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RUSSELL, Sir William (c.1575-1654), of Tower Street, London, Deptford, Kent and Chippenham, Cambs.

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b. c. 1575,C24/595/22, p. 22; 24/601, pt. 1, no. 83, f. 63; 24/565/4, f. 14; 24/638, pt. 1, no. 13, f. 8. 1st s. of William Russell of Egham, Surr. by Joan, da. of one Sanders. educ. travelled abroad (Russia) 1605; G. Inn 1631. m. (1) aft. 1605, ?with £600, Elizabeth, da. of Sir Francis Cherry, merchant, of Camberwell, Surr. and All Hallows Barking, London, s.p.; (2) by 1618, Elizabeth (bur. 14 Oct. 1626), da. of Thomas Gerard of Burwell, Cambs., 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 3da.; (3) 12 Apr. 1628, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Michael Smallpage of Pevensey, Suss., wid. of John Wheatley of Catsfield, 2s. (1 d.v.p.). Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 217-18; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 145; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 20; PROB 11/105, f. 270; N. Dews, Deptford, 93; N and Q (ser. 3), ii. 424; Burke, Extinct Baronetcies, 455-6. suc. fa. c.1591; PROB 11/77, f. 372. Kntd. 29 Apr. 1618; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. cr. bt. 1 Jan. 1629. C66/2464. bur. 3 Feb. 1654 3 Feb. 1654. sig. W[illia]m Russell.
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Member, Levant Co. 1605, T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 369. E.I. Co. 1609, CSP Col. 1513–1616, p. 195. Muscovy Co. by 1620-by 1631, C24/565/4, f. 14; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 479. Greenland Co. bef. 1635, C24/601, pt. 2, no. 83, f. 63. New Barbary Co. by 1638-at least 1640; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 69. cttee. N.W. Passage Co. 1612, E.I. Co. 1615. CSP Col. 1513–1616, pp. 238, 416.

Agent (jt.) to Moscow 1613. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 224.

Treas. of navy (sole) 1618 – 27, 1630 – 39, (jt.) 1639 – 41, (sole) 1641 – 42, (jt.) 1642 (roy.); CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 540; AO15/3, p. 165; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 165; 1638–9, p. 307; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 334. commr. Navy 1625–8; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 9. collector, impositions on silk 1625–?35; Ibid. pt. 2, p. 27. recvr. prize money 1626; farmer, soap monopoly 1632; C66/2357; 66/2596/27. commr. customs frauds 1632, to examine the accts. of Sir Allan Apsley and Sir Sampson Darrell* 1636, timber imports 1638. CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 253; 1635–6, p. 250; 1637–8, p. 363.

Commr. sewers, Gt. Fens 1629 – 31, by 1646; C181/4, ff. 19v, 29v, 93–5; 181/5, f. 269. collector, knighthood fines, Cambs. ?1630–6. E198/4/32, f. 1.

Adventurer, Bedford Level 1631–2. CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 200; Hunts. RO, D/DM19/3/1.

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RUSSELL, Sir William (c.1575-1654), of Tower Street, London, Deptford, Kent and Chippenham, Cambs.
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WALLER, Sir Thomas (c.1569-1613), of Groombridge and Dover Castle, Kent; formerly of Brenchley, Kent

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b. c. 1569, 2nd s. of Sir Walter Waller† (d.1599) of Groombridge and Anne, da. of Philip Chute of Bethersden, Kent.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 130; Berry, Bucks. Genealogies, 3; J.F. Wadmore, ‘Brenchley, its Church and Ancient Houses’, Arch. Cant. xiii. 132. educ. vol. Ireland 1597; G. Inn 1601.CSP Ire. 1596-7, p. 343; GI Admiss. m. 5 Sept. 1593, Margaret, da. of Sampson Lennard* of Knole, Kent, 2s. 1da. IGI Kent; T. Barrett-Lennard, Fams. Lennard and Barrett, 216. Kntd. 19 July 1597. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 94. d. 4 July 1613. WARD 7/49/146.
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J.p. Kent and Suss. 1598–d.; C231/1, f. 145; Cal. of Assize Recs., Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 121. provost-marshal, Kent 1601; APC, 1600–1, p. 164. dep. to lt. of Dover Castle, Sir Thomas Fane† 1603, lt. of Dover Castle (jt.) 1604 – 06, (sole) 1606–d.; HMC Hatfield, xv. 279; xviii. 423–4. commr. sewers, Dengemarsh, Kent and Suss. 1604, Rye, Suss. 1604, Rother valley, Suss. 1609 – at least11, Gravesend, Kent 1610; C181/1, ff. 92, 96; 181/2, ff. 88, 106, 150v. freeman, Dover 1604;Add. 29623, f. 4. commr. piracy, Cinque Ports 1609–d.; C181/2, ff. 85, 185. capt. militia horse and dep. lt. Kent 1608–d. J.J. McGurk, ‘Letter bk. relating to Lieutenancy of Kent 1604–28’, Arch. Cant. lxxxii. 133, 138.; commr. subsidy, Kent 1608, aid 1609, 1612. SP14/31/1; 14/43/107.

Bailiff, butlerage 1605; C2/Jas.I/B13/63, f. 1. commr. starch licences 1607; HMC Sackville, i. 155; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 390. chief butler 1607–d. E214/1140; C66/1899/1; PROB 11/122, f. 462.

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WALLER, Sir Thomas (c.1569-1613), of Groombridge and Dover Castle, Kent; formerly of Brenchley, Kent
Main residences: Groombridge; Dover Castle, Kent; Brenchley, Kent.
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RUSSELL, Thomas (fl.1613-1623), of Truro, Cornw. and London

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m. at least 3s. (1 d.v.p.).Reg. St. Mary’s, Truro ed. S.E. Gray et al. (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc.), 165, 168, 170, 259.
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RUSSELL, Thomas (fl.1613-1623), of Truro, Cornw. and London
Main residences: Truro, Cornw.; London.
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BANISTER, Henry (c.1538-1628), of Clapton, Hackney, Mdx.

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b. ?c.1538. m. 18 May 1584, Anne/Agnes (d. 4 Jan. 1634), da. of Bernard Townley of Hurstwood, nr. Burnley, Lancs. 1s. (d.v.p.) 2da. (d.v.p.). d. 25 July 1628. J. Stowe, Survey of London ed. J. Strype (1720), ii. app. 1, pp. 126-7; Vis. Lancs. (Chetham Soc. lxxxviii), 311; PROB 11/154, f. 154; IGI, ‘Lancs.’, ‘London’. sig. He[nry] Banister.
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Freeman, Goldsmiths’ Co. London by 1581, 3rd warden 1609 – 10, 2nd warden 1611 – 12, prime warden 1614–15. Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, appr. bk. 1, f. 27; apprenticeship and freedom index.

Gunner in the Tower, 1603–?d. PSO5/2, unfol.

Freeman, London by 1609, alderman, Aldgate ward 31 Jan.-4 Feb. 1622; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, i. 12; ii. 56. j.p. Mdx. by 1614 – 21 Mar. 1625, 9 Apr. 1625–?d.; Cal. Sess. Recs. Mdx. ed. W. le Hardy, n.s. ii. 351; iii. 313; C231/4, ff. 177, 183. commr. to order the estate of Sir Richard Martyn, master of the Mint 1616–17, Add. 38170, ff. 282–3. gaol delivery, Newgate, London 1621 – 26, oyer and terminer, London 1621–6, C181/3, ff. 23v, 47, 182v, 212. subsidy, Mdx. 1621 – 22, 1624; C212/22/20–1, 23. foreign burgess, Preston, Lancs. by 1622; Rolls of Burgesses at Guilds Merchant of Preston ed. W.A. Abram (Lancs. and Cheshire Rec. Soc. ix), 78. commr. annoyances, London and Westminster 1625. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 97.

Vestryman, Mdx. Hackney 1613. Monuments in Hackney Church comp. R. Simpson, 11.

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BANISTER, Henry (c.1538-1628), of Clapton, Hackney, Mdx.
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RUDYARD (RUDYERD), Sir Benjamin (1572-1658), of Whitehall; later of West Woodhay, Berks.

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b. 26 Dec. 1572, Le Neve, Mon. Angl. 1650-79, p. 60. 3rd s. of James Rudyard (d.1611) of Winchfield, Hants and Margery, da. and h. of Lawrence Kedwelly of Hartley Wintney, Hants. Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 141-2; VCH Hants, iv. 110. educ. Winchester; St. John’s, Oxf. 1588; New Inn; M. Temple 1590, called 1600; travelled abroad (Scotland) 1601, (Italy, Germany) 1610-13, 1614-17. Al. Ox.; MT Admiss.; MTR, 407; CSP Scot. 1597-1603, p. 900; SO3/4 (Jan. 1610); Life of Ld. Herbert of Cherbury ed. J.M. Shuttleworth, 73; CD 1628, iii. 18. m. c. May 1621, Elizabeth (bur. 22 Sept. 1625), da. of Sir Henry Harington† of Bagworth, Leics. and Baltinglass, co. Wicklow, 1s. 2da. Vis. Hants, 141-2; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 376; N and Q (ser. 10), xii. 333. Kntd. 1970. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 168. d. 31 May 1658. Le Neve, Mon. Angl. 1650-79, p. 60. sig. Benjamin Rudyard.
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Gent. of privy chamber (extraordinary) ?by 1610–42. SO3/4 (Jan. 1610); SP16/58/71.

Surveyor of the liveries 1618–40. H.E. Bell, Ct. of Wards and Liveries.

Assoc. bencher, M. Temple 1619. MTR, 640.

Freeman, Portsmouth, Hants 1621; Portsmouth Recs. ed. R. East, 348. j.p. Mdx. and Surr. 1625–42; C231/4, ff. 192–3; C231/5, pp. 532–3. commr. new buildings, London 1625, 1630, sewers, I.o.W. 1631, execution of ordinances, Berks. 1644, assessment 1644 – 48, militia 1648. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 70; pt. 3, p. 144; C181/4, f. 89; A. and O. i. 455, 541, 961, 1079, 1234.

Commr. assembly of divines 1643 – 47, West Indies plantations 1643, Elector Palatine’s revenue 1645, heraldry abuses 1646, exclusion from sacrament 1646, scandalous offences 1648. A. and O. i. 181, 331, 785, 839, 853, 1208.

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RUDYARD (RUDYERD), Sir Benjamin (1572-1658), of Whitehall; later of West Woodhay, Berks.
Main residences: Whitehall; West Woodhay, Berks.
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RUDHALE, John (c.1587-1636), of Rudhall, Brampton Abbots, Herefs.

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b. c. 1587, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of William Rudhale of Rudhall and Margaret, da. of Sir James Croft† of Croft Castle, Herefs.Cooke, County of Hereford, iii. 165. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1602, aged 15, BA 1605; M. Temple 1608; travelled abroad 1613-14 (Low Countries, France), 1614-17. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; APC, 1613-14, p. 476; HMC Downshire, iv. 91, 181, 346. m. 1628 (with £2,400), Mary, da. of (Sir) William Pitt* of Westminster, wid. of (Sir) Alexander Chocke II* of Shalbourne, Wilts., 3da. suc. fa. 1609. Cooke, iii. 163, 173. d. 30 Mar. 1636. C142/535/15. sig. J[ohn] Rudhale.
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J.p. Herefs. c.1609–d.; C66/1822; C193/13/2, f. 30v. commr. sewers, Wye valley 1621, C181/3, f. 33. subsidy, Herefs. 1621 – 22, 1624–6, C212/22/20–1, 23; Add. 11051, ff. 19, 141. sub-commr. exacted fees 1623, Add. 70001, unfol. (7 July 1623). dep. lt. by 1624-at least 1626; Salop RO, 151/2903; SP16/33/51. collector, Privy Seal loan 1626; APC, 1625–6, p. 419. member, Council in the Marches of Wales 1626-at least 1633; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 251; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 8. commr. Forced Loan, Herefs. 1627, Add. 11051, f. 33v. knighthood fines 1631, E178/5333, f. 10. oyer and terminer, Glos. 1631–2; C181/4, ff. 88v, 121. sheriff, Herefs. 29 Jan. 1636–d. Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 367.

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RUDHALE, John (c.1587-1636), of Rudhall, Brampton Abbots, Herefs.
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ROY, John (d.1619), of Weymouth, Dorset

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m. Joan, da. of Robert White* of Weymouth, at least 2s. 2da. admon. 12 Oct. 1619.PROB 11/134, ff. 88-9; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 615. sig. John Roye.
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Member, Spanish Co. 1605. Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 48.

Mayor, Weymouth 1615–16, Hutchins, ii. 438. alderman 1616–d., H.J. Moule, Docs. of Bor. of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, 53. bailiff 1617–18. Hutchins, ii. 451.

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ROY, John (d.1619), of Weymouth, Dorset
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ROUS, William (c.1595-1635), of Halton, nr. St. Dominick, Cornw.

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b. c. 1595, 1st s. of Ambrose Rous* of Edmerston, Devon and Magdalen, da. of Peter Osborne of Chicksands, Beds. (J. Polsue), Complete Paroch. Hist. of Cornw. i. 301. educ. Broadgates Hall, Oxf. 1612 aged 17; M. Temple 1614. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. 24 Apr. 1617 (with £1,500), Mary, da. of Sir Richard Robartes of Truro, Cornw., 5s. 2da. Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 413; WARD 7/58/188; Cornw. RO, FP113/1/1. suc. fa. and grandfa. Sir Anthony Rous* 1620. G.C. Boase and W.P. Courtney, Bibliotheca Cornubiensis, ii. 595; WARD 7/58/188. d. 6 Mar. 1635. C142/520/111. sig. Will[iam] Rous.
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Bailiff, honour of Trematon, Cornw. 1620–d.; WARD 7/58/188; C142/520/111. j.p. Cornw. 1621–d., C231/4, f. 120v; C193/13/2. commr. subsidy 1622, 1624, C212/22/21, 23. Benevolence 1626, SP16/37/50. Forced Loan 1626–7. C193/12/2.

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ROUS, William (c.1595-1635), of Halton, nr. St. Dominick, Cornw.
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ROUS, Sir John I (1586-1652), of Henham Hall, Wangford, Suff.

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b. 3 June 1586,C142/281/83. 1st s. of Sir Thomas Rous of Henham and Parnel, da. of Sir John Goodwin of Upper Winchendon, Bucks. Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 161. educ. G. Inn 1604. GI Admiss. m. by 1605, Elizabeth (bur. 20 Mar. 1634), da. of Sir Christopher Yelverton† of Easton Maudit, Northants., j.q.b. 1602, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 2da. suc. fa. 1603; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalfe, 161; Add. 19083, f. 72. Kntd. ?17 Jan. 1605. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 136, where he is described as being of Norfolk. Rous had certainly been knighted by February 1606.; CJ, i. 273a. bur. 10 Sept. 1652 10 Sept. 1652. Add. 19083, f. 72.
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J.p. Suff. by 1610–d.; C66/1822; C193/13/4, f. 92. commr. sea breaches, Norf. and Suff. 1610 – 38, piracy, Suff. 1612, 1627, 1640; C181/2, ff. 128, 174v; 181/3, f. 232; 181/5, ff. 103, 171v. capt. militia horse, Suff. by 1614-at least 1626; Add. 39245, ff. 11v, 101v. commr. charitable uses, Suff. 1617, C93/9/4. sewers 1619 – 35, Essex 1625, Gt. Fens 1646, C181/2, f. 349; 181/3, f. 164; 181/5, ff. 24v, 269. pressing seamen, Suff. 1620, 1623, 1625, APC, 1619–21, p. 248; 1621–3, p. 436; 1625–6, p. 29. subsidy 1621–2 1624–6, 1640–1; C212/22/20–1, 23; Harl. 305, f. 206; Letters from Redgrave Hall, ed. D. MacCulloch (Suff. Rec. Soc. l), 113; SR, v. 66, 156. dep. lt. Suff. 1623-at least 1625; C231/4, f. 157; Harl. 305, f. 208v. commr. Forced Loan, Suff. and Aldeburgh, Suff. 1627, C193/12/2, ff. 55, 78. gaol delivery, Southwold, Suff. 1631, 1645, Bury St. Edmunds (liberty and bor.), Suff. 1644, Suff. 1644, oyer and terminer, Norf. circ. 1635 – 42, Suff. 1644, swans, Essex and Suff. 1635; C181/4, ff. 103v, 196v; 181/5, ff. 28; 218, 232v-3v, 257. sheriff, Suff. Feb.-Oct. 1636; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv-vii), 367. commr. maltsters, Suff. 1636, PC2/46, f. 373. propositions 1642, LJ, v. 245. assessment 1643 – d., defence of Eastern Assoc. 1643, New Model Ordinance, Suff. 1645; elder, Halesworth classis, Suff. 1645; commr. militia, Suff. 1648. A. and O. i. 235, 293, 537, 624, 639, 975, 1093, 1244, ii. 120, 309, 478; W.A. Shaw, Hist. of Eng. Church during Civil Wars and under Commonwealth, ii. 425.

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ROUS, Sir John I (1586-1652), of Henham Hall, Wangford, Suff.
Main residence: Henham Hall, Wangford, Suff.
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ROUS, Anthony (1576-1632), of Fetcham, Surr.

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bap. 8 Jan. 1576,IGI Suss. ?2nd s. of Edmund Rous (d. aft. May 1629) of Rogate, Suss. and Jane, da. of ?William Legge of Chalton, Hants. m. Anne, 1s. 2da. Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 195; PROB 11/161, f. 160v; PROB 6/1, f. 33. d. 22 Jan. 1632. O. Manning and W. Bray, Hist. and Antiqs. of Surr. i. 484.
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?Servant of 2nd earl of Essex by 1601. APC, 1600–1, p. 163.

Dep. receiver-gen., S. Wales from 1615; LR1/236, f. 29. clerk of pipe (jt.), 1616–d. C66/2096/2; E403/1745.

Commr. subsidy, Surr. 1622, 1624, C212/22/21, 23. new buildings, London 1627. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 136.

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ROUS, Anthony (1576-1632), of Fetcham, Surr.
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