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BALDWYN, Samuel (1618-83), of Elsich, Diddlebury; Stokesay Castle, Salop and the Inner Temple, London.

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bap. 7 June 1618, 1st s. of Charles Baldwin* of Elsich and Mary, da. of Francis Holland of Burwarton and wid. of Robert Lutley of Burwarton.Diddlebury par. reg.; Vis. Salop 1623, i. (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 23; ii. (Harl. Soc. xxix), 345; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, ii. 334. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 6 Mar. 1635; I. Temple 16 Aug. 1635.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database; Cal. IT Recs. ii. 273. m. lic. 25 July 1648 (with £2,000) Elizabeth (b. 1633), da. of Richard Walcot of St. Thomas Apostle, London, 4s. (3 d.v.p.), 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, ii. 338; J.R. Burton, Some Collns. towards the Hist. of the Family of Walcot of Walcot (Shrewsbury, 1930), 51. Kntd. 5 Feb. 1673. suc. fa. 14 Feb. 1675. d. 15 July 1683.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 248; Diddlebury par. reg.; J.H. Baker, Serjeants at Law (1984), 498; PROB11/374/242; Salop Archives, 151/61; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, ii. 332.
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Legal: called, I. Temple 5 Nov. 1646; auditor, 1651 – 52, 1652 – 53, 1657–61. Sjt.-at-law, Mich. 1669; king’s sjt. 1673–d.Cal. IT Recs. ii. 256, 273, 299, 303, 324, 327, 332, 335; Baker, Serjeants, 194, 498.

Local: commr. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 10 July 1656.C181/6, p. 176. Commr. assessment, Salop 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679.An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. by Oct. 1660–?d. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 23 June 1671-aft. Feb. 1673.C181/7, pp. 594, 637.

Civic: burgess, Ludlow by 6 Jan. 1659,Salop Archives, LB2/1/2 p. 155. Much Wenlock 17 Jan. 1659.Salop Archives, WB/B3/1/1 p. 792. Recorder, Shrewsbury 1671–d.CSP Dom. 1671, p. 32.

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BALDWYN, Samuel (1618-83), of Elsich, Diddlebury; Stokesay Castle, Salop and the Inner Temple, London.
: Diddlebury; Stokesay Castle, Salop and London., the Inner Temple.
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BALDWYN, Samuel (1618-83), of Elsich, Diddlebury; Stokesay Castle, Salop and the Inner Temple, London.

Will
4 June 1679, pr. 19 Oct. 1683.PROB11/374/272.
Estates
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WALLER, Sir Hardress (1604-66), of Castletown, co. Limerick.

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b. 1604, 1st s. of George Waller of Groombridge, Kent and Mary, da. of Richard Hardress.Add. 5711, ff. 74v-75. educ. Oxford Univ., MA (hon.) 20 May 1649;Abbott, Writings and Speeches, ii. 73. Dublin University, MA (hon.) 25 Aug. 1655.Clarke Pprs. iii. 50. m. 26 June 1629 Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir John Dowdall of Kilfinney, co. Limerick, 2s. 4da.Lismore Pprs. ser. 1, ii. 329; Burke’s Landed Gentry of Ire. (1904), 628. Kntd. 6 July 1629.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 196. d. 1666.
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Military: ?soldier, Holland or Germany 1630s. Lt.-col. of ft. regt. of Sir William St Leger, Prot. forces in Ireland, 1642; col. of ft. Oct. 1642-Apr. 1647. Gov. Cork City and cdr. Munster forces, Jan.-Apr. 1644.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 442. Col. of ft. New Model army, Apr. 1645-Feb. 1660.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 443–5. Member, gen. cttee. of officers, 29 Aug. 1647.Clarke Pprs. i. 223–4. Maj.-gen. army in Ireland, Dec. 1649-Feb. 1660.SP28/80, f. 573D; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 445–8. Gov. Limerick 16 Jan. 1652.Eg. 1762, f. 202v.

Irish: MP, Askeaton 1634; co. Limerick 1640.McGrath, Biographical Dict. Member, cttee. for poor laws, Dublin 7 June 1653. Commr. transplanting Ulster Scots, 13 July 1653. Member, cttee. for transplantation, 1 Aug. 1653, 26 Oct. 1654.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 344, 360, 369, 451. J.p. co. Dublin 15 Sept. 1653–?TCD, MS 844, f. 139v. Asst. ct. of claims, 7 Oct. 1654.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 454. Commr. assessment, co. and city of Dublin, cos. Limerick, Kilkenny, Cork, Clare 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; co. Dublin 24 June 1657;An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). Dublin hosp. 3 Jan. 1655. Member, cttee. for approbation of preachers, 4 Apr. 1656.Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 473, 588. Commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Central: commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.Rushworth, Hist. Collns. vii. 1395, 1416; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 728n; A. and O.

Local: commr. assessment, Cornw., Devon, Exeter 7 Dec. 1649; Som. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650;A. and O. tendering Engagement, Cornw. 28 Jan. 1650;FSL, X.d.483 (47). militia, c.1650.R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1981), 170.

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WALLER, Sir Hardress (1604-66), of Castletown, co. Limerick.
: of Castletown, co. Limerick.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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WALLER, Sir Hardress (1604-66), of Castletown, co. Limerick.

Will
attainted 1660.
Estates
In 1630s held 2,300 acres in co. Limerick, (£585 p.a.), 450 acres in co. Tipperary (£101 p.a.) and mortgage of 120 acres (£30 p.a.); est. £800 annual income from Irish lands 1641: with wife’s jointure lands (£590 p.a.) this fits in with 1660 claim that he held lands worth £1,500 p.a. before rebellion.McGrath, Biographical Dict.; Irish Rebellion ed. Hogan, 24-5; Eg. 2549, f. 93. Estate forfeited by attainder, Oct. 1660.CSP Ire. 1660-2, p. 54.
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DOWNES, John (1609-aft. 1665), of Manby, Lincs., Pulborough, Suss. and Hampstead, Mdx.

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bap. 16 July 1609,IGI. 1st surv. s. of Richard Downes of Manby, Lincs., and Elizabeth, da. of ?Wallis.PROB11/133/230. educ. I. Temple, 1 Feb. 1632, called 6 May 1642.I. Temple database. m. (1) ?Johanna, da. of Richard Mosely of Tunstall, Staffs. s.p.;Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), ii. 114. (2) 16 Apr. 1634, Catherine, da. of Francis Townley of Littleton, Mdx. at least 2s.;St John at Hackney, par. reg.; London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 416; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 170-1. (3) 15 Dec. 1642, Hanna Marsh, at least 2da.;St Stephen, Coleman Street, London, par. reg.; Suss. Manors, i. 43. 9 ch. by 1660. J. Downes, A True and Humble Representation (1660). suc. fa. betw. 29 Mar. 1618-16 Feb. 1619.PROB11/133/230. d. aft. Nov. 1666.CSP Dom. 1666-7, p. 235.
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Central: jt. auditor, duchy of Cornwall, 27 Oct. 1634–49.Coventry Docquets, 190; C66/2673/1. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652, 2 Feb. 1660.CJ vi. 110b, 113b; A. and O. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 25 Nov. 1651, 19 May 1659.CJ vii. 42b; A. and O. Commr. to inspect treasuries, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 Jan. 1653;A. and O. management of revenue, 20 June 1659.CJ vii. 690a.

Local: commr. assessment, Suss. 1642,E179/191/388; SR. 24 Feb. 1643, 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, 26 Jan. 1660; Mdx. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan.1660; Westminster 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). sequestration, Suss. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Member, cttee. for Suss. 18 July 1643.CJ iii. 173a. Commr. defence of Hants and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Suss. 3 June 1644–?CJ iii. 516a. Commr. for Suss., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suss. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 235. Home circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 14, 373. gaol delivery, Suss. 4 July 1644.C181/5, f. 235v. J.p. by 11 July 1644-bef. Oct. 1660;Suss. QSOB 1642–9, 54. Mdx. 18 June 1651-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 216; C193/13/4, f. 62. Commr. New Model ordinance, Suss. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654; Westminster militia, 28 June 1659;A. and O. sewers, Suss. 28 Dec. 1658.C181/6, p. 346.

Military: col. (parlian.) forces in Suss. bef. 4 Feb. 1645.CJ iv. 41a.

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DOWNES, John (1609-aft. 1665), of Manby, Lincs., Pulborough, Suss. and Hampstead, Mdx.
: of Manby, Lincs., Suss., Pulborough and Mdx., Hampstead.
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Commons 1640-1660
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DOWNES, John (1609-aft. 1665), of Manby, Lincs., Pulborough, Suss. and Hampstead, Mdx.

Will
Attainted 1660.
Estates
inherited from fa. property at Manby, Lincs., and ?land in Suss.;PROB11/133/230. New Place, Pulborough, bef. 1642.West Suss. Protestation Returns, 143; LR2/266, f. 19; CRES6/2, p. 610. Under the commonwealth greatly extended his estate, largely with property formerly belonging to the church, inc. in 1649 the Bishop’s Palace, Chichester, and Broyle Manor, purchased for £1,309,LR2/266, f. 4v; I. C. Hannah, ‘Bishop’s Palace Chichester’, Suss. Arch. Coll. lii. 21; Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 35. in 1651 Grailinge Manor in Chichester.C54/3586/30. Held Arundel rectory bef. 1651;CCC 2461; SP23/11/133. acquired manor of Cann Gate for £1,879, and manors of Birdham Court, Barnes, and Oving for £1,609, bef. 1654,W. Suss. RO, Cap.I/30/6; LR2/266, f. 4; Suss. Manors, i. 43. as well as property in the Isle of Selsey, Suss. bef. 1655.Abstracts Suss. Deeds and Docs. 61. Estate, valued at £193 p.a., forfeit to crown in 1661.LR2/266, ff. 1, 19; CRES6/2, p. 610.
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Hampstead, Mdx. June 1654.W. Suss. RO, MP1926, f. 66.
Religion
patron to George Vinter (Cowfold, Suss. 31 Dec. 1651),Add. 36792, f. 35. Samuel Greenhill (Cuckfield, 6 Dec. 1654), Henry Townley (Henfield, 8 May 1657), Richard Allen (Henfield, 16 June 1658), William Cooper (Pulborough, 24 Sept. 1658), and Jeremiah Dyke (Pulborough, 8 Dec. 1658).Dunkin, ‘Admissions to Suss. Benefices’, 216, 219, 221.
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CRAVEN, John (1610-48), of London.

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bap. 10 June 1610, 2nd surv. s. of Sir William Craven of London and Elizabeth, da. of William Whitmore of London. educ. ?Trinity, Oxf. 1626-8;CP. M. Temple 11 Nov. 1628.MTR ii. 740. m. 4 Dec. 1634 Elizabeth (b. 16 Feb. 1618), da. of William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton. cr. Baron Craven of Ryton, Salop. 21 Mar. 1643.47th Rep. Dep. Keepers of Public Recs. app. d. betw. 25 June 1647 and 26 Feb. 1648, s.p.PROB11/203/494.
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CRAVEN, John (1610-48), of London.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, follower of A. Van Dyck, c.1643-7.Courtauld Gallery, London.

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CRAVEN, John (1610-48), of London.

Will
28 May 1647, codicil 25 June, pr. 26 Feb. 1648.PROB11/203/494.
Estates
lands in Cancerne, Sussex; Combe and Binley manors, Warws.
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Drury Lane, Westminster, and Ryton, Salop.CCAM 299.
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BREWSTER, Robert (1599-1663), of Wrentham, Suff.

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b. 15 Mar. 1599, 1st. s. of Francis Brewster of Wrentham and Elizabeth, da. of Robert Snelling of Ipswich, Suff.;Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 252-3; Vis. Suff. 1561, 1577 and 1612, 118; Vis. Suff. 1664-8, 92. bro. of Francis Brewster I* and John Brewster*. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1617.Al. Cant. m. by 1621, Amy (d. 1678), da. of Sir Thomas Corbett of Sprowston, Norf. 2s. 2da. d.v.p. Vis. Suff. 1664-5, 92; Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 253; E. Anglian Misc. (1908), 62, 66; Suff. RO (Ipswich), IC/AA1/108/143. suc. fa. 1644.‘Extracts from the Wrentham regs.’, Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. ii. 401. bur. 16 Feb. 1663 16 Feb. 1663.E. Anglian Misc. (1908), 66.
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Local: capt. militia ft. Suff. June 1626-aft. July 1632.Add. 39245, ff. 103v, 157v. J.p. 12 Aug. 1641-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 468; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, f. 43; Bodl. Tanner 226, p. 187; A Perfect List (1660), 51. Commr. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 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, 26 Jan. 1660; Norf. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642;LJ v. 245b. recvr. Blything hundred, Suff. 10 Sept. 1642.LJ v. 346b; P. Fisher, For the...Cttees. for the Co. of Suffolke (1648), 8, 12 (E.448.13). Dep. lt. Suff. 3 Sept. 1642-aft. Apr. 1643.LJ v. 337b; Suff. ed. Everitt, 39, 52. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. Mar. 1644–45, 28 Aug. 1654;Suff. ed. Everitt, 63; Suff. Cttees. for Scandalous Ministers ed. Holmes, 25; A. and O. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Suff. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257 Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 16, 379. gaol delivery, Suff. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 257r Southwold, Suff. 26 July 1645, 26 May 1654-aft. Dec. 1658;C181/5, ff. 257v; C181/6, pp. 35, 341. commr. I. of Ely, Suff. 12 Aug. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/5, f. 269v; C181/6, pp. 27, 333. Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654;C181/6, p. 5. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658-aft. June 1659;C181/6, pp. 292, 361. militia, Suff. 2 Dec. 1648, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Norf. 26 July 1659;A. and O; SP25/76A, f. 15v. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Suff. 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. securing peace of commonwealth by 21 Nov. 1655;PRO30/11/268, f. 7. to survey ‘surrounded grounds’, Norf. and Suff. 13 May 1656.C181/6, p. 158.

Civic: freeman, Dunwich 22 Sept. 1645–?d.Suff. RO (Ipswich), EE6/3/3, f. 152.

Religious: elder, fifth Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 425.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b; Add. 15669, f. 1v. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 14 Sept. 1647;SP16/512, f. 83. cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 137b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649;A. and O. sub-commr. 28 June 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 447. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 388b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 10 Apr. 1651.CJ vi. 558a.

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BREWSTER, Robert (1599-1663), of Wrentham, Suff.
: Suff.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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BREWSTER, Robert (1599-1663), of Wrentham, Suff.

Will
4 Feb. 1657, pr. 12 Mar. 1663.Norf. RO, Consistory Court of Norwich, original wills 64.
Estates
bought lands at Hindolveston and Wood Norton, Norf. from trustees for the sale of dean and chapter lands, 1650;Norf. RO, Consistory Court of Norwich, original wills 64. worth £700 p.a. prior to his purchase of episcopal lands at Ludham, Norf.; thereafter worth £1,000 p.a.Soc. Antiq. MS 667, p. 475.
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STRADLING, Sir Edward (1600–1644), of St Donats Castle, Glam.

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Family and Education
bap. 9 Nov. 1600, 1st s. of Sir John Stradling†, 1st bt. of St Donats, and Elizabeth (d. 1640), da. of Edward Gage of Firle, Suss.Par. reg. St Donats; The Story of St Donat’s, ed. R. Denning (1983), 47; CB. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 16 June 1615, ‘aged 14’.Al. Ox. m. Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Mansel, 1st bt. of Margam, Glam., 4s., 5da.Clark, Librum Patrum, 438. Kntd. by 5 June 1622.Justices of the Peace, ed. Phillips, 296 suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 9 Sept. 1637.PROB11/175/311 (Sir John Stradlinge); C2/Chas.I/C48/23; CB. d. 20 June 1644.Wood, City of Oxford, ed. Clark, iii. 252.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Glam. 5 June 1622–d.Justices of the Peace, ed. Phillips, 296–301. Dep. lt. 1631–?Glam. Co. Hist. iv. 167. Commr. sewers, 25 July 1639;Coventry Docquets, 80. oyer and terminer, Wales and marches 31 July 1640;C181/5, f. 185. array (roy.), Glam. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. defence of Glam. (roy.) 9 June 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 44.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) by 23 Oct. 1642.P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers (New York, 1981), 359–60.

Parlimentarian
STRADLING, Sir Edward (1600–1644), of St Donats Castle, Glam.
: of St Donats Castle, Glam.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, style of W. Dobson;Whereabouts unknown. wash drawing, T. Athow.Ashmolean Museum, Oxf.

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STRADLING, Sir Edward (1600–1644), of St Donats Castle, Glam.

Will
not found.
Estates
1629, property in Great Queen Street, betw. Drury Lane and Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Westminster, and in ‘Old Witch’ [Aldwych] Close, part of which sold Dec. 1632;Survey of London, v. 42, 93. 1645 his heir said to be worth £4,000 p.a. ‘if out of lease’.Cam. Soc. lxxiv. 216.
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CROMWELL, Oliver (1599-1658), of Ely, Cambs., Drury Lane, King St. and the Cockpit, Whitehall, Westminster.

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Family and Education
b. 25 Apr. 1599, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Robert Cromwell† of Huntingdon and Elizabeth (d. 18 Nov. 1654), da. of William Steward of Ely, Cambs. wid. of William Lynn of Bassingbourne.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 10; Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, i. 82-4. educ. Huntingdon (Mr Long); Huntingdon free sch. (Dr Thomas Beard); Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1616-17;Noble, Mems of House of Cromwell, i. 93; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 22-7; Al. Cant. ?L Inn c. 1618;Burton’s Diary, ii. 530; J. Heath, Flagellum (1665), 9. DCL, Oxf. 1649.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, ii. 73. m. 22 Aug. 1620, Elizabeth (d. c.1665), da. of Sir James Bourchier, Leatherseller of London and Little Stambridge Hall, nr. Rochford, Essex, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) inc. Richard* and Henry*, 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Noble, Mems. of House of Cromwell, i. 123, 129-59. suc. fa. 1617; uncle Richard Cromwell† 1628; uncle Sir Thomas Steward 1636.C142/361/140; C142/710/35. d. 3 Sept. 1658.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 872.
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Civic: common cllr. Huntingdon ?by 1621 – 30; ?bailiff, 1626–7. 7 Jan. 1640Ferrar Pprs. ed. B. Blackstone (Cambridge, 1938), 247–8. Freeman, Cambridge; high steward, 1652–?d. High steward, Gloucester 30 Sept. 1651–?Dec. 1653.Glos. RO, GBR 3/2, pp. 639, 755; Hunts. RO, Cromwell-Bush 138; VCH Cambs. iii. 60; A. Barclay, Electing Cromwell, 117.

Local: j.p. Huntingdon 1624–30;C231/4, f. 163; R. Carruthers, Hist. Huntingdon (Huntingdon, 1824), app. I. of Ely ?1636, 20 July 1638–53;SP16/405; C231/5, p. 304; Coventry Docquets, 75. Hants 17 Mar. 1646–53;C231/6, pp. 41, 160. Mon. by 3 July 1649–53; England and Wales by Nov. 1650–53.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 359–61 and passim. Feoffee, Parsons’ charity, Ely 30 Aug. 1636.Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 85. Commr. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 14 Sept. 1638, 12 Aug. 1645;C181/5, ff. 118, 258v. swans, 25 July 1639;C181/5, f. 147v. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 1 June, 9 Dec. 1641, 31 Jan. 1646;C181/5, ff. 197, 215, 269v. I. of Ely, 13 Sept. 1644;C181/5, f. 242. Cambs. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 256v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 11 Feb. 1651;Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/9. assessment, Camb. 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 23 Nov. 1653; Hunts. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 23 Nov. 1653; Hants 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; I. of Ely 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 23 Nov. 1653; Glam. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 23 Nov. 1653; Essex 10 Dec. 1652, 23 Nov. 1653;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642; sequestration, Cambs., Hunts. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, Cambs., Hunts. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Cambs., Hunts., Ely 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. Custos rot. Cambs. 26 Mar. 1649–53;C231/6, p. 145. Hunts. 2 Apr. 1649–53;C231/6, p. 146. Mon. 5 Mar. 1650–53;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 360. I. of Ely by Nov. 1650–53.Names of Justices (1650). Gov. Charterhouse, London 9 Dec. 1650–6 Mar. 1654.Charterhouse Muniments, G/2/1/2 Governors’ Assembly Orders, B, 1638–58, ff.113v, 159v.

Central: commr. for Irish affairs, 4 Apr. 1642.PJ ii. 403. Member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643; cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646; cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647; A. and O. cttee. for the army, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. of navy and customs, 13 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 117a. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 14 Feb. 1649, 12 Feb. 1650, 7 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652, 7 July, 1 Nov. 1653.A. and O.; CJ vi. 141a, 361b, 532a; vii. 42a, 220a, 282a, 344a. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Ld. protector, England, Scotland and Ireland 16 Dec. 1653–d.A. and O.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by 18 Aug. 1642–d.;SP 28/1A/159; G. E. Aylmer, 'Was Oliver Cromwell a member of the Army in 1646–7 or not?', History, lvi. 183n. col. by 6 Feb. 1643.Bodl. Tanner 14, ff. 125, 157; Perfect Diurnall no. 38 (27 Feb.-6 Mar. 1643, E.246.37). Col. of horse and jt. dep. c.-in-c. Eastern Assoc. 25 July 1643-Apr. 1645.A. and O. Gov. I. of Ely c. 28 July 1643–5.CJ iii. 186a. Lt. gen. Eastern Assoc. 22 Jan. 1644-Apr. 1645;C. H. Firth, 'Raising of the Ironsides', TRHS xiii. 53; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, i. 272. New Model army, 10 June 1645 – 23 July 1646, recommissioned by Dec. 1646-Mar. 1649.CJ iv. 169b, 416a; Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 73, 94. C.-in-c., col. of horse and ft. Ireland 30 Mar. 1649–d.CJ vi. 176b; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 593–4. Capt.-gen. and c.-in.c. England and Wales, 26 June 1650–d.; Scotland and Ireland, 16 Dec. 1653–d.A. and O. Col. of horse and ft. 26 June 1650–d.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 67, 73, 200, 329, 330, 332; ii. 481, 486.

Irish: Ld. lt. and gov.-gen. Ireland, 22 June 1649–?Aug. 1652CJ vi. 239b, 245b; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 198. Commr. for Ireland, 25 Dec. 1650, 25 Aug. 1652.CJ vi. 176b; vii. 169b; A. and O.

Academic: chan. Oxf. Univ. Jan. 1651–d.Al. Ox.

Parlimentarian
CROMWELL, Oliver (1599-1658), of Austin Friars, Huntingdon, Hunts.; later of St. Ives, Hunts., Ely, Cambs. and the Cockpit, Whitehall
: of Ely, Cambs., King St., Drury Lane and the Cockpit, Westminster., Whitehall.
Likenesses

Likenesses: (see also Oxford DNB) miniature, S. Cooper, 1649;NPG. oil on canvas, R. Walker, c.1649;NPG; numerous other versions. oil on canvas, R. Walker, c.1649;Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. miniature, S. Cooper, c.1650;Buccleuch colln. miniature, S. Cooper, c.1653;Private colln. oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1653-4;Birmingham Museums Trust; numerous other versions. oil on canvas, attrib. P. Lely, c.1654;Gallerie delgi Uffizi, Florence. oil on canvas, R. Walker, c.1655;D. Piper, ‘The contemporary portraits of Oliver Cromwell’, Walpole Soc. xxxiv. 39, plate VIIB. oil on canvas, unknown, c.1655;On loan to Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. miniature, attrib. S. Cooper, c.1655;NPG. miniature, S. Cooper, 1656;NPG. miniature, S. Cooper, 1657;Compton Verney, Warws. ?oil on canvas, E. Mascall, 1657;Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. ?oil on canvas, attrib. T. Wyck;A. Haldane, Portraits of the English Civil Wars (2017), 52-3, 146. oil on canvas, aft. S. Cooper;NPG. oil on canvas, circle of R. Walker;Cromwell Museum, Huntingdon. oil on canvas, double portrait with John Lambert*, R. Walker;Haldane, Portraits, 92-3, 149. oil on canvas, attrib. R. Walker;Oliver Cromwell’s House, Ely, Cambs. oil on copper, unknown;Chequers Court, Bucks. oil on canvas, unknown;National Museum Wales, Cardiff. medal, T. Simon, 1650;BM; NPG. medal, T. Simon, 1650;BM. medal, unknown, c.1650;BM. medal, T. Simon, 1653;BM; NPG. medal, aft. T. Simon, 1653;BM. great seal, T. Simon, 1655; coinage, T. Simon, 1656-8; designs for coinage, T. Simon, 1656;BM. medal, T. Simon, 1658;BM. medal, unknown, 1658;BM. bust, E. Pearce;Ashmolean Museum, Oxf. bust, E. Pearce, 1672;Museum of London. line engraving, unknown, 1646;J. Ricraft, A perfect List of all the Victories (1646, 669.f.10.79). line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 67. line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 46. line engraving, W. Hollar;BM. line engraving, P. Aubrey;NPG. line engraving, aft. R. Walker;NPG. line engraving, unknown;NPG. line engraving, M. Merian, 1650-60;BM. line engraving, F. Mazot, 1650-60;BM; NPG. line engraving, F. Mazot, aft. 1650;BM; NPG. line engraving, P. Stent, aft. 1650;BM. line engraving, R. van den Hoeye, 1650-8;BM. line engraving, R. Gaywood aft. R. Walker, 1653;BM; NPG. line engraving, R. Gaywood aft. R. Walker, 1654;BM. line engraving, R. Gaywood;BM. line engraving, B. Moncornet, 1653-8;BM; NPG. line engraving, W. Faithorne, 1654;NPG. line engraving, W. van de Passe, 1654-8;BM. line engraving, unknown, 1654-8;BM. line engraving, J. van de Velde, 1655;BM. line engraving, P. Lombart, 1655;BM; NPG. line engraving, P. Lombart aft. R. Walker;BM; NPG. line engraving, C. Waumans aft. R. Walker;BM; NPG. line engraving, F. Bouttats aft. R. Walker;NPG. line engraving, F.H. van Hove aft. R. Walker;NPG. line engraving, W. Faithorne, 1656;BM; NPG. line engraving, W. Faithorne aft. F. Barlow, 1658;BM; NPG. line engraving, unknown, aft. 1658;BM. line engraving, A. Andriesz, 1661;BM. death masks, 1658;Various versions including Ashmolean Museum; NPG. head of funeral effigy, T. or A. Simon, 1658.Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence.

Volume
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CROMWELL, Oliver (1599-1658), of Ely, Cambs., Drury Lane, King St. and the Cockpit, Whitehall, Westminster.

Will
not found, posthumously attainted, 1660.SR.
Estates
Invested £300 and a further £300, Apr. 1642, in the Irish Adventure, receiving an award of 1,257 acres in King’s County, Leinster.CSP Ire. (Adv.), pp. 319-20, 346; Bottigheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land, 70, 179, 201. Lands worth £2,500 in fee simple to be bestowed on him by Parliament, 1 Dec. 1645;CJ iv. 360a. all lands of marquess of Worcester (Henry Somerset) and sons in Hants to be settled as part of this award, 23 Jan. 1646;CJ iv. 416a. to have manors of Abberston and Itchell, Hants, formerly of 5th marquess of Winchester (John Paulet), 31 Jan. 1646, order rescinded when discovered that Winchester was a life tenant only, 19 Jan. 1647;CJ iv. 426a, v. 57a. lands of marquess of Worcester in Glos. and Mon. to be settled, 5 May 1647, to include Glam. 7 Mar. 1648.CJ v. 162b, 482a. He valued the award of lands from Worcester’s estate at £1,680 p.a., 21 Mar. 1648; his offer to waive £1,000 p.a. of income plus arrears due for pay, for use in Ire., accepted by HC 24 Mar. 1648;Letters and Speeches ed. Carlyle, Lomas, i. 296; CJ v. 513a. bill to settle lands passed 31 May 1650.CJ vi. 418a. Revised, May 1651, to restore lands in Mon., Berks., Herefs. and Westmld. to Henry Somerset*, leaving estates centred on Tiddenham Chase, Glos., Chepstow, Mon. and Swansea and lordship of Gower, Glam., and a total of 31 advowsons.CJ vi. 601a-602a. Lands worth £4,000 p.a. to be settled, 11 Sept. 1651, bill passed 24 Dec. 1651.CJ vii. 15b, 56a. These lands, valued at more than the £4,000 p.a. specified in the grant, were confiscated from 2nd duke of Buckingham (George Villiers) and included 19 houses in the Strand, London; Burleigh and other manors, Rutland and Lincs.; Newhall manor, Essex; augmented 21 Sept. 1654 with Tallington and Uffington manors, Lincs., in reversion after d. of dowager countess of Rutland.CCC 493, 2184, 2192; I. Gentles, Oliver Cromwell (2011), 137.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Drury Lane, Westminster, 1646 King St, 1647;Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell ed. T. Carlyle, S. C. Lomas (3 vols. 1903), i. 247; Survey of London, x. 8. Cockpit and St James's House, Whitehall, 25 Feb. 1650.CJ vi. 371a. Hampton Court palace, 6 Sept. 1651-d.CJ vii. 13a.
Religion
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PARKHURST, Robert (1630-74), of Pyrford, Surr.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 4 Feb. 1630, 1st s. of Sir Robert Parkhurst* and his 1st w. Elizabeth (bur. 13 Sept. 1638), da. of Sir Henry Baker, 1st bt. of Sissinghurst, Kent.St Peter le Poer, London par. reg.; Baker, Northants. 228; Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 50. educ. Emmanuel, Camb., 24 May 1647;Al. Cant. M. Temple, 30 Oct. 1648.MT Admiss. i. 146. m. aft. 19 Dec. 1648 -bef. 1651, with £1,000, Sarah (d. 28 Mar. 1677), da. of Sir John Gayer, Fishmonger and lord mayor of London 1646-7, 2s., 4da.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 50, 157; PROB11/209/220 (Sir John Gayer); Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 63; Hist. Gazetteer of London: Cheapside, ed. D. Keene and V. Harding (1987), 336-42. suc. fa. bef. 21 Aug. 1651.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 50. Kntd. 9 June 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 228. d. or; bur. 20 Nov. 1674 20 Nov. 1674.Manning and Bray, Surr. i. 50, 157.
Offices Held

Local: commr. militia, Surr. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mar. 1660–d.A Perfect List (1660), 54. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672;SR. sewers, Kent and Surr. 20 Aug. 1660;C181/7, p. 30. Hants and Surr. 3 Feb. 1662;C181/7, p. 127. poll tax, Surr. 1660; subsidy, 1663.An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, 1661.N. Carlisle, Gent. of the Privy Chamber, 172.

Parlimentarian
PARKHURST, Robert (1630-74), of Pyrford, Surr.
: of Pyrford, Surr.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PARKHURST, Robert (1630-74), of Pyrford, Surr.

Will
14 Nov. 1674, pr. 7 Apr. 1675.PROB11/347/378.
Estates
1650-May 1670, property in St Mary le Bow, London;Hist. Gazetteer of London: Cheapside, 336–42. Aug. 1651, inherited from fa. estates at Pyrford and Wisley, Surr., and in Devon, Glos. and Ireland; 1 Sept. 1652, lease on excise house in Broad Street, London at £100 p.a. (rent in arrears).CCAM 964.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
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FRANCKLYN, John (bef. 1592-1643), of Marlborough, Wilts.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. bef. 1592, s. of William Francklyn of Marlborough and Joan (d. 1612). m. by 1614, Deborah (d. 1657), 5s. 7 da. suc. fa. May 1631.Marlborough St Peter par. reg. d. betw. 19 July-4 Aug. 1643.E. Chillenden, The Inhumanity of the Kings Prison-keeper at Oxford (1643), 25, 28 (E.63.17).
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Marlborough, 1612; town clerk, 1618; chamberlain, 1622 – 23; constable, 1624 – 25; cllr. 1631.Wilts RO, G22/1/20, pp. 90, 140; G22/1/205/2.

Parlimentarian
FRANCKLYN, John (bef. 1592-1643), of Marlborough, Wilts.
: of Marlborough, Wilts.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FRANCKLYN, John (bef. 1592-1643), of Marlborough, Wilts.

Will
19 Sept. 1642, pr. 27 June 1646.PROB11/196/534, 538.
Estates
land at Sherston, Wilts.; land purchases and leases; £300 each to 4 younger unmarried da. and £400 to a younger son.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
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PYTTS, Edward (1606-72), of Kyre Park, Kyre Wyard, Worcs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 22 Feb. 1606, 1st s. of Sir James Pytts of Kyre Park and Mary, da. of Sir Arthur Heveningham of Ketteringham, Norf.Ketteringham par. reg.; Kyre Park Charters ed. J. Amphlett (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1905), xi. m. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Samuel Sandys† of Ombersley, Worcs. 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1640. d. 3 Nov. 1672.Kyre Park Charters, xi; Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 81; HP Commons, 1660-90, ‘Edward Pytts’.
Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Worcs. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. disarming recusants, 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642 1642SR. assessment,, 24 Feb. 1643, 16 Feb., 17 Mar. 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;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 23 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O. J.p. 22 July 1643 – ?46, 2 Mar. 1648 – d.; Herefs. July 1660–d.Bodl. Dugdale 19, ff. 24, 66v; C231/6, p. 110. Commr. levying of money, Worcs. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, 5 Mar. 1652;C93/22/10. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 12, 374. Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7, p. 119. poll tax, Worcs. 1660.SR. Sheriff, 1661–2.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 159. Recvr. assessments, 1661–3. Member, council in marches of Wales, 1661–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. subsidy, Worcs. 1663;SR. duties on wines, Glos., Herefs., Mon. and S. Wales 20 June 1668.C181/7, p. 466

Parlimentarian
PYTTS (PITTS), Edward (c.1606-72), of Kyre Park, Worcs.
: of Kyre Park, Kyre Wyard, Worcs.
Likenesses

Likenesses: miniature at Kyre Park, 1905; MI Kyre Wyard church.Kyre Park Charters, xi and opposite p. 12.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

PYTTS, Edward (1606-72), of Kyre Park, Kyre Wyard, Worcs.

Will
1 Nov. 1672, pr. 26 Nov. 1672.PROB11/340, f. 258v.
Estates
Kyre Park estate; estates of Netherwood (Thornbury), Edvin Ralph and Collington (Herefs.) after 1640.Kyre Park Charters, xxiv.
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Presented Richard Wood to living of Collington, Herefs. 19 July 1642.Kyre Park Charters, 110-111.
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