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GREENE, Giles (c.1596-1656), of Weymouth and Afflington, Dorset and London

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b. c. 1596,Age estimated from date of admiss. to M. Temple. o.s. of John Greene, merchant, of Dorchester, Dorset. PROB 11/125, f. 151r-v. educ. M. Temple 1614. M. Temple Admiss. m. Elizabeth (admon. 24 Oct. 1673), PROB 11/343, f. 118; London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 1493. 2s. 5da. Som. and Dorset N and Q, iii. 78; London Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. xcii), 36; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 840. suc. fa. c.1615. PROB 11/125, f. 151v. bur. 5 Jan. 1656 5 Jan. 1656. Som. and Dorset N and Q, ii. 288. sig. Giles Grene.
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Freeman, Weymouth by 1617, Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 451. bailiff 1620 – 21, capital burgess from 1621; Dorset RO, Weymouth corp. order bk. ff. 68, 72. commr. piracy, Dorset 1622, C181/3, f. 73. inventory of prize goods, Weymouth and Poole, Dorset 1627, APC, 1627, p. 87. shipwreck inquiry, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset 1633, CSP Dom. 1631–3, pp. 531–2. sewers, Dorset 1638, C181/5, f. 113v. assessment 1641 – 42, 1644, 1647–8, SR, v. 83, 150; A. and O. i. 544, 964, 1081. scandalous ministers 1642; CJ, ii. 516a. member, co. cttee. Dorset from 1644; A. and O. i. 460. commr. appeals, Oxf. Univ. visitation 1647, militia, Dorset 1648. Ibid. i. 927, 1236.

Clerk in Crown office, k.b. by 1621-at least 1624; Nicholas, Procs. 1621, i. 321; STAC 8/295/30. commr. Algiers expedition debts 1627–8; APC, 1627–8, p. 34; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 567. surveyor of salt-works from 1636; CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 360. commr. customs 1642–3, CJ, ii. 806b; iv. 322b. Navy from 1642, Admlty. from 1645, A. and O. i. 27, 669. regulating excise 1645, excommunication 1646, scandalous offences 1648. Ibid. 691, 853, 1209.

Cttee. Dorchester New Eng. Co. from 1624. William Whiteway of Dorchester: his Diary (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 61.

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GREENE, Giles (c.1596-1656), of Weymouth and Afflington, Dorset and London
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GRANTHAM, Sir Thomas (1573-1630), of Goltho and St. Katherine’s Priory, Lincoln, Lincs.

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b. 10 July 1573,C142/196/7. 1st s. of Vincent Grantham of Goltho and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Francis Ayscough of South Kelsey, Lincs.; bro. of Francis†. Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 422. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1589; L. Inn 1592; travelled abroad 1595-7. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss; SO3/1, unfol. (13 Mar. 1595). m. (1) Frances (d. 26 Jan. 1619), G. Holles, Lincs. Church Notes (Lincs. Rec. Soc. i), 58. da. of Sir John Puckering†, ld. kpr. 1592-6, of Kew, Surr., 4s. (2 d.v.p.) 3da.; Lincs. Peds. (Harl. Soc. li), 423. (2) 1625, Lucy, da. of William Boughton of Lawford, Warws., wid. of Henry Sacheverell of Ratcliffe-upon-Soar, Notts., 1da. Ibid. 423; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s Mar. Index. suc. fa. 1581; C142/196/7. Kntd. 23 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 103. d. 30 July 1630. C142/457/91.
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Freeman, Lincoln 1597; J.W.F. Hill, Tudor and Stuart Lincoln, 114. j.p. Lincs. (Kesteven, Lindsey) 1598 – 1626, 1628–d.; C231/1, f. 46v; 231/4, ff. 211, 261. sheriff, Lincs. 1600–1; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 80. collector, Privy Seal loan, Lincs. 1604 – 05, 1625–6; E401/2585, ff. 82–5; 401/2586, p. 158. commr. sewers, Fenland 1604, 1629, river Gleane, Lincs. and Notts. 1607 – 27, Lincoln 1608, 1625, 1629, Newark, Notts. 1610, preservation of ditches, Fenland 1605,C181/1, ff. 75, 117v; 181/2, ff. 48, 74v, 119, 353; 181/3, ff. 35v, 214v, 228v; 181/4, ff. 20, 39v. inquiry, boundaries of Holland and Kesteven, 1607,C181/2, f. 46. Admlty. causes, Lincs. 1608,HCA 14/39, no. 217. subsidy (Lindsey, Kesteven, Lincoln) 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/123/77; 14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. aid Lincs. (Kesteven, Lincoln) 1609, SP14/43/107; E179/283/12. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1610–d.; C181/2, ff. 115v, 332v; 181/3, ff. 5, 258v; 181/4, ff. 11, 59. dep. lt. Lincs. by 1612–d.; Lincs. AO, Yarb. 8/2/2, 3. collector (jt.), aid 1612–13; E403/2732, f. 101. commr. preservation of game, Ancaster Heath, Lincs. 1619, HMC Rutland, i. 456. swans, Lincs., Northants., Rutland, Notts. 1619, 1625, Lincs. and elsewhere c.1629,C181/2, f. 341v; 181/3, ff. 165, 268v. Forced Loan, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1627. C193/12/2, f. 32v.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 544; T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 301.

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GRANTHAM, Sir Thomas (1573-1630), of Goltho and St. Katherine’s Priory, Lincoln, Lincs.
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GRAHAM (GRAHME, GREAMES, GRIMES), Richard (c.1583-1654), of Cannon Row, Westminster; Norton Conyers, Wath, Yorks. and Netherby Hall, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, Cumb.

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b. c.1583, 2nd s. of Fergus Graham (d. 15 Apr. 1625)R.T. Spence, ‘The First Sir Richard Graham of Norton Conyers and Netherby, 1583-1653’, NH, xvi. 104. of Plump, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk and Sybil, da. of William Bell of Scotsbrig, Middlebie, Dumfries; bro. of Ranald Grahme†.Trans. Cumb. and Westmld. Antiq. and Arch. Soc. n.s. xii. 52-3. m. 1624, Catharine (d. 23 Mar. 1650),Top. and Gen. iii. 417. da. of Sir Thomas Musgrave of Norton Conyers, 2s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.).Scots Peerage, vii. 99-101. Kntd. 9 Jan. 1629;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 195. cr. bt. 29 Mar. 1629.CB, ii. 69. d. 28 Jan. 1654.Scots Peerage, vii. 100.
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Groom to George, 1st mq. (later duke) of Buckingham by 1617, gent. of the horse 1619–28;Spence, 106–7; Add. 12528, p. 34; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 331; 1623–5, p. 462; HMC 6th Rep. 326–7. jt. clerk of customs bills 1619–21;C66/2205/5; CD 1621, vii. 347–8, 515–19. equerry, King’s Stables 1629 – ?44; master of the harriers 1644–6.Spence, 102.

Kpr. Middle Park, Hampton Court, Mdx. 1622 – 31, jt. warrener 1627–31;Ibid. 112; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 180; 1628–9, p. 344. customer, Carlisle, Cumb. 1623–31,C66/2305; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 508; 1631–3, p. 114. freeman 1625, alderman by 1634–7;Cumb. RO (Carlisle), Ca2/120/10; Naworth Household Bk. ed. G. Ornsby (Surtees Soc. lxviii), 489. j.p. Cumb. 1628–45;C231/4, f. 261; C66/2858. member, Council in the North 1629–41;R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. commr. swans, Cumb., Westmld., Northumb. and elsewhere, 1629,C181/3, f. 270v. oyer and terminer, Cumb. 1630, Northern circ. 1632–41,C181/4, ff. 25, 108, 197v; 181/5, ff. 7v, 203. piracy, Cumb. 1631,C181/4, f. 81. border malefactors 1635,CSP Dom. 1635, p. 510. array, Cumb. and Yorks. 1642.Northants. RO, FH133.

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GRAHAM (GRAHME, GREAMES, GRIMES), Richard (c.1583-1654), of Cannon Row, Westminster; Norton Conyers, Wath, Yorks. and Netherby Hall, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, Cumb.
Main residences: Cannon Row, Westminster and Norton Conyers, Wath, Yorks. and Netherby Hall, Kirkandrews-upon-Esk, Cumb.
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CAPELL, Sir Gamaliel (1561-1613), of Rookwood Hall, Abbess Roding, Essex

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b. 2 Jan. 1561,W. Minet, ‘Capells at Rayne’, Trans. Essex Arch. Soc. n.s. ix. ped. bet. pp. 272-3. 4th s. of Henry Capell I† (d.1588) of Little Hadham, Herts. and Rayne, Essex and Katherine, da. of Thomas Manners, 1st earl of Rutland. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1577, BA 1580/1; fell. Queens’, Camb. 1582-5, MA 1584. m. 6 Sept. 1584, Jane (d. 22 Aug. 1618), da. and coh. of Wiston Browne of Rookwood Hall and wid. of Edward Wyatt of Tillingham, Essex, 6s. (?2 d.v.p.) 3da. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 171; P. Morant, Essex, i. pt. 2, p. 138; Al. Cant.; Minet, 257; PROB 11/122, f. 371; C142/377/63. Kntd. 7 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 104. d. 13 Nov. 1613. C142/342/130. sig. Gama[liel] Capell.
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Cornet, militia light horse, Essex bef. 1595, CSP Dom. 1595–7, p. 110. dep. lt. 1603–d., Add. 11402, f. 89v; SP14/33, f. 4; Bodl. Firth C4, p. 31. j.p. 1597–d., Cal. Essex Indictments, Eliz. ed. J.S. Cockburn, 463; Cal. Essex Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 121. commr. subsidy 1602, 1606–8, Eg. 2651, f. 14v; SP14/31/1; E115/56/7. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1603–d.; C181/1, f. 55. sheriff, Essex 1606–7, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 46. commr. charitable uses 1607–d., C93/3/3; 93/4/4, 9; 93/5/7, 16. Admlty. causes 1608, HCA 14/39/217. aid for Prince Henry 1609, SP14/43/107. repair of highways 1609, C193/6/188. collector (jt.), Privy Seal loan 1611 – 12, aid for Princess Elizabeth 1613–d. Essex RO, D/Y 2/7/127; E403/2731, f. 204; 403/2732, f. 164.

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CAPELL, Sir Gamaliel (1561-1613), of Rookwood Hall, Abbess Roding, Essex
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CAPELL, Sir Arthur (1585-1653), of Little Hadham, Herts. and Whitehall

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bap. 28 Nov. 1585, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir Arthur Capell (d.1632) of Little Hadham and Rayne, Essex, and his 1st w. Margaret, da. of Lord John Grey of Pirgo, Essex; bro. of Henry†.VCH Herts. Fams. 90. unm. Kntd. 23 Sept. 1617.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 163. bur. 24 Dec. 1653 24 Dec. 1653.VCH Herts. Fams. 90.
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Servant to Robert Cecil†, 1st earl of Salisbury by 1605, treas. by 1612;HMC Hatfield, xvii. 275; xxi. 375. gent. pens. 1612 – 25, gent. of the privy chamber extraordinary 1626-at least 1636.E407/1/41; LC3/31, p. 5; CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 50.

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CAPELL, Sir Arthur (1585-1653), of Little Hadham, Herts. and Whitehall
Main residences: Little Hadham, Herts.; Whitehall.
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CAPELL, Christopher (c.1559-1626), of Gloucester, Glos.

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b. ?c.1559,STAC 8/4/9. 6th s. of Edward Capell (d.1567/8) of Sollershope, Herefs. and Alice, da. of Thomas Goodere. Vis. Herefs. ed. Weaver, 17; PROB 11/50, f. 122. m. (1) 17 June 1581, Soc. Gen. St. Nicholas, Gloucester par. reg. Grace (d. 21 Dec. 1620), da. of Richard Hand, 3s. 1da.; Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 36; T.D. Fosbrooke, Original Hist. of City of Gloucester, 183. (2) Ellen (d. 16 Dec. 1652), da. of Richard Hill of Dymock, Glos. wid. of William Lane of Gloucester, s.p. Vis. Glos. ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 106; Fosbrooke, 136. bur. 13 May 1626. GL, ms 10344, unfol. sig. Christopher Capell.
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Freeman, Gloucester 1579/80, Glos. RO, GBR F4/3, f. 201. common councilman 1591, Glos. RO, GBR B3/1, f. 131v. sheriff 1594–5, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 185. alderman 1598–d., Glos. RO, GBR B2/1, ff. 39v, 61v. mayor 1598 – 99, 1619 – 20, Jan.-Oct. 1621,Fosbrooke, 209. dep. lt. by 1604–d., C66/1618; Glos. RO, GBR H2/2, p. 67. commr. subsidy 1608, SP14/31/1, f. 15. collector of Privy Seal loan 1625–6. SP16/44/9; APC, 1625–6, p. 419.

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CAPELL, Christopher (c.1559-1626), of Gloucester, Glos.
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CANON, Sir Thomas (c.1568-1639), of Haverfordwest, Pemb. and London

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b. c. , 2nd s. and h. of Maurice Canon of Cilgetty, Pemb. and Elizabeth, da. of John Voyle, mercer, of Haverfordwest; bro. of John†. educ. Jesus, Oxf. 1585, aged 17; Clifford’s Inn; L. Inn 1593. unm. suc. fa. 1587;Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 109; Cal. of Recs. of Bor. of Haverfordwest ed. B.G. Charles (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. xxiv), 19; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; PROB 11/71, f. 39. Kntd. or 18 July 1623. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 182. d. by 13 Nov. 1639. PROB 11/181, f. 350
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Appropriator and clerk of the ct., lordships of Bromfield and Yale, Denb. 1587; bailiff itinerant, lordship of Haverfordwest alias Rhos, Pemb. 1587-at least 1616; E315/309, f. 62; 315/310, f. 27; Exch. Procs. (Equity) Concerning Wales comp. E.G. Jones. (Univ. Wales Bd. of Celtic Studies, Hist. and Law ser. iv), 301. bailiff, bor. of Haverfordwest, Pemb. 1588 – 89, sheriff 1596 – 97, mayor 1598 – 99, 1601 – 02, 1605 – 06, 1611 – 12, 1631–2,Cal. of Recs. of Bor. of Haverfordwest, 65, 205, 237; information from Maj. Francis Jones, Wales Herald. alderman 1610; LR1/237, f. 200. j.p. Pemb. 1601 – 16, 1617 – d., Haverfordwest 1603–38, JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 209–12, 214–17, 234–40. feodary, Pemb. 1601–d.; WARD 9/275, unfol.; C181/5, f. 26v. bailiff and rent coll., former lands of Sir John Perrot†, Pemb. 1602-at least 1604; E315/309, f. 142v; 315/310, f. 27. dep. constable, Haverfordwest castle 1603; Information from Maj. Francis Jones, Wales Herald. commr. debts of William Morgan, Pemb. 1605, E178/3484. subsidy, Pemb. and Haverfordwest 1608, 1622, 1624; SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. dep. lt. Pemb. by 1609-at least 1616; Cheshire Archives, DNE16; Some Names in Hist. of South Pemb. comp. B.H.J. Hughes, 7. commr. aid, Pemb., Card., Carm., Carmarthen, Haverfordwest 1609, SP14/43/107. inquiry, Carew castle, Pemb. 1610, E178/208. i.p.m. Pemb. 1611, 1637, WARD 7/49/233; F. Green, ‘Wogans of Boulston’, Y Cymmrodor, xv. 126. mises, Pemb. 1612; C181/2, f. 167v. surveyor-gen. S. Wales by 1616-at least 1625; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 55; SP16/231/7. commr. survey lands of the Prince of Wales, Pemb. 1620–1, LR2/206, f. 246. survey castles of Pembroke, Haverfordwest and Carew, Pemb. 1624, DCO, Letters and Warrants, 1623–6, f. 107. mines, Card. 1625, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 49. subsidy arrears, Haverfordwest, Pemb. 1626, E179/224/598. Forced Loan, Pemb. and Haverfordwest, Pemb. 1627, C193/12/2, f. 73. knighthood compositions, Carm., Card. and Pemb. 1630 – 32, collector Card. and Pemb. by 1634, SP16/231/7; E178/7154, ff. 62, 140, 142; 178/5901, ff. 4, 8, 12; 178/5938, f. 5; 198/4/32, f. 5. Exch. arrears, Wales 1632, NLW, Bettisfield 1672. piracy, London 1633–5, C181/4, f. 138v; 181/5, f. 26v. exacted fees, Card., Carm., Pemb., Carmarthen, Haverfordwest 1635, C181/5, f. 16. inquire into death of William Baynham, Pemb. 1636–7, C181/5, ff. 45v, 82v. lands flooded by the sea, Card., Carm., Glam. and Pemb. 1637, concealed lands, Card. and Pemb. 1638. E178/5854; 178/5856.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 222.

Commr. exacted fees 1627–d., CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 232; 1629–31, p. 236; E215/173A; G.E. Aylmer, ‘Charles I’s Commission on Fees’, BIHR, xxxi. 61. goldsmiths’ abuses 1635. Rymer, viii. pt. 4, p. 123.

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CANON, Sir Thomas (c.1568-1639), of Haverfordwest, Pemb. and London
Main residences: Haverfordwest, Pemb.; London.
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CAMPION, Henry (c.1586-c.1653), of Putney, Surr. and Newton Valence, Hants.

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b. c. 1586, 1st s. of Abraham Campion, Clothworker, of Hay Wharf Lane, London, and Putney, and Helen, da. of Richard Duffield, Mercer, of Smithfield, London. Harl. 1397, f.186; PROB 11/48, f. 63v; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 202-3. educ. M. Temple 1605. M. Temple Admiss. m. 3 Aug. 1622, Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 4), ii. 262. Anne, da. and coh. of John Willett, Clothworker, of Milk Street, London, and Putney, 5s. PROB 11/127, f. 108. suc. fa. 1611, aged 25. C142/321/102. d. c. 1653. PROB 6/30, f. 178.
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Member, Artillery Co. 1612; Ancient Vellum Bk. ed. G.A. Raikes, 18. freeman, Lymington, Hants 1640; E. King, Old Times Revisited, 189. commr. defence, Hants 1643, Surr. 1645, assessment, Hants 1644 – 48, execution of ordinances 1645, A. and O. i. 335. 540, 699, 731, 974, 1092. sewers, Surr. and Kent 1645, C181/5, f. 264. militia, Hants 1648. A. and O. i. 1242.

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CAMPION, Henry (c.1586-c.1653), of Putney, Surr. and Newton Valence, Hants.
Main residences: Putney, Surr.; Newton Valence, Hants.
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