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b. c. 1546,In 1609 he said he was aged 62, but the inscription on his funeral monument states he was 73 when he died. C24/252/10; I.M. Roper, ‘Effigies of Bristol’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxvii. 113. o. surv. s. of George Snygge, merchant, of Bristol and 1st w. Margaret Tayler. Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 130. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1564, BA 1566; M. Temple 1567, called 1575. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1586, J. Maclean, ‘Fam. of Yonge’ Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xv. 240. Alice, da. of William Yonge, merchant, of Ogbourne, Wilts., 5s. (at least 2 d.v.p.) 7da. Vis. Som. 130; PROB 11/149, f. 168; Bristol RO, Common Council procs. 1598-1608, p. 104. suc. fa. 1582; W. Barrett, Hist. and Antiqs. of City of Bristol, 514. Kntd. 3 Feb. 1605. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 136. d. 11 Nov. 1617. Roper, 112.
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Reader, M. Temple 1590, 1599, bencher by 1593 – 1603, treas. 1602–3; MTR, 308, 332, 388, 422. recorder, Bristol 1593–1605;Bristol Lists comp. A.B. Beaven, 232. sjt.-at-law 1603; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 538. bar. exch. 1604–d.; C66/1637, mm. 22–3. c.j. Brecon circ. 1608–17. W.R. Williams, Hist. of Gt. Sessions in Wales, 131.

J.p. Glos. and Som. by 1593–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C66/2147. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. by 1602 – d., charitable uses, Glos. 1603–9, C93/3/7, 33. piracy, Bristol 1604, sewers, Glos. 1607, C181/1, ff. 17, 92, 181/2, ff. 23, 307. subsidy, Bristol 1608; SP14/31/1, f. 15. member, Council in the Marches of Wales at d. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 21.

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SNYGGE, George (c.1546-1617), of Broad Street, Bristol, Glos. and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London
Main residences: Broad Street, Bristol, Glos.; Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, London.
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Commons 1604-1629
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SNYGGE, George (c.1546-1617)

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