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FORD, Sir Richard (c.1614-78), of Seething Lane, London and Baldwins, Dartford, Kent.

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b. c. 1614, 2nd s. of Thomas Ford, merchant, of Exeter, Devon by ?Elizabeth, da. of William Frank of Ottery St. Mary, Devon. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1631. m. Grace, 2s. 3da. Kntd. 16 May 1660.Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 49; Exeter Mar. Lic. 16; C6/32/27.
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Freeman, Exeter 1635, Southampton 1661; capt. blue regt. London militia 1659, col. white auxil. regt. 1661 – 66, common councilman 1659 – 61; commr. for assessment, London Aug. 1660 – d., Kent 1673 – d.; alderman, London 1661 – d., sheriff 1663 – 64, ld. mayor 1670 – 71, additional coal-meter c. 1661 – d., dep. lt. 1662 – d.; commr. for corporations, Hants 1662 – 63, loyal and indigent officers, London, Westminster and Hants 1662; jt. farmer of tin coinage, duchy of Cornw. 1664 – 67; member, Hon. Artillery Co. 1670, commr. for charitable uses 1675, recusants 1675; pres. St. Bartholomew’s hospital 1675–d.Exeter Freemen (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 131; J. S. Davies, Hist. Southampton, 205; Mordaunt Letter Bk. (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, lxix), 150–1; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London, 71; Stowe 186, f. 15; CJ, x. 236; Ancient Vellum Bk. ed. Raikes, 98.

Member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. by 1644, gov. by Nov. 1660–75; member, Mercers’ Co. 1654, master 1661 – 62, 1674 – 75; committee, E.I. Co. 1658 – 63, 1664 – 65; dep. gov. R. Adventurers into Africa 1663, asst. 1664 – 71; asst. R. Africa Co. 1672–d.CSP Dom. 1644, p. 320; 1660–1, p. 372; 1663–4, p. 310; Woodhead, 71; HMC 11th Rep. III, 55.

Commr. for trade 1656 – 57, Nov. 1660–8, for Tangier 1662 – 73, for marine treaty with United Provinces 1674–5.CSP Dom. 1655–6, p. 188; 1663–4, p. 660; 1673–5, p. 287; Pepys Diary, 27 Oct. 1662; Cal. Treas. Bks. ii. 280.

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FORD, Sir Richard (c.1614-78), of Seething Lane, London and Baldwins, Dartford, Kent.
Main residences: Seething Lane, London; Baldwins, Dartford, Kent.
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FORESTER, William (1655-1718), of Dothill Park, Salop.

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b. 10 Dec. 1655, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Francis Forester of Wellington by Lady Mary Newport, da. of Richard Newport, 1st Baron Newport, of High Ercall, wid. of John Steventon of Dothill Park. educ. Trinity Coll. Camb. 1673. m. lic. 23 Apr. 1684, Lady Mary Cecil, da. of James Cecil, Visct. Cranborne, 2s. 3da. suc. fa. 1684; Kntd. 20 Aug. 1689.Salop Arch. Soc. Trans. (ser. 2), iii, 167-70; (ser. 3), ii. 333-4.
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Commr. for assessment, Salop 1677 – 80, 1689 – 90, Glos. 1690; j.p. Salop 1680-by 1683, ?1689 – d., Westminster 1691–?d.; capt. of militia ft. Salop c.1680–2.CSP Dom. 1682, p. 81.

Clerk of the green cloth 1689–1717.LS13/231/2; J. M. Beattie, English Ct. in Reign of Geo. I, 186.

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FORESTER, William (1655-1718), of Dothill Park, Salop.
Main residence: Dothill Park, Salop.
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J.S.C.
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FORSTER, William (1667-1700), of Bamburgh Castle, Northumb.

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b. 28 July 1667, 1st s. of Sir William Forster of Bamburgh by Dorothy, da. and h. of Sir William Selby of Twizell; bro. of Ferdinando Forster. m. settlement 24 June 1693, Elizabeth, da. and h. of William Pert of Arnolds Hall, Mountnessing, Essex, s.p. suc. fa. 1674.Hist. Northumb. i. 156-7; Morant, Essex, ii. 45.
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J.p. Northumb. ?1689 – d.; common councilman, Berwick-upon-Tweed 1686 – 87; commr. for assessment, Northumb. and co. Dur. 1689–90.CSP Dom. 1686–7, p. 231.

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FORSTER, William (1667-1700), of Bamburgh Castle, Northumb.
Main residence: Bamburgh Castle, Northumb.
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G.H.
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FORSTER, Sir Humphrey, 2nd Bt. (1650-1711), of Aldermaston, Berks.

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b. 21 Dec. 1650, 1st s. of William Forster (d.1661) of Aldermaston by Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Tyrell of Heron, East Horndon, Essex. educ. Westminster 1663. m. 26 Nov. 1672, Judith (d.1720), da. and coh. of (Sir) Humphrey Winch, 1st Bt., of Hawnes, Beds. and Harleyford, Bucks., 2s. 1da. d.v.p. suc. gdfa. as 3rd Bt. 12 Oct. 1663.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 208; Cat. Ashmolean Mss, 330; Mar. Lic. (Harl. Soc. xxiii), 209; VCH Berks. iii. 394.
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J.p. Berks. c. 1671 – July 1688, 1689 – d., commr. for assessment 1673 – 80, 1689 – 90, recusants 1675, dep. lt. by 1680 – Feb. 1688, 1689–?d.

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FORSTER, Sir Humphrey, 2nd Bt. (1650-1711), of Aldermaston, Berks.
Main residence: Aldermaston, Berks.
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FORSTER, Sir Humphrey (1650-1711)

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FORTESCUE, Sir Edmund, 1st Bt. (1642-66), of Fallapit, East Allington, Devon.

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bap. 22 Sept. 1642, 2nd s. of Sir Edmund Fortescue (d.1647) of Fallapit by Jane, da. of Thomas Southcote of Mohun’s Ottery. educ. Balliol, Oxf. 1658. m. by 1661, Margery (d. 10 May 1687), da. of Hon. Henry Sandys of Mottisfont, Hants, 1s. 2da. suc. gdfa. 1650; Kntd. and; cr. Bt. 31 Mar. 1664.Lord Clermont, Hist. Fortescue Fam. 41; Stow, Survey of London, vi. 90.
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Commr. for assessment, Devon 1661 – d., corporations 1662 – 63, j.p. 1664 – d.; sub-commr. for prizes, Portsmouth 1664–5.Exeter city act bk. 9, f. 356; Devon RO, DD63122, 63162; Nat. Maritime Mus. Southwell mss 17/15.

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FORTESCUE, Sir Edmund, 1st Bt. (1642-66), of Fallapit, East Allington, Devon.
Main residence: Fallapit, East Allington, Devon.
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J.S.C.
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FORTESCUE, Sir Edmund (1642-66)

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