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CHILD, Sir Francis (1642-1713), of Hollybush House, Fulham, Mdx. and the Marygold by Temple Bar, London

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bap. 14 Dec. 1642, 6th s. of Robert Child of Heddington, Wilts., by his w. Jane. m. 21 Oct. 1671, Elizabeth (d. 1720), da. of William Wheeler, goldsmith and banker, of the Marygold, 12s. (9 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); Kntd. 29 Oct. 1689. Feret, Fulham Old and New, ii. 91, 93–94; IGI, London; Wilts. N. and Q. ii. 207–8, 217–18.
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Apprentice, Goldsmiths’ Co. 1656, freeman 1665, livery 1671, asst. 1688, master 1702, prime warden 1690–1; common councilman, London 1682–3, 1689, alderman Oct. 1689–d., sheriff 1690–1, ld. mayor 1698–9.

Jeweller to King William 1689–97; receiver, Salt Duty Act 1694; commr. taking subscriptions to land bank 1696.

Cttee. Old E.I. Co. 1699–1701; pres. Christ’s Hosp. 1702–12; commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1695, 1704. J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 46; Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 217; x. 549; Add. 38871 (unfol.); 10120, ff. 232–6; Beaven, Aldermen, ii. 117; Daily Courant, 8 Aug. 1704.

Main residences: Hollybush House, Fulham, Mdx.; the Marygold by Temple Bar, London.
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CHICHESTER, Sir Arthur, 3rd Bt. (c.1662-1718), of Youlston, Devon

Family and Education
b. c. 1662, 2nd s. of Sir John Chichester, 1st Bt.†, of Raleigh, Devon by his 2nd w. Mary, da. of Theodore Colley of Notts. and wid. of Sir George Warcup of St. Anne, Blackfriars, London. m. 15 Apr. 1684, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Thomas Drewe*, 4s. 6da. suc. bro. as 3rd Bt. Sept. 1680.
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Freeman, Barnstaple 1684. Trans. Devon Assoc. lxxii. 264.

Main residence: Youlston, Devon.
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CHICHESTER, Sir Arthur, 3rd Bt. (c.1662-1718)

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CHICHELEY, Sir John (c.1640-91), of Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.

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b. c. 1640, 2nd s. of Thomas Chicheley† of Wimpole, Cambs. and Great Queen Street, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. by his 1st w. Sarah, da. of Sir William Russell, 1st Bt.†, of Chippenham, Cambs. educ. I. Temple 1657. m. c.1667, Isabella (d. 1709), da. and coh. of Sir John Lawson of Alresford, Essex, wid. of Daniel Norton of Southwick, Hants, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. Kntd. June 1665. Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 234; Lyme Letters ed. Lady Newton, 25.
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Lt. RN 1662, capt. 1663, r.-adm. 1673–5; envoy, Spanish Netherlands 1670; commr. navy 1675–80, Ordnance 1679–82; ld. of Admiralty 1682–4, 1689–90. Commissioned Sea Officers of RN 1660–1815 (Navy Recs. Soc. occ. pub. 1), 80; Cal. Treas. Bks. vi. 140; Hatton Corresp. (Cam. Soc. n.s. xxii), 13; J. Ehrman, Navy in War of Wm. III, 639.

Freeman, Portsmouth 1675, Liverpool 1686; conservator, Bedford Level 1683–d. R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 361; Wahlstrand thesis, 58; S. Wells, Drainage of Bedford Level, i. 463–5.

Main residence: Southampton Square, Bloomsbury, Mdx.
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CHICHELEY, Sir John (c.1640-91)

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CHEYNE, Hon. William (1657-1728), of Chesham Bois, Bucks.

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bap. 14 July 1657, o. s. of Charles Cheyne*, 1st Visct. Newhaven [S], by his 1st w. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1671. m. (1) 16 Dec. 1675, Elizabeth (d. 1677), da. of Edmund Thomas of Wenvoe, Glam., s.p.; (2) 6 May 1680, Gertrude (d. 1732), da. of Robert Pierrepont of Thoresby, Notts. and sis. of Evelyn Pierrepont*, s.p. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. Newhaven [S] 30 June 1698.
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Commr. for privy seal 1690–2; clerk of the pipe 1703–6, 1711–Dec. 1727. Cal. Treas. Bks. ix. 736, 1828; xviii. 353–4; xxi. 118; xxv. 433; xxix. 346.

Freeman, Hertford 1698; ld. lt. Bucks. June– Dec. 1702, 1712–14. Herts. RO, Hertford bor. recs. 25/100.

Main residence: Chesham Bois, Bucks.
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CHEYNE, Hon. William (1657-1728)

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CHEYNE, Charles, 1st Visct. Newhaven [S] (1625-98), of Chesham Bois, Bucks.

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bap. 23 Oct. 1625, 4th but 1st surv. s. of Francis Cheyne of Chesham Bois by Anne, da. of Sir William Fleetwood of Great Missenden, Bucks. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1640; L. Inn 1642. m. (1) 1654, Lady Jane (d. 1669), da. of William Cavendish†, 1st Duke of Newcastle, 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) lic. 8 June 1688, Isabella (d. 1714), da. of Sir John Smyth of Bidborough, Kent, and wid. of John Robartes, 1st Earl of Radnor, s.p. suc. fa. 1644; cr. Visct. Newhaven and Lord Cheyne [S] 17 May 1681. Bucks. Recs. vi. 206; T. Faulkner, Chelsea, i. 224, 337.
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Commr. customs 1675–87, Mint 1677–8. Cal. Treas. Bks. iv. 869; viii. 1201; HMC Lindsey supp. 170–4.

Commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1695. Add. 10120, f. 233.

Main residence: Chesham Bois, Bucks.
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CHEYNE, Charles, 1st Visct. Newhaven [S] (1625-98)

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CHETWYND, Walter II (1678-1736), of Ingestre, Staffs.

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bap. 3 June 1678, 1st s. of John Chetwynd*, and bro. of John† and William Richard Chetwynd†. educ. Westminster c.1692–6; Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 28 May 1696, aged 18. m. 27 May 1703 (with £6,000), Mary, da. and coh. of John Berkeley*, Visct. Fitzhardinge [I], maid of honour to Queen Mary, s.p. suc. fa. 1702; cr. Visct. Chetwynd of Bearhaven [I] 29 June 1717. IGI, London; H. E. Chetwynd-Stapylton, Chetwynds of Ingestre, 227; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 193.
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Master of buckhounds (jt.) to Prince George of Denmark 1705–9, master (sole) to Queen Anne 1709–by June 1711; ranger of St. James’s Park 1714–27. Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 598; Add. 17677 EEE, f. 229; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxix. 346.

High steward, Stafford 1717–d. Wedgwood, 194.

Main residence: Ingestre, Staffs.
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CHETWYND, Walter II (1678-1736)

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CHETWYND, Walter I (1633-93), of Ingestre, Staffs.

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b. 1 or 9 May 1633, o. s. of Walter Chetwynd of Ingestre by Frances, da. and h. of Edward Hesilrige of Arthingworth, Northants. m. 14 Sept. 1658, Anne (d. 1671), da. of Sir Edward Bagot, 2nd Bt.†, of Blithfield, Staffs., and sis. of Sir Walter Bagot, 3rd Bt.*, 1da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1669. Vis. Staffs. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v, pt.2), p. 84; Harl. 7001, f. 373; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 125.
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FRS 1678.

Main residence: Ingestre, Staffs.
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CHETWYND, Walter I (1633-93)

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CHETWYND, John (1643-1702), of Ingestre, Maer and Rudge, Standon, Staffs.

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b. 1643, 1st s. of John Chetwynd of Rudge by Susan, da. of John Broughton of Withington, Staffs. m. 27 Jan. 1676, Lucy (d. 1738), da. of Robert Roane of Tullesworth, Chaldon, Surr., 3s. 1da. suc. fa. 1674, Walter Chetwynd I* 1693. IGI, Staffs, London; J. C. Wedgwood, Staffs. Parl. Hist. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc.), ii. 168–9; H. E. Chetwynd-Stapylton, Chetwynds of Ingestre, 224, 226.
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?Capt. of ft. [I] 1674–8. HMC Ormonde, n.s. iv. 84.

Freeman, Stafford 1689; sheriff, Staffs. 1695–6. Staffs. RO, D1323/A/1, p. 355.

Main residence: Ingestre, Maer and Rudge, Standon, Staffs.
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CHETWYND, John (1643-1702)

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CHERNOCK, Sir Pynsent, 3rd Bt. (by 1670-1734), of Holcot, Beds.

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b. by 1670, 1st s. of Sir Villiers Chernock, 2nd Bt.†, of Holcot by Anne, da. and coh. of John Pynsent of Carlton Curlieu, Leics. and Combe, Surr., prothonotary of c.p. educ. I. Temple 1684; Queens’, Camb. 1685. m. 9 June 1691, Helen (d. 1741), da. and coh. of William Boteler† of Biddenham, Beds., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. as 3rd Bt. Oct. 1694. Burke, Commoners, ii. 104–5; Lipscomb, Bucks. i. 132–3; Beds. N. and Q. iii. 299; Add. 24120, f. 191; VCH Beds. iii. 387; F. A. Blaydes, Genealogia Bedfordiensis, 45, 399; Beds. Par. Reg. xxix. (Holcot) 9.
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Burgess, Bedford 1693. Bedford Bor. Council, Bedford bor. recs. B2/3, corp. act bk. 1688–1718, f. 30.

Main residence: Holcot, Beds.
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CHERNOCK, Sir Pynsent, 3rd Bt. (by 1670-1734)

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CHAUNDLER, Richard (c.1650-1729), of Idmiston, Wilts. and Cams, Hants.

Family and Education
b. c. 1650, s. of Robert Chaundler of Idmiston, Wilts. educ. I. Temple 1661; Trinity Oxf. matric. 23 Mar. 1666, aged 16. m. (1) 23 Feb. 1670, Mary (d.1680), da. of John Palmer, MD, warden of All Souls, Oxf., 2s. d.v.p. 2 da. (1 d.v.p.) 4 other ch. d.v.p. ; (2) lic. 15 Sept. 1682, Barbara (d. 1698), wid. of Sir Walter Curle, 1st Bt., of Soberton, Hants; (3) 21 Oct. 1700, Catherine Hobbs. Hoare, Wilts. Alderbury, v. 66; Wilts. N. and Q. vi. 99; Wood, Life and Times, i. 306–7; ii. 151.
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Sheriff, Wilts. 1686–7; freeman, Wilton by 1692; Winchester by 1701; Lymington 1701, mayor 1706. Pembroke mss at Wilton House, list of burgesses, 1 Oct. 1692; Hants RO, Winchester bor. recs. ordnance bk. 7, f. 166; E. King, Old Times Revisited, Lymington, 184, 192.

Main residences: Idmiston, Wilts.; Cams, Hants.
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CHAUNDLER, Richard (c.1650-1729)

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