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KEIGHTLEY, Thomas (1580-1663), of Mincing Lane, London; later of Hertingfordbury Park, Herts

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b. 28 Mar. 1580,R. Clutterbuck, Herts. ii. 205. 1st s. of John Keightley, yeoman, of Trimpley, Kidderminster, Worcs. and Whittington, Kinver, Staffs., and Elizabeth, da. of one Hill, wid. of one Dawson. educ. appr. skinner, London 1597. Vis. London (Harl. Soc. xvii), 30; Soc. Gen. Kinver par. reg.; GL, ms 30719/1, f. 232. m. 4 Mar. 1616, H. Evelyn, Hist. of Evelyn Fam. 515. Rose (d.1682), da. of Thomas Evelyn of Long Ditton, Surr., 4s. (3 d.v.p.) 5da. (3 d.v.p.). Clutterbuck, ii. 205; Vis. London, 30; St. Dunstan-in-the-East (Harl. Soc. Reg. lxix), 52, 54, 56, 61, 63-5, 68, 181, 194, 213. suc. fa. 1619. Worcs. RO, wills 1619, no. 165. d. 22 Feb. 1663. Clutterbuck, ii. 205.
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Member, Virg. Co. 1609, A. Brown, Genesis of US, 224. cttee. and auditor 1619–24; Recs. Virg. Co. ed. S.M. Kingsbury, i. 213, 229; ii. 536. freeman, Merchant Adventurers’ Co. 1615, T.K. Rabb, Enterprise and Empire, 326. Skinners’ Co. 1616, asst. 1628, warden 1636 – 37, 1638 – 39, master 1641–2; GL, ms 30719/2, f. 104; 30708/3. member, E.I. Co. 1618, CSP Col. E.I. 1617–21, p. 142. cttee. 1622 – 23, by 1625, 1638–9, Ibid. 1622–4, p. 121; 1625–9, p. 80; Rabb, 326; A.B. Beaven, Aldermen of London, ii. 65; Ct. Mins. of E.I. Co. 1635–9 ed. E.B. Sainsbury, 306. asst. Somers Is. Co. 1623. Info. from Professor Ruth Clinefelter.

Member, Council for Virg. 1620. Recs. Virg. Co. i. 383.

Member, common council, London by 1640; V. Pearl, London and Outbreak of Puritan Revolution, 196. commr. assessment, Herts. 1644, 1649 – 52, 1657, A. and O. i. 539; ii. 300, 665, 1070. sheriff 1650–1. List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 64.

Main residences: Mincing Lane, London; Hertingfordbury Park, Herts.
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KEIGHLEY (KEIGHTLEY), Christopher (1587-1634), of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster

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bap. 2 Nov. 1587, s. of Lawrence Keighley (d. c.1627), yeoman, of Green Hammerton, Yorks. (W. Riding).IGI; York Wills 1620-7 (Yorks. Arch. Soc. xxxii), 54; HMC Hatfield, xxii. 10. m. by 1632, Isabel, 1s. d.v.p. IGI (s. Christopher bap. Nov. 1632); PROB 11/165, f. 272. bur. 27 Feb. 1634 27 Feb. 1634. WCA, St. Clement Danes par. reg.
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Servant to Thomas Brett* c. 1610 – 13, William Cecil*, 2nd earl of Salisbury 1613 – 14, recvr.-gen. 1614 – 25, 1631 – d., sec. 1625–31. L. Stone, Fam. and Fortune, 130; HMC Hatfield, xxii. 9.

Main residence: St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster.
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KEELING, John (1586-1649), of Humberton, Hackney, Mdx. and the Inner Temple, London; ?later of Hadleigh, Essex.

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bap. 2 Feb. 1586, 2nd s. of Thomas Keeling (d.1617), alderman and tanner of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffs. and Thomasine, da. of Robert Sidway of Stonylowe, Staffs. Newcastle-under-Lyme. Par. Reg. Pt. 1. 1563-1705 ed. A.J. Tilson (Staffs. Par. Reg. Soc. 1931), pp. 30, 69; Vis. London. (Harl. Soc. xvii), 25; T. Pape, Newcastle-Under-Lyme, 232. educ. Clement’s Inn, I. Temple 1609, called 1618. I. Temple database of admiss. m. 9 Apr. 1618, Elizabeth (d. 12 Jan. 1651), da. of William Croke of Chilton, Bucks., 2s. d. 8 May 1649. GL, W.H. Challen transcripts, xix, Chilton, Bucks. 5; Vis. London. 25; LMA, Hackney par. reg.; Smyth’s Obit. ed. H. Ellis (Cam. Soc. xliv), 27. sig. John Kelinge.
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J.p. Essex 1628-c.1633; C231/4, f. 250; ASSI 35/75/2. commr. oyer and terminer and gaol delivery, London 1641, 1644 – 45, sewers 1645. C181/5, ff. 214v, 244, 247v, 265, 266v.

Common pleader, London 1640–d. CLRO, Reps. 55, ff. 27v-8.

Main residences: Humberton, Hackney, Mdx.C54/2676/12; E179/112/642.; the Inner Temple, Hadleigh, London; Hadleigh, Essex.
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KAY (KEYES), Sir John (1568-1624), of Hackney, Mdx. and the Tower of London

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bap. 6 July 1568, o.s. of John Kay of Hackney, clerk of the Green Cloth, and Bridget Edmondes of Westminster.LMA, Hackney par. reg.; St. Martin-in-the-Fields ed. T. Mason (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxv), 61; CSP Dom. Addenda, 1580-1625, p. 250. educ. Clare, Camb. 1583. Al. Cant. m. (1) 28 Apr. 1588, Elizabeth Hitchcock of Westminster, 3s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 13 Aug. 1612, Joan Newce (bur. 13 Apr. 1632), 1s. suc. fa. 1589; LMA, Hackney par. reg.; Memorials of St. Margaret’s, Westminster ed. A.M. Burke, 301; PROB 11/73, f. 382. Kntd. 27 May 1607. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 142. d. 1 May 1624. E403/1735, unfol., 3 Mar. 1625.
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Gent. of privy chamber by 1608-at least 1615; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 397; SP15/40/28. surveyor of the Ordnance 1609–d.; E403/1708, unfol. 2 Mar. 1610; 403/1735, unfol. 3 Mar. 1625. commr. provisions for the officers of the Ordnance, C181/2, f. 180v. gold and silver thread 1618, S.R. Gardiner, ‘On four letters from Lord Bacon to Christian IV’, Archaeologia, xli. 256. wine casks 1619–21, CD 1621, vii. 417. survey of castles 1623. HMC 10th Rep. VI, 110.

J.p. Mdx. by 1609–d.; Mdx. Co. Recs. ed. J.C. Jeaffreson, ii. 56; C66/2310. ?freeman, Eye, Suff. 1610; SP14/48/109. commr. sewers, Mdx. 1610 – 20, annoyances, Surr. 1611, Mdx. 1613, oyer and terminer, the Verge 1612–17, C181/2, ff. 128v, 142v, 179v, 199v, 287v; 181/3, f. 18v. new buildings, London and Westminster 1616, APC, 1615–16, p. 485. musters, Tower Hamlets, Mdx. 1616, APC, 1616–17, p. 14. ltcy. Mdx. 1617–20, C66/2137. subsidy 1621–2, C212/22/20–1. nuisances 1624. T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 4, p. 98.

Main residences: Hackney, Mdx.; the Tower of London.
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NEVILLE, Sir Henry II (1573-1641), of Birling, Kent and Drury Lane, Westminster

Family and Education
bap. 8 Mar. 1573,Chevening par. reg. (Soc. Gen. transcript). 1st s. of Edward Neville† of Birling and Rachel, da. of John Lennard of Chevening, Kent; bro. of Christopher*. D. Rowland, Historical and Genealogical Account of Noble Fam. of Nevill, 168. educ. Queens’, Camb. 1586, BA 1589; travelled abroad 1591-4 (Germany and Italy); MA Oxf. 1594. Al. Cant.; SO3/1, unfol. (5 Apr. 1591); HMC Hatfield, xvi. 299. m. (1) by 1596, Mary (d.1613), da. of Thomas Sackville†, 1st earl of Dorset, ld. treas. 1599-1608, 2s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) by 1614, Catherine (bur. 10 July 1649), da. of George Vaux of Irthlingborough, Northants., 2s. 3da. Rowland, 168; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, i. 429. Kntd. 27 June 1596; Counter-Armada, S. and E. Underwood, 147. suc. fa. as 2nd Lord Bergavenny 1 Dec. 1622. d. 16 Dec. 1641. CP, i. 37.
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Vol. Cadiz expedition 1596. Counter-Armada, 147.

J.p. Kent 1602–11; C231/1, f. 129v; Cal. Assize Recs. Kent Indictments, Jas. I ed. J.S. Cockburn, 98. commr. sewers, Kent 1603, 1618, 1628, Kent and Suss. 1604 – 32, Suss. 1630, 1639, C181/1, ff. 57, 90; 181/2, f. 320; 181/3, f. 252; 181/4, ff. 37v, 106v; 181/5, f. 144. subsidy, Kent and Suss. 1624, C212/22/23. Forced Loan, Kent 1627. C193/12/2, f. 26

Gent. of the privy chamber 1604. Carleton to Chamberlain ed. M. Lee, 58.

Main residences: Birling, Kent; Drury Lane, Westminster.
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JOURDAIN, Ignatius (1561-1640), of Exeter, Devon

Family and Education
bap. 17 Aug. 1561,F.B. Troup, ‘An Exeter Worthy’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. xxix. 351. 2nd s. of William Jourdain of Lyme Regis, Dorset. J.J. Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, Reps. and Trans. Devon Assoc. lxi. 210. educ. appr. Exeter; Guernsey c.1576. F. Nicolls, Life and Death of Mr. Ignatius Jurdain (1654), p. 2. m. (1) 24 June 1589, Katherine (bur. 4 May 1593), da. of John Bodley of Exeter, goldsmith, 1s. 2da. (1 d.v.p.); (2) 5 Aug. 1593, Elizabeth (bur. 18 Oct. 1649), da. of Thomas Baskerville of Exeter, apothecary, 7s. (3 d.v.p.) 7da. (2 d.v.p.). Troup, 352, 375-6; Devon RO, St. Mary Arches, Exeter par. reg.; Freemen of Exeter ed. M.M. Rowe and A.M. Jackson (Devon and Cornw. Rec. Soc. extra ser. i), 100. bur. 18 June 1640. Troup, 361. Jourdain’s first biographer incorrectly recorded his death date as 15 July 1640: Nicolls, 22. sig. Ignatius Jurdain.
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Freeman, Exeter 1589, Exeter Freemen, 101. bailiff 1599–1600, Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, 210. common councilman 1608–d., Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 6, p. 332. recvr. 1610 – 11, sheriff 1611 – 12, mayor 1617–18, Alexander, ‘Exeter MPs’, 210. alderman 1619 – d., dep. mayor Oct.-Dec. 1625, Devon RO, ECA Act Bk. 7, pp. 332, 624, 628. commr. oyer and terminer 1632. C181/4, f. 127v.

Member, Exeter French Co. by 1603, gov. 1614–15, W. Cotton, Elizabethan Guild of City of Exeter, 38; W.B. Stephens, ‘Officials of French Co., Exeter in Early Seventeenth Cent.’, Devon and Cornw. N and Q, xxvii. 112. member, Spanish Co. 1605. Spanish Co. ed. P. Croft (London Rec. Soc. ix), 98.

Main residence: Exeter, Devon.
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NEVILLE, Sir Henry I (1564-1615), of Billingbear, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berks. and Tothill Street, Westminster; formerly of Mayfield, Suss.

Family and Education
bap. 20 May 1564,J.P. Malcolm, Londinium Redivivum, ii. 366. 1st s. of Sir Henry Neville† of Billingbear and his 2nd w. Elizabeth, da. of Sir John Gresham of Titsey, Surr.; bro. of Edward Neville II†. educ. privately (household of William Cecil†, 1st Lord Burghley); Merton, Oxf. 1577, MA 1605; travelled abroad (France, Germany, Bohemia, Austria and Italy) 1578-82. Al. Ox.; B. James and W.D. Rubinstein, The Truth Will Out, 70, 74-5; Sidney Letters ed. A. Collins, i. 246, 283. m. lic. 4 Dec. 1584, Anne, da. of Sir Henry Killigrew† of Lothbury, London; Hendon, Mdx.; and Truro, Cornw., at least 5s., at least 6da. (1 d.v.p.). Vis. Berks. (Harl. Soc. lvi), 250; Soc. Gen., transcript of Waltham St. Lawrence par. reg. pp. 34-5, 39, 44; London Mar. Lics. 1521-1869 ed. J. Foster, 965; HMC Hatfield, xii. 96; SP14/43/93. suc. fa. 1593; Kntd. 9 Apr. 1599. H.V. Jones, ‘Jnl. of Sir Levinus Munck’, EHR, lxviii. 239. d. 10 July 1615. sig. Henry Nevill.
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Member, embassy to Scotland 1583; James and Rubinstein, 235. amb. France 1599 – 1601; teller (jt.), Exch. 1599–1601; Exchequer Officeholders comp. J.C. Sainty (L. and I. Soc. spec. ser. xviii), 233–4. commr. peace negotiations with Spain 1600, Union 1606. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 22; CJ, i. 319a.

Freeman, New Windsor, Berks. 1588; commr. subsidy, Suss. 1589, Berks. and Windsor 1608; Harl. 703, f. 1; SP14/31/1. j.p. Suss. by 1591 – at least93, Berks. 1593 – 1601, by 1604–d. (custos rot. to 1601, by 1604–d.); Hatfield House, ms 278; C231/1, f. 105v; CSP Dom. 1601–3, p. 12; C66/1620, 1988. dep. lt. Suss. 1591, Berks. 1596-at least 1608; APC, 1591, p. 92; 1595–6, p. 424; SP14/33/4. commr. recusancy, Suss. 1592-at least 1594; Recusant Roll 1592–3 ed. M.M.C. Calthorp (Catholic Rec. Soc. xviii.), 329, 331; Recusant Roll 1593–4 ed. H. Bowler (Catholic Rec. Soc. lvii), 173. kpr. house at Windsor Castle 1593–?1601, Berks. RO, D/EN O12, no. 19; HMC Hatfield, xi. 274. Sunninghill Park, Windsor Forest, Berks. 1593 – 1601, by 1607 – d., Swinley Walk and Fines Bailiwick, Windsor Forest by 1607; Harl. 3749, ff. 4, 8. steward, Newbury manor, Berks. ?1593-at least 1604, HMC Hatfield, xiv. 279; xvi. 408. Sonning manor, Berks. by 1598 – 1601, by 1603-at least 1608; Berks. RO, D/EN O12, nos. 25, 38, 45, 47. sheriff, Berks. 1595–6; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 6. commr. oyer and terminer, Oxf. circ. 1606, C181/1, f. 116. charitable uses, Berks. 1607-at least 1613; C93/3/13, 17; 93/4, 11, 19; 93/5/4. collector, aid Berks. 1609, 1613. SP14/43/107; Berks. RO, D/EN O8.

Cttee. Virg. Co. 1607; member, New River Co. 1610 – d., French Co. 1611, E.I. Co. 1614–d. CSP Col. E.I. 1513–1616, p. 288; Select Charters of Trading Cos. ed. C.T. Carr (Selden Soc. xxviii), 64; Berks. RO, D/EN O24; B. Rudden, New River, 274–8.

Main residences: Billingbear, Waltham St. Lawrence, Berks.; Tothill Street, Westminster; Mayfield, Suss.
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JORDAN, Nicholas (1570-1629), of the Inner Temple, London and East Street, Chichester, Suss.; formerly of Horsham, Suss.

Family and Education
bap. 8 Mar. 1570, yr. s. of Thomas Jordan (d.1582) of Brasted, Kent and Joan. Brasted par. reg. (Soc. Gen. transcript); PROB 11/186, f. 235. educ. Lyon’s Inn; I. Temple 1589, called 1597. I. Temple database of admiss. m. (1) by 1600 Mary (bur. 14 June 1608), 2s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da.; Par. Reg. of Horsham ed. R. Garraway Rice (Suss. Rec. Soc. xxi), 198, 204, 210, 214, 366, 369. (2) lic. 3 Dec. 1608, Cal. of Suss. Mar. Lics. ed. E.H.W. Dunkin (Suss. Rec. Soc. i), 67. with £1,000, Benedicta (bur. 11 Sept. 1609), da. of Stephen Barnham† of Southover, nr. Lewes, Suss., 1ch. d.v.p.; PROB 11/111, f. 80; Par. Reg. of Horsham, 371. (3) ?by Jan. 1614, Glynde Place Archives ed. R.F. Dell, 27. Margaret (d. 4 May 1619), da. of William Morley† of Glynde Place, Suss., wid. of Ninian Board of Lindfield, Suss., s.p.; Vis. Suss. (Harl. Soc. lxxxix), 15; W. Berry, County Gens.: Peds. of the Fams. in Co. of Suss. 175. (4) by Nov. 1623, Jane (bur. 25 Jan. 1626), da. and coh. of William Grice†, clerk of the Stables, of Great Yarmouth, Norf., wid. of Thomas Fantleroy, 1da. d.v.p. bur. 2 Aug. 1629 2 Aug. 1629. PROB 11/142, f. 231; Vis. Norf. (Harl. Soc. xxxii), 188; Add. 5699, f. 183v.
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J.p. Suss. 1602–d., C231/1, f. 128; ASSI 35/71/10. Chichester 28 July-25 Oct. 1617; C231/4, ff. 48, 50. bailiff, Horsham 1603–4; C219/35/2/83. commr. sewers, Suss. 1604, 1617-at least 1625; C181/1, f. 81v; 181/2, f. 292v; 181/3, f. 167v. subsidy 1621 – 22, 1624–6, SP14/122/89; C212/22/21, 23; Fletcher, 204. Forced Loan 1627, C193/12/2, f. 59v. oyer and terminer 1627, C181/3, f. 216v. martial law 1627. CSP Dom. 1627–8, p. 461.

Bencher, I. Temple 1613, I. Temple database of admiss. reader 1614. CITR, ii. 79.

Main residences: the Inner Temple, London; East Street, Chichester, Suss.; Horsham, Suss.
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JONES, William II (aft. 1566-1640), of Treowen and Hendre Obaith, Llanarth, Mon.

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b. aft. 1566,Approx. date of parents’ mar.: Gwent RO, D583.66. 1st s. of John Jones of Treowen and Anne, da. of Giles Doddington of Fayland, Som. m. 1 Dec. 1599, Jane (d. aft. 1648/9), da. and h. of Moore Gwillim† of Monmouth, Mon., at least 3s. 4da. suc. uncle Philip Jones† 1603, fa. by 1609. J.A. Bradney, Hist. Mon. i. 306; Harl. 5058, f. 9v; Gwent RO, D/Pa29.1, f. 3; D43.4919; NLW, Kyrle-Fletcher, A(17). G.T. Clark claims there were 6s. (1 d.v.p.): Limbus Patrum Morganiae et Glamorganiae, 260. d. 27 July 1640. Gwent RO, D/Pa58.1, f. 11. sig. William Jones.
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Steward for the estates of the 4th earl of Worcester at Raglan, Llandenny, Dingestow, Clytha and Bettws, Mon. 1608-at least 1628; Gwent RO, D43.4996, 4960, D2.41. j.p. Mon. by 1614–d., JPs in Wales and Monm. ed. Phillips, 352–8. sheriff 1614–15, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 257; Gwent RO, D2.74. commr. sewers 1617, 1639, C181/2, f. 275; 181/5, f. 156. dep. lt. 1623–?d., Gwent RO, D43.4834; HEHL, EL7443. commr. subsidy 1624, C212/22/23. charitable uses 1629, C93/11/20. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1635–8. GL, ms 25475/1, ff. 56v, 103v.

Main residences: Treowen; Hendre Obaith, Llanarth, Mon.
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NEVILLE, Francis II (1591/2-1666), of Chevet, Yorks.

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b. 1591 /2,Aged 73 in 1665: Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. ii. 158-9. 1st s. of Henry Neville of Chevet and Eleanor, da. and coh. of Henry Sandford of Thorpe Salvin, Yorks. Vis. Yorks. ed. Foster, 340. educ. Trin., Camb. 1608; G. Inn 1610. Al. Cant.; GI Admiss. m. (1) 24 Sept. 1615, Rosamund, da. of Cyril Arthington of Arthington, Yorks., 1s. 3da.; (2) Anne, da. of Thomas Tankard of Brampton Hall, Yorks., wid. of William Arthington (d.1623) of Arthington, 1s. 1da.; (3) 1657, Anne, da. and coh. of Charles Markham of Ollerton, Notts., wid. of Robert Waterton of Walton, Yorks. and Sir John Middleton of Thirntoft, Yorks., s.p. Clay, Dugdale’s Vis. Yorks. i. 70; ii. 158-9, 171; C142/397/26. suc. fa. 1635; SP17/G, f. 20. d. bet. 21 Mar. and 11 Oct. 1666. Borthwick, Reg. Test. 48, f. 27. sig. Francis Nevile.
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J.p. Yorks. (W. Riding) 1627 – 44, 1660 – d.; commr. recusants, Northern parts 1628, sewers, Trent valley 1634, assessment 1642, 1661 – d., array, Yorks. 1642, levying of money (roy.), W. Riding 1642 – 44, Poll Tax 1660 – 61, subsidy 1663, corporations 1662. CSP Dom. 1628–9, p. 205; C181/4, f. 174; Northants. RO, FH133; SR, v. 150, 212, 341, 458, 543; Royalist Comp. Pprs. ed. J.W. Clay (Yorks. Arch. Soc. rec. ser. xviii), 3–5; HMC 8th Rep. i. 275.

Main residence: Chevet, Yorks.
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