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OXENBRIDGE, Sir Robert I (c.1568-1616), of Hurstbourne Priors, Hants.

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b. c.1568, 1st s. of Robert Oxenbridge of Hurstbourne Priors and Barbara, da. of Sir Thomas White†, master of Requests 1553-8, of South Warnborough, Hants.Berry, Herts. Genealogies, 215. educ. I. Temple 1592. I. Temple Admiss. m. 1595, Elizabeth (d.1645), da. and coh. of Sir Henry Cocks†, cofferer of the Household 1597-1610, of Broxbourne, Herts., wid. of Robert West† of Testwood, Hants and the I. Temple, 5s. 1da. Suss. Arch. Colls. viii. 228-9, 231-2. suc. fa. 1591; C142/230/53. Kntd. ?Aug. 1600. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 98. d. 28 May 1616. C142/354/125.
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?Member, Soc. of Antiqs. c.1592. Info. from Prof. Pauline Croft; Bodl. Tanner ms 85.

Sheriff, Hants 1595–6, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 56. j.p. by 1596–d., SP13/Case F/11, f. 29v; C66/1988. capt. militia ft. 1604, dep. lt. 1605–d.; Whithed Letter Bk. (Hants Rec. ser. i), 27, 41. kpr. Chute forest, Hants and Wilts. 1607–d.; E134/19Jas.I/Mich4. commr. subsidy, Hants 1608, SP14/31/1. aid 1609, 1612, SP14/43/107; Harl. 354, f. 68; E403/2732, f. 51v. sewers, Suss. 1610–d. C181/2, ff. 134v, 247v.

Main residence: Hurstbourne Priors, Hants.
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OXBOROUGH, Thomas (c.1554-1623), of Lath Street, King’s Lynn, Norf. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

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b. c. 1554, LI Admiss. s. of Thomas Oxborough of Beckham Well, Norf. Vis. Norf. ed. G.H. Dashwood (Norf. and Norwich Arch. Soc), i. 150. educ. L. Inn 1572, called 1581. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. i. 422. m. (1) bef. 1587, Thomasine, da. of Thomas Hewar of Oxborough, Norf., 4s. (1 d.v.p.), 3da.; Norf. Rec. Soc. v. 152; Norf. RO (King’s Lynn), St. Margaret’s par. reg. (2) bef. 1601, Margaret (d.1623), da. of Richard Slyford of Slyford, Lincs., and wid. of Patrick Cartwright of King’s Lynn, merchant, s.p. Norf. Rec. Soc. v. 152; Norf. RO (King’s Lynn), KL/C7/8, f. 223v. d. 30 Dec. 1623. C142/406/26.
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Freeman, King’s Lynn 1584, Cal. Lynn Freemen, 120. town clerk 1584–97, Norf. RO (King’s Lynn), KL/C7/7, f. 289; C7/8, f. 130v. recorder 1597–d.; Ibid. passim. j.p. Norf. 1597–d.; Norf. RO (King’s Lynn), KL/C2/48. commr. sewers, I. of Ely 1594, Lansd. 76, f. 130. Lincs. and Norf. by 1597, APC, 1597, pp. 274–6; C181/1, f. 14v. gaol delivery, King’s Lynn 1603, swans, Norf. 1614. C181/1, f. 68v; 181/2, f. 212.

Main residences: Lath Street, King's Lynn, Norf.V. Parker, Making of King’s Lynn, 42.; Lincoln's Inn, London.
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LISTER, Martin (c.1569-1646), of Great St. Bartholomew’s, Smithfield, London, Middle Clayton, Bucks. and Thorpe Arnold, Leics.

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b. c. 1569,IGI. 7th s. of William Lister (d.1582) C142/198/47. of Midhope, Craven, Yorks. and his 2nd w. Bridget, da. of Bartholomew Pigott, of Aston Rowan, Oxon. and wid. of Thomas Banister of Brogden, W. Riding, Yorks.; half-bro. of Lawrence†. Vis. Oxon. (Harl. Soc. v), 212. m. c.1590, Dorothy, da. of Robert Pigott of Colwich, Staffs., wid. of Thomas Keble of Newbottle, Northants., s.p. H.L.L. Denny, Mems. of an Ancient House, 200-1. bur. 7 Sept. 1646 7 Sept. 1646. Leics. RO, Thorpe Arnold par. reg., DE774/1.
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Cornet, Brittany by 1592–4, SP78/33, f. 204v. ?Ire. c.1596–1601. HMC Hatfield, vi. 544, ix. 146; APC, 1597–8, pp. 616–17.

Main residences: Great St. Bartholomew's, Smithfield, London; Middle Clayton, Bucks.; Thorpe Arnold, Leics.
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OWNER, Edward (1575-1650), of Great Yarmouth, Norf.

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bap. 16 Oct. 1575, 2nd s. of Ralph Owner, merchant, of Gt. Yarmouth and Grace. m. 13 Nov. 1598, Elizabeth (d. 1672), da. of Hisea Harrison of Gt. Yarmouth, 1da. bur. 15 Aug. 1650 15 Aug. 1650.Norf. RO, Gt. Yarmouth par. reg.; Add. 34559, f. 35.
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Freeman, Gt. Yarmouth 1597, Cal. Yarmouth Freemen, 49. chamberlain 1609–11, Norf. RO, Y/C18/1, f. 99r-v. auditor 1612 – 15, 1631, Ibid. ff. 100v-102, 110v. member of the Forty-Eight, 1606–8, Ibid. Y/C19/5, f. 52. common cllr. 1608–14, Norf. RO, Y/C2/12; Y/C18/4, ff. 67–76v. The 1608 charter turned members of the Forty-Eight into common cllrs. alderman 1614–d., Norf. RO, Y/C19/5, f. 122v. custos Lazarhouse 1615-at least 1622, Ibid. ff. 155, 258v; Y/C18/1. f. 110v. bailiff 1616 – 17, 1625 – 26, 1634 – 35, 1646–7; Ibid. Y/C18/1, ff. 102v, 107v, 112, 118. j.p. Gt. Yarmouth 1616–d.; Ibid. ff. 102v-119. commr. subsidy 1621, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. Forced Loan 1626, Norf. RO, Y/C19/6, f. 55. piracy, Norf. 1630; C181/4, f. 50. coroner, Gt. Yarmouth 1631, pres. artillery corp. 1636; commr. New Model ordinance, Norf. 1645, assessment 1645 – d., Gt. Yarmouth 1647 – 48, militia, Norf. 1648. A. and O. i. 623, 641, 972, 1089, 1240; ii. 40, 305.

Commr. excise on herring 1644. Ibid. i. 497.

Main residence: Great Yarmouth, Norf.
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LISTER, John (1587-1640), of High Street, Kingston-upon-Hull, Bawtry and Linton, Yorks.

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bap. 7 June 1587, o.s. of John Lister†, alderman of Hull, and Anne, da. of Robert Gayton, alderman of Hull.Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, pp. 16, 366; Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 546; Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 340-3; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, ff. 25, 260v, 290. educ. Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1604; M. Temple 1606. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1607, Elizabeth (bur. 5 Dec. 1656), da. and h. of Hugh Armyn, alderman of Hull, 9s. (1 d.v.p.) 7da. (3 d.v.p.). Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 77, 87, 94, 99, 103, 110, 113, 115, 118-19, 122, 124, 126, 130, 132, 136, 425, 439, 461-2; PE158/3, p. 302; Hull RO, Bench Bk. 4, ff. 325v, 369. suc. fa. 1617; Yorks. ERRO, PE158/1, p. 446. Kntd. 23 May 1628. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 194. d. 23 Dec. 1640. Portrait in Wilberforce Mus. Hull. sig. John Lister.
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Member, Hull Merchants’ Co. 1616. Hull RO, Merchants’ Soc. Reg. 1647–1706 [DSN 1].

Freeman, Hull 1617, alderman 1617 – d., mayor 1618 – 19, 1629–30; Hull RO, Hull RO, freemens’ reg. 1443–1645, f. 164v; Bench Bk. 5, ff. 25v, 30, 98v, 268v. commr. subsidy, Hull 1621 – 22, 1624 – 25, 1628, musters 1625, 1627; C212/22/20–22; E179/204/415, 425; E179/205/454; E115/254/123; APC, 1625–6, p. 58; 1627, pp. 101, 104–5. collector, Privy Seal loan 1625–6; E401/2586, p. 312. commr. Yorks. coastal sqdn. 1627; APC, 1627, pp. 312–13. hon. elder brother, Trin. House, Hull 1635–d.; Order Bk. of Trinity House, Hull ed. F.W. Brooks (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. cv), 16, 50. commr. piracy, Hull 1637. C181/5, f. 80.

Main residences: High Street, Kingston-upon-Hull; Bawtry; Linton, Yorks.
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OWFIELD (OLDFIELD), Samuel (1595-1643), of the Middle Temple, London and Upper Gatton, Surr.

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b. May 1595,C142/660/30. 1st s. of Roger Owfield, Fishmonger, of Billiter Lane, London and Thomasine, da. and co. of John More†, merchant, of Ipswich, Suff. PROB 11/112, f. 403; H.F. Waters, Gen. Gleanings in Eng. 727, 869-70. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1612; M. Temple 1614. Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss. m. by 1623, Katherine (d.1664), da. and h. of William Smith, Mercer, of Thames Street, London, 6s. (2 d.v.p.) 7da. (2 d.v.p.). Par. Regs. of Gatton ed. W.B. Bannerman, 6; M.F. Keeler, Long Parl. 291; Manning and Bray, Surr. ii. 245. suc. fa. 1608; C142/660/30. Kntd. 13 May 1641. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 208. bur. 4 May 1643. J. Sykes, ‘Reg. of St. Mary’s, Hull’, Yorks. Arch. Jnl. xii. 468.
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Member, Artillery Co. of London 1617; Ancient Vellum Bk. ed. G.A. Raikes, 29. freeman Fishmongers’ Co. 1618; W.P. Haskett-Smith, Worshipful Co. of Fishmongers of City of London: Lists of Apprs. and Freemen, 32. member E.I. Co. by 1624. CSP Col. E.I. 1622–4, p. 488.

Commr. sewers, Lincs. 1634 – 35, 1640, C181/4, ff. 170, 201; 181/5, f. 223. subsidy, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1641–2; SR, v. 63, 152. ?j.p. Surr. 1642; C231/5, p. 532. dep. lt. Lincs. 1643; CJ, ii. 926a. commr. assessment, Lincs. (Lindsey) 1643 – d., sequestration 1643, levying money 1643. A. and O. i. 92, 114, 149.

Main residences: the Middle Temple, London; Upper Gatton, Surr.
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LISLE, William (1577-1665), of the Tithe House, Brackley, Northants.; later of Evenley, Northants.

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bap. 30 Dec. 1577,Northants RO, 42P/1 (Brackley par. reg.), unfol. 1st s. of William Lisle of Brackley and 1st w. Dorothy, da. of Robert Clarke of Brackley. Vis. Northants. (Harl. Soc. lxxxvii), 122. m. aft. 1600, Elizabeth (d. Nov. 1645), da. and h. of Bennet Shugborough of Cubbington, Warws., wid. of Thomas Greswold of Solihull, Warws., 1da. d.v.p. Ibid. 122; PROB 11/93, f. 165v. suc. fa. 1599. Northants RO, 42P/1 (Brackley par. reg.), unfol. d. by 19 Apr. 1665. PROB 11/316, f. 219.
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Commr. defence of Midland Assoc. 1642, assessment, Northants. 1644 – 48, 1660–3. A. and O. i. 50, 529, 970, 1088, ii. 1375.

Main residences: the Tithe House, Brackley, Northants.; Evenley, Northants.
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OWEN, Thomas (c.1580-1661), of Shrewsbury, Salop

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b. c. 1580,Inferred from dates of entry to school and inn of ct. 3rd s. of Edward Owen (d.1613), draper and alderman of Shrewsbury and Joanna, da. of Richard Purcell†, draper and alderman of Shrewsbury and Dinthill, Salop. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 385-6; PROB 11/123, ff. 9v-11. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. 1589; ?L. Inn 1598, ?called 1606. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium ed. E. Calvert, 117; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 97. m. Priscilla, da. of Arthur Chambre of Petton, Salop, 2s. (1 d.v.p.), 2da. Vis. Salop, 386; CCC, 1614. bur. 25 May 1661.St. Chad’s, Shrewsbury (Salop Parish Reg. Soc. xv), 286. sig. Tho[mas] Owen.
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?Dep. town clerk, Shrewsbury 1610 – 24, town clerk 1624 – 45, 1660; H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway, Hist. Shrewsbury, i. 543; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. xi. 182. ?steward, reader’s dinner, L. Inn 1613; LI Black Bks. ii. 150. dep. prothonotary, S. Wales bef. 1641.CSP Dom. 1660–1, p. 55.

Commr. subsidy, Shrewsbury 1621 – 22, 1624, 1628, C212/22/20–23; E179/167/203. assessment 1642, array, Salop 1642. SR, v. 155; Northants. RO, FH133.

Main residence: Shrewsbury, Salop.
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LIGON (LYGON), Sir William (1567-1608), of Madresfield, Worcs.

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b. 12 Aug. 1567,C142/206/8. 1st s. of Richard Ligon of Madresfield and his 1st w. Mary, da. of Sir Thomas Russell† of Strensham, Worcs. Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 91. m. lic. 12 Apr. 1586, Worcs. RO, Consistory Ct. wills etc., 1586.10. Elizabeth (bur. 7 Apr. 1631), Reg. of Priory Church, Great Malvern Worcs. (Birmingham and Midland Soc. for Genealogy and Heraldry [1979]), unpag. da. of Edmund Harewell of Besford, Worcs., Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xc), 65. 3s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.) Vis. Worcs. (Harl. Soc. xxvii), 91. suc. fa. 1 Oct. 1584, aged 17 years and 50 days; Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 108. d. 8 Dec. 1608. WARD 7/42/17. sig. William Ligon.
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J.p. Worcs. by 1591–d.; Hatfield House, ms 278; SP14/33, f. 65. commr. subsidy, Worcs. 1591, 1594, 1598 – 99, 1603 – 04, 1606–8; Worcs. RO, 970.5:99/BA892/2, pp. 368–9 (this collection is a typescript calendar of the Ligon papers at Madresfield ct.); E179/201/228; 179/201/24; 179/201/244; 179/283/4; E115/44/72; 115/134/113; 115/236/132. sheriff, Worcs. 1592–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 158. commr. to take i.p.m., Worcs. 1593, 1595; CPR, 1592–3 (L. and I. Soc. cclxxxii), 51; CPR, 1594–5 (L. and I. Soc. cccx), 197. dep. lt., Worcs. 1595–d.; APC, 1595–6, p. 18; SP14/33, f. 4v. commr. eccles. causes, Worcs. 1598, C66/1478, m. 8. charitable uses 1599, 1600, 1601, 1605, C93/1/8; 93/1/22; 93/1/35; 93/2/20. musters, 1601. APC, 1600–1, p. 403.

Main residence: Madresfield, Worcs.
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LEY, Sir James (c.1552-1629), of Westbury and Heywood, Wilts., Clerkenwell, Mdx. and Lincoln’s Inn, London

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b. c. 1552, 6th but 4th surv s. of Henry Ley (d.1574)Wilts. RO, 366/1. of Bere Ferrers, Devon and Teffont Evias, Wilts. and Dionysia, da. and coh. of Walter Seymour; bro. of Matthew*. Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 113, 115. educ. ?Winchester Coll.; Brasenose, Oxf. BA 3 Feb. 1574; L. Inn 1577, called 1584. m. (1) 2 June 1590, Mary (d. 4 Oct. 1613), da. of John Petty of Stoke Talmage, Oxon. 3s. 8da. (1 d.v.p.); Soc. Gen., Stoke Talmage par. reg.; MI, Westbury church; Wilts. RO, 366/1; R.C. Hoare, Hist. Wilts. ‘Dunworth Hundred’, 111. (2) lic. 13 Feb. 1618, Mary, da. and coh. of Thomas Preison of Westminster and wid. of Sir William Bowyer I† of Denham, Bucks., s.p.; (3) 4 July 1621, Jane, da. of 1st Lord Boteler (Sir John Boteler, 1st bt.*) of Bramfield Place, Herts., s.p. CB; Add. 46376B, f. 22. Kntd. or 9 Dec. 1603; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 129. cr. bt. 20 July 1619, CB. Bar. Ley 31 Dec. 1624, earl of Marlborough 5 Feb. 1626. CP. d. 14 Mar. 1629. J. Aubrey, Wilts. Colls. 404-5. sig. James Ley.
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Member, Soc. Antiqs. c.1586–1604. J. Evans, Hist. of Soc. of Antiqs. 12; K. Sharpe, Sir Robert Cotton, 17; Harl. 5177, f. 4; Archaeologia, xxxii. 133.

Commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1588 – 89, 1608, 1621, 1624; E179/198/327; 179/198/332; SP14/31/1; C212/22/21, 23. j.p. Wilts. 1596, Carm., Card. and Haverfordwest, Pemb. 1603, Pemb. 1604, Bucks., Mdx. and Westmld. 1618–?d., Ripon liberty, Yorks. 1620–?d., Southwell liberty, Notts. 1621–?d., Anglesey, Brec., Glam., Caern., Merion., Denb., Flints., Mont. 1625–?d.; SP13/F/11, f. 34; Wilts. RO, A1/150/2, f. 3; C181/2, f. 327v; 181/3, ff. 24v, 33v; C231/4, f. 60; C66/1549; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 9, 27, 45, 68, 106, 138, 165, 190, 210, 215, 234, 238, 266, 297. j.p. and custos rot. Som. 1625–d.; C231/4, f. 192. commr. oyer and terminer, Western circ. 1602 – 21, Mdx. 1619 – 21, London 1620 – 21, Home circ. 1621, C181/1, ff. 29, 51; 181/2, ff. 5v, 163v, 283v, 310v, 347; 181/3, ff. 6, 15, 20v, 21v, 29v, 30, 45v, 46v. piracy, London 1607, 1614, Essex, Kent, Mdx. 1614, C181/2, ff. 102, 213. aid, London 1608, SP14/14/43/107. swans, Thames 1609, C181/2, f. 89v. sewers, London 1610, 1621 – 23, Mdx. 1619, Lincoln 1621, C181/2, ff. 140v, 342; 181/3, ff. 27, 35v, 103v. gaol delivery London 1619, 1620, Ely 1621, 1624, Newgate 1623–4, C181/2, f. 351; 181/3, ff. 22v, 68, 74v, 101v, 191, 112, 126. Forced Loan, Mdx. and Wilts. 1626; Procs. 1628, vi. 26; SP16/39/55. steward, Steeple Ashton manor, Wilts. 1613, Yarmouth 1625–?d. SO3/5, unfol., Mar. 1613; E315/310, f. 67; HMC 9th Rep. i. 310.

Bencher, L. Inn 1600, Lent reader 1602, treas. 1609, gov. 1609 – 22; reader, Furnival’s Inn; Al. Ox.; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 61, 71, 85, 118, 124; Wilts. RO, 366/1. sjt.-at-law 1603–9; E. Foss, Judges of Eng. vi. 164. c.j. gt. sessions, S. Wales 1603–4; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 74. c.j.k.b. [I] 1604–8; CSP Ire. 1603–6, p. 114. judge of assize, Queen’s co., co. Carlogh 1604, Ulster 1605 – 06, 1608, co. Waterford, co. Wicklow, co. Wexford 1606–7, F. Ball, Judges in Ire. 312–13. Home circ. 1620; C181/3, f. 19v. att., Ct. of Wards Nov. 1608–21; SO3/4, unfol., Nov. 1608; Lansd. 273, ff. 9, 56; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 468. c.j.k.b. 1621–5. LI Black Bks. i. 267.

Member, Council in the Marches of Wales 1603–?4; HMC Hatfield, xv. 392. commr. Gt. Seal [I] Apr. – Nov. 1605, May-July 1621, LJ, iii. 51a. Ulster plantation 1608; CSP Carew, 1603–24, p. 13. PC [I] 1611; Ibid. 92; CSP Ire. 1611–14, p. 102. commr. to investigate Amboyna massacre 1624; CSP Col. E.I. 1622–4, p. 405. PC 1624 – d., ld. pres. July-Dec. 1628; Foss, vi. 164. ld. treas. 1624–8; Sainty, Judges, 10; LI Black Bks. i. 258. commr. revenue 1626, Univ. London, Goldsmiths’ ms 195, f. 37v. Navy inquiry 1626–7, CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 494. Coronation claims 1626. CP.

Speaker, House of Lords, May-July 1621. LJ, iii. 51a.

Main residences: Westbury; Heywood, Wilts.; Clerkenwell, Mdx.; Lincoln's Inn, London.
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