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TWYSDEN, Sir William (1566-1629), of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent and Red Cross Street, London

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b. 4 Apr. 1566, 1st s. of Roger Twysden of Roydon Hall and Anne, da. of Sir Thomas Wyatt of Allington Castle, Kent. educ. Magdalene, Camb. 1580, BA 1583; G. Inn 1584; vol. Islands voyage 1597. m. 4 Oct. 1591, Anne (d. 14 Oct. 1638), da. of Sir Moyle Finch†, 1st bt., of Eastwell, Kent, 5s. incl. Sir Roger*, 2da. Kntd. 11 May 1603; suc. fa. 1603; cr. bt. 29 June 1611.Certain Considerations upon the Govt. of Eng. by Sir Roger Twysden ed. J.M. Kemble (Cam. Soc. xlv), pp. xxviii-xxxi; B. I’Anson, Finch Fam. 42; Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. d. 8 Jan. 1629.
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Capt. militia horse, Kent 1601, 1605; Add. 34176, ff. 37, 43. commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. (Walland Marsh) 1604 – at least25, (Wittersham level) 1614 – at least25, (Rother valley) 1611 – at least22, Kent (Dengemarsh) 1604 – at least25, (Gravesend to Penshurst) 1610-at least 1628,C181/1, ff. 90v, 92; 181/2, ff. 106, 150v, 219v; 181/3, ff. 166, 185, 188v, 254v. piracy, Cinque Ports 1609–d.; C181/2, f. 85; 181/3, f. 247. j.p. Kent 1610-at least 1628; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 86; Cal. Assize Recs., Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 59. commr. charitable uses, Kent 1616,C93/7/7. recusants’ lands, Kent c.1622/3, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 449 (miscalendared). oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1626–?d., C181/3, f. 208. Forced Loan 1626. Harl. 6846, f. 37.

Gent. usher of the privy chamber by 1616-at least 1619. Egerton Pprs. ed. J.P. Collier (Cam. Soc. xii), 480; LC2/5, f. 31v.

Main residences: Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent; Red Cross Street, London.
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TWYSDEN, Sir Roger (1597-1672), of Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent

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b. 21 Aug. 1597, 1st s. of Sir William Twysden* of Roydon Hall and Anne, da. of Sir Moyle Finch†; bro. of Thomas Twisden†. educ. St. Paul’s sch. London; Emmanuel, Camb. 1614; travelled abroad 1620-3; G. Inn 1623.Al. Cant.; GI Admiss.; APC, 1619-21, p. 390. m. 27 Jan. 1635 (with £200), Isabella (d. 11 Mar. 1657), da. of Sir Nicholas Saunders* of Ewell, Surr. and coh. to her bro. Henry, 3s. 3da. Kntd. 1 June 1620; suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 8 Jan. 1629. Certain Considerations upon Govt. of Eng. by Sir Roger Twysden ed. J.M. Kemble (Cam. Soc. xlv), pp. xxxviii-xl; C78/469/14; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 175. d. 27 June 1672. sig. Roger Twysden.
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Commr. sewers, Kent (Gravesend to Penshurst) 1622 – at least28, (Dengemarsh and Southbrook) 1636, Kent and Suss. (Walland Marsh) 1623 – at least32, (Wittersham level) 1625 – at least29, (Rother level) 1629-at least 1630;C181/3, ff. 42, 94, 166, 255; 181/4, ff. 18v, 32, 37v, 106v; 181/5, f. 40v. freeman, Winchelsea, Kent 1625; E. Suss. RO, WIN 55, f. 298. j.p. Kent 1636–42; C231/5, f. 192; PRO 30/26/104, f. 23. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1636-at least 1642,C181/5, ff. 36, 222. subsidy, Kent 1641, Poll Tax 1641, assessment 1641, 1660 – 61, 1663–5,SR, v. 85, 107, 152, 214, 232, 460, 533. array 1642;Northants. RO, FH133. dep. lt. Kent 1660–8.SP29/11/275; HMC Finch, i. 510.

Main residence: Roydon Hall, East Peckham, Kent.
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TWYNEHO, William (c.1553-1610), of Southover, Suss.

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b. c.1553, o.s. of Edmund Twyneho† of Notcliffe, Glos., surveyor, duchy of Lancaster (south pts.) 1548-77, and Elizabeth, da. and h. of Thomas Munden of Watton Hall, Watton at Stone, Herts., wid. of Robert Burgoyne of Sutton, Beds., auditor in the Ct. of Augmentations.VCH Glos. viii. 37, 63; VCH Herts. iii. 163. educ. King’s, Camb. 1569, BA (Pembroke) 1573; L. Inn 1576.Al. Cant.; LI Admiss. m. Audrey, da. of William Mordaunt of Oakley, Beds., at least 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.).Vis. Beds. (Harl. Soc. xix), 181; C2/Jas.I/C9/42. suc. fa. 1577, uncle William† 1594.PROB 6/2, f. 113; PROB 11/84, f. 217. d. bet. 18 July-24 Oct. 1610.Date of by-election at Bishop’s Castle.
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Commr. sewers, Suss. 1602, 1604.C181/1, ff. 28, 81v.

Patentee, mfr. of smalt 1605–d.C66/1682.

Main residence: Southover, Suss.
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TURVILE (TURVILL, TURVYLL), Sir Ambrose (1581-1628), of Drury Lane, St. Clement Danes, Westminster and Langley Marish, Bucks.

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bap. 25 Mar. 1581,All Hallows Barking, London, par. reg. 1558-1650, f. 27v. o.s. of Geoffrey Turvill of Towerbank, All Hallows Barking, London and Mary, da. of John Blakney of Sparham, Norf.Vis. Leics. (Harl. Soc. ii), 53-5; All Hallows Barking, London, Mun. 67; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 38; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 123. educ. Lincoln Coll. Oxf. 1593; M. Temple 1597.Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1607 [unknown] (bur. 5 July 1616), at least 3s. 1 da.WCA, St. Clement Danes par. reg. i. f. 42; PROB 11/155, f. 422; St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 172. suc. fa. by 1584;PROB 6/3, f. 99. Kntd. 11 May 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 107. bur. 3 Dec. 1628 3 Dec. 1628.St. Martin-in-the-Fields (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxvi), 240. sig. Amb[rose] Turvill.
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Cupbearer to Anne of Denmark by 1605 – 19, Henrietta Maria 1627–d.Add. 27404, f. 36; LC2/5, f. 31v; LR5/57, f. 3.

Main residences: Drury Lane, St. Clement Danes, Westminster; Langley Marish, Bucks.
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TURVILE (TURVILL, TURVYLL), Sir Ambrose (1581-1628)

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TURNOR (TURNER), Arthur (c.1588-1651), of Great Parndon, Essex and the Middle Temple, London; later of Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London.

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b. c.1588, 2nd s. of Edward Turnor (d.1623) of Great Parndon and the M. Temple and Anne, da. of James Morice† of Chipping Ongar, Essex, att. of the Ct. of Wards 1589-97. W. Berry, County Gens.: Peds. of Fams. in County of Suss. 368; W. Dugdale, Origines Juridiciales (1666), p. 177. educ. Christ’s, Camb. 1603; New Inn; M. Temple 1606, called 1613. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1616, Anne, da. of John Jermy of Gunton, Norf., chan. of Norwich dioc., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 1da. Oxford DNB sub Turnor, Sir Edward; Vis. Norf. (Norf. Arch.), i. 108; P. Morant, Hist. and Antiqs. of Essex, ii. 496. suc. bro. 1632. PROB 6/14A, f. 80. d. 1 July 1651. Dugdale, 177.
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Freeman, Derby, Derbys. 1614; HEHL, HA5458. recvr. of returns, Bucks. and Norf. 1617–d.; C66/2135/17. bailiff of Hanslope Park, Bucks. 1618–?d.; C66/2182/2. commr. sewers, Mdx. 1627, Essex and Herts. 1628; C181/3, ff. 213v, 253v. j.p. Essex 1632 – d., Herts. 1637-at least 1641, C231/5, pp. 86, 256; Names of JPs (1650), p. 21; C66/2859. Glos., Herefs., Mon., Oxon., Staffs. 1648–?9; C231/6, ff. 109–10. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1637–?d. C181/5, f. 64.

Reader, New Inn 1623–4; Readers and Readings in Inns of Ct. and Chancery ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. xiii), 213. bencher, M. Temple 1633 – 37, reader 1634; MTR, 811, 812. sjt.-at-law 1637; Order of Sjts.-at-Law, 541. just. assize, Home circ. summer 1646, Northern circ. winter 1647, Oxf. circ. winter 1648, summer 1648; J.S. Cockburn, Hist. of English Assizes, 272–3. treas. Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane 1647–50. Order of Sjts.-at.Law, 541.

Main residences: Great Parndon, Essex; the Middle Temple, London; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
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TURNOR (TURNER), Arthur (c.1588-1651)

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TUFTON, Sir Nicholas (1578-1631), of Hothfield, Kent; Tufton House, Northiam, Suss.; Sileham House, Rainham, Kent and Temple Bar, Westminster.

Family and Education
bap. 19 Jan. 1578, Genealogical Mag. vii. 566. 1st s. of Sir John Tufton, 1st bt., of Hothfield and his 2nd w. Christian, da. and coh. of Sir Humphrey Browne of Ridley Hall, Terling, Essex; bro. of Sir Humphrey† and Richard*. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1591; L. Inn 1596; embassy, France 1598. m. settlement 18 Jan. 1601, Frances (d. 12 or 25 June 1653), da. of Thomas Cecil†, 1st earl of Exeter, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 8da. (1 d.v.p.). Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 118; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; SP78/41, f. 131; CP sub Thanet; HMC Hatfield, xii. 344; Cent. Kent. Stud. U455/T280/5; R. Pocock, Memorials of Fam. of Tufton, pp. viii-ix. Kntd. 13 Apr. 1603; suc. fa. as 2nd bt. 2 Apr. 1624; cr. Bar. Tufton 1 Nov. 1626, earl of Thanet 5 Aug. 1628; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 100; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 105; C66/2494/5. d. 1 July 1631. sig. Nicolaus Tufton.
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Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1602–d.; C181/1, f. 28v; 181/2, f. 88; 181/3, ff. 134v, 150, 157v, 165v, 173; 181/4, f. 37v. j.p. Kent by 1603-at least 1629; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 1 and passim; C66/2527. commr. subsidy, Kent 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, 1626; SP14/31/1; E115/593/100, 115/389/49; C212/22/23. dep. lt. Kent by 1611-at least 1626, J.R. Scott, Scott, of Scot’s-Hall, pp. xix, xxii, xxiii.; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 614; J.J.N. McGurk, ‘Letter bk. relating to Ltcy. of Kent’, Arch. Cant. pp. lxxxii. 141. Canterbury, Kent by 1615; Canterbury Cathedral Archives, CC/N/30, no. i. commr. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1623 – at least25, Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1627, C181/3, ff. 78, 138v, 215v. musters, Dover, Kent 1624–5; Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 170; CSP Dom. 1623–5, pp. 418, 444. capt. militia ft., Kent by 1625; HMC Cowper, i. 212. commr. charitable uses, Canterbury 1625, C93/10/18. Privy Seal loans, Kent 1625–6, E401/2586, p. 90. sale of Camber Castle, Suss. 1626, APC, 1626, pp. 207, 303. Forced Loan, Kent 1626–7, Harl. 6846, f. 37; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 170. knighthood fines, Kent, Canterbury and Cinque Ports 1630–d., E178/7154, f. 88c. piracy, Cinque Ports 1630. C181/4, f. 48.

Commr. swans c.1628. C181/3, f. 267.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610–24; Virg. Co. Recs. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 59; iv. 157 (mis-dated 1623). cttee. E.I. Co. by 1629. CSP Col. E.I. 1625–9, p. 635.

Main residences: Hothfield, Kent and Tufton House, Northiam, Suss. and and Sileham House, Rainham, Kent and Temple Bar, Westminster.
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TUFTON, Richard (c.1585-1631), of Shorne, Kent; Lincoln’s Inn, London and Tothill Street, Westminster.

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b. c. 1585, 3rd s. of Sir John Tufton, 1st bt. (d.1624), of Hothfield, Kent and his 2nd w. Christian, da. and coh. of Sir Humphrey Browne of Ridley Hall, Terling, Essex; bro. of Sir Humphrey† and Nicholas.*; educ. Univ. Coll., Oxf. 1598, aged 13; L. Inn 1602, called 1610. m. by 1616, with £3,000, Chrysogon, da. and coh. of Herbert Morley† of Glynde, Suss., 1s. 2da. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 119; Al. Ox.; LI Black Bks. ii. 131; Glynde Place Archives ed. R.F. Dell, 29. bur. 6 Oct. 1631 6 Oct. 1631. Regs. Westminster Abbey (Harl. Soc. x), 129.
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?Freeman, Rye, Suss. 1628; E. Suss. RO, RYE 1/11, f. 197v. j.p. Kent 1629–d. C231/5, f. 11; Cal. Assize Recs., Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 147.

Main residences: Shorne, Kent and Lincoln’s Inn, London and Tothill Street, Westminster.
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TROTT, John (1573-at least 1641), of Colney Hatch, Friern Barnet, Mdx.

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b. 31 Oct. 1573, 1st. s. of John Trott of Colney Hatch and London, Draper and Susan, da. of Sir William Chester† of London, alderman and Draper. m. by 1604, Mary, da. of William Cotton, bp. of Exeter, 1s. 1da.GL, ms 4438; Mdx. Peds. (Harl. Soc. lxv), 77; A.B. Beaven, London Aldermen, ii. 34. suc. fa. 1601. London IPMs, iii. ed. E.A. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxxvi), 301. d. aft. 1641. E179/253/6.
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Main residence: Colney Hatch, Friern Barnet, Mdx.
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