Oxford Parl
No
Display career categories
On
Volume type
MP

CHURCH, Barnard (1604-86), of Norwich, Norf.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 17 May 1604, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Richard Church (d. 1617), rector of Whinburgh, Norf. and vicar of Witchford, Cambs.Blomefield, Norf. iv. 141; Clergy of the C of E database, Person ID: 22595. educ. appr. to Robert Atkyns, worsted weaver bef. 1624.Millican, Reg. Freemen Norwich, 161. m. Katherine (d. 19 May 1670), da. of Edmund Quarles of Norwich, ?s.p.Blomefield, Norf. iv. 141. d. 28 July 1686.Blomefield, Norf. iv. 141.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Norwich 1624;Millican, Reg. Freemen Norwich, 161. common councilman, Northern great ward 1639 – 44; surveyor, 1641 – 42, 1648–9;Index to Norwich City Officers, 36. sheriff, 1644–5;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 215. alderman, Colegate ward 1647 – 82; treas. grain stock, 1648 – 50; mayor, 1651–2.Index to Norwich City Officers, 36. Jt. treas. Norwich children’s hosp. 1649-at least 1651.Norf. RO, Norwich assembly bk. 1642–68, ff. 86v, 99v, 114.

Religious: churchwarden, St George Colegate, Norwich 1633–4.Norwich Rate Bk. ed. W. Rye (1903), 72. Overseer, St John de Sepulchre, Norwich 1679.Index of Indentures of Norwich Apprentices, ed. W.M. Rising and P. Millican (Norf. Rec. Soc. xxix. 1959), 17.

Local: commr. New Model ordinance, Norwich 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 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; Norf. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660. July 1652 – 8 July 1656A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Norf.; Christ Church close, Norwich 22 July 1656-aft. Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 239, 339, 345; C181/6, p. 184. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norwich by Dec. 1653-aft. Oct. 1672;C181/6, pp. 25, 386; C181/7, pp. 64, 629. sewers, 13 Oct. 1655, 15 July 1672;C181/6, p. 127; C181/7, p. 625. to survey ‘surrounded ground’, Norf. and Suff. 13 May 1656;C181/6, f. 158. militia, Norf. 26 July 1659; Norwich 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660;SR. voluntary gift, Norwich and Norf. 1661;Cal. of Frere MSS (Norf. Rec. Soc. i. 1931), 73. subsidy, Norwich 1663.SR.

Parlimentarian
CHURCH, Barnard (1604-86), of Norwich, Norf.
: of Norwich, Norf.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, 1654.Norwich Castle Museum.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CHURCH, Barnard (1604-86), of Norwich, Norf.

Will
15 Jan. 1686, pr. ?4 Jan. 1687.Norf. RO, Norwich consist. ct. will, 581 Calthorpe.
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

GILL, Edward (1610-75), of Carr House, Rotherham, Yorks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 24 Jan. 1610, 1st s. of Leonard Gill of Norton, Derbys. and Elizabeth, da. of Robert Sanderson of Blyth, Notts.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 152. m. (1) 23 Sept. 1633 (with £1,000), Ruth (bur. 15 Mar. 1635), da. of Stephen Bright of Carbrook Hall, Sheffield, Yorks. 1da. d.v.p. ; (2) 18 July 1638, Elizabeth (bur. 3 June 1677), da. and h. of Henry Westby of Carr House, 2s. 2da. (1 ).Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 57, f. 661v; Sheffield City Archives, OD/189, 678; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 152-3; T.W. Hall, Sheffield and Rotherham from the 12th to the 18th Century, 227-8. suc. fa. 21 Mar. 1654; bur. 28 Aug. 1675 28 Aug. 1675.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 152.
Offices Held

Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) 1645-at least Mar. 1648.E113/7, pt. 2; SC6/CHAS1/1190, unfol. (entry for 19 Mar. 1648). Gov. Sheffield Castle by July 1645-c.June 1647.SP20/11/8; E113/7, pt. 2; Hunter, Hallamshire, 143.

Local: member, sub-cttee. of accts., Derbys. Jan. 1647–?SP28/257, unfol. Commr. assessment, Derbys. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Yorks. 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660; Yorks. (W. Riding) 9 June 1657. by Feb. 1650 – 8 July 1651A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. Derbys., Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3; C231/6, p. 221; A Perfect List (1660). W. Riding 7 Mar. 1657-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 361. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. W. Riding 14 Jan. 1658;SP25/78, p. 406. charitable uses, 11 Oct. 1658;C93/25/2. militia, Yorks. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Derbys. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sewers, W. Riding 8 Dec. 1671.C181/7, p. 606.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 28 Jan. 1654.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
GILL, Edward (1610-75), of Carr House, Rotherham, Yorks.
: of Carr House, Yorks., Rotherham.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

GILL, Edward (1610-75), of Carr House, Rotherham, Yorks.

Will
10 Oct. 1671, cod. 28 Apr. 1675, pr. 5 Feb. 1678.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 57, f. 660v; Sheffield City Archives, OD/190.
Estates
in 1630-2, fa. fined £20 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 37v. In 1649, fa. settled on him messuage and land in Dore; a water corn mill and lead smelting house in Bradway; and messuages and lands in Coal Aston, Greenhill, Hemsworth and Maugerhay, Derbys.Sheffield City Archives, OD/869. At d. estate inc. his seat at Carr House; a farm and lands in Greasbrough, near Rotherham (leased from William, 2nd earl of Strafford); lands and tenements in Kimberworth, near Rotherham; lands and tenements in Carleton and elsewhere in Holderness, Yorks.; and Brimington Hall, Derbys.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 57, f. 660v-661v; Sheffield City Archives, OD/189. In 1672, his residence Carr House, Greasbrough, assessed at 19 hearths.Yorks. W. Riding Hearth Tax Assessment Lady Day 1672 ed. D. Hay et al. (BRS cxxi), 412.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

BINGHAM, John (1610-75), of Binghams Melcombe, Dorset.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 1610, 1st s. of Richard Bingham of Binghams Melcombe and Jane, da. of Sir Arthur Hopton of Witham, Som.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 374-5. educ. M. Temple, 18 Feb. 1633.MTR ii. 805. m. (1) Frances (d. 1658), da. and coh. of John Trenchard* of Warmwell, Dorset, 5da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Jane Norwood (d. 1680) of Glos. suc. fa. Oct. 1656.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 374-5. d. betw. 3 June-2 Dec. 1675.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 375.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Dorset 24 Feb. 1642-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 508. Commr. array (roy.), 29 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. Dep. lt. (parlian.) 19 Oct. 1642–?LJ v. 408a. Commr. assessment, Dorset 24 Feb. 1643, 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; Poole, 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. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 275 (E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660), 19 (E.1075.6). sequestration, Dorset 27 Mar. 1643;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol.; A. and O. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr for Dorset, Poole 1 July 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Poole 17 Dec. 1644, 24 Feb. 1655, 20 May 1659;C181/5, f. 246; C181/6, pp. 95, 357. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, c. 1650, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659; Poole 26 July 1659;A. and O.; R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 169; SP25/76A, f. 14; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 77. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 8, 378. piracy, Dorset 22 May 1654;C181/6, p. 33. ejecting scandalous ministers, Dorset and Poole 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Dorset c.Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 305. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35).

Military: gov. (parlian.) Poole Aug. 1643–?;Bodl. Tanner 62, f. 252. Guernsey Apr. 1651–60.CJ vi. 557b. Col. of ft. Dorset Aug. 1643–?46.Dorset Standing Cttee. ed. Mayo, 124, 277–8. Col. militia, Dorset 5 Aug. 1659–60.CJ vii. 749a.

Central: cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 229–30; CJ vii. 344b. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
BINGHAM, John (1610-75), of Binghams Melcombe, Dorset.
: Dorset.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BINGHAM, John (1610-75), of Binghams Melcombe, Dorset.

Will
3 June 1675, pr. 2 Dec. 1675.PROB11/349/266.
Estates
allegedly took goods worth £1,000 from Corfe Castle, Feb. 1646;G. Bankes, Story of Corfe Castle (1853), 249-51. granted £1,000 from delinquent estates, Feb. 1648 (paid in full 1653);CJ iv. 672b; v. 464a, 474a; LJ x. 79b, 83a, 84b; Add. 29319, ff. 107-8. salary as gov. Guernsey, 1651-9, 18s per diem;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 232. at d. owned houses at Binghams Melcombe and Quarleston (Winterborne Strickland parish), lands in parishes of Wareham, [Sturminster?] Marshall, Toller Porcorum, Hurthington and Handley, Dorset, and Ebbesborne, Wilts.PROB11/349/266.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

BRIDGEMAN, Orlando (1609-74), of Great Lever, Middleton, Lancs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 30 Jan. 1609, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Bridgeman of Great Lever, bishop of Chester, and Elizabeth (d. 28 May 1636), da. of William Helyar, archdeacon of Barnstaple, Devon.Foster, Lancs. Peds.; ‘The sequestration pprs. of Sir Orlando Bridgeman’ ed. E.R.O. Bridgeman, Trans. Shropshire Arch. Nat. Hist. Soc. ser. 3, ii. 1. educ. Winwick g.s. Lancs.;Bridgeman, Wigan, ii. 267. Queens’, Camb. Easter 1619; Magdalene, Camb. BA 1623, MA 1624; fell. 7 July 1624;Al. Cant.; CB; Bridgeman, Wigan, ii. 455-6. I. Temple 21 Nov. 1624;I. Temple database. ?travelled abroad (France) 1624.Bridgeman, Wigan, ii. 287. m. (1) 30 Jan. 1628, Judith (d. 12 July 1644), da. and h. of John Kynaston of Morton Hall, Kinnerley, Salop, 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 22 Apr. 1647, Dorothy (bur. 12 Jan. 1697), da. and coh. of John Saunders MD, provost of Oriel, Oxf. wid. of George Cradock of Caverswall Castle, Staffs. 2s. 3da. (2 d.v.p.).St Dionis Backchurch (Harl. Soc. Reg. iii), 25; Foster, Lancs. Peds.; CB. suc. fa. 11 Nov. 1652;CB. Kntd. 17 Nov. 1643;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 216. cr. bt. 7 June 1660. d. 25 June 1674.CB.
Offices Held

Legal: called, I. Temple 10 Feb. 1633; bencher, 30 May 1660.CITR ii. 204, 334. V.-chamberlain, co. palatine of Chester, 27 July 1638-aft. Apr. 1643.Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 63; Bridgeman, Wigan, ii. 456. KC, duchy of Lancaster, 25 May 1639–?Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 54. Solicitor-gen. prince of Wales, May 1640–14 Dec. 1643.Cheshire RO, DLT/B/11, p. 83; Bridgeman, Wigan, ii. 456; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 370. Att. ct. of wards, 13 Nov. 1643-aft. May 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 369–70, 406. Sjt.-at-law, 31 May 1660–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 192. C. bar. exch. 1 June-22 Oct. 1660.BL, Hargrave 55, f. 1; W.H. Bryson, The Equity Side of the Exchequer (Cambridge, 1975), 177. Assize judge, Home circ. 1660–7.C181/7, pp. 6, 396. L.c.j.c.p. 22 Oct. 1660-May 1668. Ld. kpr. 30 Aug. 1667–30 Nov. 1672.Hargrave 55, f. 1; Foss, Judges of Eng. vii. 62, 63.

Local: steward, liberties of archbishop of Canterbury by July 1635–?Staffs. RO, D1287/P/1010 (18/2); Works of Laud, iv. 148; Bridgeman, Wigan, ii. 381; ‘Bridgeman sequestration pprs.’ ed. Bridgeman, 2; B.W. Quintrell, ‘Lancs. ills, the king’s will and the troubling of Bishop Bridgeman’, in Seventeenth-Century Lancs. ed. Kermode, Phillips, 102. J.p. Lancs. c.Mar. 1637–4 Aug. 1646;Lancs. RO, QSC/38; Bridgeman, Wigan, ii. 398; CJ ii. 821a; LJ v. 449b-450a; D.J. Wilkinson, ‘The commission of peace in Lancs. 1603–42’, in Seventeenth-Century Lancs. ed. J.I. Kermode, C.B. Phillips, Trans. Historic Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, cxxxii. 63. Cheshire 1 June 1642–11 Nov. 1644;Cheshire RO, DAR/I/29, pp. 18, 20. Mdx., Westminster bef. Oct. 1660–?d.;C220/9/4. Peterborough 10 Oct. 1660-aft. 19 Dec. 1670;C181/7, pp. 65, 566. liberties of Cawood, Wistow and Otley, Yorks. 13 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 297. Camb. 19 June 1668-aft. 1 July 1672;C181/7, pp. 441, 623. St Albans 14 Dec. 1668-aft. 21 Mar. 1672;C181/7, pp. 457, 621. Southwell, Notts. 29 June 1669;C181/7, p. 502. Oxf. 25 Nov. 1669;C181/7, p. 511. liberty of St Peter, York 18 May 1671.C181/7, p. 578. Commr. array (roy.), Cheshire 10 Oct. 1642.Cheshire RO, DLT/B11, p. 83. Recvr. (roy.) N. Wales 29 Apr. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 31. Commr. rebels’ estates (roy.), Cheshire and Lancs. 30 Dec. 1643; Chester 1 Jan. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 118–19. Custos rot. Cheshire 1 Mar. 1644–?Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 152–3. Commr. oyer and terminer, London 3 July 1660–9 Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 1, 601. Mdx. 5 July 1660-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 3, 588. Home circ. 10 July 1660–3 Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 7, 615. Peterborough 29 Oct. 1660-aft. 9 Jan. 1671;C181/7, pp. 65, 433, 566. Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7, p. 119. the Verge 10 Apr. 1662, 26 Nov. 1668;C181/7, pp. 141, 456. all circs. 1 Feb. 1668–3 Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 422, 617. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 1660–12 Feb. 1667;C181/7, pp. 33, 333. Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 7 Dec. 1660;C181/7, p. 49. Newgate gaol 17 Nov. 1664;C181/7, p. 296. Camb. 24 Feb. 1668;C181/7, p. 434. Oxf. 24 Nov. 1668–25 Nov. 1672;C181/7, pp. 455, 603. London 24 Sept. 1670;C181/7, p. 560. sewers, Essex, Kent and Mdx. 11 Sept. 1660–25 May 1669;C181/7, pp. 47, 390. Deeping and Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 148. London 24 July 1662;C181/7, p. 164. Mdx. 17 Oct. 1667–28 Jan. 1673;C181/7, pp. 412, 627. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 15 Dec. 1669-aft. May 1670;C181/7, pp. 518, 543. assessment, Mdx. 1664;SR. piracy, London 18 Mar. 1667.C181/7, p. 394.

Central: member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641.CJ ii. 288b. Commr. (roy.) Uxbridge Treaty, 21 Jan. 1645.LJ vii. 150a.

Civic: freeman, Chester 14 Apr. 1643–?Cheshire RO, ZAB/2, f. 63.

Parlimentarian
BRIDGEMAN, Orlando (1609-74), of Great Lever, Middleton, Lancs.
: of Great Lever, Lancs., Middleton.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Borsseler, c.1670;NT, Chirk Castle. oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, 1671;I. Temple, London. oil on canvas, J. Riley;Weston Park, Staffs. drawing, W. Faithorne, 1671;BM. line engraving, W. Faithorne, 1671;NPG. line engraving, R. White, 1671;NPG. group portrait, line engraving, W. Faithorne, 1673.NPG.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BRIDGEMAN, Orlando (1609-74), of Great Lever, Middleton, Lancs.

Will
19 Feb. 1674, cod. 1 May, 4 June 1674, pr. 15 July 1674.PROB11/345, f. 238v.
Estates
in 1633, John Bridgeman’s estate worth about £2,400 p.a.Quintrell, ‘Lancs. ills’, 69, 96. In 1635-8, the Bridgemans purchased a moiety of manors of Malpas and Wigland, including salt pans, in Cheshire and Flint, for £3,500, and manor of Bromborough, Cheshire, for £4,100.Cheshire RO, DCH/C/506; ‘Bridgeman sequestration pprs.’ ed. Bridgeman, 27, 28. In 1640, Bridgeman purchased the other moiety of manor of Wigland and sold his moiety of manor of Malpas.Cheshire RO, DCH/C/509-10. In 1646, estate consisted of lands in Denb., Cheshire, Flint and Lancs. and inc. manor of Great Lever, Lancs. and rectory of Plemstall, Cheshire, and was valued at £945 p.a.; his debts amounted to £1,720, and he was owed £1,283. In 1648, sold reversion of leases in Kent for £500. In 1657, sold manor of Bromborough for £4,150.‘Bridgeman sequestration pprs.’ ed. Bridgeman, 17-18, 31, 34, 61. Until 1658, owned, or part-owned, chambers in the Inner Temple.LMA, ACC/0446/ED/333. In c.1661, purchased advowson of rectory of Wigan, worth about £570 p.a.VCH Lancs. iv. 60. By 1674, estate inc. Wolvesacre Hall and demesne lands, Flint; property in Wigland and manor of Ridley, Cheshire; a house in Teddington, Surr.; lease of Essex House on the Strand, London; leases in Berks.; and advowsons of Castle Bromwich, Warws. and ‘Clifton’.PROB11/345, ff. 239-42; Cheshire RO, DCH/C/931.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
oxford
Addresses
the ‘Flower de Luce, right over against Rom Alley’, Fleet Street, London (1640).Bridgeman, Wigan, ii. 432.
Religion
presented Henry Bridgeman (his bro.) to rectory of Barrow, Cheshire, 1639;Clergy of the C of E Database, record ID: 241186. Thomas Browne to rectory of Oddington, Oxon., 1640;Clergy of the C of E Database, record ID: 80106. George Hall to rectory of Wigan, Lancs., 1662;Bridgeman, Wigan, iii. 484, 485. William Garrett to vicarage of Titchfield, Hants, 1670.Clergy of the C of E Database, record ID: 55621.
Image

CRANE, Sir Robert, 1st bt. (1586-1643), of Chilton, nr. Sudbury, Suff. and Buckenham Tofts, Norf.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. June – Dec. 1586, poss. illegit. s. of Henry Crane (d. 1586) of Chilton and Katherine, da. and coh. of John Jernegan of Somerleyton, Suff.W.S. Appleton, Mems. of the Cranes of Chilton (Cambridge, 1868), 27; Vis. Suff. ed. J.J. Howard (Lowestoft and London, 1866-76), i. 145, 146. educ. I. Temple 26 Apr. 1607; L. Inn 24 Feb. 1608.I. Temple database; LI Admiss. i. 147. m. (1) 19 Jan. 1607, Dorothy (d. 11 Apr. 1624), da. of Sir Henry Hobart† of Intwood, Norf., s.p.; (2) 21 Sept. 1624, Susan (bur. 14 Sept. 1681), da. of Sir Giles Alington of Horseheath, Cambs., 1s. d.v.p. 7da. (2 d.v.p.).Appleton, Mems. 31, 51-2, 67; Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 141-2; Ely Episcopal Recs. ed. A. Gibbons (Lincoln, 1891), 321; C.E. Parsons, ‘Horseheath Hall and its owners’, Procs. Camb. Antiq. Soc. xli. ped. opp. p. 50. suc. grandfa. 1591; Kntd. 27 Feb. 1605;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137. cr. bt. 11 May 1627.Coventry Docquets, 24; Eg. 2552, ff. 17v-18; Cornwallis Corresp. 157, 159; CB ii. 15. d. 17 Feb. 1643.Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 142.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Suff. by 1610-c. Jan. 1632, Dec. 1632 – d.; Ipswich c.Sept. 1626–?HP Commons 1604–1629, ‘Robert Crane’; Coventry Docquets, 67; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 21v. Commr. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1610–16; Norf. 1625;C181/2, ff. 128, 264; C181/3, f. 189v aid, Suff. 1612–13.E163/15/21; Harl. 354, f. 68v. Capt. militia horse, Suff. by 1613-c. July 1615; militia ft. c.July 1615–d.Add. 39249, ff. 11v, 15, 22v, 25v; Suff. RO (Ipswich), HA54/1/9. Commr. sewers, Suff. and Essex 1617, 1634; Suff. 1619–37;C181/2, ff. 272, 349v; C181/4, f. 173v; C181/5, f. 82; Coventry Docquets, 80. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1618 – d.; Suff. 1640. by 1619 – Mar. 1642C181/2, f. 316; C181/5, ff. 175, 218. Dep. lt., 5 July 1642–d.Add. 39245, ff. 43, 72; Bodl. Tanner 66, f. 298; CJ ii. 654a; LJ v. 184b. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624 – 25, 1641; Hadleigh, Suff. 1624;C212/22/20–1, 23; Add. 39245, f. 51v; Harl. 305, f. 206v; SR. fen drainage, Norf. and Suff. 1625;C181/3, f. 163v. Forced Loan, Suff., Ipswich 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 55v, 85. piracy, Suff. 1627;C181/3, f. 232. worsted yarn, Norwich, Norf. 1629;CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 113. gaol delivery, Hadleigh 1630–d.C181/4, f. 57v; C181/5, f. 195v. Sheriff, Suff. 1631.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. Soc. ix), 132. Commr. swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 28. navigation, River Lark, Suff. 1636, 1637;CSP Dom. 1635–6, pp. 434–5; Coventry Docquets, 307; C205/14/16. maltsters, Suff. 1636;PC2/46, f. 373. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642.LJ v. 245b.

Central: commr. trade, 1625;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 59. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642.SR.

Parlimentarian
CRANE, Sir Robert (1586-1643), of Chilton, nr. Sudbury, Suff. and Buckenham Tofts, Norf.
: 1st bt. (1586-1643), of Chilton, Suff., nr. Sudbury 1586 – 1643 and Buckenham Tofts, Norf.
Likenesses

Likenesses: fun. monument, G. Christmas, 1626, Chilton church, Suff.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CRANE, Sir Robert, 1st bt. (1586-1643), of Chilton, nr. Sudbury, Suff. and Buckenham Tofts, Norf.

Will
13 Feb. 1643, pr. 23 Feb. 1643.PROB11/191/171; Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 155-7.
Estates
lands in Suff. valued at over £2,100 p.a. following his death.Norf. RO, GIL 4/206.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

BELL, William (bef. 1600-c.1664), of King Street, Westminster.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
?s. of Thomas Bell of Runnoll, Yorks. and Frances Wright.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 63. ?m. ?; Mary, da. of William Paule of London, at least 2s.Vis. London, 63; PROB 11/314/416. d. c. 1664.PROB11/314/ 416.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Apothecaries’ Co. 18 Nov. 1619; asst. 28 June 1627 – 16 Feb. 1632; upper warden, 20 Aug. 1635; master, 24 Aug. 1641–13 Aug. 1642.GL, MS 8200/1, ff. 24v, 39v, 40v, 173, 289, 351v, 359. Alderman, London 19 Oct. 1652–28 Apr. 1653.CLRO, Rep. 62, ff. 202, 281v.

Religious: churchwarden, St Margaret’s, Westminster 1628–30.M. Walcote, Mems. of Westminster (1851), 126.

Local: commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 13 Dec. 1634 – aft.June 1645, 10 Jan. 1655 – 7 July 1657, 31 Aug. 1660;C181/4, f. 191; C181/5, ff. 81v, 255; C181/6, pp. 69, 176; C181/7, p. 38. subsidy, Westminster 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642;SR. Mdx. 18 Oct. 1644, 2 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; CJ vii. 858b. Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; sequestration, Westminster 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O. Member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 11 July 1643.Ancient Vellum Bk. 70. Commr. levying of money, Mdx. 3 Aug. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Westminster 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

Parlimentarian
BELL, William (bef. 1600-c.1664), of King Street, Westminster.
: Westminster., of King Street.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BELL, William (bef. 1600-c.1664), of King Street, Westminster.

Will
19 Sept. 1653, pr. 23 July 1664.PROB11/314/ 416.
Estates
by Sept. 1649 leased the ‘Black Bell’, Westminster, at £1 p.a.;A. and O. in Sept. 1653 owned houses in King St., Westminster, and Wood St., London, as well as land in Kingsbury, Mdx.;PROB11/314/416. granted lease of a property, formerly crown land, next to his house in King St. Jan. 1661.CTB i. 18, 193.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

GEORGE, John (1594-1678), of Baunton, Glos. and the Middle Temple.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 15 Sept. 1594, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Robert George of Baunton and Margaret (bur. 2 Mar. 1637), da. of Edward Oldisworth of Poulton.Vis. Glos. 1623 (Harl. Soc. xxi) 248-9; Vis. Glos. 1682-3 ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 73. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. BA 6 July 1614; M. Temple 1 July 1615; embassy, Venice 1616-18.Al. Ox.; MTR ii. 597; Wotton Letters ed. L.P. Smith (2 vols. Oxford, 1907), i. 144, ii. 127. m. lic. 18 July 1627, Elizabeth (bur. 4 June 1677), da. of John Tirrell of St. Ives, Hunts, 4s. (4 d.v.p.), 2 da. (2 d.v.p.).Vis. Glos. 1623, 248-9; Allegs. London Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxv-xxvi) ii. 189. entered into his Cirencester patrimony 1 Nov. 1622, suc. cos. Robert George 31 Jan. 1623, fa. Feb. 1623. d. c. Dec. 1678, bur. 6 Jan. 1679 6 Jan. 1679.Glos. RO, P86/1/CH1/4; Vis. Glos. 1623, 249.
Offices Held

Legal: called, M. Temple 23 May 1623; reader, New Inn Oct. 1637; bencher, M. Temple 1651; treas. 5 Nov. 1658–59.MTR ii. 597, 860; iii. 1031, 1128.

Local: j.p. Glos. by 1635 – ?37, 20 June 1638 – 27 June 1642, 8 July 1656 – ?Mar. 1660, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/5, pp. 299, 528; C231/6, p. 340; BRL, 603503/419. Dep. lt. 12 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 291b. Commr. assessment, 24 Feb. 1643, 26 Jan, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677;A. and O.; An Ordinance... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. sequestration, Glos. and Gloucester 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Glos. 7 May 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; militia, 26 July 1659;A. and O. subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 789.

Parlimentarian
GEORGE, John (1594-1678), of the Middle Temple and Cirencester, Glos.
: Glos. and the Middle Temple.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

GEORGE, John (1594-1678), of Baunton, Glos. and the Middle Temple.

Will
not found.
Estates
manors of Baunton, Northcott (Preston parish, Glos.), messuages in Cirencester, Minety, Badgington, St. Peter Ampney, Glos., inc. 820 acres; Great Chelworth manor, Wilts., impropriate rectory of Baunton, advowson of Cricklade St Mary, Wilts.Glos. RO, P86/1/CH1/4.
Oxford 1644
Yes
1640 Volume
oxford
Addresses
Religion
Image

CHAWORTH, Dr Richard (?1598-1672), of Wiverton, Notts, Bishops Cannings, Wilts. and Richmond, Surr.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. ?3 Oct. 1598, ?6th s. of John Chaworth (d. 1638) of Wiverton, Notts. and Jane, da. of David Vincent of Stoke D’Abernon, Surr. and Bernake, Northants.; bro. of George Chaworth†, 1st Visct. Chaworth [I].Vis. of Notts. (Harl. Soc. iv), 128; Corresp. of Bishop Brian Duppa ed. G. Isham (Northants. Rec. Soc. xvii), 4-7. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 12 Oct. 1621, ‘aged 18’; BA 20 June 1622; MA 20 June 1625; BCL 3 Mar. 1634; DCL 2 July 1640.Al. Ox.; Wood, Fasti Oxon. (ed. Bliss, 1815), i. 515. m. (1) Mary (bur. 25 Nov. 1645)Wood, City of Oxford, ii. 550., da. of Edward Croft of Wigmore, Herefs.; (2) ?1663, Sophia (bur. 1 Jan. 1690), da. of Robert Bertie, 1st earl of Lindsey.Aubrey, Nat. Hist. Surr. i. 64; Manning, Bray, Surr. i. 424. Kntd. 18 Dec. 1663.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 239. d. 12 Nov. 1672.Aubrey, Nat. Hist. Surr. i. 70, 81; Manning, Bray, Surr. i. 426, 431; MI, Richmond, Surr.
Offices Held

Academic: proctor, Oxf. Univ. 11 Apr. 1632–2 May 1633.Al. Ox.; Bodl. Oxf. Univ. Archives, NEP/Supra/Reg. R, ff. 44, 65.

Legal: chan. London dioc. 1637–1663.Al. Ox. Judge, v.-admlty. ct. Suss. by 12 Oct. 1640-aft. May 1642.W. Suss. RO, Ep.I/55/19, 21, 22, 24. Chan. Chichester dioc. 4 May 1640–67.Recs. Diocese Chichester, i. 239; Acts Dean and Chapter Chichester, 265. Commry. Lewes archdeaconry, 4 May 1640–d.Acts Dean and Chapter Chichester, 265. Vicar-gen. Canterbury by 31 Aug. 1663–d.Evelyn Diary (ed. de Beer), iii. 362; Al. Ox. Dean of Pagham, Tarring and South Malling, Canterbury dioc. 5 May 1666–d.Recs. Diocese Chichester, i. 240. Adm. Doctors’ Commons, 28 Jan. 1667.LPL, DC1, ff. 52v, 112v; G. D. Squibb, Doctors’ Commons (1977), 180.

Parlimentarian
CHAWORTH, Dr Richard (?1598-1672), of Wiverton, Notts, Bishops Cannings, Wilts. and Richmond, Surr.
: of Wiverton, Wilts., Bishops Cannings, Notts. and Surr., Richmond.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

CHAWORTH, Dr Richard (?1598-1672), of Wiverton, Notts, Bishops Cannings, Wilts. and Richmond, Surr.

Will
13 Apr. 1669, pr. 24 July 1673.PROB11/342/450.
Estates
granted lease of manor, lordship and hundred of Bishops Cannings, Wilts. by Brian Duppa, bp. of Salisbury, for 21 years at £180 p.a. 30 June 1646;Commonplace Bk. of Sir Edward Bayntun, 18. Duppa bequeathed to Chaworth reversion of his house in Richmond, 1662.PROB11/308/196. Acquired manor of Mountfield, Suss. with Henry Mallory, 1663.Suss. Manors, ii. 313.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

BOONE, Thomas (c.1610-80), of Mount Boone, Townstall, Devon.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Henry Boone of Dartmouth. m. 30 Oct. 1636, Dorothy (d. 9 Dec. 1657), da. of John Upton I* of Lupton, 9s. (6 d.v.p.), 7 da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. Feb. 1638. d. 26 Jan. 1680.J. Stabb, Some Old Devon Churches (1908-16), i. 239: PROB11/363/112; Dartmouth St Saviour and Brixham par. regs.
Offices Held

Local: commr. defraying expenses of army in Devon, 17 Jan. 1643; additional sequestration, Devon 11 Apr. 1643; commr. for Devon, 1 July 1644; assessment, 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. 1660; Som. 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Devon militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311b. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. 1649 – ?Apr. 1653Devon RO, DQS 28/5, 28/10, 28/11; A. and O. J.p. by 30 June, by Mar. 1654-bef. Oct. 1660.S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon Justices of the Peace, 1643–60’, in Devon Documents ed. T. Gray (Exeter, 1996), 161–5. Tideman, port of Exeter, 1652–3.E351/653.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647;CJ v. 407a. cttee. of navy and customs by 18 July 1648.SP16/518, f. 100. Commr. for compounding, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. removing obstructions, sales of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan., 4 May 1649.CJ vi. 120b, 201b. Member, cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 137b. Commr. regulating trade, 1 Aug. 1650; admlty. and navy, 31 May 1659, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. inquiry into Newfoundland government, 1667.APC Col. i. 433.

Diplomatic: Amb. to Denmark and Sweden, 30 June 1659.CJ vii. 700a.

Parlimentarian
BOONE, Thomas (c.1610-80), of Mount Boone, Townstall, Devon.
: Townstall, Devon.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BOONE, Thomas (c.1610-80), of Mount Boone, Townstall, Devon.

Will
14 Mar. 1678, pr. 25 May 1680.PROB11/363/112.
Estates
bought Membury manor, confiscated from dean and chapter of Windsor;C54/3587/4. fee farm rents in Devon, Som. and Yorks valued at £7,183.S.K. Roberts, Recovery and Restoration in an English County: Devon Local Administration 1646-1670 (Exeter, 1985), 162. Business interests in east Africa and India, 1649.Cal. Ct. Mins. E I. Co. 1644-49, 360.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image

HOOKE, Humphrey (c.1580-1659), of Bristol.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c.1580, 2nd s. of John Hooke of Chichester, merchant (bur. 2 Sept. 1597) and Julian.PROB11/91/64. educ. appr. c.1594 to John Ball, ironmonger; freeman, Ironmongers’ Co. London, 8 Aug. 1604.GL, 16977/1, p. 26; 16967/2, f. 7. m. 13 Oct. 1605, Cicely, da. of Thomas Young of Bristol and Horfield, Glos., merchant, 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (at least 2 d.v.p.).Horfield par. reg.; St. Stephen, Bristol par. reg.; PROB11/290/248. bur. 31 Mar. 1659 31 Mar. 1659.St Nicholas, Bristol par. reg.
Offices Held

Civic: burgess, Bristol 10 Feb. 1607–d.;Bristol RO, 04352/3, f. 185v. common cllr. 12 Apr. 1614–28 Oct. 1645;Bristol RO, 04264/2, f. 45v; A. and O. sheriff, 1614–15;List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 168. supervisor, pauper children and coals, 1623 – 26; charity money, 1623 – 27; hosps. 1624 – 25, 1632 – 33; asst. treas. hosps. 1626 – 27; treas. 1627 – 28; supervisor, orphans’ cases, 1624 – 29; auditor, 1625 – 27, 1631 – 32, 1636 – 43, 1644 – 28 Oct. 1645; supervisor, city lands, 1626 – 27, 1640 – 42, 1644 – 45; mayor, 1629 – 30, 1643 – 44; constable of staple, 1630 – 31, 1644 – 45; alderman, 3 Aug. 1632 – 28 Oct. 1645; supervisor, highways, 1633 – 35; free sch. 1636 – 38, 1642 – 43, 1644–28 Oct. 1645;City Chamberlain’s Accounts ed. D.M. Livock (Bristol Rec. Soc. xxiv), 164. Bristol RO, 04264/2, ff. 115, 124, 131, 143, 151; 04264/3, ff. 7v, 34, 36, 38, 45, 71, 87, 107, 115, 125; 04264/4, p. 74; Bristol Ref. Lib. 603183/121. member, cttee. for safety of city, c.Mar.-10 Sept. 1645.Bristol RO, 04264/4, p. 93.

Mercantile: member, London and Bristol Newfoundland Co. 29 Apr. 1610.C66/8/Jas. I/8/6. Member, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol by 1616; treas. 1616 – 17; asst. 1620 – 21, 1624 – 25, 1625 – 26, 1626 – 27, 1627 – 28, 1628 – 29, 1642 – 43, 1644 – 45; master, 1621 – 22, 1630 – 31, 1631 – 32, 1632 – 33, 1633 – 34, 1634 – 35, 1638–9.Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bk. of Charters I, pp. 55, 89, 91, 93, 95, 97, 99, 101, 107, 109, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121, 129, 137.

Local: commr. nisi prius, Bristol 23 June 1630;C181/4, f. 56v. array (roy.), 16 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. oyer and terminer (roy.), 18 Oct. 1643; rebels’ estates (roy.), 17 Jan. 1644; excise (roy.), 25 Apr. 1644, 4 Feb., 6 Mar. 1645; Bristol, Glos., Glam. and Mon. 31 Mar., Apr. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 88, 131, 193, 255, 260, 266, 267.

Parlimentarian
HOOKE, Humphrey (c.1580-1659), of Bristol.
:, .
Likenesses

Likenesses: ?oil on panel, double portrait with grandson, ?1630.Wadham Coll. Oxf.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HOOKE, Humphrey (c.1580-1659), of Bristol.

Will
17 Nov. 1658, pr. 20 Apr. 1659.PROB11/290/248.
Estates
house in St Stephen’s parish, Bristol paying £12 in subsidy, 1628;E179/116/518; Bristol Deposition Bks. 1643-7, 96. at d. held manors of Kingsweston, Elverton, Norwick, Redwick and Frampton-upon-Severn, Glos.; manor of Midsomer Norton, Som. and many properties in Bristol.PROB11/290/248. By 1625 renting from Bristol corporation messuage in the marsh, and ‘great corner tenement’ at end of quay near St Giles gate, Old Jury.Bristol RO, 04026/20, pp. 4, 10; 04026/22, p. 148.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image
Subscribe to Commons 1640-1660