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NORTH, Henry (c.1609-71), of Mildenhall and Badmondisfield Hall, Wickhambrook, Suff.

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b. c.1609, 1st. s. of Sir Roger North* of Mildenhall and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir John Gilbert of Great Finborough, Suff.Vis. Notts. 1569 and 1614 (Harl. Soc. iv), 83; D.A.Y. ‘Summary cat. of sepulchral mems.’, Topographer and Genealogist, ii. 390; J.G.N. ‘Extracts from the par. reg. of St Dunstan’s in the West, London’, Coll. Top. et Gen. v. 203n. educ. G. Inn 1624.GI Admiss. m. settlement 17 Nov. 1631 (with £4,000), Sarah (d. 1 July 1670), da. of John Rayney, draper, of London and Wrotham, Kent, 1s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.);Suff. RO (Bury), Acc. 1341/2/1.15; Vis. Notts. 1569 and 1614, 83; Gent. Mag. lxvi. 542; Burke Dorm. and Extinct Baronetcies, 437; Add. 18220, ff. 63v-64. poss. 1s. illegit. d.v.p.R. North, Lives of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron Guilford ed. A. Jessopp (1890), i. 406. suc. fa. 17 June 1651;‘Summary cat. of sepulchral mems.’, 391; Gent. Mag. lxvi. 542. cr. bt. 14 June 1660.CB, iii. 41; Suff. RO (Bury), Acc. 18/500/1. d. 29 Aug. 1671.HMC 7th Rep. 464.
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Military: vol. La Rochelle expedition, 1627.Copinger, Manors of Suff. iv. 178.

Local: j.p. Suff. 1634–d.C193/13/2, f. 64; C193/12/3, f. 95v. Commr. ?sewers, 1635;C181/5, f. 24v. ?Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646, 6 May 1654-aft. July 1659;C181/5, f. 269v; C181/6, pp. 27, 381. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658 – aft.June 1659, 29 Jan. 1670;C181/6, pp. 291, 360; C181/7, p. 525. River Stour, Essex and Suff. 4 July 1664;C181/7, p. 277. Norf., Suff. and I. of Ely 1 Aug. 1664, 20 Dec. 1669;C181/7, pp. 285, 523. ?swans, Essex and Suff. 1635;C181/5, f. 28v. subsidy, Suff. 1641, 1663; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660;SR. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, June 1659–d.;C181/5, ff. 190v, 218; C181/6, p. 379; C181/7, pp. 13, 591. Suff. 11 Apr. 1644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 232v, 257. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;SR; An Ordinance…for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). array (roy.), 24 June 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. gaol delivery, Suff. Apr. 111644-aft. July 1645;C181/5, ff. 233, 257. Bury St Edmunds liberty and borough 11 Apr. 1644;C181/5, ff. 233v, 234. to survey ‘surrounded grounds’, Norf. and Suff. 13 May 1656;C181/6, p. 158. militia, Suff. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.; Bodl. Tanner 226, pp. 187–8. Col. militia ft. Apr. 1660–d. Dep. lt. c.Aug. 1660–d.HP Commons, 1660–1690, ‘Henry North’. Commr. loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. corporations, 1662;Suff. RO (Bury), D14/1/1. commr. for appeals, Bedford Level 1668.HP Commons, 1660–1690, ‘Henry North’.

Central: sub-commr. of prizes, 1665–d.CSP Dom. 1671–2, p. 146.

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NORTH, Henry (c.1609-71), of Mildenhall, Suff.
: of Mildenhall and Badmondisfield Hall, Suff., Wickhambrook.
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NORTH, Henry (c.1609-71), of Mildenhall and Badmondisfield Hall, Wickhambrook, Suff.

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?died intestate.
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mortgaged manor of Badmondisfield, Wickhambrook, for £1,400, 1664.Suff. RO (Bury), Acc. 1341/2/1.19.
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TIGHE, Richard (d. 1673), of St Catherine’s parish, Dublin.

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s. of William Tighe of Market Deeping, Lincs., and Mary, da. of Tobias Houghton of Kelthorpe, Rutland. m. Mary, da. of Thomas Rooke of London, 1s. 3da. d. 20 Feb. 1673.NLI, GO MS 67, p. 199.
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Military: capt. of ft. regt. of Sir Arthur Culme, parlian. army in Ireland, May 1649.CSP Dom. 1649–50, pp. 165, 535. Col. of ft. Dublin 14 Dec. 1659, 25 Oct. 1660.Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin IV ed. J. T. Gilbert (Dublin, 1894), 123, 172.

Civic: sheriff, Dublin Oct. 1649–50;Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin III ed. J. T. Gilbert (Dublin, 1892), 491, 501. auditor, Oct. 1650;Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin III, 504. alderman, Oct. 1650;Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin III, 508. mayor, Oct. 1651–2, Oct. 1655–6. Feb. 1653 – Aug. 1655Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin IV, 9, 10, 80, 82. Mayor of staple,, Feb. 1661-Jan. 1662;Irish Statute Staple Bks. 328–9. treas. Oct. 1653–?Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin IV, 51.

Irish: commr. assessment, city and co. Dublin 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; co. Kildare 12 Jan. 1655.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655). J.p. Dublin 2 June 1656–?Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin IV, 95. Commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. poll money, Dublin, co. Kildare 24 Apr. 1660, 1 Mar. 1661.Irish Census, 1659, 620–1, 638–9. Sheriff, co. Kildare 1662.NLI, GO MS 67, p. 199.

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TIGHE, Richard (d. 1673), of St Catherine’s parish, Dublin.
: Dublin.
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TIGHE, Richard (d. 1673), of St Catherine’s parish, Dublin.

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adventurer estates purchased 1654: 2,800 acres in Westmeath, King’s and Queen’s Cos.K. Bottigheimer, Eng. Money and Irish Land (Oxford, 1971), 211. Lands in Confy, co. Kildare, sold to Colonel Henry Markham* bef. 1660.CSP Ire. 1660-2, pp. 78, 84. After 1660 possessed lands in cos. Carlow, Dublin and Westmeath. Held lease of Oxmantown Green, Feb. 1664-d.Cal. Ancient Recs. Dublin IV, 285-6. In 1670 held land in 10 townlands, Delvin barony, co. Westmeath.Down Survey website.
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HESILRIGE, Sir Arthur (1601-61), of Noseley, Leics.

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bap. 23 July 1601, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir Thomas Hesilrige†, 1st bt., of Noseley, and Frances (d. 1668), da. of William Gorges of Alderton, Northants.Alderton, Northants. par. reg.; Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 16; Nichols, Leics. ii. 743, 753; CB; B. Denton, Only in Heaven: The Life and Campaigns of Sir Arthur Hesilrige, 1601-61 (Sheffield, 1997), 15. educ. Westminster school;Ath. Ox. iii. 578; Rec. of Old Westminsters, i. 452-3. Magdalene Coll. Camb. Easter 1617;Al. Cant. G. Inn 29 Jan. 1623.G. Inn Admiss. m. (1) 24 May 1624 (with £3,000), Frances (d. 1632), da. of Thomas Elmes of Lilford, Northants., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.;Greens [sic] Norton, Northants. par. reg.; Nichols, Leics. ii. 748, 754; Denton, Only in Heaven, 20; J.C. Hodgson, ‘On the medieval and later owners of Eslington’, Arch. Aeliana, ser. 3, vi. 22. (2) 26 June 1634 (with £5,000), Dorothy (d. 28 Jan. 1651), da. of Fulke Greville of Thorpe Latimer, Lincs. 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da.Leics. RO, DG21/55; All Hallows, Bread Street Par. Regs. ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. Reg. Ser. xliii), 108; Nichols, Leics. ii. 748, 754, 756. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 11 Jan. 1630.Nichols, Leics. ii. 748, 753. d. 7 Jan. 1661.Nichols, Leics. ii. 747-8, 753.
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Local: capt. militia horse, Leics. c.Sept. 1623–5.HEHL, Hastings manorial, box 53, item 6, f. 74; SP16/70/70, f. 110; T. Cogswell, Home Divisions (Manchester, 1998), 94. J.p. 22 Nov. 1630-c.June 1635, 18 Mar. 1641–?, by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660;C231/5, pp. 43, 436; C193/13/2, f. 37; Cogswell, Home Divisions, 217. co. Dur., Northumb. by Feb. 1650 – bef.Oct. 1660; Cumb. by Feb. 1650-bef. c.Sept. 1656, Mar. – bef.Oct. 1660; Oxon. 8 July 1656 – bef.Oct. 1660; Westmld. by c.Sept. 1656-bef. Oct. 1660. 31 Jan. 1631 – 29 May 1635C231/6, p. 340. Commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ., 5 June 1641 – aft.Jan. 1642, by Feb. 1654-c.Feb. 1658, 28 June 1658–10 July 1660;C181/4, ff. 70, 195v; C181/5, ff. 192, 220; C181/6, pp. 15, 370. Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644;C181/5, f. 245v. Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 17, 375. Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 374. charitable uses, Leics. 19 June 1632, 4 July 1633;C192/1, unfol. co. Dur. 27 June 1649;C93/20/12. disarming recusants, Leics. 30 Aug. 1641.LJ iv. 385b. Dep. lt. Rutland 5 July 1642–?;CJ ii. 652b; LJ v. 183. Northumb. 9 Oct. 1644–?CJ iii. 657b. Commr. for associating midland cos. Leics. 15 Dec. 1642;A. and O. Leics. militia, 16 Jan. 1643, 10 July 1644;An Examination Examined (1645), 15 (E.303.13); A. and O. assessment, Leics. 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, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Northumb. 16 Feb., 17 Mar. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 8 Feb. 1655, 26 Jan. 1660;A. and O.; CJ vii. 405b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 17 Mar. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Cumb. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; co. Dur. 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. Oxon., Westmld. 26 Jan. 1660; sequestration, Leics. 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb. and Westmld. 31 Mar. 1648;LJ x. 167a. levying of money, Leics. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. gaol delivery, Northumb. 17 Dec. 1644;C181/5, f. 245v. New Model ordinance, Leics. 17 Feb. 1645; Northern Assoc. Northumb. 20 June 1645; northern cos. militia, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 23 May 1648; militia, Leics., co. Dur., Northumb. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 Dec. 1648,A. and O. 1 Aug. 1659;CJ vii. 744b. Cumb., Westmld. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Oxon. 26 July 1659;A. and O. compounding with delinquents northern cos. 2 Mar. 1649;SP18/1/23, f. 32. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15). Visitor, Greetham and Sherburn hosps. co. Dur. 5 July 1650;CJ vi. 437b. Durham Univ. 15 May 1657.Burton’s Diary, ii. 536. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb. and Westmld., Leics. and Rutland 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. Leics., Oxon. 3 Oct. 1657;SP25/78, pp. 193, 237. sewers, River Tyne 21 May 1659;C181/6, p. 359. River Wear 29 July 1659.C181/6, p. 384. Custos rot. co. Dur. Mar.-bef. Oct. 1660.A Perfect List [of JPs], (1660), 14.

Military: capt. of horse (parlian.), 30 July 1642;SP28/1A, f. 295; SP28/3B, f. 507. col. of horse, Dec. 1642–1 May. 1645, 12 Jan.-Apr. 1660;A True Relation of the Fortunate S[ir] William Waller (1643), sig. A2 (E.84.22); SP28/252, pt. 1, f. 212; SP28/266, pt. 1, f. 101; CJ vii. 810a; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. i. 76–7; J. Adair, Roundhead General: a Military Biography of Sir William Waller (1969), 50. lt. gen. of horse, 1 Feb. 1643–1 May 1645;SP28/252, pt. 1, f. 212. col. of ft. c.Aug. 1643-c.May 1645, c.Dec.1647-c.1653, 9 July – Nov. 1659, Jan.-Mar. 1660. 30 Dec. 1647 – Sept. 1654SP28/252, pt. 1, f. 212; CJ vii. 710a; The Declaration of the Officers of the Army Opened (1659), 29 (E.1010.16); Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 459–61, 522–3, 524. Gov. Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Tynemouth 30 Dec. 1647-Sept. 1654,CJ v. 410b; Worc. Coll. Oxf. Clarke ms LXVII, f. 139; Add. 78196, f. 17. by Oct. 1659-c.June 1660;FSL, X.d.18, no. 16; CJ vii. 864b. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Carlisle Oct. 1648-c.1653, by Oct. 1659-c.June 1660.Berwick RO, B1/10, Berwick Guild Bk. f. 91v; B1/11: Berwick Guild Bk. ff. 34v, 45; Sloane 1519, f. 183; Moderate Intelligencer no. 186 (5–12 Oct. 1648), 1687 (E.467.16); The Moderate no. 15 (17–24 Oct. 1648), 126 (E.468.24); CSP Dom. 1649–50, p. 253; 1655–6, p. 176; FSL, X.d.18, no. 16; CJ vii. 864b. Col. militia, Leics. June 1648;HMC Portland, i. 468. col. militia horse, 5 Mar. 1650; Cumb., co. Dur., Northumb. and Westmld. 29 Aug. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, pp. 505, 510.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 13 Jan. 1642;CJ ii. 375b. cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 402b. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; LJ viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, council of war, 25 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 218a. cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647; cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643;A. and O. cttee. of safety, 2 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 299b; LJ vi. 294a. Westminster Assembly, 6 Jan. 1644;CJ iii. 357b; LJ vi. 367b. cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644. Commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644. Member, cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647, 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645;LJ vii. 468a. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652, 19 May, 31 Dec. 1659.A. and O.; CJ vii. 42a, 220a, 800b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 29 Mar. 1650;CJ vi. 388b. cttee. of safety, 7 May 1659.CJ vii. 646a. Commr. for nominating army officers, 13 May 1659;CJ vii. 651a, 841a, 847a. for governing army, 12 Oct., 31 Dec. 1659, 11 Feb. 1660.CJ vii. 796a, 801a, 841a.

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 26 Sept. 1649–d.;Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M.H. Dodds (Publications of the Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 63. Berwick-upon-Tweed 31 Dec. 1650–d.;Berwick RO, B1/10, f. 180. Leicester 12 July 1654–d.Leics. RO, BRII/1/3, p. 695.

Mercantile: member, co. of hostmen, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 31 Aug. 1655–d.Extracts from the Recs. of the Co. of Hostmen of Newcastle-upon-Tyne ed. F.W. Dendy (Surt. Soc. cv), 270.

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HESILRIGE, Sir Arthur (1601-61), of Noseley, Leics.
: of Noseley, Leics.
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HESILRIGE, Sir Arthur (1601-61), of Noseley, Leics.

Will
attainted.
Estates
in 1630, mortgaged for £1,800 manor and rectory of Noseley; lands in Noseley, Goadby and Illston; tithes in Illston; advowson of south moiety of Hallaton, Leics.; manors of Blagdon, Dinnington, E. and W. Brunton, Fawdon, Kenton and Weetslade; and lands in Barton, Eslington, Thrunton and Whittington, Northumb. (which mortgage was redeemed in 1637).Leics. RO, DG21/54; G.F. Farnham, A.H. Thompson, ‘The manor of Noseley’ (Trans. Leics. Arch. Soc. xii), 263-4. In 1630, fined £50 for distraint of knighthood.Cogswell, Home Divisions, 195. In 1643-4, held house and goods of earl of Thanet on Aldersgate Street, London, by order of Cttee. for Sequestrations*.SP20/1, ff. 43v, 152v; Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 218. In 1648, purchased from trustees for sale of bishops’ lands the manor and borough of Bishop Auckland, co. Dur. for £6,102.Col. Top. et Gen. i. 6. In 1650, purchased from trustees for sale of bishops’ lands the barony and manor of Evenwood, co. Dur. for £5,833; and manor of Wolsingham, co. Dur. for £6,764.Col. Top. et Gen. i. 290. In 1654, purchased from trustees for sale of bishops’ lands 13 messuages in Stanhope Park, co. Dur. for £1,190.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 56. In 1655, Charles Howard* granted him lease of lands and coalmines in Newbiggin, Northumb. at rent of £100 p.a.CSP Dom. 1663-4, pp. 76, 133. In 1660, estate valued at £1,500 p.a;LR2/266, f. 1v. in 1662, valued at £318 p.a. and consisted of moiety of manor of Hardwick and lands in Illston, Leics.; and lands in Dinnington, Mason, Newbiggin, Thrunton and W. Brunton, Northumb.SP29/59/17, f. 29. At his d. debts totalled £14,000.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 421.
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Brooke House, St Andrew’s, Holborn, London (by 1642);Adamson, Noble Revolt, 243, 625. Islington, Mdx. (by June 1645);CJ iv. 188a. Pilgrim Street, St Andrew’s, Newcastle-upon-Tyne (1650).Tyne and Wear Archives, Ms 543/31, f. 6v.
Religion
presented Joseph Fisher to vicarage of Lilleshall, Salop, 1652;Add. 36792, f. 58v. Richard Frankland to vicarage of Auckland St Andrew, co. Dur., 1653.W. Dumble, ‘Government, Religion and Military Affairs in Durham During the Civil War and Interregnum’ (Durham Univ. MLitt. thesis, 1978), 242.
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WESTON, Richard (1608-c.1652), of Rugeley, Staffs. and the Inner Temple, London.

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Family and Education
bap. 29 Dec. 1608, 1st s. of Sir Richard Weston† (d. 18 Mar. 1658) of Rugeley, and Anne, da. of Richard Barbour of Hilderstone, Staffs.Stone, Staffs. par. reg.; Vis. Staffs. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 1, v. pt. ii), 303. educ. Magdalen Hall Oxf. 25 June 1624;Al. Ox. I. Temple 30 Jan. 1626, called 10 Feb. 1633.I. Temple database. m. Catherine, da. of Thomas Cockayne of Ashbourne, Derbys. 3s. 1da. d. c. 1652.Vis. Staffs. ed. Grazebrook, 303.
Offices Held

Civic: recorder, Stafford c.1640–?Wm. Salt Lib. S.MS.369, p. 164.

Military: officer (roy.) by c.Aug. 1644–?;Mems. of Prince Rupert, iii. 17. lt.-col. by July 1648–?d.A Diary of the Siege of Colchester (c.1648), Wing D1378A. Lt.-gov. Berkeley Castle by Mar. 1645–?Mems. of Prince Rupert, iii. 66; Wm. Salt. Lib. S.MS.45 (entry for 26 Mar. 1645).

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WESTON, Richard (1608-c.1652), of Rugeley, Staffs. and the Inner Temple, London.
: of Rugeley, Staffs. and London., the Inner Temple.
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WESTON, Richard (1608-c.1652), of Rugeley, Staffs. and the Inner Temple, London.

Will
not found.
Estates
his heir Philip’s estate was valued at £100 a year in the early 1660s.‘The gentry of Staffs. 1662-3’ ed. R.M. Kidson (Collns. Hist. Staffs. ser. 4, ii), 34.
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LUKE, Sir Oliver (1574-1651), of Hayes and Woodend, Cople, Beds.

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Family and Education
bap. 26 Oct. 1574, 1st surv. s. of Nicholas Luke† of Cople and Margaret, da. of Oliver St John, 1st Baron St John of Bletso.Beds. Par. Regs. ed. F.G. Emmison (Bedford, 1931-53), x. B1; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 84; Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 179-80. educ. King’s, Camb. 1588;Al. Cant. M. Temple 1592.M. Temple Admiss. i. 63; MTR i. 327. m. (1) 8 Aug. 1599, Elizabeth (bur. 27 Oct. 1607), da. and coh. of Sir Valentine Knightley† of Fawsley, Northants. at least 2s.;Upton par. reg.; C142/343/177; Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 85; Vis. Beds. 179-80; The Par. Reg. of Southill 1538-1812 (Beds. Par. Reg. xii. 1936), 11. (2) settlement 22 June 1616 (with £300), Maud (d. 1656), da. of William Trenchard of Cutteridge, nr. Westbury, Wilts. at least 1s. 1da.PROB11/79/77; PROB11/258/228. Kntd. 11 May 1603.F.A. Blaydes, ‘A list of Beds. knights’, Beds. N and Q i. 210; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. suc. fa. 1613.C142/343/177; F.A. Blaydes, ‘Wills relating to Beds.’, Beds. N and Q iii. 59. d. betw. 25 Nov. 1650-29 Nov. 1651.CCAM 437, 767.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Bedford ?1597–d.‘Bedford burgess rolls’, Beds. N. and Q. iii. 94; Min. Bk. of Bedford Corp. 4.

Local: commr. charitable uses, Beds. 1611. by 1615 – June 1627Beds. RO, L24/108–9. J.p., 1628 – ?48; Bedford 1619-aft. Sept. 1641.C231/4, ff. 74, 228, 261; C193/13, f. 3; C181/2, ff. 343, 350; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 463; C181/4, ff. 42v-150; C181/5, ff. 59v-211; Add. 25302, f. 41; Coventry Docquets, 60. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1616-aft. Jan. 1642.C181/2, ff. 294–332v; C181/3, ff. 4v-205; C181/4, ff. 10–196v; C181/5, ff. 3v-218. Sheriff, Beds. 1617–18.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 3. Commr. subsidy, 1621–2, 1624, 1641;SR. preservation of game, 1622.C181/3, f. 77. Steward, Grafton Pk. Northants. by 1623-aft. 1645.CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 602; Luke Letter Bks. 72, 75, 87, 111, 207–8. Dep. lt. Beds. by 1624-aft. 1642.SP14/179, ff. 15–16; SP28/143, f. 11v; PJ ii. 362; HMC 3rd Rep. 275. Commr. Forced Loan, Beds., Bedford 1627;Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 2, 81. sewers, Beds. 20 Feb. 1636;C181/5, f. 37v. 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, 23 Dec. 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O.; CJ v. 400b. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; additional ord. for levying of money, 1 June 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645.A. and O.

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LUKE, Sir Oliver (1574-1651), of Cople Woodend and Hawnes, Beds.
: of Hayes and Woodend, Cople, Beds.
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LUKE, Sir Oliver (1574-1651), of Hayes and Woodend, Cople, Beds.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited land and advowsons in Beds.;VCH Beds. ii. 262, 282, 339-40; iii. 29, 193, 239; Beds. Hist. Rec. Soc. ii. 99. acquired properties in Hunts. and Som.;D. Lysons and S. Lysons, Magna Britannia (1806-82), i. 71-2, 92-3; HMC 7th Rep. 5. he and others sold lands at Arlesey, Stofold, Henlow, Langford and Holwell, Beds. 1630; sold tithes of Great Faringdon and Littleworth, Berks. to George Purefoy*, 1637; he and others sold land at Cardington, Beds. 1637; 4th earl of Bedford (Sir Francis Russell†) and Luke bought manors of Bolnhurst and Keysoe Grange, Beds. from 1st earl of Bolingbroke (Oliver St John†), 1638;Coventry Docquets, 608, 703, 704, 728. living in house on north side of Hart St, Covent Garden, Westm. c.July 1647.Westminster Public Lib. MS H433, unfol.
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HARRIS, John I (c.1586-1657), of Hayne, Stowford, Devon.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1586, 1st s. of Arthur Harris† of Hayne and Kenegie, Gulval, Cornw. and Margaret, da. and h. of John Davells of S. Marland, Petrockstow, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 449. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 18 Mar. 1603; L. Inn, 10 Feb. 1607;Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. i. 145. travelled abroad (France), 1608-?1611.SO3/4; HMC Cowper, i. 483-4. m. (1) bef. 1 Dec. 1625, Florence (d. 1 Jan. 1631), da. of Sir John Wyndham of Orchard Wyndham, St Decumans, Som. s.p.;Devon RO, 2527 M/TS14. (2) lic. 4 Nov. 1631, Cordelia, da. of John Mohun†, 1st Baron Mohun of Okehampton, 1s. (Arthur Harris†).Devon RO, 2527 M/TS16. suc. fa. 1628. d. 6 Mar. 1657.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 449.
Offices Held

Local: commr. piracy, Devon 9 July 1619 – aft.Apr. 1620, 6 Nov. 1624; Cornw. 30 Mar. 1624-aft. June 1626;C181/2, f. 348; C181/3, ff. 2, 113v, 130v, 196. impressment, 1623;APC 1621–3, p. 437. swans, W. Country 20 May 1629;C181/4, f.3. subsidy, Devon 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641. 6 July 1641 – 24 Feb. 1642SR. J.p., Feb. 1643 – bef.June 1649; Cornw. 6 Mar. 1647-bef. Jan. 1650.C231/5, pp. 457, 507; C231/6, p. 78; Devon RO, QS28/1–5; Western Circuit Assize Orders ed. Cockburn, 277. Commr. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, Devon 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. commr. for Devon 1 July 1644; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Civic: freeholder, Launceston by 1639;Cornw. RO, B/LAUS/345. Lostwithiel by 1643.Cornw. RO, B/LOS/305.

Parlimentarian
HARRIS, John II (c.1586-1657), of St. Michael’s Mount, Cornw. and Hayne, Stowford, Devon
: Devon., Stowford.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HARRIS, John I (c.1586-1657), of Hayne, Stowford, Devon.

Will
5 Feb., pr. 16 June 1657.PROB11/265/339.
Estates
main estate inc. the manor of Lifton (inc. the advowson).Coventry Docquets, 701; C142/440/85. His will (1656) also mentions manors of Black Torrington, Toteley Barton, Bradstone, West Lincombe, Little Morland, Taddiport, Yarnscombe and other lands in Devon, also manor of St Neot and shares in manors of Mayow, Rinsey and Venton Leage in Cornwall.PROB11/265/339. It was estimated that Harris’s income was £1,000 p.a. in 1644.Symonds, Diary, 44.
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NIXON, John (1589-1662), of High Street, St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. ?Feb. 1589, s. of William Nixon, husbandman, of Bletchingdon, Oxon. and Joan ?Silvester.St Giles Bletchingdon, Oxon. par. reg. m. Joan Stevenson (bur. 24 Aug. 1671), s.p.St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, par. reg.; A. Wood, Life and Times, i. 437-8. ?; ?suc. fa. Feb. 1606.St Giles, Bletchingdon par. reg.; Oxon. RO, will, 193.144; 47/1/47. d. 14 Apr. 1662.St Mary the Virgin, par. reg.; A. Wood, Life and Times, i. 437-8.
Offices Held

Civic: cllr. Oxf. 2 Oct 1622; bailiff, 2 Oct. 1623; freeman, 18 Sept. 1626; fairmaster, 11 Oct 1631; mayor, 1636 – 37, 1646 – 48, 1654 – 55; alderman, 9 Apr. 1638.Oxford Council Acts 1585–1626, 312, 321; Oxford Council Acts 1626–65, 7, 37, 68, 78, 136–59, 203.

Local: j.p. Oxf. 6 July 1637–1642, 24 Dec. 1649-aft. 4 Mar. 1660. 20 Dec. 1637 – aft.Nov. 1639C231/5, p. 251; C231/6, pp. 172–3; C181/5, ff. 79v, 227; C181/6, pp. 81, 353; C193/13/4, f. 79; The Names of the Justices (1650, E.1238.4); A Perfect List (1660). Commr. gaol delivery,, 10 Feb. 1655, 4 Mar. 1658;C181/5, ff. 89v, 155; C181/6, pp. 82, 271. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 1661;SR.; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). Oxf. Univ. and city 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Oxon. 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Mar. 1656;TSP iv. 595. oyer and terminer, St Albans borough 6 Oct. 1658.C181/6, p. 318.

Mercantile: master, mercers’ co. Oxf. 7 June 1650.Oxon. RO, city archives, G.5.4, f. 18v.

Parlimentarian
NIXON, John (1589-1662), of High Street, St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.
: St Mary the Virgin, Oxford., of High Street.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, attrib. J. Taylor, 1658.Oxf. Town Hall.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

NIXON, John (1589-1662), of High Street, St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.

Will
1 Dec. 1659, pr. 30 Apr. 1662.PROB11/307/600.
Estates
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HOLLES, Gervase (1607-75), of Great Grimsby, Lincs.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 9 Mar. 1607, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Frescheville Holles of White Friars, Gt. Grimsby, and 1st w. Elizabeth (d. 31 Oct. 1608), da. and h. of John Kingston, merchant, of Gt. Grimsby.G. Holles, Mems. of the Holles Fam. ed. A.C. Wood (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, lv), 194, 227; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 509; E. Gillett, Hist. of Grimsby (1970), 124. educ. Grimsby g.s. (William Dalby, Herbert Hindmarsh, William Taylor);Holles, Mems. ed. Wood, 227-8. M. Temple 3 Nov. 1628;M. Temple Admiss. 121. called, 24 May 1639;MTR ii. 881. MA, Oxf. 1 Nov. 1642.Lincs. Church Notes made by Gervase Holles ed. R.E.G. Cole (Lincoln Rec. Soc. i), p. vii. m. (1) 17 June 1630, Dorothy (d. 18 Jan. 1635), da. of John Kirketon of Gt. Grimsby, 1s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) 4 Dec. 1637, Elizabeth (d. 21 Mar. 1661), da. of William Molesworth of Gt. Grimsby, 4s. d.v.p.Lincs. Peds. 509; Lincs. Church Notes ed. Cole, p. ix; Reg. Bk. of St James, Gt. Grimsby 1538-1812 ed. G.S. Stephenson (Gt. Grimsby, 1889), 87, 88, 91, 124, 127, 147. suc. fa. 10 May 1630. d. 10 Feb. 1675.Lincs. Church Notes ed. Cole, p. ix.
Offices Held

Civic: mayor, Gt. Grimsby 5 Oct. 1636 – 19 Sept. 1637, 18 Sept. 1638 – 18 Sept. 1639, 1663–4.N. E. Lincs. RO, Gt. Grimsby Mayor’s Ct. Bks. 1/102/8, ff. 1, 34; HMC 14th Rep. VIII, 290–1. Coroner, 1637–8, 1639–40.N. E. Lincs. RO, Gt. Grimsby Mayor’s Ct. Bks. 1/102/8, ff. 21v, 64v.

Local: j.p. Notts. 19 Mar. 1641-c.1644.C231/5, p. 435. Commr. array (roy.), Lincs. 27 Dec. 1642;HMC Buccleuch, i. 528. royalist contributions, Lincs., Notts. and Rutland 2 Dec. 1649;HMC Buccleuch, i. 535–7. assessment, Lincs. 1661, 1664, 1672; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1663;SR. sewers, Lincs., Lincoln and Newark hundred 26 Feb. 1664–d.C181/7, pp. 241, 544.

Military: capt. of ft. (roy.) 13 Aug. 1642–43; maj. 16 Sept. 1642–43; col. 7 Dec. 1642–43, 14 June 1649–?, 16 Jan. 1659–?; col. of horse, 16 Jan. 1659–?SP23/185, p. 946; HMC Buccleuch, i. 526, 527–8, 533, 539. Gov. (roy.) King’s Lynn 6 Apr. 1644–?HMC Buccleuch, i. 531; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 181. Col. of ft. French army, c.June 1646-c.1648.HMC Buccleuch, i. 533, 534; Mems. of Prince Rupert, ii. 247.

Central: master of requests, 6 June 1660–d.HMC Buccleuch, i. 539–40.

Parlimentarian
HOLLES, Gervase (1607-75), of Mansfield, Notts.
: of Great Grimsby, Lincs.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

HOLLES, Gervase (1607-75), of Great Grimsby, Lincs.

Will
admon. 28 Feb. 1675.PROB6/50, f. 19v.
Estates
in 1645, lands and tenements in Great Grimsby worth £10 p.a. and in Burgh le Marsh, Lincs.,worth £171 12s p.a. His lands in Grimsby were charged with an annuity of £8 5s and his lands in Burgh le Marsh with an annuity of £60, which had four years yet to run in 1653.SP23/79, pp. 267-306; SP23/185, pp. 935, 943, 950. In 1661, granted an annuity of £100 as a master of requests.HMC Buccleuch, i. 540; CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 496.
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Addresses
Newark, Notts. (c.1638-aft. 1642);SP23/185, p. 946; Holles, Mems. ed. Wood, pp. vii, viii; CCC 1056. M. Temple chambers, Vine Court, London (1639-40);MTR ii. 884, 896. Chapel Street, Westminster (1660).HMC Bath, ii. 146.
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BYNE, John (1635-61), of Rowdell, Washington, Suss.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 8 Oct. 1635, 1st s. of Edmund Byne of Rowdell and Elizabeth, da. of Henry Goringe* of Highden. m. 14 Jan. 1657, Susanna (b. 1637), da. of Goldsmith Hodgson of Framfield (later w. of Sir Francis Guybon†), 4da. (2? d.v.p.); suc. fa. Oct. 1646. bur. 31 Dec. 1661 31 Dec. 1661.W.C. Renshaw, ‘The Bynes of Rowdell’, Genealogist, n.s. xxiii. 1-11; E. Suss. RO, Glynde 174; Notes IPMs Suss., 124.
Offices Held

Local: commr. sewers, Suss. 28 Dec. 1658, 1 Oct. 1660.C181/6, p. 346; C181/7, p. 58. J.p. by 22 July 1659–d.ASSI35/100/6; C220/9/4, ff. 85v-88. Commr. militia, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. assessment, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1661;A. and O. An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Military: capt. militia horse, Suss. Apr. 1660–?d.HP Commons 1660–1690.

Parlimentarian
BYNE, John (1635-61), of Rowdell, Washington, Suss.
: of Rowdell, Suss., Washington.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BYNE, John (1635-61), of Rowdell, Washington, Suss.

Will
admon. Jan. 1662.PROB12/39, f. 2v.
Estates
inherited Rowdell Place and manors of Byne and Cudham, Suss.PROB11/200/463; E. Suss. RO, Glynde 174. Owned manor of Buckhurst, by 1657-aft. 1659.Suss. Manors, i. 72-3, 85.
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WARMOUTH, Henry (1594-1654), of St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 7 Nov. 1594, 1st s. of William Warmouth, merchant and alderman of Newcastle, and Judith, da. of William Whittingham, dean of Durham, co. Dur.St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne par. reg.; Surtees, Co. Dur. ii. 330. educ. appr. mercer, Newcastle c.1608;Reg. of Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. iii), 17. Queen’s, Oxf. 23 Nov. 1610;Al. Ox. G. Inn 30 June 1612.G. Inn Admiss. 139. ?; ?unm. suc. fa. 23 July 1642.St Nicholas par. reg. d. 1654 /10 June 1654.PROB11/235, f. 52.
Offices Held

Civic: freeman, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ?1631- 2 Oct. 1643, 5 Dec. 1644–d.;Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/1/1, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk. for Sealing Docs., pp. 110, 113; Freemen of Newcastle upon Tyne ed. Dodds, 17; Extracts from the Newcastle upon Tyne Council Min. Bk. 1639–56 ed. M.H. Dodds (Newcastle upon Tyne Recs. Cttee. i), 28; CJ iii. 714b. sheriff, 1631–2;Brand, Newcastle, ii. 454. common cllr. by Nov. 1639 – 21 Apr. 1643, 5 Dec. 1644–12 July 1652;Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/2/1, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk., p. 373; MD.NC/2/2, Newcastle Common Council Order Bk., p. 75; Newcastle Council Min. Bk. ed. Dodds, 1, 6, 21, 53, 64, 81, 95, 122, 129. alderman, 5 Apr. 1642 – 21 Apr. 1643, 5 Dec. 1644–12 July 1652;Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/2/2, p. 75; Newcastle Council Min. Bk. ed. Dodds, 7, 24; CJ iii. 714b. mayor, 5 Dec. 1644-Oct. 1645.CJ iii. 714b.

Local: commr. assessment, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650;SR; A. and O. co. Dur. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 5 Dec. 1644;CJ iii. 714b. levying of money, co. Dur., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. Northumb. 9 Oct. 1644–?CJ iii. 657b; LJ vii. 18a. Commr. Northern Assoc. co. Dur., Newcastle-upon-Tyne 20 June 1645; northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648;A. and O. propagating gospel northern cos. 1 Mar. 1650.CJ vi. 374a; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 23 (28 Feb.-7 Mar. 1650), 312 (E.534.15). J.p. co. Dur. by Feb. 1650–d.C193/13/3.

Mercantile: member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. Newcastle-upon-Tyne by Nov. 1642–d.;Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, Order Bk. of Newcastle Merchant Adventurers’ Co., f. 14. asst. 9 Oct. 1642 – 9 Oct. 1643, 9 Oct. 1645–9 Oct. 1646.Tyne and Wear Archives, GU.MA/3/3, ff. 14, 26.

Religious: elder, St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Mar. 1647.Bodl. Tanner 58, f. 352v; Tyne and Wear Archives, MD.NC/2/1, pp. 112–17.

Parlimentarian
WARMOUTH, Henry (1594-1654), of St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.
: of St Nicholas, Northumb., Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WARMOUTH, Henry (1594-1654), of St Nicholas, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumb.

Will
8 Apr. 1654, cod. 11 Apr. 1654, pr. 10 June 1654.PROB11/235, f. 51v.
Estates
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
Boar’s Head Alley, Fleet Street, London (1654).PROB11/235, ff. 51v-2.
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