Members Biographies

Biographies in the Commons 1558-1603 volume
COURTENAY, Sir William II (c.1580-1603), of Powderham, Devon.
COVERT, John (d.1589), of Ewhurst, Suss.
COVERT, Walter (c.1549-1632), of Slaugham, Suss.
COWPER, John (d.1586), of Ditcham, nr. Petersfield, Hants.
COX, John (d.c.1603), of Kingston, Surr.
COXE, Samuel (1550-1612), of London; later of Fulbrooke, Oxon.
CRADOCK, Francis (c.1547-94), of Brocton, nr. Stafford and the Middle Temple, London.
CRADOCK, Walter.
CRAWLEY, Thomas (d.1559), of Elmdon and Wenden Loftes, Essex.
CRESWELL, John, of Leominster, Herefs.
CREWE, Ranulf (1558-1646), of Lincoln’s Inn; later of Crewe Hall, Barthomley, Cheshire.
CROFT, Edward (d.1601), of Croft Castle, Herefs.
CROFT, Gabriel (c.1532-c.87), of Claughton, Lancs. and London.
CROFT, Herbert (c.1565-1629), of Croft Castle, Herefs.
CROFT, Sir James (c.1518-90), of Croft Castle, Herefs.
CROFT, James (d.1624), of Weston, Oxon.
CROFTS, John (c.1565-1628), of Chalgrove, Beds.; later of Little Saxham, Suff.
CROKE, George (c.1560-1642), of Serjeants’ Inn, London; Waterstock and Studley, Oxon.
CROKE, John I (d.c.1600), of Southampton.
CROKE, John II (1530-1608), of Chilton, Bucks.
CROKE, John III (1553-1620), of Holborn, London and Studley, Oxon.; later of Serjeants’ Inn, London and Chilton, Bucks.
CROMER, William (c.1531-98), of Tunstall, nr. Sittingbourne, Kent.
CROMPTON, Thomas I (c.1558-1609), of London.
CROMPTON, Thomas II (d.1601), of Bennington, Herts., Hounslow, Mdx. and Farringdon, London.
CROMPTON, Thomas III (d.c.1607), of Hounslow, Mdx. and Skerne, Yorks.
CROMWELL, alias WILLIAMS, Francis (c.1541-98), of Hemingford Grey and St. Neot’s, Hunts.
CROMWELL, alias WILLIAMS, Henry (c.1537-1604), of Hinchingbrooke and Ramsey Abbey, Hunts.
CROMWELL, Oliver (?1566-1655), of Godmanchester and Hinchingbrooke, Hunts.
CROMWELL, Richard (1572-1628), of Upwood, Hunts.
CROMWELL, Robert (d.1617), of Huntingdon.
CROMWELL, Thomas (c.1540-c.1611), of King’s Lynn, Norf.
CROSSE, Leonard (d.1610), of Wells, Som.
CROSSE, Robert (d.1611), of London and Marten Abbey, Essex.
CURE, Thomas (d.1588), of Southwark, Surr.
CURTEYS, Griffin (c.1520-87), of East Enborne, Berks.
CURWEN, Henry (1528-96), of Workington, Cumb.
CURWEN, Nicholas (1550-1604), of Workington, Cumb.
CURZON, Francis (by 1523-91/92), of Kedleston, Derbys.
CUTLER, Charles (d.1582), of Eye, Suff.
CUTTING, John (b.c.1552), of Orford, Suff.
CUTTS, Sir John (1545-1615), of Horham Hall, Essex; Shenley Hall, Herts. and Childerley, Cambs.
DABRIDGECOURT, Thomas (c.1546-1614), of Horwoods, Preston Candover, Hants.
DACRE, Francis (d.1633), of Croglin, Cumb.
DACRE, Henry (c.1577-1623), of Lanercost, Cumb.
DACRE, Leonard (by 1533-73), of Naworth, Cumb. and West Harlsey, Yorks.
DACRES, George (c.1533-80), of Cheshunt, Herts.
DALE, James.
DALE, Mathew (c.1538-1614), of Paris Garden, Southwark, Surr. and St. Bartholomew the Great, London.
DALE, Valentine (by 1527-89), of St. Gregory’s by St. Paul’s, London and Fyfield, Hants.
DALLOWE, Thomas, of Leominster, Herefs.
DALMYNGTON, William, of Hythe, Kent.
DALSTON, John (c.1556-aft.1609), of Dalston Hall, nr. Carlisle, Cumb.
DALTON, James (d.1601), of Lincoln’s Inn and St. Mary Aldermanbury, London.
DALTON, Roger (d.c.1597), of Kirby Misperton, Yorks. and Knockmoan, Co. Waterford, Ireland.
DALTON, Thomas (1517-91), of Kingston-upon-Hull, Yorks.
DAMET, Thomas (d.1618), of Great Yarmouth, Norf.
DAMSELL, Sir William (by 1521-82), of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London and Wye, Kent.
DANIEL, William (d.1633), of Truro, Cornw.
DANIELL, William (d.1604), of St. Margarets, Marlborough, Wilts.
DANNETT, Audley (c.1546-91), of St. Andrew-in-the-Wardrobe, London.
DANNETT, Leonard (c.1530-91), of Dannetts Hall, Bruntingthorpe, Leics.
DANNETT, Thomas (b.1543-?1601), of Stockland Lovell, Som. and London.
DANVERS, Charles (?1568-1601), of Dauntsey, Wilts.
DANVERS, John (1540-94), of Dauntsey, Wilts. and Cirencester, Glos.
DANVERS, Richard (d.1604), of West Tockenham, Wilts.
DARCY, Edward (1543-1612), of Dartford Place, Kent.
DARCY, Sir Francis (d.1641), of Isleworth, Mdx.
DARCY, Sir Henry (b.c.1539), of Brimham, Yorks. and Leighton Bromswold, Hunts.
DARR, Leonard (c.1554-1615), of Totnes afterwards of South Pool, Devon.
DARRELL, Paul (c.1529-1606), of Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks.
DARRELL, Thomas (c.1554-1618), of Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks.
DARRELL, William (1539-89), of Littlecote, Wilts.; later of Warwick Lane, London.
DARTE, John (d.1576), of Barnstaple, Devon.
DARTE, Lewis (1562-1632), of Barnstaple, Devon and Pentewan, Cornw.
DAVENPORT, Humphrey (c.1566-1645), of Bramhall and Sutton, Cheshire.
DAVIDGE, John (d.?1628), of Cheddon Fitzpaine, nr. Taunton, Som.
DAVIES, Edward (c.1544-90), of St. Mary’s, Shrewsbury, Salop.
DAVIES, Hugh.
DAVIES, John (1569-1626), of the Middle Temple, London and Englefield, Berks.
DAVIES, Maurice, of Caernarvon.
DAVISON, William (c.1541-1608), of Stepney, Mdx.
DAVY, Robert (d.1599), of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London and Barnes, Surr.
DAWNEY, John (1536-98), of Sessay, Yorks.
DAWTREY, William (d.1591), of More House, Petworth, Suss.
DELABERE, John (bef.1559-1607), of the Middle Temple, London and Southam, Glos.
DELABERE, Richard (c.1559-1636), of Lincoln’s Inn, London.
DELVES, George (d.1604), of Bredgar, Kent.
DENNY, Edward (c.1547-1600), of Bishop’s Stortford, Herts. and Tralee, co. Kerry.
DENTON, William (by 1523-65), of Stedham, Suss. and Southwark, Surr.
DENYS, Richard (d.1593), of Gloucester and Cold Ashton, Glos.
DENYS, Sir Thomas (1559-1613), of Holcombe Rogus (Holcombe Burnel), Devon.
DENYS, Sir Walter (c.1501-71), of St. Augustine’s Green, Bristol.
DEPDEN, Nicholas (c.1520-88), of Ludford, Salop and Aston in Kingsland, Herefs.
DERING, Anthony (c.1558-1636), of Pluckley, Kent.
DERING, Thomas (1530-c.1583), of Liss, nr. Petersfield, Hants.
DEVEREUX, Edward (c.1550-1622), of Castle Bromwich, Warws.
DEVEREUX, George, of Lamphey Court, Pemb. and Llwyn y Brain, Carm.
DEVEREUX, Sir William (c.1525-79), of Merevale, Warws.
DIGBY, George (1550-87), of Coleshill, Warws.
DIGBY, Kenelm (d.1590), of Stoke Dry, Rutland.