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KILLIGREW, Sir William I (d.1622), of Hanworth, Mdx. and St. Margaret Lothbury, London.

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5th s. of John Killigrew (d.1567) of Arwennack, Cornw. and Elizabeth, da. of James Trewinard of St. Erth, Cornw.; bro. of Sir John† and Sir Henry†. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 268; R.N. North, ‘Killigrew fam.’, Jnl. Royal Inst. Cornw. iii. 272. m. by c.1579, Killigrew’s s. Robert was born c.1580: Al. Ox. Margery (bur. 18 May 1625), GL, ms 4346/1, unfol. da. of Thomas Saunders of Uxbridge, Mdx. and wid. of Robert Wolman of London, Mercer (admon. 2 Feb. 1571) and John Leigh of Coldrey, Hants (d. 20 Jan. 1576), 1s. 2da. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 268, 270; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 21; PROB 11/53, ff. 57-8; C142/175/82. Kntd. 7 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104. d. 23 Nov. 1622. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 268. sig. Will[ia]m Kyllygrewe. Lansd. 70, f. 66.
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Groom of privy chamber by 1576 – 1603, gent. by 1606; CPR, 1575–8, p. 91; LC2/4/4, f. 48; 5/50, p. 185. farmer, seal office of k.b. and c.p. 1578–d.; Lansd. 25, ff. 136, 218; PROB 11/140, f. 271. commr. Spanish prize goods 1592, 1596;APC, 1592, p. 181; CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 264. acting treas. of chamber 1595–6; E351/542, f. 212; E.K. Chambers, Eliz. Stage, i. 65. chamberlain, Exch. 1606–8. LC5/50, p. 185; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 436.

Feodary and escheator, duchy of Cornw. and constable, Launceston Castle, Cornw. 1576-at least 1601; SP40/1, p. 149; SC6/Eliz.I/393. j.p. Cornw. by 1583 – 87, 1604 – d., Hants by 1583 – 1616, Mdx. by 1593 – d., Devon 1604–d.; Harl. 474, ff. 6v, 33v; Lansd. 121, f. 66; C231/4, f. 17; C66/1421; 66/1662. recvr. Crown lands, Devon and Cornw. 1583–93, C66/1404. feodary, Cornw. 1598–1603, WARD 9/275, unfol. surveyor, London and Mdx. 1603–6; E315/310, ff. 5, 44v. commr. Crown lands, Syon, Mdx. 1603 – 04, swans, Home Counties 1605 – 09, oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1606. C181/1, ff. 65, 89, 113v, 132; 181/2, ff. 3v, 89.

Steward, Stannary Ct. Cornw. from 1585. CPR, 1584–5, p. 69.

Main residences: Hanworth, Mdx.; St. Margaret Lothbury, London.
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KILLIGREW, Sir William I (-d.1622)

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JANE, Joseph (1595-1658), of Liskeard, Cornw.

Family and Education
bap. 1 Sept. 1595, o.s. of Thomas Jane of Liskeard and Honor, da. of ?one Molton of Pillaton, Cornw. m. (1) 29 June 1629, Jane (bur. 27 May 1632), da. of William? Sparke of Plymouth, Devon, 1da. d.v.p.; (2) 15 Aug. 1633, Loveday (bur. 7 June 1660), da. of William Kekewich of Catchfrench, Cornw., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da. suc. fa. 1636.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 587; Cornw. RO, FP126/1/1, pp. 78, 116, 219, 223, 226-7, 254; FP188/1/1a, p. 26; Reg. St. Andrew’s, Plymouth ed. M.C.S. Cruwys (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. 1954), p. 119; T51/1, p. 37. d. by 14 Sept. 1658. Nicholas Pprs. IV ed. G.F. Warner (Cam. Soc. ser. 3. xxxi), 68. sig. Joseph Jane.
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Feoffee of town lands, Liskeard 1625, Cornw. RO, B/LIS/26, no. 10. chief steward by 1629-at least 1637, J. Allen, Hist. Liskeard, 239; Cornw. RO, B/LIS/289. capital burgess by 1631-at least 1648, Allen, 58, 271. mayor and j.p. 1631 – 32, May-Oct. 1636; Allen, 58; Cornw. RO, B/LIS/284, 288; FP126/1/1, p. 223. commr. salvaged goods, Cornw. 1631; APC, 1630–1, pp. 272–3. escheator, Devon and Cornw. 1632–3; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 38. commr. assessment, Cornw. 1641, SR, v. 82. (roy.) 1644–6. Allen, 86; A.C. Miller, Sir Richard Grenville, 198 n. 36.

Clerk of PC in exile (extraordinary) 1650 – 53, (ordinary) 1653–d. CCSP, ii. 63, 206; CSP Dom. 1657–8, pp. 377–8.

Main residence: Liskeard, Cornw.
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JACKSON, Sir Robert (d.1646), of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. and Chatham, Kent

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s. of Robert Jackson (d. c.1603) of Berwick-upon-Tweed.J. Scott, Berwick-upon-Tweed, 396. m. ?30 Jan. 1610, Margaret (bur. 25 Apr. 1645), da. of ?Edward White of Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1da. Regs. Berwick-upon-Tweed ed. H.M. Wood, i. 32; ii. 20; J. Raine, Hist. and Antiqs. of N. Durham, 180; PROB 11/197, f. 159v. Kntd. 13 May 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 163. bur. 29 Jan. 1646 29 Jan. 1646. Raine, 180. sig. Rob[er]t Jacksonn.
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Freeman, Berwick-upon-Tweed by 1596, alderman 1599 – 1600, 1606–d., Berwick RO, B1/5, f. 13; B1/6, f. 12; B1/7, f. 83; B1/10, f. 30. customer 1604–1623, E351/610, 627. mayor 1605 – 06, 1608 – 09, 1626 – 28, 1640 – 41, j.p. 1605–d., Berwick RO, B1/7, ff. 59, 125; B1/8, p. 213; B1/9, ff. 7, 184; Scott, 323. muster-master 1611-at least 1640, CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 54; HMC Cowper, ii. 227; HMC Ancaster, 409. commr. oyer and terminer 1640, C181/5, f. 165v. assessment, Northumb. 1642, SR, v. 154. dep. lt., Berwick-upon-Tweed 1644.CJ, iii. 657b.

Main residences: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb.; Chatham, Kent.
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JACKSON, Sir Robert (-d.1646)

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HUNGATE, Sir Henry (c.1598-by 1645), of East Bradenham, Norf.; later of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.

Family and Education
b. c. 1598, o.s. of William Hungate of E. Bradenham and Anne, da. of Sir Henry Woodhouse† of Waxham, Norf., wid. of Henry Hogan (d.1592) of E. Bradenham. Al. Cant.; F. Blomefield, Hist. Norf. ix. 353; L.M. Hill, Bench and Bureaucracy, 243. educ. St. Julians and St. Albans schools, Herts.; Caius, Camb. 1613 aged 15; G. Inn 1615; travelled abroad (Neths., France) 1616. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; Add. 12497, f. 207. m. (1) 25 May 1619, Anne (d. by 1631), da. of Callibut Walpole of Houghton, Norf. and wid. of Thomas Pettus (d.1618) of L. Inn and Caister St. Edmund, Norf.; Vis. Norf. ed. G.H. Dashwood, i. 367; PROB 11/132, ff. 388-91v. (2) by 1637, Martha; 2s. 2da. CCC, 2755; C2/Chas.I/B90/25. suc. fa. 1606, mother 1637; PROB 11/108, f. 246v; 11/175, ff. 170-2. Kntd. 20 Apr. 1619. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 171. d. by 1645. CCC, 2755. sig. Hen[ry] Hungate.
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J.p. Norf. 1620 – c.21, Surr. from 1642; C231/4, f. 110; 231/5, p. 532; C193/13/1. commr. sewers, Lincs. 1635. C181/5, f. 42.

Gent. of privy chamber 1628-at least 1641; LC5/132, p. 52; LC3/1 unfol. master of Buckhounds, Prince Charles’s Household from 1641. C66/2890/10.

Vol. in Dutch service 1629;H. Hexham, Historicall Relation of the Famous Siege of the Busse (Delft, 1630), sig. C.5v. commissary or muster-master, king’s lifeguard of horse 1639. E351/292.

Main residences: East Bradenham, Norf.; St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.
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HUNGATE, Sir Henry (c.1598-by 1645)

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HOLDITCH, Philip (by 1587-1654), of Totnes, Devon

Family and Education
b. by 1587,Of age by Feb. 1608, when he proved his father’s will: PROB 11/111, f. 113. 1st s. of Philip Holditch† of Totnes, merchant and Susanna Crossing of Exeter, Devon. m. 22 Sept. 1606, Frideswide Fell, 6s. 6da. suc. fa. c.1608. bur. 2 Nov. 1654 2 Nov. 1654. Totnes par. reg.; IGI (Devon); PROB 11/111, ff. 112-13.
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‘Master’, Totnes by 1620–?d., Vis. Devon (Harl. Soc. vi), 334. mayor 1623–4, 1638–9. E. Windeatt, ‘Totnes Mayors’, Western Antiquary, x. 73; Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xxxii. 121.

Main residence: Totnes, Devon.
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HODSON, Christopher, of Pidley-cum-Fenton and Alconbury Weston, Hunts.

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o.s. of Henry Hodson of Camb. Lincs. Peds. G-O (Harl. Soc. li), 496. m. 1579, Mabel, da. of Marmaduke Bland, brewer of Camb., 2s. 2da. J.M. Gray, Biog. Notes on Camb. Mayors, 29, 31; Lincs. Peds. G-O, 497. sig. C[hristopher] Hodson.
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Mayor, Camb. 1593; Add. 5813. j.p. Hunts. 1603–15, C66/1620; 66/2076. commr. sewers, 1605–17, C181/1, f. 112v; 181/2, f. 281v. subsidy, 1608. SP14/31/1.

Main residences: Pidley-cum-Fenton; Alconbury Weston, Hunts.
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HICKMAN, Walter (1552-1617), of St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London and Kew, Surr.

Family and Education
bap. 26 Aug. 1552, GL, ms St. Olave, Old Jewry par. reg. (ref. kindly supplied by Sue Allan). 3rd s. of Anthony Hickman, Mercer of London, I. Doolittle, Mercer’s Co. 7. and Rose, da. of Sir William Lock, alderman of London; bro. of Henry†. The Gen. iv. 117; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 31. m. 21 Nov. 1586, Mdx. Par. Regs.: Mars. ed. T. Gurney, viii. 3. Elizabeth, da. of Nicholas Staines, Mercer of London, 3s. 1da. Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), v. 195; Allegations for Mar. Lics. issued by Bp. of London ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxv), 155. d. 29 Dec. 1617. MI, Richmond church, Surr. sig. Walter Hickman.
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Commr. survey, Crediton manor, Devon 1594; C66/1441. aliens, London 1610 – 11, annoyances, Mdx. from 1613; C181/2, ff. 131, 151v, 200. j.p. Mdx. Sept. 1617–d. C231/4, f. 49.

Gent. usher, quarter waiter, 1603;LC2/4/4, f. 48. surveyor of Crown lands, Mdx. and London, 1606–16; E315/310, ff. 44v, 78. ?kpr. seal office of k.b. and c.p. by 1616. Lansd. 273, f. 59v.

Main residences: St. Dunstan-in-the-West, London; Kew, Surr.
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HICKMAN, Walter (1552-1617)

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HAWKINS, Sir Richard (c.1560-1622), of Plymouth, Devon; later of Slapton, Devon

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b. c. 1560,Aged c.34 in July 1594: R. Hawkins, Observations in his Voyage into the South Sea ed. J.A. Williamson, xli. ?illegit. s. of Sir John Hawkins† of London. H. Kelsey, Sir John Hawkins, 12. m. by 1593, Judith (d. 30 May 1629), da. of Thomas Hele of Exeter, Devon, 2s. 3da. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 464, 466; M.W.S. Hawkins, Plymouth Armada Heroes, 136; PROB 11/139, ff. 442v-3. suc. fa. 1595; Kelsey, 263. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 116. d. bef. 27 Apr. 1622. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 433. sig. Richard Hawkyns.
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Capt. RN 1585 – 86, 1588, 1590; R. Hawkins, xlvi-xlviii. v.-adm., Algiers expedition 1620–1. CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 159.

Freeman, Plymouth 1589, W. Devon RO, W46, f. 303. member, common council by 1591, mayor 1603–4; Cal. Plymouth Municipal Recs. ed. R.N. Worth, 23, 131. commr. prize goods, Dartmouth, Devon 1592; R. Hawkins, xlix. v.-adm. Devon 1603–10 (sequestered 1606–7); HCA 49/106, pkt. A, nos. 52, 76; HCA 14/39, no. 204. commr. piracy, Devon 1603 – at least07, 1619–20, C181/1, ff. 69v, 93; 181/2, ff. 52, 348; 181/3, f. 1v. j.p. 1604–d. C66/1662; C193/13/1, f. 22.

Cttee. Spanish Co. 1605; Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 101. member, Council for Virg. 1607,A. Brown, Genesis of US, 917. Africa Co. 1618. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 310.

Main residences: Plymouth, Devon; Slapton, Devon.
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CARY, William (c.1578-1652), of Clovelly Court and Exeter, Devon.

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b. c. 1578, C142/268/142. 1st s. of George Cary of Clovelly and Christian, da. and h. of William Stretchleigh of Stretchleigh, Devon, wid. of Sir Christopher Chudleigh of Ashton, Devon (d.1570). Vivian, Vis. Devon, 159, 189. educ. M. Temple 1596. M. Temple Admiss. m. (1) by c.1602, Gertrude (d. by c.1604), da. of Richard Carew† of Antony, Cornw. and wid. of John Arundell (d.1598) of Tolverne, Cornw. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); Vivian, Vis. Devon, 6, 159. (2) 23 Jan. 1605, Dorothy (d. 3 Nov. 1622), da. of Sir Edward Gorges of Wraxall, Som., 4s. 7da.; Som. Par. Reg. iv. 128; MI, Speke’s chapel, Exeter Cathedral; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 159. (3) 11 June 1631, Jane (still living 1674), da. of one Elworthy of Som. and wid. of Narcissus Mapowder (d.1628) of Holsworthy, Devon, s.p. Vivian, Vis. Devon, 159, 551; PROB 11/352, f. 6v. suc. fa. 1601. C142/268/142. d. 1652. MI, Clovelly.
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Commr. piracy, Devon July – Dec. 1603, 1614 – 15, 1624–39, C181/1, f. 61v; 181/2, ff. 201, 242v; 181/3, f. 130; 181/4, f. 52v; 181/5, ff. 84v, 133. j.p. 1604-at least 1643, C66/1620; Devon RO, QS 28/1–2. collector, Benevolence 1614, commr. subsidy 1625, A.H.A. Hamilton, ‘JPs of Devon and Benevolences of 1614 and 1622’, Trans. Devon Assoc. ix. 405; E115/107/100. sewers 1627–34, C181/3, f. 217v; 181/4, f. 163v. corporal of the field 1635, SP16/291/14.II. commr. assessment 1642, array 1642. SR, v. 150; Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residences: Clovelly Court; Exeter, Devon.
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CARY, William (c.1578-1652)

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BARKER, Richard (c.1554-1636), of Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury and Norton, Salop

Family and Education
b. c. 1554, 2nd s. of James Barker (d.1572) of Haughmond Abbey, Salop and his 1st w. Dorothy, da. of Richard Clive of Styche, Salop.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 27-8; PROB 6/1, f. 172v. educ. Shrewsbury 1563; Barnard’s Inn; G. Inn 1569, called 1576. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium ed. E. Calvert, i. 2; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 27. m. 1583, Dorothy, da. and coh. of William Poyner of Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury 2s. 3da.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 27-8; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 408. bur. 9 Dec. 1636 9 Dec. 1636. Wroxeter Par. Reg. (Salop par. reg. soc. x), 16. sig. Ric[hard] Barker.
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Freeman, Shrewsbury ?1580; Shrewsbury Burgess Roll ed. H.E. Forrest, 14. The date given is 1560, which is clearly erroneous. j.p. Salop 1597–?d., Anglesey, Caern. and Merion. 1602–15, Denb. 1613 – 15, Mont. 1614–15; C231/1, ff. 23v, 139v; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 5–7, 23–4, 41–3, 64–5, 135. member, Council in the Marches 1601–15; P. Williams, Council in Marches of Wales, 342–3; Eg. 2882, f. 84v. commr. oyer and terminer, Staffs. and Worcs. 1606, subsidy, Salop and Shrewsbury 1608. HMC Hatfield, xviii. 27; SP14/31/1.

Reader, G. Inn 1594; bencher, G. Inn 1595, treas. (jt.) 1595–6; PBG Inn, i. 106, 108, 112. recorder, Shrewsbury 1603-at least 1613; H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway, Hist. Shrewsbury, i. 538, 568. justice, N. Wales circ. 1602 – 10, c.j. 1610–15. JPs in Wales and Monm. 5–7.

Main residences: Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury; Norton, Salop.
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BARKER, Richard (c.1554-1636)

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