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LAWSON, Sir Wilfrid (c.1610-88), of Isel, Cumb.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1610, o.s. of William Lawson of Isel, and Judith, da. and h. of William Bewley of Hesket Newmarket, Caldbeck, Cumb.Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 77; Nicolson, Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. ii. 96; CB. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 21 Nov. 1628, aged 1617.Al. Ox. m. by 1636, Jane (d. 8 June 1677), da. of Sir Edward Musgrave† of Hayton Castle, Aspatria, Cumb. 5s. inc. Wilfrid* (2 d.v.p.) 8da.Nicolson, Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. ii. 96; Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 77; CB. Kntd. 26 Feb. 1641;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 208. suc. fa. c.1654;Nicolson, Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. ii. 96. cr. bt. 31 Mar. 1688.CB. d. 13 Dec. 1688.Nicolson, Burn, Westmld. and Cumb. ii. 96.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cumb. 24 May 1642 – 5 May 1643, 11 Oct. 1643–d.;C231/3, p. 42; C231/5, p. 524; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 34, 85. Westmld. 11 Oct. 1643-bef. Jan. 1650.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 85. Commr. array (roy.), Cumb. 18 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1688; Westmld. 9 June 1657. 8 Apr. 1645 – 6 Feb. 1647A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Sheriff, Cumb., 10 Nov. 1653–7.LJ vii. 311a; CJ vii. 348a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 28. Commr. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645.A. and O. Dep. lt. 6 Dec. 1645–?, 11 Oct. 1660–d.CJ iv. 368a; SP 29/11, f. 194; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/7/8; Penal Laws and Test Act ed. G. Duckett (1882), i. 29, 435. Commr. charitable uses, 2 June 1647;C93/19/24. northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–15 July 1659;C181/6, pp. 18, 280, 376. northern borders 2 Mar. 1663- aft. Mar. 1667;C181/7, pp. 194, 392. surveying church livings, Westmld. c.4 July, 18 Nov. 1656; Cumb. c.2 Aug. 1656.Nightingale, Ejected of Cumb. and Westmld. 1300–2, 1311–12. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. for public faith, Cumb. 16 Dec. 1657;SP25/77, p. 331. poll tax, 1660.SR. Capt. militia ft. Oct. 1660–?SP29/18, f. 113; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 313. Commr. subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 22 July 1675.CTB iv. 789.

Military: lt.-col. of ft. (roy.) aft. June 1642-bef. Sept. 1644.Phillips, ‘Gentry in Cumb. and Westmld.’, 294. C.-in-c. (parlian.) Cumb. and Westmld. 4 Sept. 1644–15 May 1646. Col. of horse and ft. 4 Sept. 1644–15 Jan. 1648. Gov. Millom, Cockermouth and Rose castles, and St Herbert’s Is. Cumb. 4 Sept. 1644–15 May 1646.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLWA/4/1/8; DLAW/7/1/6. Capt. militia, Cumb. 10 Oct. 1648–5 Jan. 1649;SP28/266, unfol. Cumb. and Westmld. by July 1655–13 July 1659.SP28/249, unfol.; SP25/77, pp. 862, 885; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 24.

Civic: freeman, Carlisle 14 Oct. 1648–d.;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/1. alderman, 14 Oct. 1648–?;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), CA/2/1. mayor, Oct. 1652 – Oct. 1653, Oct. 1656-Oct. 1657.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DMH/10/5/17, p. 310; CA/2/21/9, 10.

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

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LAWSON, Sir Wilfred (c.1610-88), of Isel, Cumb.
: of Isel, Cumb.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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LAWSON, Sir Wilfrid (c.1610-88), of Isel, Cumb.

Will
17 Oct. 1683, pr. 23 May 1689.Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Prerogative wills, May 1689.
Estates
in 1652, purchased, for £5,525 18s, 126 fee farm rents in Cumb. worth £394 14s p.a.SP28/288, f. 55. In about 1654, inherited manor and rectory of Isel, manors of Bassenthwaite, Borrowdale, Brackenthwaite, Heskett, Loweswater, Sebergham and Thackthwaite, Cumb.; manor of Little Usworth, co. Dur.; Isel Old Park; a house and property in Setmurthy, nr. Cockermouth; mills, tithes etc. in Aspatria and Torpenhow; and collieries in Distington, Cumb.C142/486/106; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/1/104, 115, 194, 241, 242; DLAW/1/213/1; DLAW/2/5; DLAW/3/1/19-20. In 1657-8, purchased a manor and tenements in Carlisle.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/1/115; DLAW/3/6; DLAW/3/16/2-4; DLAW/4/1/9. In 1658, purchased manors and capital messuages of Brayton and Hensingham, Cumb., for £2,000.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/1/101/3-4; DLAW/1/285/1; DLAW/3/1/19; DLAW/4/5/1.
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Whitehall (1656).Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/7/1/4.
Religion
presented Richard Fletcher to rectory of Isel, Cumb., 1661; George Starke, 1669.IND1/17005, f. 7.
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CHOLMLEY, Henry (1609-66), of West Newton Grange, Oswaldkirk, and Barlow, Yorks.

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bap. 2 Feb. 1609, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Richard Cholmley† (d. 23 Sept. 1631) of Whitby, and 1st w. Susan (d. 1611), da. of John Legard, merchant, of London and Ganton, Yorks.;W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/210, unfol.; Cholmley Mems. ed. J. Binns (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. cliii), 77; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 254. bro. of Sir Hugh Cholmeley*. educ. G. Inn 10 Aug. 1618;G. Inn Admiss. 152. I. Temple 28 June 1628;I. Temple database. travelled abroad 1633.PC2/43, f. 22. m. 3 Feb. 1636, Katherine (d. 11 June 1672), da. of Henry Stapleton of Wighill, Yorks., wid. of Sir George Twisleton, 1st bt. of Barlow, Yorks. 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/210; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 254. Kntd. 27 Dec. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 211. d. 30 June 1666.W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/210.
Offices Held

Local: lt.-col. militia ft. Yorks. (N. Riding) by Apr. – Aug. 1640; col. Aug. 1640–2;Add. 36913, f. 45; Cholmley Mems. 99, 101, 140; J. Binns, Yorks. in the Civil Wars (Preston, 1996), 18. W. Riding 27 Mar. 1660–?d.Notts. RO, DD/SR/216/1. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; N. Riding 1660. 16 Aug. 1641 – bef.Jan. 1650SR. J.p., Mar. 1660 – d.; W. Riding 4 Mar. 1642 – bef.Jan. 1650, Mar. 1660–d.;C231/5, pp. 472, 510; A Perfect List (1660). Westmld. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660). Commr. disarming recusants, W. Riding 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; N. Riding 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.SR; A. and O.; CJ vii. 821a; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. Yorks. 28 Apr. 1642–?;W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/10/1. N. Riding 11 Sept. 1660–d.SP29/5/110, f. 130; W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/10/8. Commr. levying of money, N., W. Riding 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. sequestration, 17 Feb. 1644.LJ vi. 431a. Steward and bailiff, honor and borough of Knaresborough c.May 1644-aft. Mar. 1646.Bodl. Nalson XIV, ff. 228r-v Commr. Northern Assoc. N., W. Riding 20 June 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, W. Riding 21 Feb. 1648;C93/19/33. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. N., W. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 18, 362. subsidy, N. Riding 1663;SR. sewers, 9 May 1664–d.C181/7, p. 248.

Central: commr. to attend king at York, 2 May 1642.CJ ii. 553a Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

Military: col. of ft. (parlian.) 29 July 1642 – 12 Mar. 1644, 4 June-8 Oct. 1660.SP28/253A, pt. 1, ‘Liber B’, f. 86; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 404. Col. militia ft. N. Riding 1 June-Nov. 1648.Add. 36996, f. 122; Packets of Letters from Scotland, Newcastle, York, and Lancashire (1648), 5 (E.446.3); Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 1325.

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CHOLMLEY, Sir Henry (1609-66), of West Newton Grange, Yorks.
: of West Newton Grange, Oswaldkirk and Yorks., Barlow.
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Commons 1640-1660
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CHOLMLEY, Henry (1609-66), of West Newton Grange, Oswaldkirk, and Barlow, Yorks.

Will
2 Jan. 1666, pr. 23 Jan. 1667.PROB11/323, f. 22v.
Estates
in 1636, acquired by marriage manor of Barlow and lands in Copgrove, Yorks. and a house in St John Street, Clerkenwell.C142/564/166. In 1637, purchased a moiety of manor and advowson of Copgrove and other property in parish of Aldborough, Yorks.C54/3084/7; Coventry Docquets, 695. In 1639, purchased manor of West Newton Grange from George Manners†, 7th earl of Rutland for £3,300.C54/3215/8; W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/226. Cholmley’s estate bef. the civil war was worth about £1,000 p.a.Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 228v. During 1650s, estate inc. lease of sequestered lands in Yorks. (worth in excess of £500 p.a.), Clifford’s Tower, York, and one sixth of Sir Hugh Cholmeley’s alum works, which he let for £150 p.a.C10/52/50; C10/68/23; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 446; CCC 2062; Cholmley Mems. 111.
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Covent Garden, London (1640) Cumberland House, Clerkenwell Green, London (1643, 1645).W. Yorks. Archives (Bradford), Tong/3/210.
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SEYMOUR, Sir John (c.1587-1663), of Bitton and Frampton Cotterell, Glos.

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b. c. 1587, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Seymour of Frampton Cotterell and Elizabeth, da. of John Webb.LPL, Comm. XIIa.15/130; Notes on the Diocese of Gloucester by Chancellor Richard Parsons ed. J. Fendley (Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc., Glos. Rec. Ser. x), 264. educ. M. Temple 18 Oct. 1602.MTR i. 425. m. (1) 19 Dec. 1611 Ann, da. of William Poulett of Cottles, Wilts. 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Elizabeth (d. bef. Sept. 1637), da. of George White, merchant of Bristol, s.p.Wilts. RO, marriage transcripts; PROB11/175/90; H.T. Ellacombe, The Hist. of the Parish of Bitton (Exeter, 1881), 89. Kntd. 9 Apr. 1605.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137. suc. fa. Apr. 1627.Ellacombe, Hist. of Bitton, 89. d. 17 Nov. 1663.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith i. 207.
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Local: commr. sewers, Glos. 26 June 1635–42. 16 July 1639 – 7 Mar. 1643C181/5, p. 13; Glos. Ct. of Sewers 1583–1642 ed. R. Hewlett (Glos. Rec. Ser. xxxv), 290, 329. J.p., ? 1646 – 20 Mar. 1649, Mar. 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 77; C231/3, p. 6; C231/5, p. 349; C231/6, p. 145; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 14. Dep. lt. 12 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 291b. Commr. sequestration, Glos. and Gloucester 27 Mar. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, Glos. 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Glos. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR; A. and O.

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SEYMOUR, Sir John (c.1587-1663), of Bitton and Frampton Cotterell, Glos.
: of Bitton and Glos., Frampton Cotterell.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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SEYMOUR, Sir John (c.1587-1663), of Bitton and Frampton Cotterell, Glos.

Will
14 June 1663, pr. 7 Feb. 1664.PROB11/313/228.
Estates
lessee of Bitton prebend, Salisbury cathedral, by lease of 13 Feb. 1636, at annual rent of £26.LPL, Comm. XIIa. 15/130.
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TEMPLER, Dudley (1627-66), of Wethersfield, Essex.

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bap. 27 July 1627, s. of Thomas Templer of Dillington, Gt. Staughton, Hunts. and Lettice, da. of Thomas Dudley of Harrold, Beds.PROB11/303/171; Al. Cant. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1645.Al. Cant. m. bef. 17 Aug. 1657, Mary, ?da. of Christopher Purple.PROB11/303/171. suc. fa. aft. 17 Aug. 1657-bef. 4 Oct. 1660.PROB11/303/171. bur. Mar. 1666 ?Mar. 1666.St Mary Magdalene, Wethersfield, par. reg. transcript (Essex Soc. for Fam. Hist.).
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Essex 7 Jan. 1651–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 205; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xl. Commr. militia by Sept. 1651, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659;SP28/227: warrants, 20 Aug. 1651; SP25/76A, f. 15v; A. and O. assessment, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Hunts. 9 June 1657; ejecting scandalous ministers, Essex 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). gaol delivery, Colchester 19 Apr. 1655, 20 Mar. 1656;C181/6, pp. 103, 150. securing peace of commonwealth, Essex by Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 317. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

Military: maj. militia, Essex by Oct. 1651-Aug. 1659.SP28/227: warrant, 16 Sept. 1651; SP25/77, pp. 864, 887. Lt.-col. vol. regt. of horse, Aug. 1659-Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 749a; CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 310.

Central: commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

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TEMPLER, Dudley (1627-66), of Wethersfield, Essex.
: of Wethersfield, Essex.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

TEMPLER, Dudley (1627-66), of Wethersfield, Essex.

Will
admon. 2 July 1666.PROB6/41, f. 131.
Estates
mortgaged lands at Bardfield Saling, Great Saling and Shalford, Essex, for £1,720, 1662.Essex RO, D/DZu/202. Interest in lands at Aldbury, Herts.C8/139/132; C8/185/169.
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DUCKETT, William (1624-86), of Calston House, Calne and Hartham, Corsham, Wilts.

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bap. 23 May 1624, 1st s. of John Duckett† of Calstone and Jane, da. of William Winter of Calford, Glos.Vis. Wilts. 1623 (Harl. Soc. cv-vi), 51. educ. St John’s, Oxf. 3 July 1640; I.Temple Nov. 1641.Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. 310. m. (1) by 1651, Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Henshaw of Kensington, Mdx., 1s. (2) 1655, Anne (d. c. 1667), da. of George Knight, mercer, of Bristol, wid. of Walter Chapman of Bath, 1da. (3) lic. 14 Sept. 1669,E. Neville, Salisbury Marriage Licences, 284. Margaret, da. of Sir Henry Moore, 2nd bt., of Fawley, Berks., s.p. suc. fa. 1648. d. 1 Nov. 1686.G.F. Duckett, Duchetiana (1874), 40-3.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Wilts. 16 July 1650 – 18 July 1654, Mar. 1660 – Apr. 1680, July 1680–d.C231/6, pp. 190, 294; C193/12/3; C193/13/4; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. assessment, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Maj. militia ft. Apr. 1660; col. by Apr. 1680, July 1680–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. poll tax, 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 698. Dep. lt. 1675 – Apr. 1680, July 1680–d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: freeman, Calne 1685–d.CSP Dom. 1685, p. 535.

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DUCKETT, William (1624-86), of Hartham, Corsham, Wilts.
: of Calston House, Calne and Hartham, Wilts., Corsham.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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DUCKETT, William (1624-86), of Calston House, Calne and Hartham, Corsham, Wilts.

Will
1 Nov. 1686, pr. 3 Jan. 1687.PROB11/386/4.
Estates
manors of Calne, Calston and Calston Wellington, Hartham, Corsham, and other property in Wilts.VCH Wilts. xvii. 100-1, 124-5. By d. owned houses and lands in Bath, Som.PROB11/386/4.
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BETHELL, Slingisby (1618-97), of ?St Paul, Covent Garden, London.

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Family and Education
bap. 27 Feb. 1618, 3rd s. of Sir Walter Bethell (bur. 2 Mar. 1623) of Alne, Yorks. and Mary (bur. 20 Sept. 1662), da. of Sir Henry Slingsby† of Scriven, Knaresborough.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 133. educ. appr. leatherseller, London 19 Nov. 1630.Leathersellers’ Co. Recs. Reg. of Apprentices, 19 Nov. 1630. m. by Aug. 1657, Mary (bur. 13 June 1667), da. and coh. of Abraham Burrell* of Midloe, Hunts., s.p.PROB11/281, f. 335; St Paul’s Covent Garden Par. Regs. ed. W.H. Hunt (Harl. Soc. xxxvi), 43; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 133. d. 4 Feb. 1697.HMC 5th Rep. 386.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, London Leathersellers Co. 29 Oct. 1650; liveryman, c. 1651; master, 1692–3.Leathersellers’ Co. Recs., Ct. Min. Bk. 29 Oct. 1650. Common cllr. London 1651-c.1653;J. Farnell, ‘The Politics of the City of London (1649–57)’ (Chicago Univ. PhD thesis, 1963), 373. dep. alderman, 1651-c.1653;A. and O. ii. 668; Farnell, ‘City of London’, 373. sheriff, 1680–1.Beaven, Aldermen of London, 164.

Local: commr. assessment, London 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; London militia, 7 July 1659; militia, Hunts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List of All Such Persons as by Commission...are Now Confirmed to be...Justices of the Peace and Quorum (1660), 22.

Military: col. militia, London by Nov. 1659–?A True Narrative of the Procs. in Parliament (1659), 64–5 (E.1010.24).

Central: cllr. of state, 2 Jan. 1660.CJ vii. 801a. Commr. admlty. and navy, 2 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 825b; A. and O.

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BETHELL, Slingisby (1618-97), of ?St Paul, Covent Garden, London.
: of ?St Paul, London., Covent Garden.
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Likenesses: line engraving, W. Sherwin, 1680;BM. pen and ink drawing, unknown.NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BETHELL, Slingisby (1618-97), of ?St Paul, Covent Garden, London.

Will
6 Oct. 1694, pr. 5 Mar. 1697.PROB11/437, f. 329v.
Estates
in 1651, purchased about 105 acres in Forest of Galtres, Yorks. from the treason trustees.E112/347/232; E112/348/304; E134/1659/EAST13. In 1652, Bethell and another gentleman purchased, for £867 13s, 4 fee farm rents in Yorks. worth £66 14s p.a.SP28/288, f. 58. In 1652, Bethell and another gentleman purchased manor of Compton Bassett, Wilts. from the treason trustees, which they sold in 1653.CCC 2859; VCH Wilts. xvii. 150. In c.1652, purchased manor of Kirk Deighton, Yorks. from the treason trustees.CCC 2191. In 1685-6, estate reportedly worth above £1,500 p.a.Add. 41812, f. 224v. At d. estate inc. messuages, lands, tithes and leases in Cawood and Wistow, Yorks.PROB11/437, f. 330.
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Ironmonger Lane, London (1635);Leeds Univ. Lib. DD56/M/2. lodgings, Palace of Whitehall (Jan. 1660).CSP Dom. 1659-60, pp. 307, 325.
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COWPER, James (1622-83), of Westminster.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 8 Dec. 1622, 5th s. of Sir William Cowper, 1st bt. (d.1664), of Ratling Court, Nonington, Kent and Martha, da. of James Master of East Langdon, Kent.Par. Regs. of St. Michael, Cornhill, London, ed. J.L. Chester (Harl. Soc. vii.), 116; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 194; Berry, Pedigrees Herts. 168; VCH Herts. Fams. 135-6. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1640;Al. Cant. L. Inn 1643, called 1650.LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 387. m. 9 May 1657, Anne (d. 2 July 1710), da. of John Wroth of Loughton and Chigwell, Essex, 2s. 1da.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 194; Berry, Pedigrees Herts. 168; VCH Herts. Fams. 136. d. by 27 July 1683.PROB11/373/412.
Offices Held

Local: commr. militia, Herts. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar. 1660–78.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Mdx. 1677;SR. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660–23 Jan. 1669;C181/7, pp. 8, 444. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 304. poll tax, 1660;SR. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Mdx. and Essex 14 Dec. 1663.C181/7, p. 223.

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COWPER, James (1622-83), of Westminster.
: of Westminster.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

COWPER, James (1622-83), of Westminster.

Will
18 June 1683, pr. 27 July 1683.PROB11/373/412.
Estates
jt. developer, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, late 1650s.
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LUDLOWE, William (c.1619-?95), of Clarendon Park, Wilts.

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Family and Education
b. c.1619, 3rd s. of Henry Ludlow I† (d. 13 Oct. 1639) of Tadley Park, Hants, and Hill Deverill, Wilts. and Lettice, da. of Thomas West, 2nd Baron De La Warr, of Wherwell, Hants, and Offington, Suss.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxvi. ped. bef. p. 163; Abstracts Wilts. IPMs Chas. I, 306-7. educ. St Alban Hall, Oxf. 25 Nov. 1636, aged 17.Al. Ox. m. (1) bef. Sept. 1646, Ann (?bap. 5 Mar. 1622, bur. 12 Oct. 1660), da. of ?Alexander Thistlethwayte (d. 1648) of Winterslow, Wilts. at least 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.);Churchwardens’ accounts of Sarum ed. Swayne, 325; St Martin Salisbury, St Thomas Salisbury, Winterslow par. regs; PROB11/350/195 (William Ludlow jnr.); MT Admiss. i. 175. (2) 14 Dec. 1667, Margaret, wid. of Henry Ludlow (d. 1665), Goldsmith, of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, s.p.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 868; Holy Trinity, Knightsbridge par. reg.; PROB11/319/205 (Henry Ludlowe); PROB11/322/535 (Katharine Ludlowe). ?; bur. 15 Jan. 1695 15 Jan. 1695.Winterslow, Wilts. par. reg.
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Military: cornet of horse (parlian.), regt. of Sir Edward Hungerford*, 1643-aft. Jan. 1644.BHO, Cromwell Assoc. database; Ludlow, Mems. i. 69. Gov. Falstone manor, Wilts. 1644–5;Ludlow, Mems. i. 117; Waylen, ‘Falstone Day Bk.’, 347–50. Langford House 1645-May 1646. Capt. of horse, Wilts. 4 May 1646–4 May 1647.Ludlow, Mems. i. 124; CJ iv. 534a; Add. B22084, f. 26. Maj. militia horse, Wilts. (under Edmund Ludlowe II*), 10 Apr. 1650; capt. by July 1655-aft. June 1656.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 506; SP25/77, pp. 868, 891. ?Officer, army in Ireland, Jan. 1651–?52.CJ vi. 512b; CSP Dom. 1651, pp. 4, 537.

Local: ranger, Clarendon Park, ?c.1647.CJ vi. 512b. Commr. for Wilts. 1 June 1648;CJ v. 580b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659;A. and O. assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1028.62). J.p. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 69v; C193/13/4, f. 110; C193/13/6, f. 97; The Names of the Justices (1650), 62 (E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660), 60; Wilts. RO, A1/60/2, pp. 1, 9, 37, 47, 59, 135, 165. Commr. sequestration, 7 Feb. 1650-c.Jan. 1651, Oct. 1659.CCC 172, 372, 755, 760 Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Dec. 1655.G. Duckett, ‘Original letters from the Wilts. commrs. to Cromwell in 1655’, Wilts. Arch. Mag. xviii. 375. Visitor, Heytesbury Hosp. Wilts. 1 Aug. 1656.C231/6, p. 346.

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LUDLOWE, William (c.1619-?95), of Clarendon Park, Wilts.
: Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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LUDLOWE, William (c.1619-?95), of Clarendon Park, Wilts.

Will
not found.
Estates
?dependent on army pay, 1642-7;CSP Dom. 1639-40, pp. 335-6, 370, 532; 1648-9, p. 406; E142/595/85. house at Clarendon Park, from ?1647; share in fifth of former royal forest of Clarendon, leased from earl of Pembroke and then purchased, 1650-60.CJ vi. 512b; Wilts RO, 332/265/32; Ludlow, Mems. ii. 254; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 286; S.J. Madge, Domesday of Crown Lands (1968), 90, 393.
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EDEN, Dr Thomas (by 1579-1645), of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Doctors’ Commons, London

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. by 1579, 2nd s. of Richard Eden† (d. by 1604) of South Hanningfield, Essex, and Margaret, da. of Christopher Peyton of Bury St Edmunds, Suff.Vis. Essex 1552, 1558, 1570, 1612 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. xiii), 390-1; Howard, Vis. Suff. i. 16, 18-19; J. Ward, Lives of the Professors of Gresham Coll. (1740), 240, 242; Add. 6209, f. 120v. educ. Sudbury g.s. Suff.;Ward, Lives, 240. Pembroke, Camb. c.1593, scholar, Trinity Hall 31 Dec. 1596, LLB 1600, LLD 1614.Al. Cant.; CUL, University Archives, Grace Bk. E, p. 204. unm. Add. 6209, f. 52. d. 18 July 1645.Howard, Vis. Suff. i. 16.
Offices Held

Academic: fell. Trinity Hall, Camb. 1599 – 1626; master, 1626–d.St John’s College, Cambridge, MS 437, unfol. Prof. of civil law, Gresham Coll. London 1613–40.Ward, Lives, 240–4; CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 6.

Legal: adv. prerogative ct. of Canterbury, 1614.LPL, Abp. Abbot’s reg. i. f. 180. Member, Doctors’ Commons, 1615.G.D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons (Oxford, 1977), 170. Judge, ct. of delegates by 1617-at least 1622;DEL5/5, f. 160; DEL5/6, f. 141. ct. of audience by 1619 – at least21; ct. of arches, Canterbury prov. by 1619 – at least25; prerogative ct. of Canterbury by 1619-at least 1625. 1621 – d.DEL8/70, ff. 16–17, 22, 23, 35, 39v, 54. Commry. archdeaconry of Sudbury; Westminster ?aft. 1621.Bodl. Tanner 135, ff. 161–162; W. Stevenson, Suppl. to the second edn. of Mr Bentham’s Hist.…of Ely Cathedral (Norwich, 1817), 21. Proctor, Ely dioc. bef. 1623;Stevenson, Suppl. 21. chan. by 1623 – 26, 1628 – at least41; kpr. of the spiritualties, 1626–8.Add. 4274, f. 157v; W.M. Palmer, ‘Faculty books of the diocese of Ely’, Procs. Camb. Antiquarian Soc. xxxv. 76; CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p. 731; C181/5, f. 195. Judge, admlty. ct. by 1626-at least 1640.HCA24/82/70, 73–4; HCA24/101/74. Surrogate to the official of the archdeacon of London by 1629.GL, 9051/7, ff. 39, 52v. Member, high commn. Canterbury prov. 1633.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 327. Commr. visitation Norwich dioc. 1636.Bodl. Tanner 68, ff. 22, 52. Assessor to earl marshal, ct. of chivalry, c.1638.CUL, Dd.III.64, f. 40.

Local: j.p. Camb. 1615 – aft.36; Suff. 1619 – aft.40; I. of Ely 1623-aft. 1640.C181/2, ff. 234, 350v; C181/3, ff. 14, 82v, 239v; C181/4, ff. 22v, 87v; C181/5, f. 37. Commr. piracy, London, Mdx., Essex, Kent and Surr. by 1619-aft. Mar. 1639;HCA1/32/1, f. 21v; C181/2, f. 339v; C181/3, ff. 79v, 176; C181/4, ff. 37, 138v; C181/5, ff. 26v, 130v. Suff. 22 June 1640;C181/5, f. 176. gaol delivery, Camb. 1623;C181/3, f. 82. I. of Ely 1624-aft. Apr. 1641;C181/3, ff. 126, 192v; C181/4, ff. 4, 201v; C181/5, f. 20; C181/5, ff. 20, 195v. Forced Loan, I. of Ely, Suff. 1627;C193/12/2, ff. 18, 55v. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1629-aft. Dec. 1641;C181/4, ff. 30v, 94; C181/5, ff. 10v, 215. Cambs. 1638;C181/5, f. 121. swans, I. of Ely 1630, 1639;C181/4, f. 56; C181/5, f. 147v. to supervise lands of Trinity Coll. Camb. 1631;C181/4, f. 90v. New Model ordinance, Cambs. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Central: master in chancery by 1633.CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 327. Commr. to hear and determine causes in chancery (roy.), Jan. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 2, 276–7. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 19 Apr. 1645.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
EDEN, Thomas II (by 1579-1645), of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Doctors’ Commons, London
: Cambridge and Doctors’ Commons, London.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

EDEN, Dr Thomas (by 1579-1645), of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Doctors’ Commons, London

Will
24 Jan. 1644, cod. 26 May 1645, pr. 21 July 1645, admon. 28 Mar. 1672.PROB11/193/443.
Estates
bought land at Exning, Suff. 1634;Coventry Docquets, 669. bought one-third of manor of Trumpington, 1636.Coventry Docquets, 698.
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STEPHENS, John (1603-79), of Over Lypiatt, Bisley, Glos. and Vine Court, Middle Temple.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 26 Sept. 1603, 2nd s. of Thomas Stephens† of Lypiatt, attorney-general to prince of Wales 1603-13, and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Stone of London; bro. of Edward Stephens*.Glos. RO, D745/M1, f. 34. educ. M. Temple 21 June 1620.MTR ii. 650. m. (1) c.Nov. 1626, Elizabeth, da. of one Ramme of Essex, s.p.; (2) 22 Feb. 1631, Grace, da. of John Browne I* of Frampton, Dorset, 1 da.; (3) 30 May 1636, Anne (d. bef. Jan. 1648), da. of John Moulson of Hargrave, Cheshire, coh. to her bro. Sir Thomas Moulson, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 1da.; (4) 15 July 1647, Hesther, da. and coh. of Thomas Barnes of Aldborough Hatch, Barking, Essex, 2da. (1 d.v.p.). d. 4 Aug. 1679.Glos. RO, D745/M1, ff. 54, 162v; Par. Regs. of St Mary Aldermary ed. J.L. Chester (1880), 18; Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 176; Stroud par. reg.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 27 June 1628; associate bencher, 25 Oct. 1650; bencher by 12 Feb. 1651–9 May 1662.MTR ii. 733, 1025, 1174.

Local: j.p. Glos. 16 July 1639 – 10 June 1642, by Feb. 1650–70.Coventry Docquets, 77; C231/5, p. 528. Commr. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. 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, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Wilts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Dep. lt. Glos. 12 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 291b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Glos., Herefs. and S. E. Wales, 10 May 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Gloucester, 25 Oct. 1645.CJ iv. 321b. Commr. Glos. and S. E. Wales militia, 12 May 1648; militia, Glos. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Bristol 26 July 1659, 16 Jan. 1660, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; Bristol RO, 04264/6, p. 8. Essex 12 Mar. 1660. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Glos. and Gloucester 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. recusants, Glos. 1675.SR; CTB iv. 789.

Central: member, cttee. of accts. 22 Feb. 1644;A. and O. cttee. for compounding, 18 Oct. 1645,CJ iv. 313b. 8 Feb. 1647.A. and O. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 2 Nov. 1647;CJ v. 347b; LJ ix. 506a. cttee. of navy and customs, 9 Mar. 1649.CJ vi. 379b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O.

Civic: recorder, Bristol 29 Mar. 1659–1 Apr. 1662;Bristol RO, 04264/5, p. 184; 04264/6, p. 58. freeman, 2 Apr. 1660–d.Bristol RO, 04264/6, p.17. Counsel to Gloucester corporation, 14 Apr. 1659.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/3, p. 101.

Parlimentarian
STEPHENS, John (1603-79), of Lypiatt, Glos. and Pump Court, Middle Temple.
: Bisley, Glos. and Vine Court, Middle Temple.
Likenesses

Portrait: by Sir Peter Lely, once at Southam Delabere, Glos.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, i. 392.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

STEPHENS, John (1603-79), of Over Lypiatt, Bisley, Glos. and Vine Court, Middle Temple.

Will
26 Feb. 1677, pr. 25 Aug. 1679.PROB11/360/500.
Estates
purchased Over Lypiatt from bro. 10 Nov. 1624;Glos. RO, D745/M1, f. 54. Hill House, Rodborough, Glos.VCH Glos. xi. 112, 223.
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recommended Peter Dormer for living of Church Stretton, Salop, 4 Feb. 1652; Peter Gannon for Rushton St Peter, Northants. 13 Apr. 1652; Thomas Carter for Debden, Essex, 16 Feb. 1653.Add. 36972, ff. 37v, 41v, 62v.
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