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POLEY, John (1603-1664), of Boxted, Suff. and Pembroke Coll., Cambridge, Cambs.; later of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.

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bap. 6 Nov. 1603, 3rd but 2nd surv. s. of Sir William Poley* of Boxted, and Anne, da. of Sir Robert Jermyn† of Rushbrooke, Suff.; bro. of Robert*.Vis. Suff. ed. Howard, i. 296-7. educ. Pembroke, Camb. 1619, BA 1623, MA 1626.Al. Cant. m. 24 Apr. 1653, Catharine (d. 2 Aug. 1670), da. and coh. of Jasper Despotine, physician, of Bury St. Edmunds, 3s. 1da. Vis. Suff. i. 296-7. Kntd. 26 Nov. 1660. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 232. d. 9 Nov. 1664. sig. John Poley.
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Fell., Pembroke Coll., Camb. 1624 – 44; proctor, Camb. Univ. 1642–3.Al. Cant.

Member, embassy of 1st earl of Carlisle and Sir Thomas Roe* to the Low Countries, Germany, Lorraine and Savoy, 1628 – 29; Roe’s embassy to the Baltic, 1629–30.APC, 1628–9, p. 91.

Gent. usher of the privy chamber, Prince Charles’s Household 1638 – 49, king’s Household 1649 – 52, 1660–d. Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, ii. 167; Eg. 2723, f. 106; CCSP, i. 289; HMC Pepys, 255.

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POLEY, John (1603-1664), of Boxted, Suff. and Pembroke Coll., Cambridge, Cambs.; later of Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.
Main residences: Boxted, Suff.; Pembroke Coll., Cambridge, Cambs.; Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.
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POLEY (POOLEY), Sir William (1562-1629), of Boxted, Suff.

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bap. 26 Aug. 1562, 2nd s. of William Poley (d.1587) of Boxted and Alice, da. and h. of Edmund Shaa of Horndon-on-the-Hill, Essex. educ. St. Catherine’s, Camb. 1580, BA 1583; G. Inn 1585; m. 20 Sept. 1597, Anne (bur. 4 Apr. 1658), da. of Sir Robert Jermyn† of Rushbrooke, Suff., 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 3da.Howard, Vis. Suff. i. 295-6. suc. bro. 1594; HMC Ancaster, 316. Kntd. 27 June 1596. S. and E. Usherwood, Counter-Armada, 148. d. 5 Aug. 1629. Howard, i. 287.
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Vol. Cadiz 1596. Usherwood, 148.

J.p. Suff. 1600–d.; C231/1, f. 91; C66/2527. commr. sewers, Essex and Suff. 1617, Suff. 1626, C181/2, f. 272; 181/3, f. 201v. charitable uses 1617; C93/9/4. dep. lt. Suff. by 1619-at least 1627; Add. 39245, ff. 43, 131. commr. subsidy, Suff. 1621 – 22, 1624–5; C212/22/20–1, 23; Harl. 305, f. 206v. collector (jt.), Privy Seal loan, Suff. 1625–6; E401/2586, p. 247 commr. Forced Loan, Suff. 1626–7; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144; C193/12/2, f. 55. piracy 1627, martial law 1628. C181/3, ff. 232, 244v.

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POLEY (POOLEY), Sir William (1562-1629), of Boxted, Suff.
Main residence: Boxted, Suff.
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POLEY, Robert (c.1600-1627), of Boxted, Suff.

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b. c. 1600, 1st s. of Sir William Poley* and Anne, da, of Sir Robert Jermyn† of Rushbrooke, Suff.; bro. of John*. educ. Clare, Camb. 1617; travelled abroad 1618-21; vol. Île de Ré 1627. unm. d. 1627.Howard, Vis. Suff. i. 296, 303; Al. Cant.; APC, 1618-19, p. 201.
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Freeman, Queenborough by 1625. Cent. Kent. Stud. Qb/C1/34.

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POLEY, Robert (c.1600-1627), of Boxted, Suff.
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POLE, John (c.1589-1658), of Shute, Devon; later of Colcombe Castle, Colyton, Devon and Bromley-by-Bow, Mdx.

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b. c. 1589, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of Sir William Pole† of Colcombe Castle and his 1st w. Mary, da. and coh. of Sir William Peryam†, c. bar. Exch.W. Pole, Collections Towards a Description of Devon (1791), xiii; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 603. educ. I. Temple 1606. I. Temple Admiss. m. (1) 5 Jan. 1614, Elizabeth (bur. 30 Apr. 1628), da. and coh. of Roger Howe of London, Mercer, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 4da. (2 d.v.p.); Vivian, 603; Reg. of Colyton, Devon ed. A.J.P. Skinner (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc., 1928), ii. 626; PROB 11/108, f. 291. (2) Mary, da. of Francis Everdon of Staffs. and wid. of William Leachland (admon. 4 Jan. 1647) of Bromley-by-Bow, s.p. Vivian, 603; Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 54; PROB 11/199, f. 62v. cr. bt. 12 Sept. 1628; CB. suc. fa. 1636. Pole, p. xiii. d. 16 Apr. 1658. Vivian, 603.
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Freeman, Lyme Regis, Dorset 1617; Dorset RO, DC/LR/B/6/11, p. 12. commr. sewers, Devon 1627, 1634, C181/3, f. 217v; 181/4, f. 163v. j.p. 1627 – 43, 1646–53; C231/4, f. 237; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 11; M. Wolffe, Gentry Leaders in Peace and War, 220; S.K. Roberts, ‘Devon JPs, 1643–60’, in Devon Docs. ed. T. Gray (Devon and Cornw. N and Q spec. iss. 1996), pp. 160–2. commr. swans, W. Country 1629, piracy, Devon 1630, 1637–9; C181/4, ff. 2, 52v; 181/5, ff. 84, 132v. lt.-col. militia ft. Devon by 1633; T. Westcote, View of Devonshire, 72. commr. incorporation of maltsters, Devon 1636, PC2/46, p. 374. hard soap, W. Country 1638; C181/5, ff. 92, 102v. sheriff, Devon 1638–9, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 37. dep. lt. by 1639-at least 1642, CSP Dom. 1639, p. 21; Wolffe, 151. commr. assessment 1641 – 43, 1647–9, SR, v. 61, 83, 150; A. and O. i. 90, 963, 1080; ii. 32, 296. array 1642, Northants. RO, FH 133. sequestration 1643, levying of money 1643. A. and O. i. 111, 147, 228.

Member, Dorchester New Eng. Co. 1624. F.R. Troup, John White, 458.

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POLE, John (c.1589-1658), of Shute, Devon; later of Colcombe Castle, Colyton, Devon and Bromley-by-Bow, Mdx.
Main residences: Shute, Devon; Colcombe Castle, Colyton, Devon; Bromley-by-Bow, Mdx.
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PLOMER, John (c.1567-1615), of New Romney, Kent

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b. c. 1567, 2nd s. of Thomas Plomer (d.1591), jurat of New Romney. m. Rebecca, da. of William Jenkin, jurat of Folkestone, Kent, 4s. 3da. and 4 other ch. d.v.p. d. 9 Oct. 1615.PROB 11/77, f. 159v; C142/349/162. sig. John Plomer.
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Commoner, New Romney 1594, jurat 1575 – d., kpr. of keys of the common chest 1601, 1603, E. Kent Archives Cent., NR/ACo/1, ff. 20, 22. mayor 1605 – 06, 1610–11; E. Kent Archives Cent., NR/AC/1, ff. 144, 188v.. dep. for New Romney, gen. brotherhood of the Cinque Ports 1594, 1595, 1602, 1605, 1606, 1607, 1608, 1609, 1610, 1614, 1615, bailiff of the Cinque Ports to Great Yarmouth, Norf. 1602 – 03, auditor 1609; dep. for New Romney, guestling of the Cinque Ports 1594, 1598, speaker 1600; Cal. of White and Black Bks. of Cinque Ports ed. F. Hull (Kent Recs. xix), 342–3, 346, 354, 365–6, 373–5, 378–9, 382–3, 387–8, 391–2, 401, 408. commr. sewers, Kent and Suss. 1604-at least 1611; C181/1, f. 91; 181/2, f. 148v. capt. militia, New Romney. Parsons, 382.

?Registrar (jt.), High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1603–d. CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 8; 1635, p. 188.

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PLOMER, John (c.1567-1615), of New Romney, Kent
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PITT, Matthew (1576-1624), of St. Edmund Street, Weymouth, Dorset and Cricket Malherbie, Som.

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bap. 1 Sept. 1576, 2nd s. of Richard Pitt (d.1622) of Weymouth, merchant, and his 1st w. Margaret, da. of John Baily of Nether Cerne, Dorset. m. (1) 1597, Christian, da. of John Barnard of Downside, Shepton Mallet, Som., 1s.;Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 480. (2) 1600, Philippa (admon. 4 Feb. 1689), da. and coh. of John Daniel of Beaminster, Dorset, 3s. (2 d.v.p.) 8da. PROB 11/144, f. 250; 11/179, f. 170v; Hutchins, 480. d. 18 Apr. 1624. William Whiteway of Dorchester (Dorset Rec. Soc. xii), 62. sig. Mathew Pytt.
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Mayor, Weymouth 1609 – 10, 1619–20, C219/35/1/121; Hutchins, ii. 438. alderman by 1616–d., Hutchins, ii. 431. bailiff 1623–d. Dorset RO, Weymouth corp. order bk., f. 90.

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PITT, Matthew (1576-1624), of St. Edmund Street, Weymouth, Dorset and Cricket Malherbie, Som.
Main residences: St. Edmund Street, Weymouth, Dorset; Cricket Malherbie, Som.
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PIERSE, John (c.1546-1622), of Bridgnorth, Salop.

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b. c. 1546,Assuming age 24 on becoming a freeman. 1st s. of James Pierse of Bridgnorth. C8/11/63. m. (1) by 1568, Jane (bur. 6 Nov. 1614), 13s. (at least 5 d.v.p.), 2da. d.v.p. ; (2) Elizabeth, ?2da. PROB 11/139, ff. 446-7. suc. fa. by 1556. His father was buried at Bridgnorth St. Leonard’s, the reg. of which (at Salop RO) begins in 1556. bur. 24 Mar. 1622 24 Mar. 1622. sig. John Piers.
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Freeman, Bridgnorth Mercers’ Co. 1570, steward 1577 – 79, 1594 – 96, warden 1613–14; Mercers’ Hall, London, Bridgnorth Mercers’ Order Bk., ff. 25–7, 35, 37–8. alderman, Bridgnorth by 1583 – d., bailiff 1583 – 84, ?1587 – 88, 1603 – 04, treas. 1586 – 87, 1592 – 93, 1596. Ibid. f. 30; C219/35/2/38; Salop RO, BB/D1/2/1/5–6, 11–12, 14.

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PIERSE, John (c.1546-1622), of Bridgnorth, Salop.
Main residence: Bridgnorth, Salop.
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PIERREPONT, Henry (1607-1680), of Holme Pierrepont, Notts. and Dean’s Yard, Westminster; later of Worksop Manor, Notts. and Charterhouse Yard, London

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b. Mar. 1607, 1st s. of Robert Pierrepont†, 1st earl of Kingston-upon-Hull, of Holme Pierrepont and Gertrude, da. and h. of Henry Talbot† of Burton Abbey, Yorks.; bro. of Francis† and William†.CP, vii.303-4. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1624; ?MA Oxf. 1642; G. Inn 1651, called 1652. Al. Cant.; Ath. Ox. iv. pt. 2 (Fasti, ii.), 38; GI Admiss. m. (1) by 1630, Cecilia (d. 19 Sept. 1639), da. of Paul, 1st Visct. Bayning, 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) Sept. 1652, Katherine, da. of James Stanley*, 7th earl of Derby, 1s. 1da. d.v.p. styled. Visct. Newark 25 July 1628; summ. to the Lords in his fa.’s barony as Lord Pierrepont 11 Jan. 1641; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Kingston-upon-Hull 30 July 1643; cr. mq. of Dorchester 25 Mar. 1645. d. 8 Dec. 1680. Memorials of St. Margaret’s Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 135, 145, 150; St. Olave Hart Street (Harl. Soc. Reg. xlvi), 165, 167; CP, vii. 304-5; Munck, Roll, i. 288.
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Commr. swans, Eng. except West country ?1629; C181/3, f. 271. j.p. Southwell liberty, Notts. 1641, C181/5, f. 216. Mdx. 1660 – d., Notts. 1660-at least 1664; C220/9/4, ff. 51v, 65v; C193/12/3, f. 79; S.N., Cat. of Names of His Majesties JPs in Commission in Several Counties Throughout Eng. and Wales (1680), p. 11. commr. array, Notts. and Nottingham 1642; Northants. RO, FH133. oyer and terminer, Mdx. 1660 – at least71, Midland circ. 1664-at least 1672; C181/7, pp. 2, 235, 588, 641. recorder, Nottingham 1666–d.; CSP Dom. 1665–6, pp. 198, 252, 261; Recs of Bor. of Nottingham ed. W.T. Baker, v. 435, 438. commr. sewers, Notts. 1669. C181/7, f. 487.

Member, Council of War (roy.) 1642–?6; Roy. Ordnance Pprs. ed. I. Roy (Oxfordshire Rec. Soc. lviii), 179. commr. (roy.), treaty of Uxbridge 1645; A. and O. i. 609, 612. defence of Oxford 1645–6; CSP Dom. 1644–5, p. 464. PC 1645 – 46, 1660 – 79; commr. claims, coronation 1661, office of earl marshal 1662, 1673. CP, vii. 304; HMC Var. ii. 394.

Bencher, G. Inn 1658–d.; GI Admiss. fell. R. Coll. Physicians 1658–d.; Munck, i. 291. FRS 1663–d. CP, vii. 305.

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PIERREPONT, Henry (1607-1680), of Holme Pierrepont, Notts. and Dean’s Yard, Westminster; later of Worksop Manor, Notts. and Charterhouse Yard, London
Main residences: Holme Pierrepont, Notts.; Dean's Yard, Westminster; Worksop Manor, Notts.; Charterhouse Yard, London.
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PICKERING, Sir John (1585-1628), of Titchmarsh, Northants.

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bap. 18 July 1585,Northants. RO, 328P/1, f. 11v (Titchmarsh par. reg.). o.s. of Sir Gilbert Pickering of Titchmarsh and Elizabeth, da. of John Hagger of Bourn, Cambs.Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 171. m. 1609, Susanna (bur. 16 Apr. 1661), da. of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st bt.*, of Canons Ashby, Northants., 6s. (3 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).Vis Northants. ed. Metcalfe, 126-7. suc. fa. 1613;C142/342/94; VCH Northants. iii. 144. Kntd. 19 Oct. 1619.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 174. d. 29 Jan. 1628.C142/446/84.
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J.p. Northants. 1616–d.;C231/4, f. 14; C66/2527. commr. subsidy, Northants. 1621 – 22, 1624,C212/22/20, 21, 23; Northants. Musters ed. J. Wake (Northants. Rec. Soc. iii), 174. oyer and terminer, Midlands circ. 1626 – d., sewers, Northants. 1627.C181/3, ff. 206, 218, 258v.

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PICKERING, Sir John (1585-1628), of Titchmarsh, Northants.
Main residence: Titchmarsh, Northants.
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V.C.D.M.
R.C.L.S.
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PHILIPOT, John (1588/9-1645), of Derby House, London; later of Aldersgate, London and Eltham, Kent.

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b. 1588 /9, 2nd s. of Henry Philpot (d.1603) of Folkestone, Kent and Judith, da. and coh. of David Leigh of Bridge, Kent. educ. appr. London 1604; L. Inn 1635; DCL Oxf. 1643. m. lic. 24 Dec. 1612, Susan (d.1665), da. and h. of William Glover of Sandwich, gent. usher to James I, 2s. 2da. Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. d. 22 Nov. 1645. sig. Jo[hn] Philpott.
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Freeman, Drapers’ Co. 1611; Stanford London, 27. member, Art. Co. of London 1612. Ancient Vellum Bk. of Hon. Art. Co. ed. G.A. Raikes, 19.

Blanch Lyon pursuivant extraordinary 1613; Rouge Dragon pursuivant 1618 – 24; Somerset herald 1624–d.; CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 280; Stanford London, 28–30; B. Whitelocke, Mems. of Eng. Affairs, i. 439. registrar, Coll. of Arms 1637–42. Stanford London, 33.

J.p. Kent 1617-at least 1623; C231/4, f. 45; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 145. escheator, Kent and Mdx 1621 – 22, 1625–6; List of Escheators comp. A.C. Wood (L. and I. Soc. lxxii). bailiff, Sandwich 1623–8 (sole), 1628–35 (jt.), 1635–42 (sole), 1642–d. (jt.), CSP Dom. 1623–5, p. 12; 1628–9, p. 215; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 354; Stanford London, 36–7. freeman 1628; Procs. 1628, vi. 163. steward, Gillingham and Charing manors, Kent 1627–39; E315/311, pp. 22, 42. ?sub-collector subsidy, Kent 1641. Stanford London, 39.

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PHILIPOT, John (1588/9-1645), of Derby House, London; later of Aldersgate, London and Eltham, Kent.
Main residences: Derby House, London; Aldersgate, London; Eltham, Kent.
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