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BOND, Elias (1596-1680), of Tyneham and Wareham, Dorset.

Family and Education
bap. 8 Aug. 1596, 2nd son of John Bond† of Lutton, Dorset and Margaret Pitt.Vis. Dorset 1623 (Harl. Soc. xx), 16; Hutchins, Dorset, i. 602-3. m. (1) 1636, Bridget, 4th da. of Francis Chaldecot of East Whiteway, Isle of Purbeck; (2) 1672, Joan Gerard of Wareham. bur. 15 Nov. 1680 15 Nov. 1680.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 602-3.
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Civic: free burgess, Melcombe Regis 1617; Poole 9 Nov. 1641.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 32, ii. 451.

Local: commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644;A. and O. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 April, 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). gaol delivery, Poole 20 May 1659.C181/6, p. 357.

Military: capt. of castle and lt. of Is. of Portland 4 June 1647–60.LJ ix. 238a; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 817.

: of Tyneham and Dorset., Wareham.
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BOND, Elias (1596-1680), of Tyneham and Wareham, Dorset.

Will
admon. 23 Apr. 1681.Dorset RO, Ad/Dt/A/1681.
Estates
purchased manors of East Tyneham bef. 1638, and Egleston 13 June 1640;Hutchins, Dorset, i. 618, 621; Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 53. 8-hearth house in Wareham by 1664.Dorset Hearth Tax, 74.
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PRICE, William (1619-91), of Rhiwlas, Llanfor, Merion.

Family and Education
b. 13 Apr. 1619, 1st s. of John Price of Rhiwlas and Eleanor, da. of Sir William Jones† of Castellmarch, Llangian, Caern.J.E. Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 247; N. Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price of Rhiwlas’, Jnl. Merion. Hist. Soc. v. 7. educ. L. Inn 28 Apr. 1636; Christ Church, Oxf. 27 May 1636.LI Admiss, 230. m. 1641 (prenup. settlement 2 June 1641), Mary (d.1671), da. and coh. of David Holland of Kinmel, St. George, Denb. 8s. (at least 2 d.v.p.) 7da.Bangor Univ. Lib. Kinmel mss 696; Lloyd, Hist. Powys Fadog, vi. 422. suc. fa. 1629.Griffith, Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 247; Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price’, 7. d. 31 Oct. 1691.Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price’, 7.
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Local: j.p. Denb., Merion. 10 Feb. 1642 – ?45, by Oct. 1660 – Apr. 1688, Oct. 1688 – d.; Flint by Oct. 1660 – Apr. 1688, Oct. 1688–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 48, 51, 74, 79; HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. array (roy.), Merion. 10 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. assessment, Merion. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – 90; Flint 1 June 1660, 1672, 1679, 1689 – 90; Denb. 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689 – 90; Caern. 1689–90;An Ordinance …for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, Denb., Flint, Merion. 1660.SR. Dep. lt. Merion. c. Aug. 1660 – Feb. 1688, 1689–d.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. oyer and terminer, Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7, p. 120. subsidy, Denb., Merion. 1663.SR. Col. militia, Merion. c.1663-at least 1684.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) ?1642–6.Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price’, 7.

: of Rhiwlas, Llanfor, Merion.
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Portrait: half-length in armour, once at Rhiwlas.Tucker, ‘Colonel William Price’, frontispiece; portrait not noted in Steegman, Portraits in Welsh Houses (N. Wales).

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PRICE, William (1619-91), of Rhiwlas, Llanfor, Merion.

Will
25 Jan. 1690, pr. 11 Feb. 1692.PROB11/409, f. 42v.
Estates
in 1632 inherited townships of Rhedynogfelen and Gest, Caern. from uncle Charles Jones*;NLW, Brogyntyn L2/74. at marriage inherited £350 p.a. in right of his wife, but her estate encumbered with debts of £2,509.Symonds, Diary, 260; Bangor Univ. Lib. Special Collections, Kinmel ms 696. His estate said to be worth £1,500 p.a. in the 1660s.Burke Commoners, i. 694.
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GORE, Sir John (1621-97), of Sacombe, Herts.

Family and Education
bap. 17 Apr. 1621, 1st s. of Ralph Gore, Merchant Taylor, of Milk Street, London and Agnes, da. and h. of Richard Young, Salter, of London, wid. of Christopher Merick of Northcott, Mdx.Le Neve’s Pedigrees, 107; Vis. Mdx. ed. Foster, 39; Burke LG, i. 83; HP Commons, 1660-1690, ii. 414. educ. M. Temple, 31 Jan. 1638.M. Temple Admiss. i. 134. m. c.1642, Katherine (d. 1698), da. of Sir John Boteler† of Watton Woodhall, Watton at Stone, Herts. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.).Le Neve’s Pedigrees, 107; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 477, 488; Clauncy, Herts. ii. 56, 57, 63; Burke LG, i. 83. suc. fa. Sept. 1637;St Mary Magdalen, Milk Street, London par. reg. Kntd. 27 July 1641.Lansd. 870, f. 68; Add. 32102, f. 209v. d. 14 Sept. 1697.Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 488.
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Local: j.p. Herts. by Mar. 1653–82, ?1687–d.C231/6, pp. 234, 254; Herts. County Recs. vi. 522. ?Sheriff, 1654–5.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 64. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–90;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. ?oyer and terminer, Home circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 372. Herts. 24 Dec. 1664;C181/7, p. 304. poll tax, 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, 1663;SR. sewers, River Lea, Herts., Mdx. and Essex 14 Dec. 1663.C181/7, p. 223. Dep. lt. Herts. 1670 – ?82, 1687–d.HP Commons 1660–1690; CSP Dom. 1691–2, p. 118. Commr. for inquiry into recusancy fines, 1687.CTB viii. 1695.

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GORE, Sir John (1621-97), of Sacombe, Herts.

Will
not found.
Estates
bought manor of Moor Place, Much Hadham, Herts. bef. 1648;Add. Ch. 35446. bought manors of Sacombe, Boxbury and Temple Chelsin from 1st Baron Belasyse (John Belasyse*), 1650;VCH Herts. iii. 137, 155, 425. sold Moor Place c.1650;VCH Herts. iv. 63. owned house at Hackney, Mdx. by 1664;VCH Mdx. x. 59. sold manor of Boxbury, 1681;VCH Herts. iii. 155. sold manors of Sacombe and Temple Chelsin, 1688.VCH Herts. iii. 137, 425.
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PUREFOY, George (1606-61), of Wadley, Gt. Faringdon, Berks.

Family and Education
b. 11 Jan. 1606, 1st s. of George Purefoy of Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leics. and Mary, da. of Sir Valentine Knightley† of Fawsley, Northants.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi-lvii), i. 267; Nichols, Leics. iv. 594. educ. ?Eton; King’s, Camb. 1621, MA 1624;Al. Cant. G. Inn 19 May 1626.GI Admiss. 178. m. (1) 28 Feb. 1627, Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Glover of Hayes, Mdx. 6s. 7da.;St Ann Blackfriars par. reg.; Vis. Berks. i. 267-8. (2) Anne, da. and coh. of Sir Francis Darcy† of Little Sion, Brentford, Mdx. s.p.Vis. Berks. i. 267. suc. grandfa. Sir Valentine Knightley 1618;PROB11/132/722. fa. 1628.Nichols, Leics. iv. 600. d. 28 Mar. 1661.Al. Cant.
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Local: j.p. Berks. 1629–?, 7 Jan. 1647–d.; Bucks. Mar. 1660-bef. Oct. 1660.Coventry Docquets, 63; C231/5, p. 10; C231/6, pp. 73, 159; C231/7, p. 33; A Perfect List (1660); C220/9/4, f. 4v. Commr. sewers, Oxon. and Berks. 18 July 1634;C181/4, f. 179v. River Kennet, Berks. and Hants 14 June 1654, 13 Oct. 1657;C181/6, pp. 44, 261. Berks. 7 Aug. 1657.C181/6, p. 255. Sheriff, 1639–40.Coventry Docquets, 369; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 6. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 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; Bucks. 1 June 1660.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Member, Berks. standing cttee. Aug. 1642.LJ v. 311a. Commr. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 11, 303. poll tax, Berks. 1660.SR.

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PUREFOY, George (1606-61), of Wadley, Gt. Faringdon, Berks.

Will
24 Jan. 1661, pr. 17 Apr. 1661.PROB11/304/66.
Estates
held manor of Wadley, Great Faringdon, Berks. from Oriel College, Oxford;VCH Berks. iv. 495. inherited lands in Leicestershire and Buckinghamshire.
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TALBOTT, Thomas I (1585-1642), of Gunvil’s Hall, Wymondham, Norf.

Family and Education
b. 1585, 1st s. of Thomas Talbott, LLD, of Gunvil’s Hall and 1st w. Katherine, da. of Thomas Hast of Wymondham.Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. iv-v), ii. 213-14; G.H. Holley, Observations and Comments on Vis. Norf. 1664 (Norf. Rec. Soc. xxvii.), 74; Norf. Peds. ed P. Palgrave-Moore (Norf. and Norwich Gen. Soc. xiii.), 188. educ. Trinity Hall, Camb. 1601;Al. Cant. Thavies Inn by 1605; L. Inn 1605.LI Admiss. m. by 1619, Anne, da. of William Herne of Tibbenham, Norf. 1s. 1da.Vis. Norf. 1664, 214; Norf. Peds. 188. suc. fa. 1628.PROB11/153/220. bur. 25 Sept. 1642 25 Sept. 1642.W.R. Prest, Rise of the Barristers (Oxford, 1986), 394.
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Legal: called, L. Inn 1612;LI Black Bks. ii. 145. associate bencher, 1636.LI Black Bks. ii. 339.

Local: escheator, Norf. and Suff. 1624–5.A.C. Wood, List of Escheators for Eng. and Wales (L. and I. lxxii. 1971), 93. J.p. Thetford 1633; Norf. by 1635–d.C181/4, f. 152v; CSP Dom. Add. 1625–49, p.508. Commr. prisoners, 1635;PC2/45, p. 19. purveyance abuses, 1635.Coventry Docquets, 43.

Civic: recorder, Thetford 1633-by 1641.C181/4, f. 152v; C181/5, f. 424. Counsellor-at-law, King’s Lynn by 1638-at least 1640.King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/10, ff. 22, 60v.

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TALBOTT, Thomas I (1585-1642), of Gunvil’s Hall, Wymondham, Norf.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited the manor of Gunvil’s Hall from his father, 1628;PROB11/153/220. he and John Sesden acquired the manor of Hingham, Norf. from Sir Thomas Wodehouse*, 1634;Coventry Docquets, 667. Charles Lovell, Sir Charles Le Gros* and Talbott sold lands at Hockering, North Tuddenham and Mattishall, Norf., 1635.Coventry Docquets, 684-5.
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VINCENT, Walter (1631-80), of Truro, Cornw.

Family and Education
bap. 15 Apr. 1631, 1st s. of Henry Vincent of Tresimple, St Clement, Cornw. and Elizabeth, da. of Walter Kendall of Lostwithiel; half-bro. of Shadrach Vincent†.HP Commons 1660-1690. educ. M. Temple, 25 Feb. 1647; called 21 Nov. 1656.M. Temple Admiss. i. 144. m. 24 Oct. 1651, Jane, da. of Edward Nosworthy I† of Ince Castle, Cornw., 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da.Regs. Par. of St Mary, Truro (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 1940), 14. suc. fa. 1658. d. c. July 1680.HP Commons, 1660-90.
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Civic: alderman, Lostwithiel 1652–60. Recorder, Falmouth by 1674–d.CTB iv. 490.

Local: j.p. Cornw. 23 Nov. 1657 – July 1660, Aug. 1660–62, Jan. 1673–d.C231/6, p. 379; C231/7, pp. 31, 431. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679; militia, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance… for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). duties on wines, Cornw., Devon and Som. 20 June 1668.C181/7, p. 463.

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VINCENT, Walter (1631-80), of Truro, Cornw.

Will
Estates
inherited lands of Tresimple, St Clement par. with 60 acres held from duchy of Cornw.;Parl. Surv. Duchy Cornw. i. 92. purchased other lands in 1650s, inc. manor of Treleven;Letterbk. of Thomas Hill ed. J. Palmer (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 2008), 1. in 1664 owned a 7-hearth house in Truro.Cornw. Hearth Tax, 65.
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WINGFIELD, Augustine (c.1612-?64), of Ruislip, Mdx. and Angel Court, High Street, Westminster.

Family and Education
b. c. 1612, 1st s. of George Wingfield of Rickmansworth, Herts. and Mary, da. of Alexander Briscoe of Aldenham, Herts.Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 31; L. Inn Admiss. i. 208. educ. L. Inn 29 Apr. 1629, called 17 May 1636.L. Inn Admiss. i. 208; LI Black Bks. ii. 339. m. Katherine, 2s. 3da.PROB11/314/107. suc. fa. by 1629.L. Inn Admiss. i. 208. d. bef. 20 May 1664.PROB11/314/107.
Offices Held

Local: commr. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644.A. and O. J.p. Mdx. 3 Apr. 1649–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 148; C193/13/3, f. 42v; C193/13/5, f. 67. St Albans liberty 12 Mar. 1651–?C231/6, p. 212. Commr. militia, Mdx. 7 Oct. 1650;CSP Dom. 1650, p. 374. oyer and terminer, St Albans liberty 8 Apr. 1651–?;C231/6, p. 213. London by Jan. 1654–19 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 2, 353. assessment, Herts. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653; Mdx. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). gaol delivery, Newgate gaol by Jan. 1654–19 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 2, 353. securing peace of commonwealth, Mdx. by Jan 1656.TSP iv. 406, 771.

Religious: elder, third Mdx. classis by Dec. 1648.The Division of the County of Middlesex into Four Classicall Presbyteries (Dec. 1647), 4.

Central: auditor of exch. 4 Oct. 1654–?1660.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p.321; Eg. 2979, f. 11.

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WINGFIELD, Augustine (c.1612-?64), of Ruislip, Mdx. and Angel Court, High Street, Westminster.

Will
Feb. 1643, pr. 20 May 1664.PROB11/314/107.
Estates
inherited lands in Rickmansworth, Herts. and Ruislip, Mdx, pre-1629; owned property in Shoe Lane and Eagle and Child Alley, Holborn, Mdx, bef. 1643;PROB11/314/107. house in Angel Court, High Street, Westminster, by 1656.Westminster City Lib., St. Martin-in-the-Fields Par. Rate Bk. 1656/7, p.1.
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CAREY, Edward (c.1618-57), of Westminster and Marylebone, Mdx.

Family and Education
b c. 1618, 2nd s. of Roland Carey of Everton, Hunts. educ. Clare, Camb. 8 Apr. 1636; M. Temple 9 June 1641, called 16 June 1648.Al. Cant.; MT Admiss. m., at least 2 children.PROB11/267, f. 260. d. betw. 13 July 1657-17 Sept. 1657.PROB11/267, f. 260.
Offices Held

Central: member, cttee. of accts. 23 Nov. 1649.A. and O. Counsellor, cttee. for advance of money, 22 Feb. 1650.CCAM 81. Examiner to commrs. for compounding, Sept. 1650-at least April 1652.CCC 312, 821. Commr. relief on articles of war, 29 Sept. 1652;A. and O. for compounding, advance of money, indemnity, 1 July, 31 Dec. 1653;CSP Dom. 1653–4, pp. 2, 8, 318, 427. managing delinquents’ estates, 10 Feb. 1654;A. and O. commr. discoveries, Apr. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 278; 1656–7, p. 595.

Local: j.p. Mdx. by Oct. 1653 – bef.Mar. 1657; Westminster by Oct. 1653–d.C193/13/4, ff. 64v, 129; C193/13/5, f. 136v. Commr. assessment, Mdx. 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657; Westminster 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657;A. and O. sewers, Mdx and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655–d.C181/6, pp. 68, 244. Dep. high steward, Westminster 12 Aug. 1656–d.Clarke Pprs. iii. 69; CUL, Gg.1.9, f. 79.

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CAREY, Edward (c.1618-57), of Westminster and Marylebone, Mdx.

Will
13 July 1657, pr. 17 Sept. 1657.PROB11/267, f. 260.
Estates
on d. owned house in Marylebone, Mdx., and lands worth £100 p.a. in Everton, Hunts., and a farm and parsonage of ‘Noyle’ (?Hail) Weston, Hunts.PROB11/267, f. 260.
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SPRING (SPRINGE), Sir William (1613-54), of Pakenham, Suff.

Family and Education
bap. 13 Mar. 1613, 2nd but only surv. s. of Sir William Spring† of Pakenham and Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Smith† of Theydon, Essex.CB, ii. 129; Burke Dorm. and Baronetcies, 501. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1631.Al. Cant. m. bef. Mar. 1638, Elizabeth (d. 21 Mar. 1678), da. of Sir Hamon L’Estrange† of Hunstanton, Norf. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.CB, ii. 129; Burke Dorm. and Baronetcies, 501; CUL, Add. 3310, p. 75; Autobiography and Correspondence of Sir Simonds D’Ewes ed. J.O. Halliwell (1845), ii. 233. cr. bt. 11 Aug. 1641.47th PRO Dep. Kpr.’s Rep. 135; CB, ii. 129n. suc. fa. 2 Mar. 1638.C142/697/21. d. 17 Dec. 1654.CUL, Add. 3310, p. 74.
Offices Held

Local: sheriff, Suff. 1640–1.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 132. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. 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.SR; A. and O. J.p. 6 Apr. 1642-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/5, p. 517; Suff. RO (Ipswich), B105/2/1, ff. 63, 65v, 78v; C193/13/4, f. 92. Commr. loans on Propositions, 28 July 1642;LJ v. 245b. recvr. Bury St Edmunds 10 Sept. 1642.LJ v. 346b. Dep. lt. Suff. by Sept. 1642–?LJ v. 342b. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643.A. and O. Jt. treas. and recvr.-gen. Eastern Assoc. Feb. 1644–?Suff. ed. Everitt, 67. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Suff. 12 Mar. 1644;‘The royalist clergy of Lincs.’ ed. J.W.F. Hill, Lincs. Archit. and Arch. Soc. ii. 120; Suff. Cttees. for Scandalous Ministers ed. Holmes, 25. oyer and terminer, 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 232, 256v. Bury St Edmunds borough and liberty, 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, ff. 233r, 233v. gaol delivery, Suff. 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 232v, 256v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; commr. I. of Ely, 12 Aug. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Religious: elder, eleventh Suff. classis, 5 Nov. 1645.Shaw, Hist. Eng. Church, ii. 428.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646.A. and O.

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SPRING (SPRINGE), Sir William (1613-54), of Pakenham, Suff.

Will
18 Oct. 1653, cod. 13 December 1654, pr. 5 Apr. 1655.PROB11/249/376.
Estates
worth £3,000 p.a.F. Haslewood, ‘The ancient families of Suff.’, Procs. Suff. Inst. Arch. viii. 198.
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NOELL, Martin (1614-65), of St Olave Jewry, London

Family and Education
bap. 11 Mar. 1614, ?3rd s. of Edward Noel, mercer, of St Mary, Stafford, and Grace, da. of James Noel of Peshale, Staffs.;St Mary’s Stafford Par. Reg. ed. H.R. Thomas (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 1935-6), 158, 164, 168; Vis. Staffs. (Harl. Soc. lxiii), 176; Scriveners’ Co. Common Ppr. ed. F. W. Steer (London Rec. Soc. iv), 59. bro. of Thomas Noell*. educ. appr. Scrivener, London 1637.Scriveners’ Co. Common Ppr. ed. Steer, 117. m. 12 Dec. 1639 (with £600), Elizabeth (bur. 5 Oct. 1665), da. of Thomas Lewis, Draper, of St Olave Jewry, 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.).St Olave Jewry par. reg.; PROB11/187, f. 261v. Kntd. 2 Sept. 1662;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 237. d. 29 Sept. 1665.Pepys Diary, vi. 245.
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Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 5 Feb. 1642;Ancient Vellum Bk. ed. Raikes, 63. sub.-cttee. of accts. Surr. 31 Oct. 1644.SP28/254, pt. 4, f. 1; SP28/257, unfol. (lttr. to Cttee. of Accts. 7 Mar. 1648). Commr. Tower Hamlets militia, 8 Jan. 1648; arrears of assessment, Bread Street ward, London 24 Apr. 1648;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, London 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 239. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Staffs. 9 June 1657;A. and O. sewers, Kent and Surr. 14 Nov. 1657.C181/6, p. 264.

Mercantile: member, E.I. Co. 20 Aug. 1647–d.;Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1644–9, p. 219 cttee. of 24, Dec. 1657-July 1659.Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1655–9, pp. 197, 268. Steward, Scriveners’ Co. London, 1653; asst. 1655; warden, 1659. 19 Feb. 1655 – d.Scriveners’ Co. Common Ppr. ed. Steer, 120, 121, 122. Member, Levant Co.; asst. 1658–9.SP105/151, ff. 121v, 165. Member, Co. of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa, 10 Jan. 1663–d.CSP Col. 1661–8, p. 121.

Civic: freeman, London by 1649–d.;Scriveners’ Co. Common Ppr. ed. Steer, 119. alderman, 3–15 Dec. 1657.Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 6.

Central: jt.-farmer, excise on salt, 1651;E351/1296; CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 113. farmer, silk mercery by Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 41. duties on exported coal in England, Wales and Scotland, 1657;SP25/78, f. 363. jt.-farmer, additional excise on imported spirits and other commodities, 1657;CSP Dom. 1657–8, p. 206. farmer, excise on salt in Scotland, 1658;CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 113. customs and imported excise in Ireland by 1665; excise on beer and ale and licensing alehouses in Ireland by 1665.PROB11/318, ff. 98v, 99, 99v. Register to judges for relief of poor prisoners, 16 June 1654.Abbott, Letters and Speeches, iii. 332. Commr. for managing Western Design, 18 Aug. 1654.Abbott, Letters and Speeches, iii. 413. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240; 1655–6, p. 1. Dep.-postmaster-gen. by Sept. 1655–9.Suff. RO (Ipswich), HD36/A/230; TSP vi. 714; Aylmer, State’s Servants, 250–1. Member, cttee. for managing affairs of Jamaica and W. I. 15 July 1656;CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 445. cttee. for America, by Sept. 1658.CSP Col. 1574–1660, p. 468; Bodl. Rawl. A.37, f. 197. Commr. for trade, 7 Nov. 1660;Officials of the Boards of Trade 1660–1870 ed. J.C. Sainty (1974), 18–19. propagation of gospel in New England, 7 Feb. 1662.CSP Col. 1661–8, p. 71.

Colonial: jt.-sec. to gov. and council of Barbados, ?-d.; jt.-clerk of courts of Barbados, ?-d. PROB11/318, f. 98v.

Irish: MP, Wexford, co. Wexford 1661–d.‘Sir Martin Noell’, Oxford DNB.

: of St Olave Jewry, London.
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NOELL, Martin (1614-65), of St Olave Jewry, London

Will
23 Sept. 1665, pr. 6 Oct. 1665.PROB11/318, f. 98.
Estates
in 1643, acquired through his wife, capital messuage of Barrow Green and other property in Oxted, Surr.C54/3295/2. In 1644, purchased lease of a messuage and property in Halstead, Essex, for £700.C54/3314/5. In 1646-7, Noell and his brothers purchased about 600 acres of land in at least five plantations in Barbados for £9-10,000.R.R. Menard, Sweet Negotiations: Sugar, Slavery and Plantation Agriculture in Early Barbados (Charlottesville, VA, 2006), 53, 54. In 1647, he purchased, for £350, a ‘great gate’, gatehouse and ‘great hall’ on the road from Mile End Green to Stepney church, London.C54/3380/21. In 1649, purchased, for £628, former church property of the mansion house of St Paul’s Walden, Herts. which he sold in 1652.C54/3486/28; C54/3606/5; VCH Herts. ii. 406; Herts. RO, DE/K/46723. In 1653, he and two other men purchased four houses in Blackfriars, London, from trustees for the sale of forfeited estates.CCC 1715. In 1653, he and another merchant purchased fenlands in the Great Level.F. Wilmoth, E. Stazicker, Jonas Moore’s Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns 1658 (Cambridge, 2016), 88-9. By the time of his death, estate inc. mansion house in which he resided in St Botolph Bishopsgate; two tenements in Petty France in the same parish; half a plantation on Barbados with ‘Christian servants’ and ‘negroes’ (later sold for £2,000); reversion of lands in Warws. and Yorks.; merchantmen or shares in them; property in Staffs.; lands and tenements in the town of Wexford and in co. Tipperary, King’s Co., Queen’s Co. and barony of Cary, Ireland; a moiety of farm of customs and imported excise of Ireland; a moiety of the farm of the excise on beer and ale and licensing alehouses in Ireland; farm of additional duty in England; and farm of timber, deals, glasses, stones and stoneware.PROB11/318, ff. 98v-99v; C6/36/77; C7/491/11; C8/243/45; Bodl. Carte 42, f. 198; Carte 145, f. 235; CSP Dom. 1671, p. 236.
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