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GRIMSTON, Sir Harbottle (1578-1648), of Bradfield Hall, Essex.

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bap. 20 Oct. 1578, 1st s. of Edward Grimston of Rishangles, Suff. and Bradfield, master in chancery, and Joan, da. and coh. of Thomas Risby of Lavenham, Suff.Essex RO, microfiche D/P 173/1/1; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii-xiv), i. 207; J.E. Cussans, Hist. of Herts.- Hundred of Cashio (1881), 247. educ. G. Inn, 1 Nov. 1594.G. Inn Admiss. 86. m. bef. 1601 (with £1,000), Elizabeth (d. 1649), da. of Ralph Copinger of Allhallows, Hoo, Kent, and sole surv. h. of Ambrose Copinger of Allhallows, 6s (5 d.v.p.) inc. Harbottle*, 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis. Essex, i. 207; Cussans, Herts. 247; S. Lewis, The Hist. and Topography of the Par. of St Mary, Islington (Islington, 1842), 204. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130. suc. fa. 16 Aug. 1610;Cussans, Herts. 247. cr. bt. 25 Nov. 1611.CB. d. 19 Feb. 1648.Essex RO, microfiche D/P 173/1/1; N. King, The Grimstons of Gorhambury (Chichester, 1983), 10.
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Local: j.p. Essex 1611 – 23 June 1627, 1628 – d.; Suff. by 1614 – ?; Harwich 1618 – ?; Mdx. by Dec. 1637–?C181/2, f. 319v; C231/4, ff. 71, 228, 260; Coventry Docquets, 61; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 502–10; C66/1988; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 515. Capt. militia ft. Essex 1613–19.Maynard Lieut. Bk. 15–16, 46, 141, 348; Herts. RO, IX.A.8. Commr. sewers, 1614, 15 Jan. 1641;C181/2, f. 214v; C181/5, f. 187. Essex and Suff. 1617;C181/2, f. 272. Colchester 1618.C181/2, f. 308. Sheriff, Essex 1614–15.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. Soc. ix), 46. Commr. repair of highways, 1615, 1622;C181/2, f. 225v; C181/3, f. 68v. highways and bridges, 1618;C181/2, f. 318v. subsidy, Harwich 1621 – 22, 1624; Essex 1622, 1624, 1625, 1641;C212/22/20–21; C212/22/23; SR. gaol delivery, Colchester 1624-aft. Sept. 1641;C181/3, ff. 135v, 216v; C181/4, ff. 6v, 202; C181/5, ff. 56v, 212. Essex 4 July 1644-aft. June 1645.C181/5, ff. 238, 254. Dep. lt. 1625–6.Maynard Lieut. Bk. 15–16, 46, 141, 348; Herts. RO, IX.A.8. Jt. treas. construction of Landguard Fort, Suff. and repair of Harwich defences, 1625–6.AO1/2519/595. Commr. Forced Loan, Essex 1626–7; Maldon 1627;Bodl. Firth c.4, p. 257; C193/12/2, f. 80v. oyer and terminer, Essex 1629, 25 July 1640-aft. June 1645;C181/4, ff. 1v; C181/5, ff. 183v, 254. Home circ. 1630-aft. Jan. 1642;C181/4, ff. 60v, 198v; C181/5, ff. 8v, 222. repair of St Paul’s Cathedral, Essex 1633;GL, 25475/1, f. 9. charitable uses, 1637;C192/1. further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641;SR. perambulation, Waltham Forest, Essex 27 Aug. 1641;C181/5, f. 208. contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. array, ?July 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. care of Landguard Fort by 12 Apr. 1643;CJ iii. 41b. additional ord. for levying of money, Essex 1 June 1643.A. and O. Member, Essex co. cttee. by Sept. 1643.SP28/227: warrant, 16 Aug. 1643. Commr. Eastern Assoc. Essex 20 Sept. 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645;LJ vii. 468a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646.A. and O.

Religious: elder, Essex classis, 1646–d.H. Smith, ‘Presbyterian organisation of Essex’, Essex Review, xxviii. 16.

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GRIMSTON, Sir Harbottle, 1st Bt. (c.1578-1648), of Bradfield Hall, Essex
: Essex.
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Likenesses: oils, unknown, 1625.Gorhambury, Herts.

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GRIMSTON, Sir Harbottle (1578-1648), of Bradfield Hall, Essex.

Will
16 Aug. 1641, pr. 17 Mar. 1648.PROB11/203/554; Herts. RO, IX.A.13.
Estates
sold land at Tendring and Little Bentley, Essex, and Thorndon and Aspall, Suff. to Sir George Croke†, 1629; bought land at Ramsey, Essex, from 1st earl of Monmouth (Robert Carey†), 1635.Coventry Docquets, 582, 583, 676.
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WEAVER, Edmund (1611-c.72), of Above Eign, Hereford and the Inner Temple.

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bap. 3 Mar. 1611, 1st. s. of Richard Weaver* and Catherine, da. of Edmund Fox of Leighton Court, Much Cowarne, Herefs.Much Cowarne par. reg. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 20 June 1628; I. Temple 30 Oct. 1629, called 21 May 1637.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. 17 Feb. 1633, Mary, da. of Ambrose Elton of the Hasles, Ledbury, 2s. suc. fa. 16 May 1642. d. c. 1672.Robinson, Mansions and Manors, 17, 18; Vis. Herefs. 1634 (Harl. Soc. n.s. xv), 69; W.R. Williams, Parl. Hist. County of Hereford (1896), 90.
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Local: commr. enquiry, Hereford 21 Apr. 1641;C181/5, p. 390. charitable uses, Herefs. 21 Dec. 1647;C93/20/11. assessment, 17 Mar. 1648.A. and O.

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WEAVER, Edmund (1611-c.72), of Above Eign, Hereford and the Inner Temple.
: Hereford and the Inner Temple.
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WEAVER, Edmund (1611-c.72), of Above Eign, Hereford and the Inner Temple.

Will
admon. 11 Mar. 1672.Herefs. RO, wills database.
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CROWTHER, William (1591-c.1658), of London and Wormsley Grange, Herefs.

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bap. 26 Jan. 1591, 2nd s. of Edward Crowther of Ludlow, Salop (bur. 15 Feb. 1624) and Ann (bur. 3 Nov. 1637), da. of one Beale.Salop Par. Regs. Ludlow, 6, 98, 104, 329, 361. educ. appr. to Matthew Brome, citizen and Haberdasher 6 June 1605; freeman 12 June 1612.GL, MS 15860/3, unfol.; 15857, f. 166v. unm. d. bef. 29 May 1658.PROB11/276/760.
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Local: j.p. Herefs. 15 Aug. 1644–d.Add. 70108, misc. 41. Commr. assessment, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648;A. and O. Herefs. militia, 23 May 1648;LJ x. 277a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for excise, 5 Jan. 1648;CJ v. 416b; LJ ix. 639b. cttee. for indemnity, 19 Jan. 1648.CJ v. 327b; LJ ix. 669a.

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CROWTHER, William (1591-c.1658), of London and Wormsley Grange, Herefs.
: Herefs.
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CROWTHER, William (1591-c.1658), of London and Wormsley Grange, Herefs.

Will
9 Sept. 1653, pr. 29 May 1658.PROB11/276/760.
Estates
site of Wormsley priory, Herefs. bought in 1629 and bequeathed in 1653 to his nephew; also bought lands in King’s Pyon from Thomas Tomkins*.
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OWEN, Henry (d. 1660?), of Doneda, co. Kildare.

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m. Margaret, 3rd da. of Sir William Peirce of Tristernagh, co. Westmeath, d.s.p.NLI, MS 2563, unfol.; Lodge, Peerage, ii. 116n.
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Military: ?maj. (parlian.) regt. of Lord Castlestuart at Trim, co. Meath 1648;TCD, MS 844, f. 48v. capt. of horse, regt. of John Reynolds*, ? May 1649 – Jan. 1650; maj. Jan. 1650-Feb. 1658.Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 193, 222–3, 246. Gov. Maryborough, Queen’s County Mar. 1651.Ludlow, Mems. i. 262. Maj. of horse, regt. of Oliver Cromwell* (later Richard Cromwell*), c.Feb. 1658-July 1659.SP28/70, f. 258; Regimental Hist. ii. 594; Wanklyn, New Model Army, ii. 245–6.

Irish: commr. high ct. of justice, Dublin 30 Dec. 1652.TCD, MS 844, f. 136. Sheriff, Queen’s Co. 26 Jan. 1653.Eg. 1762, f. 60. Commr. appeals on Kilkenny articles, 15 July 1653;TCD, MS 844, f. 158. assessment, co. Tipperary, King’s and Queen’s Cos. 16 Oct. 1654, 12 Jan. 1655; Queen’s Co. 24 June 1657.An Assessment for Ire. (Dublin, 1654, 1655, 1657). Agent for army, pre-1649 arrears, July 1655.W. Petty, Down Survey (Dublin, 1851), 76. Commr. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. poll money, co. Kildare 24 Apr. 1660.Irish Census, 1659, 621.

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OWEN, Henry (d. 1660?), of Doneda, co. Kildare.
: of Doneda, co. Kildare.
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OWEN, Henry (d. 1660?), of Doneda, co. Kildare.

Will
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resident at Doneda, Ikeathy barony, co. Kildare, in 1659.Irish Census, 1659, 405.
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PUREFOY, William I (c.1584-1659), of Caldecote, Warws.

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b. c. 1584, 1st. s. of Francis Purefoy of Caldecote. and Eleanor, da. of John Baskerville of Curdworth.C142/680/9; Harl. 1047, ff. 48v, 49; Vis. Warws. 1619 (Harl. Soc. xii), 255. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1598, ?BA Pembroke Coll. Camb. 1603-4; G. Inn, 1599; ?travelled abroad (Geneva), 1612.Al. Cant.; G. Inn ms Admittance Bk. 1581-1649, p. 463; W. Dugdale, A Short View of the Late Troubles in England (Oxford, 1681), 19. m. 1 Jan. 1609 (with £1,000) Joan, wid. of George Abbot of York (d. 6 Nov. 1607), da. of Aleyn Penkeston of York, s.p.St Michael-le-Belfry, York par. reg.; St Martin, Coney St. York, par. reg.; Vis. Warws. 1619 (Harl. Soc. xii), 255; C142/373/45; C142/680/9; Borthwick, will of George Abbotte, 8 Oct. 1607. suc. fa. 1613, grandfa. 1615.C142/680/9. d. 8 Sept. 1659.Al. Cant.
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Local: ?muster-master, Warws., Coventry 1617-aft. 1622.Coventry Archives, BA/H/C/20/2, pp. 157, 183. Commr mines dispute, Bedworth, Warws. 1624.APC 1623–5, pp. 210–11. Sheriff, Warws. 1630–1.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 147. J.p 1632–d.C231/5, p. 86. Commr. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 1635–8;C181/4, f. 199v; C181/5, f. 91. assessment, Warws. 1642,SR. 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649; Warws. and Coventry 21 Feb. 1645, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E1062.28).. Dep. lt. Warws. by 21 June 1642–?CJ ii. 635a. Commr. for Warws. and Coventry, assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 31 Dec. 1642; sequestration, Warws. 27 Mar. 1643; leving of money, Warws. and Coventry 7 May, 3 Aug 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. gaol delivery, Warwick, Coventry 15 Apr. 1645;C181/5, f. 251. militia, Warws. and Coventry 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Leics. 26 July 1659; oyer and terminer, Midland circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 14, 371. ejecting scandalous ministers, Warws. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for examinations, 24 Feb. 1642, 16 Oct. 1644;CJ ii. 452b; iii. 666b. cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ ii. 866a; vi. 110a, 113b. cttee. for plundered ministers, 9 Aug. 1644.CJ iii. 585a. Commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644.A. and O. Member, cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645, 29 May 1649.A. and O.; CJ vi. 219b. Commr. to Scots army, 12 July 1645.LJ vii. 495a. Member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 21 Mar. 1646.LJ viii. 225a, 225b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648; high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649;A. and O. for compounding, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Member, cttee. for the army, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 113b; A. and O. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649; cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649; cttee. of navy and customs, 10 Feb., 29 May 1649.CJ vi. 137b, 219b. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb., 24 Nov. 1651, 24 Nov. 1652.A. and O.; CJ vi. 141a, 362b, 532a; vii. 42a, 220a. Member, Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649;CJ vi. 266b. cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656;A. and O. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

Military: ?col. militia horse, Warws. June 1642. Col. of horse and dragoons (parlian.), army of 3rd earl of Essex, 6 Mar. 1643–14 May 1645.CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 449; CJ iv. 204a. Col. militia horse and ft. Warws. 27 June 1650–?d.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 507.

Civic: recorder, Coventry 24 Mar. 1652–d.Coventry RO, BA/H/C/17/2, f. 103v.

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PUREFOY, William (c.1584-1659), of Caldecote, Warws.
: of Caldecote, Warws.
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PUREFOY, William I (c.1584-1659), of Caldecote, Warws.

Will
9 Aug. 1659, pr. 20 May 1661.PROB11/304, f. 177.
Estates
Manor of Caldecote, Warws. Bought manors of Bishop’s Itchington, Tachbrooke, Chadshunt and Gaydon, Warws. confiscated from bishop of Lichfield, c.1650.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 527. Awarded £1,000 from delinquents’ estates, 13 Sept.1649, for royalist damage to Caldecote.CJ vi. 294b. Bought fee farm rents of manors of Curdworth, Ettington and Newbold, Warws. with Abraham Boune, for £479 18s 9d, 3 Dec. 1650, probably on behalf of city of Coventry.E308/7, pt. 1, f. 253.
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Presented Richard Vines to Caldecote vicarage, 10 June 1630;Dugdale, Warws. ii. 1100. recommended Daniel Eyres to Whitnash, Warws. 24 Apr. 1650; Francis Reynolds to Bishampton, Worcs. 1 Aug. 1650; Henry Perise to Claybrooke vicarage, Leics. 14 Dec. 1652; Joseph Fisher to Lilleshall, Salop, 18 Dec. 1652;Add. 36792, ff.. 9v, 14v, 58, 58v. Nathaniel Stephens to Drayton, Leics. 1659.DNB. sub Stephens.
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LUDLOWE, Edmund II (c.1617-92), of Maiden Bradley, Wilts.

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b. c. 1617, 1st s. of Sir Henry Ludlowe* of Maiden Bradley and Elizabeth (d. 1660), da. of Richard Phelips of Whitchurch, Dorset.Ludlow, Mems. i. app. i. educ. Blandford, Dorset;P. Fisher, ‘Ode’ to Ludlowe, Veni, vidi, vici the triumph of the most excellent and illustrious Oliver Cromwell (1652). Trinity, Oxf. 10 Sept. 1634, ‘aged 17’; BA 14 Nov. 1636;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 13 June 1638-summer 1642.I. Temple database; Ludlow, Mems. i. 39. m. ?1649, Elizabeth (d. 8 Feb. 1702), da. of William Thomas of Wenvoe, Glam. d.s.p. Ludlow, Mems. i. pp. xvii, liv, app. i. suc. fa. bef. 1 Nov. 1643.Wilts. Arch. Mag. xxvi. 173. d. Nov. 1692.Ludlow, Voyce, p. vii; MI, St Martin, Vevey, Switzerland.
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Military: trooper (parlian.), lifeguard of 3rd earl of Essex, 1642. Capt. of horse, regt. of Sir Edward Hungerford*, 10 Apr. 1643 – 5 Apr. 1644; capt. of ft. 3 May 1643–3 Apr. 1644.CJ vi. 508b. Gov. Wardour Castle 3 May 1643–2 Mar. 1644.CJ vi. 509. Capt. and maj. regt. of Sir Arthur Hesilrige*, army of Sir William Waller*, 10 May-22 July 1644; col. 30 July 1644–2 Apr. 1645.CJ vi. 508b. Col. militia horse, Wilts. 10 Apr. 1650.CSP Dom. 1650, p. 506. Lt.-gen. of horse, army in Ireland, 2 July 1650;CJ vi. 435a ; Eg. 1048, f. 192. c.-in-c. 9, 18 July 1659;CJ vii. 710b, 722b. col. of ft. 9 June, 18 July 1659.CJ vii. 677b, 722b.

Local: sheriff, Wilts. by 6 July 1644-Oct. 1645.Mercurius Aulicus no. 27 (30 June-6 July 1644), 1070 (E.2.30); Ludlow, Mems. i. 459–61; CJ iv. 323b, 324a. Commr. defence of Wilts. 15 July 1644;LJ vi. 637. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, ? 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.A. and O. J.p. 9 May 1646–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, p. 45; C193/13/3, f. 68v; C193/13/4, f. 108v; C193/13/5, f. 115v. Mdx. 3 Apr. 1649-bef. Oct. 1653.C231/6, p. 148; C193/13/3, f. 42; C193/13/4, f. 61v. Commr. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650;Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660.C181/6, ff. 9, 308, 377.

Central: commr. exclusion from sacrament, 3 June 1646;CJ iv. 563a. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 112b. Derby House cttee. 6 Jan. 1649;CJ vi. 113b. cttee. for indemnity, 6 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 113b. Commr. removing obstructions, sales of bishops’ lands, 17 Jan. 1649.CJ vi. 120b. Cllr. of state, 17 Feb. 1649;CJ vi. 141a. 12 Feb. 1650;CJ vi. 363a. 19 May 1659.CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 349. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Commr. for compounding, 2 Nov. 1649;CJ vi. 318a. for Ireland, 2 July 1650,CJ vi. 435a. 24 Aug. 1652;CJ vii. 167a, 167b. 7 July 1659.CJ vii. 707a. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 19 Sept. 1650;CJ vi. 469b. cttee. for the army, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 26 Jan. 1659.CJ vii. 593a. Member, cttee. of safety, 7 May, 26 Oct. 1659.CJ vii. 646a. Commr. for nominating army officers, 13 May 1659;CJ vii. 651a. for governing army, 12 Oct. 1659.CJ vii. 796a.

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LUDLOW, Edmund (c.1617-92), of South Court, Maiden Bradley, Wilts.
: Wilts.
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Likenesses: plumbago on vellum, R. White, 1689;Yale Center for British Art. line engraving, ?R. White, 1698.BM; NPG.

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LUDLOWE, Edmund II (c.1617-92), of Maiden Bradley, Wilts.

Will
attainted, 1660.E178/6519.
Estates
manor of Maiden Bradley at d. of father, aft. Nov. 1643; lease of Maiden Bradley rectory ‘worth £100’.CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 343. Purchases of former dean and chapter lands: palace of bishop of Salisbury and 6 acres, for £899 2s; manor of Potterne, for £43 17s 4d; manor and advowson of (East) Knoyle, for £4668 12s 7d; manor of Tregoss and Pennon, Glam. for £290 15s 8d.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 44; LPL MS 1162/7, ff. 215v-17. Grant of forfeited estate at Monkstown, Co. Cork, Ireland.Ludlow, Mems. i. 381, 543-4.
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VASSALL, Samuel (1586-1667), of St Mary Axe, London.

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bap. 5 June 1586, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Vassall (d. 1625), mariner, of Ratcliff, Mdx. and his 2nd w. Anna Russell, also of Ratcliff.C.M. Calder, John Vassall and his Descendants (1920), 5; PROB11/146/473; GLRO, St Dunstan’s, Stepney par. reg. educ. appr. Drapers’ Co. 16 Jan. 1604. m. 28 June 1612, Frances, da. of Abraham Cartwright, merchant of London, 8s. (6 d.v.p.) 4da. (3 d.v.p.).Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 308; GL. MS 4109/1-2; Calder, Vassall, 7; St Olave, Hart Street (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 33; W. Vassall, Vassall Pedigree, 1500-1890 (1890), 1, 8-9. d. 1667.
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Civic: freeman, Drapers’ Co. 18 Mar. 1611; liveryman, 1619 – 36; third warden, 1636 – 37; member of ct. 1636 – 59; master, 1645–6.Johnson, Drapers iv. 412, 417, 452, 467; E.J. Creek, ‘Life and Times of Samuel Vassall’ (typescript, 1975, GL B/V 337), 12.

Local: member, Hon. Artillery Coy. 8 Feb. 1614;Ancient Vellum Bk., 20. ct. of requests, London 28 Sept. 1629.CLRO, Rep. 43, f. 302. Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1641, 21 Feb. 1645, 16 Feb. 1648;SR; A. and O. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; customs, 25 Feb 1660.A. and O.

Mercantile: asst. Levant Co. 1620, 1625, 1628, 1640;SP105/148, ff. 122, 181; SP105/149, f. 377. asst. Massachusetts Bay Co. 1629.F. Rose-Troup, Massachusetts Bay Co. (New York, 1930), 156.

Central: recvr. subsidy, 1641; asssesment, 1642.SR. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. 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. 378b. cttee. for Irish affairs, 3 Sept. 1642;CJ ii. 750b. cttee. of safety, 12 Sept. 1642.CJ ii. 763a. Commr. for navy, 15 Sept. 1642.A. and O. Member, cttee. for advance of money, 26 Nov. 1642.CJ ii. 866a; CCAM, 1, 14. Commr. conserving peace betw. England and Scotland, 20 May 1643, 7 July 1646, 28 Oct. 1647.LJ vi. 55b; viii. 411a; ix. 500a. Member, cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643;A. and O. cttee. for foreign affairs, 24 July 1644;CJ iii. 568a; LJ vi. 640b. cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645;A. and O. cttee. for powder, match and bullet, 30 June 1645.LJ vii. 468a. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 30 Nov. 1646;A. and O. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Mar. 1648.CJ v. 476b; LJ x. 88b.

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VASSALL, Samuel (1586-1667), of St Mary Axe, London.
: of St Mary Axe, London.
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Web Title

VASSALL, Samuel (1586-1667), of St Mary Axe, London.

Will
admon. Oct.-Nov. 1667.PROB6/42, ff. 136v, 142.
Estates
jt.-owner of tenth of Massachusetts plantation, c.1629;Pearl, London, 190. manor of Bedale, Yorks, acquired on m.; houses in St Mary Axe, London, bef. 1656.Vassall, Vassall Pedigree, 1; Calder, Vassall, 6.
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ABBOT, George II (1604-49), of Caldecote and Baddesley Ensor, Warws.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 13 Mar. 1604, o.s. of George Abbot of York and Joan, da. of Aleyn Penkeston of St Mary Bishophill Junior, York. suc. fa. 6 Nov. 1607. unm. d. 21 Feb. 1649.Dugdale, Warws. ii. 1099; St Mary Bishophill Junior, York par. reg; St Martin Coney St., York par. reg.; St Michael le Belfry, York par. reg.; Borthwick, will of George Abbotte, 8 Oct. 1607; C142/373/45; VCH Warws. iv, 40-2.
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Local: commr. for Warws. and Coventry, assoc. of Staffs. and Warws. 31 Dec. 1642; assessment, Warws. 2 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Warws. and Coventry 21 Feb 1645; sequestration, Warws. 27 Mar. 1643;A. and O. accts. of assessment, 3 May 1643;LJ vi. 29a. levying of money, Coventry 7 May; Warws. and Coventry 3 Aug 1643; New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; militia, 2 Dec. 1648.A. and O.

Central: member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 15 May 1646.CJ iv. 545b. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O.

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ABBOT, George II (1604-49), of Caldecote and Baddesley Ensor, Warws.
: Warws.
Likenesses

MI: Caldecote church, south side of chancel.Dugdale, Warws. ii. 1099.

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Will
25 Sept. 1647, pr. 21 Apr. 1649.PROB11/207, f. 405v.
Estates
at d. house and lands at Baddesley Ensor; house at Coney St. York; house and lands at Cornborough, Sheriff Hutton, Yorks. N. Riding.PROB11/207, f. 405v.
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BALDWIN, John (d. 1691), of Wendover, Bucks. and Hillingdon, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
?1st s. of Thomas Baldwin of Cholesbury, Bucks.M. Temple Admiss. i. 140 educ. ?M. Temple 28 Apr. 1642.M. Temple Admiss. i. 140; MTR ii. 921. m. (1) 8 Sept. 1656, Elizabeth Axtell, 6s. d.v.p. 5da. (4 );PROB11/406/495; Hillingdon par. reg. (2) Mary, s.p.PROB11/406/495. bur. 9 Nov. 1691 9 Nov. 1691.Hillingdon par. reg.
Offices Held

Household: servant to John Hampden* by June 1636-Nov. 1642.PROB11/200/541; SP28/3a, f. 157. Sec. to Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, by Oct. 1642-aft Apr. 1645.SP28/2b, f. 456; Luke Letter Bks. 249.

Central: clerk to parlian. commrs. negotiating with Scots commrs. by July 1642.CJ ii. 657a. Gent. porter, Tower of London, Sept. 1645-July 1660.CJ iv. 265a; LJ vii. 571a; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 115.

Military: sec. to council of war by July-aft. Dec. 1644.SP28/17, f. 74; SP28/21, f. 170.

Local: commr. assessment, Hunts. 23 June 1647; Mdx. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 28 Aug. 1654, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1664, 1679, 1689; Bucks. 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660. 25 June 1649 – July 1660A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p.; Mdx. Sept. 1651-July 1660.C231/6, pp. 159, 224, 384, 386; A Perfect List (1660). Surveyor, Westminster chapter lands 1649–50.SP18/11, ff. 103, 115. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. by Jan. 1654–10 Nov. 1655;C181/6, pp. 4, 64. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mdx. and Westminster 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Recvr.-gen. of decimations by Jan.-aft. May 1656.TSP iv. 406, 771. Commr. sewers, London 13 Aug. 1657;C181/6, p. 258. militia, Bucks. 26 July 1659; Mdx. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. poll tax, 1660.SR.

Parlimentarian
BALDWIN, John (d.1691), of Wendover, Bucks. and Hillingdon, Mdx.
: of Wendover, Bucks. and Mdx., Hillingdon.
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BALDWIN, John (d. 1691), of Wendover, Bucks. and Hillingdon, Mdx.

Will
28 Jan. 1689, pr. 28 Oct. 1691.PROB11/406/495.
Estates
owned land at Hillingdon, Mdx. and Langley Marsh, Bucks.; bought manor of Wendover, Bucks. by 1648; sold it to Richard Hampden*, 1660.Bucks. RO, D/X 986/2; VCH Bucks. iii. 25; Lipscombe, Buckingham, ii. 476.
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SKIPPON, Philip (c.1598-1660), of Foulsham, Norf. and later of Acton, Mdx.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c. 1598, 1st s. of Luke Skippon of West Lexham, Norf. and his w. Anne.C142/773, no. 171; ‘Skippon fam.’, Misc. Gen. et Her. n.s. i. 37; I. Pells, ‘Philip Skippon: the Norf. genesis of a parliamentary general’, Norf. Arch. xlvii. 209. m. (1) 14 May 1622, Maria Comes (d. 24 Jan. 1656) of Frankenthal, Lower Palatinate, 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da.;‘Skippon fam.’, 38-9; St Mary, Acton par. reg. (2) 25 Aug. 1657, Katherine, wid. of Sir Richard Philipps, 2nd bt. of Picton Castle, Pembs. and da. of Daniel Oxenbridge, physician, of Daventry, Northants. and London, s.p.Clarke Pprs. iii. 118. suc. fa. 1638.C142/773, no. 171. d. 28 June 1660.C5/410/87.
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Military: served abroad c.1615–?Du Praissac, The Art of Warre, trans. J. Cruso (Cambridge, 1639), sig. O2. Ammunition master, regt. of Sir Horace Vere, Palatinate 1620–?1623.E101/612/73. Sgt.-maj. Frankenthal garrison, ?1622.Ancient Vellum Bk. 3. Lt. Utd. Provinces by 1625; capt. 1627.SP84/127, ff. 25, 26v, 150v; Soc. Antiq. MS 203, f. 25; ex. info. Ismini Pells. Sgt.-maj.-gen. (parlian.) army of 3rd earl of Essex, 18 Nov. 1642-Feb. 1645;LMA, COL/CC/01/01/041, ff. 41v-42; SP28/3b, f. 423. col. of ft. Mar. 1644.CJ iii. 421b; M. Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army (Solihull, 2015–16), i. 147. Sgt.-maj.-gen. New Model army, 17 Feb. 1645;A. and O. col. 2nd regt. of ft. Mar. 1645 – Feb. 1649; Bristol regt. 1645-Feb. 1649.LMA, COL/CC/01/01/041, f. 13v; Temple, ‘Original officer list’, 55; Wanklyn, Reconstructing the New Model Army, i. 44, 85, 157. Gov. Bristol Sept. 1645-Oct. 1649;CJ iv. 274a; A. and O.; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 433. Newcastle-upon-Tyne 11 Dec. 1646-Aug. 1647.CJ v. 10a; Firth and Davies, Regimental Hist. ii. 432. Field marshal, army in Ireland 29 Apr.-aft. July 1647.CJ v. 133b, 156a, 256b. Maj.-gen. London 18 May 1648, 25 June 1650, 9 Aug. 1655–1657, 7 July 1659 – ?Feb. 1660; Mdx. 9 Aug.-Oct. 1655.CJ v. 563b-564a; vi. 431a; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 275; TSP iii. 701; CJ vii. 707a.

Local: capt.-leader, Hon. Artillery Coy. Oct. 1639 – Apr. 1645; cdr. and capt.-gen. Mar. 1655–?d.LMA, COL/CA/01/01/057, f. 328; G.A. Raikes, Hist. of the Hon. Artillery Co. (1878–9), i. 95–6, 151, 157n; Ancient Vellum Bk. 3; TSP iii. 318. Sgt.-maj.-gen. London trained bands, 12 Feb. 1642–3 Mar. 1660.LMA, COL/CC/01/01/041, f. 20; Raikes, Hist. of the Hon. Artillery Co. i. 165–6. Commr. London militia, 12 Feb., 29 Mar. 1642, 4 May, 23 July, 2 Sept. 1647, 17 Jan. 1649, 15 Feb. 1655. 21 Dec. 1644 – d.CJ ii. 428a; LJ iv. 578a; A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 43. J.p. Norf.; Bucks. by Feb. 1650 – d.; Devon June 1650 – d.; Mdx. Oct. 1653–d.;C231/6, pp. 8, 192, 273; C181/6, p. 73; A Perfect List (1660). Thetford 20 Nov. 1654.C181/6, p. 73. Commr. New Model ordinance, Norf. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, 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; Devon 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Mdx. and Westminster 16 Feb. 1648; Bucks., Mdx. 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Westminster 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). commr. for Bristol, 28 Oct. 1645; martial law in London, 3 Apr. 1646; Tower Hamlets militia, 8 Jan. 1648, 23 May 1649; militia, Norf. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Mdx. 12 Mar. 1660;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). Southwark militia, July 1649.A. and O. Gov. Charterhouse, London 1653–60.The Cromwellian Collection (1905), 11; Al. Carth. 25–8. Commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. by Feb. 1654–d.;C181/6, pp. 16, 378. Thetford 21 Sept. 1654;C181/6, p. 66. Mdx. 10 Nov. 1655–d.;C181/6, pp. 128, 327. London 17 May 1656–19 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 159, 352. ejecting scandalous ministers, Bucks. Mdx., London, Norf. 28 Aug. 1654; almshouses of Windsor, 2 Sept. 1654;A. and O. gaol delivery, Thetford 16 Nov. 1654;C181/6, p. 71. Newgate gaol 17 May 1656–19 May 1659;C181/6, pp. 159, 352. charitable uses, London Oct. 1655;Publick Intelligencer no. 7 (12–19 Nov. 1655), 97–8 (E.489.15). securing peace of commonwealth, 25 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 238. sewers, Mdx. and Westminster 7 July 1657–d.;C181/6, pp. 243, 398. Deeping and Gt. Level 20 Dec. 1658–d.C181/6, p. 338. Custos rot. Norf. 1658–d.Norf. QSOB, 5; A Perfect List (1660). Commr. City of London militia, 7 July 1659.A. and O.

Civic: freeman, London 8 Jan. 1642; Bristol 4 Feb. 1651; King’s Lynn 21 July 1654.CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 249; Bristol RO, 04264/5, p. 17; King’s Lynn Borough Archives, KL/C7/10, f. 424v.

Central: commr. ct. martial, 16 Aug. 1644. Member, Derby House cttee. of Irish affairs, 29 Apr. 1647;CJ v. 157a; LJ ix. 158b. cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647;A. and O. Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.LJ x. 295b. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Cllr. of state, 13 Feb. 1649, 13 Feb. 1650, 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652, 20 Dec. 1653.A. and O.; CJ vii. 221a; CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 300. Member, cttee. of navy and customs, 29 May 1649; cttee. for excise, 29 May 1649;CJ vi. 219b. cttee. regulating universities, 9 Apr. 1651.CJ vi. 557b.

Mercantile: member, Soc. of Merchant Venturers, Bristol 17 Feb. 1651.Bristol RO, Soc. of MVs, Merchants' Hall Bk. of Proceedings, 1639–70, p. 189.

Parlimentarian
SKIPPON, Philip (c.1598-1660), of Foulsham, Norf. and later of Acton, Mdx.
: of Foulsham, Norf. and later of Acton, Mdx.
Likenesses

Likenesses: line engraving, unknown, 1646;J. Ricraft, A perfect List of all the Victories (1646, 669.f.10.79). line engraving, unknown, 1647;J. Ricraft, A Survey of Englands Champions (1647), opp. 55. line engraving, unknown, 1647.J. Vicars, England’s Worthies (1647), 50.

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SKIPPON, Philip (c.1598-1660), of Foulsham, Norf. and later of Acton, Mdx.

Will
21 Feb. 1660, pr. 25 Oct. 1660.PROB11/300/399.
Estates
inherited lands at Foulsham, Norf. 1634;PROB11/165/126; PROB11/165/208. owned house in St Bartholomew the Great, London, 1645;[J. Vicars], England’s Worthies (1647), 57. granted house by Parliament in Long Acre 1645;CJ v. 428b, 430b. bought episcopal manors of Neateshead and Shottisham, Norf. 1648;Coll. Top. et Gen. i. 284. bought episcopal manor of North Walsham, Norf. by 1650;Norf. RO, BL/O/L/33-4. he and John Moyle II* bought manor of Bonyalva, St Germans, Cornw. for £719 8s 9d, 1650;E121/1/6, f. 9; E320/D41; I.J. Gentles, ‘The debentures market and military purchases of crown lands’, London PhD thesis, 1969, 335. granted lands at Whaddon and Bletchley, Bucks. 1651;VCH Bucks. iii. 437, 466-7. owned Acton House, Acton, Mdx. by 1653.VCH Mdx. vii. 21-2.
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