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IRBY, Sir Anthony (1605-82), of Boston, Lincs., and Great Almonry, St Margaret, Westminster.

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b. by 17 Jan. 1605, 1st s. of Sir Anthony Irby (d. 17 June 1610) of Whaplode, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Peyton† of Isleham, Cambs.C142/325/185; WARD7/36/160; P.A. Irby, The Irbys of Lincs. and the Irebys of Cumb. (1938), i. 31, 32. educ. L. Inn 15 May 1620;LI Admiss. i. 185. Emmanuel, Camb. 12 June 1620.Al. Cant. m. (1) 1623, Frances, da. of Sir William Wray, 1st bt.† of Glentworth, Lincs. 1da.; (2) 5 Mar. 1629, Margaret (bur. 19 July 1631), da. of Sir Richard Smythe† of Leeds Castle, Kent, 1da. d.v.p.; (3) by 1633, Margaret (bur. 28 Nov. 1640), da. of Sir Edward Barkham of Southacre, Norf. ld. mayor of London 1621-2, 3da. d.v.p.; (4) 19 Aug. 1641, Catherine (d. 1695), da. of William, 5th Baron Paget, 1s. 5da.All Hallows, Tottenham par. reg. (bur. 17 May 1637, 31 Jan., 16 July, 28 Nov. 1640); Boston Par. Regs. ed. C.W. Foster (Lincoln Rec. Soc. par. reg. section iii), 157; Irby, Irbys of Lincs. i. 36, 41-5; J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum (1803), ii. 371. Kntd. 2 June 1624;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 184. suc. gdfa. 5 Oct. 1625.C142/417/53; Irby, Irbys of Lincs. i. 25. d. 2 Jan. 1682.Irby, Irbys of Lincs. i. 37.
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Local: j.p. Lincs. (Holland) 26 Apr. 1625 – bef.Jan. 1650, Mar. 1660–22 July 1670;C231/4, f. 185; C231/7, p. 374; A Perfect List (1660). Lindsey 16 May 1625 – 21 June 1627, 23 Feb. 1631 – bef.Jan. 1650, Mar. 1660–22 July 1670;C231/4, ff. 187, 227; C231/5, p. 49; C231/7, p. 374; A Perfect List. Westminster by Oct. 1660 – 7 May 1670; Kesteven by Oct. 1660–22 July 1670. 19 May 1625 – 7 Jan. 1634C220/9/4; C231/7, pp. 366, 374. Commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred, 10 Feb. 1642–?, by June 1654-aft. May 1670;C181/3, ff. 169, 229; C181/4, ff. 40; C181/5, f. 223; C181/6, pp. 38, 389; C181/7, pp. 76, 544; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/8–12. Holland 11 Apr. 1626;C181/3, f. 199. Deeping and Gt. Level 3 July 1629-c.1660;C181/4, ff. 20, 94; C181/5, ff. 10, 269; C181/6, pp. 27, 381; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/3–7. East, West and Wildmore Fens, Lincs. 11 Mar. 1636-aft. Mar. 1638;C181/5, ff. 42, 111v. Mdx. and Westminster 31 Aug. 1660 – 16 Oct. 1667, 10 Aug. 1671-aft. Jan. 1673;C181/7, pp. 37, 586, 632. swans, Northants. Lincs. Rutland and Notts. 28 May 1625;C181/3, f. 165. England except south-western cos. c.1629;C181/3, f. 268v. Lincs. 26 June 1635, 19 Dec. 1664;C181/5, f. 14; C181/7, p. 299. Forced Loan, Holland, Boston 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, f. 87. charitable uses, Lincs. 9 June 1627 – 8 May 1634, 15 May 1635–10 Jan. 1642;C93/11/9; C192/1, unfol. Stamford g.s. 10 July 1639;C93/17/14. Morton, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1647;C93/19/23. knighthood fines, Lincs. 12 Feb., 29 June 1631, 13 Feb. 1632;E178/5414, ff. 5, 9, 13. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Holland c.1633;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/002, pp. 48, 49. exacted fees, Lincs. and Lincoln 15 Dec. 1633.C181/4, f. 158v. Dep. lt. Lincs. by c. Sept. 1636 – aft.Aug. 1642, 6 Oct. 1660–61.CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 149; 1625–49, p. 642; Lincs. RO, HOLYWELL/93/1. Sheriff, 30 Sept. 1637–4 Nov. 1638.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 80. Commr. subsidy, Holland 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; Westminster 1660; 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, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; Lindsey 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Mdx. 17 Mar. 1648; Westminster 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679.SR; A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Member, Lincs. co. cttee. 24 May 1642–?CJ ii. 585b; LJ v. 82b. Commr. sequestration, Holland 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, Lincs. 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Lincs. c.Mar. 1644;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Architectural and Arch. Soc. ii. 37–8, 105, 106. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 26 Apr. 1645–?C181/5, f. 251v. Steward, honor of Bolingbroke and Sutton, Lincs. by Mar. 1646–?Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 219v. Commr. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648;LJ x. 359a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Westminster 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Col. militia ft. Lincs. 17 Apr. 1660–?Mercurius Publicus no. 16 (22–9 Apr. 1660), 255 (E.183.8). Commr. complaints, Bedford Level 1663; enclosures, Deeping Fen 1665;SR. concealments, Lincs. 17 July 1671;CTB iii. 912. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 696.

Civic: freeman, Boston 21 Apr. 1626–d.Boston Corporation Mins. ed. J.F. Bailey (Boston, 1981), ii. 498.

Central: member, cttee. Fisheries Soc. 19 July 1632–5.SP16/221, f. 2; SP16/231, f. 21. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 17 July 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.CJ iii. 169a; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a; CCC 1. 8 Feb. 1647;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 21 Oct. 1643;CJ iii. 283b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O. Commr. to reside with armies at Newark, 5 Dec. 1645;CJ iv. 366b. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646;A. and O. cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 17 Mar. 1648.LJ x. 118b. Commr. maimed soldiers, 17 Dec. 1660–1.CJ viii. 213a.

Military: capt. of dragoons (parlian.), 10 Aug. 1642 – 2 May 1643; col. 10 Oct. 1642–2 May 1643.SP28/31, f. 575; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 369.

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IRBY, Sir Anthony (1605-1682), of Whaplode, Lincs. and Westminster
: of Boston, Lincs. and Great Almonry, St Margaret, Westminster.
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IRBY, Sir Anthony (1605-82), of Boston, Lincs., and Great Almonry, St Margaret, Westminster.

Will
23 July 1680, pr. 3 May 1686.PROB11/383, f. 107v.
Estates
by 1629, owned property in Boston, Brothertoft, Moulton, Weston and Whaplode, Lincs.C6/105/69; PROB11/383, f. 108; Lincs. RO, HILL/38/4. Estate was reportedly worth £4,000-£5,000 p.a. in the 1630s; but only about £1,000 p.a. by the Restoration period.Irby, The Irbys of Lincs. i. 37; ‘Lincs. fams. temp. Charles II’ ed. C. H., Her. and Gen. ii. 122. In 1634, he borrowed £1,000 on statute staple.LC4/201, f. 243. In 1652, he acquired a lease of parsonage of Whaplode for 21 years.E134/13CHAS2/MICH6. By the mid-1660s, he owned a ‘mansion house’ of 17 hearths at the north end of Lincoln Row, Boston; a ‘mansion house’ at Whaplode; and a house of 12 hearths in Little Almonry, St Margaret, Westminster.E179/140/754, m. 2; SP28/167, pt. 4, unfol.; PROB11/383, f. 108; P. Thompson, Hist. and Antiquities of Boston (Boston, 1856), 256; London and Mdx. 1666 Hearth Tax ed. M. Davies et al. (BRS cxxx), 1685.
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presented Isaac Wright to rectory of Moulton, Lincs. 1665; Edward Whiston, 1670; Philip Tallents, 1678.Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1665/27; DIOC/PD/1670/6; DIOC/PD/1678/52.
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SACKVILLE, Richard, Lord Buckhurst (1622-77), of Dorset House, London, and Knole, Kent.

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b. 16 Sept. 1622, 1st s. of Edward Sackville†, 4th earl of Dorset, and Mary (d. 1645), da. of Sir George Curzon, of Croxall, Derbys.CP. educ. privately (Joseph Rutter); ‘Edward Sackville’, Oxford DNB. I. Temple, 4 Aug. 1661.I. Temple database. m. 25 Jan. 1641,CKS, U269/A390/1; U269/E298/1. Frances (d. 20 Apr. 1687), da. of Lionel Cranfield†, 1st earl of Middlesex; 7s. (4 d.v.p.), 6da. (3 d.v.p.). styled. Lord Buckhurst, 1622-52. suc. fa. 18 July 1652, as 5th earl of Dorset. d. 27 Aug. 1677.CP; Add. 38141, f. 52.
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Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 20 July 1641, 28 Feb., 14 May 1670;C181/5, f. 205v; C181/7, pp. 539, 541. Kent and Suss. 19 Dec. 1660, 22 Nov. 1670;C181/7, pp. 72, 561. Mdx. and Westminster 17 Oct. 1667-aft. Jan. 1673.C181/7, pp. 412, 632. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, Suss. 1642.Sawyer, ‘Procs. CPM Suss.’, Suss. Arch Coll. xxxi. 171. Commr. militia, Kent, Mdx., Suss. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 7, 638. Mdx. 5 Nov. 1660-aft. Sept. 1671;C181/7, pp. 66, 588. London 13 Nov. 1660-aft. Dec. 1672.C181/7, pp. 67, 630. Steward, duchy of Lancaster, Suss. 1660–d.Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders, ed. R. Somerville, 217; Eg. 2551, ff. 38, 48. Jt. ld. lt. Mdx. 30 July 1660–6 July 1662;Rugg, Diurnal, 123; ‘Edward Sackville’, Oxford DNB. Suss. 1670–d.CP. J.p. Mdx. Aug. 1660–?d.;C181/7, p. 31. Kent, Suss. 1662–?d.;CP. liberties of Cawood, Wistow, and Otley, Yorks. 13 Dec. 1664–?C181/7, p. 297. Commr. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 13 Nov. 1660-aft. Dec. 1672;C181/7, pp. 67, 630. subsidy, London 1671.Add. 40132, f. 105.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 21 Feb. 1642;CJ ii. 446a. cttee. of safety, 27 Apr. 1660.LJ xi. 5b. Commr. trial of regicides, 1660.Eg. 2549, f. 102. Sewer, coronation of Charles II, 23 Apr. 1661.CP. Commr. receiving and presenting discoveries, 1662;Eg. 2979, f. 92. for highways, sewers and streets, 10 Apr. 1663-aft. July 1666.C181/7, pp. 198, 375.

Academic: FRS, 3 May 1665.CP.

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SACKVILLE, Richard, Lord Buckhurst (1622-77), of Dorset House, London, and Knole, Kent.
: Lord Buckhurst (1622-77), of Dorset House, London 1622 – 77 and Kent., Knole.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, double portrait with his bro. Edward, Cornelius de Neve, c.1637;Knole, Kent. oil on canvas, R. Walker, c.1650;NT, Knole. stipple engraving, E. Bocquet, early nineteenth century;NPG. fun. monument, C.G. Cibber, Withyham church, Suss.

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SACKVILLE, Richard, Lord Buckhurst (1622-77), of Dorset House, London, and Knole, Kent.

Will
5 Jan. 1674, pr. 1 Sept. 1677.PROB11/354/510.
Estates
income recorded as £2,656 (Mar. 1656-Mar. 1657), and £2,397 (Mar. 1658-Mar. 1659).Cent. Kent. Stud., U269/A4/3, pp. 31, 56.
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house in Bow Street, Covent Garden, by late 1630s.C.J. Phillips, Hist. Sackville Fam. (1930), i. 389.
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IRELANDE, Gilbert (1624-75), of The Hutt, and Hale Hall, Childwall, Lancs.

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bap. 11 July 1624, 1st s. of John Ireland of The Hutt, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Hayes, draper, of London, ld. mayor 1614-15.Hale in the Par. of Childwall ed. R. Dickinson (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. xcii), 19; G.E. Cokayne, Some Acct. of the Ld. Mayors and Sheriffs of London (1897), 68, 71. m. 29 Jan. 1647, Margaret (d. 1 July 1675), da. and h. of Thomas Ireland of Bewsey Hall, Warrington, Lancs. s.p.Warrington ed. A. Sparke (Lancs. Par. Reg. Soc. lxx), 285; M. Gregson, Fragments Relative to the Hist. of the Duchy of Lancaster (Liverpool, 1824), 212; Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. T.W. King, F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxxv), 82. suc. fa. 5 May 1633;Cheshire and Lancs. Fun. Certs ed. J.P. Rylands (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. vi), 205. Kntd. 16 June 1660;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 228. d. 30 Apr. 1675.Lancs. Fun. Certs. ed. King, Raines, 82.
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Civic: freeman, Preston by 1642–62;Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 79, 152. Liverpool 6 June 1643–d.;Chandler, Liverpool, 314. mayor, 18 Oct. 1674–d.W. Beamont, Hale and Orford (Warrington, 1886), 127.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.) by Jan. 1644-aft. Dec. 1645. 1650 – ?E121/4/8/43; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 70; CCC 1369; Brereton Lttr. Bks. ii. 438. Col. militia ft. Lancs. 22 Mar.; capt. by July 1655-July 1659.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 505; 1659–60, p. 24; SP25/77, pp. 876, 898. Gov. Liverpool Apr. 1655–?July 1659.TSP iii. 359.

Local: commr. assessment, Lancs. 21 Feb. 1645, 19 Dec. 1651, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672.CJ vii. 54b; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Dep. lt. by May 1645–?, c.Aug. 1660–2.SP24/77 (case of Stanley v. Birche); SP29/11/166, f. 206; Manchester Central Lib. L1/48/6/1; CSP Dom. 1661–2, pp. 524, 532. Commr. Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645.A. and O. J.p. by 13 Apr. 1646–d.Lancs. RO, QSO/2/19; QSC/42–76. Sheriff, 17 Dec.. 1647–23 Feb. 1649.CJ v. 390a; LJ ix. 535b; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 73. Commr. northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648,A. and O. Mar.1650,SP28/211, ff. 629, 660; Craven, ‘Lancs.’, 176. 14 Mar. 1655,SP25/76A, f. 16v. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. maintenance of ministers, 29 Mar. 1650;Lancs. and Cheshire Church Surveys ed. H. Fishwick (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. i), 1. ct. martial, James Stanley†, 7th earl of Derby, 11 Sept. 1651;Stanley Pprs. ed. F.R. Raines (Chetham Soc. o.s. lxvii), p. cccxxxvi. ejecting scandalous ministers, Lancs. 24 Aug. 1654;A. and O. poll tax, 1660;SR. corporations, 1662–3;SP29/61/157, f. 278. subsidy, 1663.SR.

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IRELAND, Gilbert (1624-75), of Hale Hall, Childwall, Lancs.
: and Hale Hall, Lancs., Childwall.
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Likenesses: ?oil on canvas, unknown;Hatfield House, Herts. miniature, J. Hoskins.Whereabouts unknown.

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IRELANDE, Gilbert (1624-75), of The Hutt, and Hale Hall, Childwall, Lancs.

Will
23 Apr. 1675, pr. 29 May 1675.Lancs. RO, WCW, will of Sir Gilbert Ireland.
Estates
in 1633, inherited considerable property in Lancs. and Cheshire.WARD7/84/117. In 1641, estate reckoned to be worth about £1,000 p.a.Blackwood, Lancs. 103. In 1650, estate inc. advowsons of rectory of Warrington and chapel of Hale and tithes of Childwall, Burtonwood and Sankey, Lancs.Lancs. and Cheshire Church Surveys ed. Fishwick, 51, 52, 66-7, 78, 195. In 1652, estate inc. manors of Bewsey, Burtonwood, Great and Little Sankey, Little Bolton, Little and Much Woolton, Liverpool, Penketh, Sutton, Tarbock and Warrington, Lancs.Lancs. RO, QDD/50/20. In 1653, purchased manor of Rixton, Lancs. from the treason trustees.CCC 2625. In 1675, estate inc. manors of Hutt and Hale, Hale Hall and property in Garston, Hale Bank, Much Woolton, Penketh and Tarbock, Lancs.; manor of Crowton and property in Bebington, Baddiley, Cuddington, Kingsley, Little Leigh, ‘Milton’, Newton, Stanthorpe and Weaverham, Cheshire.Lancs. RO, DDX 990/1; HMC Lords, iii. 265-6; Gregson, Fragments, 202.
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presented Robert Yates to rectory of Warrington, Lancs. c.1646;Lancs. and Cheshire Church Surveys ed. Fishwick, 51; Calamy Revised, 551. Joseph Ward, 1664.Clergy of the C of E database. Elder, fifth Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 510.
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COBBE, Richard (d.1658), of Barton and Winchester, Hants.

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bap. 14 Sept. 1604, illegit. s. of John Cobb of Selborne and Mary (bur. 8 Mar. 1617), da. of Thomas Faythfull.Selborne par. reg. ?; educ. cr. MA, Oxf. 31 Aug. 1636.Al. Ox. m. 10 June 1643, Honor (bap. 17 Sept. 1614, d. aft. Oct. 1681), da. of Sir Richard Norton†, 1st bt. of East Tisted, 2s., ?3da. (?1 d.v.p.).Winchester Coll. ms. 29839; East Tisted and Winchester St Michael par. regs. d. bef. 9 July 1658.Hants RO, 1658PC16.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Hants 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28). J.p. 30 June 1648–d.C231/6, p. 118; The Names of the Justices (1650), 50 (E.1238.4). Jt. recvr.-gen. 1650.Add. 24861, ff. 37, 56. Commr. gaol delivery Winchester, 28 Nov. 1655;C181/6, p. 132. securing peace of commonwealth, c.Dec. 1655.TSP, iv. 238–40, 363.

Civic: freeman, Winchester 16 Sept. 1650.Hants RO, W/B1/5, f. 28.

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COBBE, Richard (d.1658), of Barton and Winchester, Hants.
: Hants.
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COBBE, Richard (d.1658), of Barton and Winchester, Hants.

Will
not found, inventory, 9 July 1658.Hants RO, 1658PC16.
Estates
in Oct. 1646, when he was described as ‘of Abbots Barton’, he took a 10-year lease on rectory farm, Milborne Port; this was renewed in Nov. 1649 and Nov. 1655.Winchester Coll. mss. 27435-7. In Dec. 1647, Cobbe leased two properties in Kingsgate Street, Winchester, from Winchester Coll.
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FRENCH, Thomas (1592-1662), of St Peter’s, Cambridge, Cambs.

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bap. 22 Dec. 1592, 1st s. of Thomas French of Cambridge, and his 1st w. Maud.St Peter’s, Cambridge par. reg. pp. 2, 6. educ. G. Inn 1616.G. Inn Admiss. 139. m. (1) 5 Nov. 1621, Rebecca (d. 1632), da. of William Benfield, clothworker, of St Saviour’s, Southwark, Surr. 4s. (1d.v.p.) 4da.;LMA, P92/SAV/3002, unfol.; PROB11/134/261; Playhouse wills, 1558-1642 ed. E.A.J. Honigmann and S. Brock (Manchester, 1993), 195; St Peter’s, Cambridge par. reg. pp. 12-13, 15, 54-6. (2) by 1635, Anne (d. 1657), da. of William Knight of Denny Abbey, Waterbeach, Cambs. 1s. d.v.p. St Peter’s, Cambridge par. reg. pp. 16, 56-7, 63; W.C. Metcalfe, ‘Peds. of Cambs. fams.’, The Gen. iii. 304. suc. fa. 1623.St Peter’s, Cambridge par. reg. p. 53. bur. 1 Aug. 1662 1 Aug. 1662.St Peter’s, Cambridge par. reg. p. 65.
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Civic: freeman, Camb. 1624; common councilman by July 1626 – Aug. 1639; elector, 1626; cllr. 1628 – 29, 1641 – 42, 1647 – 48, 1655 – 59, 1660 – 61; coroner, 1632; supervisor, 1637; alderman, Aug. 1639 – July 1662; mayor, 1639 – 40, 1652 – 53, 1661–2.Cambs. RO, Cambs. corp. archives, common day bk. 1610–46, ff. 127, 151v, 161, 174, 212, pp. 265, 301–2, 342; common day bk. 1647–81, ff. 1v, 38v, 68v, 80, 90,104, 129v, 147v, 153; F. Blomefield, Collectanea Cantabrigiensia (Norwich, 1750), 226; J.M. Gray, Biog. Notes on the Mayors of Cambridge (Cambridge, 1922), 39–40.

Court: commr. purveyance, 1631-aft. 1638.Coventry Docquets, 83–8. Yeoman purveyor of freshwater fish to Charles I, 1637–49.LS13/169, pp. 293–4. Kpr. of the ponds, St James’s Park, Westminster 1645-aft. 1647.SC6/Chas. I/1665, m. 22d.

Local: commr. sewers, Gt. Level Sept. 1639-Sept. 1640;Cambs. RO, R.59.31.9.1A, unfol. gaol delivery, Camb. 4 July 1640 – aft.Sept. 1641, 26 May 1654–18 Sept. 1660;C181/5, ff. 178v, 212; C181/6, pp. 35, 388. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 17 Feb. 1645, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657; Cambs. 26 Jan. 1660;SR; A. and O; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). for peace and safety in Camb. 17 Aug. 1642;LJ v. 299a. sequestration, Camb. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs. 15 Mar. 1644;W.M. Palmer, A Hist. of the Par. of Borough Green (Camb. Antiq. Soc. octavo ser. liv), 164, 165, 169. regulating Camb. Univ. aft. Mar. 1644.Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 372. J.p. Cambs. by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C193/13/3, f. 7. Camb. Univ. and town 26 May 1654 – July 1660, Nov. 1661-July 1662.C181/6, pp. 34, 387; C231/7, p. 143. Commr. militia, Cambs. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 Jan. 1660, 12 Mar. 1660;SP25/76A, f. 16; A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, 21 Sept. 1655.Bodl. Rawl. C.948, p. 24. Treas. propagating the gospel in New England, Camb. 26 Aug. 1657.GL, MS 8011, p. 42. Commr. for public faith, Cambs. 24 Oct. 1657.Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35).

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FRENCH, Thomas (1592-1662), of St Peter’s, Cambridge, Cambs.
: of St Peter’s, Cambs., Cambridge.
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FRENCH, Thomas (1592-1662), of St Peter’s, Cambridge, Cambs.

Will
not found.
Estates
owned several houses and fishponds in Southwark;A. Barclay, Electing Cromwell (2011), 39-40. various properties leased to him by the Cambridge corporation;Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1610-46, ff. 193v, 195, 209, 228; common day bk. 1647-81, f. 87; lease bk. A, 1558-1637, f. 218; lease bk. B, 1638-1712, ff. 101v-102; Downing Coll. Cambridge, Bowtell MSS 5-6; Gonville and Caius Coll. Cambridge, MS 618/364, pp. 62-3. owned properties in St Peter’s and St Giles’s parishes, Cambridge.CUL, Univ. Archives, CUR 37.7, no. 18; no. 52, ff. 180v-181; CUR 37.3, nos. 115-16.
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THOMPSON, William (c.1604-70), of Roxholme, Leasingham, Lincs.

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b. c.1604, 1st s. of Richard Thompson, of Roxholme, and Ellen (bur. 18 Feb. 1624), da. of Richard King of Cottesmore, Rutland.C142/605/6; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lii), 962. educ. Magdalene, Camb. Easter 1621, aged 17.Al. Cant. m. (1) by 1626, Jane, da. of Thomas Thorold of Caythorpe, Lincs. 1s. (d.v.p.) 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 14 Feb. 1632, Anne, da. of Charles White of Beauvale Priory, Greasley, Notts. 1s. (d.v.p.).Greasley par. reg.; Lincs. Peds. 963. suc. fa. 29 July 1640.C142/605/6. bur. 9 Apr. 1670 9 Apr. 1670.Leasingham bishop’s transcript.
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Local: commr. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 10 Feb. 1642–26 Feb. 1664;C181/5, f. 224v; C181/6, pp. 40, 390; C181/7, p. 78; Lincs. RO, Spalding Sewers/449/7–11. Eastern Assoc. Lincs. 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. sequestration, 3 July 1644, 1 Feb. 1650;CJ iii. 548b; LJ vi. 613b; SP46/105, f. 182. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 6 Aug. 1645, 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, E.1062.28). Lincs. (Kesteven) 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; defence of Lincs. 3 Apr. 1645;A. and O. charitable uses, Morton, Lincs. 17 Feb. 1647;C93/19/23. Lincoln 3 Mar. 1656;C93/23/22. Lincs. militia, 3 July 1648.LJ x. 359a. J.p. Kesteven 1 Sept. 1648-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/6, p. 121. Holland, Lindsey 26 Sept. 1653-Mar. 1660.C231/6, pp. 267, 268. Commr. militia, Lincs. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Nov. 1655;TSP iv. 185, 337. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–9 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: capt. militia horse, Lincs. by July 1655-July 1659.SP25/77, pp. 871, 894; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 345; 1659–60, pp. 16, 24.

Central: master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5.

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THOMPSON, William (c.1604-70), of Roxholme, Leasingham, Lincs.
: of Roxholme, Leasingham, Lincs.
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THOMPSON, William (c.1604-70), of Roxholme, Leasingham, Lincs.

Will
28 Mar. 1670, pr. 20 Apr. 1670.Lincs. RO, W1670/i/22.
Estates
inc. manor of Roxholme, lands in Leasingham, Roxholme and Ruskington, Lincs. and lands and tenements in Balderton, Notts.C142/605/6; Lincs. RO, W1670/i/22. At d. personal estate valued at £889.Lincs. RO, INV/172/25.
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presented Gilbert Nelson to rectory of Anwick, Lincs., 1666.Lincs. RO, DIOC/PD/1666/56.
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BALL, William (?1601-47), of Barkham, Berks. and Chancery Lane, St Dunstan-in-the-West, London.

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bap. ?27 Sept. 1601, 1st s. of John Ball of Wokingham, Berks. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Webb of Ruscombe.IGI; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), ii. 62. educ. Wadham, Oxf. 30 Oct. 1618;Al. Ox. L. Inn, 1 Sept. 1623;LI Admiss. i. 194. m. 16 July 1627, Alice, da. of Richard Waltham of St Gregory by St Paul’s, London, 5s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. suc. fa. 1628.St Gregory by St Paul’s, London, par. reg.; Vis. Berks. ii. 62. bur. 21 Nov. 1647 21 Nov. 1647.St Dunstan-in-the-West, London, par. reg.
Offices Held

Colonial: member, Providence Island Co. 2 Dec. 1633.CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 173.

Legal: called, L. Inn 10 June 1634.LI Black Bks. ii. 318. Att. of the pleas, exch. bef. 1635.Vis. Berks. ii. 62.

Local: commr. London assessment, Westminster 5 Sept. 1643; assessment, Berks. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647; Hant, Mdx., Wilts. 23 June 1647; commr. for Berks. 25 June 1644; A. and O. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 13 Jan. 1644-aft. Jan. 1645;C181/5, ff. 231v, 247. sewers, London 14 Jan., 15 Dec. 1645; Mdx. 7 Apr., 15 Oct. 1645;C181/5, ff. 247v, 261v, 262v, 266v. levying of money, Hants 10 June 1645; Westminster militia, 9 Sept. 1647.A. and O.

Religious: trier, 12th London classis, 30 Sept. 1645, 26 Sept. 1646; LJ vii. 616; A. and O. elder, St Dunstan-in-the-West, London 3 Aug. 1646–d.GL, MS 3016/1 (St Dunstan-in-the-West vestry mins. 1588–1663), p. 280.

Central: member, cttee. for indemnity, 6 Oct. 1647.CJ v. 327b.

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BALL, William (?1601-47), of Barkham, Berks. and Chancery Lane, St Dunstan-in-the-West, London.
: Berks. and St Dunstan-in-the-West, London., Chancery Lane.
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BALL, William (?1601-47), of Barkham, Berks. and Chancery Lane, St Dunstan-in-the-West, London.

Will
17 Nov., pr. 14 Dec. 1647.PROB11/202/594.
Estates
house in Chancery Lane, 1639-d.; assessed at £6 p.a. (in lands) on estate in Chancery Lane, 1640, on which he paid 48s;GL, MSS 10344, 10346 (St Dunstan’s in the West par. regs.), unfol.; E115/17/103. property in Southampton, Hants, 1647; Lock’s farm, Wokingham, by 1647. PROB11/202/594.
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CAPELL, Arthur (1604-49), of Little Hadham, Herts.

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b. 20 Feb. 1604, 1st s. of Sir Henry Capell† (d. 1622) of Rayne Hall, Essex and 1st w. Theodosia, da. of Sir Edward Montagu† of Boughton, Northants.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 243; Chauncy, Herts. i. 308, 313; VCH Herts. Fams. 93. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1619.Al. Cant. m. 28 Nov. 1627, Elizabeth (d. 1661), da. and h. of Sir Charles Morrison†, 1st bt. of Cassiobury, Watford, Herts. 4s. 6da. (2 d.v.p.).Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 237, 238, 244, iii. 413; Chauncy, Herts. i. 309, 313, ii. 354; VCH Herts. Fams. 94-6; F.J.A. Skeet, ‘Arthur, Lord Capell, Baron of Hadham’, Trans. East Herts. Arch. Soc. iii., 333-4. suc. gdfa. 1632;Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 243. cr. Baron Capell of Hadham 5 Aug. 1641;CP. Kntd. 17 Jan. 1645.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 219. exec. 9 Mar. 1649.The Several Speeches of Duke [of] Hamilton, Earl of Cambridg, Henry, Earl of Holland, and Arthur, Lord Capel (1649, E.546.21); Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 413.
Offices Held

Local: j.p Herts 1626-aft 1641.Herts. County Recs. vi. 520. Commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1635-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/5, ff. 17, 229v. subsidy, Herts. 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. array (roy.), 27 June 1642;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. Flint, Merion. 8 May 1643; Denb. 8 May, 25 July 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 35, 60. Recvr. (roy.) N. Wales 29 Apr. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 31.

Central: recvr. subsidy, 1641.SR. Commr. Uxbridge Treaty (roy.), 21 Jan. 1645.LJ vii. 150a, 166b. Cllr. prince of Wales, 28 Jan. 1645-Jan. 1649.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 252–3. PC, 1 Mar. 1645–d.PC2/53, f. 110v; CP. Commr. admlty. (roy.) 11 Mar. 1645; letters of marque (roy.), 17 Apr. 1645.Docquets of Letters Patent, ed. Black, ii. 263, 269.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), 1642–3.Peacock, Army Lists, 18. Vol. king’s lifeguard of horse, Oct. 1642.HMC 12th Rep. ix. 39. Lt.-gen. Worcs. Salop, Cheshire and N. Wales Apr.-Dec. 1643.Docquets of Letters Patent, ed. Black, i. 24; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in Eng. and Wales (1981), 58–9; R. Hutton, The Royalist War Effort (1982), 123. Cdr. lifeguard of prince of Wales, Mar. 1645-Mar. 1646.HMC 12th Rep. ix. 43; M. Hazell, Fidelity and Fortitude: Lord Capell, his regts. and the English civil war (Leigh on Sea, 1987), 36–44. Gov. Oxf. 8 May 1645.CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 464. Lt.-gen. Essex, Norf. Cambs. Hunts. and Herts. Apr.-Aug. 1648.Hazell, Fidelity and Fortitude, 49.

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CAPELL, Arthur (1604-49), of Little Hadham, Herts.
: of Little Hadham, Herts.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, family group, C. Johnson, c.1640;NPG. miniature, ?aft. J. Hoskins, aft. 1647;NPG. oil on canvas, H. Peart, c.1660.NPG. line engraving, unknown, 1645-60.BM.

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CAPELL, Arthur (1604-49), of Little Hadham, Herts.

Will
admon. 7 Sept. 1659 and 4 Mar. 1664.VCH Herts. Fams. 94.
Estates
estates entailed by Sir Arthur Capell on Capell’s marriage, 1627;Add. 40631B, ff. 35-43; CCC, 1934. his wife inherited manor of Cassiobury, Watford, and other extensive lands from her fa. Sir Charles Morrison, 1628;CJ vi. 203a-204a. alienated manor of Cassiobury to Humphrey, William and Roger Capell, 1633; alienated manor of Obleigh, Som. to Humphrey and William Capell, 1633;Coventry Docquets, 630, 638. bought manor of Wickham Hall, Bishop’s Stortford, Herts. 1633;VCH Herts. iii. 302. alienated manor of Burgh St. Margaret, Norf., 1635;Coventry Docquets, 676. lands conveyed to trustees as surety to his creditors, Jan. 1642;Add. 40631B, ff. 203-211; CJ vi. 612a. estates sequestered by Parliament, 1643;Add. 40630, ff. 106-284; HMC Var. vii. 344-7. leased by sequestration cttees. to his uncle, William Capell, 1644.The Impact of the First Civil War on Herts. ed. A. Thomson (Herts. Rec. Soc. xxiii.), 174-80.
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HOWE, John Grobham (1625-79), of Little Compton, Withington, Glos.

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b. 25 Jan. 1625, 2nd s. of John Howe 1st bt. of Great Wishford, Wilts. and Little Compton, and Bridget (d. 15 June 1642), da. of Thomas Rich, master in chancery, of North Cerney, Glos.; bro. of Richard Grobham Howe*.Vis. England and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, xiii. 95-6; Langar par. reg.; Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, iv. 1497-8. educ. L. Inn 5 Feb. 1645.LI Admiss. i. 251. m. Lady Annabella Scrope (d. 21 Mar. 1703), illegit. da. of Emanuel Scrope, 1st earl of Sunderland, 4s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.). bur. 27 May 1679.Langar par. reg.; Bigland, Collections ed. Frith, iv. 1497-8.
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Local: j.p. Wilts. 30 Nov. 1646 – bef.Jan. 1650; Glos. ? 23 July 1650 – bef.Oct. 1653, Mar. 1660 – d.; Notts. by Oct. 1660–d.C231/6, pp. 69, 194; C193/13/4, f. 40. Commr. militia, Glos., Notts. 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, Glos. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679;An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. Gloucester 1661, 1664; Notts. 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; poll tax, Glos. 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, Glos., Notts. 1663;SR. sewers, Notts. 22 May 1669;C181/7, p. 488. recusants, Glos. 1675.CTB iv. 789.

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HOWE, John Grobham I (1625-79), of Little Compton, Withington, Glos. and Langar, Notts.
: Glos., Withington.
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HOWE, John Grobham (1625-79), of Little Compton, Withington, Glos.

Will
14 Feb. 1678, pr. 2 May 1682.PROB11/370/8.
Estates
lessee of Withington manor from bishop of Worcester, 1662-d.; at d. held manors of Compton Abdale, Little Compton, ‘South-hold’, Devon; ‘Curflint’, Essex; rectories and tithes of Camrose, St Martins (Haverfordwest), ‘Monclough’, ‘Londine’ and ?Llangolman, Pembs.; rectory of Gwithian, Cornwall; rectory of St Neots, Hunts.; tithes of Burlingham, Lincs. (?recte Norfolk); lands in trust: Colston Basset, Notts; Bromsgrove manor, Worcs., Lechlade, Glos.; interest in lead mines, Stanhope and Wolsingham, co. Durham.PROB11/370/8.
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HUSSEY, Thomas II (d. 1657/8), of Laverstock, Hants, Chilton Foliot, Wilts., and Hungerford Park, Berks.

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m. (1) 25 July 1621, Margaret, wid. of Richard Springham of Kingsclere, Hants;Whitchurch, Hants, par. reg.; PROB11/137/2 (Richard Springham). (2) Catherine, wid. of John Vaux, MD, and later w. of Sir Robert Mason†; 2s. 7da. (3 d.v.p.) from both marriages.PROB11/273/585; ‘Sir Robert Mason’, HP Commons 1660-1690. d. betw. 14 Dec. 1657-25 Feb. 1658.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 16 July 1633. 6 Aug. 1641 – 10 Dec. 1644C181/4, f. 148. J.p. Hants, 17 Mar. 1646–d.;C231/5, p. 475; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 243; C231/6, p. 41; C193/13/3, f. 57; C193/13/6, f. 78v. Wilts. 1 Sept. 1646 – May 1652, by c.Sept. 1656–?d.;C231/6, p. 56; C193/13/3, f. 69; C193/13/4, f. 109; C193/13/5, f. 116; C193/13/6, f. 96; Stowe 577, f. 58. Berks. 19 July 1650-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 191; C193/13/4, f. 5. Member, cttee. for Hants, 23 July 1642–?, bef. 9 June 1648.LJ v. 233b-234a; CJ ii. 686b; F. Tilney, A Declaration of the Committee for Southampton (1648, 669.f.12.50). Commr. assessment, Hants 1642, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Wilts. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653), 296 (E.1062.28). Berks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Hants 9 June 1657; militia, Hants, Wilts. 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. sequestration, Berks. 4 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 377b. oyer and terminer, Western, Oxf. circs. by Feb. 1654–d.C181/6, pp. 9, 11, 232, 235.

Legal: ?prothonotary in chancery, 20 Feb. 1636.Coventry Docquets, 196.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 17 Dec. 1652.CJ vii. 230b.

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HUSSEY, Thomas II (d. 1657/8), of Laverstock, Hants, Chilton Foliot, Wilts., and Hungerford Park, Berks.
: Chilton Foliot, Wilts., Hants. and Hungerford Park, Berks.
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HUSSEY, Thomas II (d. 1657/8), of Laverstock, Hants, Chilton Foliot, Wilts., and Hungerford Park, Berks.

Will
3 July 1654, pr. 25 Feb. 1658.PROB 11/273/585.
Estates
Bought manor of Edgington, Hungerford, Berks. in 1633.VCH Berks. iv. 189. Acquired land in Chilton Foliat, Wilts. in July 1634, and bought Chilton Lodge in 1639.Museum Eng. Rural Life, Reading, BER36/5/12; VCH Wilts. xvi. 96-7. Owned manor of Laverstock, Hants, betw. 1637 and about 1653.VCH Hants, iv. 209. In June 1638 he and Thomas Hawles sold property inc. 230 acres in Collingbourne, Wilts.Coventry Docquets, 725. Acquired advowson of Sullington, Suss. 2 Apr. 1638.Coventry Docquets, 720. Owned advowsons of Dogmersfield, Hants, and Welford, Berks. in 1639.VCH Berks. iv. 124; VCH Hants, iv. 74. Assessed at £600 bef. this was discharged in July 1646.CAM 56. Purchased manor of Alresford, Hants, for £2,683 (June 1648); Willersey Warren for £226 (Aug. 1648); Cold Henley for £130 (Feb. 1650).Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 14, 16, 43; C54/3395/16; Hants RO, 5M50/1099. Purchased property in Shipton Bellinger, Hants, from the commissioners for the sale of dean and chapter lands (June 1650).C54/3496/1. He also acquired Inglefield or Anfilles in Kintbury, Berks. in 1650.VCH Berks. iv. 212. By July 1654 he had a house in St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, and in c.Feb 1655 bought the manors of Leinton (?Leighton) and Colehurst, Salop, and manors and lands in Moulsford, Streatley, Ashton and Cholsey, Berks.C231/5, p. 475.
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in 1646, Hussey nominated Edward Wall to rectory of Laverstock.HMC 6th Rep. 111.
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