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CLARGES, Thomas (c.1618-95), of Westminster and Stoke Poges, Bucks.

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b. c. 1618, o.s. of John Clargis, farrier, of Drury Lane, Westminster by Anne Leaver. m. by 1653, Mary, da. of George Procter, yeoman, of Norwell Woodhouse, Notts. and coh. to her bro. Edward, 1s. suc. fa. 1648; Kntd. 8 May 1660.IHR Bull. vi. 189
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Commr. for assessment, Westminster 1657, 1661 – 63, 1664 – 80, Aberdeen 1657, Jan. 1660, Bucks. 1661 – 74, Mdx. 1663 – 69, Berks. 1664 – 74, Surr. 1673 – 74, Mdx. and London 1677 – 80, Southwark 1677 – 79, Berks. and Surr. 1679 – 80, Berks., Bucks., Mdx., London, Westminster and Oxf. Univ. 1689 – 90, sewers, Westminster Aug. 1660; dep. keeper, Hampton Court, Mdx. Aug. 1660–70; freeman, Preston 1662; j.p. Bucks. Mdx. and Westminster 1662 – 71, Surr. 1667 – 71, Mdx. 1689 – d.; commr. for inquiry, Richmond Park, Surr. 1671, recusants, Mdx. and Surr. 1675; bailiff, Oxford 1687-Feb. 1688.Preston Guild Rolls (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 142; Mdx. RO, MJP/CP5a; Cal. Treas. Bks. iii. 1161; Oxf. Council Acts (Oxf. Hist. Soc. n.s. ii), 191, 196.

Commissary-gen. of musters Feb. 1660–71; clerk of the hanaper Mar. – June 1660; commr. for maimed soldiers Dec. 1660–1; PC [I] 1663; commr. of public accounts 1691–d.CJ , vii. 828, 873; viii. 213; CSP Dom. (1660–1, p. 432; CSP Ire. 1663–5, p. 49.;separator;

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CLARGES, Thomas (c.1618-95), of Westminster and Stoke Poges, Bucks.
Main residences: Westminster; Stoke Poges, Bucks.
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CLARKE, George (1661-1736), of All Souls College, Oxford.

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b. 7 May 1661, o.s. of Sir William Clarke, sec. at war, of Pall Mall, Westminster by Dorothy, da. and coh. of Thomas Hilyard alias Hall of Hebburn, co. Dur. educ. Jermyn Street academy (Mr Gordon) to 1672; privately 1672-5; Brasenose, Oxf. 1675, BA 1679, MA 1683, BCL 1686, DCL 1708; I. Temple 1676. unm. suc. fa. 1666.C. J. Feret, Fulham Old and New, i. 170.
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Fellow of All Souls, Oxford 1680 – d.; judge-advocate-gen. 1682 – 1705; sec. at war [I] 1690 – 92; jt. sec. at war 1693 – 1702; jt. sec. of Admiralty 1702 – 05; ld. of Admiralty 1710–14.CSP Dom. 1682, p. 69.

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CLARKE, George (1661-1736), of All Souls College, Oxford.
Main residence: All Souls College, Oxford.
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This biography is based on Clarke’s own account of his life in HMC Popham, 259-89.

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CLARKE, Sir Gilbert (c.1645-1701), of Somershall Hall, Brampton, Derbys.

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b. c. 1645, o. surv. s. of Godfrey Clarke of Somershall by 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Milward of Eaton Dovedale. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. matric. 12 July 1661, aged 16; I. Temple 1667. m. (1) Jane (d. 18 May 1667), da. and h. of Robert Byerley of Hornby, Yorks., 1da.; (2) 6 July 1671, Barbara (d. Aug. 1687), da. of George Clerke of Watford, Northants., 2s. 2da.; (3) Frances, da. of Richard Legh of Lyme, Cheshire, wid. of Robert Tatton of Wythenshawe, Cheshire, s.p. suc. fa. 1670; Kntd. 2 Mar. 1671.Fam. Min. Gent. (Harl. Soc. xxxvii), 335-7; Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 53.
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J.p. Derbys. 1672 – 76, 1685 – Mar. 1688, 1689 – 96, 1700 – d., commr. for assessment 1673 – 80, 1689 – 90, recusants 1675, sheriff 1675 – 76, dep. lt. 1683 – Feb. 1688, Oct. 1688–96, by 1701–d.J. C. Cox, Derbys. Annals, i. 183; HMC Coke, ii. 358.

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CLARKE, Sir Gilbert (c.1645-1701), of Somershall Hall, Brampton, Derbys.
Main residence: Somershall Hall, Brampton, Derbys.
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CHURCHILL, William (1627-1702), of Colliton House, Dorchester and Muston Manor, Piddlehinton, Dorset.

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bap. 15 Jan. 1627, 2nd s. of William Churchill of Muston, and bro. of John Churchill I. m. 26 Feb. 1652, Grace, da. of Sir John Meller of Little Bredy, Dorset, 3s. suc. bro. 1682.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 414; F. Brown, Som. Wills. vi. 48-9; Add. 41620, f. 84.
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Commr. for assessment, Dorset 1673 – 80, 1689 – 90, j.p. June 1688–9.

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CHURCHILL, William (1627-1702), of Colliton House, Dorchester and Muston Manor, Piddlehinton, Dorset.
Main residences: Colliton House, Dorchester; Muston Manor, Piddlehinton, Dorset.
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CHURCHILL, William (1627-1702)

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CHURCHILL, Sir John (c.1620-85), of Lincoln’s Inn and Churchill, Som.

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b. c. 1620, 1st s. of Jasper Churchill, Cutler, of London by w. Alice. educ. L. Inn 1639, called 1647. m. 16 May 1654 (with £2,500), Susan, da. of Edmund Prideaux of Forde Abbey, Devon, 4da. suc. fa. 1648; Kntd. 12 Aug. 1670.Som. and Dorset N. and Q. xxvii. 185-93; Dorset Par. Reg. ii. 125.
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Deputy registrar, Chancery c. 1639 – 45; solicitor-gen. to the Duke of York 1670, attorney-gen. 1673 – 85; master of the rolls Jan. 1685–d.T. D. Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 120–1; SP23/186/410.

J.p. Mdx. July 1660 – d., Som. 1662 – d.; commr. for sewers, Som. Aug. 1660, assessment Som. Aug. 1660–80, Mdx. 1673 – 79; bencher, L. Inn 1662, reader 1670, treas. 1670 – 71; freeman, Bristol 1676, Bath 1679; recorder and alderman, Bristol 1682 – d., dep. lt. June 1685–d.Bristol RO, Common Council Proceedings 1670–87, f. 93; Beaven, Bristol Lists, 187, 204, 232; CSP Dom. 1673, p. 571; 1685, p. 189. Bath council bk. 2, f. 750.

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CHURCHILL, Sir John (c.1620-85), of Lincoln’s Inn and Churchill, Som.
Main residences: Lincoln's Inn; Churchill, Som.
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CHURCHILL, Sir John (c.1620-85)

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