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TIMBS, Richard (c.1603-74), of Cambridge, Cambs.

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b. c. 1603.C21/B8/9; C24/872, Copping v. Terold; E134/16ChasII/Mich22. m. (1) 13 Dec. 1631, Mary Watson;Cambs. Par. Regs. ed. W.P.W. Phillimore, C.J.B. Gaskoin and E. Young (1907-27), v. 10. (2) by 1637, Elizabeth, 3s. d.v.p., 2da. d.v.p. St Andrew the Great, Cambridge par. reg.; Al. Cant. bur. 29 Dec. 1674 29 Dec. 1674.Holy Sepulchre, Cambridge par. reg.
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Local: jt. overseer of streets, St Andrew’s, Camb. 1640.CUL, Univ. Archives, V.C.Ct.I.59, ff. 157, 232. High collector, subsidy, Camb. May 1641.W.M. Palmer, ‘A list of the Cambs. subsidy rolls, 1250–1695’, East Anglian, n.s. ix. 269; E179/83/409. Member, Cambs. standing cttee. by Mar. 1643-aft. Jan. 1651;Cooper, Annals Camb. iii. 340n; SP28/338: Cambs. standing cttee. warrants, Jan. 1651. Eastern Assoc. cttee. by Apr. 1643.Eg. 2651, f. 140v. Commr. assessment, Camb. 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. 1660; Cambs. 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). maintenance for preaching ministers, Camb. Oct. 1650;C94/4/7a; LPL, Comm. XIIa/7, f. 223. militia, Cambs. by Mar. 1651, 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; SP28/223: Cambs. militia warrants, Mar.-May 1651; SP25/76A, f. 16. J.p. Camb. 26 May 1654–25 Feb. 1663;C181/6, pp. 34, 186, 387; C181/7, p. 50. Cambs. by 22 Nov. 1655-June 1660.C231/6, p. 320; C231/7, p. 143. Commr. gaol delivery, Camb. 26 May 1654–18 Sept. 1660;C181/6, pp. 35, 388. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cambs., Hunts. and I. of Ely 28 Aug. 1654; securing peace of commonwealth, Cambs. 21 Sept. 1655;Bodl. Rawl. C.948, p. 24. for public faith, 24 Oct. 1657;Mercurius Politicus no. 387 (22–29 Oct. 1657), 62 (E.505.35). poll tax, Camb. 1660.SR.

Civic: freeman, Camb. June 1641; common councilman, Aug. 1641 – Aug. 1644; alderman, Aug. 1644 – 18 July 1662; mayor, 1645 – 47; cllr. 1648 – 50, 1651 – 53, 1655 – 56, 1658 – 60, 1661–2.Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1610–46, pp. 338, 339, 402, 415, 426; common day bk. 1647–81, ff. 7, 14, 31, 38v, 68v, 104, 116v, 144v. Surveyor, Stourbridge fair, Camb. 1661.Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1647–81, ff. 145, 146v.

Central: sub-commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 28 June 1653.CSP Dom. 1652–3, p. 447.

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TIMBS, Richard (c.1603-74), of Cambridge, Cambs.
: Cambs.
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TIMBS, Richard (c.1603-74), of Cambridge, Cambs.

Will
7 Mar. 1674, cod. 7 Mar. 1674, pr. 11 Jan. 1675.Cambs. RO, AE will: R. Timbs, 1675.
Estates
granted lease from Cambridge corporation of two pieces of waste ground in St Sepulchre’s parish for 21 years, 1659;Cambs. RO, Camb. corp. archives, common day bk. 1647-81, ff. 111v, 114v; lease bk. B, f. 103v. various other properties leased to him by the Cambridge corporation;Downing Coll. Cambridge, Bowtell MS 6. died leaving several properties in Castle End, Cambridge, 80 acres of arable land to the west of Cambridge, and cash bequests worth £281.Cambs. RO, AE will: R. Timbs, 1675.
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LYDDELL, Thomas (1578-1652), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb., and Ravensworth Castle, Lamesley, co. Dur.

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bap. 14 Apr. 1578, 1st s. of Thomas Liddell, merchant and alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and 1st w. Margaret (bur. 21 Apr. 1586), da. of John Watson, merchant and alderman of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.St Nicholas, Newcastle par. reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 212. educ. appr. mercer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne c.1592.Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 4. m. 23 Feb. 1596, Isabel (bur. 27 June 1632), da. of Henry Anderson of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and Haswell Grange, co. Dur. 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 7da. (4 d.v.p.).Lamesley par. reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 212. suc. fa. 17 Aug. 1619;WARD7/60/232. cr. bt. 2 Nov. 1642;CB. d. Jan./2 June 1652.PROB11/222, f. 240v; CCC 892.
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Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1589–5 Dec. 1644;Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. Dodds, 4; CJ iii. 714b. sheriff, 1609–10;Brand, Newcastle, ii. 451. alderman by 1625–5 Dec. 1644;CJ iii. 714b. mayor, 1625 – 26, 1636–7;Brand, Newcastle, ii. 453, 455. common cllr. by 1639–5 Dec. 1644.Extracts from the Newcastle upon Tyne Council Min. Bk. 1639–56 ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. i), 1, 6, 21; CJ iii. 714b.

Mercantile: member, Hostmen’s Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Jan. 1617 – d.; gov. 1636–8. by 1625 – d.Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F.W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 63, 263. Member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne; gov. 1625–6;Welford, Men of Mark, iii. 37. asst. 1640 – 41, 9 Oct. 1644–15 May 1646.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, ff. 4, 20, 21; Extracts from the Recs. of the Merchant Adventurers of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F. W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. xciii), 136.

Local: j.p. co. Dur. 29 June 1627-c.1644.C231/4, f. 230. Commr. charitable uses, co. Dur. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne 29 June 1629; co. Dur. 15 July 1631, 12 July 1632, 22 Aug. 1639; co. Dur. and Northumb. 8 July 1633, 16 Feb. 1637;C192/1, unfol. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, co. Dur. by May 1636;LMA, CLC/313/I/B/004/MS25474/003, p. 28. array (roy.), Newcastle-upon-Tyne 9 July 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

Religious: vestryman, St Mary, Gateshead 1632–5.Durham RO, EP/Ga.SM 4/1, ff. 38, 43, 49.

Military: capt. militia ft. (roy.), Northumb. Aug. 1642–?SP23/178, p. 67; Recs. of the Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. R. Welford (Surt. Soc. cxi), 272.

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LYDDELL, Thomas (1578-1652), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb., and Ravensworth Castle, Lamesley, co. Dur.
: of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb. and Ravensworth Castle, Lamesley, co. Dur.
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LYDDELL, Thomas (1578-1652), of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb., and Ravensworth Castle, Lamesley, co. Dur.

Will
7 Jan. 1651, pr. 2 June 1652.PROB11/222, f. 240.
Estates
in 1619, inherited manor and castle of Ravensworth, Ravensworth colliery, manor of Lamesley and lands in Eighton, Hedley, Long Acre, Northends, Pockerley and Ravensworth, co. Dur.WARD7/60/232; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 209. In 1625, he paid £20 on the privy seal loan.Chatsworth, Bolton Abbey mss, Box 2, II.110. In the early 1630s, paid £50 for composition for knighthood.E407/35, f. 52v. In 1644, estate was reportedly worth £2,000 p.a.The Kingdomes Weekly Intelligencer no. 44 (14-20 Feb. 1644), 342 (E.33.24). In 1646, owned manor, rectory and tithes of Lamesley and lands and tenements in the same, worth £150 10s p.a.; an estate for life in Ravensworth Castle and lands and tenements in neighbouring townships; three houses in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (worth, in all, £370 p.a.) and a colliery in Ravensworth worth £600 p.a.C8/92/135; SP23/178, pp. 61, 63, 69-70; Cttees. for Compounding...in Durham and Northumb. ed. Welford, 272-3. In 1651, purchased, for £130, a fee farm rent in co. Dur. worth £10 p.a.SP28/288, f. 52.
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WEBB, Thomas (c.1600-49), of Richmond, Surr.

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b. ?c.1600.MI of Thomas Webb, St Mary Magdalene, Cobham, Kent. educ. ?Brasenose, Oxf. 21 Nov. 1617, aged 17.Al. Ox. m. 24 Aug. 1638, Elizabeth (bur. 28 Dec. 1645), da. of one Wodehouse of Ewell, Surr. 2s. ?d.v.p. 1da.St Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London par. reg.; St Mary the Virgin, Oxford par. reg.; St Mary Magdalene, Richmond par. reg.; MI of Thomas Webb, St Mary, Cobham; Hasted, Kent, vii. 114. d. 7 Oct. 1649.MI, St Mary Magdalene, Cobham.
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Household: servant of James Hay, 1st earl of Carlisle;Sheffield City Archives, WWM/Str P17/211, 250–1; Fairfax Corresp. ed. Johnson, i. pp. li-lvi; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 164; Oxford DNB, ‘James Hay, 1st earl of Carlisle’. Thomas Howard, 21st earl of Arundel, 1632.Add. 33936, f. 45v. Sec. to James Stuart, 4th duke of Lennox, 1633–d.Add. 33936, ff. 33, 34, 59.

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WEBB, Thomas (c.1600-49), of Richmond, Surr.
: of Richmond, Surr.
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WEBB, Thomas (c.1600-49), of Richmond, Surr.

Will
not found.
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acquired lands in Ireland bef. the civil war, but by 1646 they were in the hands of the Irish Confederates. In 1646, personal estate valued at £100, he was owed £250 and had £140 in outstanding debts.SP23/195, p. 153.
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lodgings at Whitehall (by May 1635).Add. 33936, f. 131.
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CHARLTON, Robert (c.1591-1655), of Apley Castle, Wellington; Haughmond, Upton Magna, Salop and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

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b. c. 1591, 5th but 4th surv. s. of Andrew Charlton (d. 1617) of Apley and Margaret, da. of James Barker of Haughmond, Upton Magna.Vis. Salop 1623 i. (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 101-2; PROB11/130/547. educ. Shrewsbury 7 Oct. 1597; Broadgate Hall, Oxf. 31 Jan. 1606, aged 15; G. Inn 3 Feb. 1608.Shrewsbury School Regestum, 170; Al. Ox.; G. Inn Admiss. i. 116. d. unm. 1655.PROB6/31, f. 251.
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Local: j.p. Salop 24 Feb. 1642–?, 17 Feb. 1647-bef. Jan. 1650.C231/5, p. 509; C231/6, p. 74. Commr. for Salop, 13 June 1644; assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, Bridgnorth June 1646.Salop Archives, BB/C1/1/1, f. 47v.

Religious: elder, first Salop classis, Apr. 1647.W.A. Shaw, Hist. English Church (2 vols. 1900), ii. 406.

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CHARLTON, Robert (c.1591-1655), of Apley Castle, Wellington; Haughmond, Upton Magna, Salop and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.
: of Apley Castle, Wellington; Haughmond, Upton Magna, Salop and Mdx., Gray’s Inn.
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CHARLTON, Robert (c.1591-1655), of Apley Castle, Wellington; Haughmond, Upton Magna, Salop and Gray’s Inn, Mdx.

Will
d. intestate, admon. 29 Jan. 1656.NLW, Aston Hall Deeds, 2411; PROB6/31, f. 251.
Estates
personal estate said to have been worth £5,000 at death.NLW, Aston Hall Deeds, 2411.
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BOND, Denis (1588-1658), of Lutton, Steeple, Dorset.

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b. 30 Aug. 1588, 1st s. of John Bond of Lutton and Margaret, da. of Richard Pitt of Weymouth.Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, ff. 36, 41, 72; D.53/1, p. 35; D/BOC, Box 22, Bond family pedigree. educ. travelled abroad (France, 1603; Cadiz, Spain, 1605-7).D. Underdown, Fire from Heaven: Life in an Emglish Town in the Seventeenth Century (1993), 54. m. (1) 19 June 1610, Joan (d. 17 Oct. 1620), da. of John Gould of Dorchester, 2s. 3da. (2 d.s.p.); (2) 17 July 1622, Lucie (d. 21 Nov. 1652), da. of William Lawrence of Steepleton, Dorset, 4s. (1 d.s.p.), 2da. d.s.p.;Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, ff. 36, 41, 72; D.53/1, p. 35; D/BOC, Box 22. (3) 7 Feb. 1653, Eleanor Kendall, wid. of William Kendall, s.p.Dorset RO, D.53/1, p. 36. suc. fa. Oct. 1632.Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 8. d. 30 Aug. 1658.Bayley, Dorset, 28.
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Civic: constable, Dorchester 1617–19;Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 42. capital burgess, 19 Aug. 1621;Dorset RO, DOB/16/1, f. 12. steward, 17 Sept. 1622;Dorset RO, DOB/16/1, f. 16. bailiff, 16 Oct. 1623, 4 Oct. 1630;Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, ff. 42, 47; Whiteway Diary, 54, 113. mayor, 5 Oct. 1635;Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 48; DOB/16/2, f. 5. steward of hosp. 30 Sept. 1639.Dorset RO, DOB/16/2, f. 59v.

Mercantile: member, Dorchester Co. New England, c.1624–8.F. Rose-Troup, John White, the Patriarch of Dorchester (1930), 449.

Local: commr. charitable uses, Dorset 1639; Shaftesbury 5 June 1640;C192/1, unfol.; Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 52. further subsidy, Dorset 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 June 1657; Westminster 16 Apr. 1651, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657;SR; A. and O.; CJ vi. 562a; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). loans on Propositions, Dorset 20 July 1642;LJ v. 225b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;Northants RO, FH133, unfol. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; commr. for Dorset, 1 July 1644;A. and O. Dorset militia, 24 July 1648;LJ x. 393a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 18 Feb. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee for Examinations’; CJ ii. 396a, 439b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642;Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b, 402b. cttee. for sequestrations, 27 Mar. 1643;CJ iii. 21b. cttee. for advance of money, 2 May 1643;CJ iii. 67b; CCAM 19. cttee. for the revenue, 21 Sept. 1643;A. and O. cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643; cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 19 Apr. 1645;CJ iv. 116b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646. Commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb. 1651,A. and O. 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652.CJ vii. 42a, 220a. Commr. for removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 July 1651; to inspect treasuries, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 Jan. 1653. c. Nov. 1649 – May 1653A. and O. Clerk of pells in exch., 21 Aug. 1654–d.SC6/ChasI/1668, m. 14d; SC6/ChasI/1671, m. 9; Abbott, Writings and Speeches, iii. 417n. Member, cttee. for trade, 12 July 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 240. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

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BOND, Denis (1588-1658), of Lutton, Steeple, Dorset.
: Dorset., Steeple.
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BOND, Denis (1588-1658), of Lutton, Steeple, Dorset.

Will
11 Mar. 1658, pr. 14 Sept. 1658.PROB11/282/117.
Estates
on 1st m. acquired lease of Carrans Court farm, Swanage, worth £90 p.a.; on d. of fa. 1632 inherited farm at Lutton, Steeple par., worth £200 p.a.; by 1636 owned houses in Melcombe Regis and Dorchester and rent-charge of £40 on life of 2nd wife on Treslack, Buckerell par., Devon.Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, ff. 7, 8, 11, 13-15. Purchased 2 tenements in par. of Chaldon Herring, Dorset, 3 Nov. 1641.Dorset RO, D/BOC/22, f. 18. Owned Bestwall Farm, Wareham, Dorset, and house in St Margaret’s, Westminster by 1658.Dorset RO, D/BOC, Box 19, inventories.
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MAYNARD, Sir John (c.1592-1658), of Tooting Graveney, Surr. and Gt. Isleham, Cambs.

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b. c. 1592,Aubrey, Nat. Hist. Surr. i. 221. 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Henry Maynard† (d. 1610) of Easton Lodge, Little Easton, Essex and Susan, da. and coh. of Thomas Pierson of Westminster; bro. of Charles† and Sir William†.Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 679; C142/319/195; PROB11/75/146; CPR 1572-5, p. 468. educ. I. Temple, 6 Feb. 1611;I. Temple database. ?St John’s, Camb. Easter 1612;Al. Cant. embassy, Spanish Neths. 1621,BL, transcript of Trumbull MS XXIII.89.; LC3/1, unfol. Utd. Provinces, 1622.Commons Debates, 1628, ii. 574; HMC 10th Rep. i. 107. m. 25 Nov. 1624,Oxford DNB. Mary (d. 1681),PROB11/366/344. da. of Sir Thomas Myddelton I† of London and Chirk Castle, Denb.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 80. 1s. 4da.PROB11/280/226. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. d. 29 July 1658.Lysons, Environs (1792-5), i. 497-501.
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Court: gent. of privy chamber by 1622-aft. 1640.BL, transcript of Trumbull MS XXIII.89; LC3/1, unfol. Officer of the stable bef. 1625.Vis. Essex, 595.

Local: commr. oyer and terminer, Cambs. 23 June, 25 July 1640;C181/5, ff. 177, 184. Surr. 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239. assessment, 21 Mar. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647;LJ v. 658b; A. and O. Cambs. 23 June 1647;A. and O. sequestration, Surr. 6 Apr. 1643;CJ iii. 33a. levying of money, 7 June, 3 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 119b; A. and O. commr. for Surr. 27 July 1643;LJ vi. 151b. defence of Hants. and southern cos. 4 Nov. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Cambs. 5 Apr. 1644–?CJ iii. 449a. Commr. for Surr., assoc. of Hants, Surr., Suss. and Kent, 15 June 1644.A. and O. J.p. Surr. 4 July 1644-bef. Jan. 1650.C231/6, p. 4. Commr. gaol delivery, 4 July 1644;C181/5, f. 239v. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. sewers, Cambs. 24 July 1645;C181/5, f. 256. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654–d.;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 247. militia, Cambs. and I. of Ely, Surr. 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: commr. appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O.

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MAYNARD, John (c.1592-1658), of Tooting Graveney, Surr.; later of Gt. Isleham, Cambs.
: Surr. and Cambs., Gt. Isleham.
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MAYNARD, Sir John (c.1592-1658), of Tooting Graveney, Surr. and Gt. Isleham, Cambs.

Will
13 Apr. 1655, pr. 14 Aug. 1658.PROB11/280/226.
Estates
Inherited manor of Tooting Graveney, Surr. and lands in St Albans, Herts. on d. of fa. in 1610;C142/319/195; Cal. of Walthamstow Deeds ed. S.J. Barns (Walthamstow Antiq. Soc. xi), 13. on m. acquired lands in Worcs., Som. and Yorks. (inc. lands and rectory of Bradford);HMC 8th Rep. i. 637. purchased lands in Mitcham, Surr. c.Apr. 1636;Coventry Docquets, 693. purchased manor of Isleham and other lands in same par. 1637-8.VCH Cambs. x. 430.
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BULLER, John (c.1632-1715), of the Middle Temple, London, and Morval, Cornwall.

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b. c. 1632, 2nd s. of Francis Buller* of Shillingham and Thomasin, da. of Sir Thomas Honeywood of Elmstead, Kent; bro. of Francis Buller II*. educ. M. Temple, 29 Jan. 1646, called bef. Oct. 1651;M. Temple Admiss. i. 142; MTR ii. 937; iii. 1029. Trinity, Camb. 6 July 1647.Al. Cant. m. 1657, Anne, da. and h. of Walter Langdon† of Keverell, Cornw., 1s. d.v.p. 4da. suc. gt.-nephew James Buller at Shillingham, 1710.HP Commons 1660-1690. bur. 29 Nov. 1715 29 Nov. 1715.Cornw. RO, Morval par. regs.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Cornw. 9 June 1657, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679, 1689–?d.; militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; SR. J.p. Mar. 1661–?, by 1701–?d.C231/7, p. 89; HP Commons 1660–90. Commr. subsidy, 1663;SR. duties on wines, Cornw., Devon and Som. 20 June 1668;C181/7, p. 463. recusants, Cornw. 1675.CTB iv. 695. Sheriff, Nov. 1688–9.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Civic: recorder, W. Looe 2 Dec. 1657; Saltash bef. 4 Aug. 1662.Antony House, Carew-Pole BO/21/17–18. Freeman, E. Looe 1670; W. Looe 1676; Liskeard Oct. 1688.HP Commons 1660–1690.

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BULLER, John (c.1632-1716), of the Middle Temple and Morval, nr. East Looe, Cornw.
: London and Cornwall., Morval.
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BULLER, John (c.1632-1715), of the Middle Temple, London, and Morval, Cornwall.

Will
21 Nov. 1714, pr. 13 Apr. 1717.PROB11/552/2.
Estates
by a trust deed of 25 April 1668, received lands of Morval, Cornwall, as inheritance from his father (d. 1677).Cornw. RO, BU/865.
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NORREYS (formerly ROSE), Sir Francis (d. 1669), of Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon.

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b. s. (illegit.) of Francis Norreys (1579-1622), 2nd Baron Norreys and later 1st earl of Berkshire, and Sarah Rose, later w. of Samuel Hayward.CP. m. 4 Nov. 1628, Hester (d. Apr. 1672), da. of Sir John Rous† (d. 1645) of Rous Lench, Worcs.;Worcs. Par. Regs. i. 136; Bodl. Rawl. B.78, f. 159v; Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon. par. reg.; Vis. Oxon. 1566, 1574 and 1634 (Harl. Soc. v), 289; Vis. Worcs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. xc), 82. 5s. 5da.PROB11/330/519. Kntd. 27 Aug. 1633.Shaw, Knights of Eng, ii. 202. d. 11 July 1669.Vis. Oxon. 1669 and 1675 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xii), 97.
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Local: sheriff, Oxon. 1635–6.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 50. Commr. subsidy, 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. perambulation, Wychwood, Shotover and Stowood forests, Oxon. 28 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 209v. contribs towards relief of Ireland, Oxon. 1642; assessment, 1642, 17 Mar. 1648, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 15 Feb., 1 June 1660, 1661.SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); CJ vii. 843b; An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. 24 Feb. 1642–?, 4 Dec. 1646–d.C231/5, p. 508; C231/6, p. 70; C231/7, p. 374; C193/13/4, f. 77v; C193/13/5, f. 83v; The Names of the Justices (1650), 44 (E.1238.4); CSP Dom. 1654, p. 67; 1655, p. 94, 132; A Perfect List (1660); Bodl. Rolls Oxon. 61. Commr. array (roy.), 4 July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. impressment (roy.), 7 Nov., 30 Dec. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 97, 118. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–23 Jan. 1663.C181/6, p. 374; C181/7, pp. 11, 135.

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NORREYS (formerly ROSE), Sir Francis (d. 1669), of Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon.
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NORREYS (formerly ROSE), Sir Francis (d. 1669), of Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon.

Will
9 Aug. 1663, cod. 16 Oct. 1668, pr. 7 Sep. 1669.PROB11/330/519.
Estates
manors of Weston-on-the-Green, Oxon., Cumnor and Yattendon, Berks. from 1623; Hall Court manor, Thatcham, Berks. 1623-bef. 1628;VCH Berks. iii. 322n; iv. 128, 400; VCH Oxon. vi. 101n, 349, 352. land in Chesterton, Oxon. and South Hinksey, Berks., 1642.Oxon. and North Berks. Protestation Returns (Oxon. Rec. Soc. lix), 112, 116, 184.
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COPLEY, Lionel (1607-75), of Broom, Whiston, and The College, Rotherham, Yorks.

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bap. 8 Nov. 1607, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of William Copley (d. 20 May 1658) of Wadworth, Yorks., and Ann (d. 26 Jan. 1646), da. of Gervase Cressy of Birkin, Yorks. m. 15 Oct. 1645, Frizalina (d. 6 Nov. 1696), da. of George Ward of Capesthorne, Prestbury, Cheshire, wid. of John Wheler of London, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.St Andrew, Holborn, Mdx. par. reg.; Wadworth Par. Reg. ed. P. Lindley, C. Preston, B. Barber (Yorks. Arch. Soc. par. reg. ser. clxii), 13, 37; Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 251-2; J. Foster, Yorks. Peds. i. d. 7 Dec. 1675.Hunter, S. Yorks. i. 252.
Offices Held

Military: ?vol. ft. regt. of Lord Vere, Holland by 1630–?H. Hexam, A Historicall Relation of the Famous Siege of the Busse (1630), unpag. Commry. and muster-master gen. of ft. (parlian.) 30 July 1642-c.Apr. 1645.SP28/18, f. 341; The List of the Army Raised under the Command of …Robert Earl of Essex (1642), sig. A2 (E.117.3). Capt. of dragoons, 9 Sept. 1642–21 Mar. 1644;SP28/140, ff. 254–60; 322–7. capt. of horse, 10 Mar. 1643-c.Apr. 1645;SP28/18, f. 340v. col. 14 May 1644-c.Apr. 1645.CSP Dom. 1644, p. 162.

Central: commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648.A. and O.

Local: commr. militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List (1660). Commr. assessment, Yorks. 1 June 1660;An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). W. Riding 1672.SR. Registrar, prerogative ct. diocese of York, 13 July 1660–?Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/11/56; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 144. Commr. sewers, Hatfield Chase Level 26 May 1668–?d.;C181/7, pp. 437, 458, 558. W. Riding 8 Dec. 1671–?d.C181/7, p. 606.

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COPLEY, Lionel (1607-75), of Broom, Whiston, and The College, Rotherham, Yorks.
: of Broom, Whiston and The College, Yorks., Rotherham.
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COPLEY, Lionel (1607-75), of Broom, Whiston, and The College, Rotherham, Yorks.

Will
20 Nov. 1675, pr. 26 Feb. 1676.PROB11/350, f. 102v.
Estates
by 1638, owned several coalmines in townships or parishes of Whiston, Hooton Roberts and Thrybergh, Yorks. worth £100 p.a.C7/416/16. In 1639, with bro. Christopher, Thomas St Nicholas* and Leonard Pinckney, acquired the lease of Wardsend farm, Ecclesfield, and of other lands in and around Sheffield, on which lessees agree to erect two iron forges.Cat. of the Arundel Castle Mss ed. R. Meredith, 37. In 1650, Copley leased Wadworth wood.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 20. In 1652, acquired leases of Chapel and Rockley furnaces and Kimberworth forge, nr. Rotherham, for £4,000, paying a rent of £100 p.a.C10/91/26. By 1653, owned a house of 14 hearths known as The College, in Rotherham; and by 1672, houses of 17 hearths and 8 hearths in Wadworth, near Doncaster.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 25: Hugh Massie to Copley, 4 Apr. 1653; Hearth Tax Returns for S. Yorks. ed. D. Hey, 51, 72. In 1656, acquired lease of Kimberworth Park and the right to all coal and timber therein, paying a rent of £200 p.a.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdls. 11, 29. In 1659, purchased woods in Aston Park, near Sheffield, for £2,700 and acquired lease of forge and furnace, or ‘iron-mill’ at Wadsley, nr. Sheffield.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdls. 31-2, 34-5. In 1660, with another gentleman, acquired lease of manor or grange of Barnsley, Yorks. from the queen mother.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 45. In 1661, acquired a new lease of three forges and two furnaces at Wardsend farm and, by 1664, owned a furnace at Ecclesfield and ironworks at Attercliffe.D. Hey, The Fiery Blades of Hallamshire, 170. In 1665, purchased Wadworth farm and other lands and tenements in parish for £552.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 4. In 1666, renewed his leases of Chapel furnace and the forges at Attercliffe and Wardsend, for which he paid at least £100 p.a. in rent.Hey, Fiery Blades, 170. In 1669, acquired lease of Rotherham forge.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 67. In 1671, acquired lease of iron-forges at Norton and Beauchieff, nr. Sheffield.Doncaster Archives, DD/CROM/202, bdle. 72. At d. estate inc. manor and hall of Stanshall in parish of Tickhill; Upper Hall mansion house at Wadworth; lands and tenements in Stanshall, Wadworth, Tickhill and Wellingsley; manor of Broom near Rotherham; manor of Bredcroft and other lands in parish of Kirk Bramwith; and messuages and lands in Masbrough in parish of Rotherham, all in Yorks.PROB11/350, f. 102v.
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NORTON, Simon (1578-1641), of Little Park Street and Allesley, Coventry, Warws.

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bap. 26 Nov. 1578, 2nd s. of John Norton (bur. 11 Mar. 1581) of Allesley and Elizabeth Pitsford.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxxii), 138; Allesley par. reg. ?appr. dyer, c.1592.Coventry Archives, Add. 11364, f. 16. m. (1) 17 Aug. 1601, Prudence, da. of Richard Jesson of Coventry, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 3 da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Ellen ?Hales.Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxxii), 138; Ryton-on-Dunsmore and Holy Trinity, Coventry, par. regs.; PROB11/187/147. d. betw. 2-7 July 1641.PROB11/187/147; Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 19.
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Civic: surveyor for Spon Street, Coventry 1617. Cllr. by 1 Feb. 1626; dep. alderman, Crosscheaping ward 5 Dec. 1629; mayor, 1633 – 34; alderman, Bayley Land ward 10 Sept. 1634. Town clerk by 1 Sept. 1635. Viewer of Harnall fields, 30 June 1636. Gov. house of correction, 6 June 1638.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1, ff. 217v, 295v, 299v, 300v, 301v, 310v, 328, 336, 354; BA/4/K/2/1, f. 12v; Add. 11364, f. 16.

Local: commr. further subsidy, Coventry 1641; poll tax, 1641.SR.

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NORTON, Simon (1578-1641), of Little Park Street and Allesley, Coventry, Warws.
: of Little Park Street and Allesley, Warws., Coventry.
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NORTON, Simon (1578-1641), of Little Park Street and Allesley, Coventry, Warws.

Will
2 July, pr. 23 Sept. 1641.PROB11/187/147.
Estates
house in Little Park Street built c. 1610.VCH Warws. viii. 148. Lease from Coventry corporation of tenement in Little Park Street with Humfrey Burton, 6 Sept. 1626. Renewed lease from corporation of ‘The Ramm’, 30 Sept. 1629; surrendered to son Thomas, 17 June 1634; rent £1 6s 8d.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1, ff. 283v, 295v, 325. Acquired a messuage and 102 acres in pars. of Holy Trinity, Harenhall and Foleshill, Coventry from Charles and John Hales aft. 9 Oct. 1629. Grant from crown of tithes of corn in par. of Clifton-on-Dunsmore for £25 and 10s p.a. 6 July 1631.Coventry Docquets, 253, 594. Lease from corporation of stable, garden, ‘high building’, Cook Street, for 21 years at £2 11s 4d rent, 9 Sept. 1638.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/17/1, f. 356v. Interest with William Jesson*, John Barker* and others in messuage in Clifford Chambers, Glos. assigned from Sir Henry Rainsforde* and others, aft. Sept. 1638.Coventry Docquets, 727. At d. in 1641 £1,250 let in his hands to pay on purchase of Harnall Grange, in respect of Mistress Hales’s jointure’; land purchased from Sir John Gerard, bt. and tithes at Coundon and at Biggin, Clifton-on-Dunsmore.PROB11/187/147.
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