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BEAKE, Robert (d.1708), of Coventry, Warws.

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m. Elizabeth (bur. 24 Sept. 1689), 1da.Soc. of Genealogists, Coventry St. Michael bishop’s transcripts; PCC 27 Lane; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 147.
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Lt. of ft. (parliamentary) 1642 – 45, capt.-lt. 1645 – 47, June – Nov. 1648, maj. 1650 – 59; gov. Coventry 1650–1.Information from Miss Ann Hughes.

Freeman, Coventry 1650, sheriff 1650 – 51, common councilman 1652 – 55, alderman 1655 – 62, mayor 1655 – 56; commr. for assessment, Warws. 1650 – 52, Warws. and Coventry 1657, Jan. 1660, Coventry Sept. 1660–3, 1673 – 80, poor prisoners, Warws. and Coventry 1653, scandalous ministers 1654; master of drapers’ co. Coventry 1656 – 57, 1701 – 02; j.p. Warws. 1656 – July 1660; commr. for militia, Warws. and Coventry Mar. 1660; capt.-lt. of militia horse, Warws. Apr. 1660; commr. for inquiry into recusants’ fines, Leics., Northants., Rutland and Warws. Mar. 1688.Information from Miss Ann Hughes; Coventry RO, drapers’ co. order bk., p. 113; Merc. Pol. 5 Apr. 1660; Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1805.

Commr. of Admiralty 1656 – 59.

Main residence: Coventry, Warws.
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BEAKE, Robert (-d.1708)

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BEARE, John (c.1645-1711), of Bearscombe, Buckland Tout Saints, Devon.

Family and Education
b. c.1645, 1st s. of John Beare of Bearscombe by Elizabeth, da. and h. of Matthew Somers of Upwey, Dorset. educ. Balliol, Oxf. matric. 28 June 1662, aged 17. m. lic. 8 May 1674, Mary, da. and coh. of William Collings of Offwell, Devon, at least 1s. suc. fa. c.1684.Dorset RO, 2987, 3000; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 220; Soc. of Genealogists, Exeter mar. lic. 19 Oct. 1640, 8 May 1674; Lysons, Devon, 165; C8/505/49.
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Commr. for assessment, Devon 1673 – 79, j.p. 1674 – 89; recorder, Exeter Feb. – June 1683, Dartmouth 1684 – Oct. 1688; alderman, Honiton 1685, mayor Oct. 1688; alderman, Totnes Apr. – Oct. 1688, Tiverton June-Oct. 1688.Devon RO, Exeter corp. act bks. 11, ff. 231, 237; Devon and Cornw. N. and Q. v. 170; CSP Dom. 1684–5, p. 175; 1685, p. 70; 1687–9, pp. 183, 223; E134/4/ Jas. II Mich. 38, f. 3v.

Main residence: Bearscombe, Buckland Tout Saints, Devon.
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Commons 1660-1690
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BEARE, John (c.1645-1711)

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BEAUMONT, Sir Henry, 2nd Bt. (1638-89), of Stoughton Grange, Leics.

Family and Education
bap. 12 Apr. 1638, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Beaumont, 1st Bt., of Stoughton Grange by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Sir Nicholas Trott of Quickswood, Herts. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1655. m. 12 Apr. 1662, Elizabeth, da. of George Farmer of Holbeach, Lincs., protonotary of c.p., 14s. (9 d.v.p.) 7da. suc. fa. 11 Aug. 1676.Nichols, Leics. ii. 860-1.
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Commr. for militia, Leics. Mar. 1660, j.p. Mar. – July 1660, 1677 – d., capt. of militia ft. Apr. 1660, commr. for assessment 1661 – 63, 1679 – 80; freeman, Leicester 1679; dep. lt. Leics. 1680–d.Merc. Pub. 12 Apr. 1660; Reg. Leicester Freemen, i. 161.

Main residence: Stoughton Grange, Leics.
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Commons 1660-1690
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BEAUMONT, Sir Henry (1638-89)

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BEAUMONT, Hon. John (c.1636-1701), of Frith Street, Soho, Mdx.

Family and Education
b. c. 1636, 2nd s. of Sapcote, 2nd Visct. Beaumont of Swords [I], of Cole Orton, Leics. by 1st w. Bridget, da. of Sir Thomas Monson, 1st Bt., of Carlton, Lincs. educ. Market Bosworth g.s.; Christ’s, Camb. matric 3 Nov. 1653, aged 17. m. (1) lic. 10 Sept. 1663, Felicia (d.1687), da. of Thomas Pigott of Chetwynd, Salop, wid. of William Wilmer of Sywell, Northants., and of Sir Charles Compton of Grendon, Northants., s.p.; (2) lic. 28 Sept. 1693, Philippa, da. of Sir Nicholas Carew of Beddington, Surr., s.p.DNB; W. C. Compton, Hist. Comptons, 104, 118; Nichols, Leics. iii. 738-9, 744; Diary of Thomas Isham of Lamport, 148.
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Gent. of the privy chamber by June 1660; carver by 1679–?bef. 1682; equerry 1685-Sept. 1688.Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 165; Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 504, 509.

Capt. of horse 1666 – 67; capt. of ft. Holland Regt. (later The Buffs) Jan. – Mar. 1674; capt. of Gds. [I] by 1678; ?capt. (Dutch army) by 1684; lt.-col. Princess Anne’s Regt. (later 8 Ft.) 1685 – Sept. 1688, col. Dec. 1688–95; lt.-gov. Dover Castle 1686 – Sept. 1688, 1689–93.CSP Dom. 1665–6, p. 557; HMC Ormonde, n.s. ii. 212; J. Childs, Army of Charles II, 243; Luttrell, ii. 224, 339.

Commr. for assessment, Northants. 1664 – 79, Hastings 1689 – 90; j.p. Northants. 1665–?d., Leics. 1687 – d.; freeman, Portsmouth Jan. 1688; commr. for lode-manage court, Cinque Ports 1689.R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 368; CSP Dom. 1689–90, p. 210.

FRS 1685.

Main residence: Frith Street, Soho, Mdx.
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BEAUMONT, Hon. John (c.1636-1701)

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BEDINGFIELD, Henry (1632-87), of Halesworth, Suff.

Family and Education
bap. 9 Dec. 1632, 4th s. of John Bedingfield (d.1680) of Lincoln’s Inn and Halesworth by Joyce, da. and coh. of Edmund Morgan of Lambeth, Surr.; bro. of Sir Robert Bedingfield. educ. Caius, Camb. 1650; L. Inn 1650, called 1657. m. c.1667, his cos. Mary, da. of Robert Bedingfield, DD, rector of Newton, Cambs. 1631-51, 2da. Kntd. 14 Nov. 1684.Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 390; Rylands Lib. Eng. mss 297, f. 193; Suckling, Suff. ii. 335-7.
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Freeman, Dunwich 1658, commr. for assessment 1677 – 80, recorder ?1680 – 86; bencher, L. Inn 1683; recorder, Southwold 1684 – d.; dep. steward, Great Yarmouth 1684 – d.; j.p. Suff. 1685–d.E. Suff. RO, EE6/1144/12–13; SP44/335/360; C. J. Palmer, Hist. Yarmouth, 550–1.

Serjeant-at-law 1684; j.c.p. 13 Feb. 1686, c.j. 21 Apr. 1686 – d.

Main residence: Halesworth, Suff.
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BEDINGFIELD, Henry (1632-87)

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