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SOTHERTON, Thomas (1602-aft. 1665), of Hellesdon, Norf.

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bap. 20 July 1602, 1st s. of Matthew Sotherton of Hellesdon and his 2nd w. Katherine Richman.Hellesdon par. reg.; Norf. Peds. ed P. Palgrave-Moore (Norf. and Norwich Gen. Soc. xiii. 1981), 160. m. bef.1628, Cecily, da. of Thomas Corbett of Sprowston, Norf., 1s. 4da.Norf. Peds. 39, 160. suc. fa. 1608.Norf. Peds. 160. d. aft. 1665.C7/323/41.
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Local: commr. assessment, Norf. 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, 9 June 1657; sequestration, 27 Mar. 1643.A. and O. Dep. lt. May 1643–?CJ iii. 80a; LJ vi. 42a. Commr. levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Eastern Assoc. 10 Aug., 20 Sept. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234v, 261. Norf. circ. June 1660–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 380. gaol delivery, Norf. 3 July 1644-aft. Sept. 1645;C181/5, ff. 234v, 261. New Model ordinance, 17 Feb. 1645; commr. I. of Ely, 12 Aug. 1645.A. and O. Recvr. crown revenues, Norf. and Hunts. by Oct. 1647.LJ ix. 508b. J.p. Norf. by Feb. 1650–6. Commr. sewers, Norwich 13 Oct. 1655;C181/6, p. 127. Norf. and Suff. 26 June 1658, 16 Feb. 1659.C181/6, pp. 292, 343.

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SOTHERTON, Thomas (1602-aft. 1665), of Hellesdon, Norf.
: of Hellesdon, Norf.
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SOTHERTON, Thomas (1602-aft. 1665), of Hellesdon, Norf.

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inherited lands at Hellesdon;Norf. Peds. 160. owned a house in Norwich, 1644.Add. 22619, f. 43.
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NICHOLAS, John (c.1620-aft.1681), of Chepstow Castle, Mon.

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b. c. 1620, yr. s. of Andrew Nicholas of Llansoy and Elizabeth (d. 1630), sis. of William Jones of Usk.PROB11/241, f. 134 (Philip Nicholas); PROB11/273, f. 199 (William Jones); Bradney, Mon. ii (pt. 2), 224. m. bef. 1654, ?Catherine, da. of Roger Whitstone of Whittlesea, Camb., at least 1da.I. Waters, Chepstow Parish Records (Chepstow, 1955), 17. d. aft. Sept. 1682.CSP Dom. 1682, p. 405.
Offices Held

Military: lt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of John Lambert* by Mar. 1647; capt. of ft. regt. of Sir William Constable* 23 Dec. 1647;Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LXVII, f. 7; Wanklyn, New Model Army, i. 118. capt. of ft. brigade of Thomas Horton by May 1648.Letters and Speeches of Oliver Cromwell ed. T. Carlyle, S.C. Lomas (3 vols. 1903), i. 316–7, iii. 253. Gov. Chepstow Castle by 22 July 1648–60.SP28/55, f. 218; CSP Dom. 1654, p. 52. Capt. militia, Mon. by July 1655-aft. June 1656.SP25/77, pp. 872, 895. Dep. maj.-gen. S. Wales and Mon. Jan. 1656–7.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 102. Cdr. militia, Mon. July 1659.CSP Dom. 1659–60, p. 16.

Local: commr. assessment, Mon. 7 Dec.1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28). propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650.A. and O. J.p. Mon. 5 Mar. 1650-Mar. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 360–2. Commr. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651.CJ vi. 591b. Judge, relief of poor prisoners, Mon. 5 Oct. 1653. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Mon., S. Wales 28 Aug. 1654. by 1655 – ?60A. and O. Recvr.-gen. S. Wales; Worcs. by 1659–?60.SP28/189, pt. 4; CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 73; A Narrative of the Late Parliament (1658), 17 (E.935.5); CCC 3249. Commr. militia, Mon. 14 Mar. 1655, 26 July 1659; S. Wales 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16v; A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 102. Steward, Severn conservation ct. 1656–7.CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 396.

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NICHOLAS, John (c.1620-aft.1681), of Chepstow Castle, Mon.
: of Chepstow Castle, Mon.
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NICHOLAS, John (c.1620-aft.1681), of Chepstow Castle, Mon.

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YONGE, Philip (1620-76), of Caynton, Edgmond, Salop.

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bap. 1 June 1620, 1st s. of William Yonge of Caynton and Elizabeth, da. of Roger Gough of Worcester.Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, xi. 141; Vis. Salop. 1623, ii. (Harl. Soc. xxix), 520. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 6 Nov. 1635; I Temple ?1648.Al. Ox.; I. Temple database. m. Margaret (bur. 27 Sept. 1707), da. of Sir Henry Mackworth of Normanton, Rutland, 4s. 3da.T. Blore, Hist. and Antiq. of Rutland (1811), 128; PROB11/352/412. suc. fa. 1647.PROB6/23, p.4. bur. 13 May 1676.Blore, Rutland, 128.
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Legal: called, I. Temple 12 May 1648.I. Temple database. V.-chamberlain, co. palatine of Chester 1654–?60.Williams, Hist. Gt. Sessions in Wales, 75.

Local: j.p. Salop by Feb. 1650-bef. Oct. 1660. Commr. assessment, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. June 1659–10 July 1660;C181/6, p. 375. militia, Salop 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O.

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YONGE, Philip (1620-76), of Caynton, Edgmond, Salop.
: Edgmond, Salop.
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YONGE, Philip (1620-76), of Caynton, Edgmond, Salop.

Will
1 Apr. 1676, pr. 29 Nov. 1676.PROB11/352/412.
Estates
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CAREW, John (1622-60), of Bowhill, Devon.

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b. 3 July 1622, 2nd s. of Sir Richard Carew† of Antony and his second w. Grace, da. of Robert Rolle of Heanton Satchville, Devon;Oxford DNB; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 69. bro. of Thomas Carew*, and half-bro. of Alexander Carew*. educ. Gloucester Hall, Oxf. 9 Mar. 1638;Al. Ox. I. Temple, 2 Nov. 1640.I. Temple database. unm. exec. 15 Oct. 1660.Oxford DNB.
Offices Held

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 9 Sept. 1647, 6 Jan., 17 Apr. 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ v. 298b; CJ vi. 113b; A. and O. cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647.CJ v. 407a. Commr. high ct. of justice, 6 Jan. 1649. Member, cttee. for sale of bishops’ lands, 20 June 1649. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 19 Sept. 1650.CJ vi. 469b. Cllr. of state, 10 Feb. 1651, 24 Nov. 1651, 29 Apr., 9 July 1653.CJ vi. 533a; CJ vii. 42a, 283a; Clarke Pprs. iii. 4. Commr. for removing obstructions, sale of forfeited estates, 16 Feb. 1651; admlty. and navy, 10 Dec. 1652, 31 May 1659.CJ vii. 225b, 228a; A. and O.

Local: j.p. ?Devon 30 June 1649.S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon JPs’ in Devon Documents ed. T. Gray (Exeter, 1996), 161–4. Commr. militia, Cornw. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659; Devon 2 Dec. 1648; assessment, Cornw. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan. 1660; Devon 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653.A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28).

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CAREW, John (1622-60), of Bowhill, Devon.
: of Bowhill, Devon.
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CAREW, John (1622-60), of Bowhill, Devon.

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attainted.
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said to have had ‘a plentiful estate left to him by his parents’, and was also possessed of manor of Bowhill, Devon, sold to his brother Thomas Carew*, probably in later 1650s;CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 604. and purchased manors of Tregaire and Brunyere (formerly Exeter diocese), 22 Mar. 1650, for £2,329.Bodl. Rawl. B.239, p. 47.
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HARRISON, John (c.1589-1669), of St Olave, Hart Street, London, and Balls Park, Great Amwell, Herts.

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b. c. 1589, 12th s. of William Harrison of Aldcliffe, Lancaster, Lancs., and Margaret, da. of Christopher Gardiner of Urswick, Lancs.Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xv), 354; Fanshawe Mems. (1907), 21. educ. Warton g.s.;PROB11/338, f. 121v. Queen’s, Oxf. 1 July 1603, aged 14.Al. Ox. m. (1) 6 Sept. 1616, Margaret (d. 30 July 1640), da. of Robert Fanshawe of Dronfield, Derbys. 3s. (inc. William*, Richard†) d.v.p. 2da.; (2) Jan. 1646, Mary (d. 14 Feb. 1706), da. of Philip Shotbolt alias Battalion of Ardeley, Herts. 1s. 1da.Fanshawe Mems. 18, 19-20, 39; H.C. Fanshawe, Hist. of the Fanshawe Fam. (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1927), 39, 42-3, 142; St Olave, Hart Street ed. W.B. Bannerman (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 31, 32, 36, 38, 173; Madron Par. Regs. ed. G.B. Millett (Penzance, 1877), 37; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 157, 186. Kntd. 4 Jan. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 208. d. 28 Sept. 1669.Fanshawe Mems. 21.
Offices Held

Central: clerk to Sir John Wolstenholme†, c.1611–38.Fanshawe Mems. 21. Collector, pretermitted customs, outports 1620–4.E351/779–83. Farmer, sugar duties, 9 Sept. 1626–?32;E122/235/17; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 573. petty farm, 25 Mar. 1632–8, 25 Mar. 1641 – ?; gt. farm, 25 Dec. 1640–?Stowe 326, f. 100; CJ ii. 164a; R. Ashton, The Crown and the Money Market (Oxford, 1960), 105, 108, 110–1. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 5 Aug. 1642.Supra, ‘Committee of Navy and Customs’; CJ ii. 378b. Commr. customs, 20 Sept. 1660–2; farmer, 29 Sept. 1662–29 Sept. 1667.CTB i. 226, 431; iii. 252, 1127.

Mercantile: member, Virg. Co. 13 Feb. 1622–?Recs. of the Virginia Co. of London ed. S.M. Kingsbury (Washington, DC, 1906), i. 599. Treas. Fishery Co. by 8 Mar. 1637–?CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 489. Member, Co. of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa, 10 Jan. 1663–d.CSP Col. W. I. 1661–8, p. 121.

Local: j.p. Herts. 11 May 1638 – 15 July 1642, 11 Sept. 1660–d.C231/5, pp. 292, 530; C231/7, p. 38. Commr. subsidy, 1641; Lancs. 1663; further subsidy, Herts. 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642; assessment, 1642, 1664; Norf. 1664;SR. loans on Propositions, Herts. 12 July 1642;LJ v. 207b. levying of money, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. rebels’ estates (roy.), Berks., Bucks. and Oxon. 11 Jan. 1644; tendering oath of loyalty (roy.), Oxf. 12 Apr. 1645;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 128, 268. loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662.SR.

Civic: freeman, Queenborough 16 Mar. 1640–?Kent Hist. and Lib. Centre, Qb/JMs4, f. 138v.

Court: gent. of privy chamber, extraordinary, 1664–d.N. Carlisle, Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber (1829), 174.

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HARRISON, John (c.1589-1669), of St. Olave’s, Hart Street, London; later of Balls Park, Herts. and Beaumont, Lancs.
: of St Olave, Hart Street, London and Balls Park, Great Amwell, Herts.
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HARRISON, John (c.1589-1669), of St Olave, Hart Street, London, and Balls Park, Great Amwell, Herts.

Will
21 Sept. 1669, pr. 5 Feb. 1672.PROB11/338, f. 121.
Estates
by 1625, renting a house in St Olave, Hart Street, London.Fanshawe Mems. 17. In 1637, purchased Hertford priory manor and mansion house of Balls Park, Herts.VCH Herts. iii. 412, 507. In 1643, estate valued at more than £1,800 p.a.Stowe 184, f. 161. In 1646, estate consisted of manor of Scales Hoo and half manor of Fittons, Norf.; messuages and property in Theydon Garnon, Essex; three quarters of manor of Stoke Rochford, Lincs; manor and grange of Beaumont, Lancs.; fishing on the River Lune, Lancs.; priory of Hertford, capital messuage of Balls Park and copyhold lands in manors of Brickendon and Little Amwell, Herts.; lease of a watermill in Hertford; and lease of chambers in Gray’s Inn, Mdx. – in all worth £1,454 p.a. bef. civil war.SP23/94, pp. 845-6; SP23/203. pp. 791-2, 809-12. In 1650, estate inc. manor of Mincingbury, Herts. and manor of ‘Bolton’, Lancs.Fanshawe, Fanshawe Fam.46. In 1669, estate reckoned to be worth £1,600 p.a.Fanshawe Mems. 22.
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Montague House, Bishopsgate, London (1642).Fanshawe Mems. 24.
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LUCY, Richard (c.1619-77), of Charlecote, Warws.

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b. c. 1619, 3rd s. of Sir Thomas Lucy*, bro. of Fulk Lucy*.Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 94; Dugdale, Warws. i. 506. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1634;Al. Ox. G. Inn, 19 Nov. 1652.G. Inn Admiss. i. 262. m. c.1648, Elizabeth, da. of John Urry of Thorley, I.o.W. 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. bro. Robert Lucy bef. 12 June 1658.Warws. RO, L6/86. d. 21 Dec. 1677.Vis. Warws. 1682-3 (Harl. Soc. lxii), 94.
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Local: member, cttee. of safety, Warws. and Coventry by 27 Oct. 1646–?49.SP28/248. Sheriff, Warws. 1646–7.List of Sheriffs (List and Index ix), 147. J.p. c.Jan 1646–d.;E372/490; HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Richard Lucy’. Hants 27 June 1649-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/6, p. 160. Commr. assessment, Warws. 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677; Warws. and Coventry 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660; Hants 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1672, 1677; Westminster 1677;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance ... for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Warws. and Coventry 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; I.o.W. 26 July 1659;A. and O. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 9, 308. Midland circ. by Feb. 1654-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/6, pp. 15, 371; C181/7, pp. 16, 642. Mdx. 15 May-aft. June 1654;C181/6, pp. 33, 61. ejecting scandalous ministers, Warws. 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O. Capt. militia ft. Apr. 1660.HP Commons, 1660–90, ‘Richard Lucy’. Commr. poll tax, 1660; loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, Hants, I.o.W., Warws. 1663.SR.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653, 28 Jan. 1654, 20 Aug. 1657, 9 Feb., 3 June 1658, 2 Feb. 1660.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1657–8, pp. 76, 282; 1658–9, p. 48. Commr. arrears of excise, 29 Dec. 1653. Judge, probate of wills, 3 Apr. 1654. Commr. high ct. of justice, 13 June 1654; security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Civic: recorder, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warws. 26 Aug. 1657–d.Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, BRU 2/3, p. 454.

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LUCY, Richard (c.1619-77), of Charlecote Park, Warws.
: of Charlecote, Warws.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, unknown, c.1658.NT, Charlecote Park.

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LUCY, Richard (c.1619-77), of Charlecote, Warws.

Will
13 Nov. 1678, pr. 3 Mar. 1680.PROB11/362, f. 305v.
Estates
Held glebe and tithes of Hampton Lucy, 1649;Warws. RO, L6/439. awarded salary of £300 as probate judge, 30 Aug. 1654;CSP Dom. 1654, p. 343. inherited manors of Charlecote, Hampton Lucy, Thelsford, Hatton, Cherington, Sherborne, Hunscote, Fulbrook; Fulbrook Park; and messuages and lands in Charlecote, Hampton Lucy, Thelsford, Hatton, Cherington, Fulbrook and Alveston; rectories of Sherborne and Charlecote; advowsons of Hampton Lucy, Charlecote, Preston Bagot, Sherborne and Cherington, Warws.; manors of Highclere and Burghclere, Hants, 1658.Warws. RO, L6/86, L6/1160. VCH Hants, iv. 278.
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Cross gallery and queen’s closet, Somerset House, Westminster July 1653 resident there, Aug. 1657.CSP Dom. 1653-4, pp. 23, 26, 37, 66; Cheshire RO, Mf 122/3/MA T/I/50.
Religion
Presented to Burghclere rectory 1661, 1663; to Highclere, 1663;VCH Hants, iv. 278; CCEd. to Preston Bagot, Warws. 1677; to Charlecote, 1677.Worcs. RO, 778:7324/BA 2442/995, 1013.
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LEGH, Piers (c.1637-71), of Bruche, Warrington, Lancs.

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b. c. 1637, 1st surv. s. of Peter Legh of Bruche, and Anne, da. of Henry Birkhened of Backford, Cheshire.Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 305. educ. Chester g.s.; St John’s, Camb. 9 May 1653, aged 16;Al. Cant. G. Inn 10 Jan. 1654.G. Inn Admiss. 266. m. (1) 1 Mar. 1660 (with £1,000), Anne (bur. 17 Dec. 1661), da. of Edward Hyde of Norbury, Lancs. 1s.; (2) 23 Aug. 1667, Abigail, da. of John Chetwode of Oakley, Staffs. 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Stockport par. reg.; Stoke, Cheshire par. reg.; JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box R, D nos. 5, 16; Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 305. suc. fa. Dec. 1641. bur. 13 Oct. 1671 13 Oct. 1671.Earwaker, E. Cheshire, ii. 305.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Lancs. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Capt. militia horse, 19 Apr. 1660;JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box R, D no. 6; Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 17 (16–23 Apr. 1660), 270 (E.183.5) capt.-lt. militia ft. 29 Oct. 1663.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box R, D no. 11. J.p. c. May 1660 – 1 Sept. 1666, 13 Aug. 1670–d.Lancs. RO, QSC/62–5, 70–1. Commr. poll tax, 1660;SR. corporations, Lancs. 1662–3.SP29/61/157, f. 278.

Military: col. of horse (roy.), 12 Aug. 1659.Newton, House of Lyme, 203.

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LEGH, Piers (c.1637-71), of Bruche, Warrington, Lancs.
: of Bruche, Lancs., Warrington.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, ‘Master J.H.’ (prob. J. Hesketh), 1660.NT, Lyme.

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LEGH, Piers (c.1637-71), of Bruche, Warrington, Lancs.

Will
29 July 1671, cod. n.d., pr. 15 July 1672.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box S, I no. 19.
Estates
1651, through his mo. Anne, Legh paid £455 for a messuage and two cottages and other lands in Fernhead, Woolston and Poulton, Lancs.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box G, C, no. 10. c.1652, at the age of 16, inherited his fa.’s lands and messuages in Bruche, Fernhead, Poulton, Sankey, Warrington and Woolston that were conveyed to Peter by his fa. Sir Peter Legh (Piers paying £200 out of these lands to his sister).Lancs. RO, WCW, will of Peter Legh 1641. 1671, his estate inc. land and tenements in Poulton, in par. of Warrington, and a tenement in Backford, Cheshire.JRL, Legh of Lyme muns. box R, D no. 16; Box S, I no. 19.
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ROBINSON, Richard (1613-79), of Thicket Priory, Wheldrake, Yorks.

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b. c. May 1613, 1st s. of Humphrey Robinson of Bethnall Green, Mdx. and Thicket Priory, and 2nd w. Anne (bur. 30 Sept. 1636), da. of Richard Pyot, alderman of London.Wheldrake par. reg.; WARD9/208, f. 17; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 170; Familiae Minorum Gentium (Harl. Soc. xxxix), 990. m. by 1639, Elizabeth (bur. 18 Feb. 1678), da. of John Bradley of Louth, Lincs., 2s. d.v p. 1da. d.v.p. Wheldrake par. reg.; Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 170. suc. fa. 7 Oct. 1626.WARD9/208, f. 17. bur. 17 Aug. 1679 17 Aug. 1679.Wheldrake par. reg.
Offices Held

Local: commr. Northern Assoc. Yorks. (E. Riding) 20 June 1645; assessment, E. Riding 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660, 1664, 1672, 1677; Yorks. 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660.A. and O.; SR; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). J.p. E. Riding by 1648–6 Oct. 1653, by Apr. 1657–d.;Add. 29674, f. 149; C231/6, p. 270; C231/7, p. 136; C193/13/6. Beverley 16 Jan. 1657–?60.C181/6, p. 196. Commr. northern cos. militia, Yorks. 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. E. Riding 14 Mar. 1655;SP25/76A, f. 16. charitable uses, Yorks. 19 Sept. 1650, 22 Apr. 1651;C93/20/27; C93/21/13. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654-June 1659;C181/6, pp. 18, 310. gaol delivery, 4 Apr. 1655;C181/6, p. 101. sewers, E. Riding 22 June 1654 – 30 June 1664, 16 Feb. 1666–?d.;C181/6, pp. 46, 404; C181/7, pp. 45, 199, 352, 408. Hatfield Chase Level 27 Jan. 1657–20 May 1659;C181/6, p. 197. poll tax, E. Riding 1660.SR.

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ROBINSON, Richard (1613-79), of Thicket Priory, Wheldrake, Yorks.
: of Thicket Priory, Wheldrake, Yorks.
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ROBINSON, Richard (1613-79), of Thicket Priory, Wheldrake, Yorks.

Will
admon. 5 Nov. 1679.Wills in the York Registry 1673-80 ed. E. W. Crossley (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. lxviii), 191.
Estates
in 1626, inherited estate consisting of capital messuage of Thicket and lands in Thorganby, West Cottingwith and Wheldrake; messuage of Ridding Grange and lands in Ellerton and Aughton, Yorks.; and three messuages in St Leonard, Shoreditch, Mdx.C54/2500/6; C142/429/148; WARD5/48, unfol.; WARD5/49, unfol. In 1634, he sold his messuages in Shoreditch for £350.C54/3019/7. In 1659, sold Ridding Grange for £1,700 and purchased Cottingwith Grange and lands in West Cottingwith and Thorganby for £1,500.Hull Hist. Cent. U DDJ/30/3; U DRA/570; VCH E. Riding, iii. 115.
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PHILIPPS, James (c.1624-74), of Tregibby and The Priory, Cardigan.

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b. c. 1624, 1st surv. s. of Hector Philipps of The Priory and 1st w. Anne, da. of William Wogan of Wiston, Pemb.; bro. of Hector Philipps†. m. (1) Frances (d. c.Dec. 1647), da. of Sir Richard Philipps, 2nd bt., of Picton Castle, Pemb., 1s. 1da. d.v.p.; (2) lic. 23 Aug. 1648, aged 24, Katherine (d. 22 June 1664), da. of John Fowler, cloth merchant, of Bucklersbury, London, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; (3) Jane (d.1673), da. of Sir Rice Rudd, 1st bt. of Aberglasney, Carm., wid. of James ap Rice of Scotsborough, Pemb. and James Lewis (d.1669) of Abernantbychan, Card., s.p. suc. fa. 1657.P.W. Souers, The Matchless Orinda (Harvard Studies in English v. 1931), 21-3, 88; DWB; Oxford DNB. d. 2 May 1674.HP Commons 1660-90 iii. 240.
Offices Held

Local: commr. assessment, Card. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660, 1672; Pemb. 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Carm. 26 Nov. 1650, 9 June 1657;A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. disbanding forces in S. Wales, 18 Feb. 1648;LJ x. 63b. militia, Card. 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; sequestrations, S. Wales 23 Feb. 1649. by 6 Mar. 1649 – bef.Oct. 1660A. and O. J.p.; Pemb. 9 Mar. 1650-bef. Oct. 60; Carm. 25 July 1650 – Mar. 1660; Haverfordwest 15 Mar. 1655–19 Oct. 1659.C231/6, pp. 179, 196, 198; C181/6, pp. 96, 402; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 170–2, 196–8, 219–21, 241–3. Sheriff, Card. 1649–50; Pemb. 1650–1. 1 Aug. 1650 – bef.Aug. 1659List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 242, 266. Commr. propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650. 1 Aug. 1650 – bef.Aug. 1659A. and O. Custos rot. Card.; Pemb. 22 July 1656-bef. Oct. 1660.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 197–8, 220–1. Commr. high ct. of justice, S. Wales 25 June 1651;CJ vi. 591b. ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. securing peace of commonwealth by Mar. 1656.TSP iv. 583.

Central: member, cttee. for the army, 27 July 1653, 28 Jan. 1654, 20 Aug. 1657, 9 Feb., 3 June 1658.A. and O.; CSP Dom. 1657–8, pp. 76, 282; 1658, p. 48. Commr. arrears of excise, 29 Dec. 1653; high ct. of justice, 13 June 1654; security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Civic: common councilman, Haverfordwest 22 Feb. 1656 – ?62; mayor, 7 Apr. 1656–7.Cal. Recs. Haverfordwest, 128–9.

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PHILIPPS, James (c.1624-74), of The Priory, Cardigan.
: of Tregibby and The Priory, Cardigan.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
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PHILIPPS, James (c.1624-74), of Tregibby and The Priory, Cardigan.

Will
not found.
Estates
inherited (1657) Cardigan Priory; purchased confiscated lands of Llangoedmor, Verwick and Mount, Cardigan borough, 22 July 1652; lease of sequestered estates in Glam., Brec. and Rad. worth £485 p.a. 29 June 1655.CCC 2180, 3239.
Oxford 1644
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GERARD, Sir Gilbert (1587-1670), of Flambards, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.

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Family and Education
b. 23 Oct. 1587, 1st s. of William Gerard† of Flambards, and Dorothy, da. of Anthony Radcliffe, Merchant Taylor, of London.C142/308/156; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. 1xv), 19-20. educ. ?Harrow sch.; G. Inn 3 Aug. 1592;G. Inn Admiss. 83. Trinity Coll. Camb. Easter 1602.Al. Cant. m. c.1614, Mary (bur. 4 May 1666), da. of Sir Francis Barrington, 1st bt.† of Barrington Hall, Hatfield Broad Oak, Essex, 9s. 7da. (at least 1 d.v.p.).Essex RO, D/Dba/F17; Mdx. Peds. 20; CB; HP Commons 1604-29, ‘Gilbert Gerard’. suc. fa. 23 Aug. 1609;St Mary, Harrow-on-the-Hill Par. Regs. ed. W.O. Hewlett (Beverley, 1900), i. pt. 2, p. 83. cr. bt. 13 Apr. 1620. d. 6 Jan. 1670.CB.
Offices Held

Central: clerk of council, duchy of Lancaster 22 Jan. 1608–7 Mar. 1640;Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 29. chan. 17 Mar. 1648-c.Jan. 1649, 14 Mar.-9 July 1660.LJ x. 118a; PRO30/26/21, p. 23; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 2, 3. Commr. for disbursing subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; assessment, 1642;SR. treaty payments to Scots, 22 June 1641.CJ ii. 182b. Member, recess cttee. 9 Sept. 1641;CJ ii. 288b. cttee. for examinations, 17 Jan. 1642.CJ ii. 385a. Treas.-at-war (parlian.), 30 July 1642-Mar. 1645.CJ ii. 695a; vi. 12; LJ v. 249a, 281b-282a. Member, cttee. of safety, 9 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 712a. cttee. of navy and customs, 19 Aug. 1642;CJ ii. 728a. cttee. for plundered ministers, 31 Dec. 1642;CJ ii. 909a. cttee. for sequestrations, 27 Mar. 1643;CJ iii. 21b. council of war, 2 Aug. 1643;CJ iii. 191b. cttee. for compounding, 28 Sept. 1643,CJ iii. 258a. 8 Feb. 1647;A. and O. cttee. for foreign plantations, 2 Nov. 1643;LJ vi. 291b. cttee. of both kingdoms, 16 Feb., 23 May 1644. Commr. for maintenance of army, 26 Mar. 1644. Member, cttee. for the army, 31 Mar. 1645, 23 Sept. 1647; cttee. for excise, 6 June 1645; cttee. for revenues of elector palatine, 8 Oct. 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. abuses in heraldry, 19 Mar. 1646; exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648; appeals, visitation Oxf. Univ. 1 May 1647. Member, cttee. for indemnity, 21 May 1647.A. and O. Treas. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 25 May 1655.CSP Dom. 1655, p. 182. Member, cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 1 June 1655;CSP Dom. 1655, p. 197. cttee. for trade, 1 Nov. 1655;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 1. cttee. for statutes, Durham Univ. 10 Mar. 1656;CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 218. cttee. of appeals, forests, 26 June 1657. Cllr. of state, 25 Feb. 1660.A. and O. Commr. maimed soldiers, 17 Dec. 1660.CJ viii. 213a.

Local: j.p. Mdx. 20 June 1615 – Sept. 1621, 9 Jan. 1624 – 2 Aug. 1626, 6 Mar. 1629 – 10 Jan. 1638, 27 May 1641 – 4 July 1642, by Oct. 1645–?, by Oct. 1653–d.;C231/4, ff. 3v, 160, 208, 265v; C231/5, pp. 449, 533; C193/13/4, f. 60; APC 1621–3, p. 52; Coventry Docquets, 58, 74; CJ iv. 315a. Westminster Mar. 1660–d.A Perfect List (1660). Commr. subsidy, Mdx. 1621, 1624–5;APC 1621–3, p. 52; C212/22/20–1; C212/22/23; E115/100/52. sewers, River Colne, Bucks., Herts. and Mdx. 13 May 1624-aft. June 1625;C181/3, ff. 116, 184. Mdx. 7 Apr. – aft.Oct. 1645, 31 Jan. 1654 – 5 Feb. 1657, 19 Aug. 1667;C181/5, ff. 261v, 262; C181/6, p. 4; C181/7, p. 409. London 15 Dec. 1645;C181/5, f. 266. Deeping and Gt. Level 31 Jan. 1646–?, by May 1654-aft. Nov. 1658;C181/5, f. 269; C181/6, pp. 26, 247, 333. Mdx. and Westminster 10 Jan. 1655 – 8 Oct. 1659, 31 Aug. 1660–17 Oct. 1667.C181/6, pp. 68, 243; C181/7, pp. 37, 253. Dep. lt. Mdx. 24 Apr. 1624–?C231/4, f. 164; Eg. 860, f. 82v. Sheriff, Bucks. 6 Nov. 1626–7.List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 9; Coventry Docquets, 360. Commr. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 2 Apr. 1634–30 June 1638, 30 Nov. 1641 – aft.Jan. 1645, by Jan. 1654 – 10 Nov. 1655, 5 July 1660–d.;C181/4, ff. 172, 189; C181/5, ff. 57v, 213, 231, 246v; C181/6, pp. 3, 63; C181/7, pp. 3, 508. London 12 Jan.1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 230, 243v, 265. disarming recusants, Mdx. 30 Aug. 1641;LJ iv. 385b. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 24 Nov. 1653, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Bucks. 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660;SR; A. and O.; An Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sequestration, Mdx. 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May 1643; Mdx. and Westminster 3 Aug. 1643; defence of London, 17 Feb. 1644; commr. for Bucks. 25 June 1644; Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644, 2 Aug. 1648;A. and O. gaol delivery, Newgate gaol 16 Nov. 1644-aft. Nov. 1645;C181/5, ff. 243v, 265. New Model ordinance, Mdx. 17 Feb. 1645; militia, Mdx., Tower Hamlets 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; Bucks. 2 Dec. 1648; Westminster 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Custos. rot. Mdx. 1 Mar.-June 1660.CJ vii. 856b; C231/7, p. 5. Commr. poll tax, Mdx., Westminster 1660; subsidy, Mdx. 1663.SR.

Colonial: member, Providence Is. Co. 19 Nov. 1630 – aft.Feb. 1650; dep. gov. 15 May 1634–7 May 1635.CO/124/2, ff. 1, 198; CSP Col. 1574–1660, pp. 178, 206. Member, Somers Is. [Bermuda] Co. by Oct. 1644–?d.Mems. of the Discovery and Early Settlement of the Bermudas ed. J. H. Lefroy (1877–9), i. 590; ii. 237.

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GERARD, Gilbert (1587-1670), of Flambards, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.
: of Flambards, Mdx., Harrow-on-the-Hill.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

GERARD, Sir Gilbert (1587-1670), of Flambards, Harrow-on-the-Hill, Mdx.

Will
11 June 1668, pr. 2 Mar. 1670.PROB11/332, f. 287v.
Estates
in 1632, purchased from Bedford Level Adventurers a quarter lot (1,000 acres) in the Great Level, which he had either sold or exchanged by 1656, retaining property in Glatton and Holme, Cambs.TSP v. 475; F. Wilmoth, E. Stazicker, Jonas Moore’s Mapp of the Great Levell of the Fenns 1658 (Cambridge, 2016), 60-1. By 1638, renting a house in St Helen, Bishopsgate, London, worth £34 p.a.Inhabs. of London, 1638, 69. In 1640, estate consisted of manor and advowson of Aston Clinton, Bucks. and manor of Flambards, Harrow-on-the-Hill, with mansion house and demesne property in Harrow-on-the-Hill, Greenford, Northolt and Pinner, Mdx.Bucks. RO, D-X1/72. In 1657, Lady Ann Moulson bequeathed to Gerard, her nephew, residue of her substantial personal estate, after payment of her legacies and debts.PROB11/306, ff. 204v-205; ‘Ann Moulson’, Oxford DNB. Estate reckoned to be worth about £600 p.a. in 1660.Burke, Commoners, i. 690.
Oxford 1644
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Addresses
the Little Almonry, St Margaret, Westminster (by Apr. 1644-aft. 1650).SP28/167, pt. 4, unfol.; WCA, SMW/E/47/1580-92.
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