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BREWER, Andrew (1615-59), of St Saviour’s, Southwark, Surr.

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bap. 24 June 1615, 2nd s. of Richard Brewer (d. 1648), of West Farleigh, Kent and his 1st w. Anne, da. of Thomas Brewer of Horsham, Surr.West Farleigh par. reg.; Vis. Kent 1663-8 (Harl. Soc. liv), 26; Duncan, ‘Kentish administrations, 1604-1649’, 42. educ. appr. Grocers’ Co. London. m. by 1642, Judith Parnell, 6s. (2 d.v.p.).PROB11/291/194; St Saviour, Southwark par. reg. bur. 29 Mar. 1659 29 Mar. 1659.St Saviour, Southwark par. reg.
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Civic: freeman, Grocers’ Co. London bef. 1638.C. Webb, Grocers’ Co. Apprenticeships 1629–1800 (2008), 16.

Religious: upper churchwarden, St Saviour, Southwark 1651–2.LMA, P92/SAV/0668; P92/SAV/0671.

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BREWER, Andrew (1615-59), of St Saviour’s, Southwark, Surr.
: of St Saviour’s, Surr., Southwark.
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BREWER, Andrew (1615-59), of St Saviour’s, Southwark, Surr.

Will
2 Apr. 1655, pr. 7 May 1659.PROB11/291/194.
Estates
owned land at East Farleigh, West Farleigh, Yalding, Boxley, Maidstone and Boughton under Blean, Cranbrook and Swanscombe, Kent, and Ore and Guestling Green, Suss.PROB11/291/194.
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WENTWORTH, Thomas, Lord Wentworth (1613-65), of Toddington, Beds.

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bap. 2 Feb. 1613, 1st s. of Thomas Wentworth, 1st earl of Cleveland (d. 25 Mar. 1667), and Anne, da. of Sir John Crofts† of Little Saxham, Suff.Beds. Par. Regs. ed. F.G. Emmison (Bedford, 1931-53), pp. xxiii. 8; CP. educ. privately; travelled abroad (France, Spanish Netherlands, United Provinces) 1630-1.CSP Dom. 1629-31, p. 516. m. bef. 11 Mar. 1658, Philadelphia (d. 1696), 5th da. of Sir Ferdinando Carey, 1da.CP. styled. Lord Wentworth, 5 Feb. 1626; KB 1 Feb. 1626;Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 161. summ. to Lords in fa.’s barony 3 Nov. 1640. d. 1 Mar. 1665.HMC 6th Rep. 364.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Beds. 1634 – aft.42, Aug. 1660–d.Keeler, Long Parl. 385; C231/7, p. 29. Dep. lt. c.1635–42, 1660–d.SP29/11, ff. 144, 146. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1635-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 3v, 217v. Beds. 6 July 1640;C181/5, f. 179v. sewers, 1636;C181/5, f. 37v. Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 147. array (roy.), Beds. 15 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. rebels’ estates (roy.), 8 Sept. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 70.

Military: capt. of horse, royal army, Apr. 1639-aft. Nov. 1640.HMC Rutland, i. 506; CSP Dom. 1640–1, pp. 5, 257, 258; 1641–43, p. 261. Maj.-gen. of dragoons (roy.), Feb.-aft. Apr. 1643.P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers (New York and London, 1981), 404. Col. of horse, regt. of prince of Wales, 5 Feb. 1644–?46. Sgt.-maj.-gen. of horse, 14 May 1644; maj.-gen. 8 Aug.-14 Nov. 1644.Symonds, Diary, 49–50, 152; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 207–8. Marshal of the field, W. Country by June 1645–9 Jan. 1646;CCSP i. 269; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 506. gen. of horse, 15 Jan.-14 Mar. 1646.Clarendon, Hist. iv. 130–1; Rushworth, Hist. Collns. pt. iv. i. 113. Col. of ft. (later 1st Ft. Gds.) c.June 1656–d.Clarendon, Hist. vi. 43; F.W. Hamilton, The Origin and Hist. of the First or Grenadier Guards (1874), i. 7, 9, 75.

Central: member, council of war (roy.), 1643.Harl. 6851, f. 132; Harl. 6852, ff. 79, 86, 89, 92, 95v. Cllr. prince of Wales, June 1646–? Amb. to Denmark, 15 Apr. 1653-bef. July 1654.CCSP ii. 192–3; HMC Ormonde, n.s. i. 295–6; HMC Hodgkin, 122–3; Nicholas Pprs. ii. 78. PC, Aug. 1654, June 1660–d.Nicholas Pprs. ii. 80; Dering Diaries and Pprs. 44.

Civic: burgess, Bedford by 1648-aft. 1649.Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 1, 3, 18.

Court: gent. of bedchamber to Charles II by May 1649–d.HMC Pepys, 255; CCSP ii. 455; G.S. Steinman, ‘Mems. preserved at Bruges of King Charles the Second’s residence in that city’, Archaeologia, xxxv. 336; Sainty and Bucholz, Royal Household, i. 8, 183.

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WENTWORTH, Thomas, Lord Wentworth (1613-65), of Toddington, Beds.
: Lord Wentworth (1613-65), of Toddington, Beds. 1613 – 65.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, family group, A. Van Dyck, c.1636;Earl of Strafford colln. oils, unknown, 1640.Hamilton, Grenadier Guards, i. 7.

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WENTWORTH, Thomas, Lord Wentworth (1613-65), of Toddington, Beds.

Will
admon. 24 May 1665.PROB6/40, f. 44.
Estates
heir to estates in Beds., Suff. and Mdx. worth at least £1,200 p.a. in 1640;J. Thirsk, ‘The sale of delinquents’ estates during the Interregnum’ (PhD diss. University of London, 1950), 96-7. predeceased his fa.
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LAWSON, Wilfrid (c.1636-87), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Brayton Hall, Aspatria, Cumb.

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b. c. 1636, 2nd s. of Sir Wilfrid Lawson*.Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 77. educ. G. Inn 7 Feb. 1654,G. Inn Admiss. 266. called 9 July 1660.PBG Inn, i. 431. m. (settlement 23 Jan. 1665, with £1,000), Sarah, da. and coh. of William James of Washington, co. Dur. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da.Aspatria par. reg.; Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/1/115; DLAW/3/7/1; DLAW/4/6/1; Vis. Cumb. and Westmld. ed. Foster, 77. bur. 10 Sept. 1687 10 Sept. 1687.Aspatria par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: j.p. Cumb. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660). Commr. militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 1 June 1660,An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). 1672, 1677, 1679; poll tax, 1660.SR. Sheriff, 14 Nov. 1678–13 Nov. 1679.LJ vii. 311a; CJ vii. 348a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 28.

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LAWSON, Wilfred (c.1636-aft.1679), of Brayton, Aspatria, Cumb.
: of Gray’s Inn, Mdx. and Brayton Hall, Cumb., Aspatria.
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LAWSON, Wilfrid (c.1636-87), of Gray’s Inn, Mdx., and Brayton Hall, Aspatria, Cumb.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1657, fa. gave him a house and lands in Carlisle.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/3/6; DLAW/3/16/2-4; DLAW/4/1/9. At his marriage in 1665, his fa. settled on him manor of Brayton (inc. Brayton Hall) with mills and tithes in Aspatria and Torpenhow; a tenement in Brayton; manors of Bassenthwaite, Borrowdale, Hensingham, Loweswater and Thackthwaite; tenements and a water corn mill in Carlisle; a tenement and collieries in Distington; and a tenement in Setmurthy, Cumb.Cumb. RO (Carlisle), DLAW/1/115; DLAW/3/7/1; DLAW/4/6/1; A Cursory Relation of all the Antiquities and Familyes in Cumb. ed. R. S. Ferguson (Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. tract ser. iv), 26.
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QUARLES, William (1609-c.1666), of Enderby, Leics.

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b. 4 July 1609, o.s. of Sir George Quarles of Enderby, and Frances, da. of Sir William Turpin (d. 1617) of Knaptoft, Leics.Merchant Taylors’ Sch. Admiss. Reg. ed. C.J. Robinson, i. 91; Nichols, Leics. iv. 166. educ. Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1617;Merchant Taylors’ Sch. Admiss. Reg. i. 91. G. Inn 23 Apr. 1627.G. Inn Admiss. unm. suc. fa. 8 Jan. 1634.Nichols, Leics. iv. 166. d. c. Nov. 1666.PROB11/326/27.
Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Leics. 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660. 19 May 1645 – 15 Mar. 1655A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p., Mar. 1660-aft. 1663.C231/6, pp. 11, 306; C193/12/3, f. 61v. Sheriff, 26 Nov. 1652–10 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 221b; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 75. Trustee and gov. Wyggeston’s Hosp. Leicester 9 June 1657.Nichols, Leics. i. 488–9.

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QUARLES, William (1609-c.1666), of Enderby, Leics.
: of Enderby, Leics.
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QUARLES, William (1609-c.1666), of Enderby, Leics.

Will
21 Nov. 1666, cod. 22 Nov. 1666, pr. 8 Jan. 1668.PROB11/326/27.
Estates
in 1634, inherited an estate inc. manor and rectory of Enderby and lands, cottages and tithes at Whetstone, Leics.PROB11/166, f. 51v; C142/584/66; Coventry Docquets, 613.
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BENNETT, Gervase (1611-70), of St Werburgh, Derby, and Snelston, Derbys.

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bap. 2 June 1611, 1st s. of Robert Bennet of Littleover, Mickleover, and Anne, da. of Michael Ward of Derby.St Peter, Derby par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. (Harl. Soc. n.s. viii), 50. m. (1) 15 Sept. 1635, Margaret (bur. 26 Nov. 1639), da. of one Potter of ?Derby, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) 30 Nov. 1641, Mary (d. 6 May 1655), da. of one Hope of ?Derby, ?s.p.; (3) 7 Nov. 1655, Elizabeth, da. of John Rowe of Mugginton, at least 1s. 1da.;St Werburgh par. reg.; Vis. Derbys. 50. (4) 19 Feb. 1668, Anne, da. of one Porter of ?London, ?s.p.St Katherine by the Tower, London par. reg.; C8/217/26. bur. 23 May 1670.Snelston par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: treas. Derbys. co. cttee. 26 Aug. 1643–20 Dec. 1645.E113/11, unfol.; SP28/128, pt. 15, ff. 19, 20v. Commr. assessment, Derbys. 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;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Westminster 26 June 1657, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, Derbys. 30 July 1647, 19 Dec. 1650, 12 July 1661;C93/19/29; C93/21/2; C93/26/1. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. sequestration, 7 Feb. 1650.E113/11; CCC 171, 647. J.p. by Feb. 1650 – aft.Mar. 1660, 9 Sept. 1660–d.C193/13/3; C231/7, p. 37. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 29 June 1655–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 88, 371. securing peace of commonwealth, Derbys. by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 211. poll tax, 1660.SR. Recvr. royal aids, 26 Nov. 1667;CTB ii. 206. hearth tax, Feb. 1670.CTB iii. 360, 532.

Civic: alderman, Derby by 1645 – ?; mayor, 1645–6.Add. 6705, f. 97v.

Central: commr. to inspect treasuries by 30 Apr., 31 Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 301; 1653–4, p. 317. Cllr. of state, 1 Nov. 1653.CJ vii. 344b. Judge, probate of wills, 24 Dec. 1653, 3 Apr. 1654. Commr. arrears of excise, 29 Dec. 1653;A. and O. improvement of customs, Dec. 1653.CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 316, 425; 1654, p. 342; 1655, p. 51. Member, cttee. for the army, 28 Jan. 1654,A. and O. 20 Aug. 1657, 9 Feb., 3 June 1658.CSP Dom. 1657–8, pp. 76, 282; 1658–9, p. 48. Commr. appeals and regulating excise, 17 Mar. 1654; prohibiting planting of tobacco, 11 Apr. 1654.A. and O. Master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5. Agent, wine licences, 31 Oct. 1655.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 36. Commr. of appeals, customs and excise, 25 Feb., 7 Mar. 1660;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a.

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BENNETT, Gervase (1611-70), of St Werburgh, Derby, and Snelston, Derbys.
: of St Werburgh, Derby and Derbys., Snelston.
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Commons 1640-1660
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BENNETT, Gervase (1611-70), of St Werburgh, Derby, and Snelston, Derbys.

Will
admon. 17 Nov. 1674.Staffs. RO, B/C/11, Admon. of Gervase Bennett, 17 Nov. 1674.
Estates
in 1640, Bennett, Sir Samuel Sleigh* and another gentleman purchased Ollerbrook Booth, in Edale, Derbys.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, no. 387; S.C. Newton, ‘The gentry of Derbys. in the seventeenth century’, Derbys. Arch. Jnl. lxxxvi. 13. In 1647, Bennett purchased manor of Snelston, Derbys., for £936, which he then leased out for £60 p.a.Derbys. RO, D239/M/T/898. In 1653, acquired lease of Great Hailes, in Yeaveley, Derbys. By 1657, owned or leased a house in the Old Palace Yard, Westminster.Derbys. RO, D5557/2/43/3. In 1658, acquired lease of lands in Abbotsholme, Derbys.Newton, ‘The gentry in Derbys.’ 13. In 1658-9, purchased messuages and lands in Snelston and in West Ravendale, Lincs.C54/3976/49; C54/3977/16; C54/4040/33. In 1663, he and another gentleman exhanged manor and rectory of Sibsey, Lincs. for manor of Farwell, Staffs.Derby Local Studies Lib. Deeds, nos. 6802, 6809, 6887. By 1664, owned a house of 11 hearths in Snelston.Derbys. Hearth Tax Assessments 1662-70 ed. D.G. Edwards (Derbys. Rec. Soc. vii), 4. In 1660, estate was reckoned to be worth £1,000 p.a.Newton, ‘The gentry in Derbys.’, 7.
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DE LANNOY, Peter (1607-75), of St Saviour, Southwark, Surr.

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bap. 11 Oct. 1607, 2nd s. of John Delannoy (d. 1638/9), Dyer, of St Olave, Southwark, and Susan Maurois (d. 1654).Reg. French Church Threadneedle Street (Huguenot Soc. quarto ser. ix), 59, 67; PROB11/180/121 (John de Lany); PROB11/234/445 (Suzan Delannoy); Returns of Strangers (Huguenot Soc. quarto ser. lvii), 269. educ. appr. m. 6 June 1633, Anne, da. of Thomas Moore of Southwark, at least 3s. (2 d.v.p.), at least 7 da. (3 d.v.p.).PROB11/180/121; St Mary, Battersea (mar. 1633), St Olave and St Saviour, Southwark, par. regs. bur. 18 Nov. 1675 betw. 18 Nov. 1675.PROB11/349/191.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Dyers’ Co. ?bef. 1630. Alderman, Vintry Ward, London 6–11 Feb. 1668.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 213.

Local: commr. apprehending dangerous persons, Southwark 6 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 707a. Southwark militia, 9 Sept. 1647, July 1649;A. and O. assessment, Surr. 7 Apr, 7 Dec 1649, 26 Nov 1650, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Southwark 1661; Surr. and Southwark 1664, 1672.SR. J.p. Surr. Mar. 1655-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 307; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. sewers, Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657, 1 Sept. 1659.C181/6, pp. 264, 387. Commr. militia, Southwark 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Surr. 1660.SR. Treas. St Thomas’s Hosp. London 21 May 1669–d.LMA, HL/ST/A1/5, ff. 154, 171v.

Religious: ruling elder, 10th classis, London province 1649–52.Woodhead, Rulers of London, 59.

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DE LANNOY, Peter (1607-75), of St Saviour, Southwark, Surr.
: of St Saviour, Surr., Southwark.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

DE LANNOY, Peter (1607-75), of St Saviour, Southwark, Surr.

Will
7 May 1674, pr. 22 Nov. 1675.PROB11/349/191.
Estates
left £1,000 to 4th da. and £50 each to 5 children to buy mourning clothes, 1674.PROB11/349/191.
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SHERWYN, Richard (d. 1675), of New Palace Yard and Covent Garden, Westminster.

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m. Ursula (d. Mar. 1667), 1s. 3da. (2 d.v.p.). d. 1675, bur. 3 July 1675.St Paul’s Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxvi), 42, 70, 94, 101; St Margaret’s Westminster Par. Reg. 203, 209, 218, 616, 642.
Offices Held

Central: clerk to auditor of receipt of exch. c.1641.Aylmer, State’s Servants, 253. Auditor, cttee. for compounding, 8 June 1650-July 1653;CCC 233, 343, 824. co-treas. for receipts, May 1653, 10 Feb. 1654.CSP Dom. 1652–3, pp. 355, 454; A. and O. Sec. to treasury commrs. July 1655–60.Whitelocke, Diary, 410. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a. Dep.-auditor of receipt, 1660–?May 1668. Sec. to chan. of exch. Nov. 1661..CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 165. Tax agent, c.1670. Sec. to customs commrs. c.1671.S.B. Baxter, The Development of the Treasury (1957), 146–9.

Local: j.p. Westminster 4 Oct. 1653 – bef.Oct. 1660; Mdx. by c.Sept. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 269; C193/13/6, f. 114v. Dep.-recvr. of rents, Westminster sch. 1654–8.WAM 33422. Commr. sewers, Mdx. 31 Jan. 1654-aft. Aug. 1667;C181/6, pp. 60, 201; C181/7, pp. 29, 410. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655 – 27 May 1664, 28 Jan. 1673;C181/6, pp. 68, 319; C181/7, pp. 39, 633. assessment, Westminster 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660; Mdx. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, Westminster 12 Mar 1660;A. and O. poll tax, Mdx., Westminster 1660.SR.

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SHERWYN, Richard (d. 1675), of New Palace Yard and Covent Garden, Westminster.
: of New Palace Yard and Westminster., Covent Garden.
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Commons 1640-1660
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SHERWYN, Richard (d. 1675), of New Palace Yard and Covent Garden, Westminster.

Will
26 May 1675, pr. 15 July 1675.PROB11/348/273.
Estates
purchased lands in Titherton Lucas, Wilts., from executors of Sir Richard Gurney, bef. Mar. 1653;.CCC 860. manor of Merriot and other lands in Somerset from Robert Gough of Vernham, Hants, 1669;Som. RO, DD/UK/43. refers to house in Wilts. in will of 1675.PROB11/348/273.
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ELLYS, William (1607-80), of Grantham and Nocton, Lincs., and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

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bap. 19 July 1607, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Thomas Ellis† (d. 3 Sept. 1627) of Wyham and Grantham, Lincs. and Jane (bur. 25 Nov. 1661), da. of Gabriel Armstrong of Wysall, Notts.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 325-6. educ. Lincoln g.s. (Mr Phipps); Christ’s, Camb. 26 May 1623, BA 1627;Al. Cant. G. Inn, 6 Nov. 1627.G. Inn Admiss. 183. unm. cr. bt. 13 Aug. 1658 [revoked aft. May 1660];Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iv. 866. Kntd. 30 Apr. 1671.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 245. d. 2 Dec. 1680.MI, Nocton par. church.
Offices Held

Legal: called, G. Inn 9 Feb. 1635; ancient, 24 May 1650; bencher, 30 May 1654; treas. 1658 – 66; reader, 1664. May 1654 – aft.21 Apr. 1659PBG Inn, i. 323, 377, 407, 446, 500. Solicitor-gen. 24, 18 Jan.-c.May 1660.C231/6, p. 287; Burton’s Diary, iv. 476; CJ vii. 814b. Sjt.-at-law, Nov. 1669–d.Baker, Serjeants at Law, 194; CTB 1669–72, p. 1247. J.c.p. Dec. 1672-Oct. 1676, May 1679–d.E. Foss, Judges of Eng. vii. 87.

Local: commr. sewers, East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1638;C181/5, f. 111v. Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 3 Aug. 1639 – 11 Feb. 1651, 12 June 1654–26 Feb. 1664;C181/5, ff. 150v, 224; C181/6, pp. 38, 389; C181/7, pp. 76, 77; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–8, 10–12. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646–?, by May 1654–21 July 1659.C181/5, f. 270; C181/6, pp. 28, 247. J.p. Lincs. (Holland) 19 July 1639-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, p. 350. Kesteven by Feb. 1650 – d.; Lindsey by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3. Mdx. by c.Sept. 1656-Mar. 1660.C193/13/6. Commr. subsidy, Holland 1641; further subsidy, Holland, Boston 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Holland 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Lincs. 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1672, 1677, 1679;SR; A. and O. Kesteven, Boston 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648.A. and O. Member, Lincs. co. cttee. by 28 Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 374b. Commr. sequestration, Holland 27 Mar. 1643; Eastern Assoc. Lincs. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, c.Mar. 1644;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 37–8, 105. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 26 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 252. Midland circ. by Feb. 1654 – 10 July 1660, 1 Feb. 1671-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 15, 370; C181/7, pp. 574, 641. London 18 May 1659.CJ vii. 657b. Dep lt. Lincs. 11 Sept. 1645–?CJ iv. 270b. Commr. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, 14 May 1650;C93/20/19. Holland 15 July 1652.C93/21/24. Visitor, Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 18 May 1659;CJ vii. 657b. swans, Lincs. 13 Dec. 1664.C181/7, p. 299.

Civic: freeman, Boston 20 Jan. 1640–?d.;Boston Corporation Minutes ed. J. F. Bailey, iii. 34. Grantham 27 Aug. 1641–?d.Lincs. RO, Grantham Hall Bk. 1, f. 95v. Recorder, Boston 20 Jan. 1640–4 Aug. 1662;Boston Corporation Minutes ed. Bailey, iii. 34, 382. Grantham 27 Aug. 1641–17 Jan. 1662.Lincs. RO, Grantham Hall Bk. 1, ff. 95v, 360v.

Central: member, cttee. for compounding, 19 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 282b; CCC 1, 2. cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 581b; LJ vi. 663a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Aug. 1644;CJ iii. 585a. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647; cttee. for excise, 7 June 1645.A. and O. Commr. to reside with armies at Newark, 5 Dec. 1645;CJ iv. 366b. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 578a, 593a.

Religious: trier, Serjeants’ Inn classis, 14 Oct. 1645.A. and O.

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ELLYS (ELLIS), William (1607-80), of Grantham and Nocton, Lincs.
: of Grantham and Lincs., Nocton and Mdx., Gray’s Inn.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, J.M. Wright, aft. 1672.Government Art Colln.

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ELLYS, William (1607-80), of Grantham and Nocton, Lincs., and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
10 June 1674, pr. 6 Dec. 1680.PROB11/363, f. 232v.
Estates
fa. left him a messuage and lands in Conisholme, Lincs.PROB11/152, f. 374v; C142/452/62. In 1647, he purchased a farm in Tathwell, Lincs., for £2,000 (which he sold for the same sum in 1655).C54/3386/2; C54/3879/5. In 1653, purchased an annuity or rent charge of £66 13s p.a. issuing out of lands in Bloxholm and Brauncewell, Lincs., for £1,133.C54/3734/25. In 1653, he and another gentleman purchased the manor and advowson of Attleborough, Norf. for £7,000.C54/3750/34. In 1656, he purchased lands, tenements and messuages in Huttoft, Mumby Chappel and Welbourn, Lincs.C54/3916/14; Doncaster Archives, DD/DC/D/642. His estate at Grantham was valued at £1,500 p.a. after the Restoration.‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’ ed. C. H., Her. and Gen. ii. 121. In 1666, purchased lease of property in Adwick le Street, Yorks., for £700.Doncaster Archives, DD/DC/D/7. In 1675, granted £12,800 by the crown to purchase fee farm rents within the duchy of Lancaster.CTB iv. 699, 734-7. His will referred to lands and tenements in Dunsthorpe, Grantham and Westhorpe, Lincs., settled upon him by his mo.; a rent charge of £200 p.a. out of the manors of Dunsthorpe and Harrowby, Lincs.; and chambers at Gray’s Inn.PROB11/363, f. 233; C6/161/5.
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Religion
Presented William Brown to rectory of Little Ponton, Lincs., 1662.Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1662/73.
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CUTTS (CUTTE), Richard (1623-69), of Arkesden, Essex.

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Family and Education
bap. 18 Nov. 1623, 2nd s. of Richard Cutte (d. 1626), of Arkesden and Barkway, Herts. and his w. and stepsister Margaret, da. of Henry Fane† of Hadlow, Kent.Debden, Essex par. reg.; H.W. King, ‘The descent of the manor of Horham’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. iv. ped. opp. p. 42. educ. Stoke, Suff.; St John’s, Camb. 29 Jan. 1639, ‘aged 15’.Al. Cant. m. 1647, Jane, da. of Sir Richard Everard* of Much Waltham, Essex, 2s. 3da.Vis. Essex ed. Howard, 34; Morant, Essex, ii. 590; King, ‘Horham’, ped. opp. p. 42; Soc. of Genealogists, Boyd’s marriage index. suc. bro. aft. 3 Nov. 1636.M. Temple Mins. 860. d. bef. 10 Nov. 1669.PROB11/331/327.
Offices Held

Local: commr. militia, Essex 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O. J.p. by Feb. 1650-Mar. 1660.C193/13/3, f. 25; Essex QSOB ed. Allen, p. xxxv. Commr. assessment, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 16 Dec. 1657;SP25/78, p. 333. sewers, River Stour, Essex and Suff. 4 July 1664.C181/7, p. 277.

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CUTTS (CUTTE), Richard (1623-69), of Arkesden, Essex.
: of Arkesden, Essex.
CUTTE
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CUTTS (CUTTE), Richard (1623-69), of Arkesden, Essex.

Will
7 Oct. 1669, pr. 10 Nov. 1669.PROB11/331/327.
Estates
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CHADWELL, William (1614-80), of Broadwell, Glos.

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Family and Education
b. 12 Mar. 1614, 1st s. of William Chadwell of Broadwell, and Dorothy Hodge.Keeler, Long Parliament, 131; Glos. RO, Broadwell par. reg.; bps. transcripts, Broadwell. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 2 Dec. 1631, BA 7 June 1632, DCL 1 or 2 Nov. 1644;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 31 Jan. 1633.LI Admiss. i. 219. ?; ?unm. suc. fa. c.1649.VCH Glos. vi. 52. bur. 1 Dec. 1680 1 Dec. 1680.Keeler, Long Parliament, 131; Glos. RO, Broadwell par. reg.
Offices Held

Legal: called, L. Inn 4 Feb. 1640.LI Black Bks. ii. 354. Custos brevium of c.p. (in reversion) 3 Mar. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 352.

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CHADWELL, William (1614-80), of Broadwell, Glos.
: Glos., of Broadwell.
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CHADWELL, William (1614-80), of Broadwell, Glos.

Will
not found.
Estates
fined, on compounding, tenth part of estate at Broadwell, amounting to £30.CCC 1565. In 1669 the Broadwell lands amounted to ‘7 yardlands’ and a house of 9 hearths, and to this he could add 3 yardlands in the same, inherited on the death of his bro. John Chadwell, in 1674.VCH Glos. vi. 52; E134/29Chas2/Mich4. By his d. owned lands in parishes of Broadwell, Upper Swell, and possibly Wick Rissington, Glos.Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, i. 255; iii. 1015-16, 1226.
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