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PITT, William (c.1559-1636), of Old Palace Yard, Westminster and Hartley Wespall, Hants.

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b. c. 1559, 1st s. of John Pitt, mercer, of Blandford Forum, Dorset and Joan, da. of John Swayne, butcher, of Blandford.Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 90-1. m. c.1583, Edith (d. 3 Dec. 1633), da. and coh. of Nicholas Cadbury, yeoman, of Arne, nr. Wareham, Dorset, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. Ibid. i. 98; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 59, 61, 66, 68, 71, 74; PROB 11/171, f. 248. suc. fa. 1602; PROB 11/99, f. 150v. Kntd. 2 Feb. 1619. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 171. d. 29 May 1636. Hutchins, iv. 90.
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Dep. teller, Exch. c.1586-at least 1613; CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 227; Add. 29974, f. 257; HMC 4th Rep. 365. commr. reform of king’s Household 1617, M. Prestwich, Cranfield, 206. Navy 1618–25, APC, 1618–19, p. 174; A.P. McGowan, ‘The Royal Navy under the 1st Duke of Buckingham’ (London Univ. PhD thesis, 1967), p. 265. abuses in silk-dyeing 1620, HMC Rutland, i. 458. piracy 1623, plantations 1623, poor prisoners 1624, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, pp. 46, 63, 136. recusancy compositions 1628, CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 205. goldsmiths’ abuses 1635. Rymer, viii. pt. 4, p. 123.

Surveyor of Crown lands, Dorset by 1594-at least 1614; Add. 29976, f. 118. commr. sewers, London 1606, Mdx. 1606, 1619, Westminster 1611, 1627, 1634, Dorset 1617, Wilts. and Hants 1630, I.o.W. 1631, C181/2, ff. 20v, 140v, 294, 347v; 181/3, f. 213v; 181/4, f. 49v, 89, 191. j.p. Westminster 1618 – d., Hants 1619 – 36, Mdx. 1619–33; C181/2, f. 331v; SP16/405; C231/4, f. 95; 231/5, p. 116; Add. 29974, f. 256. commr. gaol delivery, London 1619–25, C181/2, f. 351v; 181/3, f. 182v. oyer and terminer 1619 – 25, Mdx. 1620 – 25, Western circ. 1625–d., C181/2, ff. 351v-2v; 181/3, ff. 137, 182v-3v; 181/5, f. 32v. subsidy, Mdx. and Westminster 1621 – 22, 1624, E115/306/126; C212/22/20–1, 23. inquiry into New River, Herts. and Mdx. 1622–3, Add. 29974, ff. 61–4. sale of decayed munitions in Tower of London 1623, HMC 7th Rep. 252. Forced Loan, Westminster 1626–7. Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 144.

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PITT, William (c.1559-1636), of Old Palace Yard, Westminster and Hartley Wespall, Hants.
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PITT, John (c.1546-1626), of Bridport, Dorset

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b. c. 1546,William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 88. 4th s. of John Pitt (d.1587) of Causeway, nr. Weymouth, Dorset and Margaret, da. of Isaac Lawse of Sherborne, Dorset. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 480. m. Agnes (bur. 25 May 1613), da. of John Davidge of Bridport, s.p. Soc. Gen., Bridport par. reg.; Hutchins, ii. 480. d. 12 Mar. 1626. William Whiteway of Dorchester, 88.
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Churchwarden, Bridport 1580–2, Dorset RO, B3/H1, ff. 305, 313. bailiff 1586 – 87, 1589 – 90, 1592 – 93, 1598 – 99, 1602 – 03, 1607 – 08, 1613 – 14, 1621–2, Hutchins, ii. 10. constable 1587 – 88, 1590 – 91, 1595 – 96, 1599 – 1600, 1603 – 04, cofferer 1608–10. Dorset RO, B3/H1, ff. 329, 330v, 345, 357, 365, 381, 385.

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PITT, John (c.1546-1626), of Bridport, Dorset
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PITT, Edward (c.1592-1643), of Steepleton Iwerne, Dorset; later of Stratfield Saye, Hants.

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b. c. 1592, 1st s. of William Pitt* and Edith, da. and coh. of Nicholas Cadbury of Arne, nr. Wareham, Dorset.Hutchins, Dorset, i. 98; iv. 90-1. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1608, aged 16, BA 1611; M. Temple 1609. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 23 Apr. 1620 (with £500), Rachel (d.1643), da. of Sir George Morton of Winterbourne Clenston, Dorset, 10s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Add. 29974, ff. 51, 54, 332-3. suc. fa. 1636. Hutchins, iv. 91. d. by 9 Dec. 1643. Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. vii), 236.
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Freeman, Poole 1623; Ibid. i. 32. commr. sewers, Westminster 1634, C181/4, f. 191. j.p. Hants 1636–7, C231/5, p. 213. commr. assessment 1641–2. SR, v. 65, 88, 155.

Teller of the Exch. 1625–d. Exchequer Officeholders, 236.

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PITT, Edward (c.1592-1643), of Steepleton Iwerne, Dorset; later of Stratfield Saye, Hants.
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PETTY, Maximilian (c.1583-1639), of Thame, Oxon.

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b. c. 1583, 3rd s. of John Petty (d.1589) of Stoke Talmage, Oxon. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Snape, usher in Star Chamber, of Fawler, Oxon.PROB 11/74, f. 229v; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 4), v. 198; R.C. Hoare, Hist. Wilts. ‘Dunworth Hundred’, 111. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1598, aged 15; BA 1602; L. Inn 1604, called 1611.Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 137. m. (1) lic. 29 Oct. 1618, Elizabeth, da. of Robert Waller of Beaconsfield, Bucks., wid. of John Mayney of Staplehurst, Kent, 4s. 3da. PC2/42, p. 97.; (2) Dorothy, da. of Sir Richard Ingoldsby of Lenborough, Bucks., wid. of (Sir) Christopher Pigott* (d.1613) of Doddershall, Bucks. and Simeon Steward of Hartley Maudit, Hants, ?s.p.Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 76; G. Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 182. d. 24 Aug. 1639. C142/578/10.
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Clerk of assizes, Midlands circ. by 1618–21. C181/2, f. 307; 181/3, f. 29.

Steward (jt.), reader’s dinner, L. Inn 1619.LI Black Bks. ii. 208.

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PETTY, Maximilian (c.1583-1639), of Thame, Oxon.
Main residence: Thame, Oxon.
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RADCLIFFE, Sir John (1582-1627), of Ordsall, Lancs. and Westminster

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b. 22 Feb. 1582,DL7/17/35. 3rd s. of (Sir) John Ratcliffe† (d.1590) of Ordsall and Anne, da. and h. of Thomas Asshawe of Chorley, Lancs.Lancs. and Cheshire Wills (Chetham Soc. li), 68. educ. embassy, France 1598;HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 22. travelled abroad (Low Countries, France) 1606-10. m. by 1607, Alice (d.1657), da. of Sir John Byron† of Clayton and Newstead Abbey, Notts., 1s. 3da.C.P. Hampson, Bk. of the Radclyffes, 163-4. suc. bro. Sir Alexander 1599; Kntd. 24 Sept. 1599.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 98. d. 5 Nov. 1627.DL7/25/6.
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Vol. [I] 1599; capt. horse, Dutch army 1606–15;F.J.G. ten Raa and F. de Bas, Het Staatsche Leger, ii. 125; iii. 154. capt. ft. by 1624,CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 272. lt.-col. 1625, col. 8 Sept. 1627–d.APC, 1627, p. 189; 1627–8, p. 15.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609.Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 13, 43, 332.

Commr. inquiry, safety of buildings near Tower of London 1615;APC, 1615–16, p. 54. j.p. Lancs. 1626–d.;Lancs. RO, QSC5. commr. Forced Loan, Lancs. 1627.C193/12/2, f. 29v.

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RADCLIFFE, Sir John (1582-1627), of Ordsall, Lancs. and Westminster
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PERCY, Henry (c.1604-1659), of Syon House, Isleworth, Mdx.; later of Whitehall and Alnwick Castle, Northumb.

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b. c. 1604, 4th but 2nd surv. s. of of Henry Percy, 9th earl of Northumberland, and Dorothy, da. of Walter Devereux, 1st earl of Essex, wid. of Sir Thomas Perrot† of Haroldston, Pemb.; bro. of Algernon, Lord Percy*.Collins, Peerage, ii. 342-3. educ. privately (William Nicholson) c.1613, Isleworth (Thomas Willis) by 1617; Christ Church, Oxf. 1624. HMC 6th Rep. 230-1; Al. Ox. unm. cr. Bar. Percy of Alnwick 28 June 1643. d. 26 Mar. 1659. CP, x. 472; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642-6 ed. W.H. Black, 52.
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Member, Virg. Co. by 1622. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, ii. 122.

Master of the horse to Prince Charles 1639–49; Sidney Letters ed. A. Collins, ii. 620; Clarendon, Hist. of the Rebellion ed. W.D. Macray, v. 338. ld. chamberlain 1653 – d.; PC 23 Oct. 1653–d. CCSP, ii. 265.

Col. of ft. 1639, (roy.) 1643–4; Pprs. of Captain Henry Stevens ed. M. Toynbee (Oxon. Rec. Soc. xlii), 38; P.R. Newman, Roy. Officers in Eng. and Wales, 293. capt. of the Lifeguard 1640–1, CSP Dom. 1640–1, pp. 36–7; 1641–3, p. 56. col. of Horse 1643 – 44; gen. of artillery 1643–4. Roy. Ordnance Pprs. ed. I. Roy (Oxon. Rec. Soc. xliii), 20–1; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6, p. 40.

Gov. Guernsey 1649–50. CCSP, ii. 30, 45.

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PERCY, Henry (c.1604-1659), of Syon House, Isleworth, Mdx.; later of Whitehall and Alnwick Castle, Northumb.
Main residences: Syon House, Isleworth, Mdx.; Whitehall; Alnwick Castle, Northumb.
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PEIRCE (PEARCE), Francis (c.1577-1642), of Minehead, Som.

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b. c. 1577, s. of ?John Peirce of Minehead and Joan, da. of one Yend. m. ?4 July 1602, Mary (d.1667), da. of Lawrence Byam of Luccombe, Som., ?wid. one Menefie, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). bur. 7 June 1642.Som. RO, D/P/m. st. m. 2/1/1, unfol. St. Michael’s Minehead. par. reg.; Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 17; PROB 11/190, f. 2.
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Churchwarden, St. Michael’s Minehead, Som. c.1595–1600; Som. RO, DD/X/CHNI, C/1469. dep. v.-adm., Som. by 1619; HCA 14/43/3/231. high constable, Carhampton hundred, Som. 1626. Som. Q. Sess. Recs. Chas. I ed E.H. Bates-Harbin (Som. Rec. Soc. xxiv), p. xxiii.

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PEIRCE (PEARCE), Francis (c.1577-1642), of Minehead, Som.
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PAYNE, Griffith (d. aft.1641), of Wallingford, Berks.

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3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Nicholas Payne (d. by 1597) of Wallingford, clerk-comptroller of the Green Cloth by 1588, and Anne, da. of Thomas Read of Dorton, Bucks. m. (1) Margaret, da. of Peter Cotterell of Wallingford, 2da.; (2) by 1612, Elizabeth, da. of Richard Lybbe of Hardwick, Oxon., 2s.Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lv), 118; Index to Wills Proved and Admons. Granted in the Ct. of the Adn. of Berks. ed. W.P.W. Phillimore (Brit. Rec. Soc. viii), 129; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1580-1625, p. 250. d. aft. 28 Apr. 1641. Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/1, f. 133.
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Escheator, Berks and Oxon. 1593–4; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 124. freeman and alderman, Wallingford 1599, mayor 1599 – 1601, 1602 – 04, 1609 – 11, 1614 – 15, 1616 – 17, 1624 – 25, 1634–5. Berks. RO, W/AC1/1/1, ff. 86v, 90, 91, 91v, 94v, 95, 98, 100, 108, 121.

Yeoman purveyor of the bakehouse by 1599-at least 1603. C231/1, ff. 74v, 94; LC2/4/4, f. 37.

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PAYNE, Griffith (d. aft.1641), of Wallingford, Berks.
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NOYE, William (c.1577-1634), of Carnanton, Mawgan in Pyder, Cornw., Lincoln’s Inn, London and Brentford, Mdx.

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b. c. 1577, 1st s. of Edward Noye of Carnanton and Jane, da. of one Crabbe. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1593, aged 16; L. Inn 1594, called 1602.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 346; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 77. m. 26 Nov. 1606, IGI. Sarah, da. of Humphrey Yorke of Phillack, Cornw., 2s. 1da. suc. fa. c.1622. d. 9 Aug. 1634. C.S. Gilbert, Hist. Survey of Cornw. ii. 214; Vivian, 346. sig. W[illia]m Noye.
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Commr. piracy, Cornw. 1606–26, C181/1, f. 129v; 181/3, f. 195v. Devon 1607 – 15, Exeter, Devon 1612, C181/2, ff. 52, 175v, 242v. London, Mdx., Kent, Essex, Surr. 1615 – 25, 1630–d., C181/2, f. 221; 181/3, f. 176; 181/4, ff. 37, 138v. inquiry Giles Foster, Mdx. 1610, C181/2, f. 113v. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1611 – 13, 1632–d., Ibid. ff. 159, 179v; C181/4, ff. 115v, 175v. W. Country 1631–d., C181/4, ff. 71, 185. London 1631–d., Ibid. ff. 103, 171. Mdx. 1632–d., Ibid. ff. 105v, 172. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral 1620, 1631, C181/3, f. 8v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 173. new buildings, London 1625, 1630, 1634; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 70; pt. 3, p. 115; CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 408. steward, West, Stratton, Lesnewth, Trigg, Pyder, Powder, Penwith and Kerrier hundreds, Cornw. 1626–d.; E315/311, f. 9v. commr. Forced Loan, Mdx. 1626, C193/12/2, f. 35v. sewers, Surr., Kent 1632, Essex, Mdx. 1633; C181/4, ff. 126, 136v. j.p. Mdx. 1632–d.; C231/5, p. 73. commr. charitable uses, Mdx. 1633–d. C192/1, unfol.

Commr. codification of penal laws 1610, c.1614–16, Add. 11402, f. 160; Letters and Life of Francis Bacon ed. J. Spedding, v. 86; vi. 71. exacted fees in cts. of justice 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 232. composition for recusants’ estates 1633; member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1633. CSP Dom. 1633–4, p. 327.

Reader, Furnival’s Inn, London c.1609; J.H. Baker, Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 204. fee’d counsel, London from 1617, CLRO, Rep. 33, f. 158v. Prince Charles’s Council c.1618-at least 1624, SC6/Jas.I/1682–7. Exeter from 1625,Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, f. 305. Gloucester, Glos. from 1626; Glos. RO, GBR B3/1, f. 511. bencher, L. Inn 1618–d., W. Dugdale, Origines Juridiciales (1666), pp. 264–6. autumn reader 1622, treas. 1631–2; LI Black Bks. ii. 225; 302. att.-gen. 1631–d. Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 222.

Member, Fishery Soc. 1632. SP16/221/1.

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NOYE, William (c.1577-1634), of Carnanton, Mawgan in Pyder, Cornw., Lincoln’s Inn, London and Brentford, Mdx.
Main residences: Carnanton; Mawgan in Pyder, Cornw.; Lincoln's Inn, London; Brentford, Mdx.
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