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PUXTON, John (c.1567-1627), of Salt Lane, Salisbury, Wilts.

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b. c. 1567. Age calculated from date of admiss. to Barnard’s Inn. educ. Barnard’s Inn 1585. Barnard’s Inn Adm. Regs. ed. C. Brooke (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xii), 162. m. (1) by 1597 Jane (bur. 13 Feb. 1604), da. of John Studley of Downton, Wilts., Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 214; Wilts. RO, 1901/1; C2/Jas.I/S19/71. 1s. 5da. (1 d.v.p.); Wilts. RO, 1901/1. (2) by Apr. 1613 Margaret, s.p. C2/Chas.I/P38/45; Churchwardens Accts. of St. Edmund’s and St. Thomas’s ed. H. Swayne, 152. bur. 2 Apr. 1627 2 Apr. 1627. Wilts. RO, 1901/1.
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Member of the Forty-Eight, Salisbury, Wilts. 1591, auditor (jt.) chamberlain’s accts. 1596, member of the Twenty-Four 1600–d., Wilts. RO, G23/1/3, ff. 126v, 152v. dep. bailiff 1614; Ibid. f. 166. commr. inquiry, St. Giles’s hosp., Wilton, Wilts. 1607; C181/2, f. 52. under-sheriff, Wilts. 1623. C2/Chas.I/P38/45.

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STEWARD, Nicholas (1547-1633), of Taplow, Bucks., Hartley Mauditt, Hants and Doctors’ Commons, London; formerly of Bagshott and Pirbright, Surr.

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bap. 16 May 1547, yr. s. of Simeon Steward (d.1568) of Lakenheath, Suff. and Joan, da. and coh. of Edward Bestney of Soham, Cambs.; bro. of (Sir) Mark†. educ. Trin. Coll. Camb. 1560, Trin. Hall by 1564, LLB 1568, LLD 1574. m. 1572, Frances (d. 19 Mar. 1609), da. and coh. of John Baker of Cambridge, Cambs. and Fordham, Cambs. 5s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. d. 1 June 1633.Hants RO, 4M51/321, pp. 6-8, 41-2, 45 (we are grateful to Mr. P.R.G. Horton for drawing this ms to our attention); Vis. Herts. (Harl. Soc. xxii), 94. sig. Ny[cholas] Stywarde.
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Member, coll. of advocates 1573; B.P. Levack, Civil Lawyers in Eng. 271. advocate, PCC 1573-at least 1577; LPL, Abp. Parker’s reg. ii. (IHR microfilm), f. 77v; CPR, 1575–8, p. 385. master in Chancery extraordinary 1582-at least 1624; C33/63, f. 613 (ref. from Sir John Sainty); C2/Eliz./S5/48; C193/13/1, f. 88v. The record of his appointment does not state that he was an extraordinary master, but he never featured on the lists of ordinary masters. We are grateful for a useful correspondence on this point to Sir John Sainty. judge, Ct. of Delegates 1595–1629, The dates are taken from Levack, 271, but we have been able to document his judgeship only for the years 1618–22: DEL 5/6, ff. 8, 133. Ct. of Arches by 1619 – at least28, PCC by 1619 – at least27, Ct. of Audience, Canterbury prov. by 1619-at least 1626; DEL 8/70, ff. 16v-17, 38, 46–7. dep. judge, High Ct. of Admlty. by 1600-at least 1622; HCA 24/68/311; 24/80, f. 213. clerk of licences, Chancery 1611. HEHL, EL2942.

Kpr. of the spiritualities, dioc. of Norwich 1575; J. Strype, Life and Acts of Abp. Parker, ii. 362, 398. member, High Commission 1625–d. R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 358.

Commr. to relieve debtors by 1597, APC, 1597, pp. 143–4. to investigate Abp. Abbot 1621. Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 399.

J.p. Hants by 1608–d.; SP14/33, f. 55v; SP16/212. commr. piracy, London, Mdx., Essex, Kent and Surr. by 1619-at least 1625, HCA 1/32/1, f. 29; C181/3, f. 176. subsidy, Hants 1624, C212/22/23. Forced Loan 1626. Add. 21922, f. 82v.

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STEWARD, Nicholas (1547-1633), of Taplow, Bucks., Hartley Mauditt, Hants and Doctors’ Commons, London; formerly of Bagshott and Pirbright, Surr.
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QUARLES, Sir Robert (1581-1639), of Stewards, Romford, Essex

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b. 12 May 1581,C142/262/106. 1st s. of James Quarles of Stewards, clerk of the Greencloth and surveyor of marine victuals, and his 2nd w. Joan, da. and h. of Edward Dalton of Moor Park, Much Hadham, Herts. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 474. educ. privately (Thomas Foster, by 1589), Essex RO, D/AEA 14, f. 157. Emmanuel, Camb. 1599, L. Inn 1600. Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. (1) 2 Sept. 1601, Hester (bur. 9 Sept. 1612), da. of Sir Edward Lewkenor I* of Denham, Suff. 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 8 Apr. 1614, Anne (bur. 14 Oct. 1616), da. of William Brewster of Castle Hedingham, Essex, wid. of Sir Thomas Seckford (d.1610) of Great Bealings, Suff., 1da. d.v.p.; (3) 6 May 1617, Mary (bur. 3 Mar. 1665), da. of Henry Parvish, Haberdasher of London and Ruckholts, Leyton, Essex, 2s. 1da. E. Anglian, iii. 173, 203, 242, 243; n.s. iv. 230-1; Vis. Essex, 474; Add. 19086, f. 63; PCC Admons. 1609-19 ed. M. Fitch (Brit. Rec. Soc. lxxxiii), 113. suc. fa. 1599; Kntd. 5 Mar. 1608. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 144. d. 2 Feb. 1639. C142/623/51. sig. Rob[ert] or Rob[er]t Quarles.
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Coroner, Liberty of Havering-atte-Bower, Essex 1607–8; M.K. McIntosh, A Community Transformed: the Manor and Liberty of Havering, 1500–1620, p. 425. commr. gaol delivery, Havering-atte-Bower 1610 – at least18, sewers, Havering and Dagenham levels, Essex 1612 – at least22, Chipping Ongar bridge to Ilford bridge, 1620, Rainham bridge to Mucking Mill 1627, C181/2, ff. 114, 168, 313; 181/3, ff. 19, 43, 233v. inquiry, Waltham Forest 1616; C66/2090, dorse. j.p. Essex 1622–d.; C231/4, p. 284; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 502, 506. commr. oyer and terminer, Essex (highways’ repair) 1622, C181/3, f. 68v. Home circ. 1638–d., C181/5, f. 141. subsidy, Essex 1624, 1625, 1628, C212/22/23; E115/101/33; 115/87/14. Forced Loan 1626–7, Bodl. Firth C4, p. 257. charitable uses, 1629-at least 1637; C192/1, unfol. kpr. Leyton, Wanstead and W. Hainault Walks, Essex 1634-at least 1638. W.R. Fisher, Forest of Essex, 384; CSP Dom. 1637–8, p. 328.

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QUARLES, Sir Robert (1581-1639), of Stewards, Romford, Essex
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STEPNETH, Alban (by 1538-1611), of Prendergast, Pemb.

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b. by 1538,Aged calculated from date of university admiss. 3rd s. of Thomas Stepneth of St. Albans, Herts. and his 2nd w. Dorothy, da. and h. of John Wynde of Ramsey, Hunts., comptroller of the York Mint. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1552. m. (1) 1565, Katherine, da. and coh. of Thomas Cathern† of Prendergast, ?s.p.; (2) by 1573, Mary, da. and coh. of William Philipps† of Picton, Pemb. 3s. 2da. Biog. Reg. Christ’s Coll. comp. J. Peile, i. 51 (Al. Cant. mistakenly dates his entry to 1562); H.C. Andrews, ‘Stepneth Fam. of St. Albans’, St. Albans and Herts. Arch. Soc. Trans. n.s. iv. 318-19; F. Green, ‘The Stepneys of Prendergast’, W. Wales Historical Recs. vii. 114-15, 118, 120. The peds. err in making him the 2nd son: Dwnn, Vis. Wales, i. 180; Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 603-4. His 1st w. is mistakenly named Margaret in Thomas Cathern’s ipm: C142/148/47. d. by 19 Nov. 1611. sig. Albane Stepneth.
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Recvr. and registrar, St. David’s dioc. 1561–81. Green, 118; HMC Hatfield, iv. 280.

Freeman, Haverfordwest, Pemb. by 1571; STAC 5/S79/34, ff. 2v-3. commr. i.p.m. Pemb. 1571, 1575, 1578, 1580, 1582–3; CPR, 1569–72, pp. 248, 431; 1572–5, p. 443; 1575–8, p. 453; 1578–80, p. 256; 1580–2, p. 133; C66/1209, m. 17d; 66/1229, mm. 3d, 6d. sheriff, Pemb. 1572 – 73, 1589 – 90, 1604 – 06, Carm. 1596–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 245, 266. commr. tanneries, Pemb. 1574; Cal. Reg. Council in Marches of Wales ed. R. Flenley (Cymmrodorion Rec. Ser. viii), 126. j.p. Pemb. ?1575, 1584–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 206–7, 211. escheator, Pemb. 1582–3; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii), 240. commr. subsidy, Pemb. 1576, 1581, 1584, 1586, 1589, 1593, 1597, STAC 8/290/5, ff. 7, 13v, 15v. 1608, Haverfordwest 1608, SP14/31/1. piracy, Card., Carm., Pemb. 1589, 1598, Pemb. 1608, HCA 14/26/38; G. Owen, Description of Penbrokshire ed. H. Owen (Cymmrodorion Rec. Ser. i), pt. i. 163; HCA 14/39/217. to survey boundaries 1591, Cal. Recs. of Bor. of Haverfordwest ed. B.G. Charles (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studs., Hist. and Law ser. xxiv), 39. to discover goods of Sir John Perrot†, S. Wales 1592-at least 1602; ‘Notes on Perrot Fam.’, Arch. Camb. (ser. 3), xi. 123; SP46/42, f. 17; Lansd. 156, f. 364. steward (for Sir John Perrot), manors of Walwyn’s Castle and Syke, Nolton and Robeston, Pemb. 1592, LR2/260, ff. 55, 62, 70. (for the Crown) St. Dogmael’s manor, Pemb. c.1592; M. Gray, ‘Power, Patronage and Pols.’, Estates of English Crown ed. R. Hoyle, 154. commr. to make an inventory of the goods of Marmaduke, former bp. of St. David’s, Pemb. 1594, survey lordship of Rosemarket 1594, investigate spoil of woods 1594, 1601, examine William Warren regarding debt owed to Sir John Perrot 1598, establish boundary bet. Crown forest of Narberth and Barlow lands 1602; E178/3482; 178/3484–6; 178/3492. dep. woodward, Canaston Wood, Pemb. by 1603; Exchequer Procs. Concerning Wales ed. E.G. Jones (Univ. of Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studs. Hist. and Law Ser. iv), 309. collector, Privy Seal loan, Pemb. 1604–5, E401/2585, f. 70. dep. lt. by 1607-at least 1608. SP14/28/48; 14/33, f. 4v.

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STEPNETH, Alban (by 1538-1611), of Prendergast, Pemb.
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STEPHENS, Nathaniel (1589-1660), of Eastington, Glos.

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b. 19 May 1589, C142/256/39. o. surv. s. of Richard Stephens† of Eastington and his 1st w. Margaret, da. of Edward St. Loe† of Knighton, Wilts. Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 152. educ. M. Temple 1604. M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1617, Catherine (d. 22 Feb. 1632), da. of Robert Beale†, clerk of the PC 1572-93, 1597-1601, of Barnes, Surr., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 6da. (2 d.v.p.). Vis. Glos. ed. Fenwick and Metcalfe, 174-5; PROB 11/304, f. 356. suc. fa. 1599. C142/256/39. d. 22 May 1660. W.H.S. Davies, ‘Notes on Chavenage and the Stephens Fam.’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. xxii. 136. sig. Na[thaniel] Stephens.
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Bailiff of Whitstone hundred, Glos. 1617; VCH Glos. x. 119. j.p. Glos. 1622–37, C231/4, f. 141; C231/5, p. 229. by 1650 – 53, by 1656–d.; C193/13/3, f. 26v; 193/13/6, f. 35v; 193/13/5, f. 42; C231/6 p. 264. commr. sewers, Glos. 1625 – 28, 1635, C181/3, ff. 172, 251; 181/5, f. 13. Forced Loan 1627, C193/12/2, f. 21. charitable uses 1627–30; R. Austin, Cat. of Glos. Coll. 782; C93/12/3. capt. militia ft., Glos. by 1630, Glos. RO, D547a/F6. dep. lt. 1642; LJ, v. 291. commr. oyer and terminer, Glos. 1631, C181/4, f. 88. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1632, Glos. RO, TBR A1/1, f. 80. subsidy 1641–2, SR, v. 84, 151. assessment 1643 – 44, 1647 – 57, sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, execution of ordinances 1644, A. and O. i. 91, 113, 148, 428, 546, 966, 1083; ii. 35, 299, 467, 663, 1069. inquiry, Forest of Dean 1645, CSP Dom. 1656–7, p. 2. militia, Glos. 1648, Glos. and Westminster 1660, scandalous ministers, Glos. 1654.A. and O. i. 1136, 1237; ii. 971, 1431.

Commr. regulating excise 1645. Ibid. i. 691.

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STEPHENS, Nathaniel (1589-1660), of Eastington, Glos.
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STAPLEY, Anthony (1590-1655), of Patcham, Suss.

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bap. 30 Aug. 1590, 1st s. of Anthony Stapley of Framfield, Suss. and his 3rd w. Anne, da. of John Thatcher of Priesthawes, Westham.H.W. Forsyth Harwood, ‘Baronetcy of Stapley’, The Gen. n.s. xviii. 145. educ. Christ’s, Camb. ?1606; G. Inn 1609. Al. Cant.; Biographical Reg. of Christ’s Coll. comp. J. Peile, i. 262; GI Admiss. m. (1) 19 May 1614, Anne (d. 9 Nov. 1637), da. of George Goring† of Ovingdean and Danny Park, Suss. 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. d.v.p.; (2) Anne (d. 15 Jan. 1654), sis. of John Harding, pres. of Magdalen, Oxf., wid. of Sir Edward Clarke of Reading, Berks., s.p. suc. fa. 1606. d. 31 Jan. 1655. Forsyth Harwood, 145-6, 151; PROB 11/118, f. 1; 11/179, f. 211; Oxford DNB. sig. Anth[ony] Stapley.
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Commr. sewers, Suss. 1617, 1624 – 25, 1630 – 31, 1637, 1641, 1653, Kent and Suss. 1645, Swans, Eng. except the West Country 1629; C181/2, f. 293; 181/3, ff. 133v, 270v, 167; 181/4, ff. 47, 53v, 74; 181/5, ff. 69v, 206, 253; 181/6, f. 23. feoffee, Lewes house of correction, Suss. 1624; Bk. of John Rowe ed. W.H. Godfrey (Suss. Rec. Soc. xxxiv), 154. j.p. 1633 – 42, by 1644 – d., Surr. by 1644 – d.; custos rot. Suss. 1650-at least 1652, C231/5, pp. 108, 532; 231/6, p. 194; A. Fletcher, County Community in Peace and War: Suss. 1625–60, p. 352; ASSI 35/85/4; C193/13/4; CUL, Dd.viii.1. commr. piracy, Suss. 1637, C181/5, f. 68v. subsidy 1641–2, SR, v. 66, 89, 156. dep. lt. 1642; Fletcher, 255. assessment 1643 – 52; commr. sequestration 1643, levying money 1643, defence 1643, 1644, ct. martial, London and Westminster 1644, A. and O. i. 94, 116, 150, 234, 335, 451, 487, 540, 640, 976, 1094; ii. 44, 310, 479, 676. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, Suss. and Surr. 1644, oyer and terminer, Home circ. by 1654–d., C181/5, ff. 235r-v, 239r-v; 181/6, ff. 13, 59. New Model Ordinance, Suss. 1645, militia 1648; A. and O. i. 624, 1242. v.-adm. Suss. 1651; CSP Dom. 1651, p. 519. commr. scandalous ministers, Suss. 1654. A. and O. ii. 975.

Col. (parl.) 1643; gov. of Chichester, Suss. 1643–5. CJ, iii. 162a; Fletcher, 263.

Commr. excise 1645; member, High Ct. of Justice 1649; cllr. of state 1649 – 52, 1653; commr. army 1649 – 52, Admlty. 1650–2. A. and O. i. 691, 1254; ii. 2, 64, 335, 562, 689.

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STAPLETON, Robert (1601/2-1635), of Wighill, Yorks. and London

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b. 1601/2, 1st s. of Henry Stapleton of Wighill and Mary, illegit. da. of Sir John Forster of Bamburgh Castle, Northumb., warden of the Middle March 1560-95;Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 172-3. bro. of Sir Philip Stapylton†. educ. Queen’s, Camb. 1617.Al. Cant. m. 11 June 1622, Catherine (d.1667), da. of Sir Thomas Fairfax II* of Walton and Gilling Castle, Yorks., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.Clay, i. 172-3. suc. fa. 1631. d. 11 Mar. 1635, aged 33.
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Commr. sewers, Yorks. (W. Riding) 1623, 1628.C181/3, ff. 86, 250.

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STAPLETON, Robert (1601/2-1635), of Wighill, Yorks. and London
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STAPLES, Robert (d.1632), of Nottingham, Notts.

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2nd s. of Robert Staples (d.1573) of Nottingham and Elizabeth.Borthwick, Reg. Test. 19, f. 552. m. (1) Margaret (d.1586), 1s. d.v.p.; (2) 7 Nov. 1586, Maud Cartwright (d.1620), 2s. d.v.p. ; (3) 25 June 1621, Mary, wid. of one Barrisford (d.1629), s.p.; (4) 22 Dec. 1629, Elizabeth, wid. of one Oxley (d.1641), s.p. bur. 6 Mar. 1632 6 Mar. 1632. Notts. RO, St. Mary and St. Peter, Nottingham par. regs.; PRNW, will of Elizabeth Staples of Nottingham, proved 19 Aug. 1641; A.B. Clarke, ‘Notes on the mayors of Nottingham, 1600-1775’, Trans. Thoroton Soc. xli. 39.
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Freeman, Nottingham by 1588, sheriff 1588 – 89, common councilman 1591 – 1600, bridge-warden 1599 – 1600, alderman 1600 – 29, mayor 1601 – 02, 1608 – 09, 1615 – 16, 1622–3; Recs. of Bor. of Nottingham ed. W.H. Stevenson, iv. 423–31; Recs. of Bor. of Nottingham ed. W.T. Baker, v. 149, 426. commr. and collector, aid Notts. 1609, E179/273/39. collector, fifteenths 1624, E359/64/3. commr. Forced Loan 1627. SP16/53/86.

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STANLEY, Henry (by 1584-by c.1649), of Fleet Street, London

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b. by 1584,He must have been 21 on receiving the grant of Hartlepool rectory in 1605 [C66/1669]. His parents were married in 1579, and his mother died in 1589, see Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), ii. 238. o. surv. s. of John Stanley, Exch. dep. auditor by 1603-17,Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiv), 602-3; HMC Hatfield, xxiii. 108; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 622; ii. 68 of Roydon, Essex and Elizabeth, da. of Henry Dynne†, Exch. auditor 1577-86, of Heydon, Norf. and London.Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), ii. 238; Exchequer Officeholders comp. J. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 122. educ. I. Temple 1609. I. Temple database of admiss. m. aft. 1618 (with £300), Mary, da. of Thomas Turner of Layer de la Haye, Essex,PROB 11/132, f. 347; Vis. Essex, 602-3. ?s.p. suc. fa. 1617.Chamberlain Letters, ii. 68. d. by c.1649. sig. Hen[ry] Stanley.
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Bailiff, Whitby Strand, Yorks. 1605;E315/310, f. 40. auditor of the Mint 1619-at least 1641;E351/2044, 2064. clerk, recusancy comm. (southern parts) 1627–36,CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 101; 1635–6, p. 543. auditor 1636–42.Ibid. 1635–6, p. 543; 1636–7, p. 81; L. Squibb ‘Bk. of all the Several Officers of Ct. of Exch.’ ed. W.H. Bryson, in Cam. Misc. xxvi (Cam. Soc. ser. 4. xiv), 124.

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STANLEY, Thomas (1581-1669), of Hamptons, West Peckham and Earl’s Place, Earl’s Lane, Maidstone, Kent

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bap. 5 Feb. 1581,Cent. Kent. Stud. P285/1/1, p. 21. s. of John Stanley of Oxenhoath, W. Peckham and Dorothy, da. of Thomas Totesham of Peckham. m. (1) aft. 11 Aug. 1606,Cent. Kent. Stud. U522/T128/2. Margery (bur. 29 May 1633), da. of one Edgate of Essex, wid. of one Leiston of Gravesend, Kent , s.p.; (2) lic. 14 Aug. 1633, Anne (bur. 24 Apr. 1634), da. of Capt. Long, wid. of John Harvey of Broxbourne, Herts., s.p.; (3) lic. 10 Sept. 1634, Mary, da. of Manasses Norwood of Chilston, nr. Boughton Malherbe, Kent, wid. of William Duling of Gillingham, Kent, 1da. suc. fa. 1617. d. by 4 Apr. 1669.‘Letters of Thomas Stanley’ ed. W.A. Scott Robertson in Arch. Cant. xvii. 356; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 55; Bp. of London, Mar. Lics. 1611-1828 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 213; Canterbury Mar. Lics. ser. 2. 1619-60 ed. J.M. Cowper, 931; Cent. Kent. Stud. P285/1/1, pp. 48, 53, 54.
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Freeman, Gravesend 1606, member of the Twenty-Four, 1607, jurat 1608 – at least22, Portreeve, 1611 – 12, 1616–17;Cent. Kent. Stud. GR/AC1, pp. 123, 134, 137, 140, 150, 205, 293, 295. jurat, Maidstone by 1625 – 44, 1660–?d., mayor, 1625–6, 1641–2;Maidstone Recs. 115, 144, 273. capt. militia ft. Kent c.1628–42;Arch. Cant. xvii. 362–3, 367. ?churchwarden, Peckham by 1630-at least 1633.Cent. Kent. Stud. U522/A3, f. 9.

Under clerk to Chancery six clerk by 1609,C2/Jas.I/S26/53. dep. clerk of the enrolments (jt.) by c.1630-at least 1640.E215/4; Cent. Kent. Stud. U522/A3, f. 4v.

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STANLEY, Thomas (1581-1669), of Hamptons, West Peckham and Earl’s Place, Earl’s Lane, Maidstone, Kent
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