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TOLL, Thomas I (1593-1653), of King’s Lynn, Norf.

Family and Education
bap. 29 July 1593, 5th but 4th surv. s. of William Toll (bur. 3 Nov. 1603), rector of Wells-next-the-Sea, Norf. and Agnes, da. of William Sabb of Wells-next-the-Sea.Wells-next-the-Sea par. reg. Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 223; PROB11/103/252. educ. appr. bef. 1615 to Joshua Grene, linen-draper.Cal. Lynn Freemen, 140. m. 19 Aug. 1622, Alice (d.1652), da. and coh. of Thomas Soame, alderman, of King’s Lynn, 1s.St Margaret, King’s Lynn par. reg.; Vis. Norf. 1664, ii. 223; B. Mackerell, Hist. and Antiquities of the Flourishing Corporation of King’s-Lynn (1738), 114. d. 29 Oct. 1653.Mackerell, Hist. 114.
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Civic: freeman, King’s Lynn 1615; Norwich 1639.Cal. Lynn Freemen, 140; Millican, Reg. Freemen Norwich, 99. Common councilman, King’s Lynn 1624; alderman, 1632; mayor, 1639 – 40, 1646–7.King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/9, f. 223; Keeler, Long Parl. 361.

Local: commr. subsidy, King’s Lynn 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. sequestration, Norf. 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Norf. Oct. 1643–?CJ iii. 287a. Commr. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; King’s Lynn 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; New Model ordinance, Norf. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. J.p. by Feb. 1650–d. Commr. high ct. of justice, E. Anglia 10 Dec. 1650. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Norf. 5 Oct. 1653.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 excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for indemnity, 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 219b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 4 Feb. 1650;CJ vi. 357b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 4 July 1650.CJ vi. 437a.

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TOLL, Thomas I (1593-1653), of King’s Lynn, Norf.

Will
undated but evidently before 1652, pr. 14 July 1654.PROB11/238/266.
Estates
leased property in Chequer St., King’s Lynn to William Doughty*;C7/545/118. bought lands at King’s Lynn formerly belonging to the dean and chapter of Norwich Cathedral;PROB11/238/266. Norf. county committee leased lands at Terrington and South Wotton, which had been sequestered from Sir Robert Wynde, to Toll for £350 p.a., 1650.CCC, 1475; SP23/11, f. 77; G. Jaggar, ‘Col. Edward Whalley, his regimental officers and Crown lands’, Norf. Arch. xxxvi., 153-4.
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HERLE, Thomas (1622-81), of Luxulyan, Cornw.

Family and Education
bap. 29 Dec. 1622, 2nd s. of Thomas Herle of Prideaux and Loveday, da. of Nicholas Glyn of Glynn, Cardinham; bro. of Edward Herle*.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 220. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf., 6 Dec. 1639; M. Temple, 10 Nov. 1648.Al. Ox; M. Temple Admiss. i. 147. unm. d. 1681.
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Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 252–3.

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HERLE, Thomas (1622-81), of Luxulyan, Cornw.

Will
30 July 1680, pr. 24 June 1681.PROB11/366/424.
Estates
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LISTER, Martin (1624-60), of Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.

Family and Education
bap. 25 Jan. 1624, 6th but 5th surv. s. of Sir William Lister*; bro. of Christopher Lister*.Thornton-in-Craven par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 136. educ. travelled abroad (France, Swiss Cantons, Italy) 1651-2.Add. 21420, ff. 275, 318: Add. 21421, ff. 7, 31. m. Catherine (d. 26 Jan. 1663), da. of Sir William Fairfax of Steeton, Yorks.Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 136. bur. 19 Aug. 1660 19 Aug. 1660.Kensington Par. Reg. (Harl. Soc. par. reg. section xvi), 129.
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Local: commr. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 27 Jan. 1657–11 Aug. 1660;C181/6, pp. 198, 358. assessment, Yorks. (W. Riding) 9 June 1657.A. and O.

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LISTER, Martin (1624-60), of Thornton-in-Craven, Yorks.

Will
not found.
Estates
Sir William Lister’s estate was worth about £1,000 a year by the 1630s.Infra, ‘Sir William Lister’. By 1653, Lister and another gentleman had purchased property at Aislaby, Egglescliffe, Norton and Preston, co. Dur. from the treason trustees.CCC 2254.
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The Unicorn inn, Bucklersbury (street), London (1656);TSP v. 452. Newport Street, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster (1658-60).WCA, STM/F/2/385-7; Kensington Par. Reg. 129.
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SWORD, James (d. c.1656), of St Andrews, Fife.

Family and Education
m. Christian Brydie (d. 1669), 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da. d. c. 1656.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 691-2; Diary of John Lamont, ed. G.R. Kintoch (Edinburgh, 1830), 209.
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Civic: bailie, St Andrews burgh 1632 – 37, 1647 – 48, 1650; provost, 1649, 1651–?55.Parliaments of Scot. ii. 691. Commr. convention of burghs, 3 July 1649–4 July 1654.Recs. Convention Royal Burghs, 331–71.

Scottish: member, cttee. of estates, 1640 – 41, 1643 – 45, 1649–51. Commr. St Andrews, Scottish Parl. 1641, 1649 – 51; articles of treaty of Ripon, 1641; plantation of kirks, 1641; common burdens, 1643. Member, cttee. of war, 1643 – 44, 1649, 1651;Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 691. cttee. for dispatches, Jan.-Aug. 1649.Govt. of Scot. under the Covenanters ed. D. Stevenson (Edinburgh, 1982), 94, 104. Commr. to attend Charles Stuart in Holland, Oct. 1650.Corresp. of the earls of Ancram and Lothian (2 vols. Edinburgh, 1875), ii. 306. Dep. St Andrews burgh, tender of union, Feb. 1652, Oct. 1652-June 1653.Cromwellian Union ed. Terry, 55, 104–5, 109, 184; R. Landrum, ‘Recs. Anglo-Scottish Union Negotiations’, Scot. Hist. Soc. Misc. xv. 197, 227, 240, 292–3.

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SWORD, James (d. c.1656), of St Andrews, Fife.

Will
pr. 17 June 1656.Commissariot Rec. St Andrews ed. F.J. Grant (Scot. Rec. Soc. Edinburgh, 1902), 337.
Estates
June 1649 (confirmed July 1653), received rents from barony of Balcarres, Fife, in payment for 9,000 merks (Scots) loan to earl of Balcarres; 1652 mentioned as creditor of Sir William Dick of Braid.Reg. Gt. Seal Scot. 1652-9, pp. 7, 73-4. By d. had acquired lands in barony of West Barns, Cambo-Belsis and Muirhouse, Fife, and property on the Isle of May, inc. its lighthouse.Young, Parliaments of Scot. ii. 691-2.
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WHITELOCKE (WHITLOCK), William (1636-1717), of Fawley Court, Bucks.

Family and Education
b. 27 Dec. 1636, 1st s. of Bulstrode Whitelocke* of Fawley Court and his 2nd w. Frances, da. of William, 3rd Baron Willoughby of Parham; half-bro. of James Whitelocke*. educ. Mr Shilborne’s school, Grendon, Northants. c.1645-7;R. Spalding, Contemporaries of Bulstrode Whitelocke (1990), 429. M. Temple, 4 June 1647;M. Temple Admiss. i. 144. ?Oxford Univ. c.1648.Spalding, Contemporaries, 429. m. 19 May 1659, Mary (d. 1711) da. of Sir Giles Overbury of Bourton on the Hill, Glos. 5s (d.v.p.), 8da. suc. bro. Willoughby Whitelocke, 1670-1.Whitelocke, Diary, frontispiece and 516; Spalding, Contemporaries, 451-2. Kntd. 10 Apr. 1689.Shaw, Knights of Eng. 264. d. 22 Nov. 1717.W. Musgrove, Obituaries (Harl. Soc. xlix), v. 260.
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Legal: called, M. Temple 9 Feb. 1655; bencher, 10 Nov. 1671; Lent reader, 1676; treas. 1680–1.M. Temple Admiss. i. 144; MT Bench Bk. 134. KC, 1689–96; QC, 1702–14.HP Commons 1660–90.

Local: commr. assessment, Oxon. 1679, 1689–?d.; Berks. 1689 – 90; Bucks. 1690–?d.; Mdx. 1691–?d.SR. J.p. Oxon. by 1680–7, 1689 – 96, 1700–d. Dep. lt. 1689–96, 1702–?1714.HP Commons 1660–90.

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WHITELOCKE (WHITLOCK), William (1636-1717), of Fawley Court, Bucks.

Will
8 Aug. 1712, pr. 7 Feb. 1718.PROB11/562/287.
Estates
by marriage settlement (1659) granted reversion of manors of Phyllis Court and Henley-on-Thames, Oxon. which (despite a challenge from his brother, James Whitelocke) he received on his father’s death in 1675. Suc. to his bro. Willoughby Whitelocke’s estate,1670-1.Spalding, Contemporaries, 451-2.
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FENWICKE, Robert (c.1593-1668), of Bedlington, Northumb.

Family and Education
b. c. 1593, 1st s. of Roger Fenwick of Bitchfield, Stamfordham, Northumb. and Mabel.C142/388/45; J. C. Hodgson, ‘The manor and tower of Bitchfield’, Arch. Ael. ser. 3, xviii. 106-7. educ. University Coll. Oxf. 23 July 1656.Al. Ox. m. (1) (settlement 21 July 1620), Jane, da. of James Wilsford of Nonington, Kent, wid. of Robert Myers of Longley, Almondbury, Yorks. ?5s. 1da.;WARD2/21/81B/4, 17; Hodgson, ‘The manor and tower of Bitchfield’, 104-7; B. Fenwick, The Fenwicks of Northumb. 67; Familiae Minorum Gentium (Harl. Soc. xxxix), 997. (2) Mary.PROB11/329, f. 40v. suc. fa. 25 Dec. 1618.C142/388/45. d. Aug. 1668.C5/605/65.
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Civic: freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed by Sept. 1641–?d.;Berwick RO, B1/9, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 214v. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 14 Apr. 1645–?d.Extracts from the Newcastle upon Tyne Council Minute Bk. 1639–56 ed. M.H. Dodds (Publns. of the Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. i), 39.

Central: commr. to Scottish Parliament, 26 Oct. 1643.CJ iii. 279a; LJ vi. 273b. Contractor, sale of bishops’ lands, 17 Nov. 1646; sale of dean and chapter lands, 30 Apr. 1649; sale of crown lands, 16 July 1649, 21 Dec. 1652; sale of fee farm rents, 11 Mar. 1650; sale of deans’ lands, 4 May 1654. Commr. security of protector, Scotland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644–?;C181/5, f. 245v. Northern circ. 4 Apr. 1655, 15 July 1659–10 July 1660.C181/6, pp. 102, 376. Member, cttee. to command Northern Assoc. army, 12 May 1645.CJ iv. 138b; LJ vii. 367b. Commr. Northern Assoc. Northumb. 20 June 1645; assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Cumb. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). northern cos. militia, Northumb. 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659.A. and O. J.p. Cumb. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656; Northumb. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3. co. Dur. 23 July 1650-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 193. Sequestrator, Northumb. by c.1650–?SP28/240, f. 23. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cumb. co. Dur. Northumb. and Westmld. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. for public faith, Northumb. 16 Dec. 1657.SP25/77, p. 331.

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FENWICKE, Robert (c.1593-1668), of Bedlington, Northumb.

Will
15 July 1665, pr. 15 Jan. 1669.PROB11/329, f. 40.
Estates
in 1617, fa. settled on him manor and cap. messuage of Bitchfield.C142/388/45; Hodgson, ‘The manor and tower of Bitchfield’, 104. On his marriage c.1620, charged his estate with annuity of £100. In 1630, sold his patrimonial estate at Bitchfield.Hodgson, ‘The manor and tower of Bitchfield’, 104-5. In 1633, Fenwicke and three other gentlemen purchased part of manor of Ellington, Northumb. for £4,000; in 1658, when he bought out the share of the other surviving purchaser for £135, he had acquired all four parts.C54/3980/29; C6/138/148. In 1649, purchased, for £627, manor and mansion house of Middleton Cheney, Northants. and manor and mansion house of Cuxton, Kent, from trustees for the sale of church lands.C54/3403/11; Col. Top. et Gen. i. 126. In 1650, purchased, for £1,296, manor of Bedlington and Choppington Farm, Northumb. from trustees for the sale of church lands;Col. Top. et Gen. i. 288. and 1650-3 acquired messuages and other property in the parish for at least £370.C54/3520/26, 27; C54/3524/20; C54/3758/27; C54/3734/24; CCC 1737, 2983. In 1650, purchased for £22 several fulling mills, coal mines and salt pans near Newminster Abbey, Northumb.C54/3563/26. At d. estate inc. third part of manor of Bedlington.PROB11/329, f. 40v.
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BLACKWELL, John (1624-1701), of Mortlake, Surr.

Family and Education
b. 8 Mar. 1624, 1st s. of John Blackwell, Grocer, of Cripplegate, London, and Mortlake, and 1st w. Juliana (d. 19 Apr. 1640).Misc. Gen. et Her. n. s. i. 178. educ. ?appr. m. (1) 8 June 1647, Elizabeth (d. Mar. 1669), da. of James Smithesby of London, 7 ch. living 1669; at least 4; d.v.p. Par. regs. St Andrew Undershaft, St Mary Abchurch, St Pancras Soper Lane, London; Mortlake Par. Reg. ed. M.S. Cockin and D. Gould, (1958), 66-7; Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. lxxxviii. 123, 137. (2) ?1672, Frances, da. of John Lambert*, of Calton, Yorks., at least 1s.Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. lxxxviii. 138-9, suc. fa. 2 Jan. 1658.Misc. Gen. et Her. n. s. i. 178. bur. 6 July 1701.Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. lxxxviii. 141.
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Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 19 Apr. 1642.Ancient Vellum Bk. ed. Raikes, 64. Commr. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). assessment, Surr. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Kent 19 Dec. 1651;CJ vii. 54b. Berks. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Westminster 9 June 1657.A. and O. J.p. Surr. 18 Mar. 1653–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 254; CJ vii. 286a; Mortlake Par. Reg. 46. Westminster 13 Apr. 1653-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 256; C193/13/4, f. 129v; A Perfect List (1660). Mdx. by Oct. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C193/13/4, f. 64v; C193/13/5, f. 68; Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. lxxxviii. 128. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Surr. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). securing peace of commonwealth, Berks. c.Dec. 1655;TSP iv. 285. oyer and terminer, Home. circ. 3 Feb. 1657-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 220, 306. Surr. 31 Mar. 1659;C181/6, p. 349. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 63 (E.505.35). sewers, Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659;C181/6, pp. 238, 387. militia, Berks., Surr. 26 July 1659.A. and O.

Military: ensign (parlian.), regt. of Thomas Adams*, London 1642.The Names, Dignities and Places of all the Collonells (1642) (669.f.6.10). Capt. regt. of Edmund Harvey I* by 9 May 1644;CSP Dom. 1644, p. 155. horse regt. of Oliver Cromwell*, New Model army, aft. 14 June 1645-June 1649.Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 200–2; Wanklyn, New Model Army i. 73, 107. Capt. of horse, 10 Aug. 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 563.

Central: jt. treas.-at-war, 2 Jan. 1652, 26 July 1653, 21 Dec. 1654, 18 May 1659-bef. 27 Jan. 1660.A. and O.; CJ vii. 61a, 286a, 406b. 656a-657b, 824a. Commr. high ct. of justice, 21 Nov. 1653. Jt. recvr.-gen. for assessments, 8 Feb. 1655. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O.

Civic: alderman, Bishopsgate, London 25 Oct. 1659–19 Jan. 1660.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 40; ii. 90; Woodhead, Rulers of London (1966), 32.

Colonial: j.p. and commr. King’s province, Connecticut 1686. Dep. gov. Pennsylvania 12 July 1688–? Feb. 1690.Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. lxxxviii. 138–9.

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BLACKWELL, John (1624-1701), of Mortlake, Surr.

Will
not found.
Estates
bef. 27 Aug. 1643, agreed to buy £200 worth of Irish lands from Dr Edward Alston of London.SP63/292, f. 123. Bought former episcopal lands incl. bishop’s palace, Norwich, and (for £3,382 7s 6½d) manor of Reculver and other land in dioceses of Canterbury, Gloucester, Norwich and Worcester, 24 Sept. 1647; (for £3,161 1s 3½d) manors of Askham, Stone and Lambeth Dye or Wye Court, dioceses of York, Rochester and Canterbury, 16 Mar. 1649; (or his fa.; for £2,921 11s 8d) Covert wood, par. of Barham, diocese of Canterbury, 28 Feb. 1650; all forfeited 1660.Norf. RO, DN/MSC1/39; Bodl. MS Rawl. B. 239, pp. 1, 24, 41, 44; Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 3, 127; Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. lxxxviii. 135. Hundred or half hundred of Chertsey and manor of Egham, Surr. formerly property of Queen Henrietta Maria, 1650-2; possession restored to queen, 29 June 1660.VCH Surr. iii. 397, 421; LJ xi. 73a, 78b. With fa. purchased fee farm rents, bef. 2 Aug. 1653.SP46/108, f. 351. In satisfaction of an adventure of £2,350 (made bef. 26 Sept. 1653), grants in Cos. Kildare (c.5,000 acres) and Dublin (c.2,000 acres), 1657; partly forfeited, partly sold, partly retained 1660; compensation of £1,000 p.a. ordered 28 Apr. 1693.A. and O. (26 Sept. 1653); Bodl. MS Carte 44, f. 404; C204/4/35; CSP Dom. 1693, p. 113; Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. lxxxviii.. Property at Mortlake inherited from fa. Jan. 1658; forfeited 1660.Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. lxxxviii. 135 Grant of 8 square miles in Connecticut, 1685.Penn. Mag. of Hist. and Biog. lxxxviii. 139.
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ST NICHOLAS, John (1604-98), of Stretton-under-Fosse, Monks Kirby and Knowle, Warws. and Lutterworth, Leics.

Family and Education
bap. 25 Mar. 1604, 2nd s. of Thomas St Nicholas (d. c. 1626) of The Mote, Hoaden, Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent and Dorothy (d. 18 Sept. 1605), da. of Edward Tilghman of Snodland, bro. of Thomas St Nicholas*.Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 30; J. R. Planché, A Corner of Kent (1864), 144, 246, 372, 374; Nichols, Leics. iv. 266, 269, 271. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1619.Al. Cant. m. (1) by Jan. 1627 Audrey (d. 9 Nov. 1654), da. and h. of Basil Good of Stretton-under-Fosse, Monks Kirby, Warws. 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 5 June 1657, Priscilla, da. of Anthony Grey, 9th earl of Kent.Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 30; Planché, Corner of Kent, 374; Nichols, Leics. iv. 245, 271; CP vii. 175; Burbage, Leics. par. reg. d. 27 May 1698.Nichols, Leics. iv. 271.
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Local: commr. assessment, Warws. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Warws. and Coventry 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). J.p. Warws. 27 June 1649-bef. Mar. 1660.C231/6, p. 160; C193/13/5, f. 109v. Commr. militia by 28 Apr. 1652–?58;SP28/248. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Religious: rector, Lutterworth, Leics. by Mar. 1659-bef. 1 Aug. 1660.E334/22; Nichols, Leics. iv. 264, 271; E. Calamy, An Account of the Ministers...Ejected or Silenced after the Restoration in 1660 (2 vols. 1714), ii. 426; Calamy Revised, 424.

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ST NICHOLAS, John (1604-98), of Stretton-under-Fosse, Monks Kirby and Knowle, Warws. and Lutterworth, Leics.

Will
30 June 1697, pr. 25 June 1698.Leics. RO, Wills 1698/47.
Estates
from 1 Nov. 1634 leased lands (320a. c.1642) in manor of Cesterover, Monks Kirby, from 2nd Baron Brooke (Robert Greville†) at £76 6s 8d p.a. (£21 p.a. c.1642);Warws. RO, CR 1886/box 606/ bdle. 3; box 414/14 p. 25; CR 2026/110/1,2. estate of Hodnell, Stratford-upon-Avon, bought from George Wyllys for £1,700 in 1641.The Wyllys Pprs. ed. A.C. Bates (Collns. of the Connecticut Hist. Soc. xxi), 14.
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house at Knowle, Warws. house at Lutterworth, Leics. by 1653 Burbage, Leics. after 1660.Nichols, Leics. iv. 266, 269, 271.
Religion
With Richard Lucy* recommended Joseph Ainge to vicarage of Bromsgrove, Worcs. 13 Oct. 1653.Add. 36792, f. 74.
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FRANCKLYN, Sir John (1600-1648), of Dollis Hill, Willesden, Mdx.

Family and Education
bap. 27 Apr. 1600, o.s. of Richard Franklin of Willesden and Frances, da. of Francis Roberts of Willesden.Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 3, 166. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 14 May 1614;Walker, Peterhouse Biographical Reg. ii. 286; Al. Cant. G. Inn 25 Oct. 1615.G. Inn Admiss. i. 138. m. ?by 1626, Elizabeth (bur. 21 Nov. 1660), da. of George Purefoy of Wadley, Berks., 10s. (5 d.v.p.) 7da. (4 d.v.p.).Lysons, Environs, iii. 622; Mdx. Peds., 3, 166; Archaeologia xv. 157. Kntd. 2 Oct. 1614.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 154. suc. fa. 1615.Mdx. Peds., 3. d. 24 Mar. 1648.Archaeologia xv. 157.
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Local: j.p. Mdx. 12 Feb. 1625–4 July 1642.Rymer, Foedera viii (2), 11; C231/4, f. 175; C231/5, p. 533. Commr. knighthood fines, 24 Nov. 1630;E178/7163, m.5. oyer and terminer, 27 July 1636 – aft.Jan. 1645; London 12 Jan. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645.C181/5, ff. 57v, 213v, 230, 231, 244, 246v, 265. Gov. Queen Elizabeth Sch. Barnet 20 July 1637.Trans. London and Mdx. Arch. Soc. v. 53. Commr. charitable uses, Mdx. 12 Oct. 1637, 3 Oct. 1639.C192/1, unfol. Collector, coat and conduct money, c.July 1640.CSP Dom. 1640, p. 543. Commr. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644; Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. sequestration, Mdx. 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644; Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644;A. and O. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 20 Nov. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 244, 265. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, 7 Apr.-aft. Oct. 1645;C181/5, ff. 261v, 262. London 15 Dec. 1645.C181/5, f. 266.

Central: commr. execution of Archery Act, 5 May 1637.CSP Dom. 1637, p. 66. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan. 1642, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ ii. 375b; iii. 666b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Jan. 1643.CJ ii. 920a. Commr. for maintenance of army, 26 Mar. 1644; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646.A. and O.

: of Dollis Hill, Mdx., Willesden.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

FRANCKLYN, Sir John (1600-1648), of Dollis Hill, Willesden, Mdx.

Will
18 Mar. 1648, pr. 10 May 1648.PROB11/204/272.
Estates
inherited lands in Mdx., Beds., Glos., Herts., Oxon., Warws., Wilts. and Essex;Herts. RO, DE/B242/68287. purchased manor of Hayes, Mdx., 1641.VCH Mdx. iii. 173; iv. 26, 159; vii. 177, 215.
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BOTTERELL, William (d. 1677), of Ludlow, Salop.

Family and Education
m. (1) Hannah (bur. 22 Sept. 1637), ?s.p.; (2) Sarah, 1s., 4da. (?1 d.v.p.). d. betw. 27 June-6 July 1677.Salop Par. Regs. Ludlow, 203, 207, 360; PROB11/354/333.
Offices Held

Religious: churchwarden, Ludlow 1635.

Civic: burgess, Ludlow 17 Dec. 1636; common cllr. 13 Apr. 1638; low bailiff, 1648 – 49; alderman, ?- 25 Aug. 1662; capital master, 1649 – 50, 1652 – 53, 1656 – 57, 1658 – 59; high bailiff, 1651 – 52, 1659–60.M.A. Faraday, Ludlow, 1085–1660 (Chichester, 1991), 197; Salop Archives, LB8/1/157/1; LB2/1/1, ff. 200, 204.

Military: clerk of magazine (parlian.), King’s Lynn, Norf. by Mar. 1644–?5; clerk of magazine, Reading, Berks. ?1645–7. Gov. Ludlow Castle c. 1647 – ?53, Aug. 1659–60. Capt. militia ft. Salop 30 July 1659–60.SP28/25/531; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 543; 1659–60, pp. 52, 108, 130, 567.

Local: commr. assessment, Salop 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Herefs. 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1068.28). high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. J.p. Salop 6 Oct. 1653–?Mar. 1660.C231/6 p. 271. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Herefs., Salop 28 Aug. 1654; militia, 26 July 1659.A. and O.

: Salop.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BOTTERELL, William (d. 1677), of Ludlow, Salop.

Will
27 June 1677, pr. 6 July 1677.PROB11/354/333.
Estates
bought fee farm rents of Luston, Herefs., Ombersley, Worcs. and Oakley Park, Salop.Stowe 184, f. 230.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
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