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STEWARD (STEWART), Walter (c.1586-aft. 1649), of Westminster.

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b. c. 1586, Date of birth estimated from date of parents’ marriage and his position as 3rd son. 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Walter Stewart, 1st Lord Blantyre of Blantyre, Lanarkshire (d.1617) and Nicola, da. of Sir James Somerville of Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire. CP (Stewart of Blantyre); Scots Peerage (Stewart, Lord Blantyre). educ. MA Camb. 1617; G. Inn 1620. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. i. 158. m. w. unknown, 2da. d. aft. 1649. DNB sub Stuart, Frances Teresa. sig. W[alter] Steuart.
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Gent. of privy chamber by c.1615-at least 1641. SP15/40/28; LC3/1, unfol.

?Freeman, Portsmouth 1628; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 350. commr. escape of prisoners from the Fleet prison 1635. CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 465.

Capt., RN 1635; r.-adm., escort of Spanish amb. 1636. Naval Tracts of Sir William Monson III ed. M. Oppenheim (Navy Recs. Soc. xliii), 223, 252–5; HMC 4th Rep. 94.

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STEWARD, Sir Simeon (1575-1632), of Stuntney, Cambs.

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b. 31 July 1575, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Mark Steward† of Stuntney, and Anne, da. and coh. of Robert Huick†, MD, of Charing Cross, Mdx., physician to Q. Eliz.Dee Diary (Cam. Soc. xix), 2; Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 11. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1587, BA 1591; G. Inn 1593; Trin. Hall, Camb.Al. Ox.; GI Admiss.; Al. Cant. m. (1) Grace, da. of Edward St. Barbe of Ashington, Som., 1s.; (2) by 20 Sept. 1620, Mary, da. of Sir John Monson of South Carlton, Lincs., wid. of Sir Thomas Reresby of Thribergh, Yorks., s.p. The Gen. n.s. i. 155; M. Noble, Protectoral House of Cromwell, ii. 195; Reresby Mems. ed. R. Browning, pp. xxxv-xxxvii. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 119. suc. fa. 1604. C142/285/144.
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Freeman, Southampton, Hants 1599;HMC 11th Rep. III, 22. commr. sewers, Gt. Fens 1604, 1609; C181/1, ff. 75, 120; 181/2, f. 83v. j.p. I. of Ely 1604 – 14, 1617 – d., Cambs. by 1614 – d., Yorks. (W. Riding) 1620 – 25, Cambridge, Cambs. 1624–d.; C181/1, f. 98; 181/4, f. 87v; 231/4, ff. 45, 101, 164. commr. gaol delivery, I. of Ely 1604–26, C181/1, f. 98v; 181/2, ff. 312, 348v; 181/3, f. 12v; 181/4, f. 102v. subsidy, 1608, SP14/31/1. swans, Cambs. and Hunts. 1610, 1616, 1620, 1630, Eng. 1629; C181/2, ff. 126, 257v; 181/3, ff. 13, 268v; 181/4, f. 56. compounder for purveyance, I. of Ely 1610–25;APC, 1618–19, p. 293; Northants. RO, FH2815. sheriff, Cambs. and Hunts. 1611–12; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 14. dep. lt., Cambs. 1623–d.;HMC 13th Rep. IV, 441; APC, 1626, p. 29. commr. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1625–d., C181/3, f. 177; 181/4, f. 110. Forced Loan, Cambs. and I. of Ely 1626–7; T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2. capt., militia ft. Cambs. by 1628. Harl. 4014, f. 4v.

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STAWELL, John (1600-1662), of Cothelstone, Som.

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b. 29 Aug. 1600, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir John Stawell of Cothelstone and Elizabeth, da. of George, 11th Lord Audley; half-bro. of Sir Edward Griffin†. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1616, MA 1643, MD 1643.Al. Ox. m. 9 Dec. 1617, Elizabeth (d.1657), da. and h. of (Sir) Edward Hext* of Low Ham, Som., wid. of Sir Joseph Killigrew* of Lothbury, London, 9s. (6 d.v.p.) 2da. d.v.p. suc. fa. 1604; G.D. Stawell, Quantock Fam. 78-84, 100-2. cr. KB 1 Feb. 1626. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 163. d. 21 Feb. 1662. Stawell, 409.
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J.p. Som. 1621 – 45, 1660–d.; C231/4, f. 122; SP29/11/305. dep. lt. c. 1625 – 42, 1660–d.; T.G. Barnes, Som. 1625–40, p. 317; SP29/42/1114. commr. sewers 1625, Forced Loan 1626–7; C181/3, f. 186; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 445. sheriff 1628–9;List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 125. collector, knighthood compositions 1630–5; E178/7154, f. 168C; E178/5614. commr. array 1642, rebels 1643, contribution 1643, oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1660 – d., assessment, Som. 1660–d.Som. and Dorset N and Q, iv. 107; Bellum Civile (Som. Rec. Soc. xviii), 7; Northants. RO, FH133; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 55, 75.

Col. horse (roy.) 1642–6; P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 358. gov. Taunton, Som. 1643–4. Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, iii. 78.

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STAWELL, John (1600-1662), of Cothelstone, Som.
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STANFORD (STAMFORD, STAUNFORD), Sir Robert (1540-1607), of Perry Hall, Staffs.

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b. 31 Jan. 1540, 1st s. of Sir William Stanford† of Hadley, Mdx. and Alice, da. of John Palmer of Kentish Town, Mdx.Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. iii. pt. 2), p. 133. educ. G. Inn 1557. GI Admiss. m. 15 Nov. 1562, Anne (bur. 20 May 1602), da. of John Leveson of Wolverhampton, Staffs., 5s. (3 d.v.p.), 6da. (2 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1558; Wolverhampton Par. Reg. ed. H.R. Thomas and G.P. Mander (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 11932), pp. 2-3; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. vi. pt. 1), pp. 279-80; Regs. Church of St. Mary Handsworth Staffs. transcribed J. Lilly (Birmingham and Midland Soc. for Genealogy and Heraldry), 41, 61, 124. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 125 d. 20 Mar. 1607. C142/299/125. sig. Robert Stanford/Ro[bert] Staunford.
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Commr. i.p.m., Salop 1569, Staffs. 1571, 1574, 1576, 1576, 1579, 1586, 1598, Warws. 1597; CPR, 1566–69, p. 347; 1569–72, p. 198; 1572–5, pp. 356, 440; 1575–8, p. 41; CPR, 1585–6 (L. and I. Soc. ccxciv), 294; CPR, 1596–7 (L. and I. Soc. cccxxii), 198; C66/1489, m. 12d. j.p. Staffs. by 1575 – 96, 1602–d.; SP12/104; Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. S.A.H. Burne (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. 1932), pp. 190, 217; C231/1 f. 136v. sheriff, Staffs. 1589–90; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 128. commr. to administer the oath of office to the sheriff, Staffs. 1596, STAC 5/L11/24. subsidy 1600, E179/178/256. charitable uses 1603, 1606, 1607; C93/93/2/7, 93/2/25, 93/3/5. collector (jt.), fifteenths and tenths, Staffs. 1604, E179/176/265. Privy Seal loans 1604–5. E401/2585, f. 68

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STANFORD (STAMFORD, STAUNFORD), Sir Robert (1540-1607), of Perry Hall, Staffs.
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STAFFORD, Sir Thomas (1577-1655), of The Savoy, Mdx.

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b. Dec. 1577, illegit. s. of Sir George Carew I* (d.1629) of The Savoy and Clopton, Warws. and da. of one Cavannagh, w. of one Stafford.Lismore Pprs. ed. A.B. Grosart (ser. 1), ii. 103-4, 317. educ. G. Inn 1619.GI Admiss. m. aft. 4 Feb. 1636, Mary, da. of Sir Henry Woodhouse† of Hickling, Norf., wid. of Sir Robert Killigrew* of Kempton, Mdx., s.p.Private Corresp. of Jane, Lady Cornwallis ed. Braybrooke, 284. Kntd. 6 Oct. 1611.CSP Ire. 1608-10, p. 438; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 151. d. by 20 Feb. 1655.PROB 11/247, f. 243.
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Capt. of horse [I] 1600 – 04, 1625–9.CSP Carew 1515–74, lviii; CSP Ire. 1615–25, p. 55; 1625–32, p. 196; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 19.

Gent. usher of the privy chamber to Queen Anne by 1612–18,LC2/4/6, f. 26; SP14/86/180; E315/107, f. 15; LR7/80/2, unfol. comptroller 1618–19;LC2/5, f. 33. gent. usher to Queen Henrietta Maria by 1627,LR5/57, f. 3. treas. by 1642;Lismore Pprs. (ser. 2), v. 82. master of the Ordnance (acting) 1629–34.CSP Dom. 1628–9, pp. 507, 557; O.F.G. Hogg, Royal Arsenal, 1037.

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STAFFORD, Sir Thomas (1577-1655), of The Savoy, Mdx.
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SPICER, John (d.1623), of Pease Lane, Dorchester, Dorset

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?s. of Walter Spycer of Dorchester.Dorset Tudor Muster Rolls ed. T.L. Stoate, 161. m. 13 Oct. 1600, Thomasine (d. 10 Apr. 1633), da. of William Read of Dorchester, 2s. d. 26 Dec. 1623. Soc. Gen., Holy Trinity, Dorchester par. reg.; William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 56, 129; Dorset Par. Regs. vii. 5.
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Constable, Dorchester 1586 – 87, 1601 – 02, town steward 1590 – 91, 1599 – 1600, 1602 – 03, cap. burgess by 1591 – d., bailiff 1595 – 96, 1600 – 01, 1608 – 09, 1612–13; Dorset RO, B2/11/2; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 352. freeman, Poole, Dorset 1604. Dorset RO, DC/PL/B/7/1, f. 45v.

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SPELMAN, Sir Henry (c.1564-1641), of the Barbican, London and Congham, Norf.

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b. c.1564, In 1591 he gave his age as 27. E133/7/1008. 1st s. of Henry Spelman of Congham, and Frances (d. 15 Oct. 1622), da. of William Saunders† of Ewell, Surr. Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), i. 253. educ. Walsingham ?g.s.; H. Spelman, Hist. and Fate of Sacrilege (1698), p. 259. Trin. Coll. Camb. 1580, F. Blomefield, Essay Towards a Top. Hist. of Co. of Norf. vi. 152 n. 4. BA Trin. Hall, Camb. 1583; Al. Cant. Furnival’s Inn c. 1584; L. Inn 1586. LI Admiss.; H. Spelman, ‘Authoris de se est opere suo, Præfatio’, in Archaeologus (1626), unpag m. 28 Apr. 1590, Norf. Par. Regs. ed. T.M. Blagg and M.A. Farrow, xii. 52. Eleanor (d. 24 July 1620), Regs. Westminster Abbey ed. J.L. Chester, 116. da. and coh. of John L’Estrange of Sedgeford, Norf., Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), i. 256. 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.) Blomfield, viii. 387; Soc. Gen. transcript, Hunstanton Par. Reg. Norf. (extracts), 1, 10. suc. fa. 7 Oct. 1581; Blomfield, viii. 387. Kntd. 14 Mar. 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 130. d. 1 Oct. 1641. Original Letters of Eminent Literary Men ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xxiii), 170-1. sig. Henry Spelman.
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Member, Soc. Antiq. c.1586-c.1608. H. Spelman, ‘Original of the Four Terms of the Year’, in Reliquiæ Spelmannianæ (1698) ed. E. Gibson, 69–70.

J.p. Norf. 1598–d.; C231/1, f. 60; C66/2859, m. 24d. commr. sewers, Oxon. and Cambs. 1601-at least 1604, C181/1, ff. 14, 78. fens 1605–35, Ibid. f. 112; C181/2, ff. 62, 83, 282, 320, 326; C181/5, f. 10. Norf. and Suff. 1611, C181/2, f. 263. Norf. 1626-at least 1629; C181/3, ff. 189, 250; 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), 78. dep. v.-adm. Norf. by 1602 – at least04; commr. piracy, Norf. 1602–4; C181/1, ff. 21, 76v. sheriff, Norf. 1604–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 88. commr. subsidy, Norf. 1602, 1624, 1626, Pprs. of Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey iv. 1596–1602 ed. V. Morgan, J. Key and B. Taylor (Norf. Rec. Soc. lxiv) 223; C212/22/23; Official Pprs. of Sir Nathaniel Bacon of Stiffkey, Norf. as JP 1580–1620 ed. H.W. Saunders (Cam. Soc. ser. 3 xxvi), 84. illegal export of wool and leather, Norf. 1608, Official Pprs. 163–4. aid 1609, SP14/43/107. swans 1614, 1619, C181/2, ff. 212, 342. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1616, C181/2, f. 263v. Forced Loan, Norf. 1626–7, Norf. State Pprs. ed. W. Rye, 48; C192/12/2, f. 41. recusants, Northern parts 1628, CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 205. money forfeited to Crown for non-payment of reserved rent, S. Wales 1635. Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 306.

Member, Council for New Eng. by 1622-at least 1635, CSP Col. 1574–1660, pp. 31, 204–5. Guiana Co. 1627 – at least34, treas. 1627-at least 1634. English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon ed. J. Lorimer (Hakluyt Soc. ser. 2 clxxi), 292, 299, 388–9.

Sub-commr. exacted fees 1623 – c.25, commr. 1627-c.1640, Bodl., Tanner 101, no. 67; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 232; 1629–31, p. 236; E215/173A; G.E. Aylmer, ‘Charles I’s Commission on Fees, 1627–40’, BIHR, xxxi. 58–67. conduct of Sir Robert Naunton* as master of the Ct. of Wards 1635. Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 42.

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SPELMAN, Sir Henry (c.1564-1641), of the Barbican, London and Congham, Norf.
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SPELMAN, John (1594-1643), of Heydon, Norf.

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bap. 23 Jan. 1594,Soc. Gen. transcript, Hunstanton par. reg. Norf. (extracts), 1. 1st s. of Sir Henry Spelman* of Congham, Norf. and Eleanor (d. 24 July 1620), da. of John L’Estrange of Sedgeford, Norf. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 257. educ. G. Inn 1608, called 1615; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 220. Trin. Camb. 1609. m. 11 May 1618, GL, ms 10231, f. 121. (with £2,000), PROB 11/131, f. 187. Anne (d.1656), da. of Sir John Townshend† of Raynham Hall, Norf. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. PROB 11/258, ff. 221-2; Vis. London, 257. suc. fa. 1641; Kntd. 18 Dec. 1641. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 211. d. 24 or 25 July 1643. Ath. Ox. iii. 63; [O. Walker], ‘Lectori’, unpag., in J. Spelman, Ælfredi Magni Anglorum Regis Invictissimi Vita (translated C. Wase) ed. O. Walker. sig. John Spelman.
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?Commr. subsidy, Norf. 1628, Norf. State Pprs. ed. W. Rye, 137. ?sewers 1629; C181/4, f. 21v. j.p. Norf. 1633-at least 1641; 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), 69; C66/2859. ?commr. repair sea breaches, Norf. 1638, C181/5, f. 103. array 1642; Northants RO, FH133. treas. maimed soldiers, Norf. PROB 11/258, f. 221.

Commr. exacted fees 1637-c.1640. E215/173A.

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SPARKE, John (c.1574-1640), of The Friary, Plymouth, Devon.

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b. c. 1574, MI, St. Andrew’s, Plymouth. 1st s. of John Sparke of Plymouth and Julian, da. of Gregory Cock of Plymouth. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 856. educ. ?Exeter Coll., Oxf. 1594 aged 19; Lyon’s Inn; M. Temple 1597. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 28 Oct. 1600, Deborah (d. 1 Nov. 1638), da. of John Rashleigh† of Fowey and Menabilly, Cornw., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.). Cornw. RO, P66/1/1, p. 115; Vivian, 856; MIs, Fowey church and St. Andrew’s, Plymouth. suc. fa. 1603; Vivian, 856. d. 17 Mar. 1640. MI, St. Andrew’s church, Plymouth. sig. John Sparke.
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Treas. loan money, Devon and Cornw. 1625,AO1/300. sgt.-maj.-gen. to land forces 1625, E351/283. commr. martial law 1625-at least 1627; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 180; APC, 1627–8, p. 79. under-sheriff, Cornw. 1627–8, CJ, i. 876b. kpr. sheriff’s ward, Devon by1628. E215/1512.

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