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LECHMERE, Nicholas (1613-1701), of Hanley Castle, Worcs.

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bap. 4 Oct. 1613, 4th but 1st surv. s. of Edmund Lechmere of Hanley Castle (1577-1650) and Margaret, da. of Sir Nicholas Overbury† of Bourton-on-the-Hill, Glos.Hanley Castle par. reg.; E.P. Shirley, Hanley and the House of Lechmere (1883), 17-18. educ. Gloucester sch.; Wadham, Oxf. 18 Jan. 1631, scholar 1631, BA 14 Feb. 1634; M. Temple 21 Oct. 1634.Shirley, Hanley, 20; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. i. 130. m. lic. 12 Nov. 1642 Penelope (d. 3 June 1690), da. of Sir Edwin Sandys† of Northbourne, Kent, 4s. 6da. (1 da. d.v.p.).Shirley, Hanley, 23-5, 49; Worcs. Archives, Worcester Marriage Lics. suc. fa. 31 July 1650. Kntd. 31 Oct. 1689;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 265. d. 30 Apr. 1701.Hanley par. reg.; Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 59.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 4 June 1641; bencher, 2 Nov. 1655; treas. 30 Oct. 1657; member, co. to consider readings at M. Temple, May 1661; Lent reader, 1668; asst. reader, 1669 – 71; auditor, 1670 – 74, 1676, 1678–81. June 1655MTR ii. 908; iii. 1084, 1113, 1166, 1231, 1242, 1247, 1250, 1251–1335. Att.-gen. duchy of Lancaster,, 16 Dec. 1658, 14 Mar. 1660.Worcs. Archives, BA 2411/ 2 (ii); Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. Somerville, 22. Lic. to practise in Westminster courts, 17 July 1655.Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 1531/ 65 (vi). Counsellor-at-law, 3 Feb. 1660.C231/6, p. 452. Sjt-at-law, 11 Apr. 1689.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 202–3. 2nd bar. exch. 8 May 1689–23 June 1700.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 523; Shirley, Hanley, 49.

Local: commr. for Worcester, 23 Sept. 1644.A. and O. Treas. cttee. for Worcs. ?23 Sept. 1644-July 1646.A. and O.; Add. 5508, f. 180; SP28/188, pt. 1 ff. 1–37. Commr. assessment, Worcs. 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. 7 July 1648 – 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., 11 Apr. 1689–?d.C231/6, pp. 120, 160; Diary and Pprs. of Henry Townshend ed. Porter, Roberts, Roy, 186; A Perfect List (1660), 56. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Salop, Herefs. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. Feb. 1649–10 July 1660.CJ vi. 148b; C181/6, pp. 11, 374. Under-steward, Kingsland manor, Herefs.; King’s Norton manor, Worcs. 21 Apr. 1649.E163/24/24; Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 1531/ 16 (7). Commr. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. ejecting scandalous ministers, Worcs. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Custos rot. Mar.-July 1660.A Perfect List (1660); C231/7, p. 10. Dep. lt. Worcs. and Worcester 30 June 1689–d.Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 2411/2 (ii). Commr. for establishing Greenwich Hosp. 12 Mar. 1695.[J. Cooke, J. Maule], An Historical Account of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich (1789), 11, 17.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs, 8 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 134b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 4 May, 20 June 1649.CJ vi. 201a; A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 357b; A. and O. cttee. regulating universities, 9 Apr. 1651.CJ vi. 557b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers by 15 Oct. 1651, 20 June 1659.CJ vii. 28a, 689b. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

Civic: dep. recorder, Worcester 1650–?60.Worcs. Archives, shelf A10, box 3, city acct. book, 1640–69, unfol.

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LECHMERE, Nicholas (1613-1701), of Hanley Castle, Worcs.
: Worcs.
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LECHMERE, Nicholas (1613-1701), of Hanley Castle, Worcs.

Will
26 Nov. 1698, last codicil 25 Feb. 1700, pr. 3 Dec. 1700.PROB11/460, f. 297; original in Worcs. Archives, 705:134/BA 2411/2.
Estates
inheritance of Lechmere Place, Hanley Castle, renamed and greatly extended as Severn End.Shirley, Hanley, 9; Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 2411/ 2 (ii). Welland manor 19 May 1648; Ryall’s Court manor, June 1654-60;Bodl. Rawl. B.236 p.12; Church End House, Hanley Castle, Nicholas Lechmere’s MS acct. of his life, n.p.; Shirley, Hanley, 25. Eastington manor, 1661-4 for £5,000;Lechmere’s MS account of his life, n.p.; Shirley, Hanley, 33. Fanhope estate, Herefs. 1665;Worcs. Archives, 705:134/ BA 2411/ 2; Shirley, Hanley, 34. manor of Cowleigh Park, Worcs. 1669 for £2,355;Lechmere’s MS acct. of his life, n.p. advowson of Hanley Castle, 1672;Shirley, Hanley, 44. sold Middleton manor, Bitterley, Salop, and bought Fladbury manor, Worcs. 1681;Lechmere’s MS acct. of his life, n.p.sold Fladbury manor, 1683, bought Holdfast manor, Worcs.1684;Shirley, Hanley, 47. at d. also lands in Castlemorton, Longdon, Upton-on-Severn.PROB11/460 f. 297.
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Friday St., London, by Jan. 1645-?aft. Aug. 1655. Dean’s Yard, Westminster by July 1647-?June 1655.Shirley, Hanley, 23-5. Elm Court, M. Temple by 10 June 1659-?1685.MTR ii. 1138, 1396; 705:134/BA 1531/16.
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Recommended William Willes to vicarage of Cleeve Prior, Worcs. 10 July 1650; Richard Cooper to vicarage of Weston Subedge, Glos. 7 May 1651, John Robinson to Cuxton rectory, Kent 14 Oct. 1651; John Freeston to vicarage of Hampton Lovett, Worcs. 17 Dec. 1652.Add. 36792, ff. 13v, 25v, 30v, 58v. Presented Benjamin Barkley to vicarage of Hanley Castle, 7 Dec. 1685.Worcs. Archives, 778:7324/ BA 2442.
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GAMUL, Francis (1606-54), of Bridge Street, St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire.

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bap. 25 Nov. 1606, 3rd but o. surv. s. of Thomas Gamull† (d. 11 Aug. 1613), merchant and alderman of Chester, and Alice (bur. 18 Aug. 1640), da. of Richard Bavand† of Chester, wid. of David Lloyd of Chester.J.P. Earwaker, Hist. of St Mary-on-the-Hill (1898), 260; HP Commons 1604-29, ‘Thomas Gamull’. educ. I. Temple 28 May 1623.I. Temple database. m. (1) 1 Oct. 1621, Christian (d. 6 June 1640), da. of Sir Richard Grosvenor† of Eaton Hall, Eccleston, Cheshire, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1654, Elizabeth (d. 13 Aug. 1661), da. of Sir Randle Mainwaring of Over Peover, Cheshire, wid. of Robert Ravenscroft of Bretton, Flint, s.p.Eccleston par. reg.; Shropshire RO, 567, Box 47: indenture, 2 Nov. 1640; Gamul to E. Ravenscroft, 7 Mar. 1654; Earwaker, St Mary-on-the-Hill, 260; CB. suc. grandfa. Sept. 1616;Earwaker, St Mary-on-the-Hill, 259. Kntd. 25 Apr. 1644;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 217. cr. bt. Apr. 1644;CB. bur. 27 Nov. 1654 27 Nov. 1654.St Mary-on-the-Hill par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, Chester 6 Sept. 1625–?d.;Rolls of the Freemen of Chester ed. J.H.E. Bennett (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 111. alderman, 26 Aug. 1631–1 Oct. 1646;Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. M.J. Groombridge (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. cvi), 168; LJ viii. 506. mayor, 1634–5.Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 214.

Local: commr. sewers, Cheshire 7 Feb. 1628.C181/3, f. 238. J.p. Chester 1634–1 Oct. 1646.Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, p. xi; LJ viii. 506. Capt. militia ft. 15 Oct. 1640–?Cal. Chester City Mins. ed. Groombridge, 206. Commr. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385a. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. array (roy.), Cheshire 16 June, 10 Oct. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133; Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, pp. 76, 85. Chester 27 June 1642;Cheshire RO, ZP/Cowper/2, f. 4. Cheshire, Denb. and Flint 19 May 1644;Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, p. 79. rebels’ estates (roy.), Chester 23 Dec. 1643, 1 Jan. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 115–16, 119.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) by June 1643–7 Feb. 1646.Cheshire RO, ZML/2/288; LJ viii. 146b. Dep. gov. Chester by June 1644-Feb. 1646.Harl. 2135, f. 19; Mems. of Prince Rupert, ii. 432. Member, council of war (roy.), Lancs. Aug. 1651.HMC Portland, i. 614.

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GAMUL, Francis (1606-54), of Bridge Street, St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire.
: St Mary-on-the-Hill, Cheshire., of Bridge Street, Chester.
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GAMUL, Francis (1606-54), of Bridge Street, St Mary-on-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire.

Will
admon. 12 Dec. 1660.PROB6/36, f. 138.
Estates
inherited a mansion house on Bridge Street and property on Foregate Street and Watergate Street, Chester; messuages and other property in parishes of St Mary-on-the-Hill, St Olave and St. Peter, Chester; lease of Dee mills (six water corn mills within the liberty of Chester) at a rent of £100 p.a.; property in Buerton, Claverton, Flookersbrook and Handbridge; lease of manor of Overpool, Cheshire; and property in Knighton and Woore, Staffs.Harl. 2093, f. 190; Cheshire IPM ed. R. Stewart-Brown (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxxxiv), 32-6. In 1640, estate inc. two fifths of manor of Hargrave; property in Bridge Street, Castle Lane, Holy Trinity, Northgate Street, St John, St Martin and St Olave, Chester; Dee mills and their messuages and lands, plus fishing rights on River Dee; property in Buerton, Claverton, Handbridge, Hoole and Middlewich, Cheshire; in Gravenhunger and Norton in Hales, Salop; and in Aston, Knighton, Whitmore and Winnington, Staffs.Shropshire RO, 567, Box 47: indenture, 2 Nov. 1640. In 1649, estate estimated to be worth betw. £220 and £293 p.a., not inc. profits from Dee mills, which were reckoned to be worth betw. £550 and £700 p.a.; it was charged with an annuity of £40 p.a. and debts and portions totalling £3,560.SP23/216, pp. 207, 211-13, 225.
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STEPHENS, Robert (1622-75), of the Middle Temple.

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b. 25 July 1622, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Nathaniel Stephens* of Eastington, Glos. and Catherine (d. 22 Feb. 1632), da. of Robert Beale† of Priors Marston, Warws.Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi), 152; Atkins, Glos. i. 418; W.H. Silvester Davies, ‘Notes on Chavenage and the Stephens family’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxii. 134. educ. Lincoln, Oxf. 14 Feb. 1640;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 3 June 1644.MTR 931. Unm.. d. 4 Nov. 1675.C.E. Stevens, Stevens Genealogy: Some Descendants of the Stephens Fam. (New York, 1905), 29.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 6 Feb. 1652; bencher, 31 Oct. 1667.MTR 1033, 1221. Sjt.-at-law, Apr. 1675.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 196.

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STEPHENS, Robert (1622-75), of the Middle Temple.
: of the Middle Temple.
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STEPHENS, Robert (1622-75), of the Middle Temple.

Will
24 Feb. 1671, pr. 25 Nov. 1675.PROB11/349/221.
Estates
inheritance from fa. (d. 22 May 1660), Harisfield Park with the Lodge, the Upper House, other lands and debt due from Weavers’ Hall, £575 2s 6d.PROB11/304/403.
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COLLINS, William (by 1608-80), of King’s Norton, Worcs. and Worcester.

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b. by 1608, 1st s. of William Collins, tanner, of King’s Norton. m. (1) ?, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da.; (2) 30 Jan. 1642, Margaret Baker of King’s Norton, 2s. 1da. bur. 20 Jan. 1680 20 Jan. 1680.King’s Norton par. reg.; Worcs. Archives, Worcester consistory ct. wills of Isabel Collins (1624/56), John Collins (1618/158), William Collins (1613/7); Nash, Collections, ii. 350.
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Local: commr. for Worcester, 23 Sept. 1644; assessment, Worcs. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 26 Jan. 1660; Worcs. and Worcester 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28) Dep. treas. Worcs. co. cttee. by 3 Feb. 1646;SP28/188, pt. 1, ff. 89–90. treas. ?June 1646-aft. 14 Nov. 1648.Add. 5508, f. 180; SP28/138, pt. 16. Commr. militia, Worcs. 2 Dec. 1648; Worcs. and Worcester 26 July 1659; sales of lead from Worcester Cathedral steeple, 18 Feb. 1648.Worcester Cathedral Lib. ms D247. Sub-commr. excise, Worcester 25 Feb. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 12; Bodl. Rawl. C386, 10 May 1650. Commr. charitable uses, Worcs. 5 Mar. 1652.C93/22/10. J.p. 12 July 1653–?Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 258; A Perfect List (1660, BL 1129.b.39). Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Feb. 1656.TSP iv. 546; Worcs. Archives, 705:134/BA 4459/1/3.

Military: muster-master of horse and ft. Worcs. by Nov. 1650; ?capt. by Nov. 1650–60;E121/5/4; Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360/A10, box 3, city acct. bk. 1640–69, unfol. (1658). marshal-gen. by 25 Dec. 1651–?60.CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 585. Capt. militia, Worcester by 1658–60.Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360/A10, box 3, city acct. bk. 1640–69, unfol. (1658). Gov. Worcester by 28 Sept. 1659–60.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 586.

Civic: j.p. Worcester by 16 Feb. 1652.Worcs. Archives, 496.5/BA 9360, A13 box 1, sessions bk. 1632–55, unfol.

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COLLINS, William (by 1608-80), of King’s Norton, Worcs. and Worcester.
: of King’s Norton, Worcs. and Worcester.
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COLLINS, William (by 1608-80), of King’s Norton, Worcs. and Worcester.

Will
not found.
Estates
tenant, King’s Norton manor, Worcs. by 1638;BRL, 252474. steward, King’s Norton manor, Aug. 1650, by appointment of Sir Henry Mildmay*;E317/47, King’s Norton, p. 3. with Edward Moore contracted for manor of King’s Norton, 18 Sept. 1650 for £1,544 13s 1¾d;E121/5/4; CUL, Dd.VIII.30.4. refunded by trustees for sales of dean and chapter lands for a brewhouse at Cestonhall manor, sold before his conveyance was perfected, ?1653.AO1/361/ 2.
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DUNCH, John (c.1630-68), of Pusey, Berks.

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b. c. 1630, 1st s. of Samuel Dunch* and Dulcibella, da. of John More† of North Baddesley, Hants.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii), i. 196; ‘Ped. of Dunch of Little Wittenham, Berks.’, Misc. Gen. et Her. 3rd ser. ii. 47. educ. G. Inn 19 Apr. 1648.G. Inn Admiss. 247. m. 2 July 1650 (with £1,000), Anne (d. 30 Nov. 1665), da. and coh. of Richard Maijor* of Hursley, Hants, 5s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Berks. RO, D/EBp T141/6; Vis. Berks. i. 196; ‘Ped. of Dunch’, 47. d. 30 Oct. 1668.‘Ped. of Dunch’, 47.
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Local: j.p. Berks., Hants Mar. 1655-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 306, 307. Commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 27 Mar. 1655;C181/6, p. 99. securing peace of commonwealth, Berks., Hants by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 238, 240, 285, 363. sewers, Berks. 7 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 255. River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 13 Oct. 1657;C181/6, p. 261. ejecting scandalous ministers, Berks. 24 Oct. 1657;SP25/78, p. 238. Hants. 3 June 1658.CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 42.

Military: capt. militia, Hants by July 1655–?60.SP25/77, pp. 874, 897; TSP iv. 238.

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DUNCH, John (c.1630-68), of Pusey, Berks.
: Berks.
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DUNCH, John (c.1630-68), of Pusey, Berks.

Will
nuncupative will, 28 Oct. 1668, pr. 13 Nov. 1668,PROB11/328/286. sentence 2 July 1659.PROB11/331/59.
Estates
owned land at South Stoneham, Hants.Berks. RO, D/EBp T141/6.
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PORTER, Endymion (1587-1649), of Mickleton and Aston-sub-Edge, Glos.

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b. 1587, 1st. s. of Edmund Porter of Mickleton and Angela, da. of Giles Porter of Madrid, Spain and Mickleton.G. Huxley, Endymion Porter: The Life of a Courtier 1587-1649 (London, 1959), 17, 314. educ. Madrid;Clarendon, Hist, i. 20. G. Inn 1619.G. Inn Admiss. i. 158. m. Olivia (d. 1663), da. of Sir John Boteler of Woodhall, nr. Hatfield, Herts., 10s. (6 d.v.p.), 2da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. Apr. 1623.Huxley, Endymion Porter, 48, 76, 121, 124, 146, 158, 227, 250, 283-4; Chipping Campden, Glos. par. reg. bur. 20 Aug. 1649 20 Aug. 1649.St Martin-in-the-Fields par. reg.
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Household: servant, chamber of Don Gaspar de Guzmán, Madrid 1605 – 07; household of William Calley, Madrid, 1607 – c.12; of Edward Villiers†, master of horse, 1613–17. Spanish sec. to George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, 1617–21.Oxford DNB.

Court: Spanish sec. to Charles, prince of Wales, 1621–5. Gent of bedchamber to Charles, prince of Wales, 1621–5. Groom of bedchamber to Charles I, 1625–?49.Oxford DNB; CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 23, 528; Foedera viii. pt 2, 23.

Central: recvr. fines for non-payment of customs, 1618.CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 605. Farmer of customs, duchy of Cornwall, 1625.CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 210, 255. Collector and recvr. fines, star chamber, 1628.C66/2453/6; Add. Ch. 6223. Recvr. customs on French wines, Lancs., Cheshire, N. Wales 1631–?42.C66/2546/7; CSP Dom. 1630–1, p. 554; Coventry Docquets, 221. Commr. abuses of goldsmiths, 1635;Rymer, Foedera viii. pt. 4, 123. examination of accts. to king, 1639.CSP Dom. 1639, p. 2. Dep. postmaster-gen. Sept. 1635-Mar. 1642.CSP Dom. 1636–37, p. 530. Surveyor, petty customs, port of London (in reversion), 1638.CSP Dom. 1637–38, p. 191; Foedera ix. pt. 2, 206; Coventry Docquets, 207. Recvr. duties on wines, western ports, 1643–4.CSP Dom. 1652–53, p. 167.

Diplomatic: amb. Brussels 1634.J. Howell, Epistolae ed. Jacobs (1890), i. 324; CCSP i. 53.

Irish: recvr. tenths of profits of customs, 1621.CSP Ire. 1625–32, pp. 255, 377, 439. Commr. Irish livings, 1632.CSP Ire. 1625–32, p. 650; 1633–47, p. 67.

Local: trustee, Chipping Campden g.s. Glos. 1627–?d.Glos. RO, D213/9/3. Kpr. Hartwell Park, Northants. 1629–33.Huxley, Endymion Porter, 39; C66/2384/5, 2442/12, 2498/4; Coventry Docquets, 257. Commr. regulation of archery grounds, London Dec. 1632.Foedera viii. pt. 3, 252. J.p. Mdx. 1636–40.C193/13/2. Capt. Westminster trained bands, ?-24 Jan. 1642.L.C. Nagel, ‘The militia of London, 1641–1649’ (London PhD thesis, 1982), 102; CJ ii. 390b; HMC Cowper ii. 305.

Mercantile: grant from proceeds of Irish accts. due to the king, 1628.CSP Dom. 1628–29, p. 125. Asst. society of soapers, Westminster, 1631.Foedera viii. pt. 3, 206. Adventurer, assoc. for fishery, 1632;CSP Dom. 1631–33, p. 511. North and South Somercotes marshlands, Lincs. (drainage scheme) 1632.CSP Dom. 1631–33, p. 411. Grant of 15 per cent of rent paid for collecting Irish customs, 1632;Coventry Docquets, 222.of metalliferous mining rights, all Ireland except Munster, 1635.CSP Ire. 1647–60, Add. 1616–60, p. 90. Partner, Courten assoc. to discover north west passage, 1635–9.Foedera ix. pt. 2, 96; Coventry Docquets, 45. 405. Patentee, gold and silver thread, 1635.CSP Dom. 1635–36, p. 182. Asst. corporation of salt makers of Great Yarmouth, 1636.CSP Dom. 1637–38, p. 147. Licence to trade in parts of E. Indies not under control of E. I. Co. 1638.C66/2765/2. Patentee, manufacture of white writing paper, 1640.CSP Dom. 1640, p. 226; A Companion to Arber ed.W.W. Greg (Oxford, 1967), 355.

Civic: freeman, Bristol 6 June 1637–d.Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 76v.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.), 1642.Peacock, Army Lists, 14.

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PORTER, Endymion (1587-1649), of Mickleton and Aston-sub-Edge, Glos.
: of Mickleton and Aston-sub-Edge, Glos.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, D. Mytens, 1627;NPG. oil on canvas, family group, A. Van Dyck, 1632-3;Private colln. oil on canvas, double portrait with the artist, A. Van Dyck, c.1633;Prado, Madrid. oil on canvas, A. Van Dyck, 1638-40;Pennington-Mellor-Munthe Charity Trust. oil on canvas, W. Dobson, c.1642-5;Tate. oil on canvas, family group, aft. A. Van Dyck;NT, Dunham Massey. oil on canvas, family group, aft. A. Van Dyck;Mount Hollyoake Coll. Art Museum, South Hadley, Mass. line engraving, W. Faithorne aft. W. Dobson, c.1646;BM; NPG. medal, attrib. J. Warin, c.1635.NT, Kingston Lacy.

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PORTER, Endymion (1587-1649), of Mickleton and Aston-sub-Edge, Glos.

Will
not found.
Estates
leased Exminster rectory, Devon 1619.CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 95. Manor of Aston, Glos. (650 acres freehold), 1619;CSP Dom. 1648-49, p. 432. pension of £500 p.a. 1625, extended to wife’s life, 1628;C66/2358/22, 2468/21; CSP Dom. 1628-29, p. 219. manor of Alfarthing, Surr. 1626;C66/2384/5. grant of former monastic lands, Co. Louth, Ire. 1627;CSP Ire. 1625-32, p. 257. Montgomery coppice, 1628;C66/2442/12. Hynd Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland 1633;Add. Ch. 6224. £2,000 payment from king, 1635;CSP Dom. 1635, p. 571. River Shannon marshlands, Ire. 1637;CSP Ire. 1647-60, Add. 1616-60, p. 226. former lands of Dundalk abbey, Ire. 1637;CSP Ire. 1647-60, Add. 1616-60, p. 290. Pemb., Carm., Glam. marshlands 1638;CSP Dom. 1637-38, p. 292. Flint Wood, Flint. 1638;Coventry Docquets, 358; T56/8 p. 27. £50 p.a. from Trinity House ballasting monopoly, 1638;CSP Dom. 1638-39, p. 262. reversions of leases of Marsly Park, Denb., Raby Park, Durham.CSP Dom. 1628-29, p. 422.
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SINGLETON, Lawrence (1606-91), of St Nicholas parish, Gloucester.

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bap. 7 Mar. 1606, 3rd s. of William Singleton of St Nicholas parish, Gloucester and Frances Hands; bro. of William Singleton*. m. (1) 28 Oct. 1624, Joan (d. 27 Feb. 1645), da. of Ald. Anthony Robinson of Gloucester, 1da.; (2) ? (bur. 15 Jan. 1658), 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). bur. 22 Apr. 1691.St Nicholas, Gloucester par. reg.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Gloucester c. 1627; sheriff, 1629. Recvr. of poor rate, 29 Aug. 1643. Mayor, 1645–6, 1657 – 58; alderman, Oct. 1643–2 Oct. 1662. Overseer of law-day bk. 3 July 1644, 20 Aug. 1659. Treas. hosps. 16 Oct. 1644, 5 Nov. 1649, 8 Nov. 1658; pres. 6 Nov. 1648.Glos. RO, GBR/B3/2, pp. 273, 283, 318, 303, 318, 474, 527; B3/3, pp. 45, 82, 107; S. Rudder, Hist. and Antiquities of Gloucester (Cirencester, 1781), 147; Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. lviii. 263–4. Coroner, 1646, 1648–9.J. Dorney, Certain Speeches (1653), 84.

Local: commr. militia, Gloucester 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1672; poll tax, 1660.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR.

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SINGLETON, Lawrence (1606-91), of St Nicholas parish, Gloucester.
: Gloucester.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

SINGLETON, Lawrence (1606-91), of St Nicholas parish, Gloucester.

Will
10 Aug. 1687, pr. 17 July 1691.Glos. RO, GDR/1691/174.
Estates
Lessee of corporation properties: house, Westgate Street 41 years at £1 13s 4d rent; renewed 13 Mar. 1668, 41 years at 4s ‘Bryerleaze’ (18a.), 21 years, £30 fine, old rent, 21 July 1669.Glos. RO, GBR3/2, p. 64; 3/3, pp. 352, 417. At d. held farm of Hempstead, bought from Sir Robert Atkyns,* and leases of tenements from dean and chapter of Gloucester.Glos. RO, GDR/1691/174.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
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HUDSON, Edmund (c.1595-1658), of King’s Lynn, Norf.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1595, ?1st s. of Edmund Hudson, draper, of Castle Acre, Norf. and Mary, da. of Edward Barkham of South Acre, Norf.Le Neve, Monumenta, v. 34; PROB11/108/197; Blomefield, Norf. viii. 362. educ. appr. woollendraper.Cal. Lynn Freemen, 142. m. 21 July 1619, Micholl Badsen, 4s. 1da.St Margaret, King’s Lynn par. reg. suc. fa. ?1606.PROB11/108/197. d. 29 Apr. 1658.Le Neve, Monumenta, v. 34.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, King’s Lynn c. 1620 – d.; dep. alderman, 1630, 1633; alderman, 1633 – May 1649; mayor, 1643–4.Cal. Lynn Freemen, 142, 152, 157; King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/9, ff. 335, 382v, 387; KL/C7/10, ff. 122v, 250.

Local: member, standing cttee. King’s Lynn by Feb.-aft. Apr. 1644.Add. 22619, ff. 43, 179.

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HUDSON, Edmund (c.1595-1658), of King’s Lynn, Norf.
: Norf.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HUDSON, Edmund (c.1595-1658), of King’s Lynn, Norf.

Will
not found.
Estates
possibly inherited lands at Castle Acre, South Acre and Newton by Castle Acre, Norf.;PROB11/108/197. presumably owned property in King’s Lynn.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
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HOYLE, Thomas (1587-1650), of St Martin-cum-Gregory, Micklegate, York, and Broad Sanctuary, St Margaret, Westminster.

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Family and Education
bap. 29 Jan. 1587, 1st s. of Thomas Hoyle, clothier, of Slaithwaite, Yorks. and Elizabeth, da. of ?Huddersfield par. reg.; York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, ff. 395-97; Borthwick, Pontefract Deanery Act Bk. 15, f. 555. educ. appr., York c.1603.York City Lib. Skaife mss, SKA/2, ff. 395-97. m. (1) 1611, Elizabeth (d. 9 Dec. 1639), da. of William Maskew, innholder, of York, 7s. d.v.p. 6da. d.v.p.;St Martin-cum-Gregory, York Par. Regs. ed. E. Bulmer, 41-50, 53, 54, 56, 58, 59, 61, 65, 66, 71, 73; ‘Paver’s marr. lic.’ ed. C.B. Norcliffe, YAJ, xii. 158; R. Davies, ‘An episode in the municipal history of the city of York’, YAJ v. 61. (2) by 1643, Susanna (bur. 24 July 1668), da. of ?, 2s. (1 d.v.p.).Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 204; Mems. St Margaret’s Church Westminster ed. A. M. Burke, 188. suc. fa. 1607.Borthwick, Pontefract Deanery Act Bk. 15, f. 555. d. 30 Jan. 1650.‘The life of Master John Shaw’ ed. C. Jackson in Yorks. Diaries and Autobiogs. ed. idem (Surtees Soc. lxv), 146.
Offices Held

Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers, York 1611; warden, 1621 – 22; gov. 1629–31.Borthwick, YMA.Ph.4 (York Merchant Adventurers Act. Bk. 4), ff. 68v, 147b, 149. Dep. gov. Eastland Merchants, York 1630–3.Acts and Ordinances of Eastland Co. ed. M. Sellers (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, xi), 67.

Civic: freeman, York 20 Jan. 1612;York City Archives [YCA], Y/FIN/1/2/14, Chamberlains’ acct. bk. 1612, f. 53. chamberlain, 1614 – 15; common cllr. 1619 – 21; sheriff, Sept. 1621–2; one of the twenty-four, 1622 – 26; alderman, 20 Oct. 1626 – d.; ld. mayor, 1632 – 33, 30 Sept. 1644–3 Feb. 1645.YCA, York House Bk. 34, ff. 24v, 151v, 159v, 229v, 247v; 35, ff. 24v, 151v; 36, ff. 106v-108, 123v; F. Drake, Eboracum (1736), 365, 366.

Religious: churchwarden, St Martin-cum-Gregory 1613–15.St Martin-cum-Gregory Par. Regs. ed. Bulmer, 41.

Local: commr. Palatinate benevolence, York 1622.J.J. Cartwright, Chapters in Yorks. Hist. 277. Capt. militia ft. 22 Feb. 1626–42.YCA, York House Bk. 35, f. 4v. J.p. 20 Oct. 1626–d.;YCA, York House Bk. 35, f. 24v. Yorks. (W. Riding) by Apr. 1649–d.W. Yorks. Archives (Wakefield), QS 10/2, p. 247. Commr. recusants, northern cos. 27 Jan. 1636, 23 July 1638;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 58; ix. pt. 2, p. 162. subsidy, York 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649;SR; A. and O. N. Riding 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; sequestration, York 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, W. Riding 21 Feb. 1648;C93/19/33. militia, Yorks., York 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Jan. 1643.CJ ii. 920a. 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, cttee. for the revenue, 11 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 307b. cttee. for compounding, 23 Dec. 1643,CJ iii. 351a. 8 Feb. 1647.A. and O. King’s treasurer’s remembrancer, exch. 5 Aug. 1644–?d.LJ vi. 658a. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645;CJ iv. 296b; LJ vii. 624. cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645.A. and O.

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HOYLE, Thomas (1587-1650), of St. Martin-cum-Gregory, Micklegate, York; later of Broad Sanctuary, Westminster
: of St Martin-cum-Gregory, Micklegate, York and St Margaret, Westminster., Broad Sanctuary.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HOYLE, Thomas (1587-1650), of St Martin-cum-Gregory, Micklegate, York, and Broad Sanctuary, St Margaret, Westminster.

Will
admon. 22 Feb. 1650.PROB6/25, f. 23.
Estates
inherited lands in Scammonden, Yorks., appears to have inherited some land in Wakefield from his fa.Marchant, Puritans, 86. About 1635, acquired a farm house at Colton, a few miles south of York.Yorks. Genealogist, ii. 251.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Religion
presented Henry Tonge to rectory of Holtby, Yorks., 1631;IND1/17000, f. 24. John Birchall to rectory of St Martin-cum-Gregory, York, 1633;Borthwick, Institution Bk. AB.6. Edward Hinto to rectory of Islip, Oxon., 1646.LPL, COMM/1/57.
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LISTER, Sir William (1591-1649), of Thornton Hall, Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.

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bap. 28 Nov. 1591, 1st s. of Laurence Lister of Middop, Gisburn, Yorks., and Everilda, da. of John Sayer of Richmondshire, Yorks.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 135-6; H.L. Lyster Denny, Mems. of an Ancient House, 182. educ. ?; ?m. 17 Feb. 1610 (with £1,500), Mary, da. of Sir Henry Belasyse, 1st bt.,† of Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, Yorks., 9s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.).Thornton-in-Craven par. reg.; Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P86a/1; Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/MD234/39; Denny, Mems. of an Ancient House, 183-4; Cliffe, Yorks. 374. suc. fa. 1609;Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 135. Kntd. 2 July 1615.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 156. bur. 13 Aug. 1649 13 Aug. 1649.Kensington Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. par. reg. section xvi), 120.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 18 Feb. 1617–d.C231/4, f. 34. Commr. charitable uses, 5 July 1619–4 Apr. 1625, 27 June 1629 – 29 July 1630, 5 July 1632 – 20 Feb. 1637, 2 Mar. 1647–d.;C93/8/12; C93/9/9; C93/12/5, C93/19/27, C93/19/33; C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1621 – 22, 1624–5,C212/22/20–3. 1628–9,Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. 210. 1641;SR. Forced Loan, 1627;C193/12/2, f. 15v. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, c.1633.LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, p. 69. Dep. lt. by c.1635–?42.Add. 28082, f. 81. Commr. array, 31 Aug. 1640;Add. 28088, f. 94; C231/5, p. 404. (roy.) Yorks. 18 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. further subsidy, W. Riding 1641; poll tax, 1641; 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. 1649;SR; A. and O. Notts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649; sequestration, W. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645.A. and O. Member, sub-cttee. of accts. Yorks. by Jan. 1646–?SP28/256, unfol. Commr. militia, Yorks., Notts. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

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LISTER, Sir William (1591-1649), of Thornton Hall, Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.
: of Thornton Hall, Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

LISTER, Sir William (1591-1649), of Thornton Hall, Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.

Will
c.9 Aug. 1649.C10/9/53.
Estates
in 1629, Lister borrowed £1,110 from his uncle Martin Lister and in return granted him a lease of property worth £200 p.a. which was to continue until he received £1,500.Cliffe, Yorks. 374. Lister’s estate before the civil war consisted of Thornton Hall, manors of Middop, Swinden and Thornton, mills and rents in Thornton-in-Craven and lands in Earby and elsewhere in Craven, Yorks., in all worth £1,000 p.a.Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Br P85/3, 12, 86a/5; Leeds Univ. Lib. YAS/MD234/36-40. By 1647, he had purchased or was leasing Coldherne House, Kensington, Mdx.Kensington Par. Reg. 36.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Bow Street, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London (by Mar. 1644) Chandos Street, Covent Garden (1647).SP28/162, pt. 1, unfol.; CCAM 506; Survey of London, xxxvi. 187, 265.
Religion
presented Thomas Drake to rectory of Thornton, Yorks., 1623.IND1/17000, f. 46v.
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