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b. 20 Dec. 1553,C142/207/54. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of John Dryden of Canons Ashby and Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Cope† of Canons Ashby. Vis. Northants. ed. W.C. Metcalfe, 178; G. Baker, Northants. ii. 5-6. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1571, BA 1577; M. Temple 1578. Al. Ox.; MTR, 219. m. c.1580, Frances (d. 16 Feb. 1631), Baker, ii. 16. da. of William Wilkes of Hodnell, Warws. and coh. to her bro. Robert, 3s. 4da. VCH Warws. vi. 114-15; C2/Jas.I/D13/76. suc. fa. 1584; cr. bt. 16 Nov. 1619. CSP Dom. 1619-23, pp. 91-2. d. 22 May 1632. C142/487/31.
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Fellow of Magdalen, Oxf. 1575–8; Reg. Magdalen Coll. ii. 193. commr. musters, Northants. 1579-at least 1599, HMC Buccleuch, iii. 26, 57. inquiry, goods of George Carleton 1590, APC, 1590, p. 68. escheator, Northants. and Rutland 1593–4; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 100. commr. land assessment, Northants. (Western div.) 1597; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 53. sheriff, Northants. 1598 – 99, 1619–20, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 94. j.p. by 1599 – 1605, 1609 – 27, 1628–d., HMC Hatfield, ix. 48; C66/1549; C231/4, f. 259v; J.H. Gleason, JPs in Eng. 1558–1640, pp. 73, 77, 173, 176. commr. subsidy 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624. SP14/31/1; C212/22/20, 21, 23.

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DRYDEN, Sir Erasmus, 1st Bt. (1553-1632), of Canons Ashby, Northants.
Main residence: Canons Ashby, Northants.
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A.D.
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Commons 1604-1629
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DRYDEN, Sir Erasmus, 1st Bt. (1553-1632)

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