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VERNEY, Greville (c.1587-1642), of Compton Verney and Kineton, Warws.

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b. c. 1587, 1st s. of Sir Richard Verney* of Compton Verney and Margaret, da. of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp’s Court, Alcester, Warws.Aged 32 in 1619: Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 25. educ. G. Inn 1600; ?Camb. Univ.; GI Admiss.; HMC Cowper, i. 38. travelled abroad 1607-10 (France, ?Switzerland, ?Italy), ?1612, ?1615 (Low Countries). CSP Dom. 1603-10, p. 379; HMC Cowper, i. 68; SO3/5, unfol.; APC, 1615-16, p. 250. m. 18 May 1618, WARD 7/86/148. Katherine (d. 13 Apr. 1657), da. of Robert Southwell of Woodrising, Norf., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. W. Dugdale, Antiqs. of Warws. (2nd edn. 1730), i. 568, 570, 572. Kntd. 1 Oct. 1617; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 166. suc. fa. 1630, mo. 1631. WARD 7/86/148; C142/514/55. d. 12 May 1642. Dugdale, i. 568. sig. Grevill Verney.
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Commr. new buildings, London 1625, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 1, p. 70. knighthood fines, Warws. 1630–1, E178/5687, ff. 5, 9; 178/7154, f. 189c. j.p. 1630–d., C231/5, p. 43; A. Hughes, Pols. Soc. and Civil War in Warws. 351. sheriff 1635–6, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 147. commr. oyer and terminer, Midland circ. 1639–d., C181/5, ff. 141v, 220v. assessment, Warws. 1641–d. SR, v. 67, 90, 156.

?Gent. of privy chamber from 1625. SP16/2/118.

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VERNEY, Greville (c.1587-1642), of Compton Verney and Kineton, Warws.
Main residences: Compton Verney; Kineton, Warws.
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SHIRLEY (SHERLEY), Sir Thomas I (1542-1612), of Wiston, nr. Steyning, Suss. and Blackfriars, London

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b. 9 May 1542,Notes of Post Mortem Inquisitions taken in Suss. ed. E.W.T. Attree (Suss. Rec. Soc. xiv), 205. 1st s. of William Shirley of Wiston and Mary, da. of Thomas Isley of Sundridge, Kent. E.P. Shirley, Stemmata Shirleiana, 235. educ. Oriel, Oxf. 1554, BA 1557; G. Inn 1559. Reg. Orielense ed. C.L. Shadwell, i. 23; GI Admiss. m. c.1559, Anne (d.1623), da. of Sir Thomas Kempe† of Wye, Kent, 5s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1551; Shirley, 235, 258. Kntd. 12 Aug. 1573. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 75. Oct. 1612. Shirley, 256. sig. Thomas Sherley
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Fell. Oriel 1557–9. Reg. Orielense, i. 23.

J.p. Suss. 1573–1601; Cal. Assize Recs. Suss. Indictments, Eliz. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 94; C231/1, f. 113v. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1577–8; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 137. commr. musters, Chichester, Suss. 1580, APC, 1580–1, p. 8. dep. lt. Suss. 1585–1601; HMC Hatfield, iii. 297; APC, 1600–1, p. 400. commr. recusancy, 1586, 1592, Harl. 703, ff. 21, 67v; R.B. Manning, Religion and Soc. in Eliz. Suss. 148n. subsidy 1589, Harl. 703, f. 1. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by 1595 – d., the Verge 1604–5; CPR, 37 Eliz. I, ed. S.R. Neal and C. Leighton (L. and I Soc. cccx), 122; C181/1, ff. 93v, 117v; 181/2, f. 144v. freeman, Southampton, Hants 1602; HMC 11th Rep. III, 22. commr. sewers, Suss. 1604–10. C181/1, f. 81; 181/2, f. 134.

Capt. foot 1586–97; D.J.B. Trim, ‘Fighting “Jacob’s Wars”. The Employment of English and Welsh Mercenaries in the European Wars of Religion: France and the Neths. 1562–1610’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 2002), pp. 389–90; APC, 1591, p. 30. treas. at war, Neths. 1587 – 97, France 1591. HMC Hatfield, iii. 230; APC, 1591, p. 317; 1597, p. 16.

Servant to James I by 1604. CJ, i. 171b.

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SHIRLEY (SHERLEY), Sir Thomas I (1542-1612), of Wiston, nr. Steyning, Suss. and Blackfriars, London
Main residences: Wiston, nr. Steyning, Suss.; Blackfriars, London.
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SHIRLEY (SHERLEY), Sir Thomas II (c.1564-1632), of Wiston, nr. Steyning, Suss.; later of Calbourne Parsonage and Cosham House, Newport, I. o. W.

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b. c. 1564, 1st s. of Sir Thomas Shirley I* and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Kempe† of Wye, Kent.E.P. Shirley, Stemmata Shirleiana, 235. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1579, aged 15; I. Temple 1581. Al. Ox.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. (1) 1591, Frances, da. of Henry Vavasour of Copmanthorpe, Yorks., 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da.; (2) 2 Dec. 1617, Judith, da. of William Bennett of London, wid. of one Taylor, 5s. 6da. (at least 2 d.v.p.). Kntd. 26 Oct. 1589; suc. fa. 1612. Shirley, Stemmata Shirleiana, 265, 269-72; Oxford DNB; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 87. bur. 13 Dec. 1632 13 Dec. 1632. WCA, St. Clement Danes par. reg. sig. Thomas Sherley.
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Capt. horse 1585–8, CSP Dom. 1591–4, p. 436; HMC Ancaster, 89. ft. 1597–8; APC, 1597, p. 30; HMC Hatfield, viii. 313. capt. RN 1599. HMC Hatfield, ix. 427.

J.p. Surr. c.1593–1601; Hatfield House, ms 278; C231/1, f. 117. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. by 1595-at least 1598; CPR, 37 Eliz. I ed. S.R. Neal and C. Leighton (L. and I Soc. cccx), 122; C66/1482. kpr. of Parkhurst forest, I.o.W. 1625. D.W. Davies, Elizabethans Errant, 278.

Servant to Queen Eliz. by 1602; E. Denison Ross, ‘Letter from James I to the Sultan Ahmed’, Bulletin of Sch. of Oriental Stud. vii. 301. esq. of the Body ?1617-at least 1624. STAC 8/263/17; HMC Hatfield, xxii. 52.

Member, Virg. Co. by 1610. A. Brown, Genesis of US, 466.

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SHIRLEY (SHERLEY), Sir Thomas II (c.1564-1632), of Wiston, nr. Steyning, Suss.; later of Calbourne Parsonage and Cosham House, Newport, I. o. W.
Main residences: Wiston, nr. Steyning, Suss.; Calbourne Parsonage; Cosham House, Newport, I. o. W.
Sherley
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SHILTON (SHELTON, SHELDON), Sir Richard (1578-1647), of the Inner Temple, London and West Bromwich, Staffs.

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b. 1578, 2nd s. of John Shilton (admon.1602), mercer of Birmingham, Warws. and Barbara, da. of Francis Stanley of West Bromwich. educ. Clement’s Inn; I. Temple 1597, called 1606.I. Temple Admiss.; CITR, ii. 21. m. Lettice (bur. 23 July 1642), da. of Sir Robert Fisher of Pakington, Warws., s.p. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. lxii), 34; W. Bromwich par. reg. (Staffs. par. reg. soc.), 69. Kntd. 31 Oct. 1625. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 190. bur. 7 Dec. 1647 7 Dec. 1647. W. Bromwich par. reg. 74. sig. Ri[chard] Shilton.
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Reader, Lyon’s Inn 1618, I. Temple 1625; Readers and Readings at Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 98, 208, 429. steward, reader’s dinner, I. Temple 1622, bencher, 1622 – d., treas. 1628–9; CITR, ii. 130, 136, 170. fee’d counsel, Camb. Univ. 1625–31; CD 1628, iv. 40. sol. gen. 1625 – 34; KC 1634–d. C66/2371/4; List of Eng. Law Officers comp. J. Sainty (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. vii), 62, 85.

J.p. Staffs. 1627 – 42, Mdx. 1629–42; C231/4, f. 230. commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1627 – 42, Mdx. 1628 – 42, London 1629 – 42, recusancy composition, N. parts 1628, sewers, London 1629 – 42, new bldgs., 1630; C181/3, ff. 217, 244, 255v; CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 205; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 3, p. 114. member, Council in the Marches 1633;Rymer, viii. pt. 4, p. 6. commr. piracy, Thames estuary 1633. C181/4, f. 138v.

Member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1626 – ?34; commr. St. Paul’s cathedral repair 1631. R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 358.

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SHILTON (SHELTON, SHELDON), Sir Richard (1578-1647), of the Inner Temple, London and West Bromwich, Staffs.
Main residences: the Inner Temple, London; West Bromwich, Staffs.
Shelton, Sheldon
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VERNEY, Sir Richard (1564-1630), of Compton Verney, Warws.

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b. 5 July 1564, C142/169/77. o.s. of George Verney of Compton Verney and Jane, da. of William Lucy of Charlecote, Warws. Vis. Warws. (Harl. Soc. xii), 25. educ. G. Inn 1582. GI Admiss. m. 1582, Margaret (d. 26 Mar. 1631), da. of Sir Fulke Greville of Beauchamp’s Court, Alcester, Warws., 4s. 4da. R. Bearman, ‘Verney Fam. over 16 Generations’, Compton Verney: a History of the House and its Owners ed. R. Bearman, 28; Vis. Warws. 25; C142/514/55. suc. fa. 1574; C142/169/77. Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 105. d. 7 Aug. 1630. WARD 7/86/148. sig. Richard Verney.
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J.p. Warws. c.1584–d.; E163/14/8; C66/2527. sheriff 1590 – 91, 1604–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 146–7. commr. subsidy 1594, 1598, 1600, 1608, 1611, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, E179/193/237, 248, 253, 280; 179/194/310; SP14/31/1; C212/22/20–1, 23. musters 1597; APC, 1597, p. 137. surveyor of Crown lands 1603-at least 1621; E315/310, f. 5; LR9/121. collector, tenths and fifteenths, 1604, 1608–10,E401/2403, 2410, 2413. Privy Seal loans 1604–6; E401/2585, ff. 52–3. commr. enclosure riots, Warws. and Coventry, Warws. 1607, C181/2, ff. 35, 42v. depopulation, Warws. 1607; C205/5/4. dep. lt. 1607-at least 1628; Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, DR98/895a; SP16/111/34. commr. aid 1609, collector, 1609, 1613; E179/273/39; 179/283; E403/2732, f. 170. commr. Forced Loan 1626–7, C193/12/2, f. 60v; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. swans, Midlands 1627–9, C181/3, ff. 227, 268v. knighthood fines, Warws. by d. CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 333.

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VERNEY, Sir Richard (1564-1630), of Compton Verney, Warws.
Main residence: Compton Verney, Warws.
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VENABLES, Richard (c.1573-1621), of Andover, Hants.

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b. c. 1573,E134/10 Jas.I/Easter 6. 2nd s. of Nicholas Venables of Andover and Joan, da. of one Pescodd of Walberton, Suss., wid. of Arthur Bold of Petersfield, Hants. PROB 11/89, f. 233v; Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 190. m. 14 Jan. 1594, C142/294/78. Dorothy (d. 11 Oct. 1612), B.B. Woodward and T.C.Wilkes, Hist. Hants, iii. 178. da. of Richard Brooke of Whitchurch, Hants 3s. 4da. Vis. Hants (Harl. Soc. lxiv), 190; PROB 11/138, f. 129. suc. fa. in Hants estate 1603. C142/294/78; PROB 11/101, f. 157. d. 25 Aug. 1621. C142/388/60.
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Chamberlain, Andover 1598 – 99, capital burgess 1599 – d., bailiff 1604–5; Hants RO, 37M85/4/AC/2; R.A. Jones, Andover Members, 6–7; Andover Charters ed. E. Parsons, 20. collector for repair of Winchester castle hall, Andover division 1610; Whithed Letter Bk. (Hants Rec. Soc. i), 81. commr. sewers, Winchester, Hants 1617. C181/2, f. 297.

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VENABLES, Richard (c.1573-1621), of Andover, Hants.
Main residence: Andover, Hants.
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SKEFFINGTON, Sir Richard (by 1593-1647), of Fisherwick, Staffs.; later of Hawksyard, Armitage, Staffs. and Earl Street ward, Coventry, Warws.

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b. by 1593, Minimum age suggested by his participation in a legal transaction on 6 July 1614: E44/321. 2nd s. of Sir William Skeffington, 1st bt. (d.1635) of Fisherwick, Staffs. and Elizabeth, da. of Sir Richard Dering of Pluckley, Kent; bro. of Sir John*. educ. fell. comm., Magdalene, Camb. 1615. m. 27 July 1626 (?with £1,600), Anne (d. 21 May 1637), da. of Sir John Newdigate of Arley, Warws., 4s. 3da. Kntd. 20 Aug. 1624. d. 2 June 1647. V. Larminie, Wealth, Kinship and Culture: the Seventeenth Cent. Newdigates (RHS Studs. in Hist. lxxii), 74; R. Clutterbuck, Hist. and Antiqs. of Herts. ii. 67; S. Shaw, Hist. and Antiqs. of Staffs. (1798), i. 366; CB sub Skeffington, Sir William; J. Lodge, Peerage of Ire. iii. 61-2; Al. Cant.; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 186.
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Capt. militia ft., Lichfield, Staffs. early 1620s; Larminie, 75. commr. assessment, Staffs. 1643 – d., Warws. and Coventry 1645, sequestration of delinquents, Staffs. 1643, levying money 1643, New Model Ordinance, Warws. and Coventry 1645. A. and O. i. 94, 116, 235, 543, 620, 641.

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SKEFFINGTON, Sir Richard (by 1593-1647), of Fisherwick, Staffs.; later of Hawksyard, Armitage, Staffs. and Earl Street ward, Coventry, Warws.
Main residences: Fisherwick, Staffs.; Hawksyard, Armitage, Staffs.; Earl Street ward, Coventry, Warws.
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SHUTE, Robert (c.1576-1621), of Leaden Court, High Holborn, Mdx.

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b. c.1576, 5th but 4th surv. s. of Robert Shute† (d.1590) of Oakington, Cambs., j.q.b. 1586-90, and Thomasine, da. of Christopher Burgoyne of Long Stanton, Cambs.Vis. Cambs. (Harl. Soc. xli), 25, 96. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1588, BA 1593, MA 1596; G. Inn 1600, called 1605.Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 235. unm. bur. 7 Feb. 1621 7 Feb. 1621.GL, ms 6673/1, unfol.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 343.
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Commr. swans. Herts. 1612;C181/2, f. 173. j.p. Mdx. 1617 – d., Herts. and St. Albans liberty 1620–d.C231/4, ff. 45, 113, 114; C181/3, f. 17.

Bencher, G. Inn 1617, reader 1620;PBG Inn, i. 227, 235. clerk of enrolments (jt.), k.b. 1617–d.;CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 433. recorder, London 19 Jan. 1621–d.Remembrancia ed. W.H. and H.C. Overall, 294, 303; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 337.

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SHUTE, Robert (c.1576-1621), of Leaden Court, High Holborn, Mdx.
Main residence: Leaden Court, High Holborn, Mdx.
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SHUTER, John (1578-1656), of Winterbourne Gunner, Wilts. and the Inner Temple, London

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bap. 28 July 1578,Wilts. RO, Winterbourne Gunner par. reg. 1250/34. o.s. of John Shuter (d. by 1588) of Winterbourne Gunner and Bridget, da. of Robert Pike of Marton, Wilts. Wilts. Vis. Peds. (Harl. Soc. cv), 158-9 educ. Clement’s Inn; I. Temple 1600, called 1609. I. Temple database of admiss. m. by 1613, Wilts. Arch. Mag. ix. 296. Katherine (bur. 27 July 1652), Temple Church Bur. Reg. ed. H.G. Woods, 9. da. of William Hopton of Chirbury, Salop, at least 4s., 5 other ch. Stowe 670, f. 198. suc. grandfa. 1591. STAC 8/269/32; PROB 11/78, f. 123v; 11/124, f. 362v. bur. 21 Jan. 1656 21 Jan. 1656. Temple Church Bur. Reg. 11.
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Steward, Andover 1620 – 48, capital burgess 1620 – 54, ‘approved man’ 1654–?d.; Hants RO, 37M85/4/AC/4, 5; Reg. Unreformed Corp. (Andover Local Archives, vii), 3. commr. enclosure, Sedgemoor, Som. 1628. T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 267.

Steward, I. Temple 1624 – 27, auditor of accts. 1641–9; CITR, ii. 148, 163, 269, 274, 288; iii. 84. clerk-examiner in Star Chamber by 1635–41. SP16/323/331.

Esq. of the body extraordinary 1633. LC5/132/334.

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SHUTER, John (1578-1656), of Winterbourne Gunner, Wilts. and the Inner Temple, London
Main residences: Winterbourne Gunner, Wilts.; the Inner Temple, London.
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SHUTER, John (1578-1656)

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