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REEVE, Robert (1652-88), of Thwaite, Suff.

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b. 29 June 1652, 1st s. of (Sir) George Reeve, 1st Bt. by 1st w. m. Mary, da. of Arthur Onslow of West Clandon, Surr., 2da. suc. fa. as 2nd Bt. Oct. 1678.Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, v. 192.
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Freeman, Eye 1675; lt.-col. of militia ft. Suff. by 1676–?d., commr. for assessment 1677 – 80, dep. lt. 1685–?d., j.p. Norf. by 1680–?d.E. Suff. RO, EE2/D5/1; CSP Dom. 1676–7, p. 588.

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REEVE, Robert (1652-88), of Thwaite, Suff.
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REEVE (REVE), George (c.1618-78), of Thwaite, Suff.

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b. c. 1618, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Robert Wright alias Reeve of Thwaite by Mary, da. of Everard Digby of Stoke Dry, Rutland. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1633; G. Inn 1637. m. (1) by 1652, Philippa, da. of Robert Bacon of Redgrave, Suff., 2s. 2da.; (2) c.1660, Anne, da. of Ambrose Copinger, DD, rector of Lavenham, Suff., wid. of Isaac Crane of Lavenham and Stephen Soame of Thurlow, Suff., 1s. suc. fa. 1642; Kntd. 28 May 1660; cr. Bt. 22 Jan. 1663.C142/778/129; Vis. Suff. (Harl. Soc. lxi), 19.
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Commr. for assessment, Suff. 1657, Aug. 1660 – d., maj. of militia ft. Apr. 1660 – d., j.p. July 1660 – d., commr. for loyal and indigent officers 1662, complaints, Bedford level 1663; dep. lt. Suff. 1666 – d., commr. for recusants 1675.Merc. Pub. 26 Apr. 1660; Add. 39246, ff. 17, 23, 30.

Gent. of privy chamber by 1663–?d.CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 227.

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REEVE (REVE), George (c.1618-78), of Thwaite, Suff.
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RERESBY, Sir John, 2nd Bt. (1634-89), of Thrybergh, Yorks.

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b. 14 Apr. 1634, 1st s. of Sir John Reresby, 1st Bt., of Thrybergh by Frances, da. of Edmund Yarburgh of Snaith Hall. educ. privately 1646-9, Whitefriars sch. London 1649, Blue House sch., Enfield Chase 1649-51; Trinity Coll. Camb. 1652; G. Inn 1653; travelled abroad (France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Netherlands) 1654-8; Padua 1657. m. 9 Mar. 1665 (with £1,200), Frances, da. of William Browne, barrister, of York, 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 21 Apr. 1646.
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Cornet of militia, Yorks. 1661 – 67; commr. for assessment (W. Riding) 1661 – 80, 1689, dep. lt. 1661 – 67, 1674 – Nov. 1688; commr. for corporations, Yorks. 1662 – 63; oyer and terminer, Northern circuit 1665; sheriff, Yorks. 1666 – 67; j.p. (W. Riding) 1669 – Nov. 1688, Mdx. and Westminster 1681–?d., York 1682 – Nov. 1688; commr. for recusants (N. Riding) 1675; member, Hon. Artillery Co. 1682; freeman, York 1685; lt. col. of militia ft. Yorks. Nov.-Dec. 1688.Freemen of York (Surtees Soc. cii), 159; CSP Dom. 1667, p. 117; 1679–80, p. 133; Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 739; v. 981; Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xxix. 284.

Capt. of ft. 1678 – 79, 1684 – Nov. 1688; gov. of Bridlington 1678 – 82, York 1682 – Nov. 1688; capt. of horse June-Nov. 1685.

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Main residence: Thrybergh, Yorks.
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This biography is based on Reresby’s Memoirs, edited by A. Browning (1936).

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RASHLEIGH, Jonathan II (1642-1702), of Menabilly, nr. Fowey, Cornw.

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bap. 24 July 1642, 1st s. of John Rashleigh (d.1651) of Menabilly by Joan, da. of John Pollexfen of Mothecombe, Devon. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1659; I. Temple 1662. m. (1) 11 Mar. 1672, Anne (d.1677), da. of Sir Peter Courtney of Trethurfe, Ladock, Cornw., s.p.; (2) 12 Dec. 1681, Sarah, da. of Sir John Carew, 3rd Bt., of Antony, Cornw., 2s. 4da. suc. gdfa. Jonathan Rashleigh I 1675.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 392.
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Commr. for assessment, Cornw. 1664 – 80, 1689 – 90, Devon 1679 – 80; capt. of militia ft. Cornw. by 1679 – 85, j.p. and dep. lt. by 1680 – 85, by 1701 – d.; freeman, Bodmin and Fowey 1685 – June 1688; stannator, Blackmore 1686; sheriff, Cornw. 1686 – 87; recorder, Fowey 1690–?d. CSP Dom. 1679–80, p. 61; 1685, pp. 83–84; 1689–90, p. 518; J. Wallis, Bodmin Reg. 169; J. Tregoning, Laws of the Stannaries, 57.

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RASHLEIGH, Jonathan II (1642-1702), of Menabilly, nr. Fowey, Cornw.
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RATCLIFFE, John (c.1611-73), of Chester and the Middle Temple.

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b. c. 1611, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Ratcliffe, brewer, of Chester by 2nd w. Jane, da. of John Brerewood of Chester. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1628; M. Temple 1629, called 1637. m. Dorothy, at least 2s. suc. fa. 1633.Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 201-2; Chester corp. assembly bk. 2, f. 190; 3, f. 143v; beerbrewers’ co. bk.
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Freeman, Chester 1628, counsel 1639 – 45, 1652 – 57, 1662–?7, alderman 1646 – 62, recorder 1646 – 51, 1657 – 62, commr. for assessment 1649 – 50, Aug. 1660–3, 1664 – 69, scandalous ministers 1654; j.p. Cheshire 1656 – 59, Mont. 1659; attorney and serjeant of the duchy, Lancs. 1658 – July 1660; dep. c.j. Chester 1659; c.j. Anglesey, Caern. and Merion. June – Sept. 1659; second justice, Brec., Glam. and Rad. Mar. – July 1660; commr. for militia, Chester Mar. 1660; bencher, I. Temple 1660–3.Freemen of Chester (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. li), 115; Chester corp. assembly bk. 2, ff. 79, 79v, 97, 99, 113, 135–6v, 139, 503; mayors’ letters 3, nos. 412, 466; R. Somerville, Duchy of Lancaster Official Lists, 101; W. R. Williams, Great Sessions in Wales, 100–1.

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