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DONNE, John (1572-1631), of Drury Lane, Westminster; formerly of Mitcham, Surr.

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b. 1970, 1st s. of John Donne, Ironmonger, of Bread Street, London and Elizabeth, da. of John Heywood† of London, North Mimms, Herts. and Hinxhill, Kent.R.C. Bald, John Donne, 35, 360; HP Commons, 1509-58, ii. 355-6. educ. privately; Hart Hall, Oxf. 1584-7, MA 1610; Camb. ?1587-9, DD 1615; travelled abroad ?1589-91; Thavies Inn by 1591; L. Inn 1592-4. I. Walton, Life of John Donne (1658), pp. 6-8; Al. Ox.; Bald, 52-3; LI Admiss. m. Dec. 1601, Loseley Mss ed. A.J. Kempe, 328. Anne (d. 15 Aug. 1617), da. of Sir George More* of Loseley, Surr., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1576; ordained and priested 23 Jan. 1615. d. 31 Mar. 1631. Bald, 36, 128, 302, 324, 530, 547-56. sig. J[ohn] Donne.
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Master of the revels, L. Inn 1593; bencher 1622–d. LI Black Bks. ii. 28, 230.

Vol. Cadiz 1596, Azores 1597. Walton, 12.

Sec. to Sir Thomas Egerton† by 1598–1602. Loseley Mss, 341.

Chaplain to James I 1615 – 25, ?Charles I 1625–d.; Carew Letters ed. J. Maclean (Cam. Soc. lxxvi), 2; Bald, 469, 522. divinity reader, L. Inn 1616–22; LI Black Bks. ii. 187, 234. rector of Keyston, Hunts. 1616 – 21, Sevenoaks, Kent 1616 – d., Blunham, Beds. 1622–d.; Bald, 317, 387–8, 516. chaplain, embassy to Germany 1619; Letters and other Docs. Illustrating the Relations between Eng. and Germany at the Commencement of the Thirty Years’ War ed. S.R. Gardiner (Cam. Soc. xcviii), 5. dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1621 – d.; prebendary of Chiswick, Mdx. 1622–d.; J. Le Neve, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae, i comp. J.M. Horn, 5, 28. commr. appeal, Millicent Conyers v. Abraham Sunderland, 1623; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 83. vicar of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London 1624–d.; Bald, 14, 530. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1625–d.; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 350. vice pres., Sion College, London 1625; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 225. prolocutor of Convocation, Canterbury prov. 1626. Bald, 481.

J.p. Beds. and Kent 1622–d.; C213/4, f. 140v; C66/2527; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 127. commr. sewers, London 1621–d.;C181/3, ff. 27, 256. gov. Charterhouse hosp., London 1626–d.; Bald, 423, 528. commr. Forced Loan, Beds. 1627. C193/12/2, f. 1v.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1622. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, ii. 76.

Main residences: Drury Lane, Westminster; Mitcham, Surr.
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VAUGHAN, Sir Walter (c.1572-1639), of Falstone House, Bishopstone, Wilts.

Family and Education
b. c. 1572,Date calculated from age of son George at 1623 visitation. o.s. of Thomas Vaughan of Bredwardine, Herefs. and Dunraven, Pembrey, Carm. and Catherine, da. of Sir Thomas Jones of Abermarles, Carm. m. (1) (with £1,000) Anne, da. of Richard Hannam of Wimborne Minster, Dorset, 1s. (Sir Charles*) d.v.p. 1da.; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 50. (2) c.1592, Margaret, da. of Samuel Norton of Abbots Leigh, Som., 2s.; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 201. (3) by 1597 Dorothy (d. 3 Oct. 1639), da. of William Pole I†of Shute, Devon, wid. of Thomas Erle (d.1597) of Charborough, Dorset, s.p. Burke LG, i. 349-50; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 603; Wilts. IPMs ed. G.S. and A.E. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 430. suc. fa. 1584, PROB 11/67, f. 12v. gt. uncle Charles Vaughan†1597; PROB 11/89, f. 254. Kntd. 27 June 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 111. d. 7 May 1639. Wilts. IPMs, 430. sig. Walt[er] Vaughan.
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J.p. Wilts. 1597–d., C231/1, f. 37v; Wilts. RO, A1/100, f. 26; C66/1549. sheriff 1599–1600; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 154. commr. oyer and terminer, Wilts. 1603, 1604, Western circ. 1629, C181/1, f. 137; 181/3, f. 259; 181/4, f. 12; C231/1, f. 74. Hants, Wilts. and Dorset 1630–6, C181/4, ff. 43, 52, 70v, 78v, 87, 89, 97, 101, 112, 143v, 169, 193; C181/5, ff. 93, 209. sewers, Hants and Wilts. 1605, 1629, C181/1, f. 103; 181/4, f. 17v. Wilts. and Som. 1630, C181/4, f. 49. subsidy, Wilts. 1608, 1610, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628–9; SP14/31/1; E179/199/370; 179/199/398; C212/22/21–3; Add. 34566, f. 132. capt., militia horse, 1608–10; Earl of Hertford’s Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 115, 165. dep. lt. by 1611-at least 1633; Ibid. 172; SP16/247/17. commr. swans, W. circ. 1629, C181/4, f. 2. charitable uses, Wilts. 1632. C93/13/17.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, ii. 45.

Main residence: Falstone House, Bishopstone, Wilts.
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DIGGES, Richard (c.1564-1634), of Marlborough, Wilts. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

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b. c. 1564, 2nd s. of John Digges (d. by 1587)SP46/29, f. 180; E310/26/156/25. of Pirton, Wilts. and Elizabeth, da. of one Noddall of Yorks.Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 47. educ. Oxf. BA 1579; New Inn; L. Inn 1581, called 1588.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 12. m. (1) by 1587,F. Brown, Som. Wills (ser. 3), p. 7. (with £200),PROB 11/67, f. 88. Margaret (d. 30 Jan. 1608), da. of Richard Gore of Aldrington, Wilts., 1s. 2da.;J. Aubrey and J. Jackson, Wilts. Collections, 155; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 2), i. 37. (2) Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Waldron of Little Hinton, Wilts., wid. of Richard Goddard (d.1614) of Ogbourne St. Andrew, Wilts.Vis. Wilts. 66. s.p.PROB 11/91, f. 93; Vis. Wilts. 66. bur. 26 Jan. 1634 26 Jan. 1634.Wilts. RO, 1050/15. sig. Richard Digges.
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Commr. survey Cholsey manor, Worcs. 1590;Lansd. 65, f. 170. freeman, Marlborough 1597 – d., subsidy assessor 1599–1604,Wilts. RO, G22/1/205/2, f. 30; G22/1/107, ff. 30, 31, 35–6, 38–9. mayor 1608;Ibid. G22/1/205/2, f. 42v. j.p. Wilts. by 1614–d.,Ibid. A1/150/5; C66/1988; SP16/212, f. 67v. Marlborough 1615–d.;Wilts. RO, G22/1/20, ff. 12, 129. commr. charitable uses, Marlborough 1614,Ibid. G22/1/205/2, f. 49v. Wilts. 1614, 1629.C93/5/20; Add. 34566, f. 132.

Steward (jt.), Reader’s dinner, L. Inn 1596, pens. 1605 – 06, reader 1608, 1619, bencher 1608 – 23, kpr. of Black Bk. 1614, treas. 1616–17;LI Black Bks. ii. 42, 95, 99, 110, 114, 189, 197, 208, 245, 259. recorder, Marlborough 1597–d.;Wilts. RO, G22/1/205/2, ff. 28v, 75v, passim. sjt.-at-law 1623.Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 509.

Main residences: Marlborough, Wilts.; Lincoln's Inn, London; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
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VAUGHAN, Sir Charles (1584-1631), of Falstone House, Bishopstone, Wilts.

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b. 1584,Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. pp. xxvi. 247-8. 1st s. of Sir Walter Vaughan* (d.1639) of Falstone, Wilts., Dunraven, Glam. and Pembrey Court, Carm., and his 1st w. Anne, da. and h. of Richard Hannam of Wimborne Minster, Dorset. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 13; NLW, Tredegar Park 137/96. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1599, aged 15, BA 1601; M. Temple 1602. Al. Ox.; MTR, 425. m. (1) 20 Apr. 1605, Frances (d.1614), da. and co-h. of Sir Robert Knollys I* of Porthaml, Brec., s.p.; NLW, Ashburnham Group II, 2/14; E. Suss. RO, ASH/4150; Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. pp. xxvi. 248. (2) by 1623 Dorothy (d. by 11 Feb. 1650) da. of Sir Robert Meller* of Little Bredy, Dorset, s.p. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 13; Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 70; PROB 11/211, f. 142. Kntd. 7 Nov. 1608. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 146. d. 16 Feb. 1631. Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. pp. xxvi. 247-8. sig. Cha[rles] Vaughan.
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J.p. Brec. 1613–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 263–9. commr. Forced Loan, Brec. 1626–7. C193/12/2, f. 66.

Main residence: Falstone House, Bishopstone, Wilts.
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DAY (DEYE), Edmund (d.1640), of Ipswich, Suff.

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educ. appr. Ipswich. m. 1587, Elizabeth Cook of Ipswich, 1s.Soc. Gen. Boyd’s mar. index, Suff. 1538-1600; Freemen of Bor. of Ipswich comp. M. McCurrach, i. unpag. bur. 23 Oct. 1640 23 Oct. 1640. Soc. Gen. St. Lawrence Ipswich par. reg.
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Freeman, Ipswich 1591, Freemen of the Bor. of Ipswich, i. unpag. chamberlain 1606 – 07, treas. and gov. of Christ’s hosp. 1610 – 11, common councilman by 1613 – d., coroner 1613–39. N. Bacon, Annalls of Ipswche ed. W.H. Richardson, 412, 426, 445, 452, 517, 522; R. Canning, Acct. of Gifts and Legacies That Have Been Given and Bequeathed to Charitable Uses in Town of Ipswich (1819), p. 116.

Main residence: Ipswich, Suff.
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VAUGHAN, John (1603-1674), of Trawsgoed (Crosswood), Llanafan, Card. and the Inner Temple, London

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b. 14 Sept. 1603, 1st s. of Edward Vaughan of Trawsgoed and 1st w. Lettice, da. of John Steadman of Strata Florida, Card. educ. King’s sch., Worcester, Worcs. 1613-18; Christ Church, Oxf. 1618-21; I. Temple 1621, called 1630.Reps. ... of ... Sir John Vaughan ed. E. Vaughan (1706), sigs. A1v-A2v; Al. Ox.; CITR, ii. 186. m. bet. 28 Oct. 1624 and 1 Feb. 1625, Jane (d.1680), da. and h. of John Steadman of Cilcennin, Card., 1s. 2da. NLW, Crosswood Deeds, I/226. suc. fa. 1635; Ibid. II/60. Kntd. 23 May 1668. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 243. d. 10 Dec. 1674. Reps. ... of ... Sir John Vaughan, sig. A4.
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Commr. fees, principality of S. Wales 1635, C181/5, f. 16. assessment, Card. 1657, 1660 – 69, Mdx. 1673 – d., militia, Card. 1660; A. and O. ii. 1085, 1382; CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 141; Addenda, 1660–70, p. 648. j.p. Card. 1660 – d., dep. lt. 1660–?8; commr. oyer and terminer, Wales 1661, London, Wilts., Hants 1671. JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 198–200; C181/7, ff. 601, 612.

Steward for Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex, manors of Myfenydd and Creuddyn, Card. 1637; NLW, Crosswood Deeds II/60. steward of Crown manors, Card. 1660–d. Ibid. I/341.

Bencher, I. Temple 1664; CITR, iii. 33. c.j.c.p. 1668–d.; Reps. ... of ... Sir John Vaughan, sig. A4; J.G. Williams, ‘Sir John Vaughan of Trawscoed I’, NLW Jnl. viii. 43. judge of assize, W. circ. 1668–d. J.S. Cockburn, Hist. Eng. Assizes, 276.

Main residences: Trawsgoed (Crosswood), Llanafan, Card.; the Inner Temple, London.
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DARRELL, Sir Thomas (1553-1616), of Gainsborough, Lincs.; formerly of Pagham, Suss.

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b. 10 Aug. 1553, 1st s. of Edward Darrell† of Newtimber, Suss., clerk of acatry, and Mary, da. and h. of Marmaduke Darrell of Bowley, Pagham. m. (1) Elizabeth, da. of Robert Morley of Glynde, Suss., 1s.; (2) Anne or Susan, da. of William Muschamp of Unsted and Godalming, Surr., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; (3) 27 July 1598, Bridget (d. by 1617), da. and h. of Richard Corby of Great Leake, Notts., wid. of William Towers of Gainsborough, 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1573;Vis. Eng. and Wales Notes ed. Crisp, xi. 122-3; xii. 75; Lincs. AO, Lincoln Consist. Ct. B/65/1617; ex inf. Mrs. Jennifer Miller. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 118. d. by 25 Aug. 1616. Lincs. AO, Lincoln Consist. Ct. BI/17/1616; ex inf. Mrs. Jennifer Miller.
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J.p. Lincs. (Lindsey) by c.1605-at least 1610; C66/1682; STAC 8/167/13. commr. sewers, Lincs. and Notts. 1607, Lincs. 1608, Newark, Notts. 1610. C181/2, ff. 48v, 75, 119v.

Main residences: Gainsborough, Lincs.; Pagham, Suss.
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UPTON, John (1590-1641), of Lupton, Brixham, Devon

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b. 7 Apr. 1590, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Arthur Upton of Lupton and Gertrude, da. of Hugh Fortescue of Filleigh, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 744. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 1605, BA 1608; I. Temple 1610. Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. m. 28 Feb. 1613 (with £1,000), Dorothy (bur. 20 Feb. 1644), da. of Sir Anthony Rous* of Halton, Cornw., 6s. 8da. suc. fa. 1618. Vivian, 744; C142/650/140. d. 11 Sept. 1641. C142/701/11.
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J.p. Devon 1624 – c.25, 1626–d., C231/4, ff. 168v, 200; C66/2367, 2859. commr. Forced Loan 1627, SP16/53/96. piracy 1630, sewers 1633, C181/4, ff. 52v, 164. hard soap, W. Country, exacted fees, Devon 1638, C181/5, ff. 92, 109v. assessment 1641–d. SR, v. 83.

Member, Providence Is. Co. from 1632. A.P. Newton, Colonising Activities of Eng. Puritans, 126.

Main residence: Lupton, Brixham, Devon.
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DACKOMBE, John (c.1570-1618), of the Middle Temple, London; the Savoy, Westminster; Wanstead, Essex and Templecombe, Som.

Family and Education
b. c. 1570,Hatfield House, Petition 2151. We are grateful for this ref., and for assistance in dating the petition, to Mrs. Doreen Williams and Mr. Geoffrey Mann. In 1603 Dackombe claimed he was 30: C24/304/30. 1st s. of Richard Dackombe of Motcombe, Dorset and Alice, da. of William Monntier or Mountier of Motcombe. Vis. Dorset (Harl. Soc. xx), 35; C3/55/42, ex inf. Mrs. Doreen Williams and Mr. Geoffrey Mann. educ. M. Temple 1596. m. by 1607 Melior (d.1646), da. of John Pitt, mercer, of Blandford Forum, Dorset, wid. of Robert Mohun of Bothenhampton, Dorset, 1s. 2da. Som. and Dorset N and Q, i. 109; v. 133; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 742; C3/333/6; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 133. suc. fa. aft. 1600; Kntd. 1616. d. 27 Jan. 1618.
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Escheator, Som. and Dorset 1600–1; Collectanea ed. T.F. Palmer (Som. Rec. Soc. xliii), 228. feodary, Wilts. 1603–13, WARD 9/275. Som. 1605–13; Sales of Wards ed. M.J. Hawkins (Som. Rec. Soc. lxvii), p. xix. bailiff, Carston manor, Som. by 1604; HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 106. ch. ranger, Melchet forest, Hants 1606–d.; VCH Hants, iv. 541. steward, Bultford and Cheniell manors, Wilts. 1609; E315/310, f. 59. commr. inquiry, Enfield Chase, Mdx. 1609, DL5/24, pp. 879–80. lands of one Skevington, Kent 1613, C181/2, f. 200. new buildings, London 1615; APC, 1615–16, p. 122. j.p. Mdx. 1615 – d., Herts., Dorset and Som. 9 Jan. 1618–d.; C231/4, ff. 3, 55. jt. temporary steward, Ryme manor, Dorset 1616. DCO, ‘Letters and Warrants 1615–19’, f. 18.

Steward and later sec. to Sir Robert Cecil† (1st earl of Salisbury) aft. 1602–12; HMC Hatfield, xii. 508; xxi. 371. solicitor to 2nd earl of Salisbury (William Cecil, Visct. Cranborne*) by 1613. HMC Hatfield, xxii. 11, ex inf. Mrs. Doreen Williams and Mr. Geoffrey Mann.

Surveyor-gen. to Prince Charles 1613-at least 1615, C66/2007/7; Bodl. Rawl. Essex 29, title page. trustee (jt.) 1616-at least 1617, C66/2109/2; G. Haslam, ‘Jacobean Phoenix’, in Estates of the Eng. Crown ed. R.W. Hoyle, 275. cllr. 1616–d.;Haslam, 276. master of Requests 1613–16; APC, 1613–14, p. 313; 1615–16, p. 630. commr. sale of Crown lands 1614, Chamberlain Letters, i. 500; Cott. Julius C.III, ff. 131–2. concealed lands, duchy of Cornwall 1615; DCO, ‘Letters and Warrants 1615–19’, ff. 5–6. chan., duchy of Lancaster 1616–d. Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 1.

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London and the Savoy, Westminster and and Wanstead, Essex and Templecombe, Som.
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TYRINGHAM (TERRINGHAM), Sir Anthony (c.1548-1614), of Tyringham, Bucks.

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b. c. 1548, Age calculated from date of admiss. to Magdalen College Oxf. 1st. s. of Thomas Tyringham of Tyringham, and Parnell, da. of Sir John Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Bucks. J.G. N[ichols] ‘Funeral Certificates’ Col. Top. et Gen. iv. 377. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. c.1564; King’s, Camb. 1565; M. Temple 1567. Al. Ox.; Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1580 (with £1,000), Elizabeth, da. of Sir Robert Throckmorton† of Coughton, Warws. and Weston Underwood, Bucks., 5s. 3da. suc. fa. 1595; Lipscomb, Bucks. iv. 374; PROB 11/63, f. 99; Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 88; N[ichols], 377. Kntd. 28 June 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 111. d. 28 Dec. 1614. C142/349/164. sig. Anthony Tyringham.
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J.p. Bucks. by 1593–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; C66/1988. commr. i.p.m. 1593, CPR, 1592–3 (L. and I. Soc. cclxxxii), 47. bankruptcy 1595; CPR 1594–5 (L. and I. Soc. cccx), 20. sheriff 1596–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 9. commr. oyer and terminer 1607, C181/2, f. 35v. subsidy 1608; SP14/31/1. dep. lt. 1608-at least 1613; HEHL, EL 1692; SP14/72/125. commr. aid 1612. E163/16/21, unfol.

Main residence: Tyringham, Bucks.
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