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VALENTINE, Benjamin (?1584-1652), of London

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bap. ?9 Mar. 1584, s. of ?Lay Valentine of St. Giles Cripplegate, London, and his w. Sarah.GL, ms 6419/1, f. 81v. m. 11 Nov. 1610, Elizabeth (bur. 18 Sept. 1616), da. of Matthias Springham of London and Richmond, Surr., Merchant Taylor, 1s. Familiae Minorum Gentium (Harl. Soc. xl), 1307; GL, ms 4392, pp. 32, 36; C.M. Clode, Early Hist. of Merchant Taylors, ii. 345. bur. 9 June 1652. Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 630. sig. Ben[jamin] Valentine.
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Servant of 1st earl of Somerset by 1613–15. C2/Chas.I/U10/56.

Main residence: London.
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VALENTINE, Benjamin (?1584-1652)

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UVEDALE, Sir William (1581-1652), of Wickham, Hants and Whitehall

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bap. 18 Dec. 1581, Inf. from Mrs. S. Tappenden; Soc. Gen., Baigent notes. 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Uvedale of Wickham and Mary, da. of (Sir) Richard Norton† of Tisted, Hants. Surr. Arch. Colls. iii. 125-32. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1598; M. Temple 1600; embassy, Brussels 1605. Al. Ox., M. Temple Admiss.; HMC Bath, iv. 200. m. (1) c.1607 (with £2,000), C2/Jas.I/U3/48. Anne (bur. 5 Sept. 1627), St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 231. da. of Sir Edmund Carey* of Culham, Oxon., 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (1 ); Surr. Arch. Colls. iii. 187-8. (2) 29 Feb. 1640, N and Q, cc. 406-7. (with £4,000), Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, ii. 180. Victoria (d.1694), da. of Sir Henry Carey I*, 1st Visct. Falkland [S], 1s. 2da. N and Q, cc. 406-7. Kntd. 9 Apr. 1605; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137. suc. fa. 1616. C142/354/122; PROB 11/127, f. 180. bur. 3 Dec. 1652 3 Dec. 1652. Her. and Gen. iii. 49. sig. Will[iam] Vuedale.
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Gent. of the privy chamber by 1612–18; CPR Ire. Jas. I, 250a; HEHL, EL2945. commr. ploughing fines [I] 1612–23; CSP Ire. 1611–14, p. 305; APC, 1623–5, p. 164. treas. of the Chamber 1618–42; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 291; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 125; G.E. Aylmer, King’s Sevants, 83. clerk of Star Chamber 1630–8; CSP Dom. 1631–3, p. 68; C66/2567; SO1/3/104. commr. preservation of game 1635–40; CSP Dom. 1635, pp. 531, 549. treas.-at-war 1639–42; Ibid. 1638–9, p. 581; 1641–3, p. 492; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 368. member, Council of War 1640–2. CSP Dom. 1639–40, p. 332.

Gamekeeper, West Bere forest, Hants 1622; Ibid. 1619–23, p. 453. j.p. Hants 1625 – d., Westminster 1629–?49; C231/4, f. 192v; C193/13/3. dep. lt. Hants 1625–?44, E401/2586, p. 57; Add. 21922, f. 8, passim. commr. to disarm recusants 1625, Add. 21922, f. 38. martial law 1626–8, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 120. Forced Loan 1626–7, Hants RO, 44M69/G4/1/44; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. oyer and terminer 1628–42, C181/3, f. 241, 181/5, ff. 58, 170v, 221; APC, 1627–8, p. 318; CSP Dom. 1635, p. 319. knighthood fines 1630; Hants RO, 44M69/G4/1/78. constable of Porchester Castle and lt. of South Bere forest, Hants 1630–49; Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 223; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 333. commr. sewers, Hants and Wilts. 1630, I.o.W. 1631; C181/4, ff. 49v, 89. lt. of New Forest, Hants by 1634-at least 1642; Cal. New Forest Docs. ed. D.J. Stagg (Hants Rec. ser. v), 39; CSP Dom. 1641–3, p. 363. commr. piracy, Hants and I.o.W. 1635–6, C181/5, ff. 24, 58. maltsters, Hants 1636, PC2/46, p. 373. assessment 1641, 1644–50, SR, v. 88, 155; A. and O. i. 540, 974, 1092; ii. 42, 308, 477. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH133. contributions (roy.) 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent, 68. defence (parl.) 1643, A. and O. i. 335. levying money 1645; Ibid. 696. gov. of Covent Garden precinct, Mdx. 1646. Ibid. 814–15.

Capt. of ft. 1639, col. 1640. CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 505; 1640, p. 462.

Main residences: Wickham, Hants.; Whitehall.
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UVEDALE, Sir William (1581-1652)

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SHEFFIELD, Sir Edmund (c.1566-1615), of Epworth, Lincs.

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b. c. 1566, o.s. of Robert Sheffield of Epworth and Margaret, da. of Edward Frodsham of Elton, Cheshire.Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 103, 155. educ. Peterhouse, Camb. 1584; I. Temple 1585.Al. Cant.; I. Temple database of admiss. m. 6 June 1587, Anne, da. of Gabriel Fairfax of Steeton, Yorks., 1s.Her. et Gen. vi. 611; HMC Portland, ix. 62. suc. fa. 1599;PROB 11/198, f. 275. Kntd. 23 July 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 122. admon. 7 Nov. 1615.Borthwick, City of York act bk. 1, f. 129.
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Commr. sewers, Lincs. 1608, 1611, Yorks. 1611.C181/2, ff. 75v, 119v, 145v; Yorks. ERRO, DDBE/27/2.

Main residence: Epworth, Lincs.
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SHEFFIELD, Sir Edmund (c.1566-1615)

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