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KING, Ralph (1619-c.66), of Londonderry and Dublin.

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b. 3 Aug. 1619, s. of Ralph King of London and Priscilla Babham. educ. Merchant Taylors’ School, 1633-6; St John’s, Oxf. 30 June 1637, fell. c.1637-47 (in London from 1643),Merchant Taylors’ Sch. Regs.; Al. Ox. LLD bef. May 1659.Henry Cromwell Corresp. 516. d. c. 1666.HMC Ormonde, o.s. i. 101.
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Central: clerk to cttee. of Merchant Taylors’ Hall, London July 1643-c.1644.SP16/539/2, ff. 68, 73.

Civic: kpr. of the stores, Londonderry by Sept. 1646-Jan. 1647;CSP Ire. 1633–47, pp. 562, 598. collector of customs 22 Jan. 1647–8;CSP Ire. 1633–47, p. 598. treas. c.1648–?56;SP16/539/4, f. 201; SP28/67, f. 279; SP28/77, f. 406. mayor bef. Aug. 1654;C219/44, unfol. alderman, 24 Mar. 1657–d.;The Bishopric of Derry ed. T.W. Moody and J.G. Simms (2 vols. Dublin, 1968), i. 281. recorder by 1665–d.CSP Ire. 1633–5, p. 571. Freeman, Coleraine 7 Aug. 1654.Acts of Corporation of Coleraine ed. B. McGrath (Dublin, 2017), 247.

Irish: commr. revenue, Londonderry c.1652;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 292. assessment, cos. Londonderry, Tyrone, Donegal 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). leasing commonwealth land, Dec. 1655- aft. Jan. 1658;Ire. under the Commomwealth, ii. 552, 665; Lansdowne 823, f. 11. forfeited lands, cos. Tyrone and Londonderry c.1656;NLI, MS 758, f. 98. security of protector, Ireland Sept. 1656.A. and O. Prothonotary, Dublin c.1657–8.C. Kenny, King’s Inn and the Kingdom of Ireland (Dublin, 1992), 154. Commr. settling Adventurers’ disputes, Jan. 1658.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 667. Judge-adv. Jan. 1660.Clarke, Prelude to Restoration, 148. Commr. poll money, cos. Dublin, Antrim, Tyrone 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661; co. Londonderry 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 620, 626–7, 639, 645–6. Sub-commr. for implementing act of settlement, 4 Sept. 1661.NAI, Lodge’s MSS, 1.A.53.55, f. 132. Member, King’s Inn, Dublin Apr. 1665.Kenny, King’s Inn, 154.

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KING, Ralph (1619-c.66), of Londonderry and Dublin.
: of Londonderry and Dublin.
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Commons 1640-1660
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KING, Ralph (1619-c.66), of Londonderry and Dublin.

Will
Estates
granted house and 500 acres in co. Londonderry, 1653; allocated land from marquess of Antrim’s estate, Ulster, 1663, but withdrawn when proceedings against that peer dropped.Eg. 1762, f. 207v; CSP Ire. 1633-5, p. 339.
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Skinner Row, par. of St Nicholas, Dublin c.1659.Irish Census, 1659, 363.
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NEVILLE, Henry (1619-94), of Heathley Hall, Warfield and Billingbear, Berks., and Silver Street, Mdx.

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Family and Education
bap. 8 Apr. 1619,Berks. RO, Waltham St Lawrence par. regs. (D/P141/1/1). 2nd s. of Sir Henry Neville† of Billingbear and Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Smith of Westenhanger, Kent; bro. of Richard†.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 250. educ. Merton, Oxf. 29 Jan. 1636;Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France and Italy) c.1641-5.CSP Dom. 1640-1, p. 574. m. (6 Oct. 1639) Elizabeth (d. c.Apr. 1664), da. and h. of Richard Staverton of Heathley Hall, Warfield, s.p.Berks. RO, Waltham St Lawrence par. regs.; Vis. Berks, 250; G. Mahlberg, Henry Neville and English Republican Culture in the Seventeenth Century (Manchester, 2009), 33. d. 1694.PROB11/421/450.
Offices Held

Local: commr. militia, Berks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Westminster militia, 28 June 1659; assessment, Berks. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. 26 Nov. 1650; Westminster 26 Jan. 1660. 2 Mar. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653A. and O.; Clarke Pprs. iv. 301. J.p. Berks., by c.Sept. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 177; C193/13/4, f. 4; C193/13/6, f. 3. Commr. sequestration, 4 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 377b. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 10, 374. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 14 June 1654-aft. 1657;C181/6, pp. 45, 261. Berks. 7 Aug. 1657.C181/6, pp. 255.

Central: commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649.CJ vi. 318a. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vi. 357b; A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 388b. ?cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651;CJ vi. 558a. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1651, 19 May, 31 Dec. 1659.CJ vii. 42b, 800b; A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 28 Dec. 1652.CJ vii. 236b.

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NEVILLE, Henry (1619-94), of Heathley Hall, Warfield and Billingbear, Berks., and Silver Street, Mdx.
: of Heathley Hall, Warfield and Berks., Billingbear and Mdx., Silver Street.
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Commons 1640-1660
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NEVILLE, Henry (1619-94), of Heathley Hall, Warfield and Billingbear, Berks., and Silver Street, Mdx.

Will
3 Oct. 1691, pr. 11 Oct. 1694.PROB11/421/450.
Estates
will (1691) lists lands in parishes of Warfield, Winkfield, Binfield and Bray, Berks.PROB11/421/450.
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MASSIE, Edward (c.1605-74), of Gloucester and London.

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b. c. 1605, 4th but 3rd surv. s. of John Massey of Coddington, Cheshire and Anne, da. of Richard Grosvenor of Eaton, Cheshire. educ. appr. Leathersellers’ Co. c.1618. unm. Cheshire and Lancs. Funeral Certificates ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi.), 98, 101; D.S. Evans, ‘The Civil War Career of Major-General Edward Massey, 1642-1647’ (London Univ. PhD, 1993), 1; Gent. Mag. 1833, ii. 304. Kntd. 27 May 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 226. d. 23 May 1674.S. Starkey, Upon the death of the honourable Sir Edward Massey (Dublin, 1674) (BL, 807.g.5 (8)).
Offices Held

Military: engineer or ordnance officer, Low Countries c.1625–39. 31 July 1642 – 4 Nov. 1643J. Vicars, Englands Worthies (1647), 61–2; Evans thesis, 3; Papers of Sir Richard Grosvenor, 1st bart. (1585–1645) ed. R. Cust (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cxxxiv.), 95. Capt. of pioneers, regt. of William Legge, royal army, 1639. 31 July 1642 – 4 Nov. 1643Clarendon, Hist. iii. 130. Lt.-col. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Henry Grey*, 1st earl of Stamford,; capt. of horse, 12 Sept. – 17 Nov. 1643; col. of ft. army of Sir William Waller*, 4 Nov. 1643 – 23 Oct. 1646; col. of horse, 12 Nov. 1643–29 Oct. 1646.Glos. RO, D678, Barwick Papers, 2. Acting gov. Gloucester by 22 Dec. 1642–24 May 1645.Corbet, ‘Historicall relation’, 15; A. and O. C.-in-c. Western Assoc. 24 May 1645–6.LJ vii. 393a; A. and O. Lt.-gen. of horse, parlian. forces in Ireland, 2 Apr. 1647.CJ v. 133b. Maj.-gen. London 31 July 1647.CJ v. 261a; Juxon Jnl. 164. Gov. (roy.) Kirkcaldy, Fife c.1650. Col. of ft. royal army in Ireland, 1661–d. Col. of ft. 1666–7.HP Commons 1660–1690, ‘Edward Massey’.

Local: commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 10 May 1644.A. and O. J.p. Herefs. 15 Aug. 1644–?Brampton Bryan MS 27/4. Commr. assessment, Gloucester 27 Sept. 1645, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Glos. 27 Sept. 1645, 1661, 1664, 1672; Cornw., Devon, Exeter, Dorset, Som., Wilts. 27 Sept. 1645; Mdx., Westminster, Tower division 1672;A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Glos. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. poll tax, Gloucester 1660; loyal and indigent officers, Glos. 1662; subsidy, Gloucester 1663.SR. Sub.-commr. of prizes, Dover 1665–7.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: member, Leathersellers’ Co. 21 Jan. 1646.Gent. Mag. 1833, ii. 304. Freeman, Gloucester 1 Apr. 1660–d.Glos. RO, GBR3/3, p. 131

Central: member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 7 Apr. 1647;CJ v. 135b; LJ ix. 127b. cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O.

Irish: PC, 1661–d.HP Common, 1660–1690.

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MASSEY, Edward (c.1619-74), of Abbeyleix, Queen’s Co., Ireland.
: of Gloucester and London.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, c.1647;National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. oils, unknown;F. Hyett, 'Notes on Portraits of Sir Edward Massey', Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xliii. opp. 250. oil on canvas (mounted on panel), unknown;Museum of Gloucester. line engraving, unknown, 1646;J. Ricraft, A perfect List of all the Victories (1646, 669.f.10.79). line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 48. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 60. line engraving, W. Sherwin.Ashmolean Museum, Oxf.

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MASSIE, Edward (c.1605-74), of Gloucester and London.

Will
not found.
Estates
received crown grant of manor of Abbeyleix, Queen’s County [I], its advowson and 16 townships, 10 Oct. 1660.Eg. 2542, f. 447; Eg. 2551, f. 84.
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St Lawrence Lane, Exeter, Apr. 1646;Alnwick, Northumberland 547, f. 34v. City of London, June 1646.C219/43/3/27.
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LONG, Robert I (1601-73), of Draycot, Wilts., Westminster and Worcester Park, Surr.

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b. 18 July 1601,Bodl. Carte 130, f. 117. 3rd, but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Walter Long (d. 1610) of South Wraxall, Wilts. and 2nd w. Catherine, da. of Sir John Thynne† of Longleat, Wilts.; bro. of Sir Walter Long†.Wilts. Vis. Peds. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv, cvi), 118; Misc. Gen. et Her. new ser. iii. 58. educ. L. Inn, 14 Oct. 1619, called 5 June 1627.L. Inn, Admiss. Bk. 5, f. 34v; LI Black Bks., ii. 270.. unm. cr. bt. 1 Sept. 1662.C231/7, p. 186. d. 13 July 1673.CB; Regs. of St Peter, Westminster ed. J.L. Chester (Harl. Soc. x), 181.
Offices Held

Household: sec. to James Ley†, 1st earl of Marlborough (ld. treas.), bef. 20 Apr. 1625-Mar. 1629.E404/234; CSP Dom. 1625–49, p. 722.

Civic: burgess, Devizes 1626; member of the twelve, 1627–d.Wilts. RO, G20/1/17, ff. 40, 56.

Local: jt. recvr. of recusancy forfeitures, Glos., Essex 22 Sept. 1628.CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 334. Commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 26 Nov. 1629-aft. Dec. 1641;C181/4, ff. 31, 94v; C181/5, ff. 11, 215; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/3–5. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 26 Nov. 1629-aft. Aug. 1639;C181/4, ff. 41, 156; C181/5, f. 149v. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 27 Mar. 1630-aft. Mar. 1636;C181/4, ff. 46, 149; C181/5, f. 42v. Holland Fen 16 Mar. 1637;C181/4, f. 66v. Mdx. and Westminster 27 May 1664–d.C181/7, pp. 253, 632. Recvr.-gen. Mdx., Essex, Herts., London 1637.T56/7, pp. 7–8; PSO5/5, unfol.; C66/2390/3; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 567. Commr. examining bailiwick of St James, ?Oct. 1640;CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 208. commr. survey (roy.), Bewdley Park, Worcs. 11 Mar. 1643; Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 18, 27 May 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 18, 38, 42. rebels’ estates (roy.), Hants 14 Mar. 1644; sequestrations and recvr.-gen. (roy.), Glos., Wilts., Hants, Som., Dorset 1644–5;Som. RO, DD/WHb/30; Docquets of Letters Patent, ed. Black, 167; Wilts. RO, 413/501; CCC, 950; HMC Pepys, 203. corporations, Yorks. 1662–3;HMC 8th Rep. 275a; SR. subsidy, Westminster 1663; assessment, 1664, 1672; Surr. 1664, 1672.SR. J.p. Surr. Feb. 1665–d.C231/7, p. 252.

Court: gent of privy chamber, extraordinary, 4 Oct. 1632; in ordinary by Feb. 1639-aft. 1641.LC5/132, p. 308; LC3/1, unfol.; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 419. Sec. to prince of Wales, 1645–9.Clarendon, Hist. iv. 22; v. 323; SP2/54, f. 3.

Mercantile: jt. projector for drainage, Holland Fen 30 Apr. 1633.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 35. Commr. compounding with tobacco planters, ?1634, 21 Apr. 1636;CSP Dom. 1634–5, 395; 1635–6, p. 377. preventing export of butter, Feb. 1636;CSP Dom. 1635–6, pp. 240, 250. provision of victuals for army, 13 Mar. 1639.Coventry Docquets, 88.

Military: jt. commry. royal army, Mar. 1639.CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 556.

Central: recvr. of recusancy forfeitures (south) by May 1639–1646, 1660–d.T56/8, p. 196; C66/2427/19; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 119; 1640, p. 451; 1640–1, pp. 114, 513; 1641–3, pp. 23, 57; CTB i. 22. Surveyor and woodward-gen. to Henrietta Maria, c.1638–46, by 19 Jan. 1661–1669;CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 273; 1640–1, pp. 547, 551; 1641–3, p. 324; 1660–1, p. 478; CCSP v. 74; CTB i. 183. treas. and recvr.-gen. 1671–d.CTB iii. 867, 882. Clerk of pleas, exch. (roy.) bef. Dec. 1642;SP16/493, f. 132. writer of tallies and auditor of receipt (roy.), 11 Aug. 1643,Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 348. Oct. 1643–46, 1662–d.CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 494, 498; Exchequer Officeholders (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 208; CTB i. 395; E403/2525, ff. 62v-65. Sec. of state (in exile) by Mar. 1649-Feb. 1652.CCSP ii. 9; Clarendon, Hist. v. 323; HMC Pepys, 255; Add. 37047, ff. 1–2. PC, 14 May 1649-Jan. 1652, 3 July 1672–d.PC2/54, f. 3; Nicholas Pprs. i. 128; Clarendon, Hist. v. 2; CSP Dom. 1672, p. 313. Recvr. Princess Henrietta, 1661.CTB i. 183. Jt. kpr. Somerset House 1664–d.CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 505.

Parlimentarian
LONG, Robert (c.1598-1673), of Westminster and Worcester Park, Surr.
: of Draycot, Wilts., Westminster and Surr., Worcester Park.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely;NT, Belton House. oil on canvas, attrib. J. Huysmans.NPG.

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LONG, Robert I (1601-73), of Draycot, Wilts., Westminster and Worcester Park, Surr.

Will
27 Mar., pr. 16 July 1673.PROB11/341/548; PROB11/343/405.
Estates
fee farm rent of Forest of Galtres, Yorks. 1636-1642;CSP Dom. 1637, pp. 195-6; 1638-9, p. 498; 1639, pp. 436-7; 1640, p. 474; 1640-1, pp. 33, 255; CCC 2105. lands in West Fen and North Fen alias Earls Fen, near Boston, Lincs. 9 Apr. 1637;E214/311. Colway’s Farm, Titherton, Wilts. sold by treason trustees to John Hall, 25 Aug. 1652; Newlodge House, Sutton-on-Limsdall, Galtres Forest, Yorks. sold by treason trustees to Thomas Woodward, 15 Jan. 1653; CCC 3293. granted leases to Nonsuch Great Park and Worcester Park, Surr. June 1663.SO3/15, p. 210.
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HARMAN, Richard (d. 1646), of St Peter Hungate, Norwich, Norf.

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Family and Education
s. of Edward Harman of Norwich.East Anglian Peds. ed. A. Campling (Norf. Rec. Soc. xiii. 1940), 98. educ. appr. Norwich.Millican, Reg. Freemen Norwich, 104. m. (1) by Feb. 1617, Cicely (d. 1636), da. of Richard Skottowe, vintner and alderman of Norwich, 1da.East Anglian Peds. 98; PROB11/129, f. 187. (2) 1637, Mary, da. of Edward Everard of Gillingham, wid. of Nathaniel Remington, hosier and mayor of Norwich, 3s. 4da.East Anglian Peds. 98. bur. 2 Dec. 1646 2 Dec. 1646.Keeler, Long Parl. 204.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Norwich 1613;Millican, Reg. Freemen Norwich, 104. common councilman, 1619 – 26, 1628 – 31; jt. sheriff, 1626 – 27; chamberlain’s council, 1628 – 30, 1637 – 38; clavor, 1629 – 30; alderman, Colegate ward 1632 – 46; surveyor, 1632 – 38; treas. grain stock, 1632; auditor, 1638; mayor, 1639–40.Index to Norwich City Officers, 76. Trustee, charity of Sir John Pettus†, Norwich 1631.Mins. Norwich Ct. of Mayoralty, 1630–1631, 188.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Norwich 17 July 1640–d.;C181/5, ff. 182v, 210v, 261. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645;SR; A. and O. array (roy.), 28 July 1642;LJ v. 265b. loans on Propositions, 5 Aug. 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Military: capt. militia, Norwich ?-June 1643.Add. 22619, f. 71v.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O.

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HARMAN, Richard (d. 1646), of St Peter Hungate, Norwich, Norf.
: of St Peter Hungate, Norwich, Norf.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HARMAN, Richard (d. 1646), of St Peter Hungate, Norwich, Norf.

Will
20 Sept. 1646, sig. 17 Nov. 1646, pr. 3 Mar. 1647.PROB11/199, ff. 385-386v.
Estates
owned land in St Peter per Mountgate and St Andrew, 1633;Norwich Rate Bk. ed. W. Rye (1903), 15, 49. bought property on Elm Hill, Norwich, 1637;F.R. Beecheno, ‘Some account of St Peter’s Hungate par., Norwich’, Norf. Arch. xxi. (1923), 128. principal residence at d. a house in St Peter Hungate, Norwich.PROB11/199, f. 385v.
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OLDFIELD, William (1623-64), of Elsham, Lincs.

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b. 1 July 1623,Gatton par. regs. ed. W.B. Bannerman (1908), 6. 1st s. of Sir Samuel Owfeild*, Fishmonger, of Covent Garden, Westminster, and Upper Gatton, Surr. and Katherine (d. 1664), da. and h. of William Smith, Mercer, of Thames Street, London.Manning, Bray, Surr. ii. 245. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1639.Al. Cant. m. (1) 13 Nov. 1655, Mary, da. and h. of Maurice Thomson, merchant, of Mile End Green, Mdx. 2s.;Reg. of St Dionis Backchurch (Harl. Soc. Regs. iii), 31; PROB11/315/444. (2) lic. 13 May 1662, Anne, da. of William Hawkins of Mortlake, Surr. s.p. suc. fa. bef. 4 May 1643.J. Sykes, ‘St Mary’s, Hull’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xii. 468. bur. 9 Oct. 1664 9 Oct. 1664.St Katherine Cree, London, par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. defence of Lincs. 3 Apr. 1645; assessment, Lincs. 6 Aug. 1645, 23 June 1647; Lincs. (Lindsey) 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649; Surr. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 25 June 1646, 26 Apr. 1649–d.;Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–12; C181/7, pp. 77, 261. Hatfield Chase Level 14 July 1664. Mar. 1647 – bef.Jan. 1650C181/7, p. 280. J.p. Lindsey, Mar. 1660–d.;C231/6, p. 81. Surr. Mar. 1660–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. sequestration, Surr. 18 Oct. 1648; militia, Lincs., Surr. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Lindsey 1660; subsidy, Lindsey, Surr. 1663.SR.

Religious: elder, Reigate classis, Feb. 1648.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 434.

Parlimentarian
OLDFIELD (OWFIELD), William (1623-64), of Elsham, Lincs.
: of Elsham, Lincs.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

OLDFIELD, William (1623-64), of Elsham, Lincs.

Will
3 Dec. 1663, cod. 8 Oct. 1664, pr. 16 Dec. 1664.PROB11/315/444.
Estates
Sir Samuel Owfeild left his whole estate to wid. Katherine for life; bef. 4 Mar. 1663 she conveyed Samuel’s inheritance (i.e. excluding land purchased at Chipstead, Surr. and elsewhere) to William, together with ‘a great part also of my own inheritance’;PROB11/192/365 (Samuel Owfeild); PROB11/315/229. Dec. 1663 William had lands in north Lincs. (inc. parsonage of Elsham), Surr., and City and suburbs of London; awaiting payment of £2,000 portion with second wife.PROB11/315/444.
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BURTON, Thomas (1627-61), of Brampton, Long Marton, Westmld.

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bap. 22 July 1627, 1st s. of Richard Burton, rector of Dufton, Westmld. and Anne (d. aft. Feb. 1653).Dufton par. reg.; Cumb. RO (Kendal), WSMBA/2/1, Appleby Corporation Min. Bk. 1, f. 147v; Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 229, 1138, 1143-4, 1148, 1154. educ. G. Inn 2 Aug. 1647;G. Inn Admiss. 245. called, 29 June 1655.PBG Inn, i. 413. m. by 1657, Elizabeth (bur. 27 Feb. 1691), da. of John Cosin, bishop of Durham, wid. of Henry Hutton of Goldsborough, Yorks. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. Long Marton par. reg.; Vis. Co. Dur. ed. J. Foster, 91; Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 1148-9. suc. fa. by July 1652;C5/425/36. Kntd. 1660;Cumb. RO (Kendal), WDRY/5/420. bur. 3 Jan. 1661 3 Jan. 1661.Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 1149.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Westmld. 18 Mar. 1652-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 234. Commr. surveying church livings, c.4 July, 18 Nov. 1656;Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 1300–2, 1311–12. assessment, 9 June 1657; militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Appleby 1659 – d.; recorder, 6 June 1660–d.Cumb. RO (Kendal), WSMBA/2/1, ff. 180, 182.

Parlimentarian
BURTON, Thomas (1627-61), of Brampton, Long Marton, Westmld.
: Long Marton, Westmld.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BURTON, Thomas (1627-61), of Brampton, Long Marton, Westmld.

Will
admon. 6 Mar. 1661.Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Prerogative Act Bk. 2/2, f. 85v.
Estates
fa. and grandfa. leased a third of manor of Brampton from Thomas Howard, earl of Arundel; manor of Dufton, a messuage in Ormside and a messuage in Sandford, Westmld. from Henry Clifford, earl of Cumberland; and a messuage in Bishop Burton, Yorks. from the archbishop of York. They also owned a messuage in Carlisle, Cumb.C142/619/46; C7/52/66. In 1637, Burton’s fa. purchased part of manor of Hillbeck, Westmld.SP23/71, p. 647. In 1639, Sir Philip Musgrave* mortgaged manor of Soulby, Westmld. to Burton’s fa. for £1,000; property remained in the family’s possession until at least the early 1650s.Supra, ‘Sir Philip Musgrave’; SP23/71, pp. 651, 654-5; CCC 2308. In 1657, Burton purchased the remainder of the manor of Hillbeck.Nicolson, Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. i. 568. At his death, estate inc. a third of manor of Brampton, messuages and cottages in Brampton and messuages and tenements in Kirby Thore, Westmld.Cumb. RO (Whitehaven), DBH/24/28/76. His personal estate was valued at more than £2,000.Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Prerogative Act Bk. 2/2, f. 85v. His debts totalled £799 and he possessed bonds, leases and mortgages worth £3,099.C7/485/74.
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COXE, Alban (1605-65), of Beaumonts, St Peter’s, St Albans, Herts.

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bap. 22 July 1605, 1st s. of Alban Coxe of Porters, Shenley, Herts. and Mary, da. and h. of William Lawson of Prittlewell, Essex.Shenley par. reg.; Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xxii.), 46; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 113-14. m. by 1631, Mary (bur. 14 Jan. 1693), da. of William Smith of Three Houses, Knebworth, Herts. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.).Vis. Herts. 1572 and 1634, 46; Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 114. suc. fa. 1629;Urwick, Nonconformity in Herts. 459n. uncle, John Coxe 1630.C142/465/41. bur. 8 Feb. 1665 8 Feb. 1665.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 114.
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Local: feoffee, charity of Sir Richard Coxe, St Albans 1632.Urwick, Nonconformity in Herts. 180. Commr. loans on Propositions, Herts. 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. defence of Herts. 18 Dec. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. of St Albans by Oct. 1644;Add. 40630, f. 151; HMC Var. vii. 346. Herts. co. cttee. Mar. 1645.CJ iv. 78a; LJ vii. 274a. Commr. militia, Herts. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. by 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p., Feb. 1662–d.;Herts. County Recs. vi. 520; C231/7, pp. 158, 171. St Albans liberty and borough 15 July 1656 – 18 Sept. 1660, May 1662–d.C181/6, pp. 180, 182, 397; C181/7, pp. 145, 151, 283. Commr. assessment, Herts. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664; St Albans 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1664.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Herts. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 573. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty 15 July 1656-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 180, 398. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 304. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Court: kpr. of the king’s stables, St Albans 1636–49.Coventry Docquets, 197; Museum of Eng. Rural Life, FR HERT 5/1/1, f. 209.

Military: capt. militia horse (parlian.), Herts. 1642; lt.-col. by Jan. 1645; col. by Apr. 1645 – ?; capt. by July 1655-July 1659.CJ ii. 712b; LJ v. 291a; Suff. ed. Everitt, 84; The Impact of the First Civil War on Herts. ed. A. Thomson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxiii.), 31; SP25/77, pp. 863, 886; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 24. Col. of ft. June 1649-bef. Apr. 1651.M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), ii. 44, 60; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 434; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 243; 1651, p. 125. Gov. Guernsey Oct. 1649-Mar. 1650.Add. 11315, f. 2; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 69.

Central: commr. ct. martial, Oct. 1651;CSP Dom. 1651, p. 479; Add. 11315, f. 21. high ct. of justice, 13 June 1654; security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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: of Beaumonts, St Peter’s, St Albans, Herts.
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COXE, Alban (1605-65), of Beaumonts, St Peter’s, St Albans, Herts.

Will
30 Mar. 1664, pr. 7 June 1667.Herts. RO, 103AW4.
Estates
granted manor of Beaumonts by his uncle, John Coxe, 1630;Coventry Docquets, 603. lands estimated to be worth £166 p.a.HMC Verulam, 104.
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PYKERINGE, Sir Gilbert, 1st bt. (1611-68), of Titchmarsh, Northants., and Old Tilt Yard, Whitehall

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bap. 10 Mar. 1611, 1st s. of Sir John Pykeringe† of Titchmarsh and Susannah, da. of Sir Erasmus Dryden† of Canons Ashby.CB. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. Easter 1625, BA 1629; G. Inn 6 Nov. 1629.Al. Cant.; G. Inn Admiss. m. 1638, Elizabeth (d.1679), da. of Sir Sidney Montagu* of Hinchingbrooke, Hunts., 8s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. Jan. 1628; cr. bt. 5 June 1638. bur. 17 Oct. 1668 17 Oct. 1668.CB; Bridges, Northants. ii. 383-4, 387; Devon RO, 1038/M/T/13/100; Oxford DNB.
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Local: j.p. Northants. 13 Dec. 1639–?, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 360. Dep. lt. bef. June 1642.CJ ii. 614a. Commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; assessment, Northants. 24 Feb. 1643, 12 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr.,7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Westminster 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, Northants. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 332. Mdx. and Westminster 7 July 1657–31 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 243, 398. militia, Northants. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, Mdx., Northants. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 14, 370. Visitor, St John the Baptist Hosp. Northampton 16 Sept. 1657.C231/6, p. 375. Custos rot. Northants. 13 Sept. 1658-July 1660.C231/6, p. 404; C231/7, p. 14; A perfect list (1660).

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Oct. 1647.CJ v. 326b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652, 29 Apr., 9 July, 1 Nov., 16 Dec. 1653, 19 May 1659.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42a, 220a, 283a, 344a; Clarke Pprs. iii. 4; TSP i. 642; Woolrych, Commonwealth to Protectorate, 379. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649;CJ vi. 266b. cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. treaty with Utd. Provinces, 14 Mar. 1654;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 213. visitation Camb. Univ. 2 Sept. 1654.A. and O. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240. cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218. Ld. chief steward of Westminster, Aug. 1656.Clarke Pprs. iii. 69. Ld. chamberlain, c.Nov. 1657-May 1659.Bodl. Carte 73, f. 187; HMC 5th Rep., 152. Member, cttee. of safety, 26 Oct. 1659.Ludlow, Mems. ii. 131.

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: 1st bt. (1611-68), of Titchmarsh, Northants. 1611 – 68 and Old Tilt Yard, Whitehall.
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PYKERINGE, Sir Gilbert, 1st bt. (1611-68), of Titchmarsh, Northants., and Old Tilt Yard, Whitehall

Will
n.d., pr. 4 Dec. 1672.PROB11/340/458.
Estates
in 1638 owned manors of Somersett and Knowles, Titchmarsh, and advowson of Titchmarsh, Northants;Devon RO, 1038/M/T/13/100. granted 99-year lease of house in Old Tilt Yard, Whitehall, Oct. 1656.CSP Dom. 1656-7, p. 148.
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BLAKE, Robert (1599-1657), of Bridgwater, Som.

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bap. 27 Sept. 1599, 1st s. of Humphrey Blake of St Mary the Virgin, Bridgwater and Sarah, and Sarah (bur. 24 Dec. 1638), da. and coh. of John Williams of Pawlett, wid. of one Smithers; bro. of Alexander*.Bridgwater St Mary par. reg.; Vis. Som. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xi), 121; C.L. Stott, ‘Humphrey Blake...and his descendants in New Eng. and S. Carolina’, New Eng. Historical and Genealogical Reg. clxiii. 203-11. educ. Bridgwater g.s.;[J. Oldmixon], The Hist. and Life of Robert Blake [1740], 3-4. St Alban Hall, Oxf. 26 Jan. 1616, transferred Wadham, BA 10 Feb. 1618.Al. Ox. unm. suc. fa. 1625.Bridgwater St Mary par. reg. d. 7 Aug. 1657.CSP Dom. 1657-8, p. 57; Westminster Abbey Regs. 150, 521-2 .
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Civic: ?freeman, Dorchester 30 July 1629.Recs. of Dorchester, ed. Mayo, 425.

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of ?William Strode I*, 1642 – 43; lt.-col. regt. of Alexander Popham* by 1644;BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; CSP Dom. 1644, p. 335; SP28/17, f. 80. col. of ft. by 1645.CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 38. Gov. Taunton July 1644-bef. June 1647.LJ ix. 238b. Gen.-at-sea, 24 Feb. 1649, 28 Feb. 1651, 26 Nov. 1652, 17 Dec. 1653.A. and O.; CJ vi. 543b, vii. 222a, 362a; Soc. Antiq. MS 444A, ff. 9v-10.

Local: commr. sequestration, Som. 27 Mar. 1643; commr. for Som. 1 July 1644; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1656, 9 June 1657;A. and O. sewers, Jan. 1646–d.;C181/5, f. 268v; C181/6, pp. 74, 154. militia, 2 Dec. 1648. Feb. 1650 – d.A. and O. J.p. by; Essex, Mdx., Surr. Mar. 1655 – d.; Kent Mar. 1656–d.C231/6, pp. 306, 307, 328; QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xxi. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 9–235. ejecting scandalous ministers, Som. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Taunton, Bridgwater and Dunster classis, Som. 1647.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 421.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 12 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 138b. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1651.CJ vii. 42b-43a. Commr. admlty. and navy, 28 July, 3 Dec. 1653, 8 Nov. 1655.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 10.

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Likenesses: miniature, S. Cooper, early 1650s;NMM. oil on canvas, unknown.NMM.

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BLAKE, Robert (1599-1657), of Bridgwater, Som.

Will
13 Mar. 1656, pr. 20 Aug. and 2 Sept. 1657.PROB11/267/111.
Estates
inherited manor of Puriton cum Crandon, Som. 1625.PROB11/148/224; Coventry Docquets, 311.
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