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ARCHDALE, Thomas (c.1675-1711).

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b. c. 1675, o. s. of John Archdale*. educ. Wadham, Oxf. matric. 11 Mar. 1692, aged 16. m. 20 Aug. 1699, Jane (d. 1722), da. of Charles Turner of King’s Lynn, Norf., 2da. H. B. Archdale, Mems. of Archdales, 82–83, 91; IGI, Norfolk; PCC 159 Young; Blomefield’s Norf. Supp. ed. Ingleby, 161.
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Freeman, Chipping Wycombe 1698. Ledger Bk. of Chipping Wycombe ed. Newall, 50.

Capt. Roger Townshend’s* Ft. 1706, R. Fusiliers 1707–bef. Mar. 1711.

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ARCHDALE, Thomas (c.1675-1711)

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ARCHDALE, John (1642-1717), of Temple Wycombe, Bucks.

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bap. 5 May 1642, 1st surv. s. of Thomas Archdale of Temple Wycombe by Mary, da. of John Neville, grocer and alderman of London. m. lic. 3 Dec. 1673, Anne Dobson (d. 1719), of High Wycombe, wid. of Walter Cary of High Wycombe 1s. 3da. suc. fa. 1676. H. B. Archdale, Mems. of Archdales, 79–82; PCC 142 Duke.
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Gov. N. Carolina 1695–7.

Main residence: Temple Wycombe, Bucks.
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ARCHDALE, John (1642-1717)

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APREECE, Robert (1638-1723), of Washingley Hall, Hunts.

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b. c. Dec. 1638, 1st s. of Robert Apreece of Washingley Hall by Mary, da. of (Sir) Henry Bedingfield† of Oxburgh, Norf., half-bro. of Charles Orme† of Peterborough, Northants. m. 18 Apr. 1660, Frances, da. and h. of Henry Bexwell of Bexwell, Norf., 3s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.) 1 other ch. suc. fa. 1644. Lansd. 921, f. 76; Vis. Norf. ed. Dashwood, i. 226.
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Commr. complaints, Bedford level 1663; appeals 1668.

Main residence: Washingley Hall, Hunts.
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APREECE, Robert (1638-1723)

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APPLEYARD, Matthew (c.1660-1700), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.

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b. c. 1660, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Matthew Appleyard† (d. 1670), by Frances, da. of Sir William Pelham of Brocklesby, Lincs. educ. Beverley sch.; St. John’s, Camb. adm. 27 Apr. 1677, aged 16. m. 30 May 1682, Jane, da. of William Ramsden†, merchant, of Hull, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 34.
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Jt. customer, Kingston-upon-Hull 1661, sole 1670– May 1688, 1689–d. CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 39; Cal. Treas. Bks. viii. 1923, 2160; ix. 464; xv. 376.

Main residence: Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
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APPLEYARD, Matthew (c.1660-1700)

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ANSTRUTHER, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (1658-1737), of Wrae, Linlithgow, and Balcaskie, Fife.

Family and Education
bap. 24 Sept. 1658, 3rd s. of Sir Philip Anstruther, MP [S], of Anstruther, Fife, by Christian, da. of Sir James Lumsden of Innergellie, Fife, gov. of Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1645–7. m. (1) Sophia (d. 1686), da. and coh. of David Kinnear (d. 1684) of Kinnear, Kilmany, Fife, s.p.; (2) 12 Mar. 1687, Jean, da. and h. of William Monteith (d. by 1691) of Wrae, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da.; (3) his cos. Marion (d. 1743), da. of Sir William Preston, 2nd Bt., of Valleyfield, Fife, 1s. 2da. Assumed name of Kinnear c.1684–6; cr. Bt. 28 Nov. 1694. Scot. Rec. Soc. viii. 192; W. Wood, East Neuk of Fife, 302; SRO Indexes, xxxi. 8; Hist. Scot. Parl. 21.
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MP [S] Anstruther Easter 1681–2, Anstruther Wester 1702–7.

Burgess and jt. receiver of customs, Anstruther Easter; burgess, Edinburgh 1689, Aberdeen 1698.

Jt. gen. receiver of supply and inland excise [S] 1691–1707; jt. farmer of excise [S] 1696–7; clerk and keeper of cocquet seal, Firth of Forth west of Queensferry 1697. Scot. Rec. Soc. lix. 35; New Spalding Club, Misc. ii. 477; APS, xi. 156–7; Hist. Scot. Parl. 21; Cal. Treas. Pprs. 1720–8, pp. 68–69; CSP Dom. 1697, p. 539.

Dir. Bank of Scotland 1696. C. A. Malcolm, Bank of Scotland, 293.

Main residences: Wrae, Linlithgow; Balcaskie, Fife.
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ANSTRUTHER, Sir Robert, 1st Bt. (1658-1737)

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ANSTRUTHER, Sir John, 1st Bt. (c.1678-1753), of Anstruther and Elie House, Elie, Fife.

Family and Education
b. c. 1678, o. s. of Sir William Anstruther, MP [S], of Anstruther and Elie House, Ld. Anstruther SCJ by Lady Helen Hamilton, da. of John, 4th Earl of Haddington [S]; nephew of Sir Robert Anstruther, 1st Bt.*; m. contr. 24 Jan. 1717, Lady Margaret Carmichael (d. 1721), da. of James, 2nd Earl of Hyndford [S], 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. cr. Bt. 6 Jan. 1700; suc. fa. 1711. Hist. Scot. Parl. 20–21; W. Wood, East Neuk of Fife, 245.
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MP [S] Anstruther Easter 1702–7.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1708, Perth 1709, Ayr 1710; hereditary bailie, lordship of Pittenweem 1711–d.; hereditary searcher of customs and keeper of cocquets, Anstruther and Elie 1711–d.; commr. visitation, St. Andrews Univ. 1718. Scot. Rec. Soc. lxii. 8; Sandeman Lib. Perth, Perth burgh recs. B59/24/1/17, p.15; Carnegie Lib. Ayr, Ayr burgh recs. B6/18/8, council mins. 4 Oct. 1710; Brunton and Haig, Senators Coll. of Justice, 443–4.

Hereditary carver and master of royal household [S] 1711–d.; master of works [S] 1717–43; commr. police [S] 1743–aft. 1744. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxxi. 413; Cal. Treas. Bks. and Pprs. 1742–5, p. 435.

Main residence: Anstruther and Elie House, Elie, Fife.
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ANSTRUTHER, Sir John, 1st Bt. (c.1678-1753)

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ANSTIS, John (1669-1744), of West Duloe, Cornw. and Arundel Street, Norfolk Buildings, Westminster

Family and Education
b. 28 Sept. 1669, 1st s. of John Anstis by Mary, da. and coh. of George Smith of Lantewy and Lunna, Cornw. educ. Exeter, Oxf. 1685; M. Temple 1690, called 1699, bencher 1722, treasurer 1730. m. 1695 (with £5,000), Elizabeth, da. and h. of Richard Cudlipp of Tavistock, Devon, 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 6da. (4 d.v.p.); suc. fa. 1692. Info. from Mr A. Ailes.
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High steward, Cornish tinners 1692–?d. Boase and Courtney, Bibl. Cornub. 1030.

Dep. gen. to auditors of imprest 1703–4; commr. prizes 1703–4; receiver-gen. of the stannaries, 1704–14; commr. to inspect and report on recs. 1704; keeper of recs. in Tower 1712; Garter king of arms 1718–d. DNB; Cal. Treas. Bks. xviii. 284, 371; xix. 228, 336; xxix. 107; Boyer, Pol. State, iv. 64.

Main residences: West Duloe, Cornw.; Arundel Street, Norfolk Buildings, Westminster.
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Unless otherwise stated this account is based upon A. Wagner and A. L. Rowse, John Anstis, Garter King of Arms.

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ANSTIS, John (1669-1744)

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ANNESLEY, Francis (1663-1750), of Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx. and Thorganby, Yorks.

Family and Education
bap. 24 Oct. 1663, 1st s. of Hon. Francis Annesley of Castlewellan, co. Down (6th s. of Francis Annesley†, 1st Visct. Valentia [I]) by Deborah, da. of Henry Jones, bp. of Meath. educ. Trinity, Dublin 1679, BA 1682, LL.B. and LL.D. 1725; I. Temple 1684, called 1690, bencher 1713. m. (1) 5 July 1695, Elizabeth, da. of Joseph Martin*, 7s. 2da.; (2) July 1732, Elizabeth (d. 20 May 1736), da. of John Cropley of Rochester, Kent, wid. of William Gomeldon of Summerfield Hall, Kent, s.p.; (3) 31 Aug. 1737, Sarah, da. of William Sloane of Portsmouth, Hants, wid. of Sir Richard Fowler, 2nd Bt., of Harnage Grange, Salop, s.p. suc. fa. aft. 1689; cos. Hon. Arthur Annesley* in personal and unentailed estates 1737. Lodge, Peerage of Ire. (1754), ii. 284–5.
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MP [I] 1692–9, 27 Aug.–28 Sept. 1703, 1713–14.

Commr. inquiry into forfeited estates in Ire. 1699–1700, trustee for sale 1700–3; commr. building 50 new churches 1711–15, 1727, taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711; public accts. 1711–14. E. G. W. Bill, Q. Anne Churches, pp. xxiii–xxiv; W. Pittis, Hist. Present Parl. (1711), 348.

Dir. New E.I. Co. 1700.

Freeman, Preston 1705. Lancs. RO, Preston bor. recs. CNP 3/1/1, p. 539.

Trustee, Cottonian lib. by 1738. Bodl. Carte 109, f. 353.

Main residences: Lincoln’s Inn Fields, Mdx.; Thorganby, Yorks.
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ANNESLEY, Francis (1663-1750)

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ANNESLEY, Hon. Arthur (c.1678-1737), of Farnborough, Hants; Bletchingdon, Oxon., and Knockgrenan, nr. Camolin, co. Wexford

Family and Education
b. c. 1678, 3rd s. of James Annesley†, 2nd Earl of Anglesey, by Lady Elizabeth Manners, da. of John Manners†, 8th Earl of Rutland. educ. Eton c.1693–7; Magdalene, Camb. matric. 1698, MA 1699, fellow 1700. m. lic. 6 Jan. 1702, his cos. Mary (d. 1719), da. of Sir John Thompson, 1st Bt.*, 1st Baron Haversham, sis. of Maurice Thompson*, s.p. suc. bro. as 7th Earl of Anglesey and Visct. Valentia [I] 18 Sept. 1710. Reg. of Deeds: Abstracts of Wills (Irish Mss Commn.), i. 242; Eton Coll. Reg. ed. Sterry, 8.
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Gent. of privy chamber 1689–1702; jt. vice-treasurer and paymaster-gen. [I] Oct. 1710–16; PC 19 Oct. 1710; PC [I] 1711–d.; ld. justice Aug.–Sept. 1714. Info. from Prof. R. O. Bucholz; Cal. Treas. Bks. xxv. 294; xxx. 105; Luttrell, Brief Relation, v. 635, 644.

MP [I] 1703–10.

FRS 1704.

Commr. building 50 new churches 1711–15. E. G. W. Bill, Q. Anne Churches, p. xxiii; Recs. R. Soc. (1940), p. 389.

Freeman, Drogheda 1712; high steward, Camb. Univ. 1722–d.; gov. co. Wexford 1727–d. Drogheda Corp. Council Bk. ed. Gogarty, i. 315.

Main residences: Farnborough, Hants.; Bletchingdon, Oxon; Knockgrenan, nr. Camolin, co. Wexford.
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ANNESLEY, Hon. Arthur (c.1678-1737)

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ANDREWS, Sir Matthew (c.1630-1711), of Ashley House, Walton-on-Thames, Surr. and Mere, Wilts.

Family and Education
b. c. 1630, 1st s. of Matthew Andrews, of Ironmonger Lane, London by Sarah, da. of Hugh Evance, clothworker, of London. m. bef. 1669, Anne (d. 1709), 1s. 3da. suc. fa. c.1643; Kntd. 16 Apr. 1675. Soc. of Genealogists, Boyd’s London units 19529; PCC 32 Pile, 48 Young; N. and Q. ser. 10, v. 289; Hoare, Wilts. Mere, 24; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 298.
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Freeman, Clothworkers’ Co. 1652; member, Hon. Artillery Co. 1667, treasurer 1681–1703; freeman, E.I. Co. 1669, cttee. 1671–81 (with statutory intervals); er. bro. Trinity House 1680–d., master 1695–7, dep.–master 1697–9; gov. Christ’s Hosp. by 1687. Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. ed. Sainsbury, viii. 209; ix. 30, 225; x. 302; xi. 40; W. R. Chaplin, Trinity House, 14–17, 58; G. A. Raikes, Hist. Hon. Artillery Co. ii. 477.

Sheriff, Wilts. 1676–7.

Commr. for preventing export of wool 1689–92; gent. of privy chamber 1689–1702; receiver of rents for manor of Mere 1693. Cal. Treas. Bks. x. 350; Carlisle, Privy Chamber, 203; Ancient Vellum Bk. ed. Raikes, 109; info. from Prof. H. Horwitz.

Commr. public accts. 1691–4.

Main residences: Ashley House, Walton-on-Thames, Surr.; Mere, Wilts.
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ANDREWS, Sir Matthew (c.1630-1711)

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