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HOBART, Nathaniel (1600-1674), of Highgate, Mdx. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Chancery Lane and the Middle Temple, London

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bap. 19 Mar. 1600,Vis. Norf. ed. W. Bulwer, ii. 108. 4th but 3rd surv. s. of Sir Henry Hobart* of Blickling, Norf., and Dorothy, da. of Sir Robert Bell† of Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf.; bro. of Sir John II*. educ. L. Inn 1615, called 1622; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 236. Padua 1622.H.F. Brown, Inglesi e Scozzesi all’Universita di Padova, 145. m. by 1636, Anne (bur. 18 Feb. 1684), da. of Sir John Leake of Wyer Hall, Edmonton, Mdx., 2s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Vis. Norf. ii. 76. Kntd. 12 May 1661. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 235. d. 19 Feb. 1674. Vis. Norf. ii. 76, 112.
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Member, Guiana Co. 1629. Bodl. Tanner 71, f. 161v.

Master in Chancery 1652–73. T.D.Hardy, Principal Officers of Chancery, 93.

J.p. Westminster 1653. CUL, Dd.viii.1.

Main residences: Highgate, Mdx.; Lincoln's Inn, London; Chancery Lane; the Middle Temple, London.
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HITCHCOCK, Thomas (1559-c.1619), of Monken Hadley and St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

Family and Education
bap. 10 May 1559, 2nd surv. s. of William Hitchcock (d.1571), Salter of All Hallows’ Bread Street, London and Alice.All Hallow’s, Bread Street (Harl. Soc. reg. xliii), 3-6, 62, 158-9, 166. educ. Trin., Oxf. 1574, MA 1578; L. Inn 1578, called 1587. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 2. m. (1) by 1587 (with £100 p.a.), Elizabeth, da. and coh. of William Kympton (Kempton) of Monken Hadley, ?s.p.; C2/Eliz./K3/39; Vis. Mdx. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 91. (2) c.May 1605 Dionise, wid. of Richard Catlyn of Wolverston Hall, Suff. ?s.p.; C2/Jas.I/H9/61. d. c. 1619. sig. Tho[mas] Hitchcock.
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Bencher, L. Inn 1602 – d., reader 1605, 1615, kpr. Black Bk. 1609 – 10, treas. 1614–15. LI Black Bks. ii. 73, 87, 124, 169, 176.

Commr. depopulations, Northants. 1607. C205/5/5.

Main residences: Monken Hadley; St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.; Lincoln's Inn, London.
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HITCHAM, Robert (1573-1636), of Gray’s Inn, London and Ipswich, Suff.; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

Family and Education
bap. 8 Mar. 1573, o.s. of Robert Hitcham, yeoman, of Nacton, Suff. and Joan Gillet.Suffolk RO (Ipswich), Nacton par. reg. educ. Ipswich g.s.; Pembroke Coll. Camb. 1587; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1589, called 1595. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. unm. suc. fa. by 1589. Kntd. 29 June 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 133. d. 15 Aug. 1636. W.A. Copinger, Suff. Manors, iv. 282.
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Att.-gen. to Anne of Denmark 1603–14; LR6/154/9, unfol.; Add. 27404, f. 38, Add. 31825, f. 10v. reader, G. Inn 1605, bencher by 1605–14; PBG Inn, i. 171. sjt.-at-law 1614, king’s sjt. 1617–d.; List of Eng. Law Officers comp. J. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 17. recorder, Orford, Suff. 1621–d. HMC Var. iv. 268.

J.p. Suff. by 1604 – d., I. of Ely 1610–?17; SP14/33, f. 58; C181/2, f. 125. freeman, King’s Lynn, Norf. 1604; Cal. Lynn Freemen, 131. commr. (chairman) depopulations Northants. 1607; HMC Hatfield, xix. 226–7; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 119; C205/5/5. commr. subsidy, Suff. 1608, aid 1609, 1613; SP14/31, f. 37v; SP14/43/107; SP14/44/51; Harl. 354, f. 68v. standing counsel, Camb. by 1610, C.H. Cooper, Annals of Camb. iii. 41. Ipswich 1610; N. Bacon, Annales of Ipswich, 442. c.j. I. of Ely 1610–?17; HMC Southampton and King’s Lynn Corp. 151. commr. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 1610–17, C181/2, ff. 125, 146, 164, 211, 235. Ipswich 1620 – d., Orford 1622, 1625, 1634, Hadleigh, Suff. 1630, C181/3, ff. 18, 74, 193; 181/4, ff. 57v, 200v. piracy, Suff. 1614, 1627, C181/2, f. 174; 181/3, f. 232. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1618–30, C181/2, f. 316. Suff. 1628, C181/3, f. 244. Home circ. 1630–d., C231/5, p. 26. sewers, Suff. 1619 – 20, 1626, C181/2, f. 349; 181/3, ff. 13, 201v. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624–5, Add. 39245, f. 51v; C212/22/20, 21, 23; Harl. 305, f. 206v. martial law 1628. C181/3, f. 244.

Commr. tolls and customs 1618–21. CD 1621, vii. 461–2.

Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Ipswich, Suff.; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
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HIPPISLEY (EPSLEY), Sir John (d.1655), of The Mews, Westminster; Bushey Park, Mdx. and Dover Castle, Kent

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3rd s. of William Hippisley (d. c.1630)I.F. Jones, Hippisley Fam. Notes, 100. of Marston Bigott, Som. and ?da. of one Burley, of I.o.W. Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 82; I.F. Jones, 100. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Thomas Antrobus* of Heath House, Petersfield, Hants, s.p.; R.L. Antrobus, Antrobus Peds. 97. (2) 16 Mar. 1615, St. Mary Mounthaw (Harl. Soc. Reg. lviii), 7. Katherine (d. c.1659), PROB 11/304, f. 36. da. of Sir Richard Norton† of East Tisted, Hants, 1da. d.v.p. Arch. Cant. xxiii. 129. Kntd. 14 Apr. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 162. bur. 4 Dec. 1655 4 Dec. 1655. WCA, St. Martin-in-the-Fields par. reg. mic. 4, unfol. sig. Jo[hn] Hippisley.
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Gent. of horse to Henry Percy, 9th earl of Northumberland by 1604–17; Percy Household Pprs. ed. G.R. Batho (Cam. Soc. ser. 3, xciii), 5, 95, 155. servant to George Villiers, 1st earl (later duke) of Buckingham 1617–28; SP16/154/77; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 36. equerry, King’s Stables ?1621-at least 1645. LC2/6, f. 61; CSP Dom. 1661–2, p. 230.

J.p. Mdx. 1621 – 42, Kent 1625 – 36, Mdx. and Westminster 1649–?d.; C231/4, f. 117, 184; C231/5, p. 533; Anon., Names of the JPs (Wing, N133), pp. 35, 72. ranger, Bushey Park, Mdx. c.1621–52; I.F. Jones, 110; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 344. lt. of Dover Castle, Kent 1624–8; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 333, 374; J.B. Jones, Annals of Dover, 382. commr. martial law, Kent and Cinque Ports 1624–6, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 170; viii. pt. 2, p. 94. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1625, C181/3, ff. 157v, 173. piracy, Cinque Ports 1625-at least 1629; Ibid. ff. 175v, 247. freeman, Dover 1625; Add. 29623, f. 67. commr. Forced Loan, Kent and Mdx. 1626, E401/2586, p. 456; C193/12/2, f. 27. sale of Camber Castle, Suss. 1626, APC, 1626, p. 207; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 115. of prize goods, Cinque Ports 1626–30, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 61; E351/2508, 2509; APC, 1625–6, p. 350; 1627, p. 72. oyer and terminer, Mdx., Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1627, C181/3, ff. 215v, 219. victualling, Dover 1627, APC, 1627, p. 135. depopulations, Som. Wilts. and Glos. 1632, 1635, SP16/229/112; C181/5, ff. 1, 22. water supply, Hampton Court, Mdx. 1638, Rymer, ix. pt. 2, p. 184. sewers, River Colne, Bucks. Herts. and Mdx. 1638–9; C181/5, ff. 122, 136v. vestryman, St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster 1641–d.; WCA, F2517, unfol.; F2003, p. 12. capt. militia horse, Mdx. to 1643; CJ, iii. 172b, 242b, 290a. commr. assessment, Mdx. 1643 – 52, Westminster 1647 – 52, Som. 1649 – 50, Cumb. 1649 – 52, levying money, Mdx. 1643, sequestration 1643, New Model Ordinance, Mdx. 1644, defence 1644, militia 1644, 1648, Westminster, 1648–9; A. and O. i. 93, 114, 149, 232, 383, 400, 536, 556, 623, 636, 970, 1087, 1177, 1239, 1246; ii. 20, 32, 38, 39, 42, 295, 303, 307, 463, 471, 472, 476, 659, 668, 669. dep. justice in Eyre (south) by 1644; CSP Dom. 1644–5, pp. 68, 96. gov. of Westminster sch. 1649–d. A. and O. ii. 257.

Main residences: The Mews, Westminster and Bushey Park, Mdx. and Dover Castle, Kent.
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HINSON, Thomas (c.1551-1614), of Parkgate, Tawstock, Devon and Coveney, Cambs.

Family and Education
b. c. 1551,Age estimated from date of admiss. to univ. 2nd s. of Thomas Hinson (d.1570), yeoman, of Fordham, Cambs. Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 82; Soc. Gen., Fordham par. reg. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1567, BA 1571, MA (Corpus, Camb.) 1574; incorp. Oxf. 1577. Al. Cant.; Al. Ox. m. by 1579, D. Drake, ‘Barnstaple MPs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. lxxii. 256. Anne (d. 7 May 1600), da. of Sir William Spring of Pakenham, Suff., 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 9da. (4 d.v.p). d. 18 Apr. 1614. Vis. Glos. 82-3; Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 192.
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Fell., Caius, Camb. 1575–6. Biog. Reg. of Christ’s Coll. comp. J. Peile, i. 99.

Servant to William Bourchier, 3rd earl of Bath from 1576, surveyor and recvr.-gen. by d. Vis. Suff. i. 192.

J.p. Devon c.1605–d., C181/2, f. 25v. commr. piracy 1606, C66/1682; 66/1898. subsidy 1608. SP14/31/1.

Main residences: Parkgate, Tawstock, Devon; Coveney, Cambs.
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PYE, Robert (c.1586-1662), of St. Stephen’s Court, Westminster and Richmond, Surr.; later of Faringdon, Berks.

Family and Education
b. c. 1586, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of Roger Pye (d.1591) of the Mynde, Much Dewchurch, Herefs. and Bridget (d.1624), da. of Thomas Kyrle of Walford, Herefs.; bro. of Walter I*.SCL, EM1331, f. 1; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 270. educ. M. Temple 1607. MTR, 479-80. m. by 1620, Mary (bur. 5 Jan. 1654), da. of John Croker of Batsford, Glos., 3s. 2da. Memorials of St. Margaret’s Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 107, 115, 122, 131, 146, 635; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 270. Kntd. 13 July 1621. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 177. d. May 1662. sig. Robert Pye.
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Servant, household of William Spencer, 2nd Lord Compton by 1614 – 16, George Villiers, earl (later 1st duke) of Buckingham by 1617, See notes 47–50. recvr. by 1620-at least 1624, Lansd. 93, f. 98v; Add. 12528, f. 7v. commr. of finances by 1623-at least 1627, CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 37, 353; HCA 30/864, bdle. A, unnumb. item, 18 Mar. 1626, Buckingham’s commrs. to Sir Henry Marten; Bodl. Eng. Misc. C.208, ff. 171v-2; SP16/86/45. solicitor until ?1626.Lansd. 972, f. 69.

Clerk of the patents, Chancery, 1618–25 (jt.); C66/2176; C216/1/67; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 29. auditor of the receipt and writer of tallies, Exchequer 1620 – ?54, 1660–2; LC5/50, f. 235; 4th DKR, ii. 187; Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 207. commr. revenue 1620, 1626; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 161–4; APC, 1626, p. 51. collector, Palatine benevolence 1622, APC, 1621–3, p. 230; E403/2741, Easter term bk. f. 90. Privy Seal loans, merchant strangers 1625–6; APC, 1625–6, p. 198; 1626, p. 167. commr. navy 1625–8, Rymer, viii. pt. 1, pp. 9–12; E351/2263–6, unfol. prizes 1625, 1627 (French), CSP Dom. 1625–6, pp. 113, 144; APC, 1627, p. 285. sale of Crown lands 1626-at least 1627, CSP Dom. 1625–26, p. 428; Maynard Ltcy. Bk. ed. B. Quintrell, 193. St. Paul’s Cathedral repair 1631, CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 7. treaty payments to Scots 1641. SR, v. 123.

J.p. Westminster 1620-at least 1640, C181/3, f. 16; C66/2858. Mdx. 1625-at least 1642, C231/4, p. 386; 231/5, p. 533. Surr. 1625–42; C231/4, p. 387; 231/5, p. 533. commr. subsidy, Westminster 1621, 1624, 1625, 1628 – 29, 1641–2, E115/296/86, 103; 115/306/126; 115/310/109; 115/311/47; 115/318/82; SR, v. 153. Forced Loan 1627, Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. charitable uses, Surr. 1630, Mdx. 1633 – 34, Berks. 1634, C192/1, unfol. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1634, C181/4, f. 179. view Blackwall docks, Kent 1635, Cal. Ct. Mins. E.I. Co. 1635–9, pp. 61–2. maltsters, Surr. 1636; PC2/46, f. 273. vestryman, St. Margaret’s Westminster 1642-at least 1659; WCA, E2431, ff. 16, 83v. sequestrator delinquents, Westminster 1643; A. and O. i. 114. commr. assessment, Westminster 1643, Ibid. 140. Berks., Herefs., Mdx., Oxon., Westminster 1647–8, Ibid. 961, 966, 970, 972, 1078, 1084, 1087, 1090. volunteers, Mdx. 1643, Ibid. 383. assessment [I], Mdx. and Berks. 1643–4, Ibid. 227, 232, 536, 541. execution of ordinances 1644, Ibid. 455. New Model ordinance, Mdx. and Westminster 1645, Ibid. 623, 636. excise 1645, Ibid. 691. collegiate church of St. Peter, Westminster 1645–?60, Ibid. 803–4. sale of bps.’ lands 1646, Ibid. 905. militia Berks., Mdx. and Westminster 1648. Ibid. 1234, 1239, 1246.

Main residences: St. Stephen's Court, Westminster; Richmond, Surr.; Faringdon, Berks.
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PANTON, John (d.1619), of St. Clement Danes, Westminster and Henllan, Denb.

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s. of John Panton (d.1614) of Henllan, Denb. educ. L. Inn 1594. m. by 1608, Eleanor (bur. 27 Nov. 1619), da. of Sir William Booth† of Dunham, Massey, Cheshire, 3da. d. 12 Mar. 1619. Y Cwtta Cyfarwydd ed. D.R. Thomas, 48; LI Admiss.; Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. Reg. lix), 28; Regs. Westminster Abbey ed. J.L. Chester, 115-16; C142/378/120. sig. Jo[hn] Panton.
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Servant to Sir Thomas Egerton I† (later ld. chan. Ellesmere) by 1594-at least 1615. LI Black Bk. ii. 39; R.C. Bald, John Donne, 140; HEHL, EL208; The Eagle, June 1890, p. 8.

Recorder, Denbigh, Denb. by 1597–d. J. Williams, Ancient and Modern Denbigh, 105; J. Williams, Recs. of Denbigh, 65; Denb. RO, BD/A/26 (we are grateful to Alan Leeson for drawing this document to our attention).

Prothonotary and clerk of the Crown, Denb. and Mont. (jt.) c.1604; Lansd. 1217, f. 56v. kpr. of the original seal, Denb. and Flints. 1606 (jt.)-at least 1615; C66/1664; Cal. Wynn Pprs. 207 (misdated 1625). j.p. Denb. 1617–18. JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 65–6.

Main residences: St. Clement Danes, WestminsterWCA, B1 f. 217v.; Henllan, Denb.
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