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BAGG, James II (c.1592-1638), of Plymouth, Devon; later of Saltram, nr. Plympton Erle, Devon and Queen Street, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.

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bap. 23 Feb. 1592, 1st. s. of James Bagg I† and 2nd w. Margaret, da. of John Stone of Trevigo, St. Minver, Cornw. educ. Leiden Univ. c.1609-12. m. by 1614, Grace, da. of John Fortescue of Buckland Filleigh, Devon, 1s. 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1624; Kntd. 19 Sept. 1625.Vivian, Vis. Devon, 34; Index to English Speaking students at Leyden Univ. ed. C. Peacock (Index Soc. xiii), 5; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 189. d. 26 Aug. 1638. sig. James Bagg.
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Comptroller of customs, Plymouth, and Fowey, Cornw. 1614-at least 1621; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 235; E351/624. commr. piracy, Devon 1620, Cornw. 1624-at least 1626; C181/3, ff. 2, 113, 195v; v. adm.-S. Cornw. (sole) 1622 – 11 June 1638, (jt.) 11 June 1638–d., HCA 30/820/10; HCA 25/215, bdle. of warrants 1619–44; CSP Dom. 1637–8, pp. 362–3. Devon (jt.) 1626–d.; Add. 37816, f. 183v; HCA 30/849, f. 395. dep. mayor, Plymouth 1623; CSP Dom. 1619–23, p. 612. commr. to press seamen, Devon 1625–8; HMC Cowper, i. 193; Bodl. Rawl. A210, ff. 11, 13–14, 16, 20, 27. collector of Admlty. tenths, Cornw. 1625; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 116; 1628–9, p. 282. victualler to the fleet, Plymouth 1625–8, A. Thrush, ‘The Bottomless Bagg? Sir James Bagg and the Navy, 1623–8’, The New Maritime Hist. of Devon, I ed. M. Duffy et al. 115. dep. commr. French goods 1626; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 511. commr. martial law, Devon and Cornw. 1625, C193/8/56. Plymouth 1626–8, APC, 1627–8, p. 79; CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 384, 394; SP16/103/1. to investigate Sir John Eliot* as v.-adm. of Devon’s accts. 1626–7; H. Hulme, Life of Sir John Eliot, 153–4; CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 445; J. Forster, Eliot, ii. 32–3, 36. j.p. Devon 1626 – d., Cornw. 29 June 1638–d.; C231/4, f. 207; 231/5, p. 301. collector of new impositions, Western ports 1626–d.; Harl. 3796, ff. 30–1; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 3. commr. to investigate abuses of officers in V.-Admlty. of Devon 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, pp. 316, 349. Forced Loan, Devon 1627, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p.144. sick and injured soldiers and seamen, Plymouth 1628, APC, 1628–9, p. 208. inventory goods aboard St. Peter of Hamburg 1628; HCA 14/44, f. 86. dep. lt. Devon 1629; CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 19. gov. (jt.) of Plymouth Fort and St. Nicholas Isle, Plymouth 1629–d.; Ibid. 1628–9, p. 526; 1638–9, p. 3. commr. knighthood fines, Devon c.1630; E101/668/12. steward, ‘annexed lands’, duchy of Cornw. c.1630/1; E306/12, pt. 2, ff. 14v, 21v. commr. survey, Cattewater harbour, Plymouth 1636; PC2/45, f. 419. commr. revenues of duchy of Cornw. by 1637–d., E306/12, pt. 2, pkt. 22, no. 33; pkt. 25, no. 9. to appraise goods taken in the White Falcon, Plymouth 1638. HCA 30/849, f. 395.

Member, Virg. Co. 1620–4; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 383; iv. 80. cttee. New Eng. Co. 1632; Procs. American Antiq. Soc. (1867), p. 107. Member, Westminster Co. of Soapmakers 1636.C66/2788/10.">[footnote]

Main residences: Plymouth, Devon; Saltram, nr. Plympton Erle, Devon; Queen Street, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx.
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SELBY, Sir William I (c.1532-1612), of Ightham Mote, Kent

Family and Education
b. c. 1532,Epitaphs and Inscriptions from Kent Churches comp. T.H. Oyler, 59. 2nd s. of John Selby (d.c.1566) of Branxton, Northumb. and Twizell, co. Dur. by his w. Elizabeth. unm. J. Raine, Hist. and Antiquities of North Dur. 315. Kntd. 10 June 1603.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 110; J. Nichols, Progs. Jas. I, i. 160. d. 1 Jan. 1612.Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 328. sig. Wylliam Selby.
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Commr. i.p.m. Anthony Swynborne, Northumb. 1570;CPR Eliz. 1569–72, p. 32. pens. Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb. 1587–?d.;CBP, 1560–94, p. 274. j.p. Northumb. by 1591 – at least1604, bishopric of Dur. by 1604;Hatfield House, ms 278; C66/1549; 66/1620. freeman and common councilman, Berwick by 1597.CBP, 1595–1603, p. 251. Selby is first listed as a freeman in the Berwick guild roll in 1606: Berwick RO, B1/7, f. 83.

Officer, Scottish campaigns 1548 – 49, 1560, French campaign 1562, campaign to suppress Northern Rebellion 1569;Epitaphs, 59. capt. of horse, Ire. 1575–6,APC, 1571–5, p. 366; CSP For. 1575–7, pp. 377, 580; CSP Carew, 1575–88, pp. 28–9. Neths. 1585–6,CSP For. 1586–7, p. 18; CSP Span. 1580–6, p. 554; HMC Hatfield, vi. 570; CBP, 1560–94, p. 274. of ft., Berwick 1587–96;CBP, 1560–94, pp. 444, 455. gov. of Amersfoort, Neths. c.1586;Epitaphs, 59. comptroller of ordnance in the North 1590-at least 1596,CBP, 1560–94, p. 373; APC, 1596–7, p. 184. clerk (jt.) 1594;CBP, 1560–94, pp. 544–5. gent. porter, Berwick 1596 – 99, 1599–1603 (jt.);SO3/1, unfol., Jan. 1595/6; APC, 1599–1600, p. 241; E351/3482; 351/3483. ?commr. of provision, Berwick 1603.Cat. of Mss in I. Temple ed. J. Conway Davies, 702.

Esq. of the Body 1603.LC2/4/4, f. 67v.

Main residence: Ightham Mote, Kent.
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SELBY, Sir William I (c.1532-1612)

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SELBY, Sir John (c.1574-1636), of Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb.

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b. c. 1574,CBP, 1595-1603, p. 540. 3rd s. of Sir John Selby (d.1595) of Twizel, Northumb. and his w. Margaret. m. 1s. d.v.p. 3da. (2 ). J. Raine, Hist. and Antiqs. of North Durham, 315. Kntd. 4 May 1605. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 137. bur. 28 Nov. 1636 28 Nov. 1636. Raine, 315. sig. John Selbye.
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Capt. ft., Berwick-upon-Tweed by 1598–1601, CBP, 1595–1603, pp. 540, 735. horse, Neths. c.1605–6, C. Dalton, Life and Times of Sir Edward Cecil, i. 125; HMC Hatfield, xviii. 357–8. ?ft., Danish army by 1611-at least 1612. Winwood’s Memorials ed. E. Sawyer, iii. 296; Letters of Philip Gawdy ed. I.H. Jeayes, 173.

Bailiff, Berwick-upon-Tweed 1614–15, Vis. Northumb. ed. G.W. Marshall, 4. member, Council of Twelve 1615–d.; Berwick RO, B1/8, p. 25; B1/9, f. 147. j.p. Northumb. 1616–d.; C231/4, f. 30; SP16/405, f. 51. commr. suppress malefactors, Borders 1618-at least 1619, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 38, 96–7. subsidy, Northumb. 1622, 1624, C212/22/21, 23. Forced Loan 1627. Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 145; C193/12/2, f. 43.

Main residence: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumb.
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SEARLE (SERLE), John (1569-1622), of Newport , I. o. W. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Townhill, South Stoneham, Hants.

Family and Education
bap. 1 Nov. 1569,I.o.W. RO, Newport par. reg. 1st s. of John Searle, yeoman, of Cossam, Carisbrooke, I.o.W. and w. Parnell. PROB 11/105, f. 227v. educ. Queen’s, Oxf. 1586, BA 1590; Staple Inn; L. Inn 1595, called 1603. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks, ii. 79. m. (1) 24 June 1609 (with £500), Liber Famelicus of Sir J. Whitelocke ed. J. Bruce (Cam. Soc. lxx), 18. Anne (bur. 24 Oct. 1611), Hants Fam. Hist. ii. 1. da. of Edward Bulstrode of Hedgerley, Bucks., s.p.; Lipscomb, Bucks. iv. 503. (2) Oct. 1619, STAC 8/266/5. Frances, da. of Sir Bowyer Worsley of Ashey, I.o.W., s.p. PROB 11/140, f. 287. suc. fa. 1605. PROB 11/105, f. 227v. d. 5 Nov. 1622. C142/685/98.
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Freeman, Newport 1586, I.o.W. RO, NBC 45/2, f. 195v. town clerk 1586–1614, I.o.W. RO, 45/22, ff. 2, 167; STAC 8/71/11. constable 1595–6, I.o.W. RO, 45/22, f. 170. bailiff 1598–9, Ibid. f. 234v; I.o.W. RO, NBC 45/2, f. 2v. common councilman 1608- 8 Apr. 1610, c.1611–d. C66/1735; I.o.W. RO, 16a/30, ff. 5, 21v.

Steward, reader’s feast, Lincoln’s Inn 1610. LI Black Bks, ii. 124.

Main residences: Newport, I. o. W; Lincoln's Inn, London; Townhill, South Stoneham, Hants.
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SCUDAMORE, Sir John, 1st Bt. (1601-1671), of Holme Lacy, Herefs.; later of St. Martin’s Lane and Petty France, Westminster.

Family and Education
b. 28 Feb. 1601, Date of calculated from his age as given in his father’s i.p.m. However his age at d. given on his coffin plate would suggest he was born four days earlier. C142/374/85; H.G. ‘Sepulchral Mems. of the Scudamore Fam. at Home-Lacy, Co. Hereford’, Coll. Top. et Gen. iv. 257; I. Atherton, John, 1st Visct. Scudamore 1601-71, p. 46. 1st s. of Sir James Scudamore* and 2nd w. Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Tortworth, Glos. C.J. Robinson, Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 143. educ. privately; Magdalen, Oxf. 1616; M. Temple 1617; travelled abroad (France) 1618-19. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; M. Gibson, View of the Churches of Door (1727), p. 63; APC, 1618-19, p. 253. m. 12 Mar. 1615, Elizabeth (bur. 18 Dec. 1651), da. and h. of Sir Arthur Porter of Llantony Abbey, Glos., 7s. d.v.p. 2da. (1 d.v.p.). Robinson, 143. suc. fa. 1619, grandfa. 1623; C142/374/85; WARD 7/68/122. cr. bt. 1 June 1620, C66/2218/28. cr. Visct. Scudamore of Sligo [I] 1 July 1628. CP, xi. 573. d. 19 May 1671. H.G., 257. sig. Jo[hn] Scudamore.
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Capt. militia horse, Herefs. 1619–42; Add. 11050, f. 98; HEHL, EL7443. chief steward, estates of the dean and chapter of Hereford cathedral, c. 1619 – 43, 1660–d.; Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 66, 159–60. commr. sewers, Wye valley 1621; C181/3, f. 33v. j.p. Herefs. 1622 – at least41, 1660 – d.; custos rot. Herefs. 1622 – at least41, 1660–d.; C231/4, ff. 135, 138v; Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 95; C66/2859; C231/7, f. 12. dep. lt. Herefs. by 1622–43; Add. 11050, f. 104v; HEHL, EL7443. steward of crown manors, Carm. 1623 – 49, 1660–d.; Duchy of Lancaster Office-Holders ed. R. Somerville, 226; SP23/198/760. member, Council in the marches of Wales 1623-at least 1633; HMC 13th Rep. IV, 270; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 4, p. 7. sub-commr. exacted fees, Herefs. 1623, Add. 70001, unfol. (7 July 1623). subsidy 1624 – 26, Hereford 1624, C212/22/23; Add. 11051, ff. 22, 141. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1625 – 29, 1660 – d., Wales and the Marches 1625 – 29, 1661, C181/3, ff. 137v, 154v, 191v; 181/7, pp. 10, 119, 572; Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 151. Forced Loan, Herefs. 1626 – 27, Hereford 1627; C115/71/6508; C193/12/2, ff. 21v, 83v. swans, Midland counties 1626, Eng. except West Country ?1629; C181/3, ff. 226v, 267v. commr. and collector of knighthood compositions 1630–4; E178/7154, f. 91; C115/102/7681; E198/4/32, f. 2. high steward, Hereford 1630 – 46, 1660 – d., common cllr. by 1643; C115/102/7673; CCC, 1643; Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 152. commr. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, Herefs. 1632, Atherton, Ambition and Failure, 110. array 1642–3, Northants. RO, FH133; C115/71/6511. safety (roy.) 1643, Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 49. assessment 1661 – 69, Hereford 1663 – 69, loyal and indigent officers, Herefs. 1662. SR, v. 331, 382, 460, 531–2.

Amb. France 1635–9. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 111.

Main residences: Holme Lacy, Herefs.; St. Martin's Lane; Petty France, Westminster.
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SCUDAMORE, Sir James (1568-1619), of Holme Lacy, Herefs. and Great St. Batholomew’s, London

Family and Education
bap. 10 June 1568, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of (Sir) John Scudamore† (d.1623) of Holme Lacy, gent. pens. 1573-1603, and 1st w. Eleanor, da. of Sir James Croft† of Croft Castle, Herefs., comptroller of the Household 1570-90.C.J. Robinson, Hist. of Mansions and Manors of Herefs. 142-3; Vis. Herefs. ed. Weaver, 64. educ. ?G. Inn, 1595; GI Admiss. m. (1) 21 Mar. 1597 (with £12,000), Mary (bur. 16 Aug. 1598), da. and coh. of Peter Houghton, Grocer, of London, s.p.; (2) June 1599, Mary (bur. 17 Oct. 1632), da. of Sir Thomas Throckmorton of Tortworth, Glos., wid. of Sir Thomas Baskerville† of Bayworth, Sunningwell, Berks., 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. Robinson, 142-3; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 43, 76; I. Atherton, John, 1st Visct. Scudamore 1601-71, p. 34; Sidney Letters ed. A. Collins, ii. 28. Kntd. 27 June 1596. S. and E. Usherwood, Counter-Armada, 1596, p. 147. d. 13 Apr. 1619. C142/374/85.
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J.p. Herefs. 1597 – d., custos rot. 1616–d., C231/1, f. 36; 231/4, f. 30; C66/2174. commr. subsidy 1599, 1608, I. Atherton, Ambition and Failure in Stuart Eng. 98; SP14/31/1. dep. lt. 1600–d., APC, 1599–1600, p. 610; Add. 11050, f. 83v. sheriff 1601–2; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 61. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by 1602 – d., Wales and the Marches 1602, 1617, sewers, Wye valley 1603, Herefs. 1604, C181/1, ff. 17v, 32v, 54v, 91; 181/2, ff. 299, 315v. aid 1609; SP14/43/107. capt. militia horse by 1616–d.; Add. 11050, ff. 85, 98. member, Council in the marches of Wales 1617–d. HMC 13th Rep. IV, 251.

Vol. Cadiz expedition 1596, Azores 1597. W. Higford, Institutions, or, Advice to his Grandson (1658), p. 69.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610. T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 373.

Main residences: Holme Lacy, Herefs.; Great St. Batholomew's, London.
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SCUDAMORE, Sir James (1568-1619)

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SCOTT, Thomas (c.1566/7-1635), of St. Alphege, Canterbury and Egerton, Godmersham, Kent

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b. c. 1566 /7, Cent. Kent. Stud. U951/Z17/2, pt. 14. 1st s. of Charles Scott of Egerton and Jane, da. of Sir Thomas Wyatt II† of Allington Castle, Kent. educ. ?Corpus Christi, Camb. 1582. m. (1) lic. 31 July 1596, Elizabeth, da. and coh. of John Webb, merchant, of Warehorne and Christ Church, Canterbury, Kent, 1da.; (2) settlement 15 Apr. 1603, Mary, da. of John Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch, Kent, 1s. d.v.p. 3da. Al. Cant.; Canterbury Mar. Lics. 1568-1618 ed. J.M. Cowper, 369; Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 128; Cent. Kent. Stud. U1118/T6. suc. fa. 1596. d. 4 May 1635. C142/745/83. sig. Thomas Scott.
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J.p. Kent 1617–25. C231/4, f. 43; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Chas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 2.

Freeman, Canterbury 1618, Roll of Freemen of Canterbury comp. J.M. Cowper, 323. common councilman 1619, Cent. Kent. Stud. U951/Z17/2, pt. 14. commr. subsidy 1624. C212/22/23.

Main residences: St. Alphege, CanterburyCanterbury Cathedral Archives, U66; f. 23v.; Egerton, Godmersham, Kent.
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SCOTT, Sir John (c.1564-1616), of Nettlestead and Scot’s Hall, Smeeth, Kent and Philip Lane, St. Alphege, London

Family and Education
b. c. 1564, 2nd s. of Sir Thomas Scott† (d.1594) of Scot’s Hall and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Baker† of Sissinghurst, Kent; bro. of Edward* and Thomas†. educ. Hart Hall, Oxf. 1580, aged 16. m. (1) c.1591, Elizabeth (d. 6 Feb. 1599), lady of the bedchamber to Queen Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Stafford† of Chebsey, Staffs., wid. of Sir William Drury† of Hawstead, Suff., gov. of Bergen-op-Zoom 1588-90, s.p.; (2) by 1600?, Catherine (d. by 8 Mar. 1617), da. of Thomas Smythe I† of London and Westenhanger, Kent, customs farmer 1569-88, wid. of Sir Rowland Hayward† (d.1593), clothworker, of Elsing Spital, London, ld. mayor 1570-1, 1591, s.p.Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 128; Al. Ox.; J. Thorpe, Reg. Roffense, 806-7; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 70; ii. 57. Kntd. c. 12 Nov. 1588; C.R. Markham, The Fighting Veres, 131-2 (ref. from David Trim). suc. bro. 1610. d. 24 Sept. 1616. C142/363/208. sig. John Scott.
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Capt. of ft., Low Countries 1585–9, CSP For. 1584–5, p. 635; E351/240–1 (refs. from David Trim); APC, 1589–90, p. 135. Islands’ Voyage 1597, Stuart Tracts ed. C.H. Firth, 129 (ref. from David Trim). Ire. 1599, 1602. Arch. Cant. lxxviii. 71; HMC Hatfield, xiv. 210.

J.p. Kent by 1593–d., Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Eliz. ed. J.S. Cockburn, 343; capt. militia ft. 1598–1601, APC, 1597–8, p. 204; HMC De L’Isle and Dudley, i. 496. horse 1611, Cent. Kent. Stud. U1115/06/33–4. dep. lt. 1601–?d.; APC, 1601–4, p. 450. commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1602-at least 1609, C181/1, f. 28v; 181/2, f. 87v. inquiry, lands and goods of George Brooke, Kent 1603, C181/1, p. 135. subsidy 1607–8; E115/355/140; SP14/31/1. freeman, Maidstone 1612; W.B. Gilbert, Antiqs. of Maidstone, 124. commr. aid, Kent 1612; E163/16/21. collector, composition for purveyance, Aylesford division, Kent 1614; Cent. Kent. Stud. U1115/013/6. commr. charitable uses 1615–d. C93/6/18; 93/7/17.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1607. Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iv. 369.

Main residences: Nettlestead; Scot's Hall, Smeeth, Kent; Philip Lane, St. Alphege, London.
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