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EDGCUMBE, Piers (c.1610-67), of Mount Edgcumbe, Maker and Cotehele, Calstock, Cornw.

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b. c. 1610, 1st s. of Sir Richard Edgcumbe of Mount Edgcumbe by 2nd w. Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Coteel, merchant, of St. Martin’s Lane, Cannon Street, London; bro. of Richard Edgcumbe. educ. St. John’s Camb. 1626; Leyden 1629. m. 6 June 1636 (with £3,000), Mary, da. of Sir John Glanville of Broad Hinton, Wilts., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1639.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 141-2; Coll. Top. et Gen. iv. 218; C142/579/52.
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Commr. for array, Cornw. 1642, j.p. July 1660 – d., Devon 1662 – d.; commr. for assessment, Cornw. Aug. 1660 – d., sheriff Nov. 1660–1; dep. lt. Devon 1661 – d., commr. 1662 – d.; commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Cornw. 1662, oyer and terminer, Western circuit 1665.

Lt.-col. of foot (royalist) 1642 – 44, col. 1644–6.F. T. R. Edgar, Sir Ralph Hopton, 208.

Dep. gov. Mines Royal 1654 – 57, asst. 1657–64.

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EDGCUMBE, Piers (c.1610-1667), of Mount Edgcumbe, Cornw.; later of Cotehele, Calstock, Cornw.
Main residences: Mount Edgcumbe, Maker; Cotehele, Calstock, Cornw.
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EDGCUMBE, Piers (c.1610-67)

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DUNCOMBE, William (c.1647-1704), of Battlesden, Beds.

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b. c. 1647, 1st s. of Sir John Duncombe. educ. travelled abroad 1666. m. settlement 30 May 1672, Jane (bur. 17 Feb. 1701), da. of Sir Frederick Cornwallis, 1st Baron Cornwallis, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1687.Beds. N. and Q. ii. 46; CSP Dom. 1665-6, p. 540; F. A. Blaydes, Gen. Bed. 344; Beds. Par. Regs. xxxvii (Battlesden), 2, 11, 13; Prob. 6/82/245.
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Commr. for assessment, Beds., Suff. and Bury St. Edmunds 1673 – 80, Beds. 1689 – 90, recusants, Suff. 1675; j.p. Beds. 1680 – bef.83, Feb. 1688 – d.; freeman, Eye by 1681; dep. lt. Beds. Feb. 1688–d.E. Suff. RO, EE2/D4/2.

Envoy to Sweden 1689 – 92; one of the lds. justices [I] 1693 – 95; comptroller of army accounts 1703–d.Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 98; x. 122; xviii. 41; CSP Dom. 1693, pp. 134, 175; 1694–5, p. 471.

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DUNCOMBE, William (c.1647-1704), of Battlesden, Beds.
Main residence: Battlesden, Beds.
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L.N.
G.J.
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Commons 1660-1690
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DUNCOMBE, William (c.1647-1704)

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DUNSTER, Henry (1618-84), of Mincing Lane, London and Jenningsbury, Hertford.

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bap. 6 Sept. 1618, s. of Giles Dunster, yeoman, of Seavington St. Michael, Som. m. c. May 1655, Mary (d. 10 Oct. 1718), da. of Henry Gardiner of Jenningsbury, and h. to her bro. Edward, 6s. 2da.Som. RO, Seavington St. Michael par. reg.; Guildhall Lib. mss 11593/1/62; Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 183.
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Freeman, Grocers’ Co. 1644, warden 1668 – 69, master 1669 – 70; ‘burgess’, Ilchester by Apr. 1660 – ?74; commr. for assessment, London Aug. 1660–80, Som. 1664 – 69, Herts. 1664 – 80, recusants, Som. 1675.Guildhall Lib. mss 11593/1/136; W. W. Grantham, Wardens of the Grocers, 30.

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DUNSTER, Henry (1618-84), of Mincing Lane, London and Jenningsbury, Hertford.
Main residences: Mincing Lane, London; Jenningsbury, Hertford.
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M.W.H.
J.P.F.
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Commons 1660-1690
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DUNSTER, Henry (1618-84)

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