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SOUTHWORTH, Thomas (c.1564-1625), of Wells, Som.

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b. c. 1564,Date calculated from age at death. 2nd s. of Edward Southworth (d. by 1573), A. Jewens, Wells Cathedral, 43-5. Mercer of London and Wells, Som. and Jane, da. of Edward Lloyd (Floyd) of Llwynymaen, Salop. educ. Queen’s, Camb.; G. Inn 1587. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. Jane, da. of Nicholas Mynne of Norfolk, s.p. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 102. d. 8 Sept. 1625. Jewens, 44-5.
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Surveyor, Wells cathedral 1605–?d.; HMC Wells ii. 347. freeman and recorder, Wells 1610 – d., capital burgess 1611–d.; Som. RO, Wells Act Bk. 1553–1623, ff. 340; Corp. Act Bk. v. f. 3v. j.p. Som. by 1612–d. Q. Sess. Rolls ed. E.H. Bates Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiv), p. xix; Q. Sess. Rolls ed. E.H. Bates Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 90.

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SOUTHWORTH, Thomas (c.1564-1625), of Wells, Som.
Main residence: Wells, Som.
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H.J.L.
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SOMERSET, Thomas (c.1579-1644/51), of St. Martin-in-the Fields, Westminster; later of Badminton House, Great Badminton, Glos.

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b. c.1579, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Edward Somerset (d. 4 Mar. 1628), 4th earl of Worcester, ld. privy seal, and Elizabeth, da. of Francis Hastings, 2nd earl of Huntingdon. educ. ?privately at Raglan; Magdalen, Oxf. 1593, aged 14; G. Inn 1604; WARD 7/77/152; DWB (Edward Somerset); Al. Ox.; J.A. Bradney, Hist. Mon. ii. 26-7. vol. siege of Jülich 1610; Winwood’s Memorials ed. E. Sawyer, ii. 210-11; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, iv. 216-17. travelled abroad (France, Geneva) 1610-11. SP78/56, f. 286, 78/58, ff. 1, 116v; SP96/1, f. 174; Add. 25079, f. 82; HMC Downshire, ii. 348, 400. m. 15 Aug. 1616, Ellen, da. of David Barry, 3rd Visct. Buttevant, wid. of John Power (d. by 7 Dec. 1606) of Curraghmore [I] and Thomas Butler (d. 22 Nov. 1614), 10th earl of Ormond, 1da. Lismore Pprs. (ser. 1) ed. A.B. Grosart, i. 123; J. Lodge, Peerage of Ire. (1754), i. 201; T. Carte, Life of James, Duke of Ormond, i. cxv. cr. KB 6 Jan. 1605; Visct. Somerset of Cashel, co. Tipperary [I] 8 Dec. 1626. Shaw, Knights of Eng. i. 157; C66/2377/10. d. bet. 1644/51. Recs. of Eng. Province of Soc. of Jesus ed. H. Foley, vi. 626; PROB 6/26, f. 14v. sig. Tho[mas] Somersett.
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J.p. Mon. 1601-at least 1623; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 350–4. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1616–25, C181/2, f. 268v; 181/3, f. 179. subsidy, Mon. 1621 – 22, 1624; C212/22/21, 23. kpr., Nonsuch Park, Surr. by 1630-at least 1641. SP16/180/17; CSP Dom. 1640–1, p. 453. He described himself as ‘of Nonsuch’ in a deed of 1625: C54/2636/20.

Sewer, Queen Elizabeth’s Household 1602 – 03; master of horse, Anne of Denmark’s Household 1603–19. E179/70/115; LC2/4/4, f. 46v; Illustrations of British History ed. E. Lodge, iii. 65; LR7/80/2.

Farmer (jt.), fees from tolls and customs 1618; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 550. member, Guiana Co. 1619, Amazon R. Co. 1620. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 379; APC Col. 1613–80, p. 37.

Clerk, treasury of c.p. 1621. CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 201. He was awarded the reversion of this office in 1604: C66/1613.

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SOMERSET, Thomas (c.1579-1644/51), of St. Martin-in-the Fields, Westminster; later of Badminton House, Great Badminton, Glos.
Main residences: St. Martin-in-the Fields, Westminster; Badminton House, Great Badminton, Glos.
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SOMERS, Sir George (1554-1610), of Berne, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset

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bap. 24 Apr. 1554, 3rd s. of John Somers, mercer, of Lyme Regis, Dorset and his w. Alice. m. by 1583, Joan (bur. 16 Dec. 1617), da. of Philip Heywood, yeoman, of Lyme Regis, s.p.Som. and Dorset N and Q, xiii. 132; F.J. Pope, ‘Sir George Somers and his Fam.’, Procs. Dorset Nat. Hist. and Antiq. Field Club, xxxv. 26-32; Add. 5699, f. 183v. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 118. d. 9 Nov. 1610. Som. and Dorset N and Q, i. 256. sig. George Somers.
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Capt. RN 1597 – 1602; adm. Virg. 1609–d. Oxford DNB.

Freeman, Lyme Regis 1598, Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 8. capt. militia ft. 1598, Som. and Dorset N and Q, ii. 314. mayor 1604–5; Dorset RO, B7/B6/11, p. 224. j.p. Dorset by 1608–d. SP14/33; C66/1786.

Member, Virg. Co. 1606–d. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 379; A. Brown, Genesis of US, 211.

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SOMERS, Sir George (1554-1610), of Berne, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset
Main residence: Berne, Whitchurch Canonicorum, Dorset.
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SNELLING, Robert (d.1627), of Ipswich and Whatfield, Suff.

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o.s. of Robert Snelling, merchant, of Whatfield and Ipswich and Alice, da. of John Bacon, yeoman, of Blakenham, Suff., wid. of Henry Cutting, yeoman, of Ringshall, Suff. m. 19 Nov. 1600, Mary, da. of Robert Cutler, merchant, of Ipswich, 5s. 5da. suc. fa. 1601.Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 166; PROB 11/52, f. 26v; 11/54, f. 14; 11/99, f. 155; Add. 19149, f. 211; Regs. St. Nicholas Ipswich ed. E. Cookson (Par. Reg. Soc. vii), 6. d. 14 Sept. 1627. N. Bacon, Annalls of Ipswche ed. W.H. Richardson, 489.
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Freeman, Ipswich 1607, bailiff 1607 – 08, 1613 – 14, 1619 – 20, 1626 – d., j.p. 1607 – 09, 1611 – 21, 1622–d., Ibid. 428, 430, 435, 446, 452, 469, 473, 478, 487. portman 1607 – d., commr. gaol delivery 1607–d.; C181/2, f. 53v; 181/3, f. 235v. gov. of Christ’s hosp., Ipswich 1609 – 10, 1612 – 13, 1617–18; Bacon, 441, 451, 465. dep. lt., Ipswich, Suff. by 1617-at least 1624; Ipswich Bor. Archives comp. D. Allen (Suff. Rec. Soc. liii), 579; SP14/179/34. commr. subsidy, Ipswich 1624, C212/22/23. sewers, Suff. 1624–6. C181/3, ff. 122v, 202.

Member, Eastland Co. by 1604, H. Zins, Eng. and Baltic in Elizabethan Era trans. H.C. Stevens, 179. French Co. 1611. Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 66.

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SNELLING, Robert (d.1627), of Ipswich and Whatfield, Suff.
Main residences: Ipswich; Whatfield, Suff.
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SMYTHE, Sir John II (c.1592-1632), of Leeds Castle, Kent

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b. c. 1592, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Richard Smythe* and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Scott of Scot’s Hall, Kent, wid. of John Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch, Kent.Arch. Cant. xx. 78. educ. ?travelled abroad 1610-13. SO3/4, unfol., April 1610. m. 3 Mar. 1617 (with £4,000), D. Lysons, Environs of London, iii. 622; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 62. Mary (d. 11 May 1678), da. of Richard Franklin of Willesden, Mdx., ?1s. d.v.p. Arch. Cant. xx. 78; S.H.A. Hervey, W. Stow Par. Reg. 78. Kntd. 28 Feb. 1617; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 161. suc. fa. 1628. d. 20 May 1632. Arch. Cant. xx. 78.
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Commr. sewers, Maidstone, Kent 1628, Ticehurst, Kent 1630, Kent and Suss. Feb. 1632–d. C181/3, f. 252v; 181/4, ff. 38, 106v.

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SMYTHE, Sir John II (c.1592-1632), of Leeds Castle, Kent
Main residence: Leeds Castle, Kent.
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SMYTH, Thomas (c.1609-1642), of Ashton Court, Long Ashton, Som.

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b. c. 1609, o.s. of Sir Hugh Smyth of Ashton Ct. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Thomas Gorges† of Longford Castle, Wilts.Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 101. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1624. Al. Ox. m. 12 Apr. 1627, Florence, da. of John Poulett*, 1st Bar. Poulett, of Hinton St. George, Som. 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). M.F. Keeler, Long Parl. 342-3; A. Bantock, Earlier Smyths of Ashton Court, 111. suc. fa. 1627. C142/438/130. d. 2 Oct. 1642. Keeler, 343.
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Freeman, Bridgwater, Som. 1628; Bristol RO, Smyth of Long Ashton ms 36074/47. j.p. Som. 1631–d., C231/5, p. 62; C66/2859. treas. hospitals 1633, maimed soldiers 1634, Q.S. Recs. 1625–39 ed. E.H.B. Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiv), 196, 220. commr. sewers 1634, 1641, C181/4, f. 172v; C181/5, f. 205. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1635–d.; C181/5, ff. 6, 221v. col. militia ft. Som. 1639; Bristol RO, 36074/132a-b. commr. assessment, Som. 1641, SR, v. 66. array 1642. Northants RO, FH133.

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SMYTH, Thomas (c.1609-1642), of Ashton Court, Long Ashton, Som.
Main residence: Ashton Court, Long Ashton, Som.
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SMITH, Sir Nicholas (1575-1622), of Exeter, Devon; later of Larkbear, nr. Whimple, Devon.

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bap. 31 July 1575, IGI, Devon. 2nd but o. surv. s. of (Sir) George Smith* of Madford House, Exeter, mayor and alderman, and Joan, da. of James Walker of Exeter. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 692; C3/324/23. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1590, BA 1594; L. Inn 1595. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. settlement 2 Nov. 1604 (with £1,500), C78/224/12. Dorothy (admon. 17 Oct. 1655), da. of Sir Ralph Horsey† of Clifton Maybank, Dorset, 5s. 2da. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 692. Kntd. 23 July 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 126. suc. fa. 1619. WARD 7/58/12. d. 5 Nov. 1622. C142/399/151.
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Commr. Sir Walter Ralegh’s† lands, Devon 1612, piracy 1615–d., C181/2, ff. 170, 242; 181/3, f. 1v. subsidy 1621–2, C212/22/20–1. j.p. 1621–d. C193/13/1, f. 22v.

Gent. of privy chamber by 1619. STAC 8/211/6.

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SMITH, Sir Nicholas (1575-1622), of Exeter, Devon; later of Larkbear, nr. Whimple, Devon.
Main residences: Exeter, Devon; Larkbear, nr. Whimple, Devon.
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SKEFFINGTON, Sir John (c.1584-1651), of Skeffington, Leics.; later of Fisherwick, Staffs.

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b. c.1584,Date of birth calculated from his MI: Nichols, County of Leicester, iii. 444. However, at the 1619 herald’s visitation his age was given as 30: Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 111. 1st s. of Sir William Skeffington, 1st bt. of Fisherwick, and Elizabeth (d. 16 Feb. 1635), da. of Richard Dering of Pluckley, Kent; bro. of Sir Richard*. Nichols, iii. 449; C142/600/114. educ. Jesus, Camb. 1603; M. Temple 1604. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 8 Jan. 1614, S. Shaw, Hist. and Antiqs. of Staffs. (1798), i. 341. Ursula (d. July 1658), da. of Thomas Skeffington† of Skeffington, 1s. kntd 19 Aug. 1624; suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 1635. bur. 20 Nov. 1651 20 Nov. 1651. Nichols, iii. 449-50; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 186. sig. J[ohn] Skeffington.
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Capt. militia horse, Leics. 1625-at least 1629; HEHL, HAM53/6, f. 125; SP16/152/37I. j.p. Leics. 1626 – at least40, Staffs. 1642; 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), 59; C66/2858; C231/5, p. 536. dep. lt., Leics. 1626–42; T. Cogswell, Home Divisions, 43, 293. sheriff, Staffs. 1637–8; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 129. commr. knighthood fines, Leics. 1631, E178/5404. array, Leics. and Staffs. 1642; LJ, v. 147; Northants. RO, FH133. accts. (roy.), Staffs. 1645. Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 264.

Gent. of privy chamber by 1639. CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 366.

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SKEFFINGTON, Sir John (c.1584-1651), of Skeffington, Leics.; later of Fisherwick, Staffs.
Main residences: Skeffington, Leics; Fisherwick, Staffs.
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SIMEON (SYMONS), Sir George (c.1584-1664), of Brightwell Baldwin, Oxon.; later of Chilworth, Oxon.

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b. c. 1584, 1st s. of John Simeon of Brightwell Baldwin and Anne, da. and coh. of Anthony Molyns of Mackney, Berks.PROB 11/131, ff. 248v-9; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 112. educ. G. Inn 1616. GI Admiss. m. (1) settlement 17 Oct. 1604, Mary, da. of George Vaux of Great Harrowden, Northants., 2da.; (2) 1612, Anne (d. Oct. 1616), da. of Robert Chamberlain of Shirburn, Oxon., s.p.; (3) 27 Nov. 1624, aged 40, Margaret, da. of Sir Richard Molyneux I* of Sefton, Lancs., at least 4s. 2da. Kntd. 6 Nov. 1604; suc. fa. 1618. C142/372/162; Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 237; Bodl. Top. Oxon. c.206, pp. 72, 82; St. Giles-in-the-Fields par. reg. (LMA mic.); London Mar. Lics. ed. Foster, 1226; CSP Dom. 1635-6, p. 414; PROB 11/131, f. 249; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 135. d. 4 May 1664. CB, iv. 93.
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SIMEON (SYMONS), Sir George (c.1584-1664), of Brightwell Baldwin, Oxon.; later of Chilworth, Oxon.
Main residences: Brightwell Baldwin, Oxon; Chilworth, Oxon.
Symons
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SHERSTON, William (d.1621), of Northgate Street, Bath, Som.

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m. Helen (bur. 22 Feb. 1615), 3s. d.v.p. 4da. (1 ). bur. 11 Sept. 1621 11 Sep. 1621. Bath RO, St. Michael, Bath par. reg. transcript, 2-4, 150, 152, 156, 160, 162.
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Freeman, Bath by 1579, chamberlain 1579 – 81, alderman by 1580, mayor and coroner 1580 – 81, 1584 – 85, 1589 – 90, 1598 – 99, 1604 – 05, 1616 – 17, commr. subsidy 1608, j.p. 1614–15. Bath RO, mayoral list transcript; council min. bk., i. pp. 1, 3, 8, 9; chamberlains’ accts. transcript, i. no. 45; SP14/31/1.

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SHERSTON, William (d.1621), of Northgate Street, Bath, Som.
Main residence: Northgate Street, Bath, Som.
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C.R.K.
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Commons 1604-1629
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SHERSTON, William (-d.1621)

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