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BELL, Sir Robert (1589-1639), of Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf.

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b. 15 Jan. 1589,C142/305/133. 1st s. of Sir Edmund Bell† of Southacre, Norf., and Ann, da. of Peter Osborne† of South Fambridge, Essex, Chicksands, Beds., and Ivy Lane, London. Vis. Norf. (Harl Soc. xxii), 34. educ. King’s, Camb. 1606, aged 16. Al. Cant. m. Mary, da. of Sir Anthony Chester of Chicheley, Bucks., 8s. (5 d.v.p.) 2da. J.H. Josselyn, Geneal. Acct. of Descendants of Sir Robert Bell, 13-14. suc. fa. 1607; PROB 11/111, ff.70-1. Kntd. March 1611. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 150, 153. bur. 31 Oct. 1639 31 Oct. 1639. MI, Outwell par. church.
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J.p. Norf. and I. of Ely, Cambs. 1622–d.; C231/4, ff. 141, 149; SP16/405, f. 49v. commr. subsidy, Norf. 1628, W. Rye, Norf. State Pprs. 137. sewers, Norf. 1629, C231/5, f. 16. Lincs. 1631–7, C181/4, ff. 83v, 149, 170, 201; 181/5, ff. 42v, 66. Lincs. and Hunts. 1631, 1635, C181/4, f. 93v; 181/5, f. 10. gaol delivery, I. of Ely, Cambs. 1631–d., C181/4, ff. 102v, 122, 131v, 160, 201v; 181/5, ff. 20, 45, 65v, 98v, 118. swans, Norf. 1632, 1639, C181/4, f. 123; 181/5, f. 147v. drainage of upper levels, Kent and Suss. 1638. C181/5, ff. 98, 113.

Main residence: Beaupré Hall, Outwell, Norf.
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BEDINGFIELD, Sir Henry (1586-1657), of Oxburgh Hall, Norf.

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b. 21 May 1586,C142/225/90. 1st s. of Thomas Bedingfield of Oxburgh, and Frances, da. and coh. of John Jernegan of Somerleyton, Suff. W.A. Copinger, Suff. Manors, iii. 260. m. (1) c.1604, Mary (d. bef. July 1609), da. of Lord William Howard of Naworth, Cumb., ?1s.; (2) 11 July 1609, Elizabeth (d. 11 Apr. 1662), da. and coh. of Peter Houghton of Hoghton Tower, Lancs. and London, sheriff and alderman, 4s. 5da. ?2 other ch. Copinger, iv. 17-18; K. Bedingfield, Bedingfields of Oxburgh, 55-6; G.A. Carthew, Hundred of Launditch, ii. 171; Richmond Par. Reg. (Surr. Par. Reg. Soc. i), 143. suc. fa. 1590; Kntd. aft. 21 July 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 134. d. 22 Nov. 1657.
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J.p. Norf. by 1610 – 26, dep. lt. by 1610–26; Norf. RO, WLS XVII/2, ff. 5, 41, 46, 50. commr. sewers, Lincs., Northants., Hunts., Norf., Suff. 1617, C181/2, f. 282. R. Gleane, Lincs. 1629, C181/4, f. 20. impressment of mariners, Norf. 1620, destruction of game 1620–1; APC, 1619–21, pp. 247–8, 263; 1621–3, p. 30. sheriff, Norf. 1620–1; Norf. Official Lists ed. H. L’Estrange, 21. commr. subsidy, Norf. 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–3. capt. horse 1624, LJ, iii. 395. commr. Privy Seal loans 1625–6. E401/2586, p. 138.

Main residence: Oxburgh Hall, Norf.
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TREVANION, Charles (c.1594-by 1660), of Caerhayes, Cornw.

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b. c. 1594, 1st s. of Charles Trevanion† of Caerhayes by Joan, da. and h. of Robert Wichalse of Chudleigh, Devon. C142/268/141; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 502; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 786. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 1611. Al. Ox. m. by 1613, Amy, da. of Sir John Malet of Enmore, Som., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. 1601; Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 502. Kntd. Aug. 1644. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 218. d. by 1660. J. Polsue, Complete Paroch. Hist. Cornw. iii. 337. sig. Charles Trevanion.
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J.p. Cornw. 1617-at least 1640, C231/4, f. 53v; C66/2859. commr. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, 1626, C212/22/20–1, 23; E179/89/306. dep. lt. by 1625 – ?26, ?1627-at least 1640, E401/2586, p. 82; SP16/32/61; Cornw. RO, FS3/47.10; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 203. commr. Privy Seal loan 1625–6, E401/2586, p. 82. piracy 1626, 1637, 1641, C181/3, f. 196; 181/5, ff. 83v, 187v. Forced Loan 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 7v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. martial law, Devon and Cornw. 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 440. swans, W. Country 1629, C181/4, f. 2v. sheriff, Cornw. 1633–4, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 23. stannator, Blackmore stannary, Cornw. 1636, Bodl. Add. C.85, p. 19. commr. hard soap, W. Country 1638, C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. recorder, Lostwithiel, Cornw. 1641–7, F.M. Hext, Memorials of Lostwithiel, 167. commr. assessment, Cornw. 1641 – 42, collector 1642, SR, v. 60, 82, 149; Cornw. RO, DD.CF 3491. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. protestation 1643, G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, iii. 941. v.-adm. (roy.), S. Cornw. 1643-at least 1645. M. Coate, Cornw. in Gt. Civil War, 117; CSP Clar. i. 278; HCA 30/845, no. 177.

Col. ft. (roy.) 1643–6. F.T.R. Edgar, Sir Ralph Hopton, 208; Bodl. Tanner 60, f. 569.

Main residence: Caerhayes, Cornw.
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TRENTHAM, Francis (c.1564-1626), of Rocester, Staffs.

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b. c. 1564, 1st s. of Thomas Trentham† of Rocester and Jane, da. of Sir William Sneyd of Bradwell, Staffs.;Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii. pt. 2), p. 141; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), p. 273. bro. of Thomas†. educ. ?Trin. Oxf. 1580; G. Inn 1584; Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. travelled abroad (Neths. 1586). R.C. Strong and J.A. Van Dorsten, Leicester’s Triumph, 132. m. settlement 26 Apr. 1592, C142/706/5. Katharine, da. of Ralph Sheldon† of Beoley, Worcs., 8s. (3 d.v.p.) 7da. (2 d.v.p); suc. fa. 1587. Rocester Par. Reg. ed. F. J. Wrottesley (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 1906), pp. 22, 28-32, 34-6, 38, 40, 42; Staffs. Hist. Colls. (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), p. 289. d. 12 Oct. 1626. C142/706/5. sig. F[rancis] Trentham.
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Sheriff, Staffs. 1592 – 93, 1611–12; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 128. j.p. 1596–1615, C231/1, f. 13; 231/4, f. 5v. commr. subsidy 1599, 1600, 1608, 1611; J. Sleigh, Hist. Leek, 189; SP14/33, f. 57; E179/178/285. collector (jt.), fifteenths and tenths, 1604; E179/176/265. commr. oyer and terminer, Gunpowder plotters, Staffs. 1606, C181/1, f. 132. charitable uses 1613, 1615, 1621. C93/5/18; 93/6/10; Staffs. RO, D1798/HM Chetwynd/116.

Main residence: Rocester, Staffs.
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TRENCHARD, Sir Thomas (1582-c.1652), of Wolveton, Charminster, Dorset

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b. 11 Oct. 1582, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Sir George Trenchard† sen. of Wolveton and his 1st w. Anne, da. of Sir George Speke† of Whitelackington, Som.; bro. of Sir George† jun. and John*.Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 556; iii. 326. educ. St. Alban Hall, Oxf. 1599, BA 1602; M. Temple 1604. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1615, Elizabeth, da. of Christopher Morgan of Mapperton, Dorset, coh. to her bro. Christopher, and wid. of John Molford (d.1610) of South Moulton, Devon, 3s. 8da. Hutchins, iii. 326; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 567; C142/315/168. Kntd. 15 Dec. 1613; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 154. suc. fa. 1630. Hutchins, iii. 326. d. c. 1652. Alnwick, Northumberland ms 551, f. 142.
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J.p. Dorset by 1614 – 42, by 1650–?d., C66/1988; C231/5, p. 530; C193/13/3, f. 15v. commr. inquiry, earl of Somerset’s lands, Dorset and Som. 1616–17; C181/2, ff. 260, 271v. freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1617; Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, f. 13. commr. sewers, Dorset 1617, 1638, C181/2, f. 294; 181/5, f. 113v. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. piracy 1622, 1631, 1639, 1642, C181/3, f. 72v; 181/4, f. 104; 181/5, ff. 152v, 226v. oyer and terminer, 1626, Western circ. 1632–42, C181/3, f. 212; 181/4, f. 111v; 181/5, f. 221. swans, W. Country 1629, C181/4, f. 2. sheriff, Dorset 1634-c. Feb. 1636, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39; CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 211. commr. hard soap, W. Country 1638, C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. assessment, Dorset 1641 – 44, 1647–9, SR, v. 61, 83, 150; A. and O. i. 90, 544, 964, 1081; ii. 296. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, execution of ordinances 1644, militia 1648. A. and O. i. 111, 147, 229, 460, 1236.

Commr. exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648. Ibid. 853, 1209.

Main residence: Wolveton, Charminster, Dorset.
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TRENCHARD, John (c.1586-1662), of Warmwell, Dorset and Covent Garden, Westminster

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b. c. 1586, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of Sir George Trenchard† sen. (d.1630) of Wolveton, Charminster, Dorset and his 1st w. Anne, da. of Sir George Speke† of Whitelackington, Som.; bro. of Sir George† jun. and Sir Thomas*.Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 326. educ. St. Alban Hall, Oxf. 1602, aged 16, BA 1605; M. Temple 1607. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. settlement 1612 (with £1,200), Jane, da. of Sir John Rodney* of Rodney Stoke, Som., 1s. d.v.p. 5da. (2 d.v.p.). Hutchins, i. 415-16; iii. 326; The Gen. n.s. xvii. 102. d. 11 Oct. 1662. E178/6204.
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Agent to 4th earl of Bedford (Sir Francis Russell*) by 1635, recvr.-gen. to 5th earl 1641. St. Paul, Covent Garden (LCC Survey of London, xxxvi), 33; G.S. Thomson, Life in a Noble Household, 44.

Commr. assessment, Westminster 1641 – 42, 1645, 1647–52, SR, v. 64, 86, 153; A. and O. i. 637, 970, 1087; ii. 39, 303, 472, 669 Dorset 1642 – 44, 1647 – 52, 1657, 1660, SR, v. 150; A. and O. i. 90, 544, 964, 1081; ii. 33, 296, 464, 661, 1066, 1367. Mdx. 1644 – 45, 1647–52, A. and O. i. 536, 637, 970, 1087; ii. 38, 303, 471, 668. Cambs. 1657, 1660, Suff. 1657, Surr. 1660, Ibid. ii. 1063, 1248, 1365, 1379. sequestration, Dorset and Westminster 1643, Ibid. i. 111, 114. levying money, Dorset and Mdx. 1643, Ibid. 147, 229, 232. execution of ordinances, Dorset 1644, New Model Ordinance, Mdx. 1645, Ibid. 460, 623. sewers, Westminster, 1645, Gt. Fens 1646, 1654, 1657–8, C181/5, f. 255, 269v; 181/6, pp. 27, 247, 333. Mdx. 1655–7; C181/6, pp. 69, 176, 245. gov. Covent Garden par., Westminster 1646; A. and O. i. 815. commr. militia, Westminster 1647–9, Ibid. 1011, 1246; ii. 20. Dorset 1648, 1659–60, Ibid. i. 1236; ii. 1323, 1430. Southwark, Surr. 1649, 1659, Surr. 1659, Ely, Cambs. 1660; Ibid. ii. 195, 1312, 1333, 1428. j.p. Westminster by 1649 – 53, Dorset by 1650 – 60, Mdx. by 1650–3; CSP Dom. 1648–9, p. 47; C193/13/3, ff. 15v, 42; 193/13/4, f. 61, 128v; Perfect List of JPs (1660), p. 13. commr. drainage, Bedford Level, Fens 1649, A. and O. ii. 139. relief of poor prisoners, Dorset 1653, Ibid. 758. piracy 1653–4, CSP Dom. 1653–4, p. 257; C181/6, p. 33. scandalous ministers 1654, A. and O. ii. 970. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1654–9, C181/6, pp. 9, 377. gaol delivery, Ely 1654–8, Ibid. 20, 284. Poole, Dorset 1655, 1659. Ibid. 95, 357.

Commr. regulating excise 1645; A. and O. i. 691. trustee for Elector Palatine 1645; Ibid. 785. commr. exclusion from sacrament 1646, Ibid. 854. compounding 1647–53, Ibid. 914. scandalous offences 1648, sale of bps.’ lands 1648; Ibid. 1209, 1227. member, High Ct. of Justice 1649; Ibid. 1254. commr. army 1649, 1652, Ibid. ii. 64, 562, 689. obstructions to sale of forfeited estates 1651. Ibid. 523.

Main residences: Warmwell, Dorset; Covent Garden, Westminster.
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TOWNSHEND, Sir Robert (1580-bef. 1617), of Raynham, Norf. and Wivenhoe, Essex.

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b. 1580, Al. Ox. 2nd s. of Sir Roger Townshend† (d.1590) of Raynham and his 2nd w. Jane, da. of Sir Michael Stanhope† of Sudborne, Suff.; bro. of John†. Vis. Norf. ed. G.H. Dashwood, i.308. educ. New Coll., Oxf. 1593, aged 13; G. Inn 1599. Al. Ox.; GI Admiss. unm. Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 109. d. bef. 20 July 1617. DNB sub Henry, 7th Lord Berkeley.
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Main residences: Raynham, Norf.; Wivenhoe, Essex.
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TOOKER, Giles (c.1558-1623), of Maddington and Salisbury, Wilts. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

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b. c. 1558,Age calculated from date of admiss. to university. 1st. s. of Charles Tooker, yeoman, of Maddington, and Matilda, da. of one Nipperhead. educ. Balliol, Oxf. by 1572; Barnard’s Inn; L. Inn 1581, called 1589. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 12. m. 19 Sept. 1586, Elizabeth (d.1628), da. of Thomas Eyre† of Salisbury, 2s. 1da. Wilts. RO, 1900/5; PROB 11/155, f. 27v; J. Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 529. suc. fa. 1571. PROB 11/53, f. 196v. d. 25 Nov. 1623. Wilts. IPMs ed. G.S. and A.E. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 38. sig. G[iles] Tooker.
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Member of the Forty-Eight, Salisbury 1591, of the Twenty-Four 1601; Wilts. RO, G23/1/3, ff. 150v, 167. j.p. Wilts. and Salisbury 1601–d.; C231/1, f. 111. commr. oyer and terminer, Wilts. 1603 – at least05, sewers, Hants and Wilts. 1605, Ibid. ff. 103v, 37. subsidy, Wilts. 1608, SP14/31/1. Wilts. and Salisbury 1622; C212/22/21. commr. aid, Wilts. 1609; E179/283; SP14/43/107. mayor, Salisbury 1612–13, Wilts. RO, G23/1/9, ff. 7, 28; R.C. Hoare, Hist. Wilts. ‘Salisbury’, 306. commr. charitable uses 1613. C93/5/20.

Steward (jt.), reader’s dinner, L. Inn 1595; fee’d counsel, Salisbury 1601 – 11; pens., L. Inn 1607 – 08, bencher 1608 – d., Lent reader 1609; recorder, Salisbury 1611–d.; Wilts. RO, G23/1/9/28. kpr. black bk., L. Inn 1615 – 16, treas. 1618 – 19, master of the lib. 1622–d. LI Black Bks. ii. 12, 14, 108, 110, 124, 176, 207, 230.

Main residences: Maddington; Salisbury, Wilts.; Lincoln’s Inn, London.
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TISDALL, Richard (1562-1627), of St. Michael Wood Street, London

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bap. 28 Mar. 1562, 5th but 1st surv. s. of Thomas Tisdall, Haberdasher, of St. Mary Bothaw and St. Michael Wood Street, London, and his w. Alice.GL, ms 4310, ff. 3-4; PROB 11/117, f. 4r-v. m. by 1596, Joan, 2s. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1610. bur. 13 Sept. 1627 13 Sept. 1627. GL, ms 6530, unfol.; PROB 11/117, f. 4v. sig. Richarde Tysdall.
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Main residence: St. Michael Wood Street, London.
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TISDALL, Richard (1562-1627)

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THOROWGOOD, John (1588-1657), of Brewer’s Lane, Charing Cross, Westminster; later of Billingbear, Berks. and Clerkenwell, Mdx.

Family and Education
b. 12 July 1588, 1st s. of John Thorowgood (d.1599), cllr. at law, of Hoddesdon, Herts. and the M. Temple, London and Jane, da. of William Wroth, Mercer, of London and Standon, Herts. St. Peter Cornhill (Harl. Soc. Reg. i), 32, 236; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 373-4; MTR, 230, 393, 501. educ. M. Temple 1608; M. Temple Admiss. travelled abroad (France, Italy); academy, Angers 1615. C2/Jas.I/T5/49; ‘Les Gentilshommes Étrangers à l’Académie d’Équitation d’Angers’, Revue d’Anjou, xxvi. 15. m. aft. 29 June 1629, Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Smythe I* of Westenhanger, Kent, wid. of Sir Henry Neville III* of Billingbear, 1s. d.v.p. Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 250; Ashmole, Berks. ii. 437. suc. grandfa. 1602; J.A. Tregelles, Hoddesdon, 160. Kntd. 4 Sept. 1630. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 198. bur. 31 Jan. 1657 31 Jan. 1657. St. James Clerkenwell (Harl. Soc. Reg. xvii), 313.
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Sec. to William Herbert, 3rd earl of Pembroke c.1621–30. CSP Dom. Addenda, 1625–49, p. 113.

J.p. Berks. 1632 – 36, from 1637, 1650 – 53, Wilts. 1632 – 36, from 1642, C231/5, pp. 85, 247, 329; Names of JPs in Eng. and Wales (1650), p. 4; C193/13/4. commr. array, Berks. 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. assessment 1649–50, A. and O. ii. 293, 461. Mdx. and Westminster 1649–52. Ibid. 119, 303, 471–2, 668–9.

Main residences: Brewer's Lane, Charing Cross, Westminster; Billingbear, Berks.; Clerkenwell, Mdx.
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