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FREEMAN, William (?1598-1666), of Shermanbury and Cowfold, Suss.

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bap. ?8 Nov. 1598,MI Cowfold churchyard; Pulborough par. reg. transcription. 2nd s. of Edmund Freeman (d. 1623), yeoman and woodbroker, of Pulborough, Suss. and w. Alice Coles.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Horsham, 124. m. (1) bef. 20 July 1620, Christian, da. of John Hodsoll of London and Cowfold, at least 2s; d.v.p. ;W. Suss. RO, SAS-B/578; Ep.II/16/177A. (2) 21 May 1638, Joan or Jane (bur. 18 Sept. 1650), da. of Edward Skinner of Chailey, wid. of William Gratwicke (d. 1636) of Jervis, Suss. 4s. 3da.Comber, Suss. Genealogies Horsham, 124; Par. Reg. Cowfold ed. P.S. Godman (Suss. Rec. Soc. xxii), 27, 187; Cal. Suss. Marr. Lics. (Suss. Rec. Soc. i), 247; E. Suss. RO, A30, f. 372; W. Suss. RO, Ep.II/16/177A. suc. bro. John, bef. May 1639.C54/3188/25; C54/3189/18. bur. 16 Sept. 1666 16 Sept. 1666.Par. Reg. Cowfold, 192; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Horsham, 124.
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Religious: churchwarden, Shermanbury 1635–6;W. Suss. RO, Ep.II/16/177A. Cowfold 1641.Par. Reg. Cowfold, 237.

Local: constable, E. Grinstead, Suss. 1636.E. Suss. RO, QR/E34. Waywarden, Cowfold 1642; overseer 1643. 15 June 1644Par. Reg. Cowfold, 246, 251. Commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr. Suss. and Kent,; New Model ordinance, Suss. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. assessment, 21 Feb., 27 Sept. 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.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. by Apr. 1648-bef. Oct. 1660.Suss. QSOB 1642–1649, 149; C231/6, p. 232; ASSI35/100/6; A Perfect List (1660), 53. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 161, 190. sewers, 30 June 1656-aft. Dec. 1658;C181/6, pp. 160, 346. surveying Ashdown Forest, 19 June 1657.A. and O.

Military: capt. militia ft. Suss. 20 Sept. 1650–59.SP28/246, unfol.; SP25/77, pp. 875, 897; TSP iv. 161.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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FREEMAN, William (?1598-1666), of Shermanbury and Cowfold, Suss.
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FREEMAN, William (?1598-1666), of Shermanbury and Cowfold, Suss.

Will
3 Nov. 1662, pr. 9 Jan. 1668.E. Suss. RO, A30, f. 372.
Estates
tenements called Pykehurst, Pulborough, Suss. settled at 1st mar. 20 July 1620.W. Suss. RO, SAS-B/578. Purchased Highurst manor, Cowfold, 1650.Dunkin, Suss. Manors, i. 219.
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SYDENHAM, William (1615-61), of Wynford Eagle, Dorset, and Clapham, Surr.

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bap. 28 Apr. 1615, 1st s. of William Sydenham of Wynford Eagle (d. Nov. 1661) and Mary, da. of Sir John Jeffrey of Catherstone, Dorset. educ. ?Trinity, Oxf. m. ?1637, Grace, da. of John Trenchard* of Warmwell, Dorset, 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. bur. 1 Aug. 1661 1 Aug. 1661.G.F. Sydenham, Hist. of the Sydenham Fam. (East Moseley, 1928), 225, 233-4; Dorset RO, Toller Fratrum and Wynford Eagle par. regs.; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 703.
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Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), forces in Dorset, Sept. 1642-c.Feb. 1644; maj. c.Feb.-June 1644.Bayley, Dorset, 49, 84, 123, 197. Col. and gov. Weymouth and Melcombe Regis by 18 June 1644–17 June (?Mar.) 1647.Eg. 2126, f. 11; Stowe 184, f. 107; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 563; cf. Dorset Standing Cttee ed. Mayo, 208. Col. of ft. New Model army, 13 Feb.-June 1649, June 1659-Jan. 1660.Stowe 184, f. 152; Regimental Hist. i. 382–3; ii. 433–4. Jt. gov. (with Charles Fleetwood*) I.o.W. 8 Aug. 1649-Jan. 1660.Add. 29319, f. 44.

Local: commr. assessment, Dorset 21 Mar. 1643, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;LJ v. 658b; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). I.o.W. 7 Dec. 1649; Hants 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Surr. 9 June 1657;A. and O. sequestration, Dorset 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 19 Mar. 1649, c. 1650, 26 July 1659; I.o.W. 26 July 1659. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Mar. 1660A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 169, 586. J.p. Dorset; Hants 2 Mar. 1650-bef. Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 177. Mdx. by Oct. 1653–?Mar. 1660;C193/13/4, f. 61; C193/13/4, f. 64v. Oxf. 7 Aug. 1655;C181/6, p. 126. Abingdon 24 Nov. 1655-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 131, 330. Wallingford 3 Mar. 1656-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 135, 329. Woodstock 1 Apr. 1656-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 156, 331. Camb. 15 Sept. 1656;C181/6, p. 186. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657;C181/6, p. 195. liberty of Peterborough 31 Jan. 1657.C181/6, p. 202. Trustee of the common, Weymouth, 22 Apr. 1653–?1660.Weymouth Charters, 117. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 8, 378. all circs. June 1655-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 114, 310.. liberty of Peterborough 31 Jan. 1657-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 202, 336. St Albans 6 Oct. 1658;C181/6, p. 318. Mdx. 11 Oct. 1658;C181/6, p. 327. Surr. 31 Mar. 1659;C181/6, p. 348. ejecting scandalous ministers, Dorset, Hants, Surr. 28 Aug. 1654. Gov. almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Warden ranger of forests, I.o.W. 15 July 1656–1659.Eg. 2126, f. 32. Commr. gaol delivery, liberty of Peterborough 31 Jan. 1657-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/6, pp. 202, 336. Southampton 14 Sept. 1658.C181/6, p. 313.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Oct. 1647.CJ v. 326b. Cllr. of state, 29 Apr., 9 July, 1 Nov., 16 Dec. 1653.Clarke Pprs. iii. 4; CJ vii. 283a, 344a; TSP i. 642; Woolrych, Commonwealth to Protectorate, 379. Member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653. Commr. to inspect treasuries, 28 July, 31 Dec. 1653;A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 317. treasury, 2 Aug. 1654–?June 1660.A. and O; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 284; 1658–9, p. 382; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 393; CJ vii. 378a. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240. Commr. admlty. and navy, 8 Nov. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 10. Member, cttee. of appeals, forests, 26 June 1657;A. and O. cttee. of safety, 7 May 1659.CJ vii. 646a.

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SYDENHAM, William (1615-61), of Wynford Eagle, Dorset, and Clapham, Surr.
: Dorset and Surr., Clapham.
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SYDENHAM, William (1615-61), of Wynford Eagle, Dorset, and Clapham, Surr.

Will
24 July 1661, pr. 1 Nov. 1662.PROB11/309/303.
Estates
under marriage settlement (24 Mar. 1640) granted reversionary interest in father’s estates in Dorset, with £140 p.a. until inherited;Dorset RO, D616/T1. held land in Wynford Eagle parish and Haselbury Briant, before 1643;E179/105/329, m. 2; Add. 29319, f. 2. in financial difficulties, 5 July 1643, when he borrowed £559 from his father – repaid 8 Dec. 1644;Add. 29319, f. 2. granted year’s rent of Radipole farm, near Weymouth, 22 Apr. 1646;Add. 29319, f. 38. granted £1,000 arrears, 28 June 1649;CCC 144, 1166-8. allowed debentures for arrears of £2,578, from king’s lands, 3 Dec. 1651;Add. 29319, f. 97. from 1653 enjoyed £1,000 p.a. as cllr., £1,000 as commr. treasury, plus military salaries.Harl. Misc. iii. 453.
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GARRARD, George (1579-?1654), of the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

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bap. 9 Nov. 1579, 3rd s. of Sir William Garrard (d. 1607) of Dorney Court, Bucks. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Rowe, Merchant Taylor, of Hackney, Mdx.Dorney par. reg.; Vis. London 1568 (Harl. Soc. i), 5; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 61. educ. Merton, Oxf. 8 Nov. 1594, BA 19 Oct. 1597, MA 22 Feb. 1603; incorp. Camb. 1607.Al. Ox. m. lic. 3 May 1625, Elizabeth (bur. 8 Mar. 1626), da. of Thomas Swallow of Saffron Walden, Essex, 1s.London Marriage Lics. ed. Foster, 528; Strafforde Letters, i. 361; St Andrew, Enfield, Mdx. par. reg. d. betw. Dec. 1650-13 Jan. 1655.[R. Smythe], Historical Account of Charter-House (1808), 236; PROB11/243/122.
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Academic: fell. Merton, Sept. 1598–7 Aug. 1610.Reg. Annalium Collegii Mertonensis 1567–1603, ed. J.M. Fletcher (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. xxiv), 327; Reg. Annalium Collegii Mertonensis 1603–1660, ed. R. Darwall-Smith (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. xli), 60. Master, London Charterhouse, 15 Mar. 1638-bef. 9 Dec. 1650.Hist. Acct. of Charter-House, 236; Strafforde Letters, ii. 152–3.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, to Prince Henry, 1610–12.Harl. 642, f. 241; [anon.] A Collection of Ordinances for the Government of the Royal Household (1790), 324.

Mercantile: member, Virg. Co. 1612.HP Commons 1604–1629.

Household: servant to William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury, 1614–?aft. 1634;SP14/64/68; ‘George Garrard’, HP Commons 1604–1629. to Algernon Percy†, 4th earl of Northumberland, ?1629-Mar. 1638.Strafforde Letters, i. passim; ii. 1–153.

Religious: ordained deacon, 30 Sept. 1635.Strafforde Letters, i. 469.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 14 Dec. 1638–?Coventry Docquets, 76. Commr. piracy, London, Mdx., Essex, Kent and Surr. 1639;C181/5, f. 131. oyer and terminer, 30 Nov. 1641-aft. Jan. 1644;C181/5, ff. 213v, 231v. sewers, London 15 Dec. 1645.C181/5, f. 266v.

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: of the Charterhouse, Mdx., Clerkenwell.
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GARRARD, George (1579-?1654), of the Charterhouse, Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Will
14 Apr. 1645, pr. 13 Jan. 1655.PROB11/243/122.
Estates
inherited 1607, lease of crown manor of Clewer Brocas, Berks. and £100 portion;PROB11/110/506; HP Commons 1604-1629. 1632, £500 debt due from Henry Percy, 3rd earl of Northumberland;The Household Papers of Henry Percy 9th Earl of Northumberland ed. G.R. Batho (Cam. Soc. 3rd ser. xciii), 132, 166. Mar. 1638-?Dec. 1650, £100 p.a. and lodgings from Charterhouse; £80 p.a. pension thereafter.Strafforde Letters, i. 361; Hist. Acct. of Charter-House, 236.
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PELHAM, Sir Thomas (1597-1654), of Laughton and Halland, East Hoathley, Suss.

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bap. 22 Sept. 1597, o.s. of Sir Thomas Pelham†, 1st bt., of Halland and Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Walsingham† of Scadbury, Chislehurst, Kent.Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. liii), 21; CB. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 29 Apr. 1615;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 6 May 1615.GI Admiss. i. 137. m. (1) (settlement 23 June 1615), Mary (bur. 7 Mar. 1634), da. and coh. of Sir Roger Wilbraham† of Clerkenwell, London, Monken Hadley, Mdx., and Nantwich, Cheshire, 3s. (2 d.v.p) 4da. (2 d.v.p); (2) 7 Dec. 1637, Judith, da. of Sir Robert Honywood of Pett, Charing , Kent, wid. of John Shurley of Lewes, Suss., 1da. (d.v.p.); (3) 3 June 1640, Margaret, da. of Sir Henry Vane I* of Fairlawn, Kent, 5s. (2 d.v.p) 2da.CB; Comber, Suss. Genealogies Lewes, 208; Add. 5697, f. 265. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 2 Dec. 1624, aged 27. bur. 28 Aug. 1654 28 Aug. 1654.Add. 5697, f. 265.
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Local: j.p. Suss. 1622–d.C231/4/145; C193/13/1, ff. 97v-100; C193/13/2, ff. 66v-68; SP16/405, ff. 66–67v; C193/13/3, ff. 64–5; C193/13/4, ff. 99v-101v; Stowe 577, ff. 53–4. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 23 Jan. 1624-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/3, ff. 111, 261; C181/4, ff. 13, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222. Suss. 1627, 4 July 1644;C181/3, ff. 216v, 236; C181/5, f. 235. subsidy, 1624, 1626, 1641;C212/22/23; E179/191/377a; SR. sewers, Wittersham Level, Kent and Suss. 1625, 1629, 31 Mar. 1640;C181/3, f. 165v; C181/4, f. 32; C181/5, f. 167. Suss. 1625, 1630, 1631, 1637, 20 July 1641, 23 May 1645;C181/3, f. 166v; C181/4, ff. 46v, 53v, 73v; C181/5, ff. 69, 206, 253. Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1629, 1630, 1639, 3 Nov. 1653.C181/4, ff. 18v, 37v; C181/5, f. 144; C181/6, p. 23. Dep. lt. Suss. ?by 1627–d.PC2/39, f. 313; SP16/369/163; Add. Ch. 29276–7; HP Commons 1604–1629, ‘Thomas Pelham’. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 59. martial law, 8 Dec. 1627;SP16/86, f. 46. charitable uses, 1629–38.C192/1. Master of game, Broyle Park, Suss. 1630s-40s.Add. 33145, f. 112v; Add. 5705, ff. 57–58v; Bodl. Nalson XIV, 195. Commr. maltsters, Suss. 1636;PC2/46, f. 273. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;Suss. Arch. Coll. ix. 104–6; E179/191/388; SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;CJ ii. 267b; LJ iv. 385a. 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;SR; A. and O. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Suss. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

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PELHAM, Thomas (1597-1654), of Laughton and Halland, East Hoathley, Suss.
: of Laughton and Halland, Suss., East Hoathley.
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PELHAM, Sir Thomas (1597-1654), of Laughton and Halland, East Hoathley, Suss.

Will
13 Jan. 1653, pr. 13 Nov. 1654.PROB11/241/346.
Estates
bef. Dec. 1624, third of fa.’s estate on marriage; purchased estate at Burwash, Suss.;Add. Ch. 29753-60; VCH Suss. ix. 3; E. G. Pelham and D. McLean, Some Early Pelhams (1931), 267; PROB11/145/173 (Sir Thomas Pelham, 1625). in 1626, property assessed at £40 but rents eventually c.£2,000 p.a.;E179/191/377a; Add. 33144; Add. Rolls 31350–31358. in early 1630s, bought manor of Waldron for over £1,400;C2/CHAS1/P3/8. in 1634, with Sir Anthony Stapley I* and James Rivers*, purchases incl. Suss. estates of Robert Bertie, 1st earl of Lindsey, for over £8,000.Add. Ch. 29656-7, 29666, 29695, 29969, 30144, 30543, 30545; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 362; Suss. Manors, ii. 362-3, 370; W. Suss. RO, Clough-Butler Archives 112-115; CSP Dom. 1628-9, p. 11; C2/CHAS1/P4/50. In 1644, bought a house in the Strand, Westminster; other property in London.Fletcher, Suss. 43; E401/2586, p.424; C2/CHAS1/P79/11; C2/CHAS1/P41/18; C2/CHAS1/P5/18. Profits from iron works at Brightling and Biblesham, in 1645 more than £1,000 and 1651 more than £3,500.Add. 33155, ff. 28-30, 55-60, Add. 33144, ff. 123v; Add. 33146, f. 133; Fletcher, Suss., 14, 20–1.
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PICKERING, Henry (d. 1668), of Whaddon, Cambs.

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b. aft. 1600, 2nd s. of Henry Pickering (d. 1637), rector of Aldwinkle All Saints, Northants. and Isabella, da. of John Smith of Oundle.J.A. Winn, John Dryden and His World (New Haven, 1987), ped. opp. p. 12. educ. appr. Fishmonger 1626.Lists of Apprentices and Freemen in 1537 and 1600-50 ed. W.P. Haskett-Smith (1916), 33. m. 19 July 1647, Elizabeth (d. 6 May 1694), da. of Sir Thomas Vyner, 1st bt. of Hackney, Mdx. at least 4s. (1 d.v.p.), at least 2da.MIs Cambs. 185; PROB11/326/556. Kntd. (by Cromwell) 1 Feb. 1658;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 224. cr. bt. 2 Jan. 1661.CB. d. 4 Mar. 1668.PROB11/326/556.
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Civic: freeman, Fishmongers’ Co. 1634.Haskett-Smith, Lists of Apprentices and Freemen, 33. Alderman, Bishopgate ward, London 11–13 Sept. 1651.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 39.

Local: sheriff, Cambs., Hunts. 1648–9.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 14; LJ x. 631b. Commr. assessment, Northants. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 June 1657; Cambs. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; I. of Ely 9 June 1657; Hunts. 26 June 1657. Mar. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. Cambs.; Herts. 10 July 1656–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 177, 226, 340; C193/13/5, f. 50; C193/13/6, f. 41v; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. militia, Cambs. by Mar.-aft. Sept. 1651, 14 Mar. 1655, 12 Mar. 1660.SP28/223: Cambs. militia commn. warrants, Mar.-Sept. 1651; SP25/76A, f. 16; A. and O. Member, Cambs. standing cttee. Mar. 1651.SP28/223: Cambs. co. cttee. warrants, Mar. 1651. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Cambs. and I. of Ely 5 Oct. 1653; ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Cambs. 21 Sept. 1655.Bodl. Rawl. C.948, p. 24. Jt. treas. propagating the gospel in New England, Cambs. 26 Aug. 1657.GL, MS 8011, p. 42. Commr. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 379. poll tax, Cambs. 1660.SR.

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: of Whaddon, Cambs.
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PICKERING, Henry (d. 1668), of Whaddon, Cambs.

Will
1 Nov. 1666, pr. 21 Apr. 1668.PROB11/326/556.
Estates
bought manor of Molesey Matham, East Molesey, Surr. for £4,000, 1646; sold it 1647;VCH Surr. iii. 545. bought manors of Little Paxton and Southoe, Hunts. 1646-7;VCH Hunts. ii. 333, 349. bought manor of Scalers, Whaddon, Cambs. aft. 1648.VCH Cambs. viii. 144.
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PHILIPPS, Sir Erasmus, 3rd bt. (c.1623-97), of Picton Castle, Pemb.

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b. c. 1623, 1st s. of Sir Richard Philipps, 2nd bt. of Picton Castle and 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Erasmus Dryden†,1st bt. of Canons Ashby, Northants., sis. of Sir John Driden*, 2nd bt. m. (1) Lady Cicely Finch, da. of Thomas Finch†, 2nd earl of Winchilsea, s.p.; (2) lic. 1 Sept. 1660, Katherine, da. and coh. of Edward Darcy of New Hall, Derbys. 2s. 4da. suc. fa. as 3rd bt. 1648. d. 18 Jan. 1697.CB.
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Local: j.p. Carm. 11 Aug. 1648 – bef.Oct. 1660; Pemb. 6 Mar. 1649–?d.; Haverfordwest 11 Dec. 1666–?d.C181/7, p. 372; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 169–71, 218–31, 245–51. Commr. militia, Pemb. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. S. Wales 14 Mar. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 77. Carm., Haverfordwest 12 Mar. 1660; sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649;A. and O. assessment, Carm. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Pemb. 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, 1688 – d.; Haverfordwest 1661, 1677, 1679, 1688–92.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Sheriff, Carm. 1649–50;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 246; CB. Pemb. 1655–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 266; Pemb. Co. Hist. iii. 214. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650; ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 583. poll tax, Carm., Pemb. 1660; subsidy, Pemb. 1663. 1674 – ?SR. Dep. lt. 23 Jan.; Pemb. and Haverfordwest 11 June 1685–?CSP Dom. 1673–4, p. 116; 1685, p. 832.

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PHILIPPS, Sir Erasmus, 3rd bt. (c.1623-97), of Picton Castle, Pemb.
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PHILIPPS, Sir Erasmus, 3rd bt. (c.1623-97), of Picton Castle, Pemb.

Will
13 Aug. 1688, pr. 1 June 1697.PROB11/438/203.
Estates
inherited (1648) Picton castle and demesne, and manors of Llanddowror and Court Mallet, Carm.;PROB11/438/203. in will (1688) left to younger sons house at Abercyfor, Carm., messuage called Hawkewaies in Martletwy par., Pemb.PROB11/207/158.
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ATKIN, Thomas (d. 1669), of Lime Street, London.

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bap. ?17 Apr. 1586,St Margaret with St Nicholas, Kings Lynn par. reg. ?2nd s. of John Atkin (d. by 1618), mercer, and alderman of King's Lynn, Norf. and his wife, Joan.PROB 11/131, f. 13v; PROB 11/141, f. 472v. educ. appr. Samuel Man, grocer, Norwich; Thomas Wasser, Mercer, London.Millican, Reg. Freemen Norwich, 76; J.R. Woodhead, The Rulers of London 1660-1689 (1965), 20. m. Susanna Pett, 1s. d.v.p. 3da.Gen. Mag. vii. 143; PROB 11/329, f. 13. Kntd. Dec. 1657.Mercurius Politicus (3-10 Dec. 1657), 152. bur. 14 Jan. 1669 14 Jan. 1669.St Andrew Undershaft, London par. reg..
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Civic: freeman, Norwich 1610;Millican, Reg. Freemen Norwich, 76. councillor, Conisford ward 1612/13; Wymer ward 1618 – 27; surveyor, 1615 – 16, 1624 – 25, 1627; surveyor of grain stock, 1626; clavor, 1627 – 28, 1631 – 37; jt. sheriff, 1627 – 28; alderman, Berstreet ward 1629 – 38; auditor, 1631 – 37; member, chamberlain’s council, 1636. 1613 – 14Index to Norwich City Officers, 6; List of Sheriffs (L.and I. ix.), 214. Freeman, Mercers’ Co.; master, 1637 – 38, 1644–5.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 20; I. Doolittle, The Mercers’ Co. 1579–1959 (1994), 68. Alderman, Farringdon Without, London 1638–42; Lime Street 1642 – 58; Bridge Without 1658 – Feb. 1661; jt. sheriff, 1637 – 38; ld. mayor, 1644–5.A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of the City of London (1908–13), i. 65, 148, 176; List of Sheriffs, 206.

Local: commr. Forced Loan, Norwich 1627.C193/12/2, f. 85v. Treas. Norwich children’s hosp. by 1630–34.Mins. Norwich Ct. of Mayoralty, 1630–1631, 59; Mins. Norwich Ct. of Mayoralty, 1632–1635, 144. Feoffee, impropriations, Norf. 1630.J.T. Evans, Seventeenth-Century Norwich (Oxford, 1979), 87n. High collector, Ship Money, Norwich 1635.Mins. Norwich Ct. of Mayoralty, 1632–1635, 202, 208, 218. Member, cttee. of safety, London 4 Jan. 1642.Pearl, London, 140. Commr. London militia, 12 Feb., 29 Mar. 1642, 23 July, 2 Sept. 1647, 17 Jan. 1649, 15 Feb. 1655, 7 July 1659;CJ ii. 428a; LJ iv. 578a; A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 43. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, London and Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–13 Nov. 1660;C181/5, ff. 243v, 265; C181/6, pp. 1, 356; C181/7, pp. 1, 32. sewers, London 14 Jan. – aft.Dec. 1645, 13 Aug. 1657;C181/5, ff. 247, 266; C181/6, p. 256. Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654–17 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 5, 200. New Model ordinance, London 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 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;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Norf., Norwich 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; militia, Norwich 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mdx. aft. May 1652-bef. Oct. 1653.C193/13/4, f. 61v. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth, London 25 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. Pres. Christ’s Hosp. London 1660–1.E.H. Pearce, Annals of Christ’s Hosp. (1901), 302.

Central: recvr. assessment, 1642. 5 June 1646SR. Commr. exclusion from sacrament,, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 137b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Sept. 1649.CJ vi. 290a. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. customs/excise, 28 Sept., 27 Dec. 1659.A. and O.

Military: col. (parlian.) red regt. London trained bands by Sept. 1643–5.H.A. Dillon, ‘On a MS list of officers of the London trained bands in 1643’, Archaeologia, lii. (1890), 134.

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ATKIN, Thomas (d. 1669), of Lime Street, London.
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ATKIN, Thomas (d. 1669), of Lime Street, London.

Will
11 Apr. 1666, pr. 19 Jan. 1669.PROB 11/329, f. 13.
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inherited a warehouse and other properties at King’s Lynn from his brother, William 1623;PROB 11/141, ff. 472v. owned property in St John Maddermarket and St Clement parishes, Norwich 1633-4;Norwich Rate Bk. ed. W. Rye (1903), 48, 73. sold land at Forncett St Mary and St Peter, Norf. 1634; Coventry Docquets, 648. leased property at Catton, Norf. from chapter of Norwich Cathedral bef. 1649.Parliamentary Survey of Dean and Chapter Properties, ed. G.A. Metters (Norf. Rec. Soc. li. 1985), 92.
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PRICE, Charles (1585-1645), of Pilleth, Rad.

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b. c. 1585, 7th s. of John Price of Pilleth (d.1597) and Catherine (d.1589), da. of Roger Vaughan† of Clyro, Rad.Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 252; Trans. Rad. Soc. xxxviii. 53; xliii. 39. unm. d. 15 Sept. 1645.K. Parker, Rad. from Civil War to Restoration (Almeley, Herefs. 2000), 70.
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Local: dep. steward (jt.), cantref Maelienydd, Rad. 1616–40.K. Parker, Hist. of Presteigne (1977), 65; Add. 70003, f. 133. ?Muster-master, Salop by 1617–40.HMC Westmorland, 367. Collector, crown rents, cantref Maelienydd ?-1630. Capt. militia ft. Rad. by 1637–?d.HEHL, EL 7443. Dep. lt. by 1640–? J.p. and custos rot. 21 Jan. 1641–d.Add. 70003, f. 132v; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 333. Commr. assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. defence of Rad. (roy.) 17 June, 22 Nov. 1643; impressment (roy.), 12 Dec. 1643; accts. (roy.) 1 June 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 50, 102, 111, 219; Parker, Rad. from Civil War to Restoration, 64–5.

Military: ?ensign of ft. Low Countries 1624.SP84/121, f. 277. Capt. of ft. Ireland Feb. 1625–6, June 1633–8.CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 534; 1647–60, p. 46; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 478; 1633–4, pp. 113–4. ?Maj. (roy.) Bristol bef. Sept. 1645.Parker, Rad. from Civil War to Restoration, 70.

Irish: MP, Belfast 1634–5.CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 63.

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PRICE, Charles (1585-1645), of Pilleth, Rad.

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3 Sept. 1640, pr. 16 June 1646.PROB11/196/406.
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will (1640) refers to 2 tenements in Presteigne and lands in Pilleth and elsewhere in Radnorshire worth in all £193 6s 6d; also a grant of 1,000 acres of Irish plantation land.PROB11/196/406.
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VANE (FANE), Sir Henry I (1589-1655), of Fairlawn, Shipbourne, Kent; Northumberland Ct., St Martin-in-the Fields, Westminster; and Raby Castle, co. Dur.

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b. 18 Feb. 1589, 1st s. of Henry Fane† of Hadlow, Kent, and 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Roger Twysden of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent.WARD9/158, f. 195v; PROB11/89, f. 342v; Collins, Peerage, iv. 505. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 15 June 1604;Al. Ox. G. Inn 15 Mar. 1606;G. Inn Admiss. 112. travelled abroad 1608.Add. 11402, f. 138. m. c.1612 (with £3,000), Frances (d. 2 Aug. 1663), da. and coh. of Thomas Darcy of Tolleshunt D’Arcy, Essex, 11s. (6 d.v.p.) 5da.PROB11/245, f. 421v ; C. Dalton, Hist. of the Wrays of Glentworth (1880-1), ii. 113, 123; Shipbourne Par. Regs. ed. F.A. Crisp (1921), 35, 37-42, 44-5, 47. suc. fa. 14 Oct. 1596;WARD9/158, f. 195v. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1611;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 150. bur. 1 June 1655.Shipbourne Par. Regs. ed. Crisp, 63.
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Mercantile: member, Virg. Co. 1612–?1624.A. Brown, Genesis of the United States (Cambridge, MA, 1890), 467, 545, 803. Freeman (hon.), Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1631–?Add. 28079, f. 59.

Court: carver, king’s household, c.1612–17.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 113. Cofferer, Prince Charles’s household, c.Mar. 1617–27 Mar. 1625;LC2/6, f. 66; SC6/JASI/1680; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 443; Chamberlain Lttrs. ed. N.E. McClure (Philadelphia, 1939), ii. 58. (jt.) king’s household, 1625–9;E179/70/136; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 66. comptroller by 14 July 1630-bef. Jan. 1639;CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 306; 1638–9, p. 389. treas. by 23 Jan. 1639-Nov. 1641.C181/5, f. 128v; CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 178, 186.

Central: master, subpoena office, chancery, 7 Feb. 1614-bef. Apr. 40.C66/1981; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 88. Commr. sale of duchy of Cornw. estates, 12 Aug. 1625, 23 Feb. 1626;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, pp. 126, 213. inquiry, Wardrobe, 18 Oct. 1626, 17 Dec. 1633, 9 May 1635.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 98; pt. 4, pp. 29, 127. PC, 1 June 1630–3 Dec. 1641.APC 1630–1, p. 5. Commr. inquiry, pprs. of Sir Robert Cotton†, 2 Oct. 1630;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 127. poor relief, 1 Jan. 1631;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 148. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, 10 Apr. 1631;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 173. determining jurisdictions, 6 May 1631;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 178. admlty. 20 Nov. 1632–8;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 250; C115/106/8414; Coventry Docquets, 42, 45. transportation of felons, 23 Feb. 1633;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 259. to appoint provost marshall, May 1633;CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 53. fisheries by July 1633.SP16/241/80, f. 156. Member, high commn. Canterbury prov. Dec. 1633.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 35. Commr. abuses in cts. of justice, 17 Feb. 1634;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 55. inquiry, Fleet prison, 10 May, 15 Dec. 1634, 16 Jan. 1635;Coventry Docquets, 40, 41; CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 465. defective titles, 23 Aug. 1635;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 6. preparing ships, 16 Nov. 1635;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 27. American appeals, 10 Apr. 1636;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 8. saltpetre, 24 Dec. 1636;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 66. council of war, 17 June 1637;CSP Dom. 1637, p. 224. loan of ships, 28 Dec. 1637;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 124. admlty. accts. 21 May 1638;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 148. repair, Tower of London, 26 June 1638.Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 157. Sec. of state, 2 Feb. 1640–3 Dec. 1641.HMC 3rd Rep. 80; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 192. Member, council of war, 14 Feb. 1640–?CSP Dom. 1639–40, pp. 458–9; Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 241. Commr. Spanish treaty, c.17 May 1640;PRO31/3/72, p. 142; CSP Ven. 1640–2, p. 45. for crown jewels, 27 July 1640;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 3, p. 21. Dutch marriage treaty, Jan. 1641;Ceremonies of Charles I: the Notebks. of John Finet 1628–41 ed. A.J. Loomie (New York, 1987), 298, 299; CSP Ven. 1640–2, p. 116. treasury, 18 May 1641–7 Feb. 1642.C231/5, pp. 447, 448; PRO30/24/7/465; Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 3, p. 47. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642, 9 Sept. 1647;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b, 706a; v. 297b. cttee. of safety, 13 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 764a. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Oct. 1642, 9 Sept. 1647.CJ ii. 813b; v. 297b; LJ v. 407b; ix. 430b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, Westminster Assembly, 12 June 1643; cttee. for the revenue, 21 Sept. 1643;A. and O. cttee. for sequestrations by 11 Oct. 1643;SP20/1, f. 60. cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644. Commr. for maintenance of army, 26 Mar. 1644;A. and O. to reside with Scottish army, 19 Apr. 1645;LJ vii. 326b. treaty with Scots, 28 July 1645; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Oct. 1647, 4 July 1650;CJ v. 326b; vi. 437a. cttee. regulating universities, 4 May 1649;CJ vi. 201a. cttee. for the army, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.A. and O.

Local: steward, honour of Penrith, Cumb. by 1620–?SC6/JASI/1683, 1685. Commr. subsidy, Kent 22 Mar. 1621, 2 Jan. 1622;C212/22/20–1. co. Dur. 1 June 1624;C212/22/23 sewers, Ticehurst and River Rother, Kent and Suss. 1622, 1625, 1629, 1630, 1639;C181/3. ff. 59v, 173; C181/4, ff. 18v, 37v; C181/5, f. 144. Gravesend Bridge to Penshurst, Kent 1628;C181/3. ff. 248, 252v, 254v. Kent 2 Apr. 1640;C181/5, f. 168. Mdx. and Westminster 13 Dec. 1634 – aft.June 1645, 10 Jan. 1655–d.;C181/4, f. 190v; C181/5, ff. 81, 254v; C181/6, p. 68. Deeping and Gt. Level 27 Mar. 1638 – aft.Dec. 1641, by May 1654–d.;T56/7, p. 190; C181/5, ff. 101, 214v; C181/6, p. 27. co. Dur. 12 Sept. 1639;C181/5, f. 152. new buildings, London 30 May 1625, 24 July 1630, 13 Apr. 1636.Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 70; pt. 3, p. 114; ix. pt. 2, p. 8. J.p. co. Dur. by Jan. 1626–d.;Harl. 1622. Essex 28 June 1630–15 July 1642;C231/5, pp. 36, 530. Mdx. 8 July 1630 – 4 July 1642, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/5, pp. 37, 533; C193/13/4, f. 59. Westminster 8 July 1630-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/5, p. 37; C193/13/4, f. 127v. Kent 8 July 1630–?, by Mar. 1650–d.;C231/5, p. 38; C231/6, p. 180. Surr. 8 July 1630–19 July 1642;C231/5, pp. 38, 532. Yorks. (N., W. Riding) by 1648-bef. Jan. 1650;Add. 29674, ff. 148r-v. Northants. by Feb. – bef.Nov. 1650; Cumb., Hants, Northumb., Westmld. by Feb. 1650–d.;C193/13/3. Lincs. (Holland, Kesteven, Lindsey) 19 Jan. 1651-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 204. Commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 21 July 1626-aft. Nov. 1639;C181/3, ff. 198v, 217; C181/4, ff. 5v, 175; C181/5, ff. 89v, 154v. Home circ. 10 June 1631 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/4, ff. 98, 198; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222; C181/6, pp. 12, 89. London 7 Nov. 1639-aft. Nov 1641, 12 Jan. 1644 – aft.Nov. 1645, by Jan. 1654–d.;C181/5, ff. 153v, 264v; C181/6, pp. 1, 76. Surr. 12 May 1640, 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 169, 238v. Mdx. 30 Nov. 1641;C181/5, f. 213. Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235v. Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644;C181/5, f. 245v. Western, Northern circs. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 8, 17, 84, 93. Forced Loan, Kent, co. Dur. 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, f. 12v. gaol delivery, co. Dur. 30 June 1627, 8 July 1628, 4 July 1640;C181/3, ff. 224v, 240; C181/5, f. 179. London 7 Nov. 1639 – aft.Nov. 1641, 12 Jan. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 153v, 264v. Surr. 12 May 1640, 4 July 1644;C181/5, ff. 169, 239v. Kent 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 236v. Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644;C181/5, f. 245v. charitable uses, Kent 25 June 1632;C192/1, unfol. piracy, London 28 May 1633, 1 Dec. 1635;C181/4, f. 138v; C181/5, f. 26v. Hants and I.o.W. 26 Sept. 1635, 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, ff. 24, 58. Suss. 23 May 1637;C181/5, f. 68v. Cornw., Devon 4 Aug. 1637.C181/4, ff. 83, 84. Master forester, Barnard Castle, co. Dur. 14 Sept. 1635–?Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 77. Kpr. Teesdale Forest and Marwood Chase, co. Dur. 23 Mar. 1637–?Coventry Docquets, 402. Custos rot. Mdx. 2 Oct. 1639–4 July 1642, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/5, pp. 355, 533; C193/13/4, f. 59; Coventry Docquets, 77; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, vi. 499. co. Dur. by Feb. 1650–d.;C193/13/3. Kent 7 Mar. 1650–d.C231/6, p. 180. Commr. assizes, co. Dur. 4 July 1640.C181/5, f. 179. Ld. lt. 5 Mar. 1642–?A. and O. Dep. lt. Mdx. 10 July 1643–?CJ ii. 160; LJ vi. 125b. Commr. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; sequestration, Kent 16 Aug. 1643; defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643; commr. for Kent, assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent 15 June 1644; assessment, Kent 18 Oct. 1644, 24 Nov. 1653; Mdx. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; co. Dur. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Cumb. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Bailiff, steward and chief forrester, Richmond, Yorks. by Nov. 1644–?CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 97; Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 223v; Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 112. Commr. New Model ordinance, Mdx. 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. co. Dur. 20 June 1645; militia, co. Dur., Kent, Canterbury, Cinque Ports, Mdx. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649;SP18/1/23, f. 32. Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649,A. and O. 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). 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).

Diplomatic: amb. extraordinary, Utd. Provinces 1625, 19 Sept. 1629 – 29 Apr. 1630, 1 May 1630–18 Jan. 1631;SP84/140, ff. 101–112v; G.M. Bell, A Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives (1990), 198, 199. to kings of Denmark, Poland and Sweden and German princes 1 May 1631-Nov. 1632.Bell, British Diplomatic Representatives, 274. Envoy, Utd. Provinces 6 Mar.-c.24 May 1629.SP84/139, ff. 60–2. Commr. to Utd. Provinces, 31 Jan. 1646.LJ viii. 134a; Add. 31116, p. 508; PRO31/3/78, p. 49.

Civic: freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed 2 Sept. 1645.Berwick RO, B1/10, f. 28v.

Religious: vestryman, St Martin-in-the-Fields by June 1647–d.WCA, F2002, ff. 153v, 186v. Feoffee for poor revenues, 21 June 1648, 6 Dec. 1652.WCA, F2002, f. 160; F2003, p. 12.

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FANE
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VANE (FANE), Sir Henry I (1589-1655), of Fairlawn, Shipbourne, Kent; Northumberland Ct., St Martin-in-the Fields, Westminster; and Raby Castle, co. Dur.

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12 Jan. 1655, cod. 12 Jan. 1655, admon. 22 June 1655.PROB11/245, f. 421.
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inherited manor and mansion house of Hadlow and manor and chapelry of Shipbourne; estate was reckoned to be worth £460 p.a.PROB11/89, f. 343; Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 113. In c. 1615, sold his Hadlow estate and purchased Fairlawn, Kent, for about £4,000.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 114. In 1616, the crown granted him a lease of castle and honours of Barnard and Raby and of Brancepeth, co. Dur.Surtees, Co. Dur. iv. 166. By 1622, he was leasing or had bought a house in Northumberland Court, near Charing Cross, St Martin-in-the-Fields.Survey of London, xviii. 18. In 1626, the crown granted him a reversion in fee of Barnard and Raby Castles and Brancepeth for £1,500.Surtees, Co. Dur. iv. 94, 166. In 1629, purchased seignories of Raby and Barnard Castles and Long Newton, inc. property in Barnard Castle, Langleydale, Langton, Raby and Shotton, co. Dur., for about £18,000.PROB11/245, f. 421v; Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 114; V.A. Rowe, Sir Henry Vane the Younger (1970), 2. In 1634, purchased Teesdale Forest and adjacent lands for £9,094.Bodl. Rawl. A.61, f. 102v; Aylmer, State’s Servants, 134. In 1635, purchased tithes and advowson of Staindrop, the manor of Long Newton (for £1,600) and a reversion of keepership of Barnard Castle Forest and Teesdale Forest, co. Dur.C54/3016/3; C54/3054/13; SO3/11, unfol. (warrant Sept. 1635); Aylmer, State’s Servants, 134; J. Freeman, ‘The distribution and use of ecclesiastical patronage in the dioc. of Durham’, in The Last Principality ed. D. Marcombe (Loughborough, 1987), 153, 157. In 1640, the crown granted him divers liberties and privileges in manors of Barnard and Raby Castles, and he purchased property in Staindrop for £3,000 and Cockfield, a colliery in co. Dur., for £900.Longleat, Whitelocke pprs. VIII, f. 23; Surtees, Co. Dur. iv. 166; Rowe, Vane, 2-3. In 1648, purchased property adjacent to Fairlawn Park for £2,000. In 1649, purchased a lease of tenements and stables in St Martin-in-the-Fields. In 1650, purchased from the trustees for the sale of church lands the manor of Westoe, co. Dur.C54/3522/7; PROB11/245, ff. 421-422v. In 1650, he reckoned his estate was worth in excess of £3,000 p.a.; rising to nearer £5,000 p.a. ‘when my lease [sic] expire which will not be long’.Dalton, Wrays of Glentworth, ii. 114-15. In 1651-2, purchased fee farm rents belonging to manor and rectory of Shipbourne and in diocese of Durham, paying at least £1,176.PROB11/245, ff. 421v-23; SP28/288, ff. 27, 50, 54.
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MILL, Sir John 1st bt. (1587-1648), of Newton Bury and Southampton, Hants

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b. 1 Apr. 1587,C142/217/121. 2nd s. of Lewknor Mill (d. 1587) of Camoys Court, Barcombe, Suss. and Newton Bury, and Cicely, da. of John Croke†, merchant, of Southampton.Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 160. educ. G. Inn, 12 June 1605.G. Inn Admiss. 109. m. (1) 24 Feb. 1605, Elizabeth (bur. 10 Mar. 1606), da. of Sir George More† of Loseley, Surr. s.p.; (2) bef. 1608, Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Fleming I† of North Stoneham, Hants, 9s. (5 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. bro. 5 Dec. 1587. cr. bt. 31 Dec. 1619.CB; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 160; Vis. Hants and I.o.W. (Harl. Soc. n.s. x), 43; PROB11/206/14. d. July 1648.CCC 1831.
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Civic: burgess, Southampton 24 June 1606.Southampton RO, SC 3/1/1, f. 162.

Local: j.p. Hants 1614 – 31 Mar. 1631, 1 Aug. 1633–42;C231/5, p. 113; Add. 21922, ff. 178v, 183; Coventry Docquets, 69. Southampton 1640–2.Southampton Charters ed. Gidden, ii. 108. Commr. survey of Christchurch Bridge, 1617;Hants RO, 4M53/140, f. 207. gaol delivery, Hants, Southampton 2 Dec. 1620 – aft.23 Oct. 1628; Southampton 19 Nov. 1629-aft. 23 Feb. 1635;C181/2, f. 356v; C181/3, ff. 20, 58, 82v, 104v, 140v, 192, 241v; C181/4, ff. 23, 77v, 151, 202. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 21 June 1622-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/3, ff. 62v, 259; C181/4, ff. 11v, 193v; C181/5, ff. 5v, 221. subsidy, Hants and Southampton 1621 – 22, 1624;C212/22/20, 21, 23. Hants. 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 1625.Add. 21922, f. 38. Col. militia ft. 1625.SP16/6, f. 52. Commr. Forced Loan, 1627.Rymer, Foedera, viii(2), 145. Sheriff, 4 Nov. 1627–8.Coventry Docquets, 361. Commr. martial law, 27 Feb. 1628;APC 1627–8, p. 318. swans, Hants and western cos. 20 May 1629;C181/4, f. 2. sewers, River Avon, Hants and Wilts. 25 June 1629-aft. May 1630;C181/4, ff. 17v, 49. maltsters, Hants 20 June 1636;PC2/46, p. 273. piracy, Hants, I.o.W. 21 Oct. 1636;C181/5, f. 58. further subsidy, Hants, Southampton 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Hants 1642; assessment, Hants, Southampton 1642;SR. array (roy.), Hants 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. rebels’ estates (roy.), 4 Dec. 1643; accts. (roy.) 1 June 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 107, 218.

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MILL, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1587-1648), of Newton Bury and Southampton, Hants.
: of Newton Bury and Southampton, Hants.
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Commons 1640-1660
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MILL, Sir John 1st bt. (1587-1648), of Newton Bury and Southampton, Hants

Will
10 Aug. 1646, pr. 2 Nov. 1648.PROB11/206/14.
Estates
manors of Colbury and Newton Bury in Eling, Hants; manors of Didling, Trotton, Hawsbourne in Horsham, Suss.; other lands in Hants and Suss.VCH Hants, iv. 552-3; C142/217/129; C142/217/121; VCH Suss. iv. 7, 35; vi. pt. 2, p. 161; vii. 54, 81. Advowson of Itchingfield, Suss., from 1616.VCH Suss. vi. pt. 2, p. 15. House in Southampton acquired bef. 22 Dec. 1624.CSP Dom. 1623-5, p. 416. Bought from his s. Sir John Mill land at Faversham, Davington and elsewhere in Kent.PROB11/206/14.
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