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b. c. 1571, o.s. of Sir Lancelot Alford† of Meaux Abbey and Anne, da. and coh. of Sir William Knowles of Bilton-in-Holderness.Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 486; Borthwick, Reg. Test. 15/2, ff. 353-4. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 1586, aged 15. Al. Ox. m. (1) by 1596, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Rookes of Fawley, Bucks. 2da.; Vis. Yorks. 486; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 207; PROB 11/62, ff. 244- 5; C142/208/165, 245. (2) 24 Nov. 1608, Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Clarke of Hitcham, Bucks. 2da. Vis. Yorks. 486; C142/368/103; Coll. Top. et Gen. iv. 178. Kntd. 11 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 108. suc. fa. 1616. C142/367/31; Borthwick, City of York AB1, f. 62. sig. Will[iam] Alford.
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J.p. Beverley liberty by 1602 – at least42, Yorks. (E. Riding) by 1604 – at least42, custos rot.1626–9; C181/1, f. 26; C181/5, p. 143; C231/4, f. 209v. commr. sewers, E. Riding by 1603 – at least41, W. Riding 1623, swans, Yorks. by 1605-at least 1632; C181/1, ff. 64, 201; 181/3, f. 85; C181/4, f. 121; C181/5, p. 198. collector (jt.) 10ths, E. Riding 1624; E179/283, vol. ‘TG 28398’. sheriff, Yorks. 1618–19; List of Sheriffs comp A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163. commr. subsidy, E. Riding 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, Forced Loan 1626–7; C212/22/20–3; SP16/60/52; SP16/68/51; SR, v. 82. dep. lt. E. Riding by 1623 – 29, c.1635-at least 1640; SP14/151/69; APC, 1625–6, p. 58; SCL, Strafford Pprs. 12/50; Add. 28082, f. 81; SP16/462, f. 42. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1624-at least 1642; C181/3, f. 110. member, Council in the North 1625–41; R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. commr. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, E. Riding 1633, Poll Tax 1641, assessment 1641 – 42, Irish aid 1642, array, HUL, DDHA 18/35; SR, v. 107, 141, 150. Yorks. 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

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ALFORD, Sir William (c.1571-at least 1642), of Meaux Abbey and Bilton-in-Holderness, Yorks.
Main residences: Meaux Abbey; Bilton-in-Holderness, Yorks.
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S.H.
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Commons 1604-1629
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ALFORD, Sir William (c.1571-at least 1642)

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