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WHITE, Charles (1607-61), of Newthorpe, Greasley, Notts.

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bap. 11 Aug. 1607, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Charles White of Sturton le Steeple and Beauvale Priory, Greasley, Notts., and Elizabeth (bur. 1 Nov. 1622), da. of ?Greasley par. reg. educ. ?; ?m. (1), by 1634, ?;Notts. RO, PR/NW, will of Charles White, 1634. (2) by 1648, Anne (bur. 3 Oct. 1661), da. of ?, 1s. 4da.Greasley par. reg. suc. fa. 7 Mar. 1634.C142/503/25. bur. 20 Oct. 1661 20 Oct. 1661.Greasley par. reg.
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commr. perambulation, Sherwood Forest 28 Aug. 1641.C181/5, f. 210v. Dep. lt. Notts. by 9 Aug. 1642–?LJ v. 275b. Commr. for associating midland cos. 15 Dec. 1642.A. and O. Member, Notts. co cttee. 29 Dec. 1642-aft. Jan. 1649.CJ ii. 905a, 940b; SP28/241, unfol. Commr. assessment, 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, 1 June 1660;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). Nottingham 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; sequestration, Notts. 27 Mar., 4 Sept. 1643;A. and O.; CJ iii. 225a; LJ vi. 204a. Nottingham 27 Nov. 1643;CJ iii. 322a. levying of money, Notts. 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643;A. and O. oyer and terminer, 20 Feb. 1645;C181/5, f. 248v. Northern Assoc. Notts., Nottingham 20 June 1645; taking accts. in northern cos. Notts. 29 July 1645; northern cos. militia, 23 May 1648; militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660. by Apr. 1654 – Mar. 1660A. and O. J.p. Notts., by Oct. 1660–d.C220/9/4, f. 67; Notts. RO, C/QSM/1/12, p. 262; C/QSM/1/13, unfol. Commr. ejecting scandalous ministers, Derbys. and Notts. 28 Aug. 1654;A. and O. surveying Sherwood Forest 19 June 1657.Add. 71599B, C; A. and O.

capt. of ft. (parlian.) 1 July 1642–?;LJ v. 173b-174a. capt. of dragoons by Oct. 1642-c. Feb. 1645; maj. by Feb. 1645-aft. Jan. 1648;SP28/241; Hutchinson Mems. ed. Sutherland, 69. col. by July 1648-aft. Feb. 1660.An Impartiall and True Relation (1648), unpag. (E.451.41); CJ vii. 853a.

elder, Greasley 1656.B. Carpenter, Some Acct. of the Original Introduction of Presbyterianism in Nottingham (1862), 29.

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WHITE, Charles (1607-61), of Newthorpe, Greasley, Notts.
of Newthorpe, Greasley, Notts.
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WHITE, Charles (1607-61), of Newthorpe, Greasley, Notts.

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not found.
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in the early 1630s, fa. assessed at £10 for distraint of knighthood.E407/35, f. 139. In 1634, White inherited a capital messuage and other property in Sturton le Steeple, Notts. and his fa.’s lease of Beauvale Priory.C142/503/25; Notts. RO, PR/NW, will of Charles White 1634. In the 1640s, he leased the mining rights on a close belonging to John Manners*, 8th earl of Rutland.Notts. RO, DD/FM/80/8, 11. In 1674, Charles White – probably his son – leased the manor house of Beauvale from Arthur Capel, 1st earl of Essex, at a rent of £140 p.a.Notts. RO, DD/LM/33/3/3.
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POLLARDE, Hugh (1603-66), of King’s Nympton, Devon.

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bap. 4 Dec. 1603, 1st s. of Sir Lewis Pollard, 1st bt. of King’s Nympton and Margaret, da. of Sir Henry Berkeley† (d. 1601) of Bruton, Som.Oxford DNB; HP Commons 1660-90. m. (1) aft. 1622, Bridget (d. c.1630), wid. of Francis Norris, 1st earl of Berkshire and da. and coh. of Edward de Vere, 17th earl of Oxford, 1da.; (2) c.1650, Mary (d. 1669), da. of William Stevens of Great Torrington, Devon, wid. of Henry Rolle of Beam, Great Torrington, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd bt. by 9 Dec. 1641.CB ii. 23; ‘Sir Hugh Pollard’, ‘Francis Norris, earl of Berkshire’, Oxford DNB; CJ ii. 337a; CSP Dom. 1667-8, p. 240. d. 27 Nov. 1666.CSP Dom. 1666-7, p. 299; Regs. of Westminster Abbey ed. J.L. Chester (1876), 164.
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lt. militia ft. Devon by July 1629.SP16/150/76, f. 121v. Dep. lt. ?Dec. 1641–2, July 1660–d.Add. 35331, f. 88; SP29/11/157; HP Commons 1660–90. Commr. array (roy.), 8 Aug. 1642;Northants. RO, FH133, unfol. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 11, 357. the Verge 10 Apr. 1662;C181/7, p. 141. Mdx. 10 Apr. 1662–d.;C181/7, pp. 146, 350. London 18 Nov. 1662–d.;SR. poll tax, Devon 1660. Oct. 1660 – d.C181/7, pp. 146, 350. J.p. by; Mdx., Surr., Westminster 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–90. V.-adm. Devon Oct. 1660–d.Vice Admirals of the Coast ed. Sainty and Thrush (L. and I. cccxxi), 13. Commr. assessment, 1661, 1664; loyal and indigent officers, 1662;SR. piracy, 3 Mar. 1662;C181/7, p. 139. sewers, Bedford Gt. Level 26 May 1662;C181/7, p. 148. subsidy, Devon 1663.SR. Ranger, Exmoor Forest ?1664–d.HP Commons 1660–90.

capt. of horse, regt. of 2nd Visct. Conway, royal army, 1640.E351/293. Maj. (roy.) 1642; col. of ft. by 1644–6. Gov. Dartmouth 1645–6; capt. and gov. Guernsey and Castle Cornet Jan. 1661–62.A List of Officers Claiming to the Sixty Thousand Pounds (1663), col. 106; HMC 15th Rep. vii. 80; CSP Dom. 1670, Addenda 1660–70, p. 657; CTB i. 317.

member, king’s council in west by July 1644–5.Devon RO, 1392 M/L1644/10. Comptroller of the household, 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–90.

PC, 29 Jan. 1662–d.HP Commons 1660–90. Commr. dedimus potestatem, Parl. 31 Oct. 1666.C181/7, p. 377.

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POLLARD, Sir Hugh, 2nd Bt. (c.1610-66), of Eggesford, Devon.
Devon.
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POLLARDE, Hugh (1603-66), of King’s Nympton, Devon.

Will
admon. 18 Dec. 1666.PROB6/41 f. 230.
Estates
inherited manors of King’s Nympton and Oakford, and lands in Loxhore;N. Devon RO, 50/11/24/3. grantee of 3 fairs at King’s Nympton, Nov. 1660;CSP Dom. 1660-1, p. 388. sold patrimonial estate of King’s Nympton and Oakford to settle debts;D. Lysons, Magna Britannia vi. (1822), 369-70. lessee of Staverton manor, Devon from dean and chapter of Exeter.CSP Dom. 1661-2, p. 495.
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PALMER, Sir Roger (1577-1657), of the Strand, Charing Cross, Westminster.

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bap. 15 July 1577, 4th but 1st surv. s. of (Sir) Thomas Palmer†, 1st bt. (d. 7 Jan. 1626) of Wingham, Kent, and Margaret (d. Aug. 1626), da. of John Poley of Badley, Suff.Misc. Gen. et Her. i. 177, 179; ‘Sir Thomas Palmer’, Oxford DNB. educ. Staple Inn; G. Inn 21 Nov. 1597;G. Inn Admiss. 94. at court, c.1600.Misc. Gen. et Her. i. 109. m. by 1615, Catherine (bur. 2 Dec. 1634), da. of Sir Thomas Porter† of Newent, Glos. wid. of Sir Richard Walsh of Shelsley Walsh, Worcs. s.p.VCH Worcs. iv. 336; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 127; Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 98; St Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 292. KB 1 Feb. 1626.Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 162. d. 8 Oct. 1657.Misc. Gen. et Her. i. 109.
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cupbearer to Prince Henry by Jan. 1607–?1612;C54/1877; HMC 6th Rep. 672; A Collection of Ordinances and Regulations for the Government of the Royal Household (1790), 323. to Prince Charles by July 1614-aft. May 1624.Harl. 781, f. 74v; CSP Dom. 1614, p. 248. Master of the household by Feb. 1626–?1632;Shaw, Knights of Eng, i. 162; Procs. in Parl. 1626, iv. 307. cofferer, Mar. 1632-aft. Apr. 1644.LS13/251, p. 64; C115/106/8398; E101/440/15; CSP Dom. 1641–3, pp. 492, 493; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 391–2.

commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 21 July 1626-aft. Nov. 1639;C181/3, ff. 198v, 217; C181/4, ff. 5v, 175v; C181/5, ff. 89v, 154v. sewers, Kent 2 Apr. 1640;C181/5, f. 168. subsidy, the Verge 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SP28/1c, pp. 264, 294. rebels’ estates (roy.), Oxon., Berks. and Bucks. 11 Jan. 1644.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 128.

commr. to investigate offences of goldsmiths, 7 Apr. 1635.Coventry Docquets, 42.

freeman, Canterbury 3 Mar. 1640–?Canterbury Cathedral Archives, A/C4, f. 151v.

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PALMER, Roger (1577-1657), of The Strand, Charing Cross, Westminster.
of the Strand, Westminster., Charing Cross.
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PALMER, Sir Roger (1577-1657), of the Strand, Charing Cross, Westminster.

Will
22 May 1656, pr. 9 Nov. 1657.PROB11/269, f. 345.
Estates
in 1619, the crown granted him the lease of Launceston Park, Cornw.Harl. 781, f. 74v. In about 1626, he purchased tenements near Charing Cross, for a ‘valuable consideration’.Survey of London, xviii. 5. In 1626-7, he lent £2,000 to Charles I and in return received crown rents of £115 15s p.a. in manor of Haddenham, Bucks.Harl. 3796, f. 22; An Acct. of the Kings Late Revenues and Debts (1647), 5 (E.388.3); Lipscomb, Buckingham, ii. 210; ‘Roger Palmer’, HP Commons 1604-29. In 1628, he purchased from the crown, for £2,000, fee farm rents worth £182 19s p.a.; in 1634, for £1,189, two messuages in the new palace of Westminster and ‘divers’ other messuages in Westminster.E214/123; Coventry Docquets, 248, 259. In 1646, estate consisted of manor of Haddenham, Bucks.; manor of Barnham, Suff. with sheepwalks and 3,000 sheep; property and leases in Ash, Ickham, Preston and Wingham, Kent; fee farm rents issuing out of Guildford marsh, Kent and Suss.; leases purchased between 1634 and 1640 of tenements near Charing Cross, a house on King Street, Westminster, Clun Park, Glam., lands in Mitchel Troy, Mon. and Knoyle Farm, Wilts.; and tithes in Aberystwyth, Llanbadarn Fawr and adjoining parishes, Card.SP23/56, f. 237; SP23/110, p. 409; SP23/190, pp. 253-5, 260, 267-9, 277-9; Survey of London, xiii. pt. 2, p. 233. In 1648, estate in fee valued at £1,171 p.a. and for lives/years at £684 p.a.CJ v. 433b. In 1649, he and bro. Sir James Palmer purchased or rented manor and advowson of Hedgerley, Bucks. for £800.Bucks. RO, D/W/39/3. At his death, estate inc. manor of Barnham, Suff.; lands, tenements and rectories in Bucks. and Card.; property and rents in Wingham, Kent; marshland in Ash and Preston, Kent; houses and property in Westminster, London and in Hackney, Mdx.; leasehold property in Kent, Suff. Glam. and Mon.; and a fee farm rent of 100 marks p.a. issuing out of Guildford marsh, Kent and Suss.C6/168/113; PROB11/269, f. 345; Survey of London, xviii. pp. 5, 6.
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GLANVILLE, John (c.1586-1661), of Broad Hinton, Wilts. and Chancery Lane, London.

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b. c. 1586, 2nd s. of John Glanville† of Kilworthy, Devon and Alice, da. of John Skerret of Tavistock; bro of Francis†.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 411-2. educ. L. Inn 7 Feb. 1603; Oxf. Univ. DCL 31 Jan. 1644.L. Inn Admiss. i. 136; Al. Ox. m. by 1615, Winifred, da. of William Bourchier of Barnsley, Glos. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 411-2. Kntd. 7 Aug. 1641.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210. d. 2 Oct. 1661.Prince, Worthies (1701), 429.
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called, L. Inn 6 Feb. 1610; steward, 1617; bencher, 5 June 1627; Lent reader, 1630. 13 June 1637 – d.L. Inn Admiss. i. 136; LI Black Bks. ii. 189, 270, 289. Prothonotary, chancery, 1633–20 Feb. 1636. 13 June 1637 – d.BRL, 603183/422. Sjt.-at-law,; king’s sjt. 6 July 1640–9, 6 June 1660 – d.; treas. Serjeants’ Inn 1650–3.C231/7, p. 2; Baker, Serjeants at Law, 186, 385, 514; Prince, Worthies (1701), 427.

standing counsel, Plymouth by 1617; recorder, 1620–40. Recorder, Bristol 5 Aug. 1630–6 Jan. 1646.W. Devon RO, W132, f.181v; HMC 9th Rep. i. 266; Beaven, Bristol Lists, 232; Bristol RO, 04264/3, f. 25; 04264/4, p. 131; Oxford DNB.

sec. at war, Cadiz expedition, 1625. 13 Apr. – 5 May 1640HMC Cowper, i. 201. Speaker, House of Commons,.

j.p. Wilts. 1 July 1637–45, by Oct. 1660–d.;C231/5, p. 250; Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 94. Hants 30 Oct. 1643 – 10 Dec. 1644; Som., Dorset, Devon 31 Oct. 1643–44.Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 94–5, 243. Commr. oyer and terminer (roy.), Bristol 18 Oct. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 88 London 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 99. Western circ. 10 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 9, 102. Mdx. 13 Nov. 1660;C181/7, p. 68. gaol delivery (roy.), Devon, Dorset, Hants, Som., Wilts. 18 Oct. 1643;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 90, 91. Newgate gaol, 3 July 1660–d.;C181/7, pp. 1, 99. accts. (roy.) Wilts. 1 June 1644;Docquets of Letters Patent ed. Black, 218. poll tax, 1660.A. and O.

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GLANVILLE, John (1586-1661), of Tavistock, Devon and Lincoln’s Inn; later of Broad Hinton, Wilts. and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
Wilts., of Broad Hinton and London., Chancery Lane.
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GLANVILLE, John (c.1586-1661), of Broad Hinton, Wilts. and Chancery Lane, London.

Will
27 July 1661, pr. 22 Nov. 1661.PROB11/306/314.
Estates
at d. held Broad Hinton manor (said to have been bought by him in 1640) and rectory, Wilts.; manor of Oldvancy, Wilts; lands in Devon and Cornw.PROB11/306, 314; Aubrey, Wilts. Top. Collections ed. Jackson, 334. Lamerton rectory, Cornw.
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TREVOR, Sir John (c.1596-1673), of Plas Têg, Flint, Trefalun, Denb. and Canon Row, Westminster

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b. c. 1596,SP29/80, f. 114. 1st s. of Sir John Trevor† of Plas Têg and Oatlands, Surr. and Margaret, da. of Hugh Trevanion of Caerhays, Cornw.Glynde Place Archives ed. R. F. Dell, betw. pp. xxvi-xxvii. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1612;Al. Cant. I. Temple, 16 Sept. 1614.I. Temple database. m. (1) 4 Feb. 1619, Anne or Agnes (bur. 12 Sept. 1663), da. of Edmund Hampden of Wendover, Bucks., 3s. (2 d.v.p.), 5da.;J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum (1802), i. 305; Chamberlain Letters ed. N. E McClure, ii. 210, 259, 577; E. Suss. RO, GLY/670; SP29/80, ff. 113v-113A. (2) lic. 2 Sept. 1672, Margaret Griffith of Westminster, s.p.London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1358. Kntd. 7 July 1619.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 172. suc. fa. 20 Feb. 1630;SP29/80, f. 114. uncle Sir Richard Trevor† ?1639.E.S. Jones, Trevors of Trevalyn (1955), 36-8, 65; Glynde Place Archives, p. xxi; PROB11/182/87. d. betw. 3-19 Dec. 1673.PROB11/343/522.
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jt. auditor (south), duchy of Lancaster, 1617–1637.Duchy of Lancaster Officeholders ed. R. Sommerville, 70. Jt. farmer, sea coal imports, 1630–?Dec. 1660.E. Suss. RO, GLY/389, 390, 454–66; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 616. Commr. composition illegal exporters, Nov. 1635.CSP Dom. 1635, p. 514.

dep. kpr. Oatlands Park, 1627–1639. aft. 14 Dec. 1628 – 11 Oct. 1630E. Suss. RO, GLY/224–6, 255–70. J.p. Flint, 27 Mar. 1648 – 28 July 1653, 13 Oct. 1653-bef. 10 Sept. 1660;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 107, 111–14. Denb. 27 Apr. 1629–?11 July 1631, 9 Oct. 1648-bef. 4 Sept. 1660;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 70–1, 76–8; A Perfect List (1660), 75. Westminster by Feb. 1632-aft. 1640;C66/2858. Mdx. by Apr. 1657-bef. Oct. 1660.C193/13/6, f. 55; A Perfect List (1660), 31. Commr. Mdx. militia, 25 Oct. 1644; New Model ordinance, Mdx. 17 Feb. 1645; assessment, Mdx. and Westminster 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648; Denb. 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Flint 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, 1664, 1672; Mdx. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660; Westminster 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 9 June 1657, 26 Jan., 1 June 1660;A. and O.; Act for an Assessment (1653, E.1062.28); An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6). sewers, Mdx. 15 Oct. 1645, 3 Jan. 1654, 5 Feb. 1657;C181/5, f. 262v; C181/6, pp. 4, 200. Denb. and Flint 4 Mar. 1654;C181/6, p. 21. Mdx. and Westminster 7 July 1657-aft. Oct. 1659;C181/6, pp. 200, 399. for reducing cos. of N. Wales, 28 Mar. 1646.CJ iv. 493b. Dep. lt. Denb. July 1646–?CJ iv. 598b. Commr. associated cos. of N. Wales, Denb., Flint 21 Aug. 1648; militia, Mdx. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; Denb., Flint 2 Dec. 1648; Westminster 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660; N. Wales 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; composition for delinquency and sequestration, 10 Aug. 1649; propagating the gospel in Wales, 22 Feb. 1650;A. and O. Westminster militia, 7 June 1650, 28 June 1659;A. and O.; Severall Procs. in Parl. no. 37 (6–13 June 1650), 525 (E.777.11). oyer and terminer, Mdx. by Jan. 1654–10 Nov. 1655.C181/6, pp. 3, 63. Custos. rot. Denb. Mar.-bef. 4 Sept. 1660.A Perfect List (1660); Justices of the Peace ed Phillips, 78. Commr. poll tax, Denb., Flint, Westminster 1660; subsidy, Denb. 1663.SR.

gent. of privy chamber, 1628-aft. 23 Mar. 1642.LC5/132, pp. 3, 122; Glynde Place Archives, 49.

envoy to Paris, Jan. 1642.SP78/111, f. 189.

member, cttee. for sequestrations, 7 Aug. 1644;LJ vi. 663a. cttee. for admlty. and Cinque Ports, 4 Oct. 1645; cttee. for Westminster Abbey and Coll. 18 Nov. 1645. Commr. exclusion from sacrament, 5 June 1646, 29 Aug. 1648.A. and O. Member, cttee. for plundered ministers, 27 Dec. 1647;CJ v. 407a. Derby House cttee. 1 June 1648.CJ v. 578b; LJ x. 295b. Commr. Gt. Level of the Fens, 29 May 1649.A. and O. Member, cttee. for the army, 20 July 1649, 2 Jan., 17 Dec. 1652;CJ vi. 265a; A. and O. Star Chamber cttee. of Irish affairs, 20 July 1649.CJ vi. 266b. Gov. Westminster sch. and almshouses, 26 Sept. 1649.A. and O. Cllr. of state 13 Feb. 1651, 25 Nov. 1652.CJ vii. 221a; A. and O. Member, cttee. regulating universities, 22 May 1651.CJ vi. 577b. 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; SP46/112, f. 11. Commr. security of protector, England and Wales 27 Nov. 1656. Member, cttee. for improving revenues of customs and excise, 26 June 1657.A. and O. Commr. tendering oath to MPs, 18 Jan. 1658.CJ vii. 578a.

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TREVOR, Sir John II (1596-1673), of Oatlands, Surr., Cannon Row, Westminster and Plas Têg, Flints.; later of Trevalyn, Denb.
of Plas Têg, Trefalun, Denb., Flint and Canon Row, Westminster.
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TREVOR, Sir John (c.1596-1673), of Plas Têg, Flint, Trefalun, Denb. and Canon Row, Westminster

Will
12 Dec. 1672, cod. 18 Feb. and 3 Dec. 1673, pr. 19 Dec. 1673.PROB11/343/522.
Estates
c. Feb. 1619, received £3,000 portion from his wife; ?£300 p.a. allowance from his fa.Glynde Place Archives, 63. ?Bef. 1630, he owned property in Canon Row, Westminster.Glynde Place Archives, 64, 67; TSP v. 491. In Feb. 1630, he inherited from fa. lands in Denb., Flint, and elsewhere in Wales and England (subject to his mother’s life interest in lands at Plas Têg and elsewhere totalling £400 p.a.);PROB11/157/398. a share in farm of sea coal imports, held to at least Dec. 1660.Glynde Place Archives, 48-52; CSP Dom. 1661-2, pp. 472, 616. Bef. 13 Oct. 1640, he bought land in Acton, Mdx.; in Rhanberfedd and Hopemedachied, Flint; in Gresford, Allington, and Lyons alias Holt, Denb.; acquired manor of Oldswick and other lands in Oldswick, Monks Risborough, ‘Waldridge’ and Kingsey, Bucks.; at least some of this was still in his hands at his death.Glynde Place Archives, 65-6; PROB11/343/522. Betw. 29 Apr. 1652-1653, with George Twistleton* and Andrew Ellis*, he bought manors of Hawarden, Hope and Mold, Flint, from sequestrators, allegedly on behalf of Charles Stanley, 8th earl of Derby; of which Hawarden was sold on by the earl to John Glynne*, c.Dec. 1653, and the rest were apparently not reimbursed by the earl and were still in dispute aft. 1663.NLW, Coleman Deeds DD 1233; Flint Hist. Soc. vi. 52-4; The Case of Sir William Glynne (1685); Trevors of Trevalyn, 66-7.
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Canon Row, Westminster.Glynde Place Archives, 64, 67; TSP v. 491.
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SOMERSET, Henry, Lord Herbert of Raglan (c.1630-1700), of Badminton, Glos. and Troy, Mon.

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Family and Education
b. c. 1630, o.s. of Edward Somerset, 2nd mq. of Worcester and Elizabeth (d. 1635), da. of Sir William Dormer of Wing, Bucks.CP. educ. privately (Mr Adams); travelled abroad (Italy, France), Oct. 1644-1650;‘Henry Somerset, 1st duke of Beaufort’, Oxford DNB; CJ vi. 577a. cr. MA Oxf. 28 Sept. 1663;Al. Ox. G. Inn, 5 Aug. 1669;G. Inn Admiss. 307. L. Inn, 23 Jan. 1671.L. Inn Admiss. 309. m. 17 Aug. 1657, Mary (d. 7 Jan. 1714), da. of Arthur Capell*, 1st Baron Capell, of Hadham, wid. of Henry Seymour, Lord Beauchamp (d.v.p. 1654), h. of William, 1st mq. of Hertford, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. Styled Lord Herbert of Raglan 1646-1667.CP. suc. cos. Elizabeth Somerset at Badminton and Troy, 1655;Glos. Archives, D2700/P5/1. fa. as 3rd mq. of Worcester, 3 Apr. 1667. KG, 29 May 1672; cr. duke of Beaufort, 2 Dec. 1682. d. 21 Jan. 1700.CP.
Offices Held

j.p. Mon. 18 Dec. 1652 – 18 July 1653, 8 July 1656–89;C231/6, p. 248; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 360–8. Brec. 18 Mar. 1653 – 30 Mar. 1657, 10 Aug. 1657–89;C231/6, p. 255; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 273–84. Devon 18 Mar. 1653, 23 July 1654–?Mar. 1660;C231/6, pp. 254, 294. Glos. Mar. 1660–89; Wilts., Glam. July 1660–89;C231/7, p. 159; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 303–9 Herefs. 1663 – 89; Som. 1672 – 73, 1680–9;HP Commons 1660–1690. Carm., Denb., Flint, Merion. 1673–89;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 83–91, 118–123, 148–154, 175–181, 183–4. Pemb., Rad. 1674–89;Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 225–31, 339–42. Anglesey, Caern., Card. 1 Apr. 1680–?89.Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 15–16, 34–6, 52–3, 200–2. Commr. assessment, Glos. 9 June 1657, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664;A. and O. Mon. 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664; Herefs., Wilts., Brec. 1661, 1664; Gloucester 1664;A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. militia, Mon. 12 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Col. militia ft. Glos. 7 Apr. 1660; Herefs. 1682–9.Parliamentary Intelligencer no. 15 (2–9 Apr. 1660), 239 (E.183.2); HP Commons 1660–1690. Warden, Forest of Dean, and constable of St Briavels, June 1660–97.CSP Dom. 1660–1661, p. 72; 1697, p. 150. Custos rot. Mon. 20 July 1660–89; Herefs. 27 May 1671–89; Som. ?- 17 Dec. 1672; Brec. 9 Dec. 1679–89.C231/7, pp. 17, 394, 428; C231/8, pp. 17, 121; HP Commons 1660–1690; CSP Dom. 1687–1689, pp. 181, 271; Justices of the Peace ed. Phillips, 280, 362; J.C. Sainty Custodes Rotulorum1660–1828 (2002). Ld. lt. Glos., Herefs., Mon. July 1660–89;SP29/4, f. 47; SP29/8, f. 206; SP29/16, f. 143. Wales and marches 17 Apr. 1672–?;SP44/35A, f. 39. I. of Purbeck, Dorset 1687–9.HP Commons 1660–1690. Commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 10 July 1660-aft. Feb. 1673;C181/7, pp. 10, 637. Wales 8 Nov. 1661;C181/7, p. 119. poll tax, Glos., Mon. 1660;SR. sewers, Mon. 22 Aug. 1660, 26 Aug. 1669;C181/7, pp. 35, 505. Glam. 11 Oct. 1664;C181/7, p. 290. Glos. 7 Nov. 1671.C181/7, p. 598. Steward of Grosmont, Aug. 1660–?d. Dep. lt. Wilts. 1661–?67. Commr. corporations, Glos. 1662–3;HP Commons 1660–1690. loyal and indigent officers, Glos., Herefs., Mon. 1662; subsidy, Glos., Mon., Wilts., Glam. 1663;SR. inquiry, Forest of Dean 1679.HP Commons 1660–1690.

gov. Chepstow c.Sept. 1660–85.SP29/16, f. 143 Col. of ft. 1667, 1673 – 74, 1685 (later 11 Ft.).HP Commons 1660–1690.

ld. pres. of council in the marches of Wales, 19 Mar. 1672–89.SP44/21, f. 105. PC, 17 Apr. 1672–89.PC2/63, f. 117.

high steward, Hereford 1672 – ?99; Andover by 30 Oct. 1682 – Oct. 1688; Leominster 1684 – Oct. 1688; Malmesbury 1685 – Oct. 1688; Tewkesbury 1686-Oct. 1688.Duncumb, Collections, i. 364; CSP Dom. 1682, p. 514; 1684–1685, p. 183; 1685, p. 64; 1686–1687, p. 41. Ld. lt. Bristol 7 Jan. 1673–89.CSP Dom. 1672–1673, p. 405. Freeman, Worcester 1683. Recorder, Brec., Carmarthen 1686-Oct. 1688.CSP Dom. 1686–1687, pp. 42–3.

member, cttee. E.I. Co. 1684–90.HP Commons 1660–1690.

gent. of bedchamber, 1685-Dec. 1688.HP Commons 1660–1690.

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SOMERSET, Henry, Lord Herbert of Raglan (c.1629-1700), of Badminton, Glos. and Troy, Mon.
Lord Herbert of Raglan (c.1630-1700), of Badminton, Glos. 1630 – 1700 and Mon., Troy.
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Likenesses: oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1660-2;Badminton, Glos. oil on canvas, P. Lely, 1671;Badminton. ?oil on canvas, attrib. J. Riley, aft. 1672;NT, Powis Castle. oil on canvas, G. Kneller, 1680;Badminton. oil on canvas, G. Kneller;Gloucester Museums Service Art Colln. oil on canvas, family group, S. Browne, c.1685;Badminton. oil on canvas, aft. P. Lely;Rifles Exeter Office, Exeter, Devon.. etching and line engraving, ?R. Gaywood;BM; NPG. line engraving, W. Faithorne;BM; NPG. line engraving, R. White aft. G. Kneller, c.1679;BM; NPG. line engraving, R. White aft. G. Kneller;BM; NPG. mezzotint, W. Sherwin aft. G. Kneller;BM. mezzotint, R. Williams aft. W. Wissing;NPG. medal, J. Roettiers, aft. 1682;Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna. fun. monument, G. Gibbons, Great Badminton church, Glos.

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SOMERSET, Henry, Lord Herbert of Raglan (c.1630-1700), of Badminton, Glos. and Troy, Mon.

Will
20 Jan., pr. 27 Jan. 1700.PROB11/454/177.
Estates
Dec. 1646-3 Apr. 1667, reversionary life interest in estates of earldom of Worcester, recognised 9 Jan. 1652 in grant of lands worth £1,700 p.a. lands worth £1,700 p.a., consisting of manors of Pellenny, Monmouth and Wisham, ‘Purcassecke’ and Treleck Grange, Grosmont, Skenfrith, Monmouth and Whitecastle, and lands called Bettus and Perlloyd (Mon.); manor of Crookham (Berks.); manor of Kendal (Westmld.); manors of Shobdon and Poston (Herefs); excepting Crymland, part of Purcasseke and Treleck, granted to Oliver Cromwell*;CJ vi. 566b-567a; vii. 67a-b; Glos. RO, D2700/QA 5/1/11, 12. also allowed to him by cttee. for the removal of obstructions, lands in Devon, Dorset, Brec.; Wrington, Michaelston, Westorchard and Llancarfan, (Glam.), and Worcester House and tenements in St Clement Dane’s, London.Glos. RO, DA2700/QA 5/1/16, 17, 18. In 1652, he is said to have spent £21,768 on recovering Welsh properties and more than £6,000 on English estates;M.A. McClain, ‘“I Scorn to Change or Fear”: Henry Somerset, First Duke of Beaufort, and the Survival of the Nobility Following the English Civil War’(Yale Univ. PhD thesis, 1994), 65. in 1655, inherited from cousin Elizabeth Somerset estates at Badminton, Glos. and Troy, Mon. finally secured in May 1658;Glos. Archives, D2700/P5/1. in 1667, inherited from fa. and granted full restitution by crown of family estates in Berks., Glam., Glos., Mon., (Chawton) Hants;CSP Dom. 1667, pp. 369, 400; 1667-1668, pp. 76-7. £1,200p.a. as president of the council of the marches, Dec. 1672.CSP Dom. 1672-1673, p. 333.
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BRIDGES, John (1610-64), of Alcester, Edstone Hall, Wootton Wawen, Warws., Kidderminster, Worcs. and Kilmallock, co. Limerick.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 28 Sept. 1610, 1st s. of John Bridges of Alcester and Elizabeth Holyoake.Alcester par. reg.; English Baronetage ed. A. Collins (1741), iv. 188-9. educ. G. Inn, adm. 6 Aug. 1635.G Inn Admiss. 208. m. by Sept. 1637, Margaret, ?da. of Bartholomew Beale of Walton, Bucks., 4s. at least 2da.Warws. RO, DR360/126; PROB11/181, f. 503v; English Baronetage ed. A. Collins (1741), iv. 188-9. bur. 29 Feb. 1664 29 Feb. 1664.Chester, Holy Trinity par. reg.; Reliquiae i. 109.
Offices Held

capt. of ft. (parlian.) regt. of Ld. Brooke, 18 July-8 Dec. 1642;E101/612/64, unfol. maj. or sgt.-maj. 8 Dec. 1642 – Sept. 1645; col. Sept. 1645–8.Warws. RO, CR2017/C9/41, 86; E101/612/64; CSP Dom. 1645–7, pp. 131, 133–4. Gov. Warwick Castle c.July 1642-Feb. 1648;CJ vii. 500a. Kilmallock, co. Limerick by 1657-c.1659.CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 330. Col. of ft. royal army in Ireland, c.1660–d.HMC Ormonde, o.s. ii. 245.

j.p. Warws. Jan. 1646 – Sept. 1648; Worcs. 27 June 1649-bef. July 1660.Warwick County Records, ii. 129–214; C231/6, p. 160; C193/12/3. Commr. militia, Warws. 2 Dec. 1648; Worcs. 12 Mar. 1660; assessment, Warws. 7 Apr., 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652; Worcs. 14 May, 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). ejecting scandalous ministers, 28 Aug. 1654.A. and O.

member, cttee. relief of Piedmont Protestants, 4 Jan. 1656.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 100.

commr. determining differences, Irish Adventurers, 13 June 1656;Ire. under the Commonwealth, ii. 603. public revenue by 1 Nov. 1656, re-appointed 11 July 1659;Ire.under the Commonwealth, ii. 698; SP63/281, unfol. security of protector, Ireland 27 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

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BRIDGES, John (1610-64), of Alcester, Edstone Hall, Wootton Wawen, Warws., Kidderminster, Worcs. and Kilmallock, co. Limerick.
of Alcester, Edstone Hall, Warws., Worcs., Wootton Wawen and Kilmallock, co. Limerick.
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Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

BRIDGES, John (1610-64), of Alcester, Edstone Hall, Wootton Wawen, Warws., Kidderminster, Worcs. and Kilmallock, co. Limerick.

Will
not found.
Estates
leases in Alcester, Warws., and Fleetmarston, Bucks. from Robert Greville†, 2nd Baron Brooke, c.1639;Warws. RO, Warwick Castle Archives, CR 1886/box 411, draft rent acct. 1639-48, unfol. manor of Hurcott, Kidderminster, and advowson of Kidderminster, purchased late 1648;VCH Worcs. iii. 172, 175; CCC, 2736. 4,000 acre estate at Ardagh, Connello Barony, co. Limerick, from 1654.Irish Census, 1659, 284; Bottigheimer, English Money and Irish Land (Oxford, 1971), 200; Down Survey website.
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WHITE, William (1606-c.1661), of Bashall, Mitton, and Bishopthorpe, Yorks.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. 16 Feb. 1606, 1st s. of William White of Duffield, Derbys., and 2nd w. Sarah, da. of Matthew Cradock of Staffs.Duffield par. reg.; The Genealogist, n.s. viii. 178. educ. I. Temple 27 Feb. 1647.I. Temple database. m. (1) c.1629, Margaret (bur. 15 Apr. 1648), da. and coh. of Thomas Talbot of Bashall, s.p.;Chetham’s Lib., A.3.90 (Letter bk. of Raphe Assheton), f. 4; ‘Paver’s marr. lics.’ ed. J.W. Clay, YAJ xx. 89. (2) 14 Aug. 1649 (with £2,500), Frances, da. of Sir Edward Barkham, 1st bt.†, of Tottenham, Mdx., s.p.All Hallows, Tottenham par. reg.; Add. Ch. 19546. suc. fa. 18 Oct. 1619.C142/379/20; WARD7/60/190. d. 6 Sept. 1660 /28 Nov. 1661.Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Prerogative wills, Sept. 1662.
Offices Held

out-bailiff, Clitheroe 1638 – 39; out-burgess by 1639–?d.W.S. Weeks, Clitheroe in the Seventeenth Century, 231. Freeman, Preston by Sept. 1642–d.Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 118.

j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 9 Oct. 1638–?c.June 1642, 23 Aug. 1644-bef. Oct. 1660.C231/5, p. 311; C231/6, p. 6; Add. 29699, f. 6; Belvoir, PZ.1, f. 48; News from Yorke (1642, 669 f.6.44). Commr. subsidy, 1641; further subsidy, 1641; poll tax, 1641, 1660; contribs. towards relief of Ireland, 1642;SR. assessment, 1642, 24 Feb. 1643, 18 Oct. 1644, 21 Feb. 1645, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 7 Apr., 14 May 1649, 7 Dec. 1649, 26 Jan. 1660; Yorks. 26 Nov. 1650, 10 Dec. 1652, 1 June 1660; York 10 Dec. 1652, 24 Nov. 1653, 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, W. Riding 27 Mar. 1643; levying of money, 7 May, 3 Aug. 1643; Northern Assoc. 20 June 1645; militia, Yorks. 2 Dec. 1648, 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660; York. 26 July 1659, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. charitable uses, W. Riding 21 May 1650;C93/20/30. Yorks. 22 Apr. 1651;C93/21/13. inquiry concerning church livings, c.May 1650;W. Yorks. Archives Service (Wakefield), C413. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. by Feb. 1654–10 July 1660;C181/6, pp. 18, 376. sewers, E. Riding 22 June 1654–12 Jan. 1657;C181/6, p. 46. York and Ainsty 13 Dec. 1658.C181/6, p. 331.

clerk of assize, Oxf. circ. 11 July 1643-aft. Mar. 1646.CJ iii. 161b; LJ vi. 129b-130a; Eg. 2978, f. 85; Bodl. Nalson XIV, f. 224v.

col. of ft. (parlian.) by 21 Apr. 1644-July 1645.SP28/41, f. 429; CSP Dom. 1644, p. 130; Jones, ‘War in north’, 406–7.

commr. to the army, 12 June-c.26 July 1647.CJ v. 209a; LJ ix. 262a. Member, cttee. of navy and customs by 8 Sept. 1647, 29 May 1649;CJ v. 296b; vi. 219b. cttee. for excise, 5 Jan. 1648, 29 May 1649.CJ v. 419b; vi. 219b; LJ ix. 639b. Commr. removing obstructions, sale of bishops’ lands, 21 Nov. 1648, 20 June 1649;A. and O. arrears of revenue, 26 May 1659;CJ vii. 667a. customs/excise, 28 Sept. 1659, 27 Dec. 1659, 7 Mar. 1660.A. and O. Cllr. of state, 31 Dec. 1659.CJ vii. 800b.

Parlimentarian
WHITE, William (1606-c.61), of Bashall, Mitton, Yorks.
of Bashall, Mitton and Bishopthorpe, Yorks.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WHITE, William (1606-c.1661), of Bashall, Mitton, and Bishopthorpe, Yorks.

Will
6 Sept. 1660, pr. 3 Sept. 1662.Borthwick, Prob. Reg. 45, f. 125.
Estates
in 1619, inherited a capital messuage in Chaddesden and lands in Spondon and Duffield, Derbys.C142/379/20. In 1639, purchased a moiety of manor of Bashall for £3,800.WARD9/575, p. 121. In 1645, estate worth about £640 p.a.CCAM 827. By 1645, leasing a house in Covent Garden worth £20 p.a.Add. 21417, f. 2v; Stowe 1058, f. 85v. In 1648, purchased from trustees for the sale of church lands manor of Bishopthorpe, Yorks. for £525; in 1649, purchased manor and grange of Beckley, Yorksfor £626.Col. Top. et Gen. i. 6, 125. In 1649, purchased Nunn Ings, worth £60 p.a., and ‘Campleshon’s farm’, Yorks.Add. 21417, f. 162; Add. 21418, f. 42. In 1651-2, purchased, for £3,148, fee farm rents in Yorks. worth £245 p.a.C54/3655/28; SP28/288, ff. 48, 56. At his d. estate inc. manor and capital messuage of Bashall, lands, tenemenents, mills, tithes etc. in Bashall worth at least £500 p.a. and manor of Bishopthorpe, Nunn Field and Nunn Ings.Add. Ch. 19546; CRES6/1, p. 189; Borthwick, Wills in York Registry, Prerogative wills, Sept. 1662.
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Whitehall (July, Aug. 1659, Feb. 1660).CSP Dom. 1659-60, pp. 27, 94, 348.
Religion
presented Conyers Rutter to rectory of Bishopthorpe, Yorks. 1653.Add. 36792, f. 71v.
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WYNDHAM, Francis (c.1610-76), of Kentsford, St Decumans, and Trent, Som.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
b. c.1610, 5th surv. s. of Sir Thomas Wyndham (d. 1635) of Kentsford, Som. and Elizabeth, da. of Richard Coningsby;‘Mumford and Trent, Som.’, N. and Q. for Som. and Dorset, v. 268; E178/5970; CB iv. 57; H.A. Wyndham, A Fam. Hist. 1410-1688: The Wyndhams of Norf. and Som. (Oxford, 1939), pedigree. bro. of Edmund Wyndham*. educ. Univ. Padua Mar. 1635.I.A. Andrich, De Natione Anglica et Scota Iuristarum Universitatis Patavinae (Padua, 1892), 142. m. 1646, Anne (d. 1698), da. and coh. of Thomas Gerard of Trent, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da.Collinson, Som. ii. 387; iii. 492; ‘Mumford and Trent, Som.’, 268; CB iv. 57; Wyndham, Fam. Hist. 216. suc. uncle Sir Hugh Wyndham, 1663; cr. bt. 18 Nov. 1673.CB iv. 57. d. 15 July 1676.‘Mumford and Trent, Som.’, 268.
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jt. clerk of errors, k.b and exch. 1632 – 41, 1660–d.Coventry Docquets, 184.

j.p. Som. 1643 – 46, July 1660–d.QS Recs. Som. Commonwealth, p. xx. Commr. assessment, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672; Dorset 1664, 1672;An Ordinance … for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. poll tax, Som. 1660;SR. sewers, 19 Dec. 1660, 6 July 1670;C181/7, pp. 26, 556. loyal and indigent officers, 1662; subsidy, Dorset, Som. 1663. 1666 – d.SR. Dep. lt. Som.; Dorset 1672–4.HP Commons, 1660–1690. Commr. recusants, Som. 1675.CTB iv. 697.

gov. (roy.) Dunster Castle, Som. June 1643-Apr. 1646.Clarendon, Hist. iii. 78; Bellum Civile, 48. Col. 1643–6.Bellum Civile, 47–8; P.R. Newman, Royalist Officers in Eng. and Wales (New York, 1981), 426. Maj. Royal Horse Gds. (The Blues) 1661–d.Dalton, Army Lists, i. 4.

Parlimentarian
WYNDHAM, Francis (c.1610-76), of Trent, Som. and Pall Mall, Westminster.
of Kentsford, St Decumans and Som., Trent.
Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

WYNDHAM, Francis (c.1610-76), of Kentsford, St Decumans, and Trent, Som.

Will
8 Feb. 1676, pr. 11 Oct. 1676.PROB11/352/180.
Estates
inherited lands at Trent, Som. via his wife; Dorset estate of uncle Sir Hugh Wyndham, 1st bt. of Pilsdon, 1663.CB.
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ELIOT, John (1612-85), of Port Eliot, St Germans, Cornw.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Family and Education
bap. 18 Oct. 1612, 1st s. of Sir John Eliot† of Port Eliot and Radigund, da. and h. of Richard Gedie of Trebursey; bro. of Edward Eliot†.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 147-8. educ. Tiverton g.s. by 1628-9; Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 1629-31; travelled abroad (France), 1631-2.H. Hulme, The Life of Sir John Eliot (New York, 1957), 24n, 266, 270, 345-6, 351-2. m. 28 Nov. 1632, Honora (d. 1652), da. of Sir Daniel Norton† of Southwick, Hants, 4s. (2 d.v.p.), 6da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1632.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 147-8. d. 1685.
Offices Held

commr. for Cornw. 1 July 1644;A. and O. assessment, 18 Oct. 1644, 23 June 1647, 16 Feb. 1648, 1 June 1660, 1661, 1664, 1672, 1677, 1679. 10 June 1645 – bef.Sept. 1653A. and O.; An Ordinance...for an Assessment (1660, E.1075.6); SR. V.-adm. Devon, 13 Mar.-5 Oct. 1660. 1648 – ?Oct. 1648HCA14/52; HCA30/820, no. 79; HCA30/586, f. 156; HCA50/3, f. 53. J.p. Cornw. 7 Mar. 1647-May 1670. 1648 – ?Oct. 1648C193/13/3, f. 9v; C231/6, pp. 78, 205; C231/7, p. 367. Sheriff, 3 Feb., 10 Nov. 1653.LJ x. 16b, 20a; List of Sheriffs (L. and I. ix), 23. Commr. Cornw. militia, 7 June 1648;LJ x. 311a. militia, 2 Dec. 1648, 12 Mar. 1660;A. and O. subsidy, 1663;SR. recusants, 1675.CTB iv. 695.

alderman, Lostwithiel 1655–62. Freeman, Liskeard 1661.HP Commons 1660–90.

Parlimentarian
ELIOT, John (1612-85), of Port Eliot, St. Germans, Cornw.
St Germans, Cornw.
Likenesses

Likenesses: oil on canvas, D. Beck.Port Eliot, Cornw.

Volume
Commons 1640-1660
Web Title

ELIOT, John (1612-85), of Port Eliot, St Germans, Cornw.

Will
13 Feb. 1663, pr. 4 Feb. 1686.PROB11/382/118.
Estates
inherited priory, manor and borough of St Germans, manors of Tregenhawke (St John’s par.) and Hiskin (St Germans) and other lands in Cornw., and half the manor of Hatch Arundell, Devon;C142/488/61. from grandfa., Richard Gedie (d. 1627; granted 1641), inherited lands in parishes of Landrake, St Stephen-by-Saltash, Menheniot, Delastowe, St Gennys, Altarnun, Probus, Bodmin and elsewhere in Cornw.Cornw. RO, EL/576/1/4/4; EL/576/1/3; EL/576/1/4/3.
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