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WILLIAMS, John (c.1545-1617), of Herringstone House, Winterbourne Herringstone, Dorset

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b. c. 1545, o.s. of Robert Williams of Herringstone and his 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir Thomas de la Lynde of Winterbourne Clenston, Dorset and coh. to her nephew Edward. m. post-nuptial settlement 15 July 1568, Eleanor (d. 14 Apr. 1625), da. of Henry Uvedale of Little Crichel, Dorset, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1569;Hutchins, Dorset, i. 191; ii. 383, 524. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130. d. 7 Sept. 1617. Hutchins, ii. 524. sig. John Wyllyams.
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J.p. Dorset by 1579–d., SP12/145, f. 11; C66/1988. sheriff 1582–3, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39. commr. piracy 1601 – 03, 1611, C181/1, ff. 12v, 62v; 181/2, f. 159. subsidy 1608, SP14/31/1. aid 1609, SP14/45/109. sewers July 1617. C181/2, f. 294.

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WILLIAMS, John (c.1545-1617), of Herringstone House, Winterbourne Herringstone, Dorset
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WHITEWAY, William II (1599-1635), of Dorchester, Dorset

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bap. 12 Sept. 1599,Dorset RO, Radipole par. reg. 1st s. of William Whiteway I* (d.1640) and Mary, da. of John Mounsell of Weymouth, Dorset; bro. of John†. W.M. Barnes, ‘Commonplace Bk. of a Dorsetshire Man’, Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Field Club, xvi. 66-8; PROB 11/183, f. 50v. educ. Dorchester g.s. 1606-15; factor, France 1616. Barnes, 67-8. m. 14 June 1620, Eleanor, da. of John Parkins* of Dorchester, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. d.v.p. Dorset Par. Reg. vii. 8; Barnes, 65, 69-73.. d. 11 June 1635. Dorset RO, D413/48.
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Freeman, Dorchester 1621, Municipal Recs. of Dorchester ed. C.H. Mayo, 424. lt. militia ft. 1622 – 27, capital burgess 1625 – d., steward of the hospital 1627 – ?34, bailiff 1628 – 29, Jan. – Oct. 1633; overseer of the poor, Holy Trinity parish, Dorchester 1628 – 29; town steward, Dorchester 1630–1; William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 46, 68, 87, 89, 96, 99, 112, 127; Municipal Recs. of Dorchester, 716. treas. W. Dorset Apr. 1635–d. Dorset Q. Sess. Order Bk. 1625–38 ed. T. Hearing and S. Bridges (Dorset Rec. Soc. xiv), 300.

Asst. co. of freemen, Dorchester 1622 – 23, gov. 1624 – 25; cttee. Dorchester New Eng. Co. 1624–7. William Whiteway of Dorchester, 48, 61, 65.

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WHITEWAY, William I (1570-1640), of Dorchester, Dorset

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b. 1570, 1st s. of William Whiteway, yeoman, of Denbury, Devon and Thomasine, da. of John Gould of Staverton, Devon.W.M. Barnes, ‘Commonplace Bk. of a Dorsetshire Man’, Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Field Club, xvi. 61, 64. educ. appr. Dorchester 1585; Dorset RO, D53. factor, France 1590. Barnes, 66. m. 16 Nov. 1598, Mary (d.1655), da. of John Mounsell, merchant, of Weymouth, Dorset, 5s. (4 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1614. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 387, 482; Barnes, 66-8. admon. 7 May 1640. PROB 11/183, f. 50v.
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Member, Spanish Co. 1605, Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 48. French Co. 1611, Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 66. Dorchester New Eng. Co. 1624. D. Underdown, Fire from Heaven, 133.

Capital burgess, Dorchester 1610, Municipal Recs. of Dorchester ed. C.H. Mayo, 41. bailiff 1611 – 12, 1616 – 17, 1620 – 21, 1625 – 26, 1635–6, Hutchins, ii. 354. alderman 1629–d., Municipal Recs. of Dorchester, 57. j.p. 1630–d., William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 110. mayor 1631–2. Hutchins, ii. 354.

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WHITELOCKE, Bulstrode (1605-1675), of the Middle Temple, London; later of Fawley Court, Bucks.

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b. 6 Aug. 1605,Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx), 15-16. 1st s. of (Sir) James Whitelocke* and Elizabeth, da. of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley Bulstrode, Bucks. Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 128-9. educ. Eton c.1615; Merchant Taylors’ Sch., London 1616; M. Temple 1619, called 1626; St. John’s, Oxf. 1620. Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke ed. R. Spalding, 46; Merchant Taylors’ Sch. Reg. 1561-1934 ed. E.P. Hart, ii; M. Temple Admiss.; Al. Ox. m. (1) settlement 6 June 1630, (with £3,000) Rebecca (d. 9 May 1634), da. of Thomas Bennet of London, alderman, 1s.; (2) 9 Nov. 1634, Frances (d. 14 May 1649), da. of William Willoughby, 3rd Lord Willoughby of Parham, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (4 d.v.p.); (3) 5 Aug. 1650, Mary (bur. July 1684), da. of Bigley Carleton, of London, Grocer, wid. of Rowland Wilson† (d.1650) of Bishopsgate Street, London, Vintner, 5s. 2da. suc. fa. 1632; Kntd. (Sweden) c.Feb. 1654. d. 28 July 1675. WARD 7/84/191; Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, ‘Fam. Tree’ bet. viii-ix, 60, 82, 253, 299; Elias Ashmole ed. C.H. Josten, iv. 1436. sig. Bulstrode Whitelocke.
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Master of the revels, M. Temple 1628, treas. of the revels 1628 – 29, bencher 1648; M. Temple Admiss.; Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 57–8. recorder, Abingdon, Berks. 1632–49, Selections from the Municipal Chronicles of Abingdon ed. B. Challenor, 141, 144. Oxford, Oxon. 1647–9, Oxf. Council Acts ed. M.G. Hobson and H.E. Salter (Oxf. Hist. Soc. xcv), 143, 165–6. Bristol, Glos. 1651–5, Bristol Lists comp. A.B. Beavan, 232. fee’d counsel, Henley, Oxon. c. 1632; att., duchy of Lancaster 1644–9; Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 68, 159. commr. gt. seal 1648–55, A. and O. i. 1107; Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 408. 11 Jan.-14 May 1659, CSP Dom. 1658–9, p. 253; CJ, vii. 654. commr. and kpr. of Gt. Seal 1 Nov. 1659–13 Jan. 1660. Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 540, 561.

J.p. Oxon. 1633 – 42, Bucks. 1641 – 60, all counties by 1650 – 60, Buckingham, Bucks. by 1654 – 60, Peterborough, Northants. by 1654 – 60, Thetford, Norf. 1654, Oxf. 1655 – 60, Haverfordwest, Pemb. 1655 – 59, Abingdon 1655 – 58, Wallingford, Berks. 1656 – 58, Woodstock, Oxon. 1656 – 60, Cambridge, Cambs. 1656 – 59, Beverley, Yorks. 1657, Bedford, Beds. 1657; custos rot. Bucks. 1650 – 60, Beds. by 1652–60; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv-vii), 68; C231/5, pp. 437, 528; 231/6, f. 177; C193/13/4, 193/13/4, f. 1; C181/6, ff. 22, 36, 73, 81, 96, 131, 135, 156, 186, 195, 289, 328, 336, 353. freeman, Yarmouth and Newport, I.o.W. 1634, Oxf. 1647; Add. 5669, f. 97v; I.o.W. RO, NBC 45, f. 197v; Oxf. Council Acts, 147. commr. sewers, Berks. and Oxon. 1634, Gt. Fens. 1654 – 58, Chelsea and Westminster 1654, Trent, Humber, Ouse and the W. Riding 1655, 1657, Kent 1657, Westminster 1658–9, C181/4, f. 179; C181/6, ff. 26, 67, 108, 197, 228, 318, 332, 398. oyer and terminer, Oxon. circ. 1640 – 42, 1659, all circs. 1654 – 58, Mdx. 1654 – 58, London by 1654 – 58; dep. lt. Bucks. 1642; Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 131–2. commr. E. Midlands Assoc. 1642, assessment, Bucks. 1643 – 60, Oxon. 1644 – 59, Beds. 1652 – 57, Bristol 1652, sequestration, Bucks. 1643, levying money 1643, execute ordinances, Bucks., Oxon., Berks. 1644; A. and O. i. 50, 90, 111, 146, 455, 541, 542, 961, 972, 973, 1078, 1090; ii. 30, 41, 257, 293, 306, 461, 474, 656, 657, 672, 674, 1061, 1062, 1077, 1364. lt. of Windsor castle and forest, Berks. 1644 – at least50, constable by 1653–60; Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 155; CSP Dom. 1650, p. 31; R.R. Tighe and J.E. Davis, Annals of Windsor, 263, 293. commr. Westminster Abbey 1645, militia, Bucks. and Oxon. 1648, 1659, Mdx. 1659; A. and O. i. 804, 1234, 1241; ii. 1320, 1327, 1330. steward of Greenwich palace, Kent by 1648–9; Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 219, 234. high steward, Oxf. 1649–60, Oxf. Council Acts, 164, 260. Reading 1654-at least 1672; HMC 11th Rep. vii. 191, 197. kpr. of the lib., St James’s Palace 1649; Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 243. gov. Westminster Sch. 1649, A. and O. ii. 257. Charterhouse hosp., Mdx. 1650, Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 266. Windsor almshouses 1654; A. and O. ii. 1020. commr. gaol delivery, London by 1654 – 59, Oxford 1655, 1657, Southampton, Hants 1658, oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, Peterborough by 1654–8. C181/5, ff. 191v, 219; 181/6, ff. 1, 3, 8–17, 36, 81, 271, 302–10, 313, 327, 336, 352, 374.

Commr. Westminster Assembly 1643, Uxbridge Treaty, 1645, Admlty. and the Cinque Ports 1645, regulate the excise 1645, estates assigned to the Elector of the Palatinate 1645, prevent abuses in heraldry 1646, determine scandalous offences 1646, 1648, to hear appeals from the visitors of Univ. of Oxf. 1647, indemnity 1647; cllr. of state 1649 – 53, 1659, pres. Council of State Dec. 1651 – Jan. 1652, July – Aug. 1659; commr. for visiting Univ. of Oxf. 1654, treasury 1655 – 59, contracting with potential farmers of the customs and excise 1657. A. and O. i. 181, 609, 669, 691, 785, 839, 853, 927, 937, 1208; ii. 2, 500, 1026, 1268, 1273; CSP Dom. 1651–2, p. 81; Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 524, 526; 25th DKR, 62.

Gov., Phyllis Court garrison 18 Mar. – 13 Aug. 1645, June 1646. Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 166.

Gov., Mineral and Battery Works Co. 1650 – 59, Mines Royal 1654–9; BL, Loan 16, ii. ff. 102v, 125v; iii. ff. 4, 12. freeman (hon.), Merchant Adventurers Co. 1654. Add. 28079, f. 59.

Amb. Sweden 1653–4. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 275.

Speaker of the House of Commons, 27 Jan-18 Feb. 1657. Diary of Bulstrode Whitelocke, 454–5.

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WHITELOCKE, Bulstrode (1605-1675), of the Middle Temple, London; later of Fawley Court, Bucks.
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WHITAKER, William (c.1580-1646), of the Middle Temple, London and Shaftesbury, Dorset

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b. c. 1580, 1st s. of Henry Whitaker† of Westbury, Wilts. and Judith, da. of William Hawkins, merchant, of Plymouth, Devon.Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 97. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1600, aged 19; M. Temple 1602, called 1611. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 30 Mar. 1619, with £1,000, Honora (d.1677), da. of Edward Hooper of Boveridge, Cranborne, Dorset, 3s. 1da. Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. cxvii), 75; Soc. Gen., Cranborne par. reg.; PROB 11/198, f. 163v. suc. fa. 1589. Wilts. N and Q, iv. 107. d. 3 Oct. 1646. Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 50.
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Autumn reader, M. Temple 1627, Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 178. bencher 1627 – d., treas. 1635–7; A.R. Ingpen, M. Temple Bench Bk. 185; MTR, 839, 857. recorder, Shaftesbury 1627–d. Hutchins, iii. 17.

Commr. inquiry, Gillingham forest, Dorset 1627, CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 205. j.p. Dorset 1629–d., C231/4, f. 264; Dorset RO, QSM/1/1, p. 301. treas. E. Dorset 1630–1, Dorset Q. Sess. Order Bk. 1625–38 (Dorset Rec. Soc. xiv), 126. commr. sewers, Dorset 1638, C181/5, f. 113v. assessment 1641 – 42, 1644, SR, v. 83, 150; A. and O. i. 544. piracy 1642, C181/5, f. 226v. execution of ordinances 1644, levying money 1644. A. and O. i. 460, 544.

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WHITAKER, William (c.1580-1646), of the Middle Temple, London and Shaftesbury, Dorset
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WALTER, Sir John (1565-1630), of The Strand, Westminster and Sarsden, Oxon.

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bap. 1 May 1565, 2nd s. of Edmund Walter (d.1594), of Ludlow, Salop, c.j. Brecon circ. 1581-94, and his 1st w. Mary, da. of Thomas Hackluyt of Eyton, Herefs.; bro. of James†.H.T. Weyman, ‘The Walters at Ludlow’, Trans. Salop Arch. and Nat. Hist. Soc. (ser. 4), iii. 265-7. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1579, MA 1613; Al. Ox. I. Temple 1583, called 1590. I. Temple Admiss.; CITR, i. 371. m. (1) 24 Feb. 1601, Margaret, da. of William Offley, Merchant Taylor, of London, 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da.; The Gen. n.s. xx. 53; E. Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 373. (2) settlement 30 Oct. 1622, Anne, da. of William Wytham of Ledstone, Yorks., wid. of Thomas Bigg* (d. 11 June 1621) of Lenchwick, Worcs., s.p. C142/500/46; Foss, vi. 373; Survey of Worcs. by Thomas Habington ed. J. Amphlett (Worcs. Hist. Soc. 1896-9), ii. 216. Kntd. 18 May 1619; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 171. suc. bro. James 1625. d. 18 Nov. 1630. Weyman, 267-8.
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Reader, Lyon’s Inn 1594 – 95, I. Temple autumn 1607; Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 94, 208. counsel to Anne of Denmark 1603–19, LR6/154/9; LC2/5, f. 33v. Oxf. Univ. by 1613; Ath. Ox. i. (Fasti), 355. bencher, I. Temple 1605; CITR, ii. 10. att.-gen. to Prince Charles 1613–25; Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx), 31. sjt.-at-law and king’s sjt. 1625; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 182, 542. c. bar. Exch. 12 May 1625–d. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 28.

Commr. sewers, Berks., Oxon. 1612, 1626, C181/2, f. 169; 181/3, f. 200. Surr. 1613, 1624–5, C181/2, f. 191v; 181/3, ff. 115, 161. Kent 1614, 1618, 1624–5, C181/2, ff. 216v, 322v; 181/3, ff. 115, 158v. Essex, Mdx. 1622, 1625, C181/3, ff. 43, 158v. Westminster 1627, London 1629, Ibid. ff. 213, 255v. swans, Berks., Glos., Hants, Northants., Oxon., Wilts. 1615, C181/2, f. 233. oyer and terminer, Wales and Welsh Marches 1616-at least 1626, Ibid. f. 254; C181/3, f. 191v. Oxf. circ. 1617–d., C181/2, f. 269; 181/4, f. 50v. Western circ. 1625-Jan. 1630, C181/3, f. 178; 181/4, f. 11v. Mdx. 1625–d., C181/3, f. 183; 181/4, f. 24v. Verge, London 1626–d., C181/3, ff. 198v, 211v; 181/4, ff. 33v, 48v. Dorset 1626; C181/3, f. 212. j.p. Cheltenham, Glos. 1618-at least 1625, C181/2, f. 324v; 181/3, f. 186. Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Mdx., Oxon., Som., Wilts. 1625–d., C66/2367, 2527; E163/18/12. gaol delivery, Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1620 – 22, Newgate, London 1626–d., C181/3, ff. 3, 78, 211v; 181/4, f. 33v. subsidy, Mdx. 1624, C212/22/23. nisi prius, Bristol, Glos. 1625–?d., Southampton, Hants 1628–?d., C181/3, ff. 181v, 239; 181/4, ff. 6v-7. piracy, Cornw. 1626, C181/3, f. 195v. commr. Forced Loan, Cornw., Devon, Dorset, Glos., Hants, Oxon., Som., Wilts. 1627. C193/12/2, ff. 7, 10, 11v, 20, 44v, 49v, 51, 63v.

Member, Prince Charles’s Council 1616–25, G. Haslam, ‘Jacobean Phoenix’, in Estates of Eng. Crown ed. R.W. Hoyle, 276. High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620–d., R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of the High Commission, 359. duchy of Cornw. Council from 1625, Haslam, 284. commr. accts. [I] 1625. Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 215.

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WALTER, Sir John (1565-1630), of The Strand, Westminster and Sarsden, Oxon.
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WALLER, Henry (c.1587-1631), of Watling Street, London and Enfield, Mdx.

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b. c. 1587,Age calculated from date of admiss. to freedom of Drapers’ Co. 1st s. of William Warren alias Waller of Ashwell, Herts. and Elizabeth Hammond. m. by 1616, Mary, da. of George Sivedall of London, Draper (d.1613), 3s. d.v.p., 5da. (2 ). suc. fa. 1613. bur. 31 Oct. 1631 31 Oct. 1631. Herts. Genealogist, iii. 193; Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 101; Reg. of All Hallows, Bread Street and St. John the Evangelist, Friday Street (Harl. Soc. xliii), 18, 20-5, 177-9, 181, 183, 185; PROB 11/122, ff. 170v-1, 464v-5. sig. Henrye Waller.
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Freeman, Drapers’ Co., London 1608, liveryman 1621–d.; Drapers’ Hall, London, ct. of assts. min. bk. ff. 278, 301 (ex inf. P. Fussell). P. Boyd’s claim that Waller was not apprenticed until 1607 (Roll of the Drapers’ Co.) is incorrect. member, Hon. Art. Co. 1611, sometime pres., treas. 1621, G.A. Raikes, Ancient Vellum Bk. 3–4. snr. capt. by 1629–d.; J. Bingham, ‘Art of Embattailing an Army’, (1629), ded.; G.A. Raikes, Royal Charter of Incorp. granted to Hon. Art. Co. 62. member, Mass. Bay Co. 1629; F.R. Troup, Mass. Bay Co. 157. asst. Irish Soc. by Mar. 1631–d. CLRO, letter bk. LL, ff. 90v, 180.

Common councilman, London by 1627-at least 1628, Ibid. KK, f. 64v; G. Hughes, The Saints’ Loss and Lamentation (1632), incorrectly paginated, ?p. 54. auditor 1630–1. A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 290.

Capt. militia, London. Raikes, 4.

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WALLER, Henry (c.1587-1631), of Watling Street, London and Enfield, Mdx.
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VYVYAN, Francis (1575-1635), of Trelowarren, nr. Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornw.

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bap. 10 Aug. 1575, Cornw. RO, P140/1/1. 1st s. of Hannibal Vyvyan† of Trelowarren and Philippe, da. and coh. of Roger Tremayne of Collacombe, Devon; bro. of Hannibal*. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 529-30. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1594; M. Temple 1596, called 1605. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 13 Jan. 1606 (with £1,200), Elizabeth, da. of John Rashleigh† of Fowey, Cornw., s.p.; (2) settlement 25 Oct. 1610, Loveday, da. of John Connock of Treworgey, Cornw., 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1610; Cornw. RO, DD.V/T/2/4,7; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 529-30. Kntd. 9 Jan. 1619. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 170. d. 11 June 1635. C142/550/99. sig. Fran[cis] Vyvyan. Cornw. RO, DD.V/T/2/7.
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Capt. St. Mawes Castle, Cornw. 1603–32; C66/1622; SP16/225/36. collector subsidy, Cornw. 1605;E401/2405. v.-adm. S. Cornw. 1607-at least 1611, Vice Admirals of the Coast comp. J.C. Sainty and A.D. Thrush (L. and I. Soc. cccxxi), 6. adm. in Duchy of Cornw. jurisdiction, Cornw. 1612; Cornw. RO, X78/16. commr. piracy, Cornw. 1607 – c.12, 1624; C181/2, f. 56; 181/3, f. 113. j.p. c.1611-at least 1624; C66/1898, 2310. sheriff 1617–18; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 23. commr. subsidy 1624–5, E179/88/291, 293. impressment 1625, APC, 1623–5, p. 499. martial law 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. Forced Loan 1626, C193/12/2, f. 7v. duchy of Cornw. tenures 1628; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 7. dep. lt. 1626 – ?27, 1629-at least 1630. Cornw. RO, X78/18–19; FSL, X.d.483(1).

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VYVYAN, Francis (1575-1635), of Trelowarren, nr. Mawgan-in-Meneage, Cornw.
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DUCK, Arthur (c.1580-1648), of Wells and Cadbury, Som. and Chiswick, Mdx.; later of Aldersgate Street, London.

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b. c. 1580, 3rd s. of Richard Duck (d.1605) of Heavitree, Devon and his w. Joanna; bro. of Nicholas*. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 309; PROB 11/105, f. 180. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1595, BA 1599, MA Hart Hall 1602, BCL 1607, DCL 1612; Al. Ox. travelled abroad (France, Italy, Germany) 1612. Lansd. 713, ff. 2-3; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 330. m. by 1625 (with £1,400), Som. Wills ed. F. Brown. ii. 7.Margaret (d.1646), da. and coh. of Henry Southworth, merchant of Wells and London, at least 2da., at least 1s. d.v.p. 6 other ch. d.v.p. Vivian, 309; HMC Wells, ii. 387. d. 16 Dec. 1648. Musgrave’s Obit. (Harl. Soc. xlv), 220.
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Fell., All Souls, Oxf. 1604, bursar 1608, subwarden 1610. B. Levack, Civil Lawyers in Eng. 1603–41, p. 225.

Adv. Ct. of Arches, 1612; LPL, Abbot reg. i. f. 112. member, Doctors’ Commons 1614 – at least42, treas. 1632–3; PRO 30/26/8, ff. 103, 152, 182. master in Chancery extraordinary 1617, ordinary 1645–d.; Levack, 225. king’s adv., Earl Marshal’s Ct. 1624–40; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 145; Cal. of the Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 183. master of Requests 1643–6. PC2/53, p. 215.

Vicar-gen., Wells cathedral 1616; HMC Wells, ii. 370. chan., Bath and Wells dioc. 1616–40, M. Stieg, Laud’s Laboratory, 171. London dioc. 1628–41; Levack, 225; Stieg, 171; Works of Abp. Laud, i-ii. ed. W. Scott; ed. J. Bliss, v. 358. member, Canterbury convocation 1618; SP16/88/16. commr. piracy, London 1622–40, C181/3, f. 79v; 181/4, f. 139. Dorset 1622, C181/3, f. 73. Mdx. 1625; Ibid, f. 176. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1633–41; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 327. visitor of hospitals, Canterbury dioc. 1634; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 530. commr. charitable uses, London 1638. C192/1, unfol.

Commr. to report on disorders in the king’s chapel in the Tower 1632, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 37–8. printers’ licences 1637. Ibid. 1637, p. 345.

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DUCK, Arthur (c.1580-1648), of Wells and Cadbury, Som. and Chiswick, Mdx.; later of Aldersgate Street, London.
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VERNEY, Sir Edmund (1590-1642), of Drury Lane, Westminster and Hillesden, Bucks.; later of Middle Claydon, Bucks. and the Piazza, Covent Garden, Westminster.

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b. 1 Jan. 1590, 2nd s. of Sir Edmund Verney (d.1600) of Pendley, Herts., being his 1st s. by his 3rd w. Mary, da. of John Blakney of Sparham, Norf. and wid. of Geoffrey Turville, of All Hallows, Barking, London, and William St. Barbe, of All Hallows, Barking, London; half bro. of Sir Ambrose Turvile*. C142/262/126; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. lviii), 123; PROB 6/3, f. 99; St. Olave, Hart Street (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 121. educ. St. Alban Hall, Oxf. 1604; travelled abroad 1606. Al. Ox.; HMC 10th Rep. IV, 4. m. 14 Dec. 1612 (with £2,300), Margaret (d. 5 Apr. 1641), da. of Sir Thomas Denton* of Hillesden, Bucks. 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 6da. Kntd. 7 Jan. 1611; suc. half-bro. Sir Francis Verney 1615. d. 23 Oct. 1641. Letters and Pprs. of Verney Fam. 101, 104-5; L. Stone, ‘Verney Tomb at Middle Claydon’, in Bucks. Recs. xvi. 81; M. Slater, Fam. Life in Seventeenth Cent. 202-3. sig. Ed[mund] Verney.
Offices Held

Sewer, Prince Henry’s Household 1610–12; Coll. of Ordinances and Regulations for Government of Royal Household (Soc. of Antiqs., 1790), p. 323; LC2/4/6, f. 38v. gentleman of the privy chamber, Prince Charles’s Household 1613–25, T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Jas. I, i. 252; LC2/6, f. 69v. Charles I 1625–d.; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 159; LC3/1, unfol. knight marshal, 1626–d.; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 561; Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, ii. 366. commr. oyer and terminer, Verge 1629–39; C181/4, f. 5v; 181/5, f. 154v. judge, Palace Ct. 1630 – at least41; commr. Exch. fines, 1640. CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 281; 1640, p. 135; PALA 6/9, rot. 103.

Lt., Whaddon Chase, Bucks. 1622; Letters and Pprs. of Verney Fam. 105. freeman, New Romney, Kent 1625; E. Kent Archives Cent., NR/AC/2, p. 41. dep. lt. Bucks. by 1626-at least 1640; SP16/24/25; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 537. commr. Forced Loan, Bucks. 1626 – 27, Buckingham, Bucks. 1627; T. Rymer, Feodera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 3v, 82v. j.p. Bucks., Mdx. and Westminster 1627-at least 1641; C231/4, ff. 197v. 200; C66/2859. commr. martial law, Mdx. and Westminster 1627, Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv-vii), 31. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1627, Norf. circ. 1635 – 42, Bucks. 1640, swans, Midlands 1627, sewers, Westminster 1634, C181/3, ff. 219, 227; 181/4, ff. 191, 196v; 181/5, ff. 176v, 218. subsidy, Bucks. and Westminster 1641–2, SR, v. 60, 64, 149, 153. array, Bucks. 1642. Northants RO, FH133.

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VERNEY, Sir Edmund (1590-1642), of Drury Lane, Westminster and Hillesden, Bucks.; later of Middle Claydon, Bucks. and the Piazza, Covent Garden, Westminster.
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