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FINCH, Francis (c.1602-77), of Rushock, Worcs.
Family and Education
b. c. 1602, o.s. of Henry Finch of Kempley, Glos. by Anne, da. and coh. of Leonard Pigot of Little Horwood, Bucks., wid. of Samuel Danvers of Culworth, Northants. m. settlement 1619, Jane (d.1680), da. of John Thornborough, bp. of Worcester 1617-41, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 6da. suc. fa. 1631.Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 61; Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, viii. 3; Glos. Inquisitions (Index Lib. ix), 159; PCC 38 Bath.
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Commr. of array, Worcs. 1642; freeman, Worcester 1643; j.p. Worcs. July 1660 – d., Mdx. Aug. 1660–d. commr. of oyer and terminer, Oxford circuit July 1660, assessment, Worcs. Aug. 1660 – d., loyal and indigent officers, London and Westminster 1662, recusants, Worcs. 1675.
Commr. for excise Oct. 1660–8, 1674 – d., wine duties retrospect Apr.-Oct. 1670.
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Main residence: Rushock, Worcs.
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FINCH, Heneage (1621-82), of Ravenstone, Bucks. and Kensington, Mdx.
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b. 23 Dec. 1621, 1st s. of Sir Heneage Finch of Kensington, Speaker 1626, by 1st w. Frances, da. of Sir Edmund Bell of Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf. educ. Westminster; Christ Church, Oxf. 1636; I. Temple 1638, called 1645. m. 30 July 1646, Elizabeth, da. of Daniel Harvey, merchant, of Lawrence Pountney Hill, London, 10s. (3 d.v.p.) 4da. suc. fa. 1631; Kntd. 6 June 1660; cr. Bt. 7 June 1660, Baron Finch of Daventry 10 Jan. 1674, Earl of Nottingham 12 May 1681.
Offices Held
Commr. for militia, Mdx. Mar. 1660, assessment, oyer and terminer, Mdx. July 1660, Kent Aug. 1660–1, 1665 – 74, Mdx. Sept. 1660–74, Westminster 1665 – 74, Northants. 1673 – 74; bencher, I. Temple June 1660, treas. 1661 – 73, reader 1661; commr. for sewers, N. Kent Sept. 1660; freeman, Canterbury Oct. 1660; j.p. Kent, Mdx. and Northants. 1661 – d.; commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Mdx., London and Westminster 1662; chamberlain, palatinate of Chester 1673 – 76; gov. of the Charterhouse 1674.
Solicitor-gen. June 1660–70; asst. R. Fishing Co. 1664; attorney-gen. 1670 – 73; chairman of ways and means 21 Feb. – 14 Mar. 1673; ld. keeper 1673 – 75; PC 9 Nov. 1673 – d.; ld. of admiralty 1673 – 75; PC [S] 1674, 1676; ld. chancellor 1675–d.
Main residences: Ravenstone, Bucks.; Kensington, Mdx.
Notes
This biography is based on the introduction by D. E. C. Yale to Ld. Nottingham’s Chancery Cases (Selden Soc. lxxiii), pp. ix-xxxvi.
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FINCH, Hon. Heneage I (c.1649-1719), of Albury, Surr.
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b. c.1649, 2nd s. of Heneage Finch I, and bro. of Daniel Finch, Hon. Edward Finch and Hon. William Finch. educ. Westminster; I. Temple, entered 1662, called 1673; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 18 Nov. 1664, aged 15. m. 16 May 1678, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir John Banks, 1st Bt., of The Friars, Aylesford, Kent, 3s. 6da. cr. Baron Guernsey 15 Mar. 1703, Earl of Aylesford 19 Oct. 1714.
Offices Held
Attaché, Breda 1667; KC 1677; solicitor-gen. 1679 – 86; chairman, committees of supply and ways and means 22 May – 20 Nov. 1685; PC 20 Mar. 1703 – May 1708, 13 Dec. 1711 – d.; chancellor, duchy of Lancaster 1714–16.
Bencher, I. Temple 1678; commr. for assessment, Oxford Univ. 1679 – 80, 1689 – 90, Surr. 1689 – 90, I. Temple 1690; j.p. and dep. lt. Surr. by 1701–?d.
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Main residence: Albury, Surr.
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FINCH, Hon. Heneage I (c.1649-1719)
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