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STANHOPE, Henry (c.1606-1634), of Shelford, Notts.; later of Boughton Malherbe, Kent and St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster

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b. c. 1606,Age calculated from date of admiss. to Christ Church, Oxf. 2nd s. of Philip Stanhope, 1st earl of Chesterfield (d.1656) and 1st w. Catherine, da. of Francis Hastings†, styled. Lord Hastings; bro. of Arthur† and Ferdinando†. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1622. m. 4 Dec. 1628, Katherine (d. 9 Apr. 1667), da. and coh. of Thomas Wotton, 2nd Bar. Wotton of Marley, 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. KB 1 Feb. 1626; styled. Lord Stanhope 4 Aug. 1628. d. 29 Nov. 1634. CP, iii. 180-1; Al. Ox.; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 180; Oxford DNB sub Stanhope, Katherine.
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Main residences: Shelford, Notts.; Boughton Malherbe, Kent; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.
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ST. JOHN, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1586-1648), of Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts.

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b . c.May 1586, C142/249/82. 2nd s. of Sir John St. John (d.1594) of Lydiard Tregoze and Lucy, da. of Sir Walter Hungerford† of Farleigh Castle, Som. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 91, 131, 167. educ. Trin., Oxf. 1601; L. Inn 1604. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. (1) 9 July 1604, Soc. Gen., St. John’s, Hackney par. reg. Anne (d. 19 Sept. 1628), Friends of Lydiard Tregoze, 5th Rep. 72. da. of Sir Thomas Leighton† of Feckenham, Worcs. and Guernsey, 9s. (7 d.v.p.) incl. Sir Walter†, 4da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 23 Oct. 1630, Margaret (d. by 24 Nov. 1637), CB; J. Aubrey, Top. Collections, 170. da. of William Whitmore, Haberdasher of London, GL, ms 12806/3, ff. 1, 5. wid. of Sir Richard Grobham (d.1629), of Gt. Wishford, Wilts., Vis. Wilts. 75. master of Subpoena Office, Chancery, Beinecke, ms Osborn b.9; PROB 11/156, f. 66v; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 499. s.p. suc. bro. Walter 1597, uncle Sir Oliver St. John* 1630; Kntd. 2 Feb. 1609; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 147. cr. bt. 22 May 1611. CB. bur. 18 Oct. 1648 18 Oct. 1648. Friends of Lydiard Tregoze, 5th Rep. 74. sig. John St. Johns.
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J.p. Wilts. by 1610–d.; C231/4, f. 87. col., militia ft., Wilts. 1610; dep. lt., Wilts. 1611; Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 159, 172. commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1624, 1629, C212/22/23; Add. 34566, f. 132. sewers, Surr. 1632, 1639; C181/4, f. 126; 181/5, f. 153. sheriff, Wilts. 1632–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 154. commr. oyer and terminer, Wilts., Hants and Dorset 1635–42. C181/4, f. 193v; 181/5, f. 221.

Main residence: Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts.
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SPENCER, Sir Richard (c.1553-1624), of Offley, Herts. and Drury Lane, Westminster

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b. c. 1553, 4th s. of Sir John Spencer† (d.1586), of Althorp, Northants. and Katharine, da. of Sir Thomas Kitson of Hengrave, Suff.; bro. of John† and William†.R. Clutterbuck, Herts. iii. 96-7. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. BA 1572, MA 1575; Caius, Camb. 1575, aged 22; travelled abroad (France, Italy, Germany, Low Countries) 1577-83; G. Inn 1585. Al. Ox.; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; CSP For. 1575-6, p. 600; 1579-81, p. 87; 1581-2, p. 307. m. by 1589, Helen (d. 12 May 1614), Clutterbuck, iii. 96. da. and coh. of Sir John Brocket† of Brocket Hall, Herts., 2s. 3da. W. Berry, Herts. Peds. 134. Kntd. 7 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104. d. 7 Nov. 1624. C142/418/95.
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Sec. to Sir William Cecil†, 1st Bar. Burghley by 1583; Bodl. Tanner 78, f. 105. commr. peace negotiations, Ostend 1588, The Hague 1607–9; CSP For. 1588, pp. 132, 171; Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 194. jt. kpr. of writs, c.p. 1604–d.; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 173; 1627–8, p. 153. gent. of the privy chamber 1607–d. HMC Hatfield, xix. 218.

J.p. Herts. by 1596–d., SP13/Case F/11, f. 17; C66/1620, C193/13/1. sheriff 1597–8, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 64. provost-marshal 1599; HMC Hatfield, ix. 288. commr. inquiry into lands and tenements, Herts 1603, C181/1, ff. 72, 73. subsidy 1608, SP14/31/1. sewers 1617, C181/2, f. 297. brewhouse survey 1620, APC 1619–21, p. 203. highways 1622; C181/3, f. 69v. collector for Palatine Benevolence, Hitchin half-hundred 1620. HMC Hatfield, xxii. 125.

Main residences: Offley, Herts.; Drury Lane, Westminster.
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SPENCER, Richard (1593-1661), of Althorp, Northants. and Orpington, Kent

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bap. 21 Oct. 1593, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Robert Spencer†, 1st Bar. Spencer of Wormleighton (d.1627), and Margaret, da. and coh. of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, Notts.; bro. of Edward* and William*.Baker, Northants. i. 109. educ. Corpus, Oxf. 1609, BA 1612, MA 1614; travelled abroad 1615; G. Inn 1624. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss.; SO3/6. m. 1628, Mary (d. 26 Oct. 1675), W.A.S. Robertson, ‘Orpington Church’, Arch. Cant. xiii. 381. da. of Sir Edwin Sandys* of Northbourne, Kent, 4s. d.v.p. 2da. J. Stow, Survey of London (1633), p. 825. d. 1 Nov. 1661. F. Chenevix-Trench, Orpington, 35. sig. Ric. Spencer.
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Freeman, Northampton 1620; Northampton Bor. Recs. ed. J.C. Cox, ii. 495. commr. Forced Loan, Northants. 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. swans, Home counties, c. 1629, C181/3, f. 270v. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1629, Kent 1639 – 40, 1660; C181/4, f. 32; 181/5, ff. 151v, 168, 181/7, f. 47. j.p. Kent 1635 – 42, 1660–d., C231/5, p. 188; HMC 5th Rep. 22–24. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1641 – 42, 1660–1; C181/5, ff. 193, 222v; 181/7, ff. 8, 104. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133; T.P.S. Woods, Prelude to Civil War, 32. dep. lt. 1660–d., Twysden Ltcy. Pprs. ed. G.S. Thomson (Kent Recs. x), 14. col. militia horse 1660–d., Parl. Intell. 1 Oct. 1660. commr. assessment 1660–d., SR, v. 214. sewers, N. Kent 1660. C181/7, p. 46.

Cupbearer by 1616; Lansd. 273, f. 28. gent of the privy chamber 1626. NLW, Wynn ms 1414.

Col. of horse (roy.) 1642–3. P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 353.

Main residences: Althorp, Northants.; Orpington, Kent.
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SPENCER, Edward (1595-1656), of Althorp, Northants.; Boston Manor, Mdx. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

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bap. 2 Mar. 1595, Northants. RO, 49P/26, Brington par. reg., unfol. 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir Robert Spencer† (d.1627) 1st Bar. Spencer of Wormleighton, and Margaret, da. and coh. of Sir Francis Willoughby of Wollaton, Notts.; bro. of Richard* and William*. M.E. Finch, Five Northants. Fams. (Northants. Rec. Soc. xix), 248. educ. Corpus, Oxf. 1609, BA 1612; L. Inn 1613, called 1618; travelled abroad (Spanish Neths.) 1617. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; APC, 1616-17, p. 266. m. 19 Sept. 1625, Mary (d.1658), da. of John Goldsmith of Wilby, Suff., wid. of Sir William Reade of Osterley, Mdx., s.p. Add. 19132, f. 134. Kntd. 27 Dec. 1625. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. d. 11 Feb. 1656. Bridges, Northants. ii. 476.
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Assoc. Bencher, L. Inn 1617. LI Black Bks. ii. 198.

Commr. survey, L. Inn Fields 1618, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. j.p. Mdx. 1626-at least 1639; C231/4, f. 200; SP16/405, f. 43. commr. Forced Loan, 1626–7; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1629 – 34, Mdx. 1634 – 38, London and Mdx. 1641, C181/4, ff. 5v, 172, 181/5, ff. 57v, 213, 214. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, 1635, GL, ms 25475/1, f. 61. sewers, Colney 1638–9, C181/5, ff. 122, 136v. subsidy, Mdx. 1642, SR, v. 153. array, 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residences: Althorp, Northants. and Boston Manor, Mdx. and Lincoln's Inn, London.
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SOTWELL, William (1571-1639), of Stroud Green, Greenham, Berks. and Lincoln’s Inn, London.

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b. 23 Nov. 1571, Hants RO, IM53/1462. 1st s. of John Sotwell, clerk, of Penistone, Yorks. and Andover, Hants, and Mary, da. of Christopher Ellis of Rothwell, Yorks. educ. Magdalen., Oxf. 1590; L. Inn 1590, called 1598. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 56. m. Eleanor (d. 14 July 1607), E. Ashmole, Antiqs. of Berks. ii. 321; MI, Thatcham church. da. of William Knight of Thatcham, Berks., 1s. d.v.p. Berks. RO, D/P 130/1/1. 3da. (2 d.v.p.). Ashmole, ii. 321; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 127; PROB 11/181, f. 469v. suc. fa. 1611. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. iii. 210. d. 18 June 1639. MI, Thatcham, Berks. sig. Will[ia]m Sotwell.
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Steward, reader’s dinner, L. Inn 1606, pens. 1617. LI Black Bks. ii. 100, 197.

Commr. charitable uses, Berks. 1626–7. C93/10/22; 93/11/13.

Main residences: Stroud Green, Greenham, Berks.; Lincoln's Inn, London.
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SONDES, Sir George (1599-1677), of Lees Court, Sheldwich, Kent

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b. Nov. 1599, 1st s. of Sir Richard Sondes† of Throwley, Kent and Susan, da. of Sir Edward Montagu† of Boughton, Northants.Berry, Kent Peds. 244. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1615; M. Temple 1619; travelled abroad 1624. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss.; APC, 1623-5, p. 389. m. (1) 17 Sept. 1621, C142/493/110. (with 10,000 marks), PROB 11/165 f. 226. Jane (d.1637), HMC Montagu, 118. da. and h. of Ralph Freeman, Clothworker, of Aspenden, Herts., ld. mayor of London 1633-4, 3s. 2da. d.v.p.; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 343-4. (2) 25 Feb. 1656, Mary, da. of Sir William Villiers, 1st bt., of Brooksby, Leics., 2da. Berry, 244. KB 1 Feb. 1626; Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 163. suc. fa. 1632; C142/493/110. cr. earl of Feversham 8 Apr. 1676. CP, v. 364-5. d. 16 Apr. 1677. C.V. Collier, ‘Coats of Arms in Kent Churches’, Arch. Cant. xxiii. 119.
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Commr. sewers, Kent 1621, 1637, 1639, Tisehurst, Suss. 1639; C181/3, f. 45, 181/5, ff. 68, 144v, 146v. j.p. Kent 1636 – 37, 1660–d., C231/5, p. 213; C220/9/4, f. 41. sheriff 1636–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 69. dep. lt. Kent by 1639 – ?43, 1660–d.; SP16/417/112; Twysden Ltcy. Pprs. ed. G.T. Thomson (Kent Recs. x), 13; SP29/42, f. 116; SP44/35A, f. 4v. commr. assessment, Kent 1641 – 43, 1660 – 61, 1664–74, SR v. 152, 214, 332, 533, 761; A. and. O. i. 92. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, A. and. O. i. 113, 149, 231. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1660–1, C181/7, pp. 7, 94. corporations, Kent 1662–3. Eg. 2985, f. 66.

Main residence: Lees Court, Sheldwich, Kent.
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SMYTHE, Sir Thomas (1558-1625), of Philpott Lane, London and Bounds Place, Bidborough, Kent

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b. c. 1558,Jacobean Commissions of Enquiry ed. A.P. McGowan (Navy Recs. Soc. cxvi), 229. 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Thomas Smythe† (d.1591) of London and Westenhanger, Kent; bro. of Sir John I* and Sir Richard*. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 113-14. educ. Merchant Taylors’ 1571. Reg. Merchant Taylors’ Sch. ed. C.J. Robinson, i. 18. m. (1) by 1586 (with £1,000), Judith, da. and h. of Richard Culverwell, Mercer of London, s.p.; Vis. Kent, 114; Arch. Cant. xx. 77; PROB 11/69, f. 10; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s London Citizens, 15498. (2) 21 Apr. 1588, Joan, da. and coh. of William Hobbs, Draper of London, s.p.; Arch. Cant. xx. 77; St. Michael Bassishaw (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxxii), 117; PROB 11/63, f. 346v; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s London Citizens, 35024 (3) 20 Dec. 1594, Sarah (d. 12 Mar. 1655), da. of William Blount of London, 3s. incl. Sir John III* (2 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p. Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 24; Vis. Kent, 114; St. Michael Bassishaw, 119." Kntd. 13 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 109. d. 4 Sept. 1625. C142/429/154; Arch. Cant. xx. 99. sig. Tho[mas] Smythe.
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Freeman, Skinners’ Co. by 1580, Haberdashers’ Co. 1580, master 1583 – 84, 1588 – 89, 1599–1600; G.E. Cokayne, Ld. Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 4; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 47. member, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. by 1598 – d., E.I. Co. 1599–d.; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 72; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 100 dep. gov. Muscovy Co. (jt.) by 1600 – 07, (sole) 1607–20; Remembrancia ed. W.H. and H.C. Overall, 11. gov., Levant Co. 1600 – 05, E.I. Co. 1600 – 01, 1607–21; Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 31–2; A.C. Wood, Levant Co. 255; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, pp. 109, 126, 155; 1617–21, p. 435 member, Spanish Co. 1605; Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 96. treas. Virg. Co. 1607–19; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 212; iv. 4; CSP Col. W. Indies, 1574–1660, pp. 8, 24. member, French Co. 1611; Select Charters of Trading Cos. 64. gov. N.W. Passage Co. 1612, CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 240. French Co. by 1614-at least 1618, Procs. 1614 (Commons), 117; APC, 1618–19, p. 224. Somers Is. Co. 1615 – 21, 1624–d. W.R. Scott, Constitution and Finance of Jt.-Stock Cos. ii. 262, 275, 285, 290.

Capt. militia ft., London by 1588–1601; HMC Foljambe, 39. vestryman, St. Alphage, London Wall by 1594; common councilman, London 1595–9; F.F. Foster, Pols. of Stability (R. Hist. Soc. Studies, i), 73 treas. St. Bart.’s hosp. 1597–1601; N. Moore, Hist. St. Bart.’s Hosp. ii. 225–6. alderman, London 1599 – 1601, Jan.-Feb. 1604; Beaven, ii. 47; CLRO, Reps. 26/1, ff. 256v, 269. sheriff, London and Mdx. Sept. 1600-Feb. 1601; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 205; APC, 1600–1, p. 157. j.p. Kent 1603–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 1, 158. collector (jt.) loans from merchants, London 1604; CLRO, Reps. 26/2, f. 472r-v. commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1606, London and Mdx. 1613, sewers 1606, lic. emigrants, port of London 1607 – 08, 1611, subsidy, Kent 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, piracy, London and Mdx. 1609, London and lower Thames 1614–d. C181/2, ff. 13v, 19v, 33, 101, 214, 339; 181/3, f. 176; C193/6/167, 177, 230; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–3.

Amb. to Muscovy 1604–5; Handlist British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 224. treas. (jt.) suppression of piracy 1618–19; APC, 1618–19, p. 386. commr. Navy 1618–?d.; Jacobean Commissions of Enquiry, pp. xix, xxiv; C231/4, ff. 182v, 188v. commr. govt. of Virg. 1624. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 146.

Main residences: Philpott Lane, London; Bounds Place, Bidborough, Kent.
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SMYTHE, Sir Thomas (c.1558-1625)

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SMITH, Sir William (1568-1620), of Blackfriars and The Strand, London and Whadborough, Leics.; later of Hammersmith, Mdx. and Lower Cumberloe Green, Herts.

Family and Education
bap. 26 June 1568,St. Mary le Bow (Harl. Soc. Reg. xliv), 8. 3rd s. of Ambrose Smith of London (d.1584), and Joan, da. of John Cooe of Coxall, Essex.Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 66-67; PROB 11/67, f. 108. educ. ?I. Temple 1584.I. Temple database of admiss. m. Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Skinner, Clothworker and alderman of London, 5s. 2da.Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii.), 66-67; A. Beavan, Aldermen of London, i. 36. Kntd. aft. 28 June 1603;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 112. bur. 17 July 1620.St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 159. sig. W. Smythe.
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Commr. sewers, London and Mdx. 1606 – 11, St. Albans, Herts. 1617, Colney Bridge, Herts. 1618;C181/2, ff. 19v, 153, 297v, 317. j.p. Leics. by 1608 – bef.14, Mdx. 1614 – d., Herts. 1616 – d., Westminster 1618–d.;SP14/33, f. 36v; C66/1988; C231/4, f. 23; C181/2, f. 331v; APC, 1619–21, p. 25. commr. aid for Prince Henry, Leics. 1609,SP14/43/107. annoyances, Mdx. 1613,C181/2, f. 199v. inquiry concerning new buildings, L. Inn Fields 1613, London and Mdx. 1614–18,APC, 1613–14, pp. 193, 383–4; 1615–16, p. 483; 1616–17, pp. 52, 207; 1617–19, p. 171; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. musters, Mdx. 1614;APC, 1613–14, p. 566. marshal, Marshalsea prison, Surr. 1616–d.;C231/4, f. 19; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 367; E 215/993. commr. gaol delivery Newgate, London 1617–d.,C181/3, ff. 279v, 351v. oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. 1617–d.;C181/2, ff. 278v, 280, 351v, 352v. freeman, London by 1620.PROB 11/136, f. 35.

Contractor (jt.) to purchase Crown rectories and parsonages, 1612.E214/611, 621.

Member, Levant Co. 1600, E.I. Co. 1600, cttee. 1619.Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 31; CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, pp. 117, 124, 126–7; 1617–21, p. 283.

Main residences: Blackfriars; The Strand, London; Whadborough, Leics; Hammersmith, Mdx.; Lower Cumberloe Green, Herts.
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ROBERTS, John (d.1615), of Chippenham, Wilts.

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m. 5 Oct. 1579, Sibill Rowland, ?2s. (1 d.v.p.). bur. 15 May 1615.Soc. Gen., Chippenham par. reg.
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Burgess, Chippenham by 1603, constable 1603–4. Recs. of Chippenham Bor. ed. F.H. Goldney, 191, 275.

Main residence: Chippenham, Wilts.
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