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ASHLEY, Francis (1569-1635), of the Middle Temple, London and Winterbourne St. Martin, Dorset; later of Dorchester Friary, Dorset and Serjeants’ Inn, Fleet Street, London

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b. 24 Nov. 1569,Sloane 2131, f. 16v. 3rd s. of Anthony Ashley of Damerham, Wilts. and Dorothy, da. of John Lyte of Lyte’s Cary, Som.; bro. of Anthony† and Robert†. MTR, 310; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 233. educ. King Edward VI g.s. Southampton, Hants 1575; Sloane 2131, f. 17. Magdalen Hall, Oxf., BA 1589; M. Temple 1590, called 1596. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. c.1603, Anne (d. 10 June 1649), da. and coh. of Bernard Samways of Winterbourne St. Martin, 1s. d.v.p. 1da. Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 387, 697; Sloane 2131, f. 20. Kntd. 5 July 1618. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 169. d. 28 Nov. 1635. C142/548/20. sig. Fra[ncis] Ashley.
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J.p. Dorset by 1608 – d., Hants and Wilts. 1628–d.; SP14/33; C231/4, f. 249; C193/13/2. freeman, Southampton 1614, HMC 11th Rep. III, 23. Poole, Dorset 1618; Hutchins, i. 32. commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge from 1617, C181/2, f. 287v. Western circ. 1619–d., C181/2, f. 335v; 181/5, f. 5v. the Marshalsea 1620-at least 1623, C181/3, ff. 1, 97. subsidy, Dorset 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. piracy 1622, 1631, C181/3, f. 72v; 181/4, f. 104. martial law 1626; APC, 1626, p. 221. capital burgess, Dorchester 1629–d.; Municipal Recs. of Dorchester ed. C.H. Mayo, 57, 716. commr. knighthood compositions, Dorset 1630–2. E178/7154, f. 288C; 178/5251, ff. 3, 10, 61.

Recorder, Dorchester 1611–d.; Municipal Recs. of Dorchester, 452–4. autumn reader, M. Temple 1616, Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 175. bencher 1616–17; A.R. Ingpen, M. Temple Bench Bk. 178. sjt.-at-law 1617–25; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 497. steward of the Marshalsea 1617-at least 1623; C181/2, f. 287v; 181/3, f. 97. king’s sjt. 1625–d. Baker, 497.

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Winterbourne St. Martin, Dorset; Dorchester Friary, Dorset; Serjeants' Inn, Fleet Street, London.
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WHETSTONE (WHITESTONS), Sir Barnard (c.1547-1624), of Woodford, Essex and Hangleton, Suss.

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b. c. 1547,Age calculated from date of admiss. to St. John’s, Camb. 2nd s. of Robert Whetstone, Haberdasher, of the Three Gilded Anchors, Cheapside, London, being 1st s. with his 2nd w. Margaret, da. of Philip Bernard† of Great Yarmouth, Norf., and coh. to her bro. Francis; half-bro. of Robert Browne†. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 617; Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem Relating to the City of London ed. G.S. Fry (Index Lib. xv), 166; T.C. Izard, George Whetstone, 6-8. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1563; G. Inn 1580. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) by Apr. 1571, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Calibut of Castle Acre, Norf., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 4da. d.v.p; .; (2) 7 Feb. 1589, Anne, wid. of Lord Giles Paulet of Cottles House, Atworth, Wilts., s.p.; (3) 1 July 1597, Mary, da. of Richard Whalley of Kirton, Notts., wid. of Richard Bellingham of Hangleton, s.p. suc. fa. in Woodford estate 1557; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 520; Suss. Genealogies: Lewes Centre comp. J. Comber, 12; Abstracts of Inquisitiones Post Mortem relating to the City of London, 166; CPR, 1569-72, p. 314; J. Kennedy, Hist. of Par. of Leyton, 107; Collins, Peerage, ii. 373; C142/430/167. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 119. d. 17 Aug. 1624. C142/430/167. sig. Ber[nard] Whitestons.
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Vol. Low Countries 1585–6. CSP Span. 1580–6, p. 555.

J.p. Essex 1590 – 1616, 1619-at least 1622, Cal. Assize Recs. Essex Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 341; C231/4, ff. 14, 84; Cal. Assize Recs. Essex Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 253. Suss. by 1601 – 14, 1615–d.; C66/1549; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 56, 61, 134. verderer, Walham forest, Essex 1594; W.R. Fisher, Forest of Essex, 376. commr. sewers, rape of Pevensey, Suss. 1602, Essex 1615, 1620, C181/1, f. 27; 181/2, f. 230v; 181/3, f. 19. subsidy, Suss. 1608. SP14/31/1.

Main residences: Woodford, Essex; Hangleton, Suss.
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WHEELER, John (d.1611), of Great Yarmouth, Norf.

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m. 1s. d.v.p. 1da. 1 other ch. d.v.p. Norf. RO, Y/C39/1, unfol.; Y/C18/6, ff. 78v-9. bur. 11 Apr. 1611 11 Apr. 1611. Norf. RO, Y/C39/1, unfol.
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Freeman, Gt. Yarmouth by 1580, member of the Forty-Eight 1580–9, Norf. RO, Y/C19/4, f. 12v. chamberlain 1587–8, Norf. RO, Y/C18/1, f. 88. member of the Twenty-Four 1589–1608, Norf. RO, Y/C19/4, f. 165v. alderman 1608–d., Norf. RO, Y/C2/12; Y/C18/4, ff. 67–76v [1608 charter changed title from ‘24’ to ‘aldermen’]. j.p. 1589–d., Norf. RO, Y/C18/1, ff. 89, 93v-4, 99r-v. bailiff 1589 – 90, 1598 – 99, 1609–10, Ibid. ff. 89, 93v, 99. auditor 1600 – 01, 1603–4, Ibid. ff. 94v, 96. coroner 1603–9, Ibid. ff. 96–8v. commr. subsidy 1604. E179/153/535.

Churchwarden, St. Nicholas’, Great Yarmouth 1589–90. Norf. RO, Y/C19/4, f. 178v.

Main residence: Great Yarmouth, Norf.
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WHATMAN, Thomas (1576-1630), of Chichester, Suss. and the Inner Temple, London

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bap. 26 Feb. 1576, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Gregory Whatman of Chichester.Soc. Gen., Chichester par. regs., St. Pancras and St. Peter the Great, 4, 53. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. BA 1593; Clifford’s Inn; I. Temple 1594, called 1603. Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. (1) lic. 1 Nov. 1600, Suss. Rec. Soc. ix. 28. Cicely, da. and coh. of John Sackville of Dorking, Surr., 2s. 1da.; Add. 33929, f. 414; CITR, ii. 124, 141; Berry, Suss. Gen. 357. (2) c.1614, Elizabeth, da. of William Young, wid. of John Polhill of Frenches, Burwash, Suss., 2s. 1da. d.v.p. PROB 11/122, f. 176; STAC 8/273/30. suc. fa. May 1594. Soc. Gen., Chichester par. regs., St. Pancras and St. Peter the Great, 59. bur. 27 May 1630. CITR, ii. 335.
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J.p. Suss. 1610–d.; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 31, 144; C66/2527. commr. sewers, Suss. 1610–d.; C181/2, ff. 135, 292v; 181/3, ff. 133v, 167; 181/4, f. 47. gov. Steyning g.s., Suss. 1614; Suss. Arch. Colls. xliii. 67. commr. brewhouse survey, Suss. 1620, APC, 1619–20, p. 203. oyer and terminer 1627. C181/3, ff. 216v, 236v.

Fee’d counsel, Hastings, Suss. 1612; STAC 8/195/28. recorder, Portsmouth, Hants 1615–d., Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 349, 420. Chichester, Suss. 1618 – 26, by 1628–?d.; Suss. Arch. Colls. xxxiii. 80–1; SP16/35/75; APC, 1628–9, p. 188. bencher, I. Temple 1620 – d., reader 1623. CITR, ii. 121, 134.

Main residences: Chichester, Suss.; the Inner Temple, London.
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WHARTON, Sir Thomas (c.1588-1622), of Wharton Hall, Kirkby Stephen, Westmld. and Aske, Easby, Yorks.

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b. c. 1588, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Philip, 3rd Baron Wharton (d.1625) and his 1st w. Frances, da. of Henry Clifford, 2nd earl of Cumberland; bro. of George†.CP, xii. 601. educ. Well g.s. (Mr. Anderson), Yorks.;Ibid. 602. Caius, Camb. 1602, aged 14, MA 1607; incorp. Oxf. 1609;Al. Cant.; Al Ox. travelled abroad (France) to 1610.HMC Downshire, ii. 400. m. 11 Apr. 1611 (with £6,000),T. Birch, Ct. and Times of Jas. I, i. 110. Philadelphia (d. c.1654), da. of Sir Robert Carey* of Whitehall and Leppington, Yorks., and maid of honour to Princess Elizabeth, 2s.Her. et Gen. iv. 45, 136; Mems. of Robert Carey ed. F.H. Mares, 68. Kntd. 25 Apr. 1611.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 151. d. 17 Apr. 1622.C142/391/61.
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J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) by 1614 – d., (N. Riding), Cumb. and Westmld. 1618–d.;C66/1988; C231/4, ff. 67–8; C193/13/1, ff. 18, 31v, 34v, 102v; C181/2, ff. 221v, 222v, 336v-7; 181/3, ff. 10v, 11, 37v, 50v-1. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1614–d.,C181/2, ff. 208, 333; 181/3, ff. 8, 57. gaol delivery, Ripon, Yorks. 1615–d.;C181/2, ff. 223, 337v; 181/3, ff. 11v, 51v. member, Council in the North 1619–d.;CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 59; R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. commr. border malefactors 1619, member, High Commission, prov. of York 1620.T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 96, 173.

Main residences: Wharton Hall, Kirkby Stephen, Westmld; Aske, Easby, Yorks.
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WETHERID, George (1582-1624/5), of York

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bap. 22 May 1582, 3rd s. of Francis Wethered (d.1600), of Ashlyns, Berkhampstead, Herts. by Agnes, da. and h. of one Arden, wid. of John Baldwin of Redheath, Watford, Herts.J.C. Cussans, Herts. xiii. 82; xv. 184. educ. M. Temple 1612. M. Temple Admiss. m. Anne (d.1667), da. of Thomas Gravenour of Olton, Rothwell, Yorks., 3s. 1da.. Yorks. Peds. (Harl. Soc. xcv), 242; Rothwell (Yorks. Par. Reg. Soc. xxvii), 70. 350. d. 6 Nov. 1624 – 9 Sept. 1625. Borthwick, Reg. Test. 38, f. 582. sig. Geo[rge] Wetheryd.
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Sec. to Edmund, 3rd Bar. Sheffield, 1611/12, to Emanuel, 11th Lord Scrope of Bolton, 1619–d. CD 1621, iii. 405; Wentworth Pprs. ed. J.P. Cooper (Cam. Soc. ser. 4. xii), 194.

Recvr.-gen. Yorks. 1623–d. M. Temple Admiss. i. 98; CD 1621, iii. 405; Wentworth Pprs. 194.

Main residence: York.
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FULLERTON, Sir James (c.1563-1631), of Broad Street, London and Byfleet, Surr.

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b. c. 1563, 3rd s. of John Fullerton of Dreghorn, Ayr. and Janet, da. of Mungo Muir of Rowallan, Ayr.W. Anderson, Scottish Nation, ii. 271, 273-4. educ. Glasgow, MA 1581. Recs. Glasgow Univ. iii. 4. m. 9 Apr. 1616, Magdalen, da. of Alexander Clerk of Balbirnie, Fife, wid. of Edward Bruce, 1st Lord Bruce of Kinloss [S], of Chambersbury, Abbots Langley, Herts., master of the Rolls 1603-11, s.p. CP, ii. 351; Anderson, 274. Kntd. c. 1604. Al. Dub. 312. d. 7 Jan. 1631. C115/105/8130. sig. Ja:[mes] Fullerton
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Master, Dublin free sch. 1588–94; Cal. Recs. Dublin ed. J.T. Gilbert, ii. 219; APC, 1591–2, p. 153. fell. Trin. Dublin 1593 – 1603, bursar 1597; J.P. Mahaffy, Epoch in Irish Hist. 78, 123, 125; HMC Hatfield, vii. 151. commr. plantation, Ulster 1608; CSP Carew, 1603–24, p. 13. j.p. Herts. 1616 – d., Surr. 1626–9; C231/4, ff. 23, 208; C66/2527. commr. sewers, Herts. 1617, highways 1622, C181/2, f. 297v; 181/3, f. 69v. enclosure, Gillingham forest, Dorset 1624–5. C66/2351; Hutchins, Dorset, iii. 649–50.

Muster-master gen. [I] 1603–9; CPR Ire. Jas. I, 37, 88; CSP Ire. 1608–10, p. 162. PC [I] by 1606-at least 1611; CSP Ire. 1606–8, p. 9. commr. Irish causes 1610–11; CSP Ire. 1608–10, p. 347. gent. of the bedchamber and kpr. of the privy purse to Prince Charles 1611–16, CSP Dom. 1611–18, pp. 50, 206; Carey Mems. ed. F.H. Mares, 72, 75. surveyor-gen. to Prince Charles 1611–?1613; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 28; C66/2007/7. registrar of affidavits, Chancery 1615–16; CSP Dom. 1611–8, pp. 284, 416. master of the Wards, duchy of Cornw. 1616-at least 1623; SC6/Jas.I/1680–1, unfol.; CSP Dom. Addenda 1580–1625, p. 653. groom of the stole to Prince Charles 1616 – 25, (as king) 1625–d. G.E. Aylmer, King’s Servants, 317–18; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 58.

Main residences: Broad Street, London; Byfleet, Surr.
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FULFORD, Sir Francis (1583-1664), of Great Fulford, Dunsford, Devon and Toller Fratrum, Dorset

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bap. 1 Sept. 1583, 1st s. of Thomas Fulford of Gt. Fulford and Ursula, da. of Richard Bampfield of Poltimore, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 379-80. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1599; M. Temple 1601. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 14 Sept. 1601, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Bernard Samways of Winterbourne St. Martin and Toller Fratrum, Dorset, 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). Vivian, 380; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 698-9. Kntd. 26 Feb. 1605; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137. suc. fa. 1610. Vivian, 379. admon. 2 May 1664. PROB 11/313, f. 368.
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J.p. Devon by 1614–45, C66/1988; M. Wolffe, Gentry Leaders in Peace and War, 260. Dorset 1625-at least 1640; C231/4, f. 190v; C66/2859. commr. piracy, Devon 1614, 1619 – 24, 1630, 1637–9, C181/2, ff. 200v, 348; 181/3, f. 130; 181/4, f. 52v; 181/5, ff. 84, 132v. Dorset 1639–42, C181/5, ff. 152v, 226v. oyer and terminer, Western circ. Feb. – June 1617, 1621–42, C181/2, ff. 269v, 286v; 181/3, f. 30v; 181/5, f. 221. Dorset 1626, 1631, 1643, C181/3, f. 212; 181/4, f. 104; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 81. subsidy, Devon 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. billeting and martial law, Dorset 1626, APC, 1626, pp. 221, 224. Forced Loan, Devon and Dorset 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, ff. 10, 11v. sewers, Devon 1627, 1634, C181/3, f. 217v; 181/4, f. 163v. swans, W. Country 1629; C181/4, f. 2. commr. and collector knighthood fines, Devon 1630–3; SP16/187/18; E401/1917, 1920. dep. lt. Dorset by 1640; CSP Dom. 1640, p. 291. commr. array, Devon and Dorset 1642; Northants. RO, FH133. sheriff, Dorset 1642–4; Docquets of Letters Patent, 73; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39. commr. roy. contributions 1643, rebels’ estates 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent, 73, 75. assessment 1661–3. SR, v. 330, 457.

Main residences: Great Fulford, Dunsford, Devon; Toller Fratrum, Dorset.
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FREKE, Sir Thomas (1563-1633), of Iwerne Courtnay (alias Shroton), Dorset

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b. 27 Sept. 1563, 1st s. of Robert Freke of Iwerne Courtnay, teller of the Exch. 1571-92, and Alice, da. of John Swayne, butcher, of Blandford Forum, Dorset. m. 21 Feb. 1587, Elizabeth (d. 16 Jan. 1641), da. and h. of John Taylor, Haberdasher, of Coleman Street, London and Burton Bradstock, Dorset, wid. of Francis Smith, Mercer, of London, 7s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. fa. 1592;Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 86, 99; The Ancestor, x. 198-9; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 300; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 207. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 124. d. 5 May 1633. William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 131.
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J.p. Dorset by 1593–d., Hatfield House, ms 278; SP16/212. sheriff 1597 – 98, 1611–12, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39. col. militia from 1599, CSP Dom. 1598–1601, p. 284. commr. piracy 1601, 1603, 1605, 1611, 1622, 1631, C181/1, ff. 12v, 62v, 114; 181/2, f. 159; 181/3, f. 72v; 181/4, f. 104. dep. lt. c.1603–d.; Hutchins, iv. 99. freeman, Poole, Dorset 1604; Ibid. i. 31. commr. inquiry, duchy of Cornw. 1607, C181/2, f. 34. subsidy, Dorset 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. collector and commr. aid 1609, E179/273/39; 179/283. collector 1612–13, E403/2732, f. 94v. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1617–d., C181/2, f. 269v; 181/4, f. 116v. sewers, Dorset 1617, C181/2, f. 294. impressment 1620, 1623, 1625–6, APC, 1619–21, p. 248; 1621–3, p. 436; 1623–5, p. 499; 1626, p. 14. martial law 1626, Ibid. 1626, p. 221. knighthood compositions 1630–2. E178/7154, f. 288C; 178/5251, ff. 3, 10, 61.

Member, Council for Virg. 1607 – at least12, Virg. Co. from 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, i. 94, 211; ii. 549.

Main residence: Iwerne Courtnay (alias Shroton), Dorset.
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FREKE, John (1589-1641), of Westbrooke House, Upwey, Dorset; later of Cerne Abbey, Dorset and Peper Harrow, Surr.

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b. 20 June 1589, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Freke* and Elizabeth, da. of John Taylor, Haberdasher, of Coleman Street, London, and wid. of Francis Smith, Mercer, of London.The Ancestor, x. 198-9. educ. M. Temple, entered 1600; Hart Hall, Oxf. 1605. M. Temple Admiss.; Al. Ox. m. (1) c.1611, Arundell (d. 1 June 1623), da. of Sir George Trenchard† of Wolveton, Charminster, Dorset, 1s. d.v.p. 1da.; Add. 29974, f. 26; The Ancestor, x. 198-9; Eg. 784, f. 32. (2) lic. 20 Dec. 1632, Jane (d.1666), da. and coh. of Sir John Shurley* of Isfield, Suss., wid. of Sir Walter Covert* (d. 22 Jan. 1632) of Slaugham, Suss., 2s. 2da. suc. fa. 1633. London Mar. Lics. ed. J. Foster, 513; CP, vi. 546; The Ancestor, x. 198-9. d. 28 Nov. 1641. WARD 5/11/1951.
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Freeman, Weymouth, Dorset 1621; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 452. sheriff, Dorset Jan.-Oct. 1636. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 39; CSP Dom. 1635–6, p. 170.

Main residences: Westbrooke House, Upwey, Dorset; Cerne Abbey, Dorset; Peper Harrow, Surr.
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