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KIRKHAM, Robert (c.1580-1638), of Richmond, Surr.

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MAINWARING, Sir Arthur (c.1580-1648), of Pyrford, Surr.; later of Sayes Park, Chertsey, Surr.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1580,Assuming him to have been aged 18 on receiving his BA. 1st s. of Sir George Mainwaring† of Ightfield, Salop and Anne, da. of Sir William More† of Loseley, Surr.; bro. of Sir Henry*. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 348-9; Vis. Surr. (Harl. Soc. xliii), 2-3. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. BA 1598, MA 1601; Al. Cant. m. (1) settlement 20 May 1613, Margaret (d. 1 May 1632), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Dennys of Holcombe Burnell, Devon, s.p.; C142/500/133; Vivian, Vis. Devon, 280; O. Manning and W. Bray, Hist. and Antiqs. of Surr. iii. 235. (2) settlement 22 July 1634, Grisell, da. of Sir David Woodroffe of Poyle, Farnham, Surr., wid. of Sir Francis Clark of Hitcham, Bucks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 1da.; Manning and Bray, iii. 176; C2/Chas.I/M6/55; Salop RO, 946/C/276. 1-3 ch. illegit. by Ann Turner. HMC Hatfield, xxii. 20; SP14/82/101. Kntd. 11 May 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. suc. cousin Sir Francis Wolley† 1609, fa. 1628. C142/334/60; 142/500/44. d. 29 Dec. 1648. Manning and Bray, iii. 235. sig. Art[hur] Maynwaringe.

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Steward to Ld. Chancellor Ellesmere (Sir Thomas Egerton†), 1602–17. HEHL, EL102, 384.

Collector subsidy, nobility 1603 – 04, 1606–10; HEHL, EL2994, HA13778, 13780; HMC Hatfield, xvi. 72; xviii. 193; xix. 272; xxi. 216; E179/283. carver, Prince Henry’s Household by 1604–12; LC2/4/5, p. 87; Govt. Royal Household (Soc. Antiq. 1790), p. 323; SP14/67/147. clerk of the pipe 1610–16; C66/1842/2; Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 66. gent. privy chamber, Prince Charles’s Household 1613–25, T. Birch, Ct. and Times Jas. I, i. 247, 252, 257; LC2/6, f. 69. king’s Household 1625-at least 1643. SP16/2/118; LC5/132, p. 240; LC3/1, unfol.; Northants. RO, FH3775.

Member, Virg. Co. 1610; C2/Jas.I/U4/17; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, iii. 86, 329. N.W. Passage Co. 1612.

Steward, Ottery St. Mary, Devon 1613-by 1621; E315/310, f. 71v; DCO, Letters and Warrants 1620–1, f. 95v. j.p. Surr. 1614 – at least36, Berks. and Bucks. 1636; C231/5, f. 219. v.-adm., duchy of Cornw. estates, Devon 1619; DCO, Enrolments of Patents, 1618–20, ff. 143v-5. commr. subsidy, Surr. 1621 – 22, 1624, Bucks. and Surr. 1641, C212/22/21–3; SR, v. 65, 81, 88. Forced Loan, Surr. 1626–7; T. Rymer, Foedera, viii. pt. 2, p. 144. gamekeeper, Oatlands Park, Surr. 1628–?42; 43rd DKR, 91; C66/2427/18. lt. Windsor castle and forest, Berks. 1628–?42; C66/2477/29. commr. sewers, Gt. Fens 1629, 1631, Lincs. fens by 1629 – 34, Surr. 1632, C181/4, ff. 29v, 39v, 83v, 93v, 121v, 154v. limiting badgers, Surr. 1630, APC, 1630–1, p. 132. Poll Tax, Bucks. and Surr. 1641, assessment Bucks. and Surr. 1642, Irish aid, Surr. 1642, SR, v. 65, 81, 88, 107, 141, 149, 155. array Surr. 1642. Northants. RO, FH133.

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MAINWARING, Sir Arthur (c.1580-1648), of Pyrford, Surr.; later of Sayes Park, Chertsey, Surr.

Main residences: Pyrford, Surr.; Sayes Park, Chertsey, Surr.

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Commons 1604-1629

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MAINWARING, Sir Arthur (c.1580-1648)

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MAINWARING, Sir Henry (1586/7-1653), of Dover Castle, Kent; later of Camberwell, Surr.

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Family and Education

b. 1586 /7, 2nd s. of Sir George Mainwaring† (d.1628) of Ightfield, Salop and Anne, da. of Sir William More† of Loseley, Surr.;Life and Works of Sir Henry Mainwaring, Vol. 1 ed. G.E. Manwaring (Navy Recs. Soc. liv), 3. bro. of Sir Arthur*. educ. Brasenose, Oxf. 1599, aged 12, BA 1602, MD 1643; I. Temple 1604.Al. Ox.; I. Temple Admiss. m. c.1630, Fortune (bur. 26 Dec. 1633), da. of Sir Thomas Gardiner of Peckham, Surr., 1da. d.v.p. Life and Works of Mainwaring, i. 213. For the evidence that Mainwaring had a da. who predeceased him, see C8/309/103; C2/Chas.I/M9/64. The burial date for Lady Fortune recorded in Coll. Top. et Gen. iii. 15 is incorrect. We are grateful to Geoffrey Harris for the Chancery refs. and also for this information. Kntd. 20 Mar. 1618.Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 167. bur. 15 May 1653. sig. H. Mainwaring.

Offices Held

Gent. of the bedchamber by 1618;Life and Works of Mainwaring, i. 40. commr. inquiry, Navy 1626–7, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 494; SP16/45, f. 102. sale of French prize goods 1627;APC, 1627, p. 285. member, Council of War 1628.CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 563.

Lt. Dover Castle 1620 – 23; j.p. Kent 1620–8;C231/4, ff. 109, 261. freeman, Dover 1620, Portsmouth, Hants 1628. Add. 29625, f. 56; R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 350.

Member, Virg. Co. 1620-at least 1622;Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 344; ii. 17. elder bro. Trin. House 1627 – 42, master 1630 – 31, 1642.Life and Works of Mainwaring, i. 215, 295.

Capt. RN 1623, 1636 – 38, 1646 (roy.), 1648 (roy.), v.-adm. 1639–40.Ibid. 108, 234, 254, 262, 26; Life and Works of Mainwaring, i. 306, G.E. Mainwaring incorrectly lists Sir John Mennes as vice-adm. of the sixth Ship Money fleet. For an accurate listing of the officers who served in 1640, see Alnwick Castle (BL microfilm M286), Northumberland ms xv, f. 147.

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MAINWARING, Sir Henry (1586/7-1653), of Dover Castle, Kent; later of Camberwell, Surr.

Main residences: Dover Castle, Kent; Camberwell, Surr.

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A.D.T.

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Commons 1604-1629

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MAINWARING, Sir Henry (1586/7-1653)

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MAINWARING, Philip (c.1589-1661), of London

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Family and Education

b. c. 1589, 7th but 4th surv. s. of Sir Randle Mainwaring (d. 1612) of Over Peover, Cheshire by 1st w. Margaret, da. of Sir Edward Fitton† of Gawsworth, Cheshire.Vis. Cheshire (Harl. Soc. lix), 157-8; (xciii), 74-75; G. Ormerod, Cheshire, i. 482-3. educ. G. Inn 1609; Brasenose, Oxf. 1610, aged 21, BA 1613. GI Admiss.; Al. Ox. unm. Kntd. 1634. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 202. d. 21 Aug. 1661. Ormerod, i. 483. sig. Ph[ilip] Mainwaring.

Offices Held

Servant to James I by 1609, cupbearer by 1621–?34. C66/1829; Loseley Mss ed. A.J. Kempe, 424; Strafforde Letters (1739) ed. W. Knowler, i. 263.

Sec. to amb. Sir George Chaworth*, Brussels 1621. SP77/14, ff. 551–2.

Farmer of wine licences, Devon and Cornw. 1630–40. APC, 1630–1, p. 30

Sec. of state [I] 1634 – 41, 1660 – d.; PC [I] 1634 – 41, 1660 – d.; commr. defective titles [I] 1638. Strafforde Letters, i. 263; CSP Ire. 1633–47, pp. 130, 185; 1660–2, pp. 142, 250.

MP [I] 1634 – 35, 1640–1. H. Kearney, Strafford in Ireland, 239–40, 261.

Treas.-at-war (roy.) 1642–6. HMC Var. iii. 215–16.

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MAINWARING, Philip (c.1589-1661), of London

Main residence: London.

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V.C.D.M.

S.H.

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Commons 1604-1629

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MAINWARING, Philip (c.1589-1661)

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MAINWARING, Edward (c.1602-1674), of the Middle Temple, London; later of Whitmore, Staffs.

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Family and Education

b. c.1602, 1st s. of Edward Mainwaring† of Whitmore and Sarah (bur. July 1648), da. of John Stone, Haberdasher of London. educ. M. Temple, 1620. m. settlement 19 Sept. 1627, (with £1,000) Anne (bur. 1693), da. of George Lomax, of Clifton, Notts., 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 5da. suc. fa. 1647. bur. 23 Oct. 1674 23 Oct. 1674. Staffs. Hist. Colls. ed. H.S. Grazebrook (Wm. Salt Arch. Soc. v. pt. 2), 208; PROB 11/113, f. 357; Regs. of Par. of St. Mary and All Saints Whitmore, transcribed E.S. Peers (Birmingham and Midland Soc. for Genealogy and Heraldry 2006), pp. 18-22, 30, 40; M. Temple Admiss; Staffs. RO, D(W)1743/T/26. sig. E[dward] Mainwaring.

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J.p. Staffs. by 1645–d., Staffs. RO, Q/SO/5, p. 159; Q/SR/263/22. sheriff 1645–6, LJ, viii. 38a. commr. sequestration 1647, CJ, v. 76b-77a. assessment 1648 – 68, 1673 – d., militia, Staffs. and Lichfield, Staffs. 1648, Staffs. 1659 – 60, oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. by 1654-at least 1673, A. and O. i. 1091, 1242; ii. 42, 307, 476, 673, 1078, 1331, 1377, 1441; C181/6, p. 11; 181/7, p. 638; SR, v. 338, 539, 768. securing the peace, Staffs. 1655–56, CSP Thurloe ed. T. Birch, iv. 648. charitable uses 1656, 1661, 1669, 1671, 1672, C93/24/1; 93/26/14; 93/31/23; 93/34/15. inquiry into the union and division of Staffs. parishes 1656, J. Sutton, ‘Cromwell’s commrs. for preserving the peace of the Commonwealth: a Staffs. case study’, Soldiers, Writers and Statesmen of Eng. Rev. ed. I. Gentles, J. Morrill and B. Worden, 182. Poll Tax, Staffs. 1660, 1666, SR, v. 218, 586. subsidy 1671. Staffs. RO, D1798/HM Chetwynd/116.

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MAINWARING, Edward (c.1602-1674), of the Middle Temple, London; later of Whitmore, Staffs.

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Whitmore, Staffs.

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B.C.

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Commons 1604-1629

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MAINWARING, Edward (c.1602-1674)

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MACHEN, Thomas (c.1540-1614), of St. Oswalds, Gloucester, Glos.

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Family and Education

b. c. 1540,S. Rudder, New Hist. of Glos. 177. 1st s. of Henry Machen of Gloucester and Elizabeth, da. of one Baugh. Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 106-7. m. c.1564 (with £100), Christian (d. 29 June 1615), da. of Walter Barston of Nether Swell, Glos., 7s. (5 d.v.p.) 6da. (3 d.v.p.). Rudder, 177; Glos. RO, will of Walter Barston, 1557/510; PROB 11/124, ff. 460v-2. suc. fa. 1567. C142/146/136. d. 18 Oct. 1614. Rudder, 177. sig. Tho[mas] Machen

Offices Held

Common councilman, Gloucester 1567, Glos. RO, GBR B3/1, f. 18. sheriff 1572 – 73, 1576–7, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 185. alderman 1574–d., Glos. RO, GBR B2/1, f. 32. mayor 1579 – 80, 1588 – 89, 1601–2, T.D. Fosbrooke, Original Hist. of City of Gloucester, 209. dep. lt. 1587-at least 1612, CPR 29 Eliz. (1586–7) ed. L.J. Wilkinson (L. and I. Soc. ccxcv), 189; SP14/68/34. master, St. Mary Magdalene hosp. 1603–d., Glos. RO, GBR B3/1, f. 198. dep. mayor 1604, STAC 8/228/30. commr. subsidy 1604. STAC 8/4/9.

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MACHEN, Thomas (c.1540-1614), of St. Oswalds, Gloucester, Glos.

Main residence: St. Oswalds, Gloucester, Glos.

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A.D.

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Commons 1604-1629

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MACHEN, Thomas (c.1540-1614)

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KIRKHAM, Robert (c.1580-1638), of Richmond, Surr.

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Family and Education

b. c.1580, 1st s. of Edward Kirkham, yeoman of the revels 1586-1617, of The Savoy, Mdx.; bro. of Roger†.E.K. Chambers, Eliz. Stage, i. 96, 99; ii. 45, 52. educ. Westminster sch.; Christ Church, Oxf. 1598, aged 18, BA 1601; L. Inn 1601.Rec. of Old Westminsters comp. G.F.R. Barker, A.H. Stenning, i. 541; HMC Hatfield, vii. 170; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss. unm. suc. cos. in Richmond property 1611, fa. 1617.PROB 11/122, f. 230; Richmond Par. Reg. (Surr. Par, Reg. Soc. i), 175. bur. 13 Nov. 1638 13 Nov. 1638.Richmond Par. Reg. 193.

Offices Held

Servant to 1st earl of Salisbury (Robert Cecil†) 1607–12;HMC Hatfield, xix. 108; A.G.R. Smith, ‘Secretariat of the Cecils, 1580–1612’, EHR, lxxxiii. 482, 494–5, 504. sec. to Treas. commrs. 1612 – 14; clerk of the signet 1614–d.;C66/1902; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 359; HMC Downshire, iv. 371; CSP Dom. 1638–9, p. 103. sec. of embassy, Paris 1629–30;CSP Dom. 1628–9, pp. 551, 571. commr. malting and brewing 1637.CSP Dom. 1636–7, p. 404.

J.p. Mdx. and Surr. 1625–9;C231/4, ff. 192–3; C66/2527. commr. charitable uses, Surr. 1626,Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40 ed. J. Broadway, R. Cust and S.K. Roberts (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xxxiv), 51. sewers, river Welland 1634, river Gleane 1638;C181/4, f. 161v; 181/5, f. 101v. surveyor of saltworks, North and South Shields 1636–d.T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 2, p. 36; Cal. of Docquets of Ld. Kpr. Coventry 1625–40, p. 199.