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FRAUNCEIS, John (c.1578-1636), of East Chevithorne, Devon; formerly of Combe Flory, Som.

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b. c. 1578, 5th but 2nd surv. s. of John Fraunceis (d. c.1620) of Combe Flory, and Margaret, da. of Sir John Windham of Orchard Windham, Som.Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 37; Vis. Som. ed. Weaver, 90; PROB 11/135, f. 451. educ. Exeter Coll. Oxf. 1596 aged 18; L. Inn 1597. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. by 1612, Susan, da. of George Luttrell† of Dunster Castle, Som. 9s. 4da. admon. 20 May 1636. Vis. Som. (Harl. Soc. xi), 37; PROB 11/171, ff. 112v-13.
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Churchwarden, Tiverton, Devon 1627; M. Dunsford, Hist. Mems. of Tiverton, 442. feoffee, Tiverton g.s. 1633. P. Blundell, Donations of Benefactors to Free G.S. at Tiverton, app. i. p. xlii

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FRAUNCEIS, John (c.1578-1636), of East Chevithorne, Devon; formerly of Combe Flory, Som.
Main residences: East Chevithorne, Devon; Combe Flory, Som.
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FORTUNE, William (by 1573-1639), of ?St. James’s House, Monmouth, Mon.

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b. by 1573, Assuming he was 21 when town clerk. 3rd s. of Walter Fortune, capper of Monmouth, and Blanche, da. of William Gwillim of Monmouth. NLW, Badminton (manorial) 2455, f. 26v. m. 11 Sept. 1628, Joan Preece (d.1657/8); Gwent RO, D/Pa58/1, f. 59; PROB 11/281, f. 470. 1s. illegit. 1da. illegit. PROB 11/180, f. 119v. bur. 23 Apr. 1639 23 Apr. 1639. Gwent RO, D/Pa58/1, f. 49. sig. William Fortune.
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Town clerk, Monmouth by 1594. DL1/166/420.

Dep. recvr., Monmouth and Hadnock, Mon. by 1597. Gwent RO, D583.92; E40/5538; NLW, Badminton (manorial) 2455.

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FORTUNE, William (by 1573-1639), of ?St. James’s House, Monmouth, Mon.
Main residence: ?St. James's House, Monmouth, Mon.
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FOREST, Sir Anthony (1573-1631), of Westminster and King’s Langley, Herts.

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bap. 27 Sept. 1573, 1st s. of Miles Forest of Morborne, Hunts. and Elizabeth, da. of Anthony Colly† of Glaston, Rutland.‘Extracts from the Par. Regs. of Glaston’ ed. J. Simspon, Reliquary ed. L. Jewitt, xxv. 45, 93. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1591; G. Inn 1595. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) 5 June 1599, Jane (bur. 29 Feb. 1604), da. of Thomas Hesilrige of Noseley, Leics., at least 2s. (1 d.v.p.); (2) Judith (bur. 25 Sept. 1606), da. of Sir Robert Saltonstall†, Skinner, of London and South Ockendon, Essex, wid. of Edward Rich of Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex, s.p.; (3) settlement 1 Nov. 1609 (with £3,000), Rebecca, da. of Sir Robert Hampson, Merchant Taylor, of London, s.p. Kntd. 20 Aug. 1604; suc. fa. c.1624. d. 6 Mar. 1631. ‘Extracts from the Par. Regs. of Glaston’, 45; PROB 11/92, f. 39; 11/108, f. 162; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 277; C2/Chas.I/F39/25; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 71; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 135.
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Servant to William, 1st Lord Burghley (William Cecil†) by 1597. HMC Hatfield, vii. 217.

J.p. Hunts. by 1604-at least 1624, C66/1620; 2310. Herts. 1629 – d., St. Albans, Herts. 1629–d.; 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), 62; ASSI 35/72/4; C181/4, f. 78. commr. sewers, Fenland 1605 – 18, preservation of ditches 1605, C181/1, ff. 112v, 118; 181/2, f. 327. subsidy, Hunts. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. aid 1609, SP14/43/107. oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1618 – 25, St. Albans, Herts. 1629–d. C181/2, f. 307; 181/3, f. 177; 181/4, f. 78v; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry, 2.

Member, Virg. Co. 1609. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 212.

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FOREST, Sir Anthony (1573-1631), of Westminster and King’s Langley, Herts.
Main residences: Westminster; King's Langley, Herts.
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FOLJAMBE, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1590-1640), of Aldwark, Ecclesfield, Yorks. and Walton, Derbys.

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bap. 4 Nov. 1590, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Francis Foljambe (d.1600) of Woolthwaite, Yorks. and Frances, da. of Thomas Burdett of Birthwaite, Yorks., wid. of Francis Wortley of Wortley, Yorks. m. (1) 21 Oct. 1614, Elizabeth (bur. 19 Apr. 1638), da. of Sir William Wray* of Glentworth, Lincs., 3s. d.v.p. 1da.; (2) 22 May 1638, Elizabeth (d. 26 Dec. 1695), da. of Sir George Reresby of Thrybergh, Yorks., s.p.Soc. Gen. Tickhill par. reg.; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 191-2. suc. bro. 1612; J.P. Yeatman, Feudal Hist. Derbys. vi. 217. cr. bt. 24 July 1622. CB. d. 25 Sept. 1640. C142/610/119. sig. F[rancis] Foliambe.
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J.p., Derbys. 1621–?26; C231/4, f. 135. commr. sewers, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1628, 1631, Hatfield level 1637; C181/3, f. 49v; 181/4, f. 82; 181/5, f. 173. sheriff, Derbys. 1633–4. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 31.

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FOLJAMBE, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1590-1640), of Aldwark, Ecclesfield, Yorks. and Walton, Derbys.
Main residences: Aldwark, Ecclesfield, Yorks.; Walton, Derbys.
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FOLJAMBE, Sir Francis, 1st Bt. (1590-1640)

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FLEMING, Sir Thomas I (1544-1613), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and North Stoneham, nr. Southampton, Hants.

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bap. 9 May 1544,I.o.W. RO, Newport par. reg. 1st s. of John Fleming, mercer, of Newport, I.o.W. and 1st w. Dorothy Harris. N and Q (ser. 11), ix. 366. educ. L. Inn 1567, called 1574; MA Oxf. 1613. LI Admiss.; Al. Ox. m. 13 Feb. 1570, Oglander Mems. ed. W.H. Long, 103. Mary (d.1614), da. of Richard James, merchant, of Newport, 8s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. (5 d.v.p.). N and Q (ser. 11), ix. 366. suc. fa. 1574; Soton 3rd Bk. of Remembrance, pt. 4, ed. T.B. James and A.L. Merson (Soton Rec. Ser. xxii), 68. Kntd. 23 July 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 114. d. 7 Aug. 1613. C142/337/105; Add. 5836, f. 144v.
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J.p. Hants c. 1579 – d., Mdx. 1595 – d., Notts. 1607 – d., Yorks. 1607–d.; SP12/145, f. 38; SP13/Case F/11, f. 23; C66/1666/20; SP14/33; C181/2, ff. 42v, 43, 188, 189. commr. inquiry into admin. of justice, Guernsey 1579; APC, 1578–80, p. 200. freeman, Southampton 1580, HMC 11th Rep. III, 20. Winchester, Hants 1582, T. Atkinson, Eliz. Winchester, 123. Newport 1590, I.o.W. RO, 45/22, f. 3. Portsmouth, Hants 1603; Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 347. bailiff, soke of Winchester by 1584-at least 1586; Hants RO, 11M59/B1/285–6. member, High Commission, Winchester dioc. 1596, 1597, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 1, pp. 173, 194. oyer and terminer, London and Mdx. 1601–12, C181/1, ff. 11, 13v; 181/2, ff. 177v, 179. the Verge 1604–12, C181/1, ff. 93v, 117v; 181/2, f. 179v. Western circ. 1606–d., C181/1, f. 131v; 181/2, f. 213v. Poole, Dorset 1611, C181/2, f. 139v. Exeter, Devon 1612, Ibid. f. 164v. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1601 – 12, Southampton and Winchester, Hants 1602–d., C181/1, ff. 26, 36; 181/2, ff. 171v, 177, 195. Poole, Dorset 1611, C181/2, f. 144. inquiry, Gray’s Inn and Clerkenwell fields, Mdx. 1603, C181/1, f. 50v. nisi prius, Southampton 1603–8, Ibid. f. 54v; 181/2, f. 69. piracy, Southampton, Hants and I.o.W. 1603 – 11, Home counties 1603, Cornw. 1606 – 07, Devon, 1606 – 12, Dorset 1611, C181/1, ff. 6v, 67v, 73v, 129v; 181/2, ff. 25v, 56, 138v, 159, 175. sewers, Mdx. and Essex 1604–d., C181/1, f. 89v; 181/2. ff. 97, 192v. London and Mdx. 1606, C181/2, f. 19v. Lincs. and Notts. 1607, Ibid. f. 47v. Westminster, Mdx. 1611, Ibid. f. 140. Surr. 1613, Ibid. f. 191. subsidy, London, Hants, Winchester, Southampton and I.o.W. 1608, SP14/31/1. swans, Kent, Mdx. and Berks. 1609, C181/2, f. 89. annoyances, Surr. 1611. C181/2, f. 142.

Recorder, Winchester 1582–95, VCH Hants v. 30; Atkinson, 37, 88–9, 123; Hants RO, W/F2/3, f. 70. London 1594–5, W. Maitland, Hist. London, 1206. Southampton 1601–3; Soton 3rd Bk. of Remembrance, 68; Soton Assembly Bks. 1602–8 ed. J.W. Horrocks (Soton Rec. Soc. xix), 13–14. bencher, L. Inn 1587 – 94, reader 1590, 1594, treas. 1595–6; LI Black Bks. ii. 10, 13, 15, 20 43. sjt.-at-law 1594–5; C66/1417; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 511. solicitor gen. 1595–1604; C66/1433. member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1601–d.; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 350. c. bar. exch. 27 Oct. 1604–7; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 162. c.j.k.b. 1607–d. CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 367; E. Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 154–6.

Member, Spanish Co. 1605. Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft, (London Rec. Soc. ix), 16, 95.

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FLEMING, Sir Thomas I (1544-1613), of Lincoln’s Inn, London and North Stoneham, nr. Southampton, Hants.
Main residences: Lincoln's Inn, London; North Stoneham, nr. Southampton, Hants.
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FLEETWOOD, Henry (1561-1638), of Gray’s Inn, London and Langley Marish, Bucks.

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bap. 19 Oct. 1561,GL, ms 6418, unfol. (St. Giles Cripplegate par. reg.) 9th but 7th surv. s. of Thomas Fleetwood† (d.1570) of The Vache, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks., being his 6th s. with his 2nd w. Bridget, da. of Sir John Spring of Cockfield, Suff.; bro. of Sir George* and Sir William I*.DL7/12/2; H. Fishwick, Hist. of Poulton-le-Fylde (Chetham Soc. n.s. viii), 158-9; Lipscomb, Bucks. iii. 235. educ. G. Inn 1580, called 1586.GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 73. m. by 1602, Elizabeth, da. of Edward Fust of London, at least 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da.N and Q (ser. 11), vi. 43-4; St. Clement Eastcheap (Harl. Soc. reg. lxvii), 16, 17. d. 13 Apr. 1638.N and Q (ser. 11), vi. 43.
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Reader, Staple Inn 1597; ancient, G. Inn 1598, reader 1609.PBG Inn, i. 135, 137, 184.

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FLEETWOOD, Henry (1561-1638), of Gray’s Inn, London and Langley Marish, Bucks.
Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Langley Marish, Bucks.
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J.P.F.
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ARUNDELL, John (1576-1654), of Trerice, Newlyn, Cornw.

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b. 22 Nov. 1576, 1st s. of John Arundell† of Trerice and his 2nd w. Gertrude, da. of Sir Robert Denys† of Holcombe Burnell, Devon.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 12. educ. M. Temple 1594. M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1613, Mary, da. of George Cary of Clovelly, Devon, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 1da. suc. fa. 1580. Vivian, 12, 14. d. 5 Dec. 1654. IGI (Cornw.). sig. John Arundell.
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J.p. Cornw. by 1599 – 1625, from 1642, R. Carew, Survey of Cornw. (2000), p. 106; C66/2310; C231/5, p. 529. col. militia horse by 1599, Carew, 99. recvr. of coat and conduct money 1600, APC, 1599–1600, p. 250. commr. piracy 1606 – 07, ?1609, 1613, 1624, 1626, 1637, 1641, C181/1, f. 129v; 181/2, ff. 56, 186; 181/3, ff. 113v, 196; 181/5, ff. 83v, 187v; HMC Hatfield, xxi. 11. subsidy 1606, 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, E179/88/281; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. sheriff 1607–8, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 23. commr. aid 1609, 1612, E179/88/287; 179/283. exacted fees 1623, Add. 34601, f. 147v. swans, W. Country 1629, C181/4, f. 3v. assessment, Cornw. 1641–2, SR, v. 82, 149. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610-at least 1623. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 236; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 157.

Recorder, Tregony, Cornw. from 1622. Cornw. RO, J/2080.

Col. ft. (roy.) 1643–6; SO3/12, f. 263. gov. Pendennis Castle, Cornw. 1643–6. S.P. Oliver, Pendennis and St. Mawes, 30, 58.

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ARUNDELL, John (1576-1654), of Trerice, Newlyn, Cornw.
Main residence: Trerice, Newlyn, Cornw.
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WHITFIELD, Ralph (1588-1645), of Tenterden and Burmarsh, Kent, the Barbican, London and Gray’s Inn

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bap. 3 Mar. 1588,St Mildred, Tenterden, par. reg., Soc. Gen. transcript, unfol. 1st s. of Herbert Whitfield of Tenterden and Martha, da. of Robert Shephard of Peasmarch, Suss. educ. G. Inn, 1608, called 1627. GI Admiss. m. Dorothy, da. of Sir Henry Spelman* of Congham, Norf., 5s. 1da. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 348. suc. fa. 1622. C142/408/137. Kntd. 4 Oct. 1635. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 204. bur. 15 Sept. 1645 15 Sept. 1645. Reg. Burials at Temple Church 1628-1853, p. 7. sig. Raphe Whitfeld.
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Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1622 – 23, 1625, Suss. 1626, 1630 – 31, Kent 1629, 1631 – 32, 1639 – 40, I. of Wight 1632, C181/3, ff. 60, 94, 173v, 189, 210, 253, 255; 181/4, ff. 38, 74, 75v, 89, 101v; 181/5, f. 146v. recusancy, Kent 1623, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449, misdated 1627. subsidy 1624, C212/22/23. piracy, Cinque Ports 1625, 1629, 1630, 1638, C181/3, ff. 175v, 247v; 181/4, ff. 48v; 181/5, f. 131v, 168. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1635–42, C181/4, f. 198v; 181/5, ff. 8v, 36, 50v, 65, 78v, 97v, 109, 129, 138v, 163, 174, 193, 204, 222. London 1636 – 41, Mdx. 1641, gaol delivery, London 1636, 1639 – 41, Newgate, London 1638, 1641; C181/5, ff. 59, 90, 119v, 154, 157v, 186, 207v, 213, 214. bailiff and judge, Battle Ct. of Record, Suss. 1625; W. Prest, Rise of the Barristers, 402. j.p. Kent by 1625 – 42, Suss. c.1625–40; C231/4, ff. 190, 191, 219; 231/5, f. 395; PRO 30/26/104, f. 23; ASSI 35/82/6, 7; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 421. steward, Pett manor, Suss. c.1632. Add. 38485, f. 239.

Member, Guiana Co. 1627. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 402.

Reader, Staple Inn, 1628, G. Inn 1633; PBG Inn, i. 283, 315. fee’d counsel to Cinque Ports, by 1633-at least 1641; Cal. White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 450, 460, 463, 468, 471, 472, 478. sjt.-at-law 1634; CSP Dom. 1634–5, p. 221. Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 373. KS 1635; C66/2701; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 114; ix. pt. 1, p. 77. commr. Londonderry plantation, Ire., 1638–9. Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, ii. 312.

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WHITFIELD, Ralph (1588-1645), of Tenterden and Burmarsh, Kent, the Barbican, London and Gray’s Inn
Main residences: Tenterden; Burmarsh, Kent; the Barbican, London; Gray's Inn.
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WESTON, Sir Simon (c.1565-1637), of St. John’s, Lichfield, Staffs.

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b. c. 1565,C142/226/169. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of James Weston† of Lichfield, chan. of bp. of Lichfield and Margery, da. of Humphrey Lowe of Lichfield. m. Mary, da. of John Lloyd, DCL, of Caern., 1da. S. Erdeswick, Survey of Staffs. ed. T. Harwood, ped. facing p. 165; Staffs. RO, D(W)1885/4/6/1. suc. fa. 1589; Kntd. Aug. 1599. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 97. d. 20 Feb. 1637. C142/553/2. sig. Si[mon] Weston.
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Commr. to examine witnesses, Henry Sacheverell v. Sir Humphrey Ferrers 1596, FSL, L.e. 796. charitable uses, Staffs. 1599, 1607, 1613 – 17, 1629 – 34, 22 June 1637–d.; C93/1/16; 93/2/25; 93/5/18; 231/4, f. 50; 192/1, unfol. j.p. Lichfield 1606-at least 1622, C181/2, f. 21; 181/3, ff. 52, 59. Staffs. by 1608–?d., SP14/33, f. 56v; SP16/405. Tamworth, Staffs./Warws. 1619-at least 1628, C231/4, f. 81; 181/3, f. 239v.; commr. subsidy, Staffs. 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, Lichfield 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. aid, Staffs. 1609, Lichfield 1609; SP14/43/107. sheriff, Staffs. 1610–11, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix.), 128. dep. lt. by 1613 – at least25, 1629, FSL, L.a. 554, 751; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 112; SP16/149/81.I. collector (jt.), Privy Seal loan 1612 – 13, 1625–6; E403/2732, f. 105v; 401/2586, p. 183. commr. to examine cause bet. Godfrey Burwey et al. and Sir Henry Griffith, Lichfield 1616, E134/14 Jas.I/Mich.13. oyer and terminer, Oxon. circ. by 1622-at least 1634; C181/3, f. 63v; 181/4, f. 199v. commr. Forced Loan, Staffs. 1627, SP16/56/89; 16/73/123. visitation, dioc. of Coventry and Lichfield 1627, C181/3, f. 225. swans, Staffs. and Warws. 1635. C181/4, f. 199v.

?Judge, Consistory Ct. of Lichfield by 1613; Staffs. RO, D(W)1721/1/4, f. 49 (2nd numbering). recorder, Lichfield 1622-at least 1623. T. Harwood, Hist. Lichfield, 345.

Trustee, estates of Robert Devereux, 3rd earl of Essex 1620–1. Longleat, Devereux Pprs. (IHR microfilm), Box 7, no. 103.

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WESTON, Sir Simon (c.1565-1637), of St. John’s, Lichfield, Staffs.
Main residence: St. John's, Lichfield, Staffs.
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