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NEEDHAM, Sir Robert (1567/8-1631), of Shavington Hall, nr. Whitchurch, Salop

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b. 1567 /8,C142/290/101. 1st. s. of Robert Needham of Shavington and Frances, da. of Sir Edward Aston of Tixall, Staffs. Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 371-2. educ. Shrewsbury g.s. 1577; St. John’s, Camb. 1582; I. Temple 1584. Shrewsbury Sch. Regestum Scholarium ed. E. Calvert, 52; Al. Cant.; I. Temple Admiss. m. (1) settlement 10 Aug. 1586, Joan (d. 16 July 1591), da. of John Lacy, alderman of London and Borston, Som. 1s., 2da. d.v.p.;Salop RO, 946/A/149; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix) 371-2. (2) settlement Dec. 1594, Anne (d. aft. 1613), da. of Henry Doyley of Shottesham, Norf., wid. of Thomas Townshend (d.1591) of Brakenash, Norf. and George Willmer of London (d.1593/4), s.p. C142/231/71; C2/Chas.I/T19/17; C8/18/72. (3) 1627, Catherine (admon. 8 Dec. 1628), da. of John Robinson of London, wid. of George Huxley (d.1627) of Edmonton, Mdx., s.p.; C142/435/130. (4) Dorothy (d. by 1639), da. of Humphrey Smith, Grocer of London, wid. of Benedict Barnham† (d.1598), Draper and alderman of London and Sir John Pakington (d.1625) of Westwood, Worcs., s.p. Kntd. 1 Sept. 1594; Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 91. suc. fa. 1603; C142/290/101. cr. Visct. Kilmorey [I] 8 Apr. 1625. CP. d. 24 Nov. 1631. CHES 3/104/12. sig. Robert Nedham.
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Vol. [I] 1594; capt. of horse [I] 1596 – 98, ft. 1599. CSP Carew, 1589–1600, pp. 222, 244, 248; HMC Hatfield, vi. 543; ix. 147; APC, 1597–8, p. 616.

J.p. Salop 1596 – d., Cheshire 1614–d.; C231/1, f. 18. freeman, Southampton, Hants 1599, Shrewsbury, Salop 1614; HMC 11th Rep. iii. 22; Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. (ser. 2), x. 306. dep. lt., Salop 1600–d., APC, 1599–1600, pp. 399–400; CSP Dom. 1603–10, p. 238; SP14/28/84, 14/33/4; Cheshire Archives, DNE 16; Salop RO, 3365/198/I/1–2; SP16/408/73. sheriff 1606–7; List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 119. commr. subsidy, Salop 1608, 1621 – 22, 1624, aid 1609, swans, Midlands 1627; SP14/31/1; 14/43/107; C212/22/20–23; C181/3, f. 226v. member, Council in the Marches 1609 – d., v.-pres. 1614; NLW, 339F, pp. 34, 75; C181/3, f. 191. commr. Forced Loan, Salop 1626–7. C193/12/2.

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NEEDHAM, Sir Robert (1567/8-1631), of Shavington Hall, nr. Whitchurch, Salop
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JONES, John (d.1630), of College Green, Gloucester, Glos.

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s. of Hugh Jones of Bredon’s Mitton, Worcs. and Joan, da. of one Webb of Suff. m. (1) Joan (d. 18 Jan. 1595), da. of one Weale, wid. of one Huntley, 3s. (?2 d.v.p.); Vis. Glos. (Harl. Soc. xxi), 96; T.D. Fosbrooke, Original Hist. City of Gloucester, 165; PROB 11/159, ff. 292v-4; MTR, 444. (2) Elizabeth, da. of Jerome Gilbert, recorder of Colchester, Essex, 2s. 1da.; 1s. 3da. Vis. Essex (Harl. Soc. xiii), 405; Oxford DNB sub Gilbert, William; Vis. Glos. 96; PROB 11/159, ff. 292v-4. d. 1 June 1630. Fosbrooke, 137. sig. John Jones.
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Freeman, Gloucester 1580, common councilman by 1584, Glos. RO, GBR B3/1, ff. 70v, 91v. sheriff 1587 – 88, 1592–3, List of Sheriffs comp. A. Hughes (PRO, L. and I. ix), 185. alderman 1594–d., Glos. RO, GBR B2/1, f. 37v. mayor 1597 – 98, 1618 – 19, 1625–6; Fosbrooke, 209. registrar, Gloucester dioc. 1581–d.; Comm. Eccles. Causes ed. F.D. Price (Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. Recs. x), 103n. dep. lt. Gloucester by 1604-at least 1627, C66/1618; Glos. RO, GBR, H2/2, p. 103. commr. subsidy 1604, STAC 8/4/9. 1608, SP14/31/1, f. 15. 1621 – 22, 1624, C212/22/20–1, 23. charitable uses 1606–9, C93/2/26, 93/3/33. sewers, Glos. 1609, assarts, Glos. 1615, Berks. and Glos. 1616, C181/2, ff. 104, 234, 257. martial law, Gloucester 1628. APC, 1627–8, p. 335.

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JONES, John (d.1630), of College Green, Gloucester, Glos.
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JONES, John (-d.1630)

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JOHNSON, William (fl.1578-1629), of Gray’s Inn, London and Tonbridge, Kent

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educ. G. Inn 1578.GI Admiss. m. Anne (bur. 6 May 1630), Soc. Gen. Tonbridge par. reg. transcript, p. 69. wid. of William Johnson (d.1594), Grocer of London and Tonbridge. C2/Jas.I/I&J5/39.
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?Commr. sewers, Kent 1605, 1614; C181/1, f. 129; 181/2, ff. 210, 216v. freeman, Liverpool, Lancs. 1621. G. Chandler, Liverpool Under Jas. I, 246.

Servant to Sir Francis Bacon* by 1609, chief gent. usher by 1618. SP14/95/64; L. Jardine and A. Stewart, Hostage to Fortune, 418.

?Clerk of the Outlawries 1616. Lansd. 273, f. 12.

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JOHNSON, William (fl.1578-1629), of Gray’s Inn, London and Tonbridge, Kent
Main residences: Gray's Inn, London; Tonbridge, Kent.
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JOHNSON, William (fl.1578-1629)

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NEEDHAM, Robert (1587/8-1653), of Shavington Hall, nr. Whitchurch, Salop; later of Dutton, Cheshire

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b. 1587 /8, 1st. s. of Sir Robert Needham* and 1st w. Joan, da. of John Lacy, alderman of London.Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 371-2. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. 1604, aged 16. Al. Ox. m. (1) settlement 4 June 1606, Frances, da. of Sir Henry Anderson, alderman of London, 1s. 2da.; Salop RO, 946/C/157; Vis. Salop (Harl. Soc. xxix), 371-2. (2) 1623, Eleanor (d. 12 Mar. 1666), da. and h. of John Dutton of Dutton, Cheshire, wid. of Gilbert, 2nd Bar. Gerard (d.1623) of Gerrard’s Bromley, Staffs., 1s. C2/Chas.I/G33/18. Kntd. 4 June 1630;Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 197. suc. fa. as 2nd Visct. Kilmorey [I] 1631. d. 12 Sept. 1653. CP. sig. Ro[bert] Nedham/Robert Killmorey.
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Freeman, Shrewsbury, Salop 1614; Salop RO, 6001/290, unfol. j.p. Lancs. by 1627-at least 1630; Lancs. RO, QSC 5–11. commr. array, Cheshire and Salop 1642 – 45, Denb. and Flints. 1644, sequestration, Cheshire 1643, audit, Cheshire 1644. Northants. RO, FH133; HMC 10th Rep. iv. 373; Docquets of Letters Patent 1642–6 ed. W.H. Black, 75–6, 218.

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NEEDHAM, Robert (1587/8-1653), of Shavington Hall, nr. Whitchurch, Salop; later of Dutton, Cheshire
Main residences: Shavington Hall, nr. Whitchurch, Salop; Dutton, Cheshire.
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NAUNTON, Robert (c.1563-1635), of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Letheringham, Suff. and Charing Cross, Westminster

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b. c. 1563, 1st s. of Henry Naunton of Letheringham and his 1st w. Elizabeth, da. of Everard Ashby of Loseby, Leics. and h. to her bro. William Ashby†. educ. Trin. Camb. 1579, BA 1583, MA 1586; L. Inn 1616. m. by 29 Sept. 1619, Penelope (admon. 23 Mar. 1655), da. and coh. of Sir Thomas Perrot† of Haroldston, Pemb., wid. of Sir William Lower* of St. Winnow, Cornw., 1s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1599;R.E. Schreiber, Pol. Career of Sir Robert Naunton (R. Hist. Soc. Studies, xxiv), 2; Nichols, County of Leicester, iii. 513; Al. Cant.; LI Admiss.; Chamberlain Letters ed. N.E. McClure, ii. 265-6; W.A. Copinger, Manors of Suff. iv. 308. Kntd. 7 Sept. 1615. Shaw, Knights of Eng. ii. 166 d. 27 Mar. 1635. Nichols, iii. 513. sig. R[obert] Naunton
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Fell., Trin. Camb. 1585 – 92, Trin. Hall 1592 – 1616; public orator, Camb. Univ. 1594 – 1611, proctor 1601–2. Al. Cant.

Member, embassy, Scotland 1589–90; Schreiber, 3. amb. extraordinary (jt.), Denmark 1603. Handlist of British Diplomatic Representatives comp. G.M. Bell, 32.

Under-sec. of state by 1612; CSP Dom. 1611–18, p. 119. commr. cloth exports 1614; HMC Downshire, iv. 338. master of Requests 1616 – 18; surveyor of the Wards 1616 – 18, master 1624 – 35; sec. of state 1618–23; Chamberlain Letters, ii. 15, 30, 128, 474; C66/2151/20; 66/2328/5; E214/1614. PC 9 Jan. 1618–d.; APC, 1618–19, p. 6; PC2/44, p. 13. commr. Treas. 1618–20, 25th DKR, 61. gold and silver thread 1618, CD 1621, vii. 366. banishment of Jesuits 1618, 1624, sale of jewels 1619; member, High Commission, Canterbury prov. 1620 – d.; commr. Crown leases 1620, revenue 1620, inquiry into export of ordnance 1620, T. Rymer, Foedera, vii. pt. 3, pp. 65, 117, 134, 150, 161, 185, pt. 4, p. 169; R.G. Usher, Rise and Fall of High Commission, 355. tobacco licences 1620, CD 1621, vii. 456. defective titles 1625, poor relief 1630, Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 32, pt. 3, p. 148. repair of St. Paul’s Cathedral 1631. Rymer, viii. pt. 3, p. 173.

Commr. oyer and terminer, the Verge 1617, London and Mdx. 1619 – d., sewers, London 1617 – 21, Westminster, Mdx. 1627 – d., Essex 1631–3, C181/2, ff. 287, 306, 343v-4; 181/3, ff. 26v, 213; 181/4, ff. 76, 236v, 188v-9, 190v. survey, L. Inn Fields 1618, Rymer, vii. pt. 3, p. 83. new buildings, London 1618, 1625, 1630, C66/2165; Rymer, viii. pt. 1, p. 70; pt. 3, p. 114. gaol delivery, London 1619 – d., Havering, Essex 1630–3; C181/2, f. 345; 181/4, ff. 48, 139, 188. j.p. Westminster 1620 – d., Mdx. by 1621 – d., Essex 1626–d.; C181/3, f. 15v; C66/2234; C231/4, f. 194v; C193/13/2. commr. Forced Loan, Essex, Mdx., Suff. 1626 – 27, Cambs., Dorset, Herts., Kent, London, Surr., Isle of Ely, Cambs., Westminster, Mdx. 1627. CSP Dom. 1625–6, p. 435; APC, 1626, p. 427; Rymer, viii. pt. 2, pp. 142, 144; Bodl. Firth C4, p. 257; C193/12/2, ff. 4v, 11v, 17v, 23v, 26, 34v, 55, 57, 75.

Member, Guiana Co. 1627. English and Irish Settlement on River Amazon ed. J. Lorimer (Hakluyt Soc. ser. 2. clxxi), 292.

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NAUNTON, Robert (c.1563-1635), of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Letheringham, Suff. and Charing Cross, Westminster
Main residences: Trinity Hall, Cambridge; Letheringham, Suff.; Charing Cross, Westminster.
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J.P.F.
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Commons 1604-1629
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NAUNTON, Robert (c.1563-1635)

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