the Fields, Westminster (1633-43).Survey of London, xxxvi. 152, 305. Wallingford House, Westminster (1648-50).E. Cust, ‘James Stuart, duke of Lennox and Richmond, of Cobham Hall’, Arch. Cantiana, xii. 96.
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WILLIAMS, Sir Charles (1590-1642), of Llangibby Castle, Mon.

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b. 1 Nov. 1590, 1st s. of Rowland Williams of Llangibby Castle and Cecil, da. of Sir Edward Mansell† of Margam, Glam.C142/327/101; NLW, Tredegar estate recs. 109/8; Bradney, Hist. Mon. iii. 100-1. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 16 June 1610;Al. Ox. I. Temple 16 Feb. 1612.I. Temple Admiss. Database. m. (1) settlement 30 Oct. 1614 (with £1,300), Frances, da. of Sir William Morgan† of Tredegar, Mon., s.p.;NLW, Tredegar estate recs. 109/8; Bradney, Hist. Mon. iii. 100-1. (2) by c.1623 (with £2,000), Anne, da. of Sir John Trevor† of Plas Têg, Flint, 3s. 2da.Bradney, Hist. Mon. iii. 100-1; Gwent RO, Misc. ms 1572; Glynde Place Archives ed. R. F. Dell (Lewes, 1964), 65. suc. fa. 11 Mar. 1612;C142/327/101. Kntd. 10 Apr. 1621.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 176. d. betw. 5 and 19 Mar. 1642.PROB11/189, ff. 95r-v; CJ ii. 489a.
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Local: commr. sewers, Mon. 28 Feb. 1617, 29 June 1626, 14 Jan. 1636, 20 Dec. 1639. 26 June 1620 – 21 July 1637C181/2, f. 275v; C181/3, f. 200v; C181/5, ff. 30v, 156. J.p., 25 Nov. 1637–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 353, 357, 358; Coventry Docquets, 73, 74. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624.C212/22/21, 23; E115/266/36. Dep. lt. by Oct. 1625-aft. 1641.SP16/8/24, f. 38; HEHL, EL 7443. Commr. privy seal loan, 1625–6;E401/2586, p. 254. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 17 June 1625–d.;C181/3, ff. 179, 260v; C181/4, ff. 12v, 194v; C181/5, ff. 7, 219. public money retained in private hands, Mon. 22 July 1626;APC 1626, pp. 113–14. Forced Loan, 1627.C193/12/2, f. 36. Sheriff, 6 Nov. 1626–4 Nov. 1627.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 83; Coventry Docquets, 360. Commr. charitable uses, 27 Mar. 1629;C93/11/20. knighthood fines, 29 June 1631–2;E178/5512, ff. 14–15. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral by Feb. 1635;CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 52; GL, Ms 25475/1, ff. 49v, 99v. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 386a.

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WILLIAMS, Charles (1590-1642), of Llangibby Castle, Usk, Mon.
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WILLIAMS, Sir Charles (1590-1642), of Llangibby Castle, Mon.

Will
5 Mar. 1642, pr. 5 May 1642.PROB11/189, f. 95.
Estates
in 1612, inherited messuages and lands in Llangibby, Llangwm, Llanllywel, Llandegvedd, Panteg, Trostrey and Usk, Mon. and the advowsons of Llangibby, Llandegvedd and Usk.C142/327/101.
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