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CHURCHILL, Winston (1620-88), of Minterne Magna, Dorset and Whitehall.

Family and Education
bap. 18 Apr. 1620, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Churchill of Wootton Glanville, Dorset by 1st w. Sarah, da. and coh. of Sir Henry Winston of Standish, Glos. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1636-8; L. Inn 1637, called 1652. m. 26 May 1648 (with £1,500), Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Drake of Ashe, Musbury, Devon, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1659; Kntd. 22 Jan. 1664.St. Stephen Walbrook (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlix), 59; St. Peter, Paul’s Wharf (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxiii), 22; Cal. Comm. Adv. Money, 1092; HMC Bath, ii. 175.
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Capt. of horse (royalist) 1643–5.

J.p. Dorset July 1660 – d., Mdx. 1680 – d.; commr. for assessment, Dorset Aug. 1660–80, Mdx. 1664 – 69, Westminster 1679 – 80; freeman, Poole Nov. 1660; Lyme Regis 1685; commr. for loyal and indigent officers, Dorset 1662, dep. lt. 1664–d.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 32; Lyme Regis court bk. 1672–92, f. 384; Dorset RO, D84 (official).

Commr. for settlement [I] 1662 – 69; clerk-comptroller of the green cloth 1664–d.CSP Ire. 1660–2, p. 577; CSP Dom. 1668–9, p. 163; HMC Ormonde, n.s. vii. 185; Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1950.

FRS 1664 – 85.

Main residences: Minterne Magna, Dorset; Whitehall.
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This biography is based on A. L. Rowse, The Early Churchills.

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CHUTE, Chaloner (1632-66), of The Vine, Hants.

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bap. 15 Dec. 1632, and but o. surv. s. of Chaloner Chute of the Middle Temple and Sutton Court, Chiswick, Mdx. by 1st w. Anne, da. and coh. of Sir John Scory of Wormesley, Herefs., wid. of William Place of Dorking, Surr. educ. M. Temple 1645, called 1656; m. 1654, Catharine, da. of Richard, 13th Lord Dacre, 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1659.Guildhall Lib., St. Andrew Holborn par. reg.; Berry, Hants Gen. 118-19; C. J. Robinson, Mansions of Herefs. 314; PCC 77 Skynner.
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J.p. Hants 1659 – July 1660; militia, Hants and Mdx. 1659, Mdx. Mar. 1660; commr. for assessment, Wilts. Jan. 1660, Hants 1665 – d.

Main residence: The Vine, Hants.
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CLAPHAM, Christopher (c.1608-86), of Uffington, Lincs.

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b. c. 1608, 1st s. of George Clapham of Beamsley, Skipton, Yorks. by Martha, da. of Reginald Heber of Marton, Yorks. m. (1) by 1627, Mary (d. 1 Aug. 1637), da. of John Lowden of Wrenthorpe, Yorks., 2s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 14 May 1639, Margaret (d.1674), da. of Anthony Oldfield, attorney, of Spalding, Lincs., wid. of Robert Moyle, protonotary of c.p., of Twyford, Mdx., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da.; (3) lic. 26 Apr. 1678, Mary (d. 28 Nov. 1702), da. of Robert Needham, 2nd Visct. Kilmorey [I], of Shavington, Salop, s.p. suc. fa. 1629. Kntd. 8 June 1660.Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 475.
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Freeman, Stamford 1658; j.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) July 1660–70, 1672 – bef.80, 1685–d. , Lincs. (Kesteven) 1663–d., commr. for assessment, Westmld. and Kesteven Aug. 1660–1, (W. Riding) Aug. 1660–80, Lincs. 1661 – 63, 1665 – 80, oyer and terminer, Lincoln 1661; capt. vol. horse, Lincs. ?1663; commr. for recusants (W. Riding) 1675; dep. lt. Lincs. 1681 – d., sheriff 1682–3.F. Peck, Antiqs. of Stamford, i. 229; SP29/26/73; CSP Dom. 1663–4, p. 296; 1680–1, p. 515.

Main residence: Uffington, Lincs.
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CHRISTIE, Thomas (1622-97), of Bedford.

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bap. 30 Jan. 1622, 1st s. of Thomas Christie of Bedford by Jane, da. of William Faldo of Bedford. m. (1) aft. 29 June 1646, Alice (bur. 9 Oct. 1666), da. and h. of John Poole, Brewer, of London, wid. of Charles Bainbrigge, Brewer, of Clerkenwell, Mdx., 1s. 2da. d.v.p.; (2) 15 Oct. 1667, Anne (bur. 4 Sept. 1709), da. of Oliver Luke of Woodend, Cople, Beds., s.p.Beds. Par. Reg. xxxv. 9; PCC 93 Lee, 97 Twisse; St. James Clerkenwell (Harl. Soc. reg. xvii), 291; G. A. Blaydes, Gen. Bed. 24, 29, 86.
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Commr. for militia, Beds. Mar. 1660; j.p. Bedford Sept. 1660-at least 1661, Nov. 1688 – d., Beds. 1685 – d.; commr. for assessment, Bedford 1661 – 80, Beds. and Bedford 1689; dep. steward, honour of Ampthill by 1662–?d.Add. 33590, f. 158.

Main residence: Bedford.
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