MARLOTT (MERLOTT), William (1574-1646), of New Shoreham, Suss.

?Dep. farmer, great customs, Suss. (jt.) by 1616-at least 1631; APC, 1615–16, p. 377; 1630–1, p. 356. dep. v.-adm. by 1627-at least 1644; SP16/145/20 (accounting anonymously for the period 1627–9); HCA 14/44, pt. 1, f. 5 (identified by name 1628); Harl. 165, f. 275a; CJ, iii. 367a. commr. to seize and sell the goods aboard the Dunkirker St. Michael 1628, seize the goods aboard a sunken Spanish ship 1628, HCA 14/44, pt. 1, ff. 3, 51. swans, Eng. except West Country ?1629, C181/3, f. 271v. sewers, Suss. 1630, 1637, C181/4, ff. 47, 54; 181/5, f. 70. charitable uses 1636, C192/1, unfol. subsidy, 1641–2, SR, v. 66, 156. propositions 1642; CJ, ii. 830a. collector of customs, Chichester, Suss. by 1643–d.; Bodl. Rawl. A221, p. 232; AO3/300, ff. 5v-6. commr. assessment, Suss. 1643 – 45, sequestration 1643, defence 1643, raising of forces 1644; LJ, vi. 53; CJ, iii. 173a; A. and O. i. 451, 640. j.p. Suss. 1644–d.; Q. Sess. Order Bk. ed. B.C. Redwood (Suss. Rec. Soc. liv), p. xxvii. commr. New Model Ordinance, Suss. 1645. A. and O. i. 624.