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MOORE, John (c.1599-1650), of Bank Hall, Walton-on-the-Hill, Lancs.

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b. c.1599, 1st s. of Edward Moore† of Bank Hall, and Katherine (bur. 14 June 1641), da. of John Hockenhull of Prenton, Wirral, Cheshire.R. Stewart-Brown, ‘Moore of Bank Hall’, Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, lxiii. 112. educ. L. Inn. 17 Aug. 1638.LI Admiss. i. 236. m. 17 Nov. 1633 (with £1,200), Mary, da. of Alexander Rigby of Layton Hall, Bispham, Lancs., 3s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).All Hallows, Bispham par. reg.; Liverpool RO, 920 MOO/2179; Stewart-Brown, ‘Moore of Bank Hall’, 114-15. suc. fa. 28 Nov. 1632;Stewart-Brown, ‘Moore of Bank Hall’, 112. d. 7 June 1650.GL, Sir John Moore’s Pprs. Ms 507; R.D. Watts, ‘The Moore Fam. of Bank Hall Liverpool: Progress and Decline 1606 to 1730’ (Univ. of Wales, Bangor PhD thesis, 2004), 563.
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Local: j.p. Lancs. by Apr. 1624–d.Lancs. RO, QSR/21; Watts, ‘Moore Fam.’, 46, 69. 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, (posth.) 26 Nov. 1650.SR; A. and O. Dep. lt. by June 1642–?CJ ii. 615a; Cal. of Deeds and Pprs. of the Moore Fam. ed. J. Brownbill (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. lxvii), 167. Commr. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643. V.-adm. Lancs., Westmld. 12 Apr. 1644–?d.V.-Adms. (L. and I. cccxxi), 33, 49; CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 203. Commr. Northern Assoc. Lancs. 20 June 1645; defence of Lancs. 29 Aug. 1645.A. and O. Steward, wapentake of West Derby, Lancs. 31 Jan. 1646–?d.CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 330; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 81. Commr. militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. Westminster militia, 19 Mar. 1649, 7 June 1650;A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). (posth.) maintenance of ministers, Lancs. 29 Mar. 1650.Lancs. and Cheshire Church Surveys ed. H. Fishwick (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. i), i. 1–3.

Civic: freeman, Wigan by Feb. 1628–d.;Sinclair, Wigan, i. 197, 215; ii. 7, 53. Liverpool by 1630 – d.; steward of the hall, 25 Oct. 1630–1; common cllr. c. 1632; mayor, 18 Oct. 1632–3; alderman, 1633–d.Chandler, Liverpool, 131, 168, 177.

Military: col. of ‘guards horse and ft.’ (parlian.) 6 Aug. 1642 – 25 July 1643; capt. of horse, 18 Aug. 1643 – 24 July 1645; col. of ft. 18 Aug. 1643–24 July 1645,T.N. Morton, ‘The fam. of Moore of Liverpool’, Trans. Hist. Soc. Lancs. and Cheshire, xxxviii. 154. 15 July 1646–d.Liverpool Univ. Lib. GB 141, MS.23.2A(2); Watts, ‘Moore Fam.’, 227; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 650, 651. Gov. Liverpool 18 Aug. 1643–16 May 1645;Liverpool RO, 920 MOO/331, 776, 846, 847; LJ vii. 376b; Watts, ‘Moore Fam.’, 152, 223. Dundalk, Newry, Carlingford and co. Louth [I] 25 July 1647–10 July 1648.Liverpool Univ. Lib. GB 141, MS.23.2A(2); Watts, ‘Moore Fam.’, 227.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 20 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 728b. cttee. of navy and customs by 3 May 1645;SP16/509, f. 89; Bodl. Rawl. A.224, f. 9. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 1 July 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645.A. and O. Commr. to Dublin, 22 Mar. 1647;Bodl. Carte 20, f. 517. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. cttee. for the army, 6 Jan.,CJ vi. 113b. 17 Apr. 1649;A. and O. cttee. for excise, 10 Feb. 1649.CJ vi. 137b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O.

Religious: elder, fifth Lancs. classis, 1646.LJ viii. 510. Presented Robert Seddon to vicarage of Altcar, Lancs. by 1650.Lancs. and Cheshire Church Surveys ed. Fishwick, 95.

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MOORE, John (c.1599-1650), of Bank Hall, Walton-on-the-Hill, Lancs.
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MOORE, John (c.1599-1650), of Bank Hall, Walton-on-the-Hill, Lancs.

Will
20 July 1649;,Liverpool RO, 920 MOO/844; Watts, ‘Moore Fam.’, 219. admon. 1 Nov. 1650.PROB6/25, f. 177.
Estates
c.1634, appears to have bought out his mo.’s interest in family estate for £10,000.Moore Fam. Pprs. ed. Brownbill, 49. By 1640, estate consisted of mansion house and demesne property of Bank Hall; mansion house of Moore Hall (or ‘the Old Hall’); manor of Bootle, with windmill; manor of Kirkdale; 56 burgage tenements in Liverpool; lease of a horse mill and windmill, Liverpool; and lands and tenements in Bootle, Ditton, Fazakerly, Kirkby, Kirkdale, Linacre, Litherland, Little Crosby, Moorhouses, Preston, West Derby and Windle, Lancs.Liverpool RO, 920 MOO/808; Lancs. RO, DDK/471/67; Watts, ‘Moore Fam.’, 2, 24-5, 33, 76, 77. In 1640, his estate was estimated to be worth £750-£1,000 p.a.Long, ‘Lancs.’, 33. At his d. estate was estimated to be worth £400 p.a.LR2/266, f. 1v.
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HARLEY, Robert (1626-73), of Brampton Bryan and Walford, Herefs.

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b. 6 or 9 Apr. 1626, 2nd surv. s. of Sir Robert Harley* and 3rd w. Brilliana, da. of Sir Edward Conway †, 1st Visct. Conway; bro. of Edward Harley*.Aubrey, Brief Lives, i. 288; Brilliana Harley Letters, p. xx. educ. privately (Richard Symonds, Mr Ballam, William Voyle).J. Eales, Puritans and Roundheads (Cambridge, 1990), 28-9. m. 8 Feb. 1671, Edith, da. of Thomas Pembrugge of Wellington, wid. of Thomas Hinton of Hayton, Salop, s.p.Brampton Bryan par. reg.; HMC Portland, iii. 320. Kntd. 19 Nov. 1660.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 232. d. 16 Nov. 1673.Aubrey, Brief Lives, i. 288; Brilliana Harley Letters, p. xlix.
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Military: cornet (parlian.), tp. of Edward Harley, regt. of Sir William Waller* by Aug. 1643.HMC Portland, iii. 113 Capt. of dragoons, Gloucester garrison, Oct. 1644; maj. by 21 Sept. 1644–5. Feb. – May 1660HMC Portland, iii. 127, 128. Gov. Monmouth Nov. 1644. Feb. – May 1660HMC Portland, iii. 130. Maj. Western Assoc. brigade of Edward Massie*, May 1645–7. Feb. – May 1660HMC Portland, iii. 138. Lt. of horse,, capt. of ft. Apr. 1660;Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 56; Add. 70007, f. 76; HMC Portland, viii. 12. col. of horse and ft. Dunkirk and Tangier 12 July 1660–23 Oct. 1662.HMC Portland, iii. 229; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. pp. xxxvi, 100; CTB i. 597.

Local: commr. assessment, Rad. 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Herefs. 17 Apr. 1648, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Hereford 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); CJ v. 533a; vii. 821b;LJ x. 206a; SR. sequestration, Herefs. 19 Apr. 1648;CJ v. 536a; LJ x. 211a. Herefs. militia, 23 May 1648;LJ x. 277a. militia, Herefs., Rad. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660. Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O.; CJ v. 533a, 536a; vii. 821b; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. J.p. Herefs.; Rad. by Oct. 1660–d.A Perfect List (1660); Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 337–8. Steward, crown manors, Rad. July-Aug. 1660, 1672–d.HMC Portland, viii. 8. Commr. poll tax, Herefs., Rad. 1660.SR. Recvr. of fee farm rents, Herefs., Worcs. and Staffs. 1670–1.HMC Portland, viii. 8.

Colonial: kpr. of seals and c.j. of revenue ct. Barbados 5 June 1663-Feb. 1664.HMC Portland, iii. 273, 281.

Academic: FRS, 1663–d.E.S. de Beer, ‘Earliest Fellows of the Royal Soc.’, Notes and Recs. vii. 182.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, 1672–d.N. Carlisle, Privy Chamber (1829), 189.

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HARLEY, Robert I (1626-73), of Walford, Herefs.
: of Brampton Bryan and Herefs., Walford.
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HARLEY, Robert (1626-73), of Brampton Bryan and Walford, Herefs.

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RAINSFORDE, Sir Henry (1599-1641), of Clifford Chambers, Glos. and Combe, Hants.

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bap. 24 Dec. 1599, 2nd, but 1st. surv. s. of Sir Henry Rainsforde of Clifford Chambers and Anne, da. of Sir Henry Goodere† of Polesworth, Warws.Sir J. Maclean, ‘History of the manor and advowson of Clifford Chambers’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch Soc. xiv. 64-9, 98; The Gen. ii. 105-7. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 18 June 1613;Al. Ox. M. Temple, 8 Nov. 1616.MTR ii. 611. m. settlement 1 Feb. 1620, Eleanor (d. 1640), da. of Robert Boswell of Eastwicke, Combe, Hants, 9s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (1 d.v.p.).The Gen. ii. 107; Maclean, ‘Clifford Chambers’, 69-70; PROB6/18, f. 33v; PROB6/22, f. 138; Abstracts of Glos. IPM, ed. W.P.W. Phillimore and G.S. Fry (2 vols., 1893-5), ii. 163-4. suc. fa. 27 Jan. 1622.C142/402/145; Maclean, ‘Clifford Chambers’, 69. Kntd. 17 Aug. 1624.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 186. d. betw. 8–31 Mar. 1641.CJ ii. 114b; Procs. LP iii. 278, 280.
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Local: j.p. Glos. 1625-bef. 1636.Rymer, Foedera, viii (2), 8; APC 1627–8, p. 288; C193/13/2, f. 29. Commr. Forced Loan, 1626, 1627;SP16/44, f. 8; SP16/54, f. 54; Rymer, Foedera viii (2), 145. martial law, 10 Feb. 1628;APC 1627–8, p. 288. oyer and terminer, 9 Apr. 1628.C181/3, f. 240v.

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RAINSFORDE, Sir Henry (1599-1641), of Clifford Chambers, Glos. and Combe, Hants.
: Glos. and Combe, Hants.
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RAINSFORDE, Sir Henry (1599-1641), of Clifford Chambers, Glos. and Combe, Hants.

Will
admon. to Frances Boswell, 7 May 1641, to John Kingston, 8 Nov. 1647.PROB6/18, f. 33v; PROB6/22, f. 138.
Estates
manor of Clifford Chambers; other lands in that parish, inc. Wincott and Brooke meadow, and advowson of church; land in Alveston, Warws.; reversionary interest in leasehold land in Faccombe, Hants, aft. d. of mo.-in-law Frances Boswell (who outlived him).Abstracts of Glos. IPM, ii. 163-4.
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LANGDON, Francis (c.1606-58), of Tregalwe, St Erme, Cornw.

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b. c. 1606, 6th s. of Walter Langdon of Keverell, St Martin by Looe, Cornw., and his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Edward Amerideth of Slapton, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 275. m. (bef. 25 Oct. 1652) Anne, ?d.s.p. d. bef. 13 July 1658.PROB11/281/564.
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Military: capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Robert Bennett* by Dec. 1647.Bodl. Walker c.10, f. 136v. Capt. militia ft. Cornw. 14 Feb. 1650.CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 521.

Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). tendering Engagement, 28 Jan. 1650;FSL, X.d.483 (47). militia, c.1650.R. Williams, ‘County and Municipal Government in Cornw., Devon, Dorset and Som. 1649–60’ (Bristol Univ. PhD thesis, 1981), 170. J.p. 25 May 1650–d.C231/6, p. 186; C193/13/5, f. 14.

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LANGDON, Francis (c.1606-58), of Tregalwe, St Erme, Cornw.
: St Erme, Cornw.
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LANGDON, Francis (c.1606-58), of Tregalwe, St Erme, Cornw.

Will
25 Oct. 1652, pr. 13 July 1658.PROB11/281/564.
Estates
annuity of £20 from family lands, ‘settled long before the wars’;CCC 2244. by Oct. 1652 had purchased fee-farm rents of St Enoder par. and was seated at Tregalwe, St Erme par.PROB11/281/564.
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MORGAN, David (c.1624-75), of St James, Westminster, Mdx. and Alltygog, Abergwili, Carm.

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b. c. 1624, ?o.s. of Morgan Lewis of Abergwili and Elizabeth, da. of Harry Watkin of Emlyn, Cenarth.W. Wales Hist. Recs. ii. 11; NLW, SD/1636/1, SD/1609/27. educ. G. Inn 1641.G. Inn Admiss. 233. m. aft. 1644, Dorothy, da. and h. of John Hawes, Haberdasher, of London, wid. of James Mayne (d. 16 Dec. 1642) of Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Herts., 1s. 2da.Clutterbuck, Herts. i. 324; Cussans, Herts. iii. (Dacorum), 183; CSP Dom. 1655-6, p. 152; PROB11/348, f. 119. suc. fa. c. 1636. d. 5-7 June 1675.NLW, SD/1636/1; PROB11/348, f. 119.
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Local: j.p. Carm. by 6 Mar. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660, 7 June 1673–d.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 169, 175. Commr. assessment, Carm. 9 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 (E.1075.6); SR. ejecting scandalous ministers, S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654; militia, Carm. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR. Recvr. for Kidwelly, duchy of Lancaster 1673–d.R. Somerville, Office-Holders in Duchy of Lancaster (1972), 227.

Civic: common cllr. Carmarthen by 1659 – 22 Mar. 1661; sheriff, 1659–60.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 272; Carm. RO, MUS 155, f. 82.

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MORGAN, David (c.1624-75), of St James, Westminster, Mdx. and Alltygog, Abergwili, Carm.
: of St James, Mdx., Westminster and Alltygog, Abergwili, Carm.
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MORGAN, David (c.1624-75), of St James, Westminster, Mdx. and Alltygog, Abergwili, Carm.

Will
3 Apr. 1674, 5 June 1675, pr. 7 June 1675.PROB11/348, f. 119.
Estates
bought Llanddew manor and Brecon College, Brec. 19 Mar. 1649 for £546 3s 1d; Bishton manor, Mon. 11 May 1649 for £441 7s 8d; Llandeilo Villa, Llandeilo Patria, Llanarthne, Llangadog Patria, Llangadog Villa, ‘Llandevad’ Fawr, ‘Llanlian’, ‘Llanwymwth’, Meidrim manors, Carm. 25 May 1649 for £617 6s 11d, properties of bishops of St David’s and Llandaff.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, pp. 25, 29, 30. Bought manors of ‘Carthynocke’, Caio, ‘Mabedred’, ‘Mableview’, ‘Mallayne’, Carm. 25 July 1650 for £2,138 15s 2d; lands in Builth and other locations in Brec. 12 May 1651 for £917 18s 8d; manors of Dinefwr and Newton, Carm., Iscoed and ‘Gwynionith Iscardin’, Card., the honour of Brecon and seven mills, Brec. 8 Mar. 1652 for £1,776 10s 8d; Llandingat meadow, Carmarthen; all crown lands.Gentles, ‘Military Purchases of Crown Lands’, 313; Madge, Domesday of Crown Lands, 391, 392.
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St Giles in the Fields, Mdx. c. 1650 St James, Westminster, 1658.Gentles, ‘Military Purchases of Crown Lands’, 313; Herts. RO, DE/Cm/37583.
Religion
presented Stephen Hughes to Meidrim, 30 Aug. 1654; John Parry to Abergwili, 6 May 1658.LPL, Comm. II/5, III/4, f. 312; R.T. Jones, B.G. Owens, ‘Anghydffurfwyr Cymru 1660-1662’, Y Cofiadur xxxi. 35.
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CONINGSBY, Humphrey (c.1622-71), of Hampton Court, Hope-under-Dinmore, Herefs.

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b. c. 1622, 1st s. of Fitzwilliam Coningsby* and Cecilia, da. of Henry Neville†, 2nd Baron Abergavenny, of Birling, Kent.Vis. Herefs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xv), 180-1. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 23 Feb. 1638; M. Temple 21 June 1639.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. i. 136. m. Lettice, da. of Sir Arthur Loftus* of Rathfarnham, co. Dublin, 1s. suc. fa. 23 Aug. 1666. d. 1671.CP iii. 395.
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Military: lt. col. of ft. (roy.) regt. of fa. Dec. 1642-Aug. 1646.Bodl. Tanner 303, f. 113v; CSP Dom. 1645–7, p. 467.

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CONINGSBY, Humphrey (c.1622-71), of Hampton Court, Hope-under-Dinmore, Herefs.
: Hope-under-Dinmore, Herefs.
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CONINGSBY, Humphrey (c.1622-71), of Hampton Court, Hope-under-Dinmore, Herefs.

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SCAWEN, Robert (1602-70), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, Antony, Cornw. and Horton, Bucks.

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bap. 16 May 1602, 2nd s. of Robert Scawen (d. 21 Feb. 1628) of Molenick, St Germans, Cornw. and Isabel, da. of Humphrey Nicoll† of Penvose, St Tudy, Cornw.; bro. of William Scawen*. m. 13 June 1632, Catherine (bur. 12 Aug. 1684), da. of Cavendish Alsopp, merchant, of London, 7s. 2da.St Germans par. reg.; St Mary-le-Strand, Mdx. par. reg.; C142/755/65; G.C. Boase, W.P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis (1874-82), ii. 628; J.W.G. Gyll, Hist. of Wraysbury, Ankerwycke Priory, and Magna Charta Island (1862), 262. bur. 15 Mar. 1670 15 Mar. 1670.Gyll, Hist. of Wraysbury, 262.
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Local: recvr.-gen. Glos. Hants and Wilts. 16 July 1638–52, c.Oct. 1662-June 1667;Glos. RO, GBR/F4/5, ff. 65v, 95v; Coventry Docquets, 206; Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 206; HMC 9th Rep. ii. 395; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 536; 1667, pp. 168, 431; CTB i. 443; 1667–8, pp. 172, 315. Southampton by 25 Oct. 1662–?CTB i. 443. Commr. subsidy, Westminster 1641; Bucks., Cumb. 1663; further subsidy, Westminster 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 1664; Cornw. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1664; Mdx. and Westminster 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Mdx. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650; Bucks. Cumb. 1664;SR; A. and O. New Model ordinance, Mdx. 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646–?, by May 1654–21 July 1659;C181/5, f. 269v; C181/6, pp. 27, 248, 333. militia, Northumb. 2 Dec. 1648; Bucks. Berwick-upon-Tweed 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Mdx. 15 Aug. 1649-bef. Oct. 1653;C231/6, p. 164; C193/13/4, f. 61. Bucks. Cornw. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660). Jt.-recvr. of hearth tax, Cornw. by c.Mar. 1663-aft. Mar. 1666.CTB ii. 14, 585.

Civic: freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed 21 Dec. 1640–?d.Berwick RO, B1/9, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 201v.

Central: sec. council of war, 1 June-10 Nov. 1640.E351/293. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647,A. and O; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 481. 22 Feb. 1660;CJ vii. 848b. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645.LJ vii. 468a. Commr. to the army, 7 June 1647;CJ v. 201b. management of revenue, 20 June 1659;CJ vii. 690a. customs/excise 23 Feb., 7 Mar. 1660;A. and O. admlty. and navy, 3 Mar. 1660;CJ vii. 862a. disbanding army, 1660;CJ viii. 116a; SR. excise appeals, Oct. 1660.CTB i. 75; CSP Dom. 1670, p. 154. Member, Soc. of Mines Royal and Mineral and Battery Works, 20 Jan. 1663–?d.BL, Loan 16, pt. 2, f. 131v. Commr. bringing in royal aid, by 28 Oct. 1665;CTB i. 685, 718; ii. 179. for revenue wagons, by May 1665.CSP Dom. 1664–5, p. 399; CTB ii. 56, 69.

Religious: vestryman, St Paul, Covent Garden, Westminster 7 Jan. 1646–?A. and O. Presented Robert Peade to rectory of Horton, Bucks. 1659.LPL, COMM/2/363.

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SCAWEN, Robert (1602-70), of Horton, Bucks.
: of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Cornw., Antony, Westminster and Bucks., Horton.
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SCAWEN, Robert (1602-70), of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, Antony, Cornw. and Horton, Bucks.

Will
5 Jan. 1668, pr. 21 Mar. 1670.PROB11/332, f. 320.
Estates
in 1634, leased Tavistock Row on Covent Garden Piazza and covenanted to build three houses there.Survey of London, xxxvi, 94. In 1641, purchased manor and rectory of Antony, Cornw. from 5th earl of Bedford for £1,380.Woburn Abbey, Beds. Acct. bk. of 5th earl of Bedford, 1641-2 (entries 10 Aug., 7 Sept. 1641). In May 1646, Parliament granted him £2,000 out of composition fines; paid about Dec. 1646.SP46/108, f. 46; Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 222v; CJ iv. 539a, 661a; LJ viii. 317b; CCC 799. In 1658, purchased manor, capital messuage, rectory and advowson of Horton, Bucks.C54/3995/6; Gyll, Hist. of Wraysbury, 216.
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York Street, Covent Garden, Westminster (1637-43);WCA, F365, St Martin-in-the-Fields overseers’ accts. 1638-9; Survey of London, xxxvi, 197, 306-7, 311. the east end of Long Acre, Westminster (by 1644);WCA, F372, St Martin-in-the-Fields overseers’ accts. 1644-5. Northumberland House, Westminster (1654, 1658);Add. 22546, f. 158; HMC 3rd Rep. 88. Syon House, Isleworth, Mdx. (1657, 1658).C54/3995/6; W. Suss. RO, Goodwood Estate Archives, GOODWOOD/E754-5.
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WOLSELEY, Robert (d. aft. 1663).

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b. aft. 1630, 2nd s. of Sir Robert Wolseley of Morton, Staffs. and Mary, da. of Sir George Wroughton of Wilcot, Wilts.; bro. of Sir Charles Wolseley*.Vis. Staffs. 1614, 1663-4 ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Stafford, 1885), 324. educ. Oxford Univ. MA 14 May 1658.Al. Ox. d. aft. 1663.Vis. Staffs. 324.
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Scottish: commry. Ayrshire Mar. 1656, July 1657.Scot. and Protectorate ed. Firth, 317; NLS, MS 9752, f. 11.

Local: commr. assessment, Staffs. 9 June 1657.A. and O.

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WOLSELEY, Robert (d. aft. 1663).

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SHEILD, William (1607-73), of Preston, Rutland.

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bap. 19 July 1607, s. of Stephen Shield of Preston, and Anne (bur. 27 July 1607).Preston, Rutland par. reg. m. 26 Dec. 1650, Mary (bur. 14 Sept. 1667), da. of John Cleypoole*, 6s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.).Preston, Rutland par. reg.; Northants. Par. Regs.: Marriages ed. W.P.W. Phillimore, R.C. Faithfull, H.I. Longden, i. 20; R.I. Graff, Genealogy of the Claypoole Fam. 14. bur. 10 Dec. 1673 10 Dec. 1673.Preston, Rutland par. reg.
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Local: collector, parliamentary revenues, Rutland by June 1644–?May 1649.SP28/162, pt. 4, f. 8; Add. 29734, ff. 9, 10, 11, 14. J.p. 30 Sept. 1653-c.1662.C231/6, p. 269. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, 5 Oct. 1653.A. and O. Commr. assessment, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); A. and O. ejecting scandalous ministers, Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. militia, Northants. and Rutland 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. Rutland 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth, Leics. and Rutland by Jan. 1656;Eg. 2986, f. 279. inquiry, Leighfield Forest, Rutland 4 Mar. 1657;C181/6, p. 220. for public faith, Rutland 16 Dec. 1657.SP25/77, p. 332.

Military: capt. militia horse, Rutland by June 1650-aft. July 1659.E113/12; SP25/77, pp. 879, 900; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 214;1659–60, p. 16.

Central: master in chancery, extraordinary, July 1655–?C202/39/5. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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SHEILD, William (1607-73), of Preston, Rutland.
: of Preston, Rutland.
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SHEILD, William (1607-73), of Preston, Rutland.

Will
29 Aug. 1673, pr. 18 May 1674.PROB11/345, f. 88.
Estates
In 1665, owned two houses in Preston, totalling 14 hearths.Rutland Hearth Tax 1665 ed. J. Bourne, A. Goode, 39. In 1673, estate inc. lands and tenements in Bisbrooke, Manton and Preston, Rutland.PROB11/345, ff. 88v, 89v; Leics. RO, DE730/3, f. 135.
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STRYCKLAND, Robert (1600-71), of Sizergh Castle, Westmld. and Thornton Bridge, Brafferton, Yorks.

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b. 1 Jan. 1600, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Strickland† of Sizergh Castle and 2nd w. Margaret (d. 27 June 1632), da. of Sir Nicholas Curwen† of Workington, Cumb.E351/431; H. Hornyold, Fam. of Strickland of Sizergh, 106-7, 111. educ. Trinity Camb. Easter 1615.Al. Cant. m. 10 Jan. 1619, Margaret, da. and coh. of Sir William Alford† of Meaux Abbey, Yorks., 3s. 1da.Hornyold, Strickland of Sizergh, 117. suc. fa. 19 June 1612;C142/332/157; Hornyold, Strickland of Sizergh, 106. Kntd. Nov. 1641;Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, ii. 269. bur. 14 Apr. 1671.Hornyold, Strickland of Sizergh, 117.
Offices Held

Local: commr. subsidy, Westmld. 1624.C212/22/23. J.p. 25 June 1624-c.Sept. 1626, by Oct. 1660–d.;C231/4, f. 167v; C220/9/4. Yorks. (E. Riding) 20 Feb. 1636-aft. 1641;C231/5, p. 195. N. Riding 25 Mar. 1641 – aft.Mar. 1643, by Oct. 1660–d.C231/5, p. 439; C220/9/4; N. Riding QS Recs. ed. J.C. Atkinson (N. Riding Rec. Soc. iv), 233. Commr. sewers, E. Riding 5 Dec. 1634-aft. June 1641.C181/4, f. 189v; C181/5, ff. 41v, 166, 198. Lt.-col. militia ft. N. Riding 18 Sept. 1638–6 Apr. 1640;Cumb. RO (Kendal), Strickland ms vol. 1608–1700, N30 Car. I; HMC 5th Rep. 331. col. 6 Apr. 1640-aft. July 1642.Cumb. RO (Kendal), Strickland ms vol. 1608–1700, N33 Car. I; Belvoir, Original letters 1641–52, QZ.22, f. 11; HMC 5th Rep. 330, 331. Dep. lt. 10 Aug. 1640 – aft.July 1641, c.Aug. 1660–d.;Cumb. RO (Kendal), Strickland ms vol. 1608–1700, N36 Car. I.; HMC 5th Rep. 331; SP29/11, f. 245; H. B. MacCall, Story of the Fam. of Wandesforde, 291. Westmld. 2 Apr. 1642–?LJ iv. 694a. Commr. embezzlement inquiry, York 9 Aug. 1641;Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 3, p. 65. further subsidy, N. Riding 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660, 1666; assessment, 1642, 1661, 1664, 1666;SR. array (roy.), Yorks. 18 June 1642.Northants. RO, FH133. Custos rot. E. Riding 5 Aug. 1642–?C231/5, p. 534. Commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 18, 576. Yorks. and York 9 Dec. 1663;C181/7, p. 220. loyal and indigent officers, Yorks. 1662;SR. corporations, 1662;HMC 8th Rep. i. 275. subsidy, N. Riding 1663.SR.

Military: col. of ft. (roy.) by Jan. 1643-c.July 1644;Add. 18777, f. 137v; HMC Portland, i. 90; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers (New York, 1981), 362. capt. of horse, N. Riding 2 June 1643–4.Cumb. RO (Kendal), Strickland ms vol. 1608–1700, N55 Car. I; HMC 5th Rep. 331. Gov. Stamford Bridge, E. Riding c.July 1643-c. Apr. 1644.Slingsby Diary ed. D Parsons, 94–5; Newman, Royalist Officers, 362; J. Binns, Yorks. in the Civil Wars, 84.

Parlimentarian
STRICKLAND, Robert (1600-1671), of Sizergh Castle, Westmld. and Brafferton, Yorks.
: of Sizergh Castle, Westmld. and Yorks., Thornton Bridge.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. J. Heskith (‘J.H.’), c.1660-70.NT, Sizergh Castle.

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STRYCKLAND, Robert (1600-71), of Sizergh Castle, Westmld. and Thornton Bridge, Brafferton, Yorks.

Will
not found.
Estates
in 1612, the court of wards estimated that the Stricklands’ estates in Westmld. and Yorkshire were worth £538 p.a.WARD 9/215, ff. 14-15. By 1642, Stryckland’s estates in Westmld. and Yorks. were worth £673 p.a.Phillips, ‘Gentry in Cumb. and Westmld.’, 126. In 1692, his heir, Sir Thomas Strickland†, reckoned that he had inherited an estate worth £1,000 p.a. but encumbered with debts, interest payments and annuities amounting to £27,000.Hornyold, Strickland of Sizergh, 136.
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