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LAMBERT, Thomas (1585-1638), of Boyton, Wilts.

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bap. 3 Feb. 1585,Wilts. RO, 1507/2, unfol. 2nd s. of Edmund Lambert (d.1609) of Boyton and Oxnead, Norf. and Anne, da. of Edward Jackman, alderman of London, of Hornchurch, Essex. R.C. Hoare, Hist. Wilts. ‘Heytesbury Hundred’, 203; PROB 11/52, ff. 23, 25v; 11/113, ff. 149v-150; MI, Boyton church. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1604; M. Temple 1607. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1613 (with £1,800), Anne (bur. 21 Oct. 1649), da. of Walter Dunch†, barrister, of Gray’s Inn and Avebury, Wilts., 5s. 3da. PROB 11/81, ff. 49-50; Hoare, ‘Heytesbury’, 203; Wilts. RO, 1507/2, unfol.; PROB 11/133, f.159v. suc. bro. 1612 Hoare, ‘Heytesbury’, 203; PROB 11/119, f. 340. d. 30 Aug. 1638. Wilts. IPMs ed. G.S. and A.E. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 35.
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J.p. Wilts. 1625, C231/4, f. 175. 1631–d.; C231/5, f. 61; SP16/221, f. 8; Wilts. RO, A1/150/7, 8. commr. i.p.m. Sir John Dauntsey, Wilts. 1631, Wilts. IPMs, 118. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1633. GL, ms 25475/1, f. 13v.

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LAMBERT, Thomas (1585-1638), of Boyton, Wilts.
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LAKE, Sir Thomas II (c.1595-1653), of Canons, Little Stanmore, Mdx.

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b. c. 1595, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Lake I*; bro. of Sir Arthur*. educ. M. Temple 1610; New Coll. Oxf. 1610, aged 15, BA Hart Hall 1613;Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. travelled abroad (Germany, Spanish Neths.) 1613-?16. HMC Downshire, iv. 132; SO3/5, unfol. Nov. 1613. m. (1) settlement 22 Feb. 1633 (with £3,000), Dorothy (d.1643), da. of (Sir) George Manners† of Haddon Hall, Derbys. and Uffington, Lincs., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 1648, Frances Dymock Doubleday, s.p. C7/426/73; J.C. Cox, Notes on Derbys. Churches, ii. 26-7; HMC Rutland, ii. 9. suc. fa. 1630; Kntd. 8 June 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 163. bur. 13 May 1653. D. Lysons, Environs of London, iii. 413. sig. Tho. Lake.
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Clerk for writing leases for the Gt. Seal, Chancery by 1611; clerk of the PC (extraordinary) 1616–?19. HEHL, EL2942; APC, 1615–16, p. 633.

Commr. to compound with landowners concerning rights of free warren, 1614. CD 1621, vii. 466.

J.p. Mdx. 1638–?1640, C231/5, f. 307; C193/13/2; commr. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

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LAKE, Sir Thomas II (c.1595-1653), of Canons, Little Stanmore, Mdx.
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KNOLLYS, Sir Francis I (1553-1648), of Abbey House, Reading, Berks.

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b. 1553, 6th s. of Sir Francis Knollys† (d.1596) of Rotherfield Greys, Oxon. and Catherine, da. of William Carey of Aldenham, Herts.;Lipscomb, Bucks. i. 528. bro. of Sir Robert I*. educ. ?Eton 1561-3; Magdalen, Oxf. c.1564, MA 1598; G. Inn 1565; Eton. Coll. Reg. comp. W. Sterry; Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. travelled abroad (France) 1572. HMC Bath, v. 233. m. lic. 21 Dec. 1588, London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 806. Lettice, da. of John Barrett of St. Clement Danes, Westminster and Hanham, Glos., 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). PROB 11/204, f. 286. Kntd. 7 Dec. 1587. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 86. d. by 5 May 1648.
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R.-adm. ?to Sir Humphrey Gilbert† 1578–9, CSP Span. 1568–79, pp. 583, 654; 1580–86, pp. 75, 306. to Sir Francis Drake† 1585–6; Hakluyt’s Voyages, x. 98, 133. capt. ft., Low Countries c.1586–7; Leicester Household Accts. ed. S. Adams (Cam. Soc. ser. 5. vi), 440. col., militia ft., Herts. and Cambs. 1588,HMC Foljambe, 46; CSP Dom. 1581–90, p. 519; CSP Span. 1587–1603, p. 298. Oxon. 1599; HMC Foljambe, 165; E351/264, unfol. master of ordnance, Tilbury, Essex 1588. HMC Foljambe, 52.

J.p. Berks. 1592 – 1642, Oxon. 1614–42; CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 186; C66/1988; C231/5, pp. 527–8. dep. lt. Berks. 1596-at least 1640, APC, 1595–6, p. 396; 1626, p. 365; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 489. ?kpr. Wallingford Castle, Berks. by 1601; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 545. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by 1602 – 42, recusants, Berks. 1602; C181/1, ff. 17, 34. freeman, Southampton, Hants 1603; HMC 11th Rep. iii. 23. commr. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1604, 1612, 1626, Bucks. 1626, Berks. 1638; C181/1, f. 85; 181/2, f. 168v; 181/3, ff. 200, 202v; 181/5, f. 99v. collector, Privy Seal loans, Berks. 1604–6;E401/2585, f. 100. kpr. Bear Wood walk, Windsor forest, Berks. (sole) 1607, (jt.) 1613; Harl. 3749, f. 11; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 209. commr. charitable uses, Berks. 1608-at least 1629, C93/3/13; 93/11/13. subsidy 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1629,SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–3; E115/63/71. aid 1609; SP14/43/107. trustee, municipal lands, Hungerford, Berks. 1613; VCH Berks. iii. 186. commr. brewhouse survey, Berks. 1620, APC, 1619–21, p. 203. Forced Loan, Berks. and Oxon. 1626; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 144–5. martial law, Berks. 1626–7, APC, 1626, p. 365; C66/2422. Kendrick charity, Reading, Berks. 1631, CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 44, 171, 280. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Berks. 1637, GL, ms 25475/1, f. 90. perambulation, Windsor forest 1641, C181/5, f. 211. levying of money, Berks. and Reading 1643, execution of ordinances, Berks. 1644, A. and O. i. 146, 227, 455. assessment 1644–8. Ibid. 541, 961, 1078.

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KNOLLYS, Sir Francis I (1553-1648), of Abbey House, Reading, Berks.
Main residence: Abbey House, Reading, Berks.
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A.D.
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KERR (CARR), Sir Robert (c.1578-1654), of Ancram, Roxburgh; Whitehall Palace and Kew, Surr.

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b. c. 1578, Aged c.75 in 1653: Kerr Corresp. ii. 379. 1st s. of William Kerr of Ancram and Margaret, da. of Archibald Dundas of Fingask, Perths. Ibid. i. p. cxv. educ. ?G. Inn 1622. GI Admiss. m. (1) by 1607, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Murray of Blackbarony, 1s.; Kerr Corresp. i. pp. viii, cxv, cxvi. (2) by 27 Oct. 1621, CSP Dom. 1619-23, p. 303. Lady Anne (bur. 15 Feb. 1657) Regs. Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. Regs. x), 149., da. of William Stanley, 6th earl of Derby and wid. of Sir Henry Portman* (d. 24 Feb. 1621) of Orchard Portman, Som., 2s. 5da. Kerr Corresp. i. pp. xxvii, cxv, cxxix; Collinson, Som. iii. 275; Sales of Wards ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), 47-51. suc. fa. 1590; Kntd. betw.1604-7; Kerr Corresp. i. pp. vi, viii. cr. earl of Ancram [S] 24 June 1633. Registrum Magni Sigilli Regum Scotorum, 1620-33, p. 736. d. Dec. 1654. Kerr Corresp. i. p. xxv. sig. Rob[ert] Karr.
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Provost, Jedburgh, Roxburgh by 1603; capt., king’s guard on Scottish Borders 1611–13; Reg. PC Scot. 1599–1604, p. 541; 1610–13, p. 245; 1613–16, p. 176. freeman, Preston, Lancs. by 1622; Preston Guild Rolls ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 76. commr. archery grounds, London 1632. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 252.

Gent. of privy chamber, Prince Henry’s Household by 1610, Govt. of Roy. Household (Soc. Antiq., 1790), p. 324. gent. of bedchamber to Prince Charles 1613 – 25, as king 1625-at least 1643, T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Jas. I, i. 252; Northants RO, FH3775. kpr. privy purse to Prince Charles by 1616 – 25, as king 1625–39; SC6 Jas.I/1680; CSP Dom. 1639, p. 100. member, Prince Charles’s Council [S] 1619 – at least24, PC [S] from 1631. Reg. PC Scot. 1619–22, p. 65; 1622–5, p. 558; 1630–2, p. 248.

Commr. inquiry, purveyance abuses, Eng. 1634, CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 47 eccles. causes [S] 1634, Kerr Corresp. i. p. xix. inquiry, erection of cottages and usury, Eng. 1638. CSP Dom. 1637–8, pp. 602–3.

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KERR (CARR), Sir Robert (c.1578-1654), of Ancram, Roxburgh; Whitehall Palace and Kew, Surr.
Main residences: Whitehall Palace, Ancram, RoxburghsCorresp. of Sir Robert Kerr ed. D. Laing, i. p. x; HMC Cowper, ii. 240; R.C. Bald, John Donne, 511.; Whitehall Palace, Kew, Surr.; Kew, Surr.
Carr
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KEMEYS (KEMYS), Nicholas (by 1593-1648), of Llanfair Castle, Llanfair Discoed, Mon.; later of Cefn Mabli, Glam.

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b. by 1593,Assuming he was 21 in 1614 when he purchased the manor of Llanfair. An i.p.m. of 1637 described him as over 40: C54/2211/13; C142/613/63. 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Rhys Kemeys of Llanfair Discoed and the Inner Temple, and Wilosphet, da. of William Aubrey† of Cantreff, Brec., master of Requests. J.A. Bradney, Hist. Mon. iv. 182-3; C2/Eliz.I/K5/2; G.T. Clark, Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glamorganiae, 413; PROB 11/116, f.413v. Clark places Nicholas as 4th s. but this is not supported by other sources. m. (1) by 1614, Jane, da. of Rowland Williams of Llangibby, Mon. 1s. 4da.; (2) 11 Jul. 1625, Mary (d. betw. 1642/4), da. of William Powell of Monmouth, Mon., wid. of Walter Griffith of Monmouth, s.p.; (3) 4 Nov. 1644, Jane (d. aft. 1650), da. of Rawleigh Bussey of Llantrithyd, Glam., wid. of William Herbert I† (d. 23 Oct. 1642) of Cogan Pill, Glam. 1s. Bradney, iv. 182-3; Al. Ox. (Charles Kemeys); Soc. Antiq. ms 502; Gwent RO, D/Pa58.1, f. 59; D43.5949; Glam. RO, P/38/CW/1, f. 6; D/D KT 29; C2/Chas.I/P8/34. suc. fa. 1634; nephew Edward Kemeys in Glam. estate 1636; NLW, LL/1634/47. His nephew’s date of death varies from source to source, but Nicholas was described as ‘of Cefn Mabli’ in 1636: C142/613/63; C2/Chas.I/K14/56; 2/Chas.I/K17/42; Gwent RO, D43.6203; Soc. Antiq. ms 502. Kntd. 31 May 1641; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 208. cr. bt. 13 May 1642. SO3/12, f. 199. d. 25 May 1648. Full and Particular Relation of the ... Taking of Chepstow Castle (1648). sig. Nich[olas] Kemeys.
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J.p. Mon. 1620–d. (custos rot. 1645), Glam. 1636–d., JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 300–1, 353–9; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed.W.H. Black, 247. commr. subsidy, Mon. 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641 – 42, Glam. 1641–2, C212/22/21, 23; SR, v. 68, 79, 91, 153, 157. Palatine Benevolence 1622, SP14/134/12. i.p.m. 1623, 1635, C142/655/111; G.B. Morgan, Hist. and Geneal. Mems. of the Morgan Fam. ii. 156. Forced Loan 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 36v. sewers 1629, 1639; C181/4, f. 20v; 181/5, f. 156. ranger, Wentwood Forest, Mon. by c.1630; J. Mitchell, ‘Nathan Rogers and the Wentwood Case’, WHR, xiv. 33. sheriff, Mon. 1631 – 32, Glam. 1638–9; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 83, 257. commr. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, Mon. 1635; GL, ms 25475/1, f. 49v. kpr. of royal game, Glam. and Mon. 1637; CSP Dom. 1637, p. 356. dep. lt., Glam. 1637–42; HEHL, EL7443; Glam. RO, D/D KT 5/1. commr. array, Glam. 1642–6, Northants. RO, FH133; NLW, LL/MB/17, ff. 68–9. assessment (roy.) 1643, impressment (roy.) 1643, accts. of roy. contributions, Mon. 1644. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, pp. 44, 47–8, 110–11, 217–18.

Col. ft. (roy.), Glam. 1642/3, P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 213. CB states he was a col. of horse. gov. (roy.), Cardiff, Glam. 1643–4, NLW, LL/MB/17, ff. 61, 84; Kemeys-Tynte M2. Chepstow, Mon. 1648. Full and Particular Relation.

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KEMEYS (KEMYS), Nicholas (by 1593-1648), of Llanfair Castle, Llanfair Discoed, Mon.; later of Cefn Mabli, Glam.
Main residences: Llanfair Castle, Llanfair Discoed, Mon.; Cefn Mabli, Glam.
Kemys
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HORSMAN, Thomas (c.1536-1610), of Burton Pedwardine, Lincs. and The Savoy, Mdx.

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b. c. 1536, 1st s. of Thomas Horsman of Burton Pedwardine, sewer of the chamber, and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Hussey of Linwood, Lincs. coh. to her bro. Thomas, and wid. of Thomas Ayscough of Stallingborough, Lincs.Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. l), 61-63. educ. household of Sir William Cecil†;Lincs. Church Notes ed. J. Monson (Lincoln Rec. Soc. xxxi), 66-7. Trin. Hall, Camb. 1555, LL.B. 1563.Al. Cant. m. aft. 1586, Anne (d.1612),PROB 11/120, f. 178. da. of Robert Wilson, wid. of Peter Richardson, Goldsmith, of the Savoy, s.p.The Gen. iii. 271. suc. fa. 1553;Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 528. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130. d. 26 Nov. 1610.C142/324/133.
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Fell. Trin. Hall, Camb. 1559–72;Al. Cant. escheator, Lincs. 1592–3;List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 80. commr. sewers, Mdx. 1604.C181/1, ff. 88, 100v.

Sewer of the chamber c.1563–1603.CPR 1572–5, p. 561; LC2/4/4, f. 48v.

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HORSMAN, Thomas (c.1536-1610), of Burton Pedwardine, Lincs. and The Savoy, Mdx.
Main residences: Burton Pedwardine, Lincs.; The Savoy, Mdx.
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JAY, Sir Thomas (1597/8-1639), of Netheravon, Wilts. and Blackfriars, London.

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b. 1597 /8, 1st s. of Thomas Jay, clerk, of Fittleton, Wilts. and Anne, da. of Robert Janson. C2/Jas.I/J9/42. educ. Queen’s, Oxf., 1613, aged 15; L. Inn 1618. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. 26 Sept. 1618, Elizabeth (d. by 1641), C2/Chas.I/J9/59. wid. of Robert Roper of St. Mary Aldermanbury, London, and Heanor, Derbys., ?s.p. Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1611-1828 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 64; PROB 11/130, f. 407v. suc. fa. 1623; Wilts. IPMs ed. G.S. and A.E. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 3-4. Kntd. 3 Oct. 1625. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. bur. 21 Dec. 1639 21 Dec. 1639.GL, St. Dunstan in the West par. reg.
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J.p. Wilts. 1625 – d., Mdx. 1629–d.; C231/4, ff. 192v, 207, 262v commr. discharging debtors, Mdx. 1637. SP16/377/131.

Master, Armoury 1628–36. C66/2468/13; 66/2746/6; 43rd DKR, 117; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, 26.

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JAY, Sir Thomas (1597/8-1639), of Netheravon, Wilts. and Blackfriars, London.
Main residences: Netheravon, Wilts.; Blackfriars, London.
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H.J.L.
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Commons 1604-1629
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JAY, Sir Thomas (1597/8-1639)

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