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ANGELL, John (1592-1670), of Old Fish Street, Billingsgate, London and Crowhurst, Surr.

Family and Education
b. c. 1592, 1st s. of William Angell, Fishmonger and sgt. of the Acatry, of Old Fish Street, London and Joan, da. of John Povey, embroiderer, of Christ Church, Newgate Street, London.Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. lx), 2; Soc. Gen. Boyd’s London Citizens, 11948, 14171, 32819. educ. M. Temple 1607; Jesus, Camb. 1608. m. by 1619, Elizabeth (d. 16 Mar. 1662), da. of Sir Robert Edolphe of Hinxhill, Kent, 6s. 3da. 11 other ch. d.v.p. Vis. Kent (Harl. Soc. xlii), 54; Ormerod, Cheshire, ii. 312; Surr. Hist. Cent. P51/1/1. suc. fa. 1629. d. 23 Oct. 1670. G.R. French, ‘An Acct. of Crowhurst Church and Memorials’, Surr. Arch. Colls. iii. 52.
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Surveyor, St. Katharine’s hosp. London 1613–30; C. Jamison, Royal Hosp. St. Katharine, 201. freeman, Rye, Suss. 1621; E. Suss. RO, RYE 1/10, f. 209v. porter, Windsor Castle 1623; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 613; 1667, p. 431. j.p. Surr. 1623-at least 1625, C231/4, f. 154; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 16. commr. militia 1660. A. and O. i. 1444.

Freeman, Fishmongers’ Co. 1617. W.R. Haskett-Smith, Fishmongers’ Co. 10.

Gent. pens. by 1620. HMC 13th Rep. IV, 158.

Main residences: Old Fish Street, Billingsgate, London; Crowhurst, Surr.
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ANGELL, John (1592-1670)

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AMHERST, Richard (1565-1632), of The Vine, High Street, Lewes and Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane, London

Family and Education
bap. 5 Aug. 1565, 1st s. of Richard Amherst, yeoman, of Pembury, Kent and Margaret Rixon. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1582; Staple Inn; G. Inn 1585, called 1592. m. (1) 20 Feb. 1593, Anne, da. and coh. of William Raynes of Marwood, Kent, 1s. 1da. (d.v.p.); (2) 1 Apr. 1605, Margaret, da. of Sir Thomas Palmer, 1st bt.†, of Wingham, Kent, 2da. suc. fa. c.1600. d. 12 Apr. 1632.Suss. Gens.: Lewes Cent. comp. J. Comber, 2; Al. Ox.; GI Admiss.; PBG Inn, i. 197; Add. 33895, p. 35. sig. R[ichar]d Amherst.
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Ancient, G. Inn 1603, reader 1612, bencher 1612 – 23, dean of chapel 1622; PBG Inn, i. 162, 197, 253. sjt.-at-law 1623 – d.; treas. Serjeants’ Inn, Chancery Lane 1626–d.; Order of Sjts.-at-Law ed. J.H. Baker (Selden Soc. suppl. ser. v), 496. sgt. to Queen Henrietta Maria by 1630–d. APC, 1630–1, p. 28; PROB 11/161, f. 486v.

Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1604 – 29; Suss. 1610 – d.; Kent 1628; C181/1, f. 95v; 181/2, f. 88v; 181/3, f. 248v; 181/4, ff. 32v; 74. j.p. Suss. by 1606 – d., Kent 1617–d.; C66/1682; C231/4, f. 45; SP16/212. commr. aid, Suss. 1609, 1612, SP14/43/107; E163/16/21, unfol. subsidy, Suss. 1621 – 22, 1624, W. Smith Ellis, ‘Subsidy Roll, collection within the rape of Lewes, AD 1621’, Suss. Arch. Colls. ix. 71; C212/22/21, 23. oyer and terminer, Home circ. 1625 – d.; Suss. 1627, C181/3. ff. 139, 236; 181/4, f. 109. martial law, Suss. 1626–7, APC, 1626, p. 221; CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461. Forced Loan 1626–7, T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, 144; C193/12/2, f. 59v. knighthood fines 1630–d. E178/7154, f. 197c; 178/5678, unfol.

Steward learned, estates of the earls of Dorset by 1607–d. PROB 11/113, f. 16; 11/143, f. 208; D.L. Smith, ‘Catholic, Anglican or Puritan? Edward Sackville, fourth earl of Dorset and the Ambiguities of Religion in Early Stuart Eng.’, TRHS (ser. 6), ii. 121.

Main residences: The Vine, High Street, Lewes; Serjeants' Inn, Chancery Lane, London.
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ALFORD, Sir William (c.1571-at least 1642), of Meaux Abbey and Bilton-in-Holderness, Yorks.

Family and Education
b. c. 1571, o.s. of Sir Lancelot Alford† of Meaux Abbey and Anne, da. and coh. of Sir William Knowles of Bilton-in-Holderness.Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 486; Borthwick, Reg. Test. 15/2, ff. 353-4. educ. Magdalen Hall, Oxf. 1586, aged 15. Al. Ox. m. (1) by 1596, Elizabeth, da. and h. of Robert Rookes of Fawley, Bucks. 2da.; Vis. Yorks. 486; Vis. Bucks. (Harl. Soc. lviii), 207; PROB 11/62, ff. 244- 5; C142/208/165, 245. (2) 24 Nov. 1608, Elizabeth, da. of Sir William Clarke of Hitcham, Bucks. 2da. Vis. Yorks. 486; C142/368/103; Coll. Top. et Gen. iv. 178. Kntd. 11 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 108. suc. fa. 1616. C142/367/31; Borthwick, City of York AB1, f. 62. sig. Will[iam] Alford.
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J.p. Beverley liberty by 1602 – at least42, Yorks. (E. Riding) by 1604 – at least42, custos rot.1626–9; C181/1, f. 26; C181/5, p. 143; C231/4, f. 209v. commr. sewers, E. Riding by 1603 – at least41, W. Riding 1623, swans, Yorks. by 1605-at least 1632; C181/1, ff. 64, 201; 181/3, f. 85; C181/4, f. 121; C181/5, p. 198. collector (jt.) 10ths, E. Riding 1624; E179/283, vol. ‘TG 28398’. sheriff, Yorks. 1618–19; List of Sheriffs comp A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 163. commr. subsidy, E. Riding 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641, Forced Loan 1626–7; C212/22/20–3; SP16/60/52; SP16/68/51; SR, v. 82. dep. lt. E. Riding by 1623 – 29, c.1635-at least 1640; SP14/151/69; APC, 1625–6, p. 58; SCL, Strafford Pprs. 12/50; Add. 28082, f. 81; SP16/462, f. 42. commr. oyer and terminer, Northern circ. 1624-at least 1642; C181/3, f. 110. member, Council in the North 1625–41; R. Reid, Council in the North, 498. commr. repair of St. Paul’s cathedral, E. Riding 1633, Poll Tax 1641, assessment 1641 – 42, Irish aid 1642, array, HUL, DDHA 18/35; SR, v. 107, 141, 150. Yorks. 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residences: Meaux Abbey; Bilton-in-Holderness, Yorks.
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ALFORD, Sir William (c.1571-at least 1642)

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ALFORD, John (1590-1649), of Hamsey, Suss.; later of Offington, Broadwater, Suss. and the Whitefriars, London

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b. c. 1590, 1st s. of Edward Alford* and Judith, da. of Emmanuel Downing† of the Whitefriars; bro. of Sir Edward†. educ. St. John’s, Oxf. 1607, aged 16. m. settlement 2 May 1620, Frances (d. 23 Oct. 1659), da. of Sir Thomas Bishopp* of Parham, Suss., 2da. suc. fa. 1631. J.G. Alford, Alford Fam. Notes, 24; Al. Ox.; C142/509/17; F. Lambarde, ‘Coats of Arms in Suss. Churches’, Suss. Arch. Colls. lxxii. 234. d. 5 Jan. 1649, aged 59.Alford, 37; Add. 5698, f. 187.">[footnote] sig. Jo[hn] Alford.
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Commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1629, Suss. 1637; C181/4, f. 32v; 181/5, f. 69v. feoffee, Steyning g.s. Suss. 1630; W.P. Breach, ‘Wm. Holland, Alderman of Chichester and Steyning G.S.’, Suss. Arch. Colls. xliii. 80. j.p. Suss. 1632 – 37, 1642 – 44, 1646–8; A. Fletcher, County Community in Peace and War, 351. commr. piracy 1637; C181/5, f. 68. dep. lt. by 1638; SP16/407/66. commr. Poll Tax, Suss. 1641, assessment 1641 – 42, array 1642, SR, v. 66, 89, 156; Northants. RO, FH 133. defence, London 1644, militia, Mdx. 1644, Suss. 1648. A. and O. i. 383, 556, 1242.

Main residences: Hamsey, Suss.; Offington, Broadwater, Suss.; the Whitefriars, London.
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ALFORD, Edward (c.1565/6-1631), of Hamsey and Offington, Broadwater, Suss. and the Whitefriars, London

Family and Education
b. c. 1565 /6, o.s. of Roger Alford† of Hitcham, Bucks. and Elizabeth, da. of Thomas Ramsey of Hitcham, wid. of John Clerke of Hitcham. educ. Trin., Oxf. 1581, aged 15; L. Inn 1583. m. by 1589, Judith, da. of Edmund Downing† of the Whitefriars, London, 6s. 1da. suc. fa. 1580. J.G. Alford, Alford Fam. Notes ed. W.P.W. Phillimore, 25, 27, 33, 36, 46; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. d. 7 Nov. 1631. sig. Edw[ard] Alford
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Steward, manors of Morton, Surr., Taplow and Upton, Bucks. and Pescod Street, Windsor Forest, Bucks., 31 Dec. 1596–1604; E315/309, f. 97v; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 126. commr. subsidy, Suss. 1624, 1628; E115/5/122; 115/2/138. j.p. Suss. 1624 – 26, 1628–?d.; C231/4, ff. 167v, 210v, 261v. commr. impressment, Suss. 1625–6; APC, 1625–6, pp. 29, 180; 1626, p. 13. sheriff, Surr. and Suss. 1625–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 138. dep. lt. Suss. by 1627; SP16/70/89. commr. martial law, Suss. 1627, CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461, name misprinted ‘Edmund’. sewers by 1630–d. C181/4, ff. 38, 74.

Commr. trade 1621–2, APC, 1621–3, pp. 80, 208. to seize and sell the goods aboard the Dunkirker St. Michael 1628, HCA 14/44, pt. 1, ff. 51, 53. seize the goods aboard a sunken Spanish ship 1628. Ibid. ff. 3, 5.

Main residences: Hamsey; Offington, Broadwater, Suss.; the Whitefriars, London.
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ALFORD, Edward (c.1565/6-1631)

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ALDBURGHE, Richard (1607-1648), of Ellenthorpe Hall, Aldborough, Yorks.

Family and Education
b. 1607, 1st s. of Arthur Aldburghe (d. aft. 1654) of Ellenthorpe and Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Richard Holland of Heaton, Lancs.C142/669/5; T. Lawson-Tancred, Recs. Yorks. Manor, 113. educ. Magdalene, Camb. 1624. Al. Cant. m. 22 Nov. 1627, Alice (bur. 18 July 1634), da. of William Mallory* of Studley, Yorks., 4s. Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 279; C.B. Norcliffe, ‘Paver’s Mar. Lics.’ Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xvii. 180; N. Yorks. RO, PR/ALB/1/1, pp. 136, 141, 143, 147, 149; Royalist Comp. Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xviii), 217. d. Oct. 1648. SP23/62, p. 108. sig. Richard Aldburghe.
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Commr. Poll Tax, Yorks. (N. Riding) 1641, subsidy 1641 – 42, assessment, 1641 – 42, array 1642. SR, v. 83, 107, 150; Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residence: Ellenthorpe Hall, Aldborough, Yorks.
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POOLE, Sir Henry (1564-1632), of Kemble and Oaksey, Wilts. and Merton, Oxon.

Family and Education
b. 24 June 1564,C142/183/85. 1st s. of Edward Poole† of Cirencester, Glos. and Margaret, da. and h. of Thomas Walton of Kemble. Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), iii. 213. educ. Trin. Oxf. 1580; L. Inn, entered 1608. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. m. (1) Griselda, da. of Edward Neville of Newton St. Loe, Som., 2s. 1da. d.v.p.; Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), iii. 214; VCH Oxon. v. 233. (2) c.1614, Anne (d. 1629), da. of Francis Barnard of Abington, Northants., wid. of John Doyley of Merton and Sir James Harington, 1st bt.*, of Ridlington, Rutland, s.p. VCH Oxon. v. 221, 223. suc. fa. 1578; Wilts. N and Q, i. 331; J. Aubrey, Colls. for Wilts., 2-3; PROB 11/60, f. 265. Kntd. 25 June 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 111. d. 3 Oct. 1632. C142/489/144.
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J.p. Wilts. 1590 – 1607, c.1608–d., Quarter Sess. Procs. ed. H.C. Johnson (Wilts. Rec. Soc. iv), 134; Hatfield House, ms 278; A. Wall, ‘Wilts. Commission of the Peace 1590–1620’ (Melbourne Univ. MA thesis, 1966), p. 174, app. I; Hertford Ltcy. Pprs. ed. W.P.D. Murphy (Wilts. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 177; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, pp. 13, 18. Oxon. 1618–31, C231/4, f. 60; C231/5, p. 51. Glos. 1631–d.; C231/5, p. 52. commr. sewers, Wye valley 1603, Glos. 1607, 1615, River Severn 1609, Worcs. 1611, Oxon. and Berks. 1626, C181/1, f. 54v; C181/2, ff. 23, 104, 143v, 240v; C181/3, f. 200v. swans, Oxon., Berks., Wilts., Glos., Northants. and Hants 1615, C181/2, f. 232v. subsidy, Oxon. and Wilts. 1621 – 22, 1624; C212/22/20, 21, 23. sheriff, Wilts. 1619–20; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 154. commr. Forced Loan, Oxon. and Wilts. 1626–7, E401/2586, p. 25; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 145. oyer and terminer, Wilts. 1630, C181/4, f. 78v. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Glos. 1632. Glos. RO, TBR A1/1, f. 80.

Commr. cloth exports 1614. HMC Downshire, iv. 338.

Main residences: Kemble and Oaksey, Wilts.; Merton, Oxon.
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POOLE, Henry (1590-1645), of Sapperton, Glos.

Family and Education
b. 16 Oct. 1590,J.D. Thorp, ‘Hist. of the Manor of Coates’, Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. l. 220. 3rd but o. surv. s. of Sir Henry Poole† of Sapperton and Anne, da. of Sir William Wroughton† of Broad Hinton, Wilts. J.R. Dunlop, ‘Pedigree of the Pooles of Sapperton and Coates’, Misc. Gen. et Her. (ser. 5), iii. 209-10. educ. Merton, Oxf. 1607; M. Temple 1610; Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. travelled abroad 1620-3. APC, 1619-21, p. 250. m. (1) by 1616, PROB 11/128, f. 393. Beata, da. of William Brydges†, 4th Bar. Chandos, 1s. 1da.; (2) by 1636, Anne (bur. 17 Mar. 1682), da. of Sir Edmund Withypoll of Rendlesham, Suff., 1da. Dunlop, 210; Thorp, 221-2; Vis. Suff. ed. Metcalf, 178. suc. fa. 31 Aug. 1616. C142/365/153. d. 4 Aug. 1645. Glos. RO, D2700/QP1/2. sig. Henry Pooly
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J.p. Glos. by 1615 – 27, 1628 – 37, 1637-at least 1641, C66/2047, 2859; C231/4, ff. 227, 261; C231/5, pp. 229, 237. commr. sewers 1615, C181/2, f. 240. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624, 1641–2, C212/22/20–1, 23; SR, v. 62, 84, 151. dep. lt. by 1624–42, SP14/178/11; LJ, v. 291b. commr. Forced Loan 1627, C193/12/2, f. 20. charitable uses 1630, C93/12/3. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1632, Glos. RO, TBR A1/1, f. 80. sheriff 1632–3, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 51. capt. militia ft. by 1635, Glos. RO, GBR H2/2, p. 201. commr. array 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residence: Sapperton, Glos.
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POMEROY, Henry (by 1565-c.1624), of Tregony, Cornw.

Family and Education
b. by 1565, 2nd s. of Hugh Pomeroy (d. 23 Sept. 1565) of Tregony and Joan, da. of Thomas Bowerman of the I.o.W. m. 15 Apr. 1600, Elizabeth, da. of John Bonython of Cury, Cornw., 5s. 2da. admon. 18 Jan. 1625.Vivian, Vis. Cornw. 382; Cornw. RO, FET 44; P489. sig. Henrye Pomerye.
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Mayor, Tregony 1620, chief burgess and j.p. 1621–d. Vis. Cornw. (Harl. Soc. ix), 285; C66/2246/16.

Main residence: Tregony, Cornw.
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POMEROY, Henry (by 1565-c.1624)

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