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CORBETT, Robert (c.1606-76), of Stanwardine-in-the-Wood, Baschurch, Salop.

Family and Education
b. c.1606, o.s. of Thomas Corbett (bur. 18 Nov. 1615) of Stanwardine and Margaret, da. of Vincent Corbett of Moreton Corbet.Salop Archives, 6001/4077, p. 343; Vis. Salop, 1623, i. (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 138; Baschurch par. reg. educ. I. Temple 5 Mar. 1630.I. Temple database; I. Temple Admiss. 260. m. by 1636, Elizabeth (bur. 22 Mar. 1687), da. of Henry Ludlow† of Hill Deverill, Wilts. and Tadley, Hants, 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da.Ludlow, Mems. i. 438; 6001/4077, p. 343; Baschurch par. reg. suc. fa. on majority. bur. 20 Apr. 1676 20 Apr. 1676.Baschurch par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: sheriff, Salop 1635–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 120. J.p. 10 Aug. 1641–?, ?c.1645-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 476. Commr. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 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;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1068.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). west midlands cos. 10 Apr. 1643; levying of money, Salop 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;SR; A. and O. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, p. 375.

Religious: elder, second Salop classis, 1647.The Severall Divisions and Persons for Classicall Presbyteries (1647), 5.

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CORBETT, Robert (c.1606-76), of Stanwardine-in-the-Wood, Baschurch, Salop.

Will
none found.
Estates
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GODDARD, Guybon (1612-1671), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., King’s Lynn and Brampton, Norf.

Family and Education
bap. 13 Aug. 1612, o.s. of Thomas Goddard (d. 28 Oct. 1613) of East Rudham and Stanhoe, Norf. and Mary, da. of William Guybon of Watlington, Norf.East Rudham par. reg.; Vis. Norf. 1664, 83; London Vis. Peds. 1664 (Harl. Soc. xcii.), 68; Blomefield, Norf. vii. 41. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1629;T.A. Walker, Admissions to Peterhouse (Cambridge, 1912), 38; Al. Cant. L. Inn 1631.LI Admiss. 212. m. lic. 16 July 1642, Mary, da. of John Greene, sjt.-at-law, of Lincoln’s Inn and Bois Hall, Ongar, Essex, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 555; Vis. Norf. 1664, 83; London Vis. Peds. 68; PROB11/239, John Greene, 1654. suc. gdfa. 1628.PROB11/157, Thomas Goddard, 1630; Blomefield, Norf. vii. 41. d. 29 May 1671.Blomefield, Norf. vi. 438.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 1638;LI Black Bks. ii. 345. bencher, 1657; treas. commr. 1662 – 64; kpr. Black Bk. 1667; autumn reader, 1668; treas. 1669.LI Black Bks. iii. 16, 24, 37, 53, 54, 56, 58, 62, 67. Judge, sheriffs’ ct. London Mar. 1659.Wilts. RO, 9/34/3, p. 3. Sjt.-at-law, Nov. 1669–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 194, 409, 444.

Civic: counsel, King’s Lynn 1644 – 51; dep. gov. May 1645; dep. recorder, 1645 – 51; freeman, 1646; recorder, 1651–60.King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/9, ff. 168v, 187v; KL/C7/10, ff. 147, 303; H.J. Hillen, Hist. of the Borough of King’s Lynn [1907], 361.

Local: j.p. Norf. 11 Sept. 1645-Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 18. Commr. assessment, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level, 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/6, pp. 27, 381. Norf. and Suff. 20 Dec. 1658;C181/6, p. 39. London 24 July 1662;C181/7, p. 165. oyer and terminer, London 1 Apr. 1659–d.;CJ vii. 658a; C181/6, pp. 353, 357; C181/7, pp. 3, 565. Norf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 379. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol. 1 Apr. 1659–d.;C181/6, pp. 353, 357; C181/7, pp. 3, 565. militia, Norf. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

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GODDARD, Guybon (1612-1671), of Lincoln’s Inn, Mdx., King’s Lynn and Brampton, Norf.

Will
admon. 12 July 1671.PROB6/46, f. 87v.
Estates
he and his mother granted manor of Bagthorpe, Norf. by his grandfa., Thomas Goddard, 1616;WARD7/78/110. bought manor of Brampton, Norf. c.1650;Blomefield, Norf. vi. 436. owned the manor of Swanton Morley, Norf. 1659;Blomefield, Norf. x. 55-6. trustee for Clement Paston as lord of the manor of Binham, Norf. 1659.E.B. Burstall, ‘The Pastons and the manor of Binham’, Norf. Arch. xxx (1952), 125.
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CLEYPOOLE, John (1595-aft. 1664), of Northborough, Northants

Family and Education
bap. 13 Apr. 1595, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Adam Cleypoole of Northborough and 1st w. Dorothy, da. of Robert Wingfield of Upton, Rutland.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 250. educ. G. Inn 7 May 1619.G. Inn Admiss. i. 154. m. 1622 Mary (d.1661), da. of William Angel, merchant, of London and Peakirk, Northants., 8s. inc. John Claypoole* (1 d.v.p.) 4da.Northants. Past and Present i. pt. 4 (1951), p. 24; Noble, House of Cromwell ii. 374. suc. fa. 1634; cr. bt. 20 July 1657, Kntd. July 1657. d. aft. 1664.CB; Clarke Pprs. iii. 114.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, River Welland 26 Feb. 1634;C181/4, f. 161v. Deeping and Gt. Level 11 June 1635;C181/5, f. 10v. subsidy, Northants. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. oyer and terminer, liberty of Peterborough 3 Apr. 1641, 3 June 1654–29 Oct. 1660;C181/5, f. 195; C181/6, p. 36, 368. Northants. 20 Sept. 1644;C181/5, f. 243. Midland circ. 22 June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 371. gaol delivery, liberty of Peterborough 3 Apr. 1641 – aft.Dec. 1645, 3 June 1654–29 Oct. 1660;C181/5, ff. 195, 265v; C181/6, pp. 36, 368. Northants. 20 Sept. 1644.C181/5, f. 243. J.p. liberty of Peterborough 3 Apr. 1641, 3 June 1654–10 Oct. 1660;C181/5, f. 195; C181/6, pp. 36, 336; C181/7, p. 65. Northants. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 441; C193/13/3, f. 48. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Northants. 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 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., 1 June 1660.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. 23 Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 371a. Commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; New Model ordinance, Northants. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. Northants. and Rutland 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. ejecting scandalous ministers, Northants. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. charitable uses, Peterborough 1656.Northants. Past and Present i. pt. 4, p. 24.

Central: ?kpr. of exch. seal bef. July 1652.E404/238, unfol. Sub-commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 28 June 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 447. Clerk of the hanaper, July 1657, (jt.) 13 Mar. 1660.Clarke Pprs. v. 262.

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CLEYPOOLE, John (1595-aft. 1664), of Northborough, Northants

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited Northborough and Waldron Parks, Northants, and fens in par. of East Deeping and Deeping St James; worth £450 p.a;Noble, House of Cromwell ii. 373-4. office of clerk of hanaper worth £800 p.a.Clarke Pprs. v. 262n.
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RASHLEIGH, Jonathan (1591-1675), of Menabilly, Trewardreth, Cornw.

Family and Education
bap. 4 July 1591, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Rashleigh of Menabilly and Alice. da. of Richard Bonython of Carclew, Cornw.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 391-2. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 16 Oct. 1607;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 23 Nov. 1610.M. Temple Admiss. i. 96. m. (1) settlement 17 Dec. 1614,C142/405/150. Anne (d. 1631), da. of Sir Robert Bassett† of Umberleigh, Devon, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3 da. (1 d.v.p.);Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 392. (2) c.1645,Coate, Cornw. 234; Cornw. RO, CF/2773, R/3623. Mary (d. 1674), da. of John Harris I† of Lanrest, Cornw. s.p. suc. fa. 1624. d. 1 May 1675.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 391-2.
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Local: commr. piracy, Cornw. 1626, 1637–11 Feb. 1641.C181/3, f. 196; C181/5, f. 83v. Sheriff, 4 Nov. 1627.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. Stannator, Blackmore, Cornw. 15 Aug. 1636, 1673.Add. 6713, ff. 167v, 175. Commr. further subsidy, Cornw. 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 29 June 1642.Northants RO, FH133, unfol. J.p. 15 July 1642 – ?46, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/5, p. 527; C220/9/4. Recvr. of plate (roy.), Apr. 1643.Coate, Cornw. 110. Commr. excise (roy.), 17 May 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 209. subsidy, 1663.SR. Dep. lt. 1664, Mar. 1670–d.Cornw. RO, CA/B38/64; SP44/35A, f.5v. Commr. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

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RASHLEIGH, Jonathan (1591-1675), of Menabilly, Trewardreth, Cornw.

Will
not found.
Estates
as early as 1616 described as of ‘great wealth’ but later estimates confused by successful concealment in the 1650s: his ‘particular’ listed only £415 of real estate, but on composition his fine was set at £1,105.Keeler, Long Parliament, 321. Inherited (1624) manors of Lantyan, Polruan, Trevedon, Treyre; manor and lands in Trewardreth par. (inc. Menabilly), properties and land in Fowey, houses and land in Plymouth, Devon.C142/405/150; PROB11/143/702. On 2nd marriage acquired manors of Wigburrow, Lyde, Bridge and part of Yeovilton, Dorset and Somerset.Cornw. RO, CF/2773. Until ‘discovered’ in 1656, enjoyed fishing rights in Fowey River, from duchy of Cornw.Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 40.
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WEAVER, John (d. 1685), of Little Casterton and North Luffenham, Rutland, and Stamford, Lincs.

Family and Education
b. aft. 1599, 1st. s. of Christopher Weaver of Stamford and London, Mercer, and Alice (d. 15 June 1636), da. of John Greene of Market Overton, Rutland.PROB11/120, f. 6v; PROB11/204, f. 168v; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 1046-7; R. Carruthers, Hist. of Huntingdon, 259-60. m. bef. 1632, Katherine (bur. 24 Dec. 1655), da. of Henry Rastall of Stamford, 5s. (?3 d.v.p.).PROB11/204, ff. 168v-169; Stamford Town Hall, Title deeds and leases, 8A/1/69; Lincs. Peds. 1047; J. Simpson, ‘Lincs. MPs in the Long Parl.’, Lincs. N and Q i. 63. suc. fa. Dec. 1647;St. Ann, Blackfriars, London par. reg. (bur. entry for 4 Dec. 1647). bur. 28 Mar. 1685 28 Mar. 1685.Simpson, ‘Lincs. MPs’, 63-4.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Stamford 25 Oct. 1631–d.;Stamford Town Hall, Hall Bk. 1, f. 364. London, 5 July 1639–?d.IHR, ROLLCO. Comburgess, Stamford 17 Feb. 1648-c.Aug. 1661.Stamford Town Hall, Hall Bk. 1, f. 428; Hall Bk. 2, f. 10v.

Military: treas. Eastern Assoc. army, Aug. 1643-Feb. 1645;SP28/139, pt. 1, f. 32; Holmes, Eastern Assoc. 128, 131–3. judge adv. by Aug. 1644-c.Apr. 1645.A Continuation of True Intelligence no. 6 (10–27 July 1644), 12 (E.4.6); CSP Dom. 1644–5, pp. 152–3.

Central: member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 5 Oct. 1647, 20 June 1659.CJ v. 326b; vii. 689b. Commr. for Channel Islands, 3 Nov. 1647;CJ v. 325b, 349a. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 8 Feb. 1649;CJ vi. 134b. cttee. for the army, 20 July 1649,CJ vi. 265a. 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;A. and O. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649.CJ vi. 266b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.A. and O. Commr. care of Tower, 26 Dec. 1659;CJ vii. 797a. for governing army, 28 Dec. 1659.CJ vii. 798b. Cllr. of state, 31 Dec. 1659, 25 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 800b; A. and O. Commr. admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.

Local: commr. assessment, Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Rutland, 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). Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, Lincs., Rutland 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p. Kesteven; Rutland 30 Sept. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 269. Commr. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650.Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Rutland 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 15, 370. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. inquiry, Leighfield Forest, Rutland 4 Mar. 1657;C181/6, p. 220. for public faith, Rutland 16 Dec. 1657;SP25/77, p. 332. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 22 Sept. 1659.C181/6, p. 393.

Irish: commr. Ireland, 4 Oct. 1650, 19 Jan. 1660.CJ vi. 480a; vii. 815b.

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WEAVER, John (d. 1685), of Little Casterton and North Luffenham, Rutland, and Stamford, Lincs.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1641, leased lands in Chapeltown, Ecclesfield, Kimberworth and Rotherham, Yorks., from Sir William Savile*.Notts. RO, DD/SR/9/168. In 1646, purchased capital messuage of Southwood and 194 acres of land in parishes of Chelmsford and Writtle, Essex, for £400.C54/3349/24. In 1652-3, purchased lease of castle of and lands in Simmons Court, near Dublin (the lease was granted to his s. John the following year).Eg. 1762, f. 71v. In 1652, Weaver and another gentleman purchased rectory of Castle Donnington, Leics., with messuage, lands and tenements belonging, from John Manners*, 8th earl of Rutland for £2,000 (Weaver borrowed £1,000 by statute staple in 1652).C54/3673/34; LC4/203, f. 211v. In 1659, estate inc. a messuage in Seething Lane, London, and property in North Luffenham.Lincs. RO, 3-ANC/1/40/3. In 1665, his house in North Luffenham assessed at 10 hearths.Rutland Hearth Tax 1665 ed. J. Bourne, A. Goode, 18.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
lodgings in Whitehall Palace (July-Oct. 1659).Bodl. Rawl. C.179, pp. 154-5.
Religion
presented Richard Sharpe to rectory of Sedgebrook, Lincs., 1652.Add. 36792, f. 54v.
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GLAPTHORNE, George (c.1594-1667), of Whittlesey, Cambs.

Family and Education
b. c. 1594, 1st s. of Thomas Glapthorne of Whittlesey, Cambs. and his 1st w., Mary, da. of George Wallis.Vis. Cambs. 1575 and 1619 (Harl. Soc. xli), 75. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1607.Al. Cant. m. 14 Nov. 1619 ‘aged 25’, Sara Compton (d. 1669) of Whittlesey, 1s. 6da. (1d.v.p.).CUL, EDR G/2/21, f. 281v; H3/85/1; H3/81/19-20; H3/81/22; H3/81/25-7; H3/81/34; H3/81/53. suc. fa. aft. 1619.Vis. Cambs. 1575 and 1619, 75. bur. 4 Sept. 1667 4 Sept. 1667.CUL, EDR H3/81/50.
Offices Held

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1628-aft. 1641.N. Carlisle, An inquiry into the Gentlemen of His Majesty's Privy Chamber (1829), 131; The Portraiture of the Mighty Monarch Charles (1639); LC3/1, f. 25.

Local: commr. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1629 – aft.Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654 – aft.July 1659; Ancholme Level 1634 – aft.Feb. 1635; Upper Levels, Kent and Suss. 1638; I. of Ely 13 Sept. 1644; Norf., Suff. and I. of Ely 7 Sept. 1660-aft. Aug. 1664.Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/3; Norf. RO, Hare 5112; Hare 5136; Hare 5125; National Art Lib. V. and A., MSL/1921/320; Beds. RO, X171/9; J1053: order of Gt. Level sewers commrs. 13 June 1636; Cambs. RO, R.59.31.9.1A, unfol.; C181/4, ff. 95, 170, 201; C181/5, ff. 11, 98, 113, 242, 269v; C181/6, pp. 28, 381; C181/7, pp. 41, 287. J.p. I. of Ely 1632–1657.Coventry Docquets, 67; C231/5, p. 90. Commr. gaol delivery, 1636-aft. Aug. 1645, 4 Mar. 1654–29 July 1659;C181/5, ff. 45, 258v; C181/6, pp. 20, 284. swans, 1639;C181/5, f. 148. assessment, Cambs. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1643; I. of Ely 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, 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, Cambs. 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Camb. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Cambs. and I. of Ely 2 Dec. 1648; I. of Ely 14 Mar. 1655.A. and O.; SP25/76A, f. 16v. Chief bailiff, I. of Ely by 1654-bef. 1661.CSP Dom. 1654, p. 327; N. Walker and T. Craddock, The Hist. of Wisbech and the Fens (Wisbech, 1849), 546. Commr. poll tax, Cambs. 1660.SR.

Mercantile: overseer gen. Bedford Level Co. June 1649–?Cambs. RO, R.59.31.9.1, second foliation, f. 8v.

Central: register, prerogative ct. for probate of wills and granting lttrs. of admon. ?1655–?1660.Bodl. Rawl. 28, p. 262.

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GLAPTHORNE, George (c.1594-1667), of Whittlesey, Cambs.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited lands at Whittlesey from his father; may have sold some of them to Francis Russell, 4th earl of Bedford, and Jerome Weston, 2nd earl of Portland; lands at Whittlesey inherited by his son, Robert.
Oxford 1644
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ALLIN, Mathew (bef. 1606-67), of Melcombe Regis, Dorset.

Family and Education
b. bef. 1606, s. of John Allin of Weymouth;C54/3199. suc. fa. by 1639;C54/3199. m. ?, 3s.Add. 34326, f. 1. d. bef. Sept. 1667.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. v. 140. Signature ‘Mathew Allin’.Add. 34,326, f. 1.
Offices Held

Civic: alderman, Weymouth bef. 1623; auditor, Nov. 1627, Oct. 1628, Sept. 1630;Weymouth Min. Bks. 13, 15, 18. bailiff , Sept. 1628, Sept. 1632; assessor of Ship Money, Feb. 1639; overseer of the poor, Apr. 1640;Weymouth Min. Bks. 13–15, 18, 23, 44, 47. mayor and surveyor of customs, Sept. 1642.Add. 34326, f. 1.

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ALLIN, Mathew (bef. 1606-67), of Melcombe Regis, Dorset.

Will
admon. 26 Sept. 1667.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. v. 140.
Estates
purchased two burgages with houses and another plot of land, Melcombe Regis, for £130 in Dec. 1639;C54/3199. assessed at £2 in lands, Weymouth, Oct. 1641.E179/105/331, m. 1d.
Oxford 1644
No
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SMITH, Edward (c.1628-1707), of Edmondthorpe, Leics.

Family and Education
b. c. 1628, 2nd s. of Edward Smith (d. 1632) of Cressy Hall, Surfleet, Lincs., and Elizabeth (d. 1629), da. and h. of Sir Edward Heron of Cressy Hall.Nichols, Leics. ii. 181; CB. educ. L. Inn 8 Feb. 1649.L. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 1654, Constance (d. 28 Mar. 1681), da. of Sir William Spencer, 2nd bt. of Yarnton, Oxon., 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. (2) lic. 4 May 1682, Frances (d. 30 Nov. 1692), da. of Sir George Marwood*, 1st bt. of Little Busby, Stokesley, Yorks., and wid. of Sir Richard Weston of G. Inn and Hackney, Mdx., s.p.; (3) Bridget (bur. 3 Jan. 1700), wid. of Richard Bayly of G. Inn and Woodford, Essex, s.p.Nichols, Leics. ii. 181, 185; CB; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1241; Leics. RO, DE3214/389; Oxford DNB, ‘Sir Richard Weston’. suc. gdfa. 1655;Nichols, Leics. ii. 180. cr. 1st bt. 20 Mar. 1661.CB. d. 6 Sept. 1707.Nichols, Leics. ii. 181.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Leics. 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1661, 1677, 1679, 1692–d.;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O.; SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. ?militia, Leics. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659;SP25/76A, f. 16v; A. and O. ?securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1655.TSP iv. 335. J.p. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660. Commr. poll tax, 1660; enclosures, Deeping fen 1665.SR. Sheriff, Leics. 12 Nov. 1665–7 Nov. 1666.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 75.

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SMITH, Edward (c.1628-1707), of Edmondthorpe, Leics.

Will
admon. 3 Oct. 1707.CB.
Estates
1661, estate reckoned to be worth c.£800 p.a.Burke, Commoners, i. 690.
Oxford 1644
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LUCY, Fulk (1631-77), of Goyt Hall, Henbury, Prestbury, Cheshire.

Family and Education
bap. 1 Feb. 1631, 6th s. of Sir Thomas Lucy*, bro. of Richard Lucy*. m. c. 1656 Isabel (bur. 5 June 1689), da. and h. of William Davenport of Henbury, 8s. (4 d.v.p.), 5da. (2 d.v.p.)Charlecote, Warws. par. reg.; Prestbury par. reg.; Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 94-5; A. Fairfax-Lucy, Charlecote and the Lucys (1958), 171. Kntd. by 1661.Ormerod, Cheshire, iii. 708. d. 26 Aug. 1677.HP Commons 1660-1690, ‘Sir Fulk Lucy’.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Cheshire 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677;A. and O.; An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Westminster 1677;SR. militia, Cheshire 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar. 1660–d.A Perfect List (1660). Commr. subsidy, 1663.SR. Gov. King’s sch. Macclesfield, Cheshire 16 Dec. 1662–d.Cheshire RO, SP 3/4/20.

Religious: churchwarden, Prestbury 1661–2.Warws. RO, L6/1684, f. 68.

Military: capt. of horse, regt. of Charles, 1st Baron Gerard, 1666–7.CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 557.

: of Goyt Hall, Cheshire., Henbury.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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LUCY, Fulk (1631-77), of Goyt Hall, Henbury, Prestbury, Cheshire.

Will
not found.
Estates
by marriage acquired manors of Henbury, Pexall, Bredbury alias Bradbury, Warneth and Romilly, Cheshire.Cheshire RO, Mf 122/3/MA T/I/50.
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Addresses
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COVENTRY, John (c. 1612-52), of Barton Grange, Pitminster, Som.

Family and Education
b. c. 1612 2nd. surv. s. of Sir Thomas Coventry†, Baron Coventry of Aylesborough (d. 1640) of Croome d’Abitot, Worcs., ld. kpr. of the great seal, and 2nd w. Elizabeth (d. 1653), da. of John Aldersey of London, Haberdasher, wid. of William Pichford of London.Nash, Collections, i. 261. educ. St John’s, Camb. 1625; I. Temple 21 May 1626.Al. Cant.; I. Temple admissions database. m. 1634 Elizabeth (bur. 30 Sept. 1652) da. of John Colles of Barton, Pitminster, Som., wid. of Herbert Dodington of Somerley, Hants, 1da. d.v.p. 1s.Pitminster par. reg.; Worcs. Archives, Coventry mss, F44/1; Collinson, Som. iii. 285. bur. 29 Apr. 1652 29 Apr. 1652.Pitminster par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Som. 27 Dec. 1634 – Aug. 1641; Wilts. 28 Aug. 1641–?C231/5, pp. 152, 481; Coventry Docquets, 70. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 23 Jan. 1635-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, f. 193v; C181/5, ff. 5v, 221. Som. 20 July 1640, 15 Oct. 1643.C181/5, f. 183; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 81. Custos rot. July 1636-bef. 28 Aug. 1641.C231/5, p. 211. Dep. lt. c.1637-c.1639.Barnes, Som. 317. Commr. enclosing and dividing King’s Sedgemoor, Som. Feb. 1638, Aug. 1639;C231/5, pp. 276, 352. making River Parrett navigable, Bridgwater to Taunton, Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 99; C231/5, p. 283. surveying Petherton Forest 30 June 1638;Bodl. Bankes 51/5. charitable uses, Som. Nov. 1639;C231/5, p. 357. sewers, 13 July 1641;C181/5, f. 204v. array (roy.), Som., Wilts. 18 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. rebels’ estates (roy.), Som. 10 July, 1 Sept. 1643; contributions (roy.), 25 Sept. 1643; accts. (roy.), 25 Apr. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 55, 70, 75, 194.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) ?1642–46.CCC 1678.

Central: commr. inquiry into officers abandoning king’s service (roy.), 8 Feb. 1643; officers abandoning ct. of wards and liveries (roy.), 8 Feb. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 4.

Civic: freeman, Exeter 26 Feb. 1646.Devon RO, Exeter Chamber Act Bk. viii. f. 173.

: of Barton Grange, Som., Pitminster.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

COVENTRY, John (c. 1612-52), of Barton Grange, Pitminster, Som.

Will
admon. 1653.PROB13/57.
Estates
lands in Chadenwich, Wilts.; lease of tithe of mills, Taunton Deane, Som.; manors of Clifton and Haunton, Staffs. and Derbs., Stixwold and Halsteed, Lincs. (on death of mo.); manor of Wilscombe, Trull rectory, impropriation of Corfe, Som.; lands in Kingsbury West, East Curry, Pitminster and Otterford, Som., Somerley, Hants, Llandenny and Penyclawdd, Mon. (in right of w. only).SP23/183, ff. 464-6; Worcs. Archives, Coventry mss, F44/1; E179/172/410.
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Addresses
Religion
advowson of Pitminster, Som.SP23/183, ff. 464-6; Somerset Incumbents ed. F.W. Weaver (Bristol 1889), 419-20.
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