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LEY, Matthew (c.1545-1632), of Westbury and Teffont Evias, Wilts.

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b. c. 1545,Date calculated from age given on MI in Teffont Evias church. 2nd s. of Henry Ley (d.1574) of Bere Ferrers, Devon, and Teffont Evias and Dionysia, da. and coh. of Walter Seymour; bro. of James*. educ. New Inn. Wilts. RO, 366/1. m. Mar. or Nov. 1602, Margaret, da. of John or Charles Barret of Stafford Dingley, Berks., wid. of Sir Humphrey Forster† (d.1602) of Aldermaston, Berks., s.p. Ibid; J. and J.B. Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 208; Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 208; IGI Berks. suc. bro. William 1623. PROB 6/15, p. 24. d. 24 May 1632. MI, Teffont Evias church.
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LEY, Matthew (c.1545-1632), of Westbury and Teffont Evias, Wilts.
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OWEN, Sir William (?by.1584-1663), of the Council House, Shrewsbury, Salop and Condover, Salop

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b. ?by 1584,Assuming that he was an apprentice in 1598. PROB 11/93, f. 107v. 5th s. of Thomas Owen† (d.1598) of L. Inn, London and Condover, j.c.p. 1595-8, and 1st w. Sarah, da. and coh. of Humphrey Baskerville, alderman of London; bro. of Sir Roger*. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 387-8. educ. ?appr. by 1598. m. (1) 1 Jan. 1611 (with £1,500), Eleanor (bur. 22 July 1623), da. of Sir Robert Needham* of Shavington, Salop 3s., 9da. (2 d.v.p.); C142/374/84; St. Mary’s, Shrewsbury (Salop par. reg. soc. xii), 66. (2) by 1630, Lettice, 2s., 4da. (1 d.v.p.). Condover (Salop par. reg. soc. vi), 81-2, 85, 89, 91. suc. bro. Sir Roger 1617; C142/374/86. Kntd. 26 Aug. 1617. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 165. bur. 8 Mar. 1663 8 Mar. 1663. Condover Parish Reg. 1570-1812 (Salop par. reg. soc. vi), 116. sig. William Owen.
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J.p. Salop 1619–42; C231/4, f. 87. snr. bailiff, Shrewsbury 1621–2; H. Owen and J.B. Blakeway, Hist. Shrewsbury, i. 532. sheriff, Salop 1622–3; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 119. commr. subsidy, Shrewsbury 1624, 1628, Salop 1641, Forced Loan, Salop 1626 – 27, poll tax 1641, assessment 1642, Irish aid 1642, array 1642. C212/22/23; E179/167/203; C193/12/2; SR, v. 65, 88, 107, 141, 155; Northants. RO, FH133.

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OWEN, Sir William (?by.1584-1663), of the Council House, Shrewsbury, Salop and Condover, Salop
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LEY, Henry (1595-1638), of Heywood House, Heywood, Wilts. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Teffont Evias, Wilts.

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bap. 3 Dec. 1595, Wilts. RO, 1427/3. 1st s. of Sir James Ley*, 1st earl of Marlborough, of Westbury, Wilts. and his 1st w. Mary, da. of John Petty of Stoke Talmage, Oxon. J. Burke, Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies, 313-14; Add. 39177, f. 113. educ. L. Inn. 1610, called 1616. LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 188, 217. m. 5 Nov. 1616, Mary (d.1670), da. of Sir Arthur Capell* of Little Hadham, Herts. and Rayne, Essex, 1s. 1da. London Mar. Lics. (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 45; Vis. Wilts. (Harl. Soc. cv-cvi), 113. Kntd. 24 Aug. 1617; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 165. cr. bt. 2 Mar. 1626; HMC Buccleuch, iii. 269. summ. to Lords as Lord Ley 2 Mar. 1626; suc. fa. as 2nd earl of Marlborough 1629. Wilts. IPMs ed. G.S. and A.E. Fry (Brit. Rec. Soc. xxiii), 268. d. 1 Apr. 1638. sig. Henry Ley.
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J.p. Som. 1618–d. (custos rot. 1625–d.), Wilts. 1622–d.; C231/4, ff. 67, 192. freeman, Devizes, Wilts. 1620, member of the Twelve 1626–d.; Wilts. RO, G20/1/16, f. 324v; G20/1/17, f. 41. commr. subsidy, Wilts. 1621, Oxon. 1624. C212/22/21, 23.

Assoc. bencher, L. Inn 1620. LI Black Bks. ii. 217.

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LEY, Henry (1595-1638), of Heywood House, Heywood, Wilts. and Lincoln’s Inn, London; later of Teffont Evias, Wilts.
Main residences: Heywood House, Heywood, Wilts.; Lincoln's Inn, London; Teffont Evias, Wilts.
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LEWKNOR, Samuel (1571-?by..1615), of Upton Cressett, Salop

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bap. 3 Nov. 1571, 6th s. of Thomas Lewknor† of Tangmere, Suss. and 1st w. Bridget, da. of John Lewes of Selsey, Suss.;Soc. Gen. Selsey par. reg.; N and Q (ser. 12), v. 201-2. bro. of Sir Lewis*. educ. Winchester 1584; travelled abroad (Germany, Poland, Prussia, Lithuania, Bohemia) c.1592-4. T.F. Kirby, Winchester Scholars, 152; S. Lewkenor, A Discourse ... of all those Cities wherein do flourish at this day privileged universities (1600). m. Jane (bur. 14 Jan. 1611), da. of John Hopton of Rockhill, Salop, wid. of Richard Cresset (d.1601) of Upton Cressett, s.p. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxviii), 259; Salop RO, transcript of Bridgnorth St. Leonard par. reg. d. ?by 1615.
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LEWKNOR, Samuel (1571-?by..1615), of Upton Cressett, Salop
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OWEN, Sir Roger (c.1573-1617), of Condover, Salop and Lincoln’s Inn, London

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b. c.1573, 1st s. of Thomas Owen† of Condover and L. Inn, j.c.p. 1595-8, and 1st w. Sarah, da. and coh. of Humphrey Baskerville, Mercer and alderman of London; bro. of Sir William*.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 387-8. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. 1583; L. Inn 1589, called 1597; Christ Church, Oxf. 1590, BA 1592. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium ed. E. Calvert, 84; LI Admiss.; LI Black Bks. ii. 52; Al. Ox. m. settlement 25 July 1599 (with £9,000), Ursula (bur. 7 May 1629), da. of William Elkyn, Mercer and alderman of London, 2da. C142/374/86; C2/Jas.I/O4/7; Condover par. reg. (Salop par. reg. vi), 79. suc. fa. 1598; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 61. Kntd. 30 May 1604. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 132. d. 29 May 1617. Condover par. reg. 59-60. sig. Roger Owen.
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J.p. Salop by 1601 – d.; member, Council in the Marches 1602–7; P. Williams, Council in the Marches under Eliz. 352–3. sheriff, Salop 1603–4; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 119. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1605 – d., sewers, Essex 1605, subsidy, Salop and Shrewsbury, Salop 1608. C181/1, f. 116, 121; SP14/31/1.

Steward, reader’s dinner, L. Inn 1604, assoc. bencher 1609 – 11, bencher 1611 – d., treas. 1612–13. LI Black Bks. ii. 84, 117, 137, 150.

Member, Muscovy Co. by 1606. Bowyer Diary, 81.

Commr. inquiry, embezzled prize goods 1607. E178/4429.

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OWEN, Sir Roger (c.1573-1617), of Condover, Salop and Lincoln’s Inn, London
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LEWKNOR, Sir Edward II (1587-1618), of Denham, nr. Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.

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b. 4 Jan. 1587,C142/288/113. 1st s. of Sir Edward Lewknor I* and Susan, da. and coh. of Thomas Heigham of Higham Hall, Suff. educ. Emmanuel, Camb. 1599, BA 1604/5. m. ?6 Aug. 1607, Mary (bur. 28 Oct. 1642), da. of Sir Henry Neville I* of Billingbear, Berks., 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 3 or 4da. (?1 d.v.p.). E. Anglian, n.s. iv. 230; Suss. Arch. Colls. iii. 102; Denham Par. Regs. ed. S.H.A. Hervey (Suff. Green Bks. viii), 226; Al. Cant. suc. fa. 1605; Kntd. 19 Oct. 1606. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 140. d. 1 May 1618.
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J.p. Suff. by 1604-at least 1615, C66/1620; Add. 39245, f. 19v. sheriff 1617–d. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 132.

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LEWKNOR, Sir Edward II (1587-1618), of Denham, nr. Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.
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LEWKNOR, Sir Lewis (c.1560-1627), of Selsey, Suss. and Red Cross Street, London; later of Drury Lane, Mdx.

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b. c. 1560,Age estimated from date of admiss. to M. Temple. 1st s. of Thomas Lewknor† of Selsey, and his 1st w. Bridget, da. of John Lewes of Selsey; bro. of Samuel*. Suss. Gens.: Lewes Cent. comp. J. Comber, 153; HP Commons, 1558-1603, ii. 475. educ. Lyon’s Inn; M. Temple 1579; MA, Camb. 1623, incorp. Oxf. 1624. MTR, 229; J. Nichols, Progs. of Jas. I, iii. 812; Al. Ox. m. (1) by 1587, Beatrice (d. 11 Mar. 1605), da. of one de Rota, merchant, of Antwerp, 2s.; APC, 1599-1600, p. 364; CSP Dom. 1595-7, p. 345; CSP For. 1590-1, p. 113; HMC Bath, iv. 165; A.J. Loomie, ‘Spain and the English Catholic Exiles’ (London Univ. Ph.D. thesis, 1957), p. 220. (2) 13 June 1605, Katherine (bur. 10 Sept. 1605), wid. of Thomas Argall of East Sutton, Kent, s.p.; GL, St. Giles Cripplegate par. reg.; PROB 11/105, f. 141. (3) by 1614, Mary, da. and coh. of Richard Blount† of Dedisham, Suss., 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1596; CSP Ven. 1615-17, p. 599; Comber, 153; Hackney Par. Reg. (Soc. Gen. transcipt). Kntd. 22 Apr. 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 102. d. 11 Mar. 1627. ‘Notebook of John Southcote’ ed. J.H. Pollen, in Miscellanea (Cath Rec. Soc. i), 113.
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Capt. of ft. (Spanish army) by 1586–7. A.J. Loomie, Spanish Elizabethans, 10 where his first name is incorrectly given as Samuel.

Gent. pens. 1599–1605; E407/1/29, 37. commr. arms for Ireland 1601; APC, 1600–1, p. 219. master of ceremonies 1603–d. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 2, p. 144; CSP Ven. 1626–8, p. 162.

Freeman, Southampton, Hants 1603; HMC 11th Rep. III, 23. steward, Selsey manor by 1605–?12; Lansd. 89, f. 144. commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1606–17; C181/2, ff. 13v, 287. j.p. Mdx. c.1605-at least 1624, C66/1662; Mdx. Co. Recs. ed. J.C. Jeaffreson, ii. 177. Westminster 1619–25; C231/4, f. 88; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, p. 21. commr. annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1613, 1625, C181/2, ff. 142, 199; 181/3, f. 157. ltcy. Mdx. 1614 – 22, Tower Hamlets, Mdx. 1616, APC, 1613–14, p. 566; 1616–17, p. 14; C66/2137; 66/2234. inquiry, lands of Thomas Escourt 1617; C181/2, f. 289v. vestryman, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, Mdx. 1618; J. Paston, St. Giles-in-the-Fields, 353. commr. survey, L. Inn Fields, Mdx. 1618, Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. subsidy, Mdx. 1621–2, C212/22/20–1. inquiry, Dame Anne Clere well, Mdx. 1622, C181/3, f. 41v. nuisances, Mdx. 1624. Rymer, vii. pt. 4, p. 96.

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LEWKNOR, Sir Lewis (c.1560-1627), of Selsey, Suss. and Red Cross Street, London; later of Drury Lane, Mdx.
Main residences: Selsey, Suss.; Red Cross Street, London; Drury Lane, Mdx.
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OWEN, Hugh (1604-by 1671), of Orielton, Pemb.

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b. 4 May 1604,Calculated from WARD 7/49/211. 1st s. of John Owen (d.1612) of Orielton and Dorothy, da. of Rowland Laugharne of St. Bride’s, Pemb.; bro. of Arthur I†. educ. L. Inn 1622. m. (1) Frances (d. aft. 1635), da. of (Sir) John Philips†, 1st bt. of Picton Castle, Pemb., 2s. d.v.p. 2da.; (2) by 1645, Catherine, da. of Evan Lloyd of Yale, Denb., wid. of John Lewis of Presaddfed, Anglesey, 2s. 1da. Dwnn, Vis. Wales ed. S.R. Meyrick, i. 247; J.E. Griffith Peds. Anglesey and Caern. Fams. 58; LI Admiss. For evidence that his 1st w. was still living in 1635, see HEHL, EL7206. suc. grandfa. 1614; Kntd. 10 Aug. 1641; cr. bt. 11 Aug. 1641. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 210; CB. d. by 9 June 1671.
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J.p. Pemb. 1629 – 43, 22 July – 6 Sept. 1652, 1656 – d., Anglesey 1637–43 (custos rot. 1642–3), 1649–53, 1656 – d., Haverfordwest, Pemb. 1656–d.; JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 11–15, 216–25, 242–6. commr. knighthood fines, Pemb. 1630, E178/7154, f. 140c. wreck inquiry 1631; SP16/182/82. mayor, Pembroke, Pemb. 1632 – 34, 1639–40, ‘Mayors of Pembroke’, W. Wales Historical Soc. v. 121. Haverfordwest 1656–7; Cal. of Recs. of Bor. of Haverfordwest 1597–1660 ed. B.G. Charles (Univ. Wales, Bd. of Celtic Studs. Hist. and Law ser. xxiv), 131, 151. sheriff, Pemb. 1633 – 34, 1653 – 54, 1663–4; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 266. commr. exacted fees, Pemb., Carm., Card. 1635, C181/5, f. 31v. i.p.m. Sir John Wogan of Boulston, Pemb. 1637; F. Green, ‘Wogans of Boulston’, Y Cymmrodor, xv. 126. common councilman, Haverfordwest by 1651-at least 1659; He was still a councilman on 9 Dec. 1659 but seems to have been replaced by May 1660: Cal. Haverfordwest Bor. Recs. 96, 134, 171. dep. lt. Pemb. by 1637 – at least42, 1661; HEHL, EL7443; SP29/42/70. commr. subsidy, Anglesey 1641–2, NLW, Carreglwyd ms I/803; E179/219/23. Pemb. 1641 – 42, Poll Tax, Pemb. 1641, Irish aid 1642, SR, v. 91, 107, 158. assessment 1657, 1660 – 61, 1663 – 65, Anglesey 1650, 1660 – 61, 1663 – 65, Haverfordwest 1657, 1660 – 61, 1663–5, Ibid. 141, 221, 223, 342, 344, 469, 471, 544, 546, 570; A. and O. ii. 481, 1087, 1384, 1448. militia 1642, 1655, 1660, LJ, v. 304; CSP Dom. 1655, p. 79; A. and O. ii. 1448. scandalous ministers, S. Wales 1654, accts. pertaining to the propagation and preaching of the Gospel 1654. A. and O. ii. 976, 991.

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OWEN, Hugh (1604-by 1671), of Orielton, Pemb.
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LEWKNOR, Sir Edward I (1542-1605), of Denham Hall, nr. Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.

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b. 1542, 1st s. of Edward Lewknor of Kingston by Sea (‘Kingston Bowsey’), Suss. and Dorothy, da. of Robert Wroth† of Durants, Enfield, Mdx. educ. St. John’s, Camb. 1559, BA 1560/1, fell. 1561-3; M. Temple 1562; ?called aft. 1565. m. by 1569, Susan (bur. 4 Oct. 1605), da. and coh. of Thomas Heigham of Higham Hall, Suff., 2s. 7da. (?1 d.v.p.).E. Anglian, n.s. iv. 230; Denham Par. Regs. ed. S.H.A. Hervey (Suff. Green Bks. viii), 214-15, 217; Al. Cant.; M. Temple Admiss.; M. Temple Mins. of Parl. i. 151; Suss. Arch. Colls. iii. 102, provides a complete ped. but incorrectly identifies the father of Lewknor’s mother, for whom see HP Commons, 1509-58, iii. 666. Kntd. 11 May 1603. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 106. d. 3 or 4 Oct. 1605. sig. (illeg.) Lewkenor.
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J.p. Suff. by 1593–?d.; D. MacCulloch, Suff. and the Tudors, 386. commr. charitable uses, Suff. 1599, C93/1/7. sewers, Gt. Fens 20 Apr. 1605–d. C181/1, ff. 112v, 119v.

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LEWKNOR, Sir Edward I (1542-1605), of Denham Hall, nr. Bury St. Edmunds, Suff.
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OVERBURY, Walter (1593-1637), of Barton-on-the-Heath, Warws. and the Middle Temple, London

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bap. 2 Apr. 1593, 6th s. of (Sir) Nicholas Overbury* and Mary, da. of Giles Palmer of Compton Scorpion, Ilmington, Warws.G.W. Marshall, ‘Ped. of Overbury’, The Gen. i. 271-3. educ. Magdalen, Oxf. 1610, demy 1610-12, BA 1612; M. Temple 1610, called 1617; travelled abroad 1612. Al. Ox.; M. Temple Admiss.; SO3/5, unfol. (Nov. 1612). m. (1) lic. 6 Nov. 1621, Mary (d. 9 Mar. 1623), da. of Sir Edward Pinchon of Writtle, Essex, 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 21 June 1627, Magdalen, da. of Thomas Marsham, Merchant Taylor, of Milk Street, London, wid. of Edward Grimston* of Bradfield, Essex, 4s. (1 or 2 d.v.p.) 3da. Marshall, 273-4; Bp. of London Mar. Lics. 1611-1828 ed. G.J. Armytage (Harl. Soc. xxvi), 105, 189; O. Manning and W. Bray, Hist. and Antiqs. of Surr. i. 477; PROB 11/145, f. 219. d. 6 Apr. 1637. C142/564/156.
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Registrar of assurances (jt.) c.1629-at least 1635. CSP Dom. 1629–31, p. 134; T. Rymer, Foedera, ix. pt. 1, p. 77.

J.p. Warws. 1631–d.; C231/5, f. 62; SP16/405, f. 68v. commr. Avon navigation 1636. Rymer, ix. pt. 2, p. 6.

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OVERBURY, Walter (1593-1637), of Barton-on-the-Heath, Warws. and the Middle Temple, London
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